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“just do not go to / via the US” is not a serious solution for a lot of people.

Decisions here are made slowly, with complete information, and agreement from all parties. Once they’re made they’re then slow to change for all the same reasons. Until this change…

Price sensitivity doesn’t spring into existence at the point something becomes unaffordable.

Fuel (diesel, specifically) in the UK is getting towards $10/gallon, so not surprising really!

Not in every instance, but in aggregate technological progress has clearly been beneficial. Just look at living conditions, infant mortality, life expectancy or education. You coul…

Repeat ad infinitum through history. Old ways of making a living getting commoditised is just the price of technological progress. It’s unfortunate that it’s happening so rapidly t…

The page keeps crashing on my iPhone 17 Pro.

Been at this 10 years. My top tip is if you’re doing cold outreach, kickstart the value exchange by giving something first without asking for anything in return. A “hey I noticed x…

They don’t say how they plan to avoid a repeat scenario a few months down the line. Donations are fine, but something needs to change or people are just propping up a non-viable bu…

I’m always amazed that people don’t post pictures of development projects that are primarily visual.

I remember signing up to Netflix to watch house of cards back in the early 2010s and being absolutely blown away. I don’t think there’s been a single show on Netflix I’ve genuinely…

A few reasons I can think of, having been through IVF twice now: - Capability. Many couples are perfectly capable of carrying a pregnancy, they’re just having trouble conceiving. -…

My parents generation are the most screen addicted people I know. Absolute slaves to Facebook’s algorithm. It’s really disheartening to see.

The site seems to be falling over. Is that a skill or taste issue?

Wow. I’m finding it hard to even conceive of what it’d be like to have one of the frontier models on hardware at this speed.

You don’t have to, of course, but you probably will if you want to be competitive in a professional capacity in the future. Not doing so seems a bit like a farmer ploughing fields …

At this point, when people say this I just assume they’ve not used the latest models or haven’t invested time in learning how to use these tools properly. There’s slop out there, y…

Unnecessary complexity isn’t much of a problem when the code is virtually free to maintain or throw away and replace.

An aside - this monitor is proving surprisingly difficult to buy in the UK. Everywhere I look it seems to be unavailable or out of stock, and I’ve been checking regularly. Relatedl…

At this point we need big names to choose to remove their services in the UK so the government gets the message.