Owen Beresford

Software engineer in new media/fintech. OO/FP. Still fixing your UX. Still making those tests. Still pursuing DRE ~ Defect Removal Efficiency :)

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2026-08-31 14:25:00 UTC

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I don't follow these events or reports in detail,
However i thought China, Türkiye, and Mexico had recent earth quakes, which made steady gas exporting hazardous?
Possibly quakes due to extraction of gas and oil (like the north Dutch gas fields had)

2026-08-31 14:12:54 UTC

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erm. . . . don't some people sell methane as fuel? I understand the RU would like to import more hydrocarbons, and it is quite close to Turkmenistan,
Literally leaving this revenue behind is plain loss,

2026-08-12 11:15:58 UTC

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You could make it work with Baileys, but you would need ~6shots (150ml) per litre. (I think that maths is correct)
The 40% is just the taxation point, I find 40% much easier to buy in the UK, than say 80% proof Rum

2026-08-12 11:01:28 UTC

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per litre of icecream, add 50ml something 40proof alcohol AND 50g sugar. BLEND mixture thoroughly, This stops the steady block of ice, and the result is spoonable.
Not suited to all diets (eg muslim,,,).

2026-07-01 19:29:24 UTC

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It would be a er 'fun challenge' to have your standard back-up diesel generator in orbit.
...Also getting your standard diesel generator to orbit...

2026-06-13 20:37:58 UTC

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I think humanoid robots are a fairly stupid idea.
From a no legacy approach you could make a much cheaper model.

2026-06-13 12:50:56 UTC

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With my hat marked "Boring tech works" firmly on head, ... don't we have these mechanisms for car assembly, some hospitals and dock yard lift & shift for about 50Y?
The slight issues is door ways (and bulkheads if relevant).

2026-05-19 20:37:20 UTC

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I don't want to like this, but good. Accountability exists.

2025-12-29 16:57:13 UTC

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you said "talking", the alphabet isn't an input problem.

2025-12-29 16:46:03 UTC

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I have an idea, but think it would be too fiddly for anything other than "look at this clever hack".
If you set the phone locale to Greek. than dictate that, what happens?
Assuming the speech-to-text is available in Greek (lots of syllables per word).

2025-11-26 17:53:07 UTC

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so ChatGPT prompt on your printer cartridge, weather you want this or not.

2025-09-11 17:49:18 UTC

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Is it the finnish winter book-flood or islandic (or both)?
...writes the person who normally buy heavy books for presents and works to avoid carrying them everywhere.

2025-07-25 19:50:37 UTC

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Vim is proud it's just an editor, so //doesn't have// a scripting language.
However, I think, vim **is** a scripting language with a REPL UI

2025-04-21 18:24:46 UTC

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if the hat was a touch larger, you could claim a wild beach holiday this W/E
:-)

2025-04-02 11:30:55 UTC

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Look for the "Scarfolk" series by Richard Littler. They do have books covering an extended dystopian 1970's that kept on going. i bought 197X edition in about 2020

2025-01-05 12:18:40 UTC

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Thanks for doing their UX testing, I hope you get p[aid for it.

2024-12-30 12:46:51 UTC

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I note cookie banners from US sites that are now accept invasion or leave the site.
Not sure how this fits into a GDPR framework

2024-11-22 20:38:03 UTC

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Could you change were the request went to a fixture server?

2024-10-12 14:13:20 UTC

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**thanks to whoever the author is**. There are soo many sites that are rebrands of the Medium platform.
I read through hundreds of articles per day