Ian Spencer 🐧
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Bass player & guitar strummer. Walker. Cyclist. Grumbler.
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The question is whether the DOJ have been scrubbing all the archives or whether the original materials will one day be recoverable.
December 11, 2025 at 5:00 PM
The question is whether the DOJ have been scrubbing all the archives or whether the original materials will one day be recoverable.
It's a useful perspective, that drivers live in a psychotic world of misconceptions about other road users & their skills.
Drivers see malice in others, but some apply that not just to other drivers (& cyclists) but to the highway authorities and then use this to excuse ignoring traffic directions.
Drivers see malice in others, but some apply that not just to other drivers (& cyclists) but to the highway authorities and then use this to excuse ignoring traffic directions.
December 11, 2025 at 4:49 PM
It's a useful perspective, that drivers live in a psychotic world of misconceptions about other road users & their skills.
Drivers see malice in others, but some apply that not just to other drivers (& cyclists) but to the highway authorities and then use this to excuse ignoring traffic directions.
Drivers see malice in others, but some apply that not just to other drivers (& cyclists) but to the highway authorities and then use this to excuse ignoring traffic directions.
They don't believe in government. They have deluded themselves that all wealthy people need is money to control their lives, and the only role of the not wealthy is to provide wealth for the righteously wealthy.
And they are racist.
Putin believes in dictatorship and fools. It will not end well.
And they are racist.
Putin believes in dictatorship and fools. It will not end well.
December 11, 2025 at 4:41 PM
They don't believe in government. They have deluded themselves that all wealthy people need is money to control their lives, and the only role of the not wealthy is to provide wealth for the righteously wealthy.
And they are racist.
Putin believes in dictatorship and fools. It will not end well.
And they are racist.
Putin believes in dictatorship and fools. It will not end well.
Where you use the time to assess the junction, and potter into the left hand lane, taking note of the car signalling right that will hold up our friend while he tries to bully his way out of the lane.
Rinse and repeat.
Rinse and repeat.
December 11, 2025 at 12:32 PM
Where you use the time to assess the junction, and potter into the left hand lane, taking note of the car signalling right that will hold up our friend while he tries to bully his way out of the lane.
Rinse and repeat.
Rinse and repeat.
When something isn't in the HWC or is against it, then traffic flow is often the excuse.
The overriding priority of the HWC is safety. Free flow is a nice to have but when used as an excuse it leads to entitlement & confusion, like inversed priority due to mandatory politeness.
The overriding priority of the HWC is safety. Free flow is a nice to have but when used as an excuse it leads to entitlement & confusion, like inversed priority due to mandatory politeness.
December 11, 2025 at 9:03 AM
When something isn't in the HWC or is against it, then traffic flow is often the excuse.
The overriding priority of the HWC is safety. Free flow is a nice to have but when used as an excuse it leads to entitlement & confusion, like inversed priority due to mandatory politeness.
The overriding priority of the HWC is safety. Free flow is a nice to have but when used as an excuse it leads to entitlement & confusion, like inversed priority due to mandatory politeness.
It's the anger that goes with it.
Drive at a limit, especially if it's been changed within even the last couple of years, or just before or after a limit change, at some point you will have a car charge up and tailgate to get you to speed up.
They expect you to break the law too.
Drive at a limit, especially if it's been changed within even the last couple of years, or just before or after a limit change, at some point you will have a car charge up and tailgate to get you to speed up.
They expect you to break the law too.
December 11, 2025 at 8:56 AM
It's the anger that goes with it.
Drive at a limit, especially if it's been changed within even the last couple of years, or just before or after a limit change, at some point you will have a car charge up and tailgate to get you to speed up.
They expect you to break the law too.
Drive at a limit, especially if it's been changed within even the last couple of years, or just before or after a limit change, at some point you will have a car charge up and tailgate to get you to speed up.
They expect you to break the law too.
It's piracy.
He obviously secretly admires Somalians.
He obviously secretly admires Somalians.
December 11, 2025 at 8:50 AM
It's piracy.
He obviously secretly admires Somalians.
He obviously secretly admires Somalians.
Presumably it was Talk Like a Pirate Day. You know how the Orange One takes things literally.
December 11, 2025 at 8:48 AM
Presumably it was Talk Like a Pirate Day. You know how the Orange One takes things literally.
Meanwhile, after I have studiously rejected any updated agreements as they pop up, Samsung have decided that TV home screens should carry advertising when they didn't when they were sold.
I can see that chipping your TV will become a thing.
I can see that chipping your TV will become a thing.
December 11, 2025 at 12:02 AM
Meanwhile, after I have studiously rejected any updated agreements as they pop up, Samsung have decided that TV home screens should carry advertising when they didn't when they were sold.
I can see that chipping your TV will become a thing.
I can see that chipping your TV will become a thing.
The most unsurprising thing would be if its chairman was the President of FIFA (or, indeed, the FIA).
December 10, 2025 at 10:46 PM
The most unsurprising thing would be if its chairman was the President of FIFA (or, indeed, the FIA).
That crossing is apparently protected by magic yellow paint, not that you should need it.
December 10, 2025 at 7:50 PM
That crossing is apparently protected by magic yellow paint, not that you should need it.
If there is one road marking that drivers just don't get it's the yellow box.
It's not just that people ignore them, don't plan to stop* when traffic is backing up, people on side roads decide that it means leave them a space to pull into to block the junction.
*Including cars behind when you do.
It's not just that people ignore them, don't plan to stop* when traffic is backing up, people on side roads decide that it means leave them a space to pull into to block the junction.
*Including cars behind when you do.
December 10, 2025 at 7:43 PM
If there is one road marking that drivers just don't get it's the yellow box.
It's not just that people ignore them, don't plan to stop* when traffic is backing up, people on side roads decide that it means leave them a space to pull into to block the junction.
*Including cars behind when you do.
It's not just that people ignore them, don't plan to stop* when traffic is backing up, people on side roads decide that it means leave them a space to pull into to block the junction.
*Including cars behind when you do.
Doing my own archaeology: why?
December 10, 2025 at 7:33 PM
Doing my own archaeology: why?
They're gonna be so mad when they discover the Great American typeface is British.
December 10, 2025 at 7:18 PM
They're gonna be so mad when they discover the Great American typeface is British.
As code complexity increased,
trying to control the summary blocks to get the precision required both took as long as using a 3GL and required a higher skill level.
AI programming has the same problem, the instructions required to craft precise code need both precision and AI geekery.
2/2
trying to control the summary blocks to get the precision required both took as long as using a 3GL and required a higher skill level.
AI programming has the same problem, the instructions required to craft precise code need both precision and AI geekery.
2/2
December 10, 2025 at 1:26 PM
As code complexity increased,
trying to control the summary blocks to get the precision required both took as long as using a 3GL and required a higher skill level.
AI programming has the same problem, the instructions required to craft precise code need both precision and AI geekery.
2/2
trying to control the summary blocks to get the precision required both took as long as using a 3GL and required a higher skill level.
AI programming has the same problem, the instructions required to craft precise code need both precision and AI geekery.
2/2
Back in the early 80s, the fashion was for 4GLs, languages that attempted to summarise code into compact instructions. Originally query languages, they generalised.
Universally, each language required an intimate knowledge of the subtleties of the implicit code.
1/2
Universally, each language required an intimate knowledge of the subtleties of the implicit code.
1/2
December 10, 2025 at 1:26 PM
Back in the early 80s, the fashion was for 4GLs, languages that attempted to summarise code into compact instructions. Originally query languages, they generalised.
Universally, each language required an intimate knowledge of the subtleties of the implicit code.
1/2
Universally, each language required an intimate knowledge of the subtleties of the implicit code.
1/2
I think they don't need a history, they just need a tick box:
Have you got a BlueSky Account?
Have you got a BlueSky Account?
December 10, 2025 at 1:07 PM
I think they don't need a history, they just need a tick box:
Have you got a BlueSky Account?
Have you got a BlueSky Account?
HDMI cables have that awesome ability to baffle too.
The USB C ones are usually unmarked, you just have to remember what the dodgy eBay seller claimed they could do.
The USB C ones are usually unmarked, you just have to remember what the dodgy eBay seller claimed they could do.
December 10, 2025 at 1:00 PM
HDMI cables have that awesome ability to baffle too.
The USB C ones are usually unmarked, you just have to remember what the dodgy eBay seller claimed they could do.
The USB C ones are usually unmarked, you just have to remember what the dodgy eBay seller claimed they could do.
Sealant for inner tubes has been around from before tubeless, though I suspect they have grimproved the quality of sealant sine then.
It's a big "it depends" whether it works. I'd say it's more important to remove the offending spike than with tubeless as the tube moves relative to the tyre.
It's a big "it depends" whether it works. I'd say it's more important to remove the offending spike than with tubeless as the tube moves relative to the tyre.
December 10, 2025 at 9:41 AM
Sealant for inner tubes has been around from before tubeless, though I suspect they have grimproved the quality of sealant sine then.
It's a big "it depends" whether it works. I'd say it's more important to remove the offending spike than with tubeless as the tube moves relative to the tyre.
It's a big "it depends" whether it works. I'd say it's more important to remove the offending spike than with tubeless as the tube moves relative to the tyre.
The Four Wives of Henry VIII.
December 10, 2025 at 9:33 AM
The Four Wives of Henry VIII.
Japan has these, but they are very public transit oriented.
December 9, 2025 at 10:12 PM
Japan has these, but they are very public transit oriented.
I keep discovering odd little cycling groups locally, though I ride with The Big Club.
I have no idea what it is like around you, but keep your eyes open, there might yet be some undiscovered set of friends you just haven't yet met.
I have no idea what it is like around you, but keep your eyes open, there might yet be some undiscovered set of friends you just haven't yet met.
Michael Bublé - Haven't Met You Yet [Official Music Video]
YouTube video by Michael Bublé
youtu.be
December 9, 2025 at 10:28 AM
I keep discovering odd little cycling groups locally, though I ride with The Big Club.
I have no idea what it is like around you, but keep your eyes open, there might yet be some undiscovered set of friends you just haven't yet met.
I have no idea what it is like around you, but keep your eyes open, there might yet be some undiscovered set of friends you just haven't yet met.
Prog rock 70s says "Only 2?"
December 9, 2025 at 12:39 AM
Prog rock 70s says "Only 2?"
Just put a text list, comma separated. There are lots of ways to use it, even just good old cut and paste. Then you can be serviced agnostic.
Just make sure titles are spot on e.g. "Make Me Smile (Come Up and See Me) and artists too - "Steve Harley and Cockney Rebel" then any searches will be good.
Just make sure titles are spot on e.g. "Make Me Smile (Come Up and See Me) and artists too - "Steve Harley and Cockney Rebel" then any searches will be good.
Steve Harley & Cockney Rebel - Make Me Smile (Come Up And See Me) (Official Music Video)
YouTube video by Chrysalis Records
youtu.be
December 9, 2025 at 12:04 AM
Just put a text list, comma separated. There are lots of ways to use it, even just good old cut and paste. Then you can be serviced agnostic.
Just make sure titles are spot on e.g. "Make Me Smile (Come Up and See Me) and artists too - "Steve Harley and Cockney Rebel" then any searches will be good.
Just make sure titles are spot on e.g. "Make Me Smile (Come Up and See Me) and artists too - "Steve Harley and Cockney Rebel" then any searches will be good.
OTOH, she is now a senior advisor.
That's a big parking ticket problem they must have.
That's a big parking ticket problem they must have.
December 8, 2025 at 9:49 PM
OTOH, she is now a senior advisor.
That's a big parking ticket problem they must have.
That's a big parking ticket problem they must have.