Murph
@murph.recumbent.co.uk
Programmer, accidental endurance athlete, lover of science fiction, real ales, F#, and random other things.
Husband, parent, not as young as I once was!
Husband, parent, not as young as I once was!
I had forgotten about that, can't remember whether we read it...
December 2, 2025 at 9:16 PM
I had forgotten about that, can't remember whether we read it...
Bring back windows phone 😭 The level of deep integrated "stuff" in there was amazing. But apparently we "prefer" diverse walled gardens
December 2, 2025 at 8:35 PM
Bring back windows phone 😭 The level of deep integrated "stuff" in there was amazing. But apparently we "prefer" diverse walled gardens
I'm fairly sure I set out to type something coherent... and yet 🤷
November 29, 2025 at 7:24 PM
I'm fairly sure I set out to type something coherent... and yet 🤷
Since I lived between road and woods (and very close to the boundary to Esher!) I tend to roll with the more complex version 😁
November 29, 2025 at 3:28 PM
Since I lived between road and woods (and very close to the boundary to Esher!) I tend to roll with the more complex version 😁
Copsem Lane is Oxshott...? Or at least the bit of it I lived on was (yes, in half an old mansion - where there are now several rather newer houses)
November 29, 2025 at 2:20 PM
Copsem Lane is Oxshott...? Or at least the bit of it I lived on was (yes, in half an old mansion - where there are now several rather newer houses)
Oh... the pre sliced thing is a bit variable 🤔 I can see that we have tended to not over... y'know it's all blurring together (age)
November 23, 2025 at 5:37 PM
Oh... the pre sliced thing is a bit variable 🤔 I can see that we have tended to not over... y'know it's all blurring together (age)
I am.. somewhat surprised 😁
November 23, 2025 at 5:34 PM
I am.. somewhat surprised 😁
But you're in the Netherlands not the UK...?
November 23, 2025 at 5:26 PM
But you're in the Netherlands not the UK...?
My firstborn was the same - he wanted to know what was written on the Ketchup bottle so he worked it out. T'other one denied any ability (despite some evidence to the contrary) because he didn't want people to stop reading to him... then he got Nanny Macfee and read it till it disintegrated...
November 16, 2025 at 4:31 PM
My firstborn was the same - he wanted to know what was written on the Ketchup bottle so he worked it out. T'other one denied any ability (despite some evidence to the contrary) because he didn't want people to stop reading to him... then he got Nanny Macfee and read it till it disintegrated...
Exactly that - I may even have been typing... or just in a sensor blind spot 🤔
November 14, 2025 at 9:37 PM
Exactly that - I may even have been typing... or just in a sensor blind spot 🤔
So many different toilets... but that happening _when actually working_ is even more unnerving!
November 14, 2025 at 7:22 PM
So many different toilets... but that happening _when actually working_ is even more unnerving!
This is not new, I was surprised (some while ago) to discover that a not insignificant number of people never bothered to remember or otherwise record URLs because basically Google would just find them...
November 14, 2025 at 7:16 PM
This is not new, I was surprised (some while ago) to discover that a not insignificant number of people never bothered to remember or otherwise record URLs because basically Google would just find them...
The posted just about every week.
Issac, the founder, moved on - I hope for the best for the rest of the team (the ones I talked to were smart)
Issac, the founder, moved on - I hope for the best for the rest of the team (the ones I talked to were smart)
November 14, 2025 at 7:10 PM
The posted just about every week.
Issac, the founder, moved on - I hope for the best for the rest of the team (the ones I talked to were smart)
Issac, the founder, moved on - I hope for the best for the rest of the team (the ones I talked to were smart)
That and the boombox... owned (or at least had use of) one, but the shoulder thing is so not...
8 track was fairly specifically a car thing 🤔 Can't remember if I saw one in the wild (in the UK)
8 track was fairly specifically a car thing 🤔 Can't remember if I saw one in the wild (in the UK)
November 8, 2025 at 10:15 PM
That and the boombox... owned (or at least had use of) one, but the shoulder thing is so not...
8 track was fairly specifically a car thing 🤔 Can't remember if I saw one in the wild (in the UK)
8 track was fairly specifically a car thing 🤔 Can't remember if I saw one in the wild (in the UK)
Bill Gates - who is trying to spend his money on minor things like eliminating malaria - said that _as well as_ combating climate change, we need to worry about the health of people which will suffer as a consequence of climate change.
But sure, pick on the one that might actually care...
But sure, pick on the one that might actually care...
November 8, 2025 at 4:44 PM
Bill Gates - who is trying to spend his money on minor things like eliminating malaria - said that _as well as_ combating climate change, we need to worry about the health of people which will suffer as a consequence of climate change.
But sure, pick on the one that might actually care...
But sure, pick on the one that might actually care...
That is a very jujutsu thing as I understand it... jj-vcs.github.io/jj/latest/
Jujutsu docs
jj-vcs.github.io
November 2, 2025 at 6:31 PM
That is a very jujutsu thing as I understand it... jj-vcs.github.io/jj/latest/
You can get a dog lead that says "don't bother my dog" but there is no consideration for allergies or for "uncomfortable" (which can run to terrified)
So... I can stop being polite?
So... I can stop being polite?
October 31, 2025 at 9:23 PM
You can get a dog lead that says "don't bother my dog" but there is no consideration for allergies or for "uncomfortable" (which can run to terrified)
So... I can stop being polite?
So... I can stop being polite?
Your pets, your choices - I spend 365 days a year being scared by dogs... there is a balance here but...
October 31, 2025 at 8:14 PM
Your pets, your choices - I spend 365 days a year being scared by dogs... there is a balance here but...
Especially as the change of trains is Kings Cross to St Pancras which is one of the less stressful things to have to do and pretty much puts you on the sane train you'd be on anyway...
October 30, 2025 at 10:36 AM
Especially as the change of trains is Kings Cross to St Pancras which is one of the less stressful things to have to do and pretty much puts you on the sane train you'd be on anyway...
Because if MS does it then surely it's OK 🤦
I mean it's not as if I'd want to use a flag in a factory lambda for DI or anything because branch by abstraction is not really a thing is it 😖
I mean it's not as if I'd want to use a flag in a factory lambda for DI or anything because branch by abstraction is not really a thing is it 😖
October 30, 2025 at 9:07 AM
Because if MS does it then surely it's OK 🤦
I mean it's not as if I'd want to use a flag in a factory lambda for DI or anything because branch by abstraction is not really a thing is it 😖
I mean it's not as if I'd want to use a flag in a factory lambda for DI or anything because branch by abstraction is not really a thing is it 😖