dianshuo

@dianshuo@mstdn.io

Regulatory Person, Manager of people, Maker of Decisions, late metaller, and sporadic gardener.

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pwaring, to random
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I'm Paul, a freelance PHP developer and Linux sysadmin based near Manchester in the UK. I post about tech, trains and Doctor Who. I generally follow back if we have shared interests.

You might know me from any of the following places/groups:

https://www.roguetory.org.uk/about/biography/

(refreshing pinned introduction post to bring it up to date)

dianshuo,

@pwaring doesn’t mention UA. Must be fake :ablobthinkingeyes:

Gargron, to BelieveInFilm
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Early preparations. Bury.

Canon AE-1 Program
Kodak UltraMax 400
Canon FD 50mm/1.8

dianshuo,

@Gargron Bury?! … Bury?!

davidallengreen, to random
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The extraordinary situation that the Met police - the Met police! - are more liberal than the government.

dianshuo,

@davidallengreen one might also argue they are actually upholding the law and the democratic institution. Which is a welcome direction considering their recent issues.

davidallengreen, to random
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That Braverman column.

Either it is consequential (in that she is sacked) or it is significant (in what it tells us about a government which does not sack her).

I know little about Israel/Palestine/Gaza (and so am not commentating on that directly) but I do know something about Ireland, and that column is unacceptable.

dianshuo,

@davidallengreen as time goes on it becomes hard to avoid the spectre of wilful or deliberate ignorance. Either way I would say a lot of her actions of late are entirely unacceptable including the recent attempts to influence policing via public lambast. Sadly the PM appears to be behaving in the same way.

garius, to random
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It's November 5th!

Your annual reminder that us Catholics tried to burn down parliament and y'all stopped us.

Bet you regret that now.

dianshuo,

@garius didn’t we turn our own in order to stop this?

campuscodi, to random
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Windows 10 EOL is in two years 😨

dianshuo,

@campuscodi means I need to buy checks notes 2 new computers. 3 if I want to replace th noisy monstrosity. 1 of these is an MS Surface as well :/

evacide, to random
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The enshittification of X and Google search results turns out to be a gift to misinfo. Exhibit A: fake news release about an aid package to Israel spread by verified accounts and to the top search results on Google: https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/internet/verified-accounts-spread-fake-news-release-biden-8-billion-aid-package-rcna119372

dianshuo,

@evacide Make Altavista Great Again?

Honestly what’s the alternative? It feels like you should be able to roll your own nowadays… how are we going to get there?

campuscodi, to random
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Just a reminder to everyone to never use Chrome for anything than downloading another browser.

dianshuo,

@campuscodi I do remember not so long everyone was enthusiastically singing its praises and selling their mums to get it. How the wheel turns…

Kathleen_LRR, to random
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What in the fresh hell is this? A stream during waking hours??
HTTPS://www.twitch.tv/bravenewfaves

dianshuo,

@Kathleen_LRR is that… a broadcast monitor in the shelf behind you?

petergleick, to random
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When I visited China in 2015, every motorbike and scooter in Beijing was already electric.
If people are surprised that China is now dominating the market for decent, low cost electric cars, they haven't been paying attention.
It's the American car manufacturers who, once again, have had to be dragged kicking and screaming into innovation and doing the right thing.

dianshuo,

@petergleick or the German manufacturers that need “protecting”.

Certain London bus routes appear to be using new electric buses from BYD and frankly this is a huge improvement.

EU_Commission, (edited ) to Bulgaria
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Global competition creates and protects jobs. But it must be fair.

President von der Leyen unveiled bold steps to ensure fair play, free and safe trade at :

  • We launched an anti-subsidy investigation into electric vehicles from China, whose prices are kept artificially low.

  • From 🇯🇵 to 🇺🇸, we will work with our partners to cut our reliance on single suppliers for critical materials.

  • By year's end, we should finalise trade agreements with 🇦🇺, 🇲🇽 and Mercosur – 🇮🇳 and 🇮🇩 coming next.

dianshuo,

@EU_Commission we call that protectionism. Making electric cars unaffordable is not a good look.

campuscodi, to random
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There are definitely some web developers who need to be yeeted into the Sun.

How the hell are you freezing browser rendering with your shitty JS code in 2023!!!!!

dianshuo,

@campuscodi you’ve covered the npm mess and you even have to ask?!

dianshuo, to random

@vertigo random thing. Before VSCode came along I used to use Sublime. It was a little rougher around the edges in some areas of the experience but it was practically the same. Including the command palette keybindings. Only difference was that it wasn’t built on electron and was a tiny (relative) C++ app from memory. Maybe need to go back to that…

campuscodi, to random
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My laptop cooler knows no difference between running Chrome and an Assassin's Creed game

Honestly, what's in this garbage browser?

dianshuo,

@campuscodi hacker news hot takes.

pwaring, to random
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    dianshuo,

    @pwaring to be fair, not that dissimilar

    GossiTheDog, to random
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    dianshuo,

    @GossiTheDog not using the advanced white text on white background option I see.

    pwaring, to random
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    I've seen some unfathomable management speak in my time - particularly when I worked in the public sector - but this one from Zoom's COO trumps it all:

    "we are grateful for the opportunity to double click on how we treat customer content"

    https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37029700

    dianshuo,

    @pwaring please. Don’t share.🤮

    zimpenfish, to random
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    "Sunak orders review of low traffic neighbourhoods in pro-motorist message"

    It's like he wakes up every morning and thinks "How can I be more of a bell-end?"

    dianshuo,

    @cdamian @zimpenfish I’m on the fence here. There are some dumb decisions. Main A roads now being 20mph is stupid. School and residential roads - sure.

    dianshuo,

    @cdamian @zimpenfish i don’t like it because you also kill the bus routes. Public transport times are going up. It’s not sustainable.

    pwaring, to random
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    Just come across an 'academic' paper which cites other papers, and then at the bottom says:

    References Available from the Authors

    You have to request the bibliography(!)

    dianshuo,

    @pwaring I recall there was a row at one time with certain academic publishers on this. That said it would also be a way of tracking interest or generating sales leads (depends on your paper).

    garius, to history
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    To understand Musk's renewed obsession with X and focus on financial services, you REALLY need to understand the X/Confinity merger that became PayPal.

    And, particularly, the Peter Thiel-led coup that kicked Musk out as CEO/Chief Strategist.

    Here's how that happened. 1/🧵

    dianshuo,

    @garius @LALegault working in banking and regulation this makes me weep.

    davidallengreen, to random
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    Half-expecting the government to nominally reduce the number of those taking university degrees by re-naming half of the universities as "polytechnics".

    dianshuo,

    @davidallengreen very good sir, very good.

    EU_Commission, (edited ) to Bulgaria
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    Together, we are unstoppable! 💙💛

    In challenging times, we proved that we are stronger when we stand together.

    And on World Emoji Day, we want to highlight it – in yet another creative way.

    Our differences enrich us, but it is our shared values that truly unite us.

    Equality, respect, and inclusion are the pillars on which we build a better future for all.

    Tell us in emojis what the means to you 👇

    dianshuo,

    @EU_Commission oh so now it’s clear. Pushed out for worse kerning.

    EU_Commission, to climate
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    Japan is one of our closest, like-minded partners 🇪🇺🤝🇯🇵

    Today, President von der Leyen will attend the 29th EU-Japan Summit in Brussels. The agenda includes cooperation on:

    🔹 the fight against change,
    🔸 digital technologies,
    🔹 economic security,
    🔸 creating reliable supply chains,
    🔹 Global Gateway projects.

    Stay tuned for the joint press point at 14:00 → https://europa.eu/!xg93PF

    dianshuo,

    @EU_Commission “Closest like-minded” … I don’t miss Twitter but I do miss better informed political analysis to shine a light on this.

    phil_smith, to twitter

    vs

    Twitter is like a top of the range Lamborghini but you’re trapped in the boot full of broken bottles and it’s being driven over a cliff by a madman.

    Mastodon is like sitting in the back of a dilapidated VW camper van, with knackered suspension, no air conditioning, but lots of nice passengers having a sing-song and there’s a dog called Mr. Snuffles.

    dianshuo,

    @phil_smith I feel my instance seems more a bunch of chilled people on a boat in summer floating down the nice part of the Thames. Probably above and beyond manning the decks with some vibes.

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