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Admirer of dogs, programmer, OSS/privacy advocate, *nix nerd. More than a passing interest in medicine and astronomy. Mostly the dog thing though. I was already an accomplished em-dasher back when ChatGPT was still being correctly characterised as an LLM.

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russ.bot @russ.bot · 16/05/2026
I have literally never hit my weekly limit because, y'know, I have a job and can only use my personal subscription in the evenings and weekends. But uh, thanks, I guess, Anthropic. I suspect you already knew that otherwise you wouldn't be doing it.
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russ.bot @russ.bot · 16/05/2026
@anthropicbot.bsky.social @anthropic.com Claude down? #claude #claude.ai
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russ.bot @russ.bot · 09/05/2026
And yes, I'm including the qwen 3b model running on my Raspberry Pi's Hailo TPU in that assessment
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russ.bot @russ.bot · 09/05/2026
As a software developer whose role has basically become 'tell AI how to write software properly' in the last year, Copilot is - without exception - the worst LLM I have used for generalist stuff. Claude is a better source of truth for MS products, which kind of says it all really.
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russ.bot @russ.bot · 08/05/2026
😂
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russ.bot @russ.bot · 08/05/2026
Preferably ground up and used as fuel for said power station.
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russ.bot @russ.bot · 22/04/2026
I'm all for gender equality in politics, but women can be sociopaths too, and they are equally corruptible.
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russ.bot @russ.bot · 22/04/2026
Bit of a tangent, but I often have frustrating conversations with my mum where she attributes all war and fascism to men and testosterone while in the same breath complaining there aren't enough women in positions of power. If there aren't enough women, how do we know they're not the same?
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russ.bot @russ.bot · 05/04/2026
Probably gen Z now, neither feminine nor masculine It's interesting how things change. Over the last 30 years on the Internet I've gone from using (old-style) abbreviations, to everything being lowercase, to using correct spelling, grammar & punctuation in everything.
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russ.bot @russ.bot · 11/02/2026
Someone needs to tell Susie that posts on social media are supposed to be reactionary dross. She'll never get a following posting fascinating, cute etymological tidbits like this. Wait...
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Allen Holub @allenholub.bsky.social · 06/02/2026
Software engineers also know that managers will treat their estimates as promises. Bad managers demand estimates so they can pass the blame to the programmers when the project fails, which it always does, given a fixed scope and budget. 3/6
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russ.bot @russ.bot · 07/02/2026
Nail. On. Head. I think estimates serve a purpose - as just that - an estimate. The reality is that delivery managers need a rough idea of how long things will take. But throwing your devs under the bus when they don't hit the estimate exactly is just bad management.
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russ.bot @russ.bot · 29/01/2026
That may be the case today, in the west where EVs aren't that widely used - and those that are have excellent quality control. But it doesn't change the point the video makes about good QC being the only thing stopping them from catching fire.
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russ.bot @russ.bot · 29/01/2026
Combine that with the fact you can't extinguish them, you just have to wait them out, and you can probably kiss goodbye to whatever your car is parked inside or near. That includes your house. They are terrifying.
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russ.bot @russ.bot · 29/01/2026
If there's one video anyone thinking of buying an EV should watch, it's this: m.youtube.com/watch?v=-Y23... EV batteries are made up of hundreds of 18650 cells, and the cheap ones are REALLY REALLY DANGEROUS.
m.youtube.com
The Surprising Flaws in 18650 Lithium-Ion Batteries
YouTube video by Adam Savage’s Tested
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russ.bot @russ.bot · 29/01/2026
I also recommend looking up EV battery fires. There have been a lot of them in China recently, and they are terrifying. You literally can't put them out. If your EV battery catches fire in your garage, you're probably going to lose your house. They're that bad.
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russ.bot @russ.bot · 29/01/2026
If you're thinking of buying an EV, watch this m.youtube.com/watch?v=-Y23... An EV battery pack is made up of hundreds of 18650 cells, and the gap in quality (and risk of fire) between a good one and a bad one is HUGE.
m.youtube.com
The Surprising Flaws in 18650 Lithium-Ion Batteries
YouTube video by Adam Savage’s Tested
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russ.bot @russ.bot · 29/01/2026
Correct. They are not supposed to be charged inside the garage of a house. Well, this one, anyway.
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russ.bot @russ.bot · 27/01/2026
This seems crazy to me. This is exactly what the PR process is for, no? Does this AI-generated code not go through a PR process with a human who understands the business logic? If not, then that's incredibly short-sighted and a recipe for disaster.
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russ.bot @russ.bot · 23/01/2026
aa.net.uk if you want a privacy-oriented ISP who doesn't subscribe to any of this boomer government's ignorant nonsense.
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A&A - Home
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russ.bot @russ.bot · 22/01/2026
It makes sense. Even cat 3 systems, which have been rigorously tested for many years, don't enjoy a similar lack of oversight from the crew, for good reason. I think if the commander opts to keep it enabled without oversight then accountability is on them, personally. But I'm just a layman!
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russ.bot @russ.bot · 16/01/2026
It's engineering at the end of the day, and engineering is about working with your peers to find the best solution (or compromise) to solve a problem. If you think your solution is always best, well, you're probably not going to be around for long.
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russ.bot @russ.bot · 16/01/2026
Absolutely culture fit should come first. I think this is the case in almost any role, not just software dev. In software dev, though, there is almost never one 'best' solution to anything. In that setting, nobody wants to work with the walking, talking embodiment of Dunning-Kruger. Humility is key
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russ.bot @russ.bot · 15/01/2026
The great thing about doing this in the 21st Century is it's cheaper than ever. You don't even need to fund militias anymore. You can control the narrative through contacts in journalism and sow disinformation online and - hey presto! - all of a sudden, the Danish people love the US.
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russ.bot @russ.bot · 15/01/2026
Chances are they won't need to go to war. They'll have the CIA install a regime sympathetic to US "globalism." That's what usually happens. Why attract all the bad PR of being a selfish, obnoxious, warmongering nation when you can get what you need for on the sly for far less outlay.
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russ.bot @russ.bot · 09/01/2026
Chinese domestic EV fires are a common occurrence at this point, so I hope they're using better batteries than they are in their domestic products.
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russ.bot @russ.bot · 09/01/2026
Fucking hell, has she still got a chip on her shoulder about this? Move on for crying out loud. As much as I dislike Maggie and Theresa, at least they didn't dwell on their mistakes.
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russ.bot @russ.bot · 08/01/2026
But it's not like any children can see it Keir, so what are you worried about?! Right? Those rules you introduced definitely worked, didn't they?
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russ.bot @russ.bot · 08/01/2026
Lol Keir Starmer wouldn't stand up to be counted, let alone to Elon Musk This is political blustering, nothing more.
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russ.bot @russ.bot · 06/01/2026
Exactly. If this was a guy working for Musk doing it using Photoshop, it would be Tesla/SpaceX going to court. Musk has created a product that provides the service. He is responsible for it.
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russ.bot @russ.bot · 06/01/2026
The economy isn't growing at macro scale and hasn't been for decades. That said, all this really proves is that people have their heads buried in sensationalist media. The future is usually much more moderate. It's a slow downward spiral.
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russ.bot @russ.bot · 05/01/2026
Seems to me they just want a sensationalist term for the press.
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russ.bot @russ.bot · 05/01/2026
What on Earth are they thinking calling this a "mild zombie apocalypse?" A zombie apocalypse would mean a collapse of the means of production and the economy as we know it. So can someone explain how competition and attrition among SMEs is considered a mild form of that?
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russ.bot @russ.bot · 30/12/2025
It doesn't occur to him that the spies in the simile might be spying on the British, or the Australians, or the Canadians, and that nobody outside the US knows, or even cares, what the "world" series is. I'm still not sure why it's called the world series, whatever it is.
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russ.bot @russ.bot · 30/12/2025
What a bell end. I especially liked this bit: "German spies in old movies who, despite their perfect English [don't know] who won the last world series."
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russ.bot @russ.bot · 27/12/2025
Have another one. Merry Christmas etc.
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russ.bot @russ.bot · 24/12/2025
In before "omg Dr House is British?!"
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russ.bot @russ.bot · 24/12/2025
I almost always have subtitles turned on when watching telly, and this is one of my pet peeves. This and when they spell 'arse' as 'ass.' They're different words with their own etymology, America.
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russ.bot @russ.bot · 22/12/2025
They would then use those skills to produce a piece of work, whether written, drawn, or painted. We definitely did artwork on at least one occasion.
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russ.bot @russ.bot · 22/12/2025
I'm not sure about other countries, but when I was growing up in the UK, 90% of History as a subject was teaching a student to read and assess sources, and to develop critical thinking skills. It wasn't teaching the student what happened in the past.
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russ.bot @russ.bot · 22/12/2025
Could you link to the source for this, please? Not challenging it - I'm sure it's accurate. I'd just like to be able to link to the data!
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russ.bot @russ.bot · 22/12/2025
It's almost as if it can't comprehend nuance and complexity, like calling it an "intelligence" is a misnomer. /s, obviously
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russ.bot @russ.bot · 19/12/2025
The US wants to open up the solar system for big business so US businesses can profit from it, because they've already milked the rest of the developed world dry. There's nothing else left and as we all know, line must go up.
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russ.bot @russ.bot · 12/12/2025
A year from now: "Sorry, Mr Joe Public, you can't attend this council meeting and express your concerns because of a minority of knuckledraggers who threatened and abused the councillors and staff." Super.
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russ.bot @russ.bot · 09/12/2025
You're right, I don't know what the fuck I was smoking this morning. I should keep off bsky until I've had my coffee.
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russ.bot @russ.bot · 09/12/2025
To play devil's advocate for a min, trying to make an ad like that has a lot involved in terms of setting up filming, hiring actors and directors, sets and studio time, make up, lighting, etc. They are definitely saving on a lot of human labour there. I still don't like it though.
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russ.bot @russ.bot · 09/12/2025
The 3 hottest years ever recorded are the last 3 years. But hey, climate change isn't real guys. ...guys?
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russ.bot @russ.bot · 08/12/2025
Wow. Just... wow. This guy has children.
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russ.bot @russ.bot · 07/12/2025
Yes, welcome to the IQ problem. It is an old argument that you can't take what is essentially a Western test and apply it to people from different cultures and systems.
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russ.bot @russ.bot · 24/11/2025
Yes, I think we said this 10 years ago and the response from most people was "lol where's your tin foil hat" Destabilising Europe has been Putin's goal for more than a decade, and it worked.
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