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Dad, CTO @evolution.tech, autistic, avid reader, gamer, politics nerd, MBA. Mainly working in C#, TS, SQL, PWAs and occasionally AI. Opinions are personal, expect sarcasm. https://k17.dev/
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Right wing chuds (including Labour) "we need to keep a benefits cap on 2 children to stop poor people having too many kids" Same right wing chuds "why aren't women having enough children? We should force them to have more"

They're basically gestapo, but where the gestapo were all sharp suits and shiny buttons these fuckos are cosplay military with desert camo in a town centre. Fucking pathetic, only, like the gestapo, they have guns and the backing of a fascist state.

Day trip to Conwy Castle

When governments give money to citizens, whether paid employees or welfare, that money isn't really spent/lost. Those people spend (almost all) the money in the country, on housing, services, recreation, taxes, it all comes back. When they give money to corporations, it doesn't.

So, I think it's time I begin, in detailed specifics, talking about the mess that is Unbound / Boundless as a book publisher, in essence stealing most of a years royalties from me and many other authors, as a result of poor financial decisions, and legal BS. Please read and share this thread.

While digging through the thousands of CDs in my attic (in a failed declutter attempt) I found my copy of dEUS's Worst Case Scenario, an absolute banger of an album I'd somehow completely forgotten about. So, today's soundtrack...

AI companies operate like a religious cult. Check out the new Factually! episode with @karenhao.bsky.social wherever you get podcasts. » Apple Podcasts: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/a... » Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/5Cre... » YouTube: youtu.be/6ovuMoW2EGk

That was a joke of an #F1 race, just embarrassing for the entire sport.

TIL about @antfu.me's `drauu` utility. Handy! github.com/antfu/drauu

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