If only I had two votes to withhold, this would be the cause of the other.
November 26, 2025 at 2:33 PM
If only I had two votes to withhold, this would be the cause of the other.
To paraphrase Alf Dubs, "there goes one more Labour vote." Mine.
November 26, 2025 at 2:32 PM
To paraphrase Alf Dubs, "there goes one more Labour vote." Mine.
JFC.
Hotel costs are easing for those of you fortunate enough. For the rest of you that need to eat food, not so much.
Hotel costs are easing for those of you fortunate enough. For the rest of you that need to eat food, not so much.
November 19, 2025 at 11:50 AM
JFC.
Hotel costs are easing for those of you fortunate enough. For the rest of you that need to eat food, not so much.
Hotel costs are easing for those of you fortunate enough. For the rest of you that need to eat food, not so much.
Hey journalists! I know you're very smart and literate, but you are not very numerate.
This should say "your already very expensive shopping is going up by another 3.6%" Instead you imply things are getting better for me, rather than getting worse at a slightly slower rate than feared.
This should say "your already very expensive shopping is going up by another 3.6%" Instead you imply things are getting better for me, rather than getting worse at a slightly slower rate than feared.
November 19, 2025 at 11:48 AM
Hey journalists! I know you're very smart and literate, but you are not very numerate.
This should say "your already very expensive shopping is going up by another 3.6%" Instead you imply things are getting better for me, rather than getting worse at a slightly slower rate than feared.
This should say "your already very expensive shopping is going up by another 3.6%" Instead you imply things are getting better for me, rather than getting worse at a slightly slower rate than feared.
Today in “politicians don’t understand computers”
November 12, 2025 at 6:34 AM
Today in “politicians don’t understand computers”
This will not end well.
November 10, 2025 at 9:52 PM
This will not end well.
I could definitely argue any parking fine for this, right?
November 6, 2025 at 2:35 PM
I could definitely argue any parking fine for this, right?
JFC. Seems like the UK Labour policy wonks have been kicked in the head by a horse.
The alternative: Tax heavy polluting vehicles properly, including stupidly large EVs, through VED.
Stop subsidising fossil fuels. Increase benefits for low-income people to offset the removal of said subsidies.
The alternative: Tax heavy polluting vehicles properly, including stupidly large EVs, through VED.
Stop subsidising fossil fuels. Increase benefits for low-income people to offset the removal of said subsidies.
November 6, 2025 at 10:29 AM
JFC. Seems like the UK Labour policy wonks have been kicked in the head by a horse.
The alternative: Tax heavy polluting vehicles properly, including stupidly large EVs, through VED.
Stop subsidising fossil fuels. Increase benefits for low-income people to offset the removal of said subsidies.
The alternative: Tax heavy polluting vehicles properly, including stupidly large EVs, through VED.
Stop subsidising fossil fuels. Increase benefits for low-income people to offset the removal of said subsidies.
I’m hoping this is the Guardian being the Guardian. The Bank of England should know that private schools fees are not in its basket of goods and services for measuring CPI, I imagine because so few people pay private school fees.
October 16, 2025 at 5:56 PM
I’m hoping this is the Guardian being the Guardian. The Bank of England should know that private schools fees are not in its basket of goods and services for measuring CPI, I imagine because so few people pay private school fees.
You hear a lot about how AI will revolutionise fields like medicine. So for balance here’s a redacted transcript with a medical doctor and clinical researcher.
August 11, 2025 at 9:03 AM
You hear a lot about how AI will revolutionise fields like medicine. So for balance here’s a redacted transcript with a medical doctor and clinical researcher.
Nuclear power is not about low carbon. It’s about money. The Brits are having their wallets inspected before a single Watt is generated.
July 22, 2025 at 10:42 AM
Nuclear power is not about low carbon. It’s about money. The Brits are having their wallets inspected before a single Watt is generated.
The shot, the chaser.
The liberal in-house magazine shilling for nukes yet again.
The liberal in-house magazine shilling for nukes yet again.
July 7, 2025 at 9:09 AM
The shot, the chaser.
The liberal in-house magazine shilling for nukes yet again.
The liberal in-house magazine shilling for nukes yet again.
Methane companies in the UK will get to fleece us for network upgrades for a product we cannot safely use. Meanwhile badly needed electricity grid upgrades are much lower.
I cannot wait to disconnect permanently from the methane network.
I cannot wait to disconnect permanently from the methane network.
July 1, 2025 at 12:48 PM
Methane companies in the UK will get to fleece us for network upgrades for a product we cannot safely use. Meanwhile badly needed electricity grid upgrades are much lower.
I cannot wait to disconnect permanently from the methane network.
I cannot wait to disconnect permanently from the methane network.
If you're into distributed systems and consensus protocols then I'm going to present something hopefully new and interesting at conferences.ncl.ac.uk/ideas2025/.
June 30, 2025 at 6:03 PM
If you're into distributed systems and consensus protocols then I'm going to present something hopefully new and interesting at conferences.ncl.ac.uk/ideas2025/.
Re-using a golden oldie (GraphConnect 2017) by @technige.bsky.social where I will introduce something that I now think could change the way we think about transactions and distributed systems.
"They needed only to rise up and shake themselves like a horse shaking off flies" -- Orwell
"They needed only to rise up and shake themselves like a horse shaking off flies" -- Orwell
June 30, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Re-using a golden oldie (GraphConnect 2017) by @technige.bsky.social where I will introduce something that I now think could change the way we think about transactions and distributed systems.
"They needed only to rise up and shake themselves like a horse shaking off flies" -- Orwell
"They needed only to rise up and shake themselves like a horse shaking off flies" -- Orwell
Session at SIGMOD. I voted for @enewc.bsky.social, did I do it right?
June 24, 2025 at 1:46 PM
Session at SIGMOD. I voted for @enewc.bsky.social, did I do it right?
The physics, economics, and optics of this are all out of whack. Nukes are stupidly expensive and funnel our money into developers' pockets. Why does this Guardian publish such drivel?
June 1, 2025 at 7:11 PM
The physics, economics, and optics of this are all out of whack. Nukes are stupidly expensive and funnel our money into developers' pockets. Why does this Guardian publish such drivel?
Them: the perfect metaphor for fault-tolerant computer systems doesn't exist.
Me: have you ever been to Newcastle?
Me: have you ever been to Newcastle?
May 15, 2025 at 12:53 PM
Them: the perfect metaphor for fault-tolerant computer systems doesn't exist.
Me: have you ever been to Newcastle?
Me: have you ever been to Newcastle?