Dave H
@thinkfoo.uk
Software Developer: TDD, CD etc
Political: liberal, pro EU, centrist non Dad
If you get blocked it's because I found you boring
https://thinkfoo.wordpress.com/
Political: liberal, pro EU, centrist non Dad
If you get blocked it's because I found you boring
https://thinkfoo.wordpress.com/
Or put another way Jurassic park is now pretty much equidistant in time to today and one million years bc
December 23, 2025 at 9:45 PM
Or put another way Jurassic park is now pretty much equidistant in time to today and one million years bc
The bit what worries me is:
"It was developed in-house to maximise value for money, the Department for Transport said."
Remember the logo designed by the office of government commerce on the cheap?
The rumour was that nobody realised the problem until they put it on pens at the launch party...
"It was developed in-house to maximise value for money, the Department for Transport said."
Remember the logo designed by the office of government commerce on the cheap?
The rumour was that nobody realised the problem until they put it on pens at the launch party...
December 9, 2025 at 8:22 AM
The bit what worries me is:
"It was developed in-house to maximise value for money, the Department for Transport said."
Remember the logo designed by the office of government commerce on the cheap?
The rumour was that nobody realised the problem until they put it on pens at the launch party...
"It was developed in-house to maximise value for money, the Department for Transport said."
Remember the logo designed by the office of government commerce on the cheap?
The rumour was that nobody realised the problem until they put it on pens at the launch party...
Also if you've only got say a pie chart and not the source data, it's pretty good at extracting numbers from it.
Eg I asked chat gpt to get the percentages from this chart.
Numbers in alt text.
Eg I asked chat gpt to get the percentages from this chart.
Numbers in alt text.
December 6, 2025 at 12:05 PM
Also if you've only got say a pie chart and not the source data, it's pretty good at extracting numbers from it.
Eg I asked chat gpt to get the percentages from this chart.
Numbers in alt text.
Eg I asked chat gpt to get the percentages from this chart.
Numbers in alt text.
Bloody EU/Brexit*
*Delete as appropriate
*Delete as appropriate
December 3, 2025 at 4:48 PM
Bloody EU/Brexit*
*Delete as appropriate
*Delete as appropriate
Hmm. Ons stats don't suggest an "exodus of UK citizens", lnet migration would best be described as flat I think.
www.ons.gov.uk/visualisatio...
www.ons.gov.uk/visualisatio...
December 1, 2025 at 5:22 PM
Hmm. Ons stats don't suggest an "exodus of UK citizens", lnet migration would best be described as flat I think.
www.ons.gov.uk/visualisatio...
www.ons.gov.uk/visualisatio...
I think this may be one of the greatest albums of all time
November 28, 2025 at 8:15 PM
I think this may be one of the greatest albums of all time
Or indeed
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August 1, 2025 at 8:54 AM
Or indeed
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It's ok I think it's passing already.
July 1, 2025 at 6:39 PM
It's ok I think it's passing already.
Not mild he says, hot, darned hot.
June 30, 2025 at 8:49 PM
Not mild he says, hot, darned hot.
Fascinating how much this has changed in even a few weeks though. I mean still a bit outraged but definitely useful.
June 18, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Fascinating how much this has changed in even a few weeks though. I mean still a bit outraged but definitely useful.
Writing a clock program in BASIC on a RadioShack TRS-80 pocket computer in a school science class open evening.
oldcomputers.net/trs80pc1.html
oldcomputers.net/trs80pc1.html
June 11, 2025 at 10:08 PM
Writing a clock program in BASIC on a RadioShack TRS-80 pocket computer in a school science class open evening.
oldcomputers.net/trs80pc1.html
oldcomputers.net/trs80pc1.html
This Hot chocolate www.hotelfiames.com was the best ever, agreed by all present, homemade no mix.
Went back a couple of years later friends from the USA specifically wanted to return while they were in Europe just for the hot chocolate.
But it was gone, just a machine made powder mix.
Went back a couple of years later friends from the USA specifically wanted to return while they were in Europe just for the hot chocolate.
But it was gone, just a machine made powder mix.
April 24, 2025 at 5:01 PM
This Hot chocolate www.hotelfiames.com was the best ever, agreed by all present, homemade no mix.
Went back a couple of years later friends from the USA specifically wanted to return while they were in Europe just for the hot chocolate.
But it was gone, just a machine made powder mix.
Went back a couple of years later friends from the USA specifically wanted to return while they were in Europe just for the hot chocolate.
But it was gone, just a machine made powder mix.
The case reminded of this because ultimately this is a political problem not a legal one. That the politicians have refused to genuinely engage is a disgrace on all sides.
April 23, 2025 at 1:00 PM
The case reminded of this because ultimately this is a political problem not a legal one. That the politicians have refused to genuinely engage is a disgrace on all sides.
Well, quite, if I'm selling a fund that there's no way to put a limit price on then it's basically roulette in a market this volatile.
I'm at the sit it out stage now for anything I've not already liquidated.
(not financial advice etc)
I'm at the sit it out stage now for anything I've not already liquidated.
(not financial advice etc)
April 10, 2025 at 6:48 AM
Well, quite, if I'm selling a fund that there's no way to put a limit price on then it's basically roulette in a market this volatile.
I'm at the sit it out stage now for anything I've not already liquidated.
(not financial advice etc)
I'm at the sit it out stage now for anything I've not already liquidated.
(not financial advice etc)
"We'll take nothing off the table"
Looks at table
Looks at table
April 3, 2025 at 10:11 AM
"We'll take nothing off the table"
Looks at table
Looks at table
My bookshelf is mostly adventures either had or yet to have.
March 30, 2025 at 1:49 PM
My bookshelf is mostly adventures either had or yet to have.
"We are currently clean on opsec"
March 26, 2025 at 10:39 PM
"We are currently clean on opsec"
Post a pic of you from 10 years ago
March 26, 2025 at 8:31 PM
Post a pic of you from 10 years ago