@johngirvin.bsky.social
Computer botherer from Northern Ireland
https://johngirvin.com
https://johngirvin.com
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I'm looking for any games, mobile or even web dev work. I can code in multiple programming languages (C/Java/Python/Lua & more). I am familiar with Godot & Unreal I can do mobile & retro dev. Anything, contracting, freelance, if you know any leads or if anyone is looking to hire. Shares appreciated.
Alanna Kelly - Beaglier Systems | LinkedIn
Experience: Beaglier Systems · Education: Waterford Institute of Technology · Location: Galway · 500+ connections on LinkedIn. View Alanna Kelly’s profile on LinkedIn, a professional community of 1 bi...
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December 2, 2025 at 8:49 PM
I'm looking for any games, mobile or even web dev work. I can code in multiple programming languages (C/Java/Python/Lua & more). I am familiar with Godot & Unreal I can do mobile & retro dev. Anything, contracting, freelance, if you know any leads or if anyone is looking to hire. Shares appreciated.
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The fact the options were this or 'literally cease to exist and end Guiding in the UK' is fucking horrific. I hate it here. I grew up in Guides and it was a wonderful, inclusive organisation. The fact they can't continue that is breaking my heart.
i hope every single person who still buys harry potter merch or engages with that franchise is happy that they're literally making girl guides cry
girl guides uk have been forced very much against their will to exclude trans girls. full statement is here: www.girlguiding.org.uk/information-...
girl guides uk have been forced very much against their will to exclude trans girls. full statement is here: www.girlguiding.org.uk/information-...
December 2, 2025 at 5:20 PM
The fact the options were this or 'literally cease to exist and end Guiding in the UK' is fucking horrific. I hate it here. I grew up in Guides and it was a wonderful, inclusive organisation. The fact they can't continue that is breaking my heart.
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This sign raises more questions than it answers
December 2, 2025 at 8:31 PM
This sign raises more questions than it answers
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This is one of those truly perfect images that gets funnier the longer you look at it
December 2, 2025 at 4:02 AM
This is one of those truly perfect images that gets funnier the longer you look at it
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This is actually quite brilliant, up to and including the final sentence 🔥
December 1, 2025 at 11:09 AM
This is actually quite brilliant, up to and including the final sentence 🔥
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If you boarded a spaceship moving at light-speed, in just over four years you’d reach Alpha Centauri, our nearest neighbouring star. Four years of flight, and the scale of home would already begin to dissolve into something both tiny and strange, but weirdly familiar. 1/7
December 1, 2025 at 8:47 AM
If you boarded a spaceship moving at light-speed, in just over four years you’d reach Alpha Centauri, our nearest neighbouring star. Four years of flight, and the scale of home would already begin to dissolve into something both tiny and strange, but weirdly familiar. 1/7
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Little known fact. Max Verstappen's brother Nat, drives the last 511 Ulsterbus on a Saturday night from Belfast City Centre to Comber.
November 30, 2025 at 5:59 PM
Little known fact. Max Verstappen's brother Nat, drives the last 511 Ulsterbus on a Saturday night from Belfast City Centre to Comber.
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I've written a short comment regarding this new MIT study that is being passed around and why it is horseshit. "11.7% of US workforce is being replaced by AI" my ass. Thought that might be of interest. Also - thanks for all your work, you are one of the best resources out there.
AI isn't coming for your job: Melting the Iceberg
Why the new MIT Study speaking of 11.7% automation is horseshit and why the way it's being reported is even worse
open.substack.com
November 30, 2025 at 5:56 PM
I've written a short comment regarding this new MIT study that is being passed around and why it is horseshit. "11.7% of US workforce is being replaced by AI" my ass. Thought that might be of interest. Also - thanks for all your work, you are one of the best resources out there.
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Spent the afternoon, and a lot of money, at the Belfast Christmas Market. We hadn’t been for years and I think the kids enjoyed it more now they’re a bit older. Many chocolate covered things were consumed.
November 30, 2025 at 6:34 PM
Spent the afternoon, and a lot of money, at the Belfast Christmas Market. We hadn’t been for years and I think the kids enjoyed it more now they’re a bit older. Many chocolate covered things were consumed.
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Nine years ago Mike Fitzgerald wrote up an extraordinarily fascinating breakdown of the differences between the Tom Stoppard shooting script and the original Jeffrey Boam draft of Indiana Jones and The Last Crusade.
It's well worth your time: www.creativescreenwriting.com/indiana-jone...
It's well worth your time: www.creativescreenwriting.com/indiana-jone...
July 2, 2025 at 6:25 PM
Nine years ago Mike Fitzgerald wrote up an extraordinarily fascinating breakdown of the differences between the Tom Stoppard shooting script and the original Jeffrey Boam draft of Indiana Jones and The Last Crusade.
It's well worth your time: www.creativescreenwriting.com/indiana-jone...
It's well worth your time: www.creativescreenwriting.com/indiana-jone...
Back at U13 football for a change. 0C Sunday morning match, 0-0 at half time. 12M is knackered after rugby yesterday I think.
November 30, 2025 at 11:31 AM
Back at U13 football for a change. 0C Sunday morning match, 0-0 at half time. 12M is knackered after rugby yesterday I think.
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#OTD in 1967, Jocelyn Bell discovered pulsars & changed our view of the universe. 𝘉𝘶𝘵...
The #Nobel Prize in #Physics for their discovery went to to her thesis supervisor Antony Hewish & to astronomer Martin Ryle.
theconversation.com/fifty-years-...
#WomenInSTEM #astrophysics #MatildaEffect
The #Nobel Prize in #Physics for their discovery went to to her thesis supervisor Antony Hewish & to astronomer Martin Ryle.
theconversation.com/fifty-years-...
#WomenInSTEM #astrophysics #MatildaEffect
November 28, 2025 at 11:34 PM
#OTD in 1967, Jocelyn Bell discovered pulsars & changed our view of the universe. 𝘉𝘶𝘵...
The #Nobel Prize in #Physics for their discovery went to to her thesis supervisor Antony Hewish & to astronomer Martin Ryle.
theconversation.com/fifty-years-...
#WomenInSTEM #astrophysics #MatildaEffect
The #Nobel Prize in #Physics for their discovery went to to her thesis supervisor Antony Hewish & to astronomer Martin Ryle.
theconversation.com/fifty-years-...
#WomenInSTEM #astrophysics #MatildaEffect
I’ve heard Last Christmas three times today already.
November 29, 2025 at 2:05 PM
I’ve heard Last Christmas three times today already.
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A controversial opinion in the UK: having a standard emails job then sitting in a house you bought for a song and watching it rise exponentially in value due to political choices that have nothing to do with you is not it fact “working very hard to get what you have”
November 29, 2025 at 10:34 AM
A controversial opinion in the UK: having a standard emails job then sitting in a house you bought for a song and watching it rise exponentially in value due to political choices that have nothing to do with you is not it fact “working very hard to get what you have”
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Finally getting some theological clarity on the ethics of reclining in one’s plane seat
November 29, 2025 at 12:13 PM
Finally getting some theological clarity on the ethics of reclining in one’s plane seat
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The problem with that Whamageddon thing is that Last Christmas is a stone cold banger and trying to avoid it proves that you don't truly understand the meaning of the season, to celebrate our Lord and Savior, Saint George Michael.
November 28, 2025 at 9:15 PM
The problem with that Whamageddon thing is that Last Christmas is a stone cold banger and trying to avoid it proves that you don't truly understand the meaning of the season, to celebrate our Lord and Savior, Saint George Michael.
Back once again to the primary school Christmas Fair. 10F is on bun stand duty and 12M is an honoured guest as a last year leaver. I’m only here for the hot dogs.
November 28, 2025 at 6:41 PM
Back once again to the primary school Christmas Fair. 10F is on bun stand duty and 12M is an honoured guest as a last year leaver. I’m only here for the hot dogs.
12M promoted to the Rugby A-squad at school. He's very happy. And muddy.
November 28, 2025 at 5:20 PM
12M promoted to the Rugby A-squad at school. He's very happy. And muddy.
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How old were you when you found out that Thanksgiving isn’t real and that it was actually your parents?
November 28, 2025 at 2:07 PM
How old were you when you found out that Thanksgiving isn’t real and that it was actually your parents?
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Aaaaaand that's enough aviation internet for the day.
November 27, 2025 at 8:07 PM
Aaaaaand that's enough aviation internet for the day.
Front-loading websites so later navigation is faster is a waste of time because no one stays long enough to get the benefit.
"...sites that are explicitly designed as SPAs ... are seeing one soft-navigation for every full page load on average"
infrequently.org/2025/11/perf...
"...sites that are explicitly designed as SPAs ... are seeing one soft-navigation for every full page load on average"
infrequently.org/2025/11/perf...
The Performance Inequality Gap, 2026 - Infrequently Noted
Embedded in this year's network and device estimates is hopeful news about the trajectory of devices and networks. It has never been easier to deliver pages quickly, but we are not collectively hittin...
infrequently.org
November 28, 2025 at 9:43 AM
Front-loading websites so later navigation is faster is a waste of time because no one stays long enough to get the benefit.
"...sites that are explicitly designed as SPAs ... are seeing one soft-navigation for every full page load on average"
infrequently.org/2025/11/perf...
"...sites that are explicitly designed as SPAs ... are seeing one soft-navigation for every full page load on average"
infrequently.org/2025/11/perf...
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It's fucking ridiculous that it's cheaper to get a plane from London to Glasgow than a train.
November 27, 2025 at 9:55 PM
It's fucking ridiculous that it's cheaper to get a plane from London to Glasgow than a train.
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Is Dream Phone Conscious? Many users feel they're talking to a real person. Dumb fucks say it's time to consider whether they're onto something x
November 26, 2025 at 9:22 AM
Is Dream Phone Conscious? Many users feel they're talking to a real person. Dumb fucks say it's time to consider whether they're onto something x
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🔥 Rachel Reeves says there’s a “hole” in the public finances.
A new decade-long Brexit study quantifies it:
A 6–8% hit to GDP
That's £180bn-£240bn a year
It means less tax revenue and so less money for everything.
Brexit made Britain MUCH poorer.
A new decade-long Brexit study quantifies it:
A 6–8% hit to GDP
That's £180bn-£240bn a year
It means less tax revenue and so less money for everything.
Brexit made Britain MUCH poorer.
New: Boris Johnson’s ‘Brexit Titanic success’ was half right
Nearly ten years on, the first full assessment of Brexit confirms what millions warned: Britain made itself poorer
eastangliabylines.co.uk
November 26, 2025 at 6:49 AM
🔥 Rachel Reeves says there’s a “hole” in the public finances.
A new decade-long Brexit study quantifies it:
A 6–8% hit to GDP
That's £180bn-£240bn a year
It means less tax revenue and so less money for everything.
Brexit made Britain MUCH poorer.
A new decade-long Brexit study quantifies it:
A 6–8% hit to GDP
That's £180bn-£240bn a year
It means less tax revenue and so less money for everything.
Brexit made Britain MUCH poorer.