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Richard Walker @phlebas.bsky.social · 15h

I've always been in favour of 'SI', but only because it is simulated intelligence.

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Richard Walker @phlebas.bsky.social · 15h

Don't know what they are smoking, but can it be made available on the NHS?

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Richard Walker @phlebas.bsky.social · 17h

Another change in behaviour that applies to any cut in IHT (and especially taking more estates out of IHT) is that there will be less gifting of assets prior to death. That will hurt the economy & reduce tax takes since the recipients are more likely to spend the gifts than the person making them.

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Richard Walker @phlebas.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

"No mum, I know you can't manage in this house any longer, but you will be robbing us if you downsize!"

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Richard Walker @phlebas.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Is "not combining her outfit & pose in such a way that she looks like she's wearing a hotel bathrobe" one of them?

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Richard Walker @phlebas.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

WTF? If you had announced this prior to my subscription just renewing I would have cancelled it. That you could even consider Gove as a suitable host is a complete betrayal of everything your podcast is supposed to stand for. You won't get another penny from me.

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Richard Walker @phlebas.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

In these days of financial scrutiny, $200 a day plus expenses helps make the books balance.

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Richard Walker @phlebas.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

True, but that only worked because they knew who he was. Anyone else saying "I'm faithful" whilst laughing like that would have been banished.

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Richard Walker @phlebas.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

But it did enable Alan Carr to win last time, so swings and roundabouts I guess.

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Richard Walker @phlebas.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

"They would make a really good traitor so therefore they must be a traitor" is pretty much the dumbest reasoning ever. The US version (mostly other reality TV 'stars' who are viewed almost entirely based on what other show they had been on) is full of this.

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Richard Walker @phlebas.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

I thought the earlier picture of the massive lectern was just false perspective. But, no, she really does have a huge one. If she were a bloke I would be wondering what he was compensating for? As it is, I'm thinking it's a year 6 pupil addressing school assembly.

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Richard Walker @phlebas.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Hard to code them left / right. Both are happy to be reliant on the state with someone else paying for their needs, but (some) cats are quite entrepreneurial and supplement their diet through their own efforts. Dogs want to live in a hierarchical society though whilst cats just want to be the boss.

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Richard Walker @phlebas.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

"Polanski, who is trying to take Keir Starmer’s former seat from Labour, described the contest as “probably 50/50 right now” and “really on a knife edge”." Say what you like about Zack, but he's obviously not a betting man! [BF has Labour at 90% probability] www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

theguardian.com

Polanski says he does not need to win ‘50/50’ byelection to stay Green leader

Exclusive: Party leader says outcome of ‘knife-edge’ vote in Keir Starmer’s former seat will not affect his position

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Richard Walker @phlebas.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

A Traitor's job is to get the other Traitors voted out without blowing your cover. The Faithfuls' job is to identify the Traitors whilst voting out other Faithfuls until near enough the end to get rid of the Traitors without them being replaced. Absolutely pointless to vote out Traitors early on.

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Richard Walker @phlebas.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Given that AI relies on harvesting data for training and the companies don't much care how they acquire it, it does seem a tad optimistic to directly give them access to your financial data and not expect it to be exploited!

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Richard Walker @phlebas.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Also, long way from London to Fairford. Lots of the humorous explanations much easier satisfied with places within an hour's drive of where the suspects live.

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Richard Walker @phlebas.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Money for sure but they also believe their own hype that someone will create AGI from LLMs yet they each know their own efforts cannot realistically do so. Hence they want to slow down everyone else.

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Richard Walker @phlebas.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

OK, but for us proper oldies, how does it relate to when A* wasn't an option?

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Richard Walker @phlebas.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

I'm too lazy to switch from Google search. So take away AI and my day would get just a little bit better.

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Richard Walker @phlebas.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

It's much easier to access a lot of music these days so why even listen to new stuff unless you actively want to? Even without streaming, I've got over 2,000 hours of music on my PC ripped from CDs I own. Probably as much again out there from bands I know I like.

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Richard Walker @phlebas.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

As a first step, strip them of their honours.

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Richard Walker @phlebas.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Indeed. These are programs which are doing what they were programmed to do. Not understanding what you've programmed is no more a defence than telling the judge "I didn't mean to kill him but was off my head on booze and amphetamines"

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Richard Walker @phlebas.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

One branch of my family were Lithuanian Jews who came here in the 19th century to escape the pogroms. The Nazis would consider me sufficiently Ayran to be allowed to live, but I'm unsure if Braverman would consider me English.

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Richard Walker @phlebas.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Don't forget simple survivorship bias. 99 out of a 100 who attempted what he did would likely have failed and never been heard of again. His being the exception is as relevant as the 100 year old who puts their longevity down to smoking 30 a day.

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Richard Walker @phlebas.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Better still, a tiny bit of that cash comes from taxes paid by the masked thugs.

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Richard Walker @phlebas.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Probably not remotely practical, but would be interesting to see how many beneficiaries are impacted by IHT. We are both very comfortable with the estate of the 2nd of us to die paying significant IHT (we'll be dead, so why care?) but we'll be leaving it to a dozen nephews & nieces who might.

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Richard Walker @phlebas.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

After our 2 cats both went missing for a week we got them trackers. It was fascinating to see how far from home they went (a mile!) but ultimately it was more stressful than simply not knowing where they were and relying on them eventually coming home. Ditched the trackers after a couple of months.

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Richard Walker @phlebas.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

It's not Baba O'Riley, but a totally different song by the World Health Organisation.

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Richard Walker @phlebas.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

They can't be rich if there aren't ordinary people keeping them in the luxury they desire, so once they succeed in killing us they won't be rich....

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Richard Walker @phlebas.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Don't they know that the police now have knee recognition cameras?

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Richard Walker @phlebas.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Even the royals can aspire to one day getting their kids into a good school. Until then, they pay for them to go to Eton.

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Richard Walker @phlebas.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Just set up a monthly donation. I like to think that thanks to gift aid, a little of the tax paid by the masked thugs will be going to the RNLI.

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Richard Walker @phlebas.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

If any of them are ever unlucky enough to need rescuing, the RNLI will be there for them. Unlike their MP.

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Richard Walker @phlebas.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

"I am currently out of the office. Please try again in 5000 years"

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Richard Walker @phlebas.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

Judging by the play so far, we could declare & bowl them out before the next shower.

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Richard Walker @phlebas.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

Much like with many of those 90s golf clubs, it's probably not a good idea to buy a life membership...

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Richard Walker @phlebas.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Heaven ain't what it used to be

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Richard Walker @phlebas.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Related to this, if AI replaces enough jobs then how many people are left with sufficient income to buy the services now produced by AI? Is AI self defeating as a capitalist project?

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Richard Walker @phlebas.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

It was trivially easy to find Sunak's address when he was PM from publicly available info (not going to say how for obvious reasons, but it took about 5 minutes following a particular news story)

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Richard Walker @phlebas.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

Even in the gangster scenario, it's usually just the postman.

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Richard Walker @phlebas.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

Niobe shortly after she adopted us

Black and white kitten on a sofa, half leaning against a cushion

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Richard Walker @phlebas.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

I seem to remember Pontius Pilate asking the mob who should and should not be released and it working out really well...

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Richard Walker @phlebas.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

Fighting age Andorrans invading Spain?

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Richard Walker @phlebas.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

Seems egotistic of him to think the French even know who he is.

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Richard Walker @phlebas.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

"Because he's not 100% aligned with my views on one issue so therefore he must go" Repeat ad nauseam until we have a fascist PM

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Richard Walker @phlebas.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

OTOH, they do make it obvious that it is a joke election and these are the sort of people that Farage should be associated with. [excepting Binface, obviously, who will get all the anti-Farage votes from anyone with even half a brain cell]

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Richard Walker @phlebas.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

Cars should have those tiny little holes you stick an unbent paperclip into to reset them. And a paperclip dispenser.

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