Simon Wood
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Lecturer in Medical Education at Cardiff University, lapsed mathematician, garden railway builder & Doctor Who appreciator.
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Buttfield-Addison’s account has now been restored, but Apple executive relations have apparently told him not to buy Apple gift cards from any other supplier. I'd say "at all" is safer, given the level of confidence that inspires. https://hey.paris/posts/appleid/
苹果公司已锁定我的Apple ID，我束手无策。恳请帮助。
Apple has locked my Apple ID, and I have no recourse. A plea for help (hey.paris)
12:55 ↑ 170 HN Points
hey.paris
December 18, 2025 at 9:48 AM
Buttfield-Addison’s account has now been restored, but Apple executive relations have apparently told him not to buy Apple gift cards from any other supplier. I'd say "at all" is safer, given the level of confidence that inspires. https://hey.paris/posts/appleid/
@andypiper I was pondering the same. And I kept pondering it, until I realised I would keep pondering it if I didn't do something. The quickest something was buy Green. Very easy to set up, which got me straight into learning Home Assistant itself, which I'm still very much at the early stages […]
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mastodon.social
December 17, 2025 at 12:29 PM
@andypiper I was pondering the same. And I kept pondering it, until I realised I would keep pondering it if I didn't do something. The quickest something was buy Green. Very easy to set up, which got me straight into learning Home Assistant itself, which I'm still very much at the early stages […]
Laurie says he’d always wanted to play Pine. Thank goodness he ended up as Roper. 💯 #thenightmanager
November 29, 2025 at 9:23 PM
Laurie says he’d always wanted to play Pine. Thank goodness he ended up as Roper. 💯 #thenightmanager
Hugh Laurie (whose excellent 1996 novel The Gun Seller reminds me of The Night Manager) is so sinister, even when he’s being genial. Chilling. #thenightmanager
November 29, 2025 at 9:22 PM
Hugh Laurie (whose excellent 1996 novel The Gun Seller reminds me of The Night Manager) is so sinister, even when he’s being genial. Chilling. #thenightmanager
I always thought the book was the closest he came to Ian Fleming, and the adaptation is very James Bond, right down to the title animation style. #thenightmanager
November 29, 2025 at 9:19 PM
I always thought the book was the closest he came to Ian Fleming, and the adaptation is very James Bond, right down to the title animation style. #thenightmanager
The Arab spring dimension feels like authentic Le Carre, integral in driving the plot. Even though he wrote the novel in 1993. #thenightmanager
November 29, 2025 at 9:19 PM
The Arab spring dimension feels like authentic Le Carre, integral in driving the plot. Even though he wrote the novel in 1993. #thenightmanager
November 27, 2025 at 5:31 PM
What? BBC News is now not even reporting what it has cut from the Reith lecture? https://www.theguardian.com/media/2025/nov/27/bbc-donald-trump-corruption-line-removed-from-rutger-bregman-reith-lecture
BBC tells staff they cannot quote Trump line removed from Reith Lecture
Journalists not allowed to repeat Rutger Bregman’s corruption claims against US president in coverage of edit
www.theguardian.com
November 27, 2025 at 1:33 PM
What? BBC News is now not even reporting what it has cut from the Reith lecture? https://www.theguardian.com/media/2025/nov/27/bbc-donald-trump-corruption-line-removed-from-rutger-bregman-reith-lecture