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Posts by James Drinkwater

Derek Lowe’s “Stuff I won’t work with” blog entries on “in the pipeline“ are good for that. Example: www.science.org/content/blog...

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No! Because! If I click a link to access their free training it... puts "ACCESS" in the code box? That's not what links are for. Or what security is. Oh well.

Oh, and an opt-out communications preferences setting. Let's hope the ICO don't see that, eh?

2 months ago 382 12 2 0

Me: OK, I need to indent this single line.

Word: how about the whole document?

Me: no!

Word: WHOLE DOCUMENT DONE 🙂

Me: Arghhh.

Word: yaaaaay indent!

Me: UNDO, UNDO

Word: *indents everything you've ever written in both the past and future*

Word: I'm a word processor!

3 months ago 1390 117 94 18
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Alarm slide to stop button is very weird

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The Content Operating System | Sanity Sanity is a fully customizable all-code backend for AI, automations, and applications to author and render content.

Root page: www.sanity.io

3 months ago 0 0 0 0

indeed, they're on it tho... bsky.app/profile/knut...

3 months ago 1 0 2 0
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Still does this, but now with added cookie banner :)

3 months ago 0 0 1 0

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(also the video of the cell flashing as it is targeted for death alone is worth taking a peek)

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4 months ago 0 0 2 0
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Politicians who would take away your rights, mean to do you harms which those rights prevent

4 months ago 1 0 0 0

I can't read about the CloudFlare outage because @theregister.com is down because of the CloudFlare outage...

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6 months ago 158 107 3 7
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This is a lie.

There are many criticisms you might sensibly and truthfully make of the Sentencing Council and the Sentencing Guidelines. I’ve been making them for years.

But this is an outright lie. Pure fabrication. A fraud on the public.

6 months ago 3384 1839 119 77

But will it halve the number of pounds people have to pay for it?

9 months ago 4 0 0 0

Incorrect! Nothing escaped the 1970s gelatine obsession. NOTHING.

10 months ago 22 3 3 0

Someone, somewhere is furiously adding subtitles to that Downfall Führerbunker clip.

10 months ago 85 12 3 1

"I've got a brand new content harvester"

10 months ago 2376 666 68 13

Indeed, water bill up 38.48% over last year here.

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Defend the em-dash

11 months ago 468 99 9 13

Another news story that omits the unit prices and standing charges and just goes with the nebulous average.

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In 2024, telecoms company O2 launched an AI chatbot called Daisy Harris who kept scammers on the line by talking incessantly about her cat.

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Host wise I’ve used KDA is Sheffield for a long time. It’s run by @kaustin-uk.bsky.social

1 year ago 1 0 0 0
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RAF clear 'exploding' Tunnock's teacakes to fly after 60 years The marshmallow treats were reportedly put on a no-fly list after erupting in a cockpit in 1965.

WTF? www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

1 year ago 1 2 0 0

One imagines a truly ‘leading’ economist might be able to figure it out…

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😂😂

1 year ago 86 15 2 1
Headline reading "OpenAI declares AI race “over” if training on copyrighted works isn’t fair use"

Headline reading "OpenAI declares AI race “over” if training on copyrighted works isn’t fair use"

Similarly, my business model of stealing all your shit won't work if you don't allow me to steal all your shit.

1 year ago 1670 443 26 11
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From the article: “could be saved” and “…work with the fire service to see if book swaps can be re-introduced at some stations…” is not the same as overrule.

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