Tautology
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vi is the best editor. The Oxford comma is totally superfluous and does not need to be used in 90% of cases. "Die Hard" is not a Christmas film. "Internet" is a proper noun.
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vi is the best editor. The Oxford comma is totally superfluous and does not need to be used in 90% of cases. "Die Hard" is not a Christmas film. "Internet" is a proper noun.
Is this my wife posting again?
January 20, 2026 at 7:30 PM
Is this my wife posting again?
Nah BLE (introduced with BT4) was introduced in 2009 and gained large support in the 2010s and led to lots low powered devices. BT5 improved speed, throughput and audio quality.
You wouldn't have earbuds without all the changes and certainly not the audio quality you have now.
You wouldn't have earbuds without all the changes and certainly not the audio quality you have now.
January 19, 2026 at 11:27 PM
Nah BLE (introduced with BT4) was introduced in 2009 and gained large support in the 2010s and led to lots low powered devices. BT5 improved speed, throughput and audio quality.
You wouldn't have earbuds without all the changes and certainly not the audio quality you have now.
You wouldn't have earbuds without all the changes and certainly not the audio quality you have now.
Decommision it as we're no longer in the arse end of the 20th century and mutually assurred destruction is just insanity.
January 18, 2026 at 3:26 PM
Decommision it as we're no longer in the arse end of the 20th century and mutually assurred destruction is just insanity.
I had hair down to the middle of my back and no grey at 40. I'm in my 50s now and bald. Don't be too happy, there's plenty of time ...
January 7, 2026 at 7:44 PM
I had hair down to the middle of my back and no grey at 40. I'm in my 50s now and bald. Don't be too happy, there's plenty of time ...
And Twitter is just the X window manager. Icon designers have sure gotten lazy over the past 20 years.
January 7, 2026 at 7:40 PM
And Twitter is just the X window manager. Icon designers have sure gotten lazy over the past 20 years.
You must be a fungi when you discuss cooking.
January 7, 2026 at 1:58 PM
You must be a fungi when you discuss cooking.
You've not been around cats for long have you?
January 1, 2026 at 4:06 PM
You've not been around cats for long have you?
And he's touting voice activation. Oh dear, he obviously doesn't have one of them accents that isn't really understood by voice recognition (like my north riding accent), or tried searching for something in a different language.
December 31, 2025 at 9:26 AM
And he's touting voice activation. Oh dear, he obviously doesn't have one of them accents that isn't really understood by voice recognition (like my north riding accent), or tried searching for something in a different language.
You may want to replace the rubber band that goes between the motor head and the tape spool as these have a tendency to stretch and perish over the years. My ancient 90s Sony Walkman has needed this operation a couple of times (I only use it nowadays to read 8-bit tapes).
December 30, 2025 at 4:28 PM
You may want to replace the rubber band that goes between the motor head and the tape spool as these have a tendency to stretch and perish over the years. My ancient 90s Sony Walkman has needed this operation a couple of times (I only use it nowadays to read 8-bit tapes).
It's syntactic sugar to assign a value as part of an expression which came in in Python 3.8. For example:
while c := fin.read(1):
# do stuff with c
while c := fin.read(1):
# do stuff with c
December 29, 2025 at 2:21 PM
It's syntactic sugar to assign a value as part of an expression which came in in Python 3.8. For example:
while c := fin.read(1):
# do stuff with c
while c := fin.read(1):
# do stuff with c
I spent about a month or two ripping all my CDs back in 2004 - 2005ish. It was round about when the CD "copy protection" happened. There were a couple of CDs I've never played due to the copy protection - I just found the mp3 versions on usenet after I bought the CD.
December 29, 2025 at 1:38 PM
I spent about a month or two ripping all my CDs back in 2004 - 2005ish. It was round about when the CD "copy protection" happened. There were a couple of CDs I've never played due to the copy protection - I just found the mp3 versions on usenet after I bought the CD.
I still download and use mp3s for the music I buy. Streaming to me is just a method of finding new music, and only on my PC as Spotify free on mobile has a terrible UX.
December 29, 2025 at 1:36 PM
I still download and use mp3s for the music I buy. Streaming to me is just a method of finding new music, and only on my PC as Spotify free on mobile has a terrible UX.
I mean you can use the walrus operator (:=) in Python and it's similar to the assignment operator in Pascal (where similar == specific use cases).
December 29, 2025 at 1:33 PM
I mean you can use the walrus operator (:=) in Python and it's similar to the assignment operator in Pascal (where similar == specific use cases).
Careful, he may sue them for a beellion dollars for editing video of him.
December 29, 2025 at 1:29 PM
Careful, he may sue them for a beellion dollars for editing video of him.
I have a couple of domains, with a wildcard email filter, so I can use individual email addresses for each company / application / thing without having to use + filters.
It does really confuse people when I give them an email address though!
It does really confuse people when I give them an email address though!
December 23, 2025 at 9:54 PM
I have a couple of domains, with a wildcard email filter, so I can use individual email addresses for each company / application / thing without having to use + filters.
It does really confuse people when I give them an email address though!
It does really confuse people when I give them an email address though!
To be honest, if I found myself in Countesthorpe I'd break every window to get out as quick as possible.
December 19, 2025 at 5:19 PM
To be honest, if I found myself in Countesthorpe I'd break every window to get out as quick as possible.
This was the output. This doesn't take into account the hours I put into researching the background information before I could even start defining the problem to gemini
bsky.app/profile/taut...
bsky.app/profile/taut...
Over the weekend messing about with data has produced me this little overlay for Google Maps which shows the Domesday86 data for each D-Block. Abused vibe coding and spent too long learning about how the Domesday86 laser disk worked.
December 16, 2025 at 3:59 PM
This was the output. This doesn't take into account the hours I put into researching the background information before I could even start defining the problem to gemini
bsky.app/profile/taut...
bsky.app/profile/taut...
I occasionally experiment with it. The best experiment I had a problem specify exactly what I wanted. I still got hallucinations though which I ended up fixing manually.
It did do well at making me a Google maps overlay, so probably saved me an hour or two of reading the docs.
It did do well at making me a Google maps overlay, so probably saved me an hour or two of reading the docs.
December 16, 2025 at 3:56 PM
I occasionally experiment with it. The best experiment I had a problem specify exactly what I wanted. I still got hallucinations though which I ended up fixing manually.
It did do well at making me a Google maps overlay, so probably saved me an hour or two of reading the docs.
It did do well at making me a Google maps overlay, so probably saved me an hour or two of reading the docs.
But yeah, the TV tax is stupid, and its enforcement is Orwellian in its implementation and I strongly disagree with it. So, I will do the minimum necessary to comply with the legal requirement.
And, yes, most TV sucks. The tiny amount I want to watch I can stream non-live or watch on DVD.
And, yes, most TV sucks. The tiny amount I want to watch I can stream non-live or watch on DVD.
December 16, 2025 at 11:24 AM
But yeah, the TV tax is stupid, and its enforcement is Orwellian in its implementation and I strongly disagree with it. So, I will do the minimum necessary to comply with the legal requirement.
And, yes, most TV sucks. The tiny amount I want to watch I can stream non-live or watch on DVD.
And, yes, most TV sucks. The tiny amount I want to watch I can stream non-live or watch on DVD.
So you're happy telling someone you don't need something for no reason? If DVLA mandated everyone should tell them when they didn't own a care you'd be happy with that? If dog licences came back would you be happy with everyone having to have to inform the government they didn't have a dog?
December 16, 2025 at 11:20 AM
So you're happy telling someone you don't need something for no reason? If DVLA mandated everyone should tell them when they didn't own a care you'd be happy with that? If dog licences came back would you be happy with everyone having to have to inform the government they didn't have a dog?
I never used the Magna Carta line, because I know how little of it is still in law. I just said "I don't need one, goodbye" and closed the door on them.
I've also never watched MOTD in my life.
I've also never watched MOTD in my life.
December 16, 2025 at 11:05 AM
I never used the Magna Carta line, because I know how little of it is still in law. I just said "I don't need one, goodbye" and closed the door on them.
I've also never watched MOTD in my life.
I've also never watched MOTD in my life.