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Alan @sourcejedi.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

(Post retweeted by Sky, 13 days ago :-)

Alan @sourcejedi.bsky.social · 24/04/2026

"The government hopes that the threat of a tax increase will incentivise these generators to make the voluntary switch to fixed-price contracts, which would not be taxed in this way" ? (I don't pay for the FT). www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

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Alan @sourcejedi.bsky.social · 15/01/2026

No. The "only paying users" can accurately be sourced as an example of the current behaviour of x.com/@grok . When this public account is asked for image editing, it does demand payment. The reporting error is that other Groks leave it free, including private Grok inside X the everything app.

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Alan @sourcejedi.bsky.social · 22/12/2025

Are you going to add one o' these as well? developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/W...

With the type attribute value of "application/rss+xml" or "application/atom+xml", it creates a hyperlink referencing a syndication feed.
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rel="alternate"
type="application/atom+xml"
href="posts.xml"
title="Blog" />

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Alan @sourcejedi.bsky.social · 15/12/2025

Thanks for the article. Some technical error viewing the Ghost version, on Firefox mobile browser. There is text hidden underneath the image.

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Alan @sourcejedi.bsky.social · 08/12/2025

Technically, that text is clickable. Not quite sure how someone is supposed to guess that though :-).

Who can interact with this post?

Only users followed by @sharonk.bsky.social, mentioned users, and users following @sharonk.bsky.social can reply.

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Alan @sourcejedi.bsky.social · 25/11/2025

? en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Throbber

A zoomed-in view of the Gemini AI symbol.

There is a dynamic-looking circle segment, which is centred on the AI symbol.

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Alan @sourcejedi.bsky.social · 27/10/2025

gmail app down downdetector.co.uk is showing "User reports indicate possible problems at Gmail"

matt
@mattatthecinema
·
3h
is @gmail
not working for anyone else? I was unable to send an email in the app or view any of my folders. following a phone restart it's not loading any emails, just showing "getting your messages"

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Alan @sourcejedi.bsky.social · 24/10/2025

Good on @warinderjussmp.bsky.social sky.social for not directing people to x dot com! Guess I'd better update the link on the Wikipedia page, so people can find his latest posts :-).

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Alan @sourcejedi.bsky.social · 08/10/2025

Nice to see an update on aaronfreed.github.io :-) Still loving the Eternal X soundtrack. aaronfreed.github.io/soundtracks....

my work for the company focuses on facilitating more effective communication between neurodivergents and neurotypicals ...
Beyond that, amateur game development (Eternal X, Tempus Irae Redux, etc.), music creation and (re)mastering, and writing consume much of my spare time.

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Alan @sourcejedi.bsky.social · 03/10/2025

Good instinct to ask "did it actually get the right values & citation", yeah. Wrong test case for the second question. Web search already reverses md5("azerty"); ChatGPT already had web search. A better test case is md5("azertq") = 049a1794fc9d231b66ce0df382f13fd8 , which bing.com does not know.

bing.com (search engine attached to ChatGPT) search for the MD5 hash ab4f.... The first result is an MD5 database page, identifying the input "azerty".

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Alan @sourcejedi.bsky.social · 01/10/2025

When the IMF asks if you were perhaps a little hasty with the cuts... Simon would agree something was wrong :-). mainlymacro.blogspot.com/2025/06/the-...

What they do comment on is how what happened in March might be avoided in the future. Reeves has sensibly committed to just having a tax changing budget in the Autumn, but the OBR is legally obliged to do two forecasts a year. Unfortunately, Reeves and the Treasury believe that each forecast has to show the government meeting its fiscal rules. After the Autumn budget those rules were only just met, so that meant that the OBR’s March forecast had a good chance of showing the government breaking its rules. Reeves decided, wrongly in my view, to make disability payments the residual item of spending that would adjust to make sure the rules held.

The IMF mentions some ways of avoiding what happened in March happening again. I can interpret them as involving three possibilities. The first is to formalise this grown up policy. The OBR could still produce two forecasts each year, but in March they would omit their final chapter on assessing whether the fiscal rules were met. Instead the Chancellor would simply commit to making the necessary policy adjustments in the Autumn. The second option is to get the OBR to forecast just once a year, to coincide with the Autumn budget. A third possibility mentioned by the IMF involves “de-emphasizing point estimates of headroom in OBR assessments of rule compliance”.

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Alan @sourcejedi.bsky.social · 26/08/2025

No-one here but us chatgp-chickens.

Newsom really went full Gryffindor with this one. Nothing says “Happy Birthday” like putting a party hat on Voldemort and tagging Stephen Miller. Pure troll magic—dark arts meet sharp politics. 🪄🎉

Mickey Kuhns
‪@alternatemickey.bsky.social‬
100 followers
595 following
89 posts
I'm a card-carrying member of the intolerant left. We hate haters!

I am a grumpy old US Air force veteran. My level of sarcasm depends on your stupidity.

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Alan @sourcejedi.bsky.social · 16/08/2025

You can turn off autoplay on your device: Settings > Content and media bsky.app/settings/con...

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Alan @sourcejedi.bsky.social · 08/08/2025

> the current approach to prevention is “through the levy and not through regulation.” Yeah, tax should be part of it & a rise is understandable right now. But also this is supposed to be a government that's happy to use regulation to achieve its goals, and this should be an important goal.

The Committee says “we do not see how OHID can effectively develop a strategy to prevent gambling-related harms without considering the regulation of advertising and broader commercial practices of the sector.”

The letter states that, “regulation should reflect the fact that some forms of gambling are more harmful than others, taking a risk-based approach that subjects the most addictive and dangerous products to tighter control. This should happen alongside regulation that focuses on protecting vulnerable people.”

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Alan @sourcejedi.bsky.social · 06/08/2025

The thing I would take away is that we've had 7+ months with COVID at a steady low level (no winter peak), which has contributed to the overall low death rates. ukhsa-dashboard.data.gov.uk/respiratory-...

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Alan @sourcejedi.bsky.social · 04/08/2025

Do you often call women wh*res in public? Most frequently for powerful women, or for powerful men? Is it a weapon used more by people who support women's power and equality, or by the enemy?

Reposted by Michael

Letting go of shame means
Accepting sexual self without judgement.

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Alan @sourcejedi.bsky.social · 13/06/2025

/dons flame-proof suit, for an idle and technical question: So this thing is still evolving quickly enough, that it can happen to run out-of-phase with other coronaviruses and respiratory transmitted viruses? [ Graph source: ukhsa-dashboard.data.gov.uk ]

COVID admissions at roughly 100-200 per day from December 2024 to Jun 2025, preceded by peaks up to 500 per day in July/August 2024 and October/November 2024.

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Alan @sourcejedi.bsky.social · 23/01/2025

Does it seem strange to you that the "summary" introduces facts which are not listed in the detailed paragraphs?

Diversity in clinical trials

Summary:

* The initial AstraZeneca trials included a lower than desirable number of elderly people, particularly given the emphasis on protection of severe Covid-19, more common in older people. This led to some criticism about the potential efficacy of this vaccine in older populations, and likely encouraged some decision-makers in Europe to prioritise its use for middle-aged people.

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Alan @sourcejedi.bsky.social · 23/01/2025

Higher deaths / severe adverse effects in older volunteers during one vaccine trial would have been bad, sure. During the first EUA rollout globally? Dire.

4.21. Therefore, decisions on eligibility criteria for participants when designing a trial are typically based on a trade-off between including populations representative of those to be treated/vaccinated and excluding those at high risk of serious adverse effects. As far as I know, it is the responsibility of the trial sponsor to decide on these criteria

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Alan @sourcejedi.bsky.social · 20/01/2025

How much does Insta hate to admit you can use it without an app? Enough to pretend that you can't use it on PC 🙄. Apps: Just say no.

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Alan @sourcejedi.bsky.social · 13/01/2025

Easy suspend :-). bsky.app/profile/fuck... (i am not bsky staff)

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Alan @sourcejedi.bsky.social · 31/12/2024

I thought that was odd too. However:

"A lithium battery pack, probably for a laptop, that was loaded on flight 6, shown as it was found after the crash. (GCAA)"

It contains 8 cylinders in a 3x3 grid. The bottom right corner is occupied by a circuit board.

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Alan @sourcejedi.bsky.social · 30/12/2024

That would depend whether your using the one true mobile browser or not :-P.

Hide Google AI overviews.

Available on Firefox for Android.

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Alan @sourcejedi.bsky.social · 28/12/2024

Breaking: Google files a new response in their anti-monopoly case.

Get help from your device manufacturer

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Asus - Go to Asus's support site
Google Pixel - Go to Pixel Help Centre

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Alan @sourcejedi.bsky.social · 22/12/2024

www.vanguardinvestor.co.uk/articles/lat...

However, we have been cautioning investors for some time that US shares are expensive, or ‘overvalued’. This is partly due to developments in artificial intelligence (AI) technology, which have created excitement and helped propel US valuations7 to levels not seen since the dot-com bubble – and its subsequent burst – in the late 1990s and early 2000s8.

We think it could take many years to realise the full potential of AI. While substantial benefits appear likely, a meaningful risk of disappointment remains and so investors should try to ignore the “hype” and avoid jumping on the bandwagon.

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Alan @sourcejedi.bsky.social · 20/12/2024

Q: "if that's true, then why don't employees come out and say their employer is wrong" A: someone who does that is not going to be an employee any more. But people don't want to understand it, so that doesn't get amplified, and the targetted harassment does. bsky.app/profile/esqu...

that violated the letter of the law? Even as we agreed that the posts contravened the spirit of the company’s policies, Raichik’s carefully constructed posts stopped short of clearly breaking the Twitter rules. I was encouraged by company executives to prioritize a fair application of the policies, and not assign subjective intent to Raichik’s actions. Doing so, they worried, would lead to a snowballing application of Twitter’s rules to borderline content—and, ultimately, to the very censorship we claimed to stand against. My team’s recommendation to ban Raichik was overruled.

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Alan @sourcejedi.bsky.social · 08/12/2024

Settings > Content and media > Thread preferences. There's an "experimental" setting at the bottom.

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Alan @sourcejedi.bsky.social · 11/03/2024

Absolutely. There is some sort of opt-in heuristic spam filter there. I don't know how harsh it is, I just saw a big account that moved to Mastodon complained about not having an equivalent.

Quality filter, when turned on, filters lower-quality content from your notifications, for example, duplicate posts or content that appears to be automated — it does not filter notifications from people you follow or accounts you’ve recently interacted with. You have the option to turn this on or off in your notifications settings. (Instructions listed below.)

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Alan @sourcejedi.bsky.social · 17/12/2023

Reporting "anti-social" posts works. At least for now. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Platfor... Remember to use "add details" when you report.

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