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Liam Blizard

@blizard.io

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Contract .NET Azure/AWS developer living on the Isle of Arran 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 with my wife, daughter & dog. Likes being in the mountains, under or on the ocean, or in the stands at Sheffield United. Codes in C#, F# and Swift blizard.io

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Liam Blizard @blizard.io · Nov 4

If you're searching for #fsharp content on BlueSky, there's a starter pack to get you going

bsky.app/starter-pack...

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Liam Blizard @blizard.io · 9h

I wonder how much of this is because Starmer doesn't have a strong ideological core, therefore his spokespeople don’t know where he stands on any particular issue until they've spoken to him directly.

Liam Blizard @blizard.io · 15h

This is the way

Liam Blizard @blizard.io · 22h

Looking forward to the next one for the coveted title of "not the worst club in the championship" (though rather hoping we'll have dragged ourselves out of the shit by then) ⚔️

Liam Blizard @blizard.io · 1d

Decided to tackle the pile of boxes of "stuff I've bought, and should keep the boxes for in case I decide to sell it".

Lots of idiocy here. I still have a box for a DJI Air 2s that I lost in a ravine three years ago.

Liam Blizard @blizard.io · 2d

£4K if it's a George Costanza wallet

Liam Blizard @blizard.io · 2d

"What is non carbs?"

Liam Blizard @blizard.io · 4d

This is going to be hilarious to watch in 4 years if Farage gets in.

Liam Blizard @blizard.io · 4d

Me and my ex stayed together for a few years too long, but if we'd split up sooner, then I wouldn't have met my wife, and my kid wouldn't exist.

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Tom Roberts @tpgroberts.bsky.social · 6d

The market cap of Volkswagen Group, a company that makes a lot of cars that don't blow up, and sold about 5x the number of cars Tesla did last year, is £50bn.

Tony Tassell @tonytassell.bsky.social · 6d

Can Tesla stay a trillion dollar company on just two models? the always excellent June Yoon here www.ft.com/content/b3d1...

Can Tesla stay a trillion dollar company on just two models?

BYD is competing directly with Elon Musk’s carmaker in the midsize electric SUV market

www.ft.com

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Liam Blizard @blizard.io · 6d

I used to read everything on ebook, but I've gone to maybe 50% physical mostly because I want my kid to see me reading a book rather than looking at a screen

Liam Blizard @blizard.io · 6d

These are the ones I have, work underwater. And much cheaper than the Shokz equivalent.

naenka.com/products/run...

Runner 4 Bone Conduction Headphone

1. Only TF mode supports working underwater.2. TF mode only supports MP3/M4A/WAV/APE/FLAC format files.3. Pressing the volume button too quickly will cause the volume to fail to change.

naenka.com

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Liam Blizard @blizard.io · 6d

I also really hate having something between my ear drums and the natural world when I'm on a run/hike, but bone conduction headphones have been a revelation for me.

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Liam Blizard @blizard.io · 6d

Forget the range, Bluetooth doesn't penetrate water. You can get headphones that you load with audio files

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Liam Blizard @blizard.io · 7d

I'm useless at Crawl though. Need to get some coaching I think

Liam Blizard @blizard.io · 7d

I'm the opposite. I have the headphones that you can load MP3's on to it, but it still annoys me that I cannot connect to my phone as I want to listen to audiobooks at 1.5x speed.

Liam Blizard @blizard.io · 7d

Swimming is just so boring though. I really have to be able to get myself into a flow state to stomach it.

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Liam Blizard @blizard.io · 7d

That said, I've found it a bit too hulking to chuck in a weekend bag,

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Liam Blizard @blizard.io · 7d

Playing indie games you've bought for a fiver in a steam sale anywhere you like > paying ninety quid for AAA graphical fidelity that you can only experience once the partner and kids have gone to bed.

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Liam Blizard @blizard.io · 8d

If I was looking to do a week in Paris it would be different. Couple of days spent in the expensive spots, and then seek out cheaper areas for the rest of the week.

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Liam Blizard @blizard.io · 8d

It's like a £20 bottle of shop bought wine v a £40 one. Can afford both, and the £40 wine is better, but it doesn't do enough to justify the price difference. I wouldn't consider Paris anymore for a weekend break, when there are other cities that are much cheaper and for 1-2 days are just as good.

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Liam Blizard @blizard.io · 8d

Paris has been on my "fuck that, it's too expensive" list of city break destinations for quite a while.

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The Ineffable Horror of Joe Muggs @joemuggs.bsky.social · 8d

Modest proposal:

BBC BRING BACK 'TOMORROW'S WORLD'.

Science, tech, environment reporting are woeful currently. Something that blasts excitement about what a golden age we're in of discovery (vaccines, computing, space exploration etc etc) but can also be a trojan horse for warnings on climate etc

the presenters of 1980s Tomorrow's World

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Liam Blizard @blizard.io · 8d

Yes, something to with how much power USB C sockets can use compared to usb A

Liam Blizard @blizard.io · 8d

Ah interesting! Thank you