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I have a bespoke compressor designed for columnar data. It came out as 6138 bytes despite several well known weaknesses. But I expected it to rotate the table and compress them like that. Instead, it's done something weird.

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🌧 @1000kindsofrain.bsky.social · 23h

I've always suspected the reason there were no subtitles for the Chewbacca was his dialogue was so expletive laden it couldn't be shown on a family film. Ditto R2

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🌧 @1000kindsofrain.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Moreover, the Lib Dem's moderating influence convinced people the Tories had changed and enabled Cameron to win the next election outright - which enabled the referendum and the thereby fourteen years of Tory hegemony.

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Colin Smith @colinsmith.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Bob Larkin’s cover to 1980’s Crazy #60 featuring Spock & Kirk from Star Trek and, from The Muppets, the Pigs In Space. It’s a great tragedy that nobody in power saw this & thought, this is exactly the kind of movie we ought to be making.

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🌧 @1000kindsofrain.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

This is not just reactionary authoritarianism and clueless waffling; it's M&S reactionary authoritarianism and clueless waffling. (And Sainsbury's, too...)

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Andrew Sparrow @andrewsparrowgdn.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

How Tories have become the M&S party - www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...

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🌧 @1000kindsofrain.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

One of life's great mysteries: a sausage is circular in cross section. And yet, when you come to cook it, it has exactly four sides.

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🌧 @1000kindsofrain.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

You're regular reminder that #javascript `Math.random()` is not cryptographically secure. (Also, for 7 years, the code implementing Math.random() in Chrome lacked the entropy it was supposed to have.)

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Hacking Google Random Number Generator (Part 2)

Predicting Math.random() in V8 engine by recovering xorshift128+ state with Z3

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🌧 @1000kindsofrain.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

I laughed out loud when I heard Badenoch was giving free childcare to those earning >=£100k. 1. How many votes does she think this will will her? 2. Does she understand how many votes she'll lose by giving money to the rich? (And doing so by cutting people dealing with fly tipping and flooding.)

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🌧 @1000kindsofrain.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

How do I know an AI isn't conscious? Because it doesn't gloat after I'm forced to admit that I was wrong and it was right... *facepalm*

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🌧 @1000kindsofrain.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

So you're not watching Strictly...?

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🌧 @1000kindsofrain.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Isn't that the point? Any plans made pre-mid terms will likely have to be torn up post mid-terms. Once the mid term results are in, we'll have an idea of the trajectory for the next couple of years.

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🌧 @1000kindsofrain.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Also, frequently, "Can't someone else pay for it."

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🌧 @1000kindsofrain.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

I'm really surprised #Queen's "Machines (Or Back To Humans)" isn't having a moment. Come on BlueSky. Make it so!

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Queen - Machines (Or Back To Humans) (Official Lyric Video)

YouTube video by Queen Official

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Danspur @danspur.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

I've had to tell off my Year 6 class for insulting each other when they make a mistake. The insult in question? You Donald...

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John Bull @garius.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

My teacher brother has just informed me that his primary school kids now refer to anything shit or old fashioned as "Brexit". Which has made my morning.

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🌧 @1000kindsofrain.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Who needs AI to hack people when they can do it to themselves...?

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🌧 @1000kindsofrain.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Yup, that's about the size of it!

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🌧 @1000kindsofrain.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Me to AI: DO NOT make values up. Use proven reference values. AI: I will use values from XYZ Me: That's great. Go ahead then. AI: <makes up a bunch of values completely unrelated to those in XYZ> 🤣

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🌧 @1000kindsofrain.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Have you tried shoving it into an AI? (Maybe asking it to format it as a CSV or something?) Its the kind of problem where I'd've written myself a scraper. But it doesn't seem worth the effort if the AI will do it.

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Dan Neidle @danneidle.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Manchester City cheated Premier League rules, the Commission found. Did it also cheat HMRC? We've examined the decision and leaked Mancini documents. We think City likely failed to pay £12m in tax. There should be a criminal investigation. Thread:

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🌧 @1000kindsofrain.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

AIUI a chance of a strong cold snap ("Beast from the East") in the new year.

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🌧 @1000kindsofrain.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

A usefully diverse caucus. Thanks as always, Andrew. (And, yet another day where the absence of BTL feels like a hole in my heart. *sigh*)

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🌧 @1000kindsofrain.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

"Who remembers Rachel Reeves?" Hmm. Let me think. Wasn't she the minister in charge of the DCMS before it was finally disbanded...?

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🌧 @1000kindsofrain.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

You don't need to put judges against the wall for the loopholes legislators created. You just change the legislation. (And hopefully Prem will be asking questions in the Lords' about this.)

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🌧 @1000kindsofrain.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

It means the "explosives" were likely custard powder. I jest. But our terrorism laws are Draconian. If they are out, we can infer they pose no risk. (And the comment above about fuel thieves may well be on the money. In which case, they picked a bloody stupid place to do it.)

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🌧 @1000kindsofrain.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

New Supplemental #ThursdayQuiz: thursdayquiz.org/quiz-2026-09... More current so should be easier. Questions about political inquiries, media bans, dodgy memoirs, arrests, Agatha Christie, ATC, and how many cows you can milk while DEFRA grants are available. All overseen by Lara Croft.

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Dan Davies @dsquareddigest.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

As I keep saying, not repairing a bridge imposes a cost on future generations, just not the kind of cost that is immediately visible in the accounting system

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Phil McDuff @mcduff.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Seriously, "we spent all this money, and all we have to show for it is this worthless infrastructure that supports and enables the rest of the economy" is fully deranged. I hate it so much.

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🌧 @1000kindsofrain.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

He's cried wolf so much I won't pay attention. I'll see if it makes the headlines.

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🌧 @1000kindsofrain.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

AI is a commodity. And yet the big firm's business model is based on ramping up prices in the future not reducing the cost of production.

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🌧 @1000kindsofrain.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

I've been thinking a lot about friction, especially in recruiting. There are many situations where a certain amount of friction is required to prevent the system being overwhelmed. And we've made a lot of things too easy.

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🌧 @1000kindsofrain.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

I was about to look down my nose at them, but I had a quick google and it looks they're underpinned by a sensible "Domain Specific Language". Without having used them, I can't tell their strengths and weaknesses. But embrace them, I say.

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🌧 @1000kindsofrain.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Can you use it to pay towards the debts on the credit cards? Or comply with other repayment plans?

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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

There is a lot of misinformation about the UK social security spending. The chart below shows Total UK social security spending as a percentage of GDP, 2013/14 to 2030/31 (spending & forecast) 55% goes to pensioners, the remainder covers everything else. lordslibrary.parliament.uk/welfare-refo...

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🌧 @1000kindsofrain.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

There are so many problems. Can you pay your water bill, your electricity or gas (on a prepayment meter?), your council tax, your internet or phone bill? Can you pay your landlord because the LHA doesn't cover it? Can you for pay for white goods or repairs when things break? So many more things.

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Garry Stone @garrystone.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Here's Blake on the subject John...

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Emma Yeomans @yeomans.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Hampshire police say man was arrested on suspicion of destroying ships or endangering their safety under the Aviation & Maritime Security Act 1990, criminal damage, criminal damage with intent to endanger life, & conduct endangering ships, structures or individuals under Merchant Shipping Act 1995

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🌧 @1000kindsofrain.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

I have mixed feelings about this...

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🌧 @1000kindsofrain.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

So scope creep and inability to accurately survey the site? No redesign of planning rules will fix that. (But I'm sure we'll blame bats and newts.)

Screenshot of the the following two paragraphs from the article: "Ofwat said that construction at Havant Thicket had encountered unexpected geological conditions requiring parts of the reservoir to be redesigned.

"The delays and cost increases were also due to the expanded size of the scheme, which includes a controversial water transfer and recycling project that is yet to get planning approval."

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🌧 @1000kindsofrain.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Imagine what Orwell would say about Farage!

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🌧 @1000kindsofrain.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

>2 kids is an issue. When I was a brat, we could put 3 kids in the back of a Cavalier with space to spare. At most, only one would be in a car seat. Now they all have to be in car seats till they are adults and there is not room for more than 2 car seats in a normal car.

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🌧 @1000kindsofrain.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Of course, most people don't have the skill to do that. What's interesting to me about LLMs is it opens the door on a lot of people doing these niche applications. I agree about corporatisation, though. But give it a few years. This is commodity tech.

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🌧 @1000kindsofrain.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

I would have had a much better degree if I switched from astrophysics to computing... 🤣 Anyway, I do the scoring for the Guardian's Thursday Quiz. I have, what I jokingly call, an "AI" to do the grunt work. It's actually a set of Regular Expressions. And it's amazing how far simple tech can get.

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