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neilgascoigne.bsky.social
IT nerd in the UK utility sector, father, dog owner, reader of history, political slinger, analyst, car buff, aviation buff, owner of EV and solar because that matters for my kid’s future.
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There’s much merit to this idea given the creation of the auxiliary beat role that is a PCSO (which was in part done to reduce costs). I hope if it meets the petition debate criteria, our MP @drlukeevans.org.uk would like to participate in that debate. www.leics.police.uk/news/leicest...

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Welsh dark night skies are so much better and more alike to what I remember them to be before too much light pollution came along. Orion, Jupiter, Aldebaran and Pleiades. Classic Winter sky. 🌌

submitted 39 days ago • 0 comments

Well #Meta is on the fritz. Anyone remember this doozy from 2021 where a bad change prevented routing to their own DNS servers and they had to get into their data centres in person to fix it? www.theregister.com/AMP/2021/10/...

submitted 84 days ago • 0 comments

Cracker and dad joke time: I guess you could say we’re “sprucing” the place up? Nordmann firs smells amazing! 🌲🎄

submitted 87 days ago • 0 comments

The #sonos S2 app and architecture has gone from bad to worse on my old Play:3 speaker. Looking on here and Reddit, I’m not alone. However there is an easy downgrade route to the old S1 platform. Once done, things become slick and fast. Just don’t mention the likelihood that it restores SMBv1 too 😅

submitted 92 days ago • 1 comment

Life extension for the UK’s dwindling number of aged nuclear power stations. Can SMRs (small modular reactors) replace them without consequences above that of their larger brothers? There certainly seems to be an ongoing capability gap. inews.co.uk/news/nuclear...

submitted 94 days ago • 1 comment

Good morning! A benefit of (nearly) Winter in the UK. Late dawns and low sun paints the sky as you get ready for work.

submitted 97 days ago • 0 comments

I hope Dave Gorman has dropped Gregg Wallace from his act now. I don’t like GW and I’m not surprised about this news. Much of Gorman’s recent show was based around GW. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

submitted 97 days ago • 0 comments

Well that’s good news. 1 metre restriction removed and a big uplift in BUS. “Energy bosses have welcomed a move by the government to ease planning rules on heat pump installations, as well as a decision to nearly double the annual budget for its Boiler Upgrade Scheme (BUS).” Source: Utility Week

submitted 105 days ago • 0 comments

Now on BBC2 also feat. @fleetstreetfox.bsky.social www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis...

submitted 105 days ago • 0 comments

The horror! 😱 www.telegraph.co.uk/money/consum...

submitted 109 days ago • 0 comments

There’s no real #detailing content on here! I tried Feynlab rinseless for the first time today. Usual snow foam phase with Bilt Hamber Touch-less, then a small dash of Feynlab in the soap bucket, followed wipe off with a drying towel. Really quick and easy. Good results, our cars were filthy before.

submitted 109 days ago • 1 comment

#backstreet evening vibes yesterday

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What I think this doesn’t protect against is scraping the open content of this site by third-parties for training of their own AI models. Therefore don’t assume a level of out and out safety here beyond that found elsewhere?

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Great to see this isn’t a SUV design. The width of the battery will still make it taller though. A big enough nose to house a V12 back in the day? ;-) www.autocar.co.uk/car-news/new...

submitted 110 days ago • 0 comments

Listening to the sports slot on Radio 4 Today this morning, I’m wondering if they are auditioning David James for BBC Match of the Day by first having him report on the radio. Came over rather well #motd

submitted 111 days ago • 0 comments

#Musk now appears to be the new Dominic Cummings of government. When will he have his Barnard’s Castle moment?

submitted 113 days ago • 0 comments

@carpervert.bsky.social any chance you can use Bluesky now that you’ve quit Twitter today? Here’s a picture of a nice GSA in Hinckley for no other reason.

submitted 116 days ago • 0 comments

Bluetongue has crept further west now hitting this part of the Leicestershire-Warwickshire border. Now most of eastern England appears to be under movement controls meaning no ruminant animals can go to slaughter. Christmas is going to be bad this year for farming. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

submitted 116 days ago • 0 comments

I was late to the party. Thanks to my colleague James for sending me an invite to join. Bluesky now has over 10 million users, and I was #1,377,974! PM

submitted 169 days ago • 1 comment