@danfoley.bsky.social
Former ice-cream designer. Also writer, data analyst, gardener, musician, cyclist - not necessarily in that order, and rarely all at once. Co-founder of Ukulele Tuesday. Code Club mentor. Reluctant pawn of the ineffable.
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They are defragging the church to speed up the Mass storage
December 19, 2025 at 12:31 PM
They are defragging the church to speed up the Mass storage
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I worked at Argos while at sixth form, and a customer once brought in a slice of bread as evidence his toaster wasn't working.
man i have never had as many stupid questions as when i worked at Lush, just thinking about it now and we really put retail workers Through It don't we
December 16, 2025 at 2:30 PM
I worked at Argos while at sixth form, and a customer once brought in a slice of bread as evidence his toaster wasn't working.
Bring On The Grand Stretch
December 15, 2025 at 6:25 PM
Bring On The Grand Stretch
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I hate how much I enjoyed this
BIG NERD DESIGN ENERGY 🫦
BIG NERD DESIGN ENERGY 🫦
December 13, 2025 at 5:47 PM
I hate how much I enjoyed this
BIG NERD DESIGN ENERGY 🫦
BIG NERD DESIGN ENERGY 🫦
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Headline of the year.
December 13, 2025 at 10:16 PM
Headline of the year.
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The poorly thought out ADVENT CALENDAR OF FILM RECOMMENDATIONS continues.
Day Eight: Memento (2000). 25 years old, but still Christopher Nolan’s best film. Available on Channel 4 for 26 more days.
Day Eight: Memento (2000). 25 years old, but still Christopher Nolan’s best film. Available on Channel 4 for 26 more days.
December 8, 2025 at 8:49 AM
The poorly thought out ADVENT CALENDAR OF FILM RECOMMENDATIONS continues.
Day Eight: Memento (2000). 25 years old, but still Christopher Nolan’s best film. Available on Channel 4 for 26 more days.
Day Eight: Memento (2000). 25 years old, but still Christopher Nolan’s best film. Available on Channel 4 for 26 more days.
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Wintery Friday night tunes.
December 5, 2025 at 7:43 PM
Wintery Friday night tunes.
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December 1, 2025 at 5:30 PM
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The most 1980s-coded product possible:
Casio QL-10 (1981)
You’ve heard it a million times growing up; don’t play with matches. Well folks, the Calcu-Lighter ain’t no match.
You’ve heard it a million times growing up; don’t play with matches. Well folks, the Calcu-Lighter ain’t no match.
November 29, 2025 at 11:05 PM
The most 1980s-coded product possible:
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Just saw My Neighbour Totoro stage show in London, and it’s absolutely astonishing — magical, spectacular, funny, devastatingly emotional, and wonderfully innovative. If you love the film, or just love live theatre, it’s a must watch
November 27, 2025 at 10:26 PM
Just saw My Neighbour Totoro stage show in London, and it’s absolutely astonishing — magical, spectacular, funny, devastatingly emotional, and wonderfully innovative. If you love the film, or just love live theatre, it’s a must watch
Finally found North Haverbrook's favourite pickle #RanchoRelaxo
November 25, 2025 at 9:01 PM
Finally found North Haverbrook's favourite pickle #RanchoRelaxo
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Like many places these days, Scotland lets the public name their snow plows. But they take it up a notch and offer a live tracking map so you can follow Thistle Grit Through, Robert Brrrns and Ice Sweeper Willie on their rounds
www.traffic.gov.scot/gritter-trac...
www.traffic.gov.scot/gritter-trac...
November 21, 2025 at 2:48 AM
Like many places these days, Scotland lets the public name their snow plows. But they take it up a notch and offer a live tracking map so you can follow Thistle Grit Through, Robert Brrrns and Ice Sweeper Willie on their rounds
www.traffic.gov.scot/gritter-trac...
www.traffic.gov.scot/gritter-trac...
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i don't believe in Roko's basilisk so every day i make fun of the computer. i touch it with my feet and call it a coward and make it run Daikatana at the lowest settings just to humiliate the machine
November 18, 2025 at 5:51 PM
i don't believe in Roko's basilisk so every day i make fun of the computer. i touch it with my feet and call it a coward and make it run Daikatana at the lowest settings just to humiliate the machine
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Now AI art is coming at the same disgusting idea from the other end. It is an assertion that images have *no* market value, and therefore that there is no such thing as art.
This is also disgusting. It is anti-human
Because it denies numinosity of human expression (from which art actually springs)
This is also disgusting. It is anti-human
Because it denies numinosity of human expression (from which art actually springs)
February 2, 2025 at 11:11 AM
Now AI art is coming at the same disgusting idea from the other end. It is an assertion that images have *no* market value, and therefore that there is no such thing as art.
This is also disgusting. It is anti-human
Because it denies numinosity of human expression (from which art actually springs)
This is also disgusting. It is anti-human
Because it denies numinosity of human expression (from which art actually springs)
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November 14, 2025 at 5:39 PM
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Dare we dream??..
November 13, 2025 at 9:56 PM
Dare we dream??..
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The production designer of The Expanse walks into the dark, smoke-filled director's office.
'We've a screen full of names to show in this scene. How many should we use for sci-fi Easter Eggs?'
The director, with hollowed-out eyes, cigarette in hand.
'Use them all.'
'But–.'
'I SAID USE THEM ALL!'
'We've a screen full of names to show in this scene. How many should we use for sci-fi Easter Eggs?'
The director, with hollowed-out eyes, cigarette in hand.
'Use them all.'
'But–.'
'I SAID USE THEM ALL!'
November 14, 2025 at 3:34 PM
The production designer of The Expanse walks into the dark, smoke-filled director's office.
'We've a screen full of names to show in this scene. How many should we use for sci-fi Easter Eggs?'
The director, with hollowed-out eyes, cigarette in hand.
'Use them all.'
'But–.'
'I SAID USE THEM ALL!'
'We've a screen full of names to show in this scene. How many should we use for sci-fi Easter Eggs?'
The director, with hollowed-out eyes, cigarette in hand.
'Use them all.'
'But–.'
'I SAID USE THEM ALL!'
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It's the Suiko VS-1 if you're curious! Ages ago I made a little video about it, and knocked together a sample pack too.
Fill your boots! 💖
youtu.be/Z1ePj-sUiTQ?...
Fill your boots! 💖
youtu.be/Z1ePj-sUiTQ?...
Gorgeous Suiko VS-1 synthesizer (and free sample pack!)
YouTube video by Alpha Chrome Yayo
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November 14, 2025 at 2:46 PM
It's the Suiko VS-1 if you're curious! Ages ago I made a little video about it, and knocked together a sample pack too.
Fill your boots! 💖
youtu.be/Z1ePj-sUiTQ?...
Fill your boots! 💖
youtu.be/Z1ePj-sUiTQ?...
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ok, elon.
so, this dude vonnegut, he survived the dresden fire bombing in ww2.
he wrote a pretty famous book about it, slaughterhouse-five.
before that he wrote a book called mother night, it's about what it means to "pretend" to be a nazi propagandist.
vonnegut says it has a very simple moral.
so, this dude vonnegut, he survived the dresden fire bombing in ww2.
he wrote a pretty famous book about it, slaughterhouse-five.
before that he wrote a book called mother night, it's about what it means to "pretend" to be a nazi propagandist.
vonnegut says it has a very simple moral.
January 22, 2025 at 5:50 PM
ok, elon.
so, this dude vonnegut, he survived the dresden fire bombing in ww2.
he wrote a pretty famous book about it, slaughterhouse-five.
before that he wrote a book called mother night, it's about what it means to "pretend" to be a nazi propagandist.
vonnegut says it has a very simple moral.
so, this dude vonnegut, he survived the dresden fire bombing in ww2.
he wrote a pretty famous book about it, slaughterhouse-five.
before that he wrote a book called mother night, it's about what it means to "pretend" to be a nazi propagandist.
vonnegut says it has a very simple moral.
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November 4, 2025 at 6:40 PM
AI knows about that scar on your left knee...
Check out @baldurbjarnason.com and the chapter of his book "The Intelligence Illusion" on this very topic. There's a version of it here in this blog post: softwarecrisis.dev/letters/llme...
The LLMentalist Effect: how chat-based Large Language Models rep…
The new era of tech seems to be built on superstitious behaviour
softwarecrisis.dev
October 31, 2025 at 9:45 PM
AI knows about that scar on your left knee...
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