2026-05-15T04:56:56Z https://yabu.me Ken Milmore https://yabu.me/npub1puqj96zkfuc7ex3yzdeqdumvxexetzu0zntqtu6j8p99n558x8fqpz5zfl https://files.mastodon.social/accounts/avatars/113/013/615/970/790/735/original/148fdfaba8c93967.jpg https://files.mastodon.social/accounts/avatars/113/013/615/970/790/735/original/148fdfaba8c93967.jpg https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsr446uh5kd5ldafjq8peepnnthrar3ym6mx7pa8hndg0f7e693rhgzyq8szghg2e8nrmy6ysfhyphndsmym9vt3u2dvp0n2guy5kwjsucayttgjt4 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsv4xlnjq9ptv6fad8lsjunn8n0lc63lh56j2w6cehmky54hn3cecqv7t0tl'>nevent1q…t0tl</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>When I was a kid, I found CRT TVs and monitors soooo noisy and annoying. Now I am old I can&#39;t hear above 14kHz, but all the CRTs are gone anyway. I wonder are there any modern appliances that squeal incessantly to annoy the youth of today? 2026-05-15T21:05:10Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsw70cjhlpzafuzuyyurlwk6mye7734udj3kk62xm9h0wz4tpnzy7czyq8szghg2e8nrmy6ysfhyphndsmym9vt3u2dvp0n2guy5kwjsucaycd84u8 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsg0hh9c2ae6kfq6pl77fe8kq9sk4f23mld0xe6vn4w8c32r3d8cjsnqwslw'>nevent1q…wslw</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I agree. But I think people are making a terrible mistake if they consider Labour &#34;no better than Reform&#34;. Same goes for the Lib Dems. I think we are on a one way street to oblivion here: look at what MAGA has done in the US; if we get the same in Britain it will be impossible to reverse. It is a mistake we only get to make once. 2026-05-13T09:30:03Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqstsq3smzzm7lvgqjjr5ah4u5hh7x48j4vd9cj9sdv5jq77cumxcuszyq8szghg2e8nrmy6ysfhyphndsmym9vt3u2dvp0n2guy5kwjsucayfqa4a5 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs8dkqwsz2lxwqqqfejvnn6plqktht2nl5yyh39dfgjsuv8w9pny5q5q203v'>nevent1q…203v</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Should that really be the strategy? despite their recent success, I doubt the Greens will be able secure an overall majority in a general election, so that&#39;s just more likely to hand power to Reform. I wish the progressive parties would each stop pretending that they can get everyone to vote for them and try to develop some cooperation against what is an existential threat to British democracy. 2026-05-13T08:56:00Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsv4gwvrpehw8ewelj0zcgvg305zprpt8mnpcy80dy93e0plryxv7gzyq8szghg2e8nrmy6ysfhyphndsmym9vt3u2dvp0n2guy5kwjsucayv0q2ks In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqszs0jm64vcjy5hl83hpds7kpn4kz4sfx5u5xq9wvs4nsf6ms26yec744t6n'>nevent1q…4t6n</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>The big problem with the right is that they tend to do irreversible things. Like selling off public assets that councils will never be able to afford to buy back. It&#39;s never about who you vote *in* in England; its about who you manage to keep out. 2026-05-08T14:20:31Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsfcgz2rus3kny7txyvl6z4ldqsgx2kjv45a9jrwtmny9mfgphhwmgzyq8szghg2e8nrmy6ysfhyphndsmym9vt3u2dvp0n2guy5kwjsucay2y8qt8 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsg3g3zev976f7ryc2dkvp3t58zhl390xk83d56z63kvpf2rr53wfclj6pgz'>nevent1q…6pgz</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>It&#39;s easier to desolder them from the BNC connector end. 2026-04-11T21:30:13Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsyp4qvk4hx3rtqyu4tuud3xzsq03032n9wuxgramy7dqtjn4gf6xszyq8szghg2e8nrmy6ysfhyphndsmym9vt3u2dvp0n2guy5kwjsucayns3d2c In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsf9apthzy4wm4ljxjnjjyatelqta4vtd64tuulz36nrp3rpqgug0gqapd83'>nevent1q…pd83</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>If China were ever to move in on Taiwan, we&#39;d be in the same position with digital technology rather than oil. The effects would be less immediate, but just as far reaching. 2026-03-26T19:11:48Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsxhrshyx43al5m8l6fpey347zenf42zwhw7j9524vyt2s8qg5ydmczyq8szghg2e8nrmy6ysfhyphndsmym9vt3u2dvp0n2guy5kwjsucayz8892j In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsxm9u27fsxl4epdcn8r4tczr3530668zdwpm3wrz56yzrkehl8d7slcg2jq'>nevent1q…g2jq</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Having had some exposure to a government IT project in the past, my impression was that the lack of related skills on the civil service side put the vendors at an exploitative advantage. I&#39;d conjecture that few of the senior staff had any useful function, finding themselves managing a &#34;digital service&#34; they knew nothing about. If the government had kept IT &#34;in house&#34; early on and transformed the civil service that way, they could have saved a fortune. 2026-03-22T11:46:37Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs2z5ymd3vmzt8jc8v3ur0qt4axyapcu8mcup7zgdfkvc5su92cm3qzyq8szghg2e8nrmy6ysfhyphndsmym9vt3u2dvp0n2guy5kwjsucaynzel0n In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsdpc3eg75cpa6me5yqj9sk0m4ffpjgf87rq8ueyfcxccv433avg8qnkkgyk'>nevent1q…kgyk</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Toothless regulators seems to be a recurring pattern across multiple industries; it seems like just another backwash effect of the original Tory privatisations.<br/>I find it difficult to understand why Labour didn&#39;t just appoint more aggressive state regulators across the board. I wonder is that mainly for fiscal reasons or is it because it would hinder their attempts to court the right? 2026-03-19T13:02:18Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs06epg4fprkkr7c2xrg3cymed35shq4a7839xwrefv6qmg9dzj7kqzyq8szghg2e8nrmy6ysfhyphndsmym9vt3u2dvp0n2guy5kwjsucayvr0r8c In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsq0a9pyd4wsh4r9v5qtsxrvkwr5psyj3aswhjscr53lzpt43eg30cxfvd8m'>nevent1q…vd8m</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I think you can extend this argument to the whole &#34;benefits culture&#34; that the right complains about so much. A lot of working people need benefits because employers expect them to work for next to nothing. If workplaces paid better, trained better and offered more flexibility (they have never come to terms with single-breadwinner households no longer being the norm) then there would be less burden on the state to prop everyone up. 2026-02-20T11:55:07Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqspj7cna8ah6ycmjtmt8urfqw5j8ptgv8h38nr837x7jq5t8jzzg5czyq8szghg2e8nrmy6ysfhyphndsmym9vt3u2dvp0n2guy5kwjsucay4p6j0l In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs8s3rf77m4qa69zf8pgagkrqt6gfv74ux5n42dd84a67jf5x8nzsqm00t8s'>nevent1q…0t8s</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>My impression of SEND is that it has dropped on society in much the same way as social care for the elderly. For whatever reason, it is a large expense that didn&#39;t exist before and does now. One assumes that people with certain needs were formerly either institutionalised or allowed to fall by the wayside. It&#39;s one of the ways in which progress calls for a &#34;big state&#34; with relatively high taxation, at just the same time as popular opinion votes for the opposite. 2026-02-20T10:26:57Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsx6q98fxvvkfayxufqyjs9yhpcr0nh755n3ldg5ezj9uch09mxc3gzyq8szghg2e8nrmy6ysfhyphndsmym9vt3u2dvp0n2guy5kwjsucay79syfu In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsda8s3yy2svu972a5a7v5nhx9d0htya8hzu49m4zqxwv3uc25snhgetqnje'>nevent1q…qnje</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>The entire motivation powering the &#34;AI revolution&#34; is that it is a way of making money without expending human effort. That is diametrically opposite from the idea that we should all pursue socially fulfilling vocations. I don&#39;t expect young people to buy this nonsense for long, which basically tells them to get used to being poor while someone else becomes incredibly rich. ☹️ 2026-02-17T08:29:19Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqszzev77lw2g03wrhu430tdepku0xynnx7eusnjxwxg0y7wcmplh5qzyq8szghg2e8nrmy6ysfhyphndsmym9vt3u2dvp0n2guy5kwjsucay30y8ka In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs07eud4g84lhs96v24tj4dhd5z6jnng4gr3c354nahyesdxvf49ksymxs47'>nevent1q…xs47</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>It all gets a bit circular though: I guess that &#34;meaning&#34;, in the sense you &#34;mean&#34; it, has a different meaning to different people, so it is subjective. But then I may have missed your point, which is exactly my point. 🤔<br/>As for what is &#34;important&#34; though, I guess the pain and suffering of conscious beings is very important in the sense that it is bad, and worthy of our attention. Most of us recognise that, even though it is also subjective. 😢 2026-02-05T12:19:39Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqspuwl57q82qx4cf89v7sa6a0l8uxngkvdvfjeed07awdy9lwh0jzczyq8szghg2e8nrmy6ysfhyphndsmym9vt3u2dvp0n2guy5kwjsucayemfulk In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsv0n6wetza2l4e8m3q94t62ac59jeuv0dnceg3sprjjdlp4ttc65cchftwy'>nevent1q…ftwy</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>My OH asks is that graph inflation adjusted or is it in absolute £? 2026-02-04T21:42:19Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsgdft64fz296xwu94uwcecjthrfskwxdlfjh7gp74np0fl83pmwpczyq8szghg2e8nrmy6ysfhyphndsmym9vt3u2dvp0n2guy5kwjsucayda9dpy In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsqqg8dp2zma8s9w5r7x3xafzx3qnmm6az5vjn6ttuhu0kl6antulc24v3hd'>nevent1q…v3hd</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I think the politicians assume that AI will be like biotech, that it will give us another nerdy speciality quaternary sector with startup companies and collaboration with universities and suchlike. In reality it is going to be a bit like hosting a US airbase. Except with no staff, so you don&#39;t even get to sell beer and crisps to them at the weekend. 2026-02-01T13:26:46Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsqqg8dp2zma8s9w5r7x3xafzx3qnmm6az5vjn6ttuhu0kl6antulczyq8szghg2e8nrmy6ysfhyphndsmym9vt3u2dvp0n2guy5kwjsucay0z9h9x In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs27fg8zy0q0sgwxymtsh04fusn0zqvupj84pp0q0y55639j50325cgdkqvk'>nevent1q…kqvk</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>What is the driver for all this questionable inward investment? Is it because our balance of payments is shot because we are not exporting enough products and services to balance consumption? 2026-02-01T13:21:50Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsfutt9yl03pu78w2epx4htrrtqwtanhnksh4w98mf0n2qzn5kl4qczyq8szghg2e8nrmy6ysfhyphndsmym9vt3u2dvp0n2guy5kwjsucay3fzg8m In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsqpr24uz8w9kwr7gdafmklz3p5lee0ldjmq7ydq42v7jl7xmsxgaqdtrg7m'>nevent1q…rg7m</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>It features a lot less of Greenland and Alaska than I might have expected. 2026-01-22T12:58:43Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs8hfqz2w4qnsj4dka2ztyx8ccsqumd3p95gex9vdf73uyq30lhmjgzyq8szghg2e8nrmy6ysfhyphndsmym9vt3u2dvp0n2guy5kwjsucayq3593r In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqswvq5zzfewmt0mw64l42k5q773dqkuvytunnf3d7h9jnmtacsyufg7lshw8'>nevent1q…shw8</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I saw a post on here a few days back about sleeper trains across Europe, and that played a similar chord. Demand doesn&#39;t seem to count for much in the rail industry. 2026-01-06T18:08:35Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqstakl2dftg7kk4duqa7ckcj0qdj5lylqnszeejz4mdnm6ryedhs4szyq8szghg2e8nrmy6ysfhyphndsmym9vt3u2dvp0n2guy5kwjsucaycaf909 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsplfjwu63mrg7sudg46yzmya37jntm883k7cxrymy589f00qv62rqystc6u'>nevent1q…tc6u</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>If only this &#34;flawed but least bad&#34; stance on capitalism were taken by our Labour government, we might actually be in a better position. It admits corollaries that regulation, taxation etc will be needed to mitigate capitalism&#39;s worst excesses. Instead there seems to be a crushing fear of upsetting &#34;the markets&#34; or &#34;business confidence&#34;, or of deterring inward investment, which causes them to adopt a perpetual perky optimism where a cold skepticism would better serve. 2025-12-21T11:51:50Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsyw55vmq8rywl5vcxv5pmczm7p2x43hkks6d3ln0v4r0sevvuqhjqzyq8szghg2e8nrmy6ysfhyphndsmym9vt3u2dvp0n2guy5kwjsucayk0ak57 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsdh7ges6qhfmd8t9j2hj5dxkhuh5nkf5ef3lkngvgdvtc062nduvcap08ma'>nevent1q…08ma</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I take a more cynical base position: &#34;AI&#34; is an attempt to prevent computing from becoming democratised. It enables a rentist model of extraction based on ownership of huge data centres and infrastructure, on stealing our data and culture en masse and leasing it back to us. It&#39;s a land grab and those perpetrating it will consider that it &#34;works&#34; insofar as it imbues them with wealth and political power. 2025-12-04T10:40:56Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsrmcfl3whs0dwchtgy5w8uv7ajtpspf2gj7sna7d8xr5scpxlhnmczyq8szghg2e8nrmy6ysfhyphndsmym9vt3u2dvp0n2guy5kwjsucay6625zj In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsdn6q7nx5p2asmjnj0j6uu9qf5fl4tn6qy4r9x2j0le2lu4ue0magyfdrz0'>nevent1q…drz0</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>A political admission that Brexit was a mistake and that we would like to rejoin would be the first step. I suspect people will immediately rankle at the negotiation terms though. We will be applying as a junior member, the rebate will be gone, we might have to accept the Euro. We can never have back what we spaffed away. 2025-11-22T13:24:32Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqstgn968lt9fer90ctmmkczndalq2um5vzj0ly42yl9jamcj2zmk7czyq8szghg2e8nrmy6ysfhyphndsmym9vt3u2dvp0n2guy5kwjsucay0ye7x5 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqszn57vqqu9t7dyjt5wm5xvegt7c5gydcnvesq2svjylfg9k45pm2cqjqqvz'>nevent1q…qqvz</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>We have a diversity of views on the left, which I see as a good thing, but having been collectively out of effective power for so long I suspect we are bad at making compromises. We each make our own hill we want to die on. The right also have it easier than ever, because in the strange information fantasy land they&#39;ve created, anything is possible, however implausible. In fact I think some wear their adherence to blatant untruths as a badge of honour. 2025-11-22T11:56:32Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqszp3cvxn37tcddqaew3fyydnjuyy77x6cgrlakx6exjcg6qwehutqzyq8szghg2e8nrmy6ysfhyphndsmym9vt3u2dvp0n2guy5kwjsucayeuufq3 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsqar7jptryk66lusx6xnlcqnm03pkffucltn8plmergdvsnj6fzuc4nzyya'>nevent1q…zyya</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>It&#39;s the politics of embarrassment. Those who supported Brexit are either in denial or don&#39;t want to face the humiliation. We all don&#39;t really want to face the cost, which is huge. But because none of the politicians will talk about it, we haven&#39;t begun the much needed public debate over what remedies might be available to make the situation slightly less awful. 2025-11-22T11:12:05Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsw6gapk4jm0e93qxa5dz3jthaxxqfx9r2rk0kklya0vk4u6dvlcvgzyq8szghg2e8nrmy6ysfhyphndsmym9vt3u2dvp0n2guy5kwjsucaydqn4jp In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsdpxd2483kqwjjqy2ssy7w3t98jryus5g0plry63s84x9x5l6paesqf4578'>nevent1q…4578</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I find myself feeling emotionally compromised by this more than any other news event since Brexit. What has given me most cause to despair from the reaction on this platform, is that a lot of folk on the left have become so frustrated with the level of bias recently, that they appear to have burnt their boats and there&#39;s not much goodwill left for the Beeb on either end of the political spectrum. How do they get back from that? 2025-11-10T21:29:50Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqspas734aumyt0ejfsrudyxtrtd5gp6r2nqyy57uy8fnclnzetvawczyq8szghg2e8nrmy6ysfhyphndsmym9vt3u2dvp0n2guy5kwjsucayxmn23f In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsflmkl8xc6yae5z78zrducryj8xvxlknchtfcaere0d95g0qle5pccc3xu0'>nevent1q…3xu0</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Yes this. It&#39;s a common trap to forget that a basic feature exists and then gasp in awe when it is given back to you disguised as a fancy framework. 2025-11-05T11:04:24Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsgppm4w6xkwwtt658wv5le4ssweeyn37n5csajc4spn7qw2092lrgzyq8szghg2e8nrmy6ysfhyphndsmym9vt3u2dvp0n2guy5kwjsucayuxw7a8 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsdktjurct5mqv5ud0exnvlkqltytjcxls3dur99t3a9fpq24a3x7sxlwf25'>nevent1q…wf25</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>But presumably they have not given him any money? The sort of money they have spent on Crossrail, let alone HS2, applied a bit further north (Liverpool Manchester Leeds Hull Darlington Newcastle) could do some very interesting things. But they will never allocate the money. 2025-10-29T21:11:27Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsrwqyjzfw9uqq6x6tea8q44qr444grtuf94jxhvs3kma7me0h89hszyq8szghg2e8nrmy6ysfhyphndsmym9vt3u2dvp0n2guy5kwjsucayjuszsx In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs2fmmlrm3mp4lxykl2tzjqjcf0qg9nt8kp3pv5s64g9am8n64ts2gppveya'>nevent1q…veya</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>The BBC Today programme is the worse off for her departure. She has a very cerebral and controlled style though, which doesn&#39;t pair so well with bombasts. 2025-10-18T14:23:49Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs8xt2wkt0wjs2lz99wdxtktk80dahew0npuc8xmmx2s7dsq2zaazszyq8szghg2e8nrmy6ysfhyphndsmym9vt3u2dvp0n2guy5kwjsucaympxs93 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsv3y7dyueqry2lh0yq03lj3pzatpyt3eyreej3a2k7uj6qzhkd6hcg9pvq6'>nevent1q…pvq6</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>No criticism meant! Thanks for all your insightful posts, I always read them with interest. And thanks for letting us all use your feed as a discussion forum, you are exemplifying what&#39;s great about the Fediverse. 🙂 2025-10-18T12:16:02Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsr3sz2m4289grpkwgn958ft5wtskvnpc40l5tahwt479gpqsdz3tczyq8szghg2e8nrmy6ysfhyphndsmym9vt3u2dvp0n2guy5kwjsucayuuzsyx In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsgn99764j46e4gll6x7qqttnvsyjsj8g5h2xx0m29x25yvt4vxjvqyjf6fd'>nevent1q…f6fd</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I missed your poll but I&#39;d have prevaricated over the options anyway. The &#34;AI&#34; acronym seems to have become a synonym for &#34;LLM&#34;, which makes it difficult to discuss the possibilities and dangers of the underlying technology. In terms of funding, I sometimes think it is like George Stephenson demanding we cover the entire world with railways and mine all the coal in advance before they can even start to build a steam locomotive. LLMs are a shiny bauble to raise money. 2025-10-18T09:30:37Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs99msjnkl45kx40mjfa8284zt4zugcjm2djqpvlz8zm6dt36tn2sgzyq8szghg2e8nrmy6ysfhyphndsmym9vt3u2dvp0n2guy5kwjsucayclevye In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsfgjd58uve9x4ajgargzrjeawz7y7ncgkrrxz7l6lxc3lhjsnv47cfhkhk8'>nevent1q…khk8</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>That article now seems to have been removed! 2025-10-10T12:24:40Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs22m692cr7jyv9jkhxq9yyjmugwx068k8l38ygp5mxs0h2hu94t6szyq8szghg2e8nrmy6ysfhyphndsmym9vt3u2dvp0n2guy5kwjsucaycgx7xg In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsg5nr42hyzuj3mrl0aqjlp9tma6jfkalmzxyfrjpcq6uhry3mhzusjmkck9'>nevent1q…kck9</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Are you saying it is *algebraically* zero or is this an artefact of numeric methods? Presumably there is a Nonzero field at each sample point but the vector sum is zero? Or is it because lack of symmetry with 83 points? 2025-10-09T11:52:59Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsveyh55ta55krdrtwkvp9x9ust4a0ts2leyhhrjcxjaxgev2dfn8szyq8szghg2e8nrmy6ysfhyphndsmym9vt3u2dvp0n2guy5kwjsucaysh6005 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsd7up8tlmqgxlwytfme9d3s4ugx3k7almxmkjthnq4l5035rzm24gfum22t'>nevent1q…m22t</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I remember reading (in John Sargent&#39;s autobiography of all places) about John Cole, who I remember as BBC political editor when I was in my teens. He was ostensibly the first political editor to go for that inside view, interpreting all the lobby gossip, mood music and intrigue. Trouble is, that style only works well if you can keep your political bias, left or right, well out of the analysis. Maybe we&#39;d be better off reverting to more straight reporting and less interpretation? 2025-10-04T13:22:23Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsryd2yn7zk5krktstgsj06jzsn8hjr93kq6djx3gluf0p8my8x9tczyq8szghg2e8nrmy6ysfhyphndsmym9vt3u2dvp0n2guy5kwjsucaygpxeun In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs0k3ylqgj9mkyhj05hkmhpvyn650ldrlskayjgjl4p5l4nqwy5uesycwp4e'>nevent1q…wp4e</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Yes the Beeb engages in a lot of political pandering, and it is upsetting. But I still credit most of their senior news people like Lise Doucet, Jeremy Bowen, Steve Rosenberg, Ros Atkins, John Simpson and the like as being unbiased and objective. In fact I trust them at that level more than any other news source. People seem to express disgust when media people express opinions they don&#39;t like, or don&#39;t express an opinion that they do. But with news coverage I only want facts. 2025-10-04T13:10:00Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs2c7pc3js23qdpg3jkm6cx3takxz4d5ach69yxej33smfdhqj87qczyq8szghg2e8nrmy6ysfhyphndsmym9vt3u2dvp0n2guy5kwjsucayedfrw4 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqszf4x7q440q4j66fp2vnkp0n5sjsrtgr3f6knnmqd5nx0xpna38ngchg8v6'>nevent1q…g8v6</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>You&#39;re not wrong. Around here, we had a few more bus services back in the &#39;80s: Certainly you could reach quite a few outlying places that are no longer served at all by public transport. But most of the local branch rail services disappeared before I was born, in the Beeching axe of the mid &#39;60s. Some recent attempts have been made to rectify this crime, but it is very slow progress. Ironically this year we are celebrating 200 years of rail travel in the North East of England. 🙄 2025-10-04T12:28:06Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqspy043w5r76dpvy7fmlysuva2j9nvglcpw0eamv5xllg6q54sy2hgzyq8szghg2e8nrmy6ysfhyphndsmym9vt3u2dvp0n2guy5kwjsucay733sc5 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsy2ln4exkvvw9c6rfp0pnk9exkh6q942wtfjy6jr7cyyfhfpddkuq4yx0r9'>nevent1q…x0r9</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I still do a fair amount of that too! But I end up regularly making journeys with 3 or 4 connections, which can be 3 hours end to end. Returning doubles that. So after you&#39;ve already conceded to losing 6 hours of your day to travel, it becomes a matter of not losing so much more that the journey was effectively a write-off. 2025-10-04T11:56:13Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs8fjy83aw2ewyu695aw530w9n4pauft6qfhe2lm5hppf5fr6twljczyq8szghg2e8nrmy6ysfhyphndsmym9vt3u2dvp0n2guy5kwjsucaya7t9r7 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsxqequncgd7y5lgwlkjq5evpg29hp6s6j7r5jygfrdu5d7qrexdagl6693u'>nevent1q…693u</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I managed to avoid having a smartphone up until a couple of years ago. I use public transport a lot, and find it invaluable to be able to get live travel information. In a pinch, I could make do with a Linux device that has a usable web browser and can do phone/SMS, but it would be good to keep some of the live travel apps. So I&#39;m hoping someone will find a viable solution before Goggle pull the carpet out from under me next September. Watching with interest! 🙂 2025-10-04T09:01:29Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsfp8suz3cwtw00kj3qmrt2rm7qqrnwcf34zfl558ykc84ygzwjykszyq8szghg2e8nrmy6ysfhyphndsmym9vt3u2dvp0n2guy5kwjsucaydnawqv In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsffxanm0prpfcql9dl42c6n0qtry9p39dyh0ufwj5fgewfm6tgz4gtnr7fs'>nevent1q…r7fs</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I tend to feel managers are greatly overvalued, while competent administrators are greatly undervalued, in the modern workplace. 2025-09-29T09:23:45Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsdxc3cr7uwp8gqedszyuc5pj3xusx4d5zfy9692zgecruj6vzj0mszyq8szghg2e8nrmy6ysfhyphndsmym9vt3u2dvp0n2guy5kwjsucaydcqrfh In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqswrcsufg2elqky7frhfu44wtn2wy3sus28q83nh743k7thhy6vc9c52skt2'>nevent1q…skt2</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I tend to think of the existential threat stuff as a smoke screen. It paints the AI as the potential threat rather than the people who own and control it. The whole LLM thing is particularly galling: Having illegally expropriated the collective intellectual efforts of humanity they expect to claim ownership of the product for their own enrichment. It is the greatest theft ever attempted and threatens to destroy the social contracts by which we all labour for our sustenance. 2025-09-28T09:12:36Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsruc4wdkk7r0qcf4ca0jq9lt7p7wx62nlthwyuglzm5tsluzw8ypszyq8szghg2e8nrmy6ysfhyphndsmym9vt3u2dvp0n2guy5kwjsucayv2x4p8 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsx7jtrzdh6tz527qx6xm72rwsaw4yfrp2ysqlfw47jkmyp7n649dc0ezzav'>nevent1q…zzav</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>In the UK, we seem to have the Starmerite approach of following the window as it shifts to the right, versus the Corbynite attitude of &#39;Jerusalem or bust&#39;. I guess these correspond to Tony Benn&#39;s &#39;weathervanes&#39; and &#39;signposts&#39;: Attitudes you might hope could coexist in the same party and arrive at a practical and electable compromise in terms of policy. Except they don&#39;t. ☹️ 2025-09-27T08:29:57Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs96773wpwr0ecr0f7c5a9rdwkrymlz9jzn85s2ck9yargyw0sq2lqzyq8szghg2e8nrmy6ysfhyphndsmym9vt3u2dvp0n2guy5kwjsucayz7rqr2 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsqvq929vd2zsdpuqxddgm0f506v3uhe9jvtnm5z7q50em539va86cyyq6gg'>nevent1q…q6gg</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>It is a well worn cliché that we Brits don&#39;t like to talk about money, but I think this has made it even harder to appreciate the huge gaps in income and assets which have developed. Families with &#34;ordinary&#34; middle class careers will routinely end up accruing millions of pounds worth of assets, creating an enormous gulf from low income earners who don&#39;t have pennies to rub together. Very occasionally, they get a glimpse of how appalling the inequalities really are. 2025-09-07T10:13:08Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsvrssacmr0u9fj2u6qn03ft3g2mksfh3jkzck0c3hh74xzxrsm4nszyq8szghg2e8nrmy6ysfhyphndsmym9vt3u2dvp0n2guy5kwjsucaye387n4 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqszh6rw5mk54l5nhyhhfysgn6a7n5cpkxkef3danazmq6l5w0n0kfgn52hl5'>nevent1q…2hl5</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>If birth rate is linked to political views, is that perhaps a side effect of political views being tied to socio-economic groups? Also politics is very fluid these days: Are all the traditional Labour voters who have lately flipped to Reform counted as right wing now? 2025-08-29T08:45:55Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsv66pnz5wttg7d42fta65n6f4smrdzht42medl32e7v4s8qhjcx8gzyq8szghg2e8nrmy6ysfhyphndsmym9vt3u2dvp0n2guy5kwjsucay72lcpj In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsy2ztvr852gh8ctqeqa2kdm8z07laksr0hnclmmd636v4tgrk803sp75rpy'>nevent1q…5rpy</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>There remains though, the issue that net migration has been significant, and the UK population is predicted to grow for the next few years. One would expect that growth to be accompanied by infrastructure investment to accommodate more people. But in the context of austerity and constrained spending it implies that more people will have to do with less. I think people sense a contradiction there: Where are all the new homes, schools, hospitals, transport hubs...? 2025-08-28T09:07:30Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqswge3kff70w79cs03mg9gjn0l0scg004vzd8q5qane0fhd2lt3ywszyq8szghg2e8nrmy6ysfhyphndsmym9vt3u2dvp0n2guy5kwjsucayk62lep In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqspxqf0lhke9wacsym6krv7n8t9ucz4uf68v3gmeq7cmch5f62myecm3qf9q'>nevent1q…qf9q</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Here&#39;s how I view all this: Every decade or so there has been an expansion of IT which has given an enormous return on investment: PCs in the&#39;90s, Web in the 2000&#39;s, Mobile apps in the 2010&#39;s or whatever. There is an expectation in the IT industry of the next high return thing. What if it doesn&#39;t happen? What if we have reached peak IT? They cannot imagine their industry without growth. 2025-08-21T21:52:29Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsf9ykv3qc86yqg6za3lau2h33vt544ecqwgw26zhyqyxvkgmwnkkqzyq8szghg2e8nrmy6ysfhyphndsmym9vt3u2dvp0n2guy5kwjsucayp0q6ju In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs9axgwxl0t7ftruewufphvr8d3xfmp0c42m5t7uz6w3j38lr2n94guprch6'>nevent1q…rch6</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>There will likely be some setup related to exposing the server to the internet, either via port forwarding or a DMZ (normally configured on your router). Also you should first check if your ISP has given you a static address, and if it operates a firewall. 2025-08-04T12:28:26Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsx9909n000yhwhl58gqf5v77ycl46rpjm567xt6w9ka375exn6zwczyq8szghg2e8nrmy6ysfhyphndsmym9vt3u2dvp0n2guy5kwjsucaycf3zh7 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqswqwx4dc7q0ccf62x68munp4x6gutfunu3h02hzg864mypn5zcskggg8rd2'>nevent1q…8rd2</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>It&#39;s annoying that none of these articles link to the specific documents or rulings involved. It&#39;s not necessarily that I want to read them, but it is sometimes useful to know exactly what they are talking about. I think this is the appeal court judgement here: <a href="https://caselaw.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ewca/civ/2025/571">https://caselaw.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ewca/civ/2025/571</a> 2025-06-18T22:19:48Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqszlr2m8nk0h2c3vm96rksg6eua4xntkjc86rj3et4dskj8ztz88sgzyq8szghg2e8nrmy6ysfhyphndsmym9vt3u2dvp0n2guy5kwjsucay7rtty6 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs0kqqz6nqgykjws6r6gzrsqljfmnqe7tzeutasl9039axempdn3kgys6f6q'>nevent1q…6f6q</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Care to summarise for non-subscribers? 2025-05-24T18:04:26Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsygy5gyu3a07nw4un0klrhdwellvu6ek2dkmncsxjuu27e9v53fvczyq8szghg2e8nrmy6ysfhyphndsmym9vt3u2dvp0n2guy5kwjsucayvl86u8 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs9zfcfvqg98p0wmxcf7nkzkw0ewpsxrfdwnqhhpf7knedsdfa6cns25rxz3'>nevent1q…rxz3</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>That does not look like an insulated screwdriver. 2025-04-09T20:39:05Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsgxq48z8dy6ah0yv549kle2c5k0p7sga030t5ddj26dmq6h4lqjxszyq8szghg2e8nrmy6ysfhyphndsmym9vt3u2dvp0n2guy5kwjsucay6jrypz In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs85h5rhxkdaxx0cj68fltphnrnwzn4kwq02hj64aeze3xkznvkq4cc85n2f'>nevent1q…5n2f</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Seeing this has made me realise where the late Russ Nicholson derived his style from.<br/><a href="https://russnicholson.blogspot.com/">https://russnicholson.blogspot.com/</a> 2024-11-17T16:03:05Z