Jack Aidley
@jackaidley.bsky.social
Programmer (mostly games, currently Unity) and former microbiologist. Brit in Germany. Likes cats, tabletop RPGs, and F1.
In justifying her horrendous, Tommy Robinson pleasing, asylum plans Mahmood claims "while asylum claims fall across Europe, they are rising here". Here's the facts behind that claim.
Look at that graph.
The UK doesn't take many asylum seekers compared to other countries in Europe.
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Look at that graph.
The UK doesn't take many asylum seekers compared to other countries in Europe.
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November 18, 2025 at 9:50 AM
In justifying her horrendous, Tommy Robinson pleasing, asylum plans Mahmood claims "while asylum claims fall across Europe, they are rising here". Here's the facts behind that claim.
Look at that graph.
The UK doesn't take many asylum seekers compared to other countries in Europe.
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Look at that graph.
The UK doesn't take many asylum seekers compared to other countries in Europe.
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Genuinely proud of where we filled up on our drive to Heathrow today.
November 12, 2025 at 10:35 PM
Genuinely proud of where we filled up on our drive to Heathrow today.
You've probably seen the 3bs in blueberry thing, and you probably know that the reason LLMs struggle is because the text is tokenised prior to reaching the model. But look at its explanations: they're gibberish -- and they're generated in the exact same way as all its other explanations
October 18, 2025 at 1:49 PM
You've probably seen the 3bs in blueberry thing, and you probably know that the reason LLMs struggle is because the text is tokenised prior to reaching the model. But look at its explanations: they're gibberish -- and they're generated in the exact same way as all its other explanations
There's a typo on the very first line the game shows you...
October 14, 2025 at 1:28 PM
There's a typo on the very first line the game shows you...
Did they flounder as the party of Covid-skepticism? I don't see much evidence of that in the polling over that period:
September 24, 2025 at 8:54 AM
Did they flounder as the party of Covid-skepticism? I don't see much evidence of that in the polling over that period:
Did they get AI to write this or just take a shit tonne of hallucinogenic drugs?
September 17, 2025 at 4:11 PM
Did they get AI to write this or just take a shit tonne of hallucinogenic drugs?
Another paper says this (reference [4] there is the paper above), so it looks like it is called W because the creators of Maple thought it was called omega and there's no omega on the keyboard. The idea it was called omega I can't source.
From: www.researchgate.net/publication/...
From: www.researchgate.net/publication/...
![Text reads: Notation: The letter W is now a standard notation for this function, following early Maple usage. In [4] we proposed to call this Lambert's W function, because Lambert set the first problem which required W for its solution, and because Euler attributed the series with which he solved the problem to Lambert. In [3], it is also called the `omega' function, because there is a persistent rumor that there are papers which use the greek letter ω for this function. If any readers of this article can provide a reference for this notation, please inform us by e-mail to rcorless@uwo.ca.
Note: the symbol ω is visually similar to the letter W.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:o6tuqli3q23gdq7vxvuf3mo4/bafkreidtm6kzan2u52yn5x5gofzfbbxzijn6yz4pqfizf6pomb2xbpgx3y@jpeg)
September 13, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Another paper says this (reference [4] there is the paper above), so it looks like it is called W because the creators of Maple thought it was called omega and there's no omega on the keyboard. The idea it was called omega I can't source.
From: www.researchgate.net/publication/...
From: www.researchgate.net/publication/...
The classic paper "The Lambert W says:
![We use the letter W for this function, following early Maple usage. We propose to call it the Lambert W function, because it is the logarithm of a special case (β = α = −1) of Lambert’s series (1.2). Fortuitously, the letter W has additional significance because of the pioneering work on many aspects of W by E. M. Wright [69,70,71,72]. In [14], the function is also called the Omega function.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:o6tuqli3q23gdq7vxvuf3mo4/bafkreif4gpwdu364xcv2lckx2picnmcyoffs2eztecxu2h7mzfmesufwva@jpeg)
September 13, 2025 at 1:09 PM
The classic paper "The Lambert W says:
The video comparison to other drivers is stark but I guess the problem is that a 20kph lift has been considered enough in previous double yellow situations, e.g. Qatar last year, so how much should he have slowed exactly? The "greatly reduced speed" from article 44.1 seems more clearly breached.
September 6, 2025 at 9:11 AM
The video comparison to other drivers is stark but I guess the problem is that a 20kph lift has been considered enough in previous double yellow situations, e.g. Qatar last year, so how much should he have slowed exactly? The "greatly reduced speed" from article 44.1 seems more clearly breached.
Ah, gotcha. I think your reference has slightly misunderstood, or you've slightly misunderstood it, if you look at the code from that paper you can see that what it's storing into the accumulator isn't the return address but the command 'A m F'. A is 11100 in the character table of the EDSAC2 so...
August 25, 2025 at 10:24 AM
Ah, gotcha. I think your reference has slightly misunderstood, or you've slightly misunderstood it, if you look at the code from that paper you can see that what it's storing into the accumulator isn't the return address but the command 'A m F'. A is 11100 in the character table of the EDSAC2 so...
Thought it was harsh, but reading the regs it seems fair. 55.15 of the sporting regs:
July 6, 2025 at 4:43 PM
Thought it was harsh, but reading the regs it seems fair. 55.15 of the sporting regs:
The major justification given in parliament - hansard.parliament.uk/commons/2025... - was that during the Thale protest they "caused panic among staff, who feared for their safety as pyrotechnics and smoke bombs were thrown into the area to which they were evacuating".
I found a photo
I found a photo
July 5, 2025 at 11:20 AM
The major justification given in parliament - hansard.parliament.uk/commons/2025... - was that during the Thale protest they "caused panic among staff, who feared for their safety as pyrotechnics and smoke bombs were thrown into the area to which they were evacuating".
I found a photo
I found a photo
Not 18th century onwards, but I really enjoyed Femina by Janina Ramirez. Full of interesting (and sometimes infuriating) facts about the past from an often missed perspective.
June 27, 2025 at 7:35 AM
Not 18th century onwards, but I really enjoyed Femina by Janina Ramirez. Full of interesting (and sometimes infuriating) facts about the past from an often missed perspective.
June 25, 2025 at 12:24 PM
Gosh, I wonder which party might Sky News be putting in Other here?
May 2, 2025 at 4:24 PM
Gosh, I wonder which party might Sky News be putting in Other here?
These guys are so cool! The reason it is only one eye is that they share a single lens and the same organ. I found this neat diagram of how it works that makes that clear:
April 28, 2025 at 8:52 AM
These guys are so cool! The reason it is only one eye is that they share a single lens and the same organ. I found this neat diagram of how it works that makes that clear:
She makes it sound so nice and reasonable. And if they hadn't collectively shattered any and all impression of acting in good faith then it might even be believable.
April 28, 2025 at 5:36 AM
She makes it sound so nice and reasonable. And if they hadn't collectively shattered any and all impression of acting in good faith then it might even be believable.
Talisker in a box
December 6, 2024 at 10:43 AM
Talisker in a box
Twigly exploring her cage.
November 28, 2024 at 8:38 PM
Twigly exploring her cage.
Ha!
Age yourself with your first computer:
Age yourself with your first computer:
November 24, 2024 at 1:09 PM
Ha!
Age yourself with your first computer:
Age yourself with your first computer:
They were rescued from our garden after I cheerfully posted this picture to our family chat, pleased to two little hedgehogs in our garden, until my mum pointed out that they were severely undersized and shouldn't be out during the day
November 23, 2024 at 2:08 PM
They were rescued from our garden after I cheerfully posted this picture to our family chat, pleased to two little hedgehogs in our garden, until my mum pointed out that they were severely undersized and shouldn't be out during the day
Say hello to Bean and Twigly, who will be joining us for the Winter
November 23, 2024 at 2:08 PM
Say hello to Bean and Twigly, who will be joining us for the Winter