stevewhipp.bsky.social @stevewhipp.bsky.social · 15/10/2026Free speech does not insulate one from the consequences of that speech. It is only the government that isn't allowed to retaliate. Any other ramifications, as long as they themselves are legal, from private citizens or companies are to be expected. 010 0
stevewhipp.bsky.social @stevewhipp.bsky.social · 29/09/2026It's the story of Rapa Nui (the apocryphal one, not the real story) writ global. Things are going to get much worse before they get better, if at all. 010 0
stevewhipp.bsky.social @stevewhipp.bsky.social · 17/09/2026I listened to the Macklemore speech. It wasn't even close to being antisemitic. 020 0
stevewhipp.bsky.social @stevewhipp.bsky.social · 05/09/2026For me, the problem is not the existence of shareholders, for the intended purpose of raising capital to fund a business. But it is the trading, derivatives, secondary markets, short selling, buybacks, the tax code, and tax avoidance etc., that require regulation. It is not well regulated anymore. 030 0
stevewhipp.bsky.social @stevewhipp.bsky.social · 05/09/2026The eye brow work on this is immaculate: youtu.be/EleqqMevesw?...youtu.beReform UK MP On Future Plans - Larry & PaulYouTube video by Larry & Paul 000 0
stevewhipp.bsky.social @stevewhipp.bsky.social · 30/08/2026I can imagine the backlash now..... "Oh won't someone think of the poor caddies! The radical-left want to make those poor people jobless. Oh and whilst I have you, just ignore the fact that we're exempt from water restrictions because we're a business and if anyone tried we'd sue them into hell." 1250 0
stevewhipp.bsky.social @stevewhipp.bsky.social · 08/06/2026There will be a risk/reward business analysis that says "The wastage from fraud is less than the money they've saved from not employing enough people to run the tills." They knew this was the consequence, and don't care. 000 0
stevewhipp.bsky.social @stevewhipp.bsky.social · 20/05/2026Ever since I learned to convert different number bases (eg Bin<>Hex<>Dec) 64 became my favourite number. 1000000 or 40. So clean. :-) 010 0
stevewhipp.bsky.social @stevewhipp.bsky.social · 20/05/2026"If we cared".... yeah, therein lies the issue. The amount of care most politicians have for someone is proportional to a combination of their net worth and willingness to donate to their party. 010 0
stevewhipp.bsky.social @stevewhipp.bsky.social · 19/05/2026I mean, I can see how research in this area could be invaluable for fish farmers, ecologists, conservationists and there's a tiny chance things learned there could translate to a small advance in our understanding of the mechanisms that lead to human versions. 000 0
stevewhipp.bsky.social @stevewhipp.bsky.social · 18/05/2026Funnily enough, I was thinking about this the other day. In my parent's estate, you could flag down a bus (every 15 mins) which could take you down to Burnley bus station, the railway station or a short walk to catch the X43 to Manchester. Whilst living there, I didn't feel a "need" to drive. 020 0
stevewhipp.bsky.social @stevewhipp.bsky.social · 13/05/2026Typical "It's better to ask for forgiveness (and pay a small fine) than permission." 000 0
stevewhipp.bsky.social @stevewhipp.bsky.social · 19/03/2026Jeeves, when I'm feeling down, what's the best way for a quick "pick me up?" "Your Game, Sir." "Ahh yes, that'll be all. You may go." 000 0
stevewhipp.bsky.social @stevewhipp.bsky.social · 28/01/2026It's a backronym. We've been using meta in IT for decades. "Meta-data" is second-order data derived from parsing raw output/input, for example. 000 0
stevewhipp.bsky.social @stevewhipp.bsky.social · 09/01/2026So.... how's those NFTs working out then? 000 0
stevewhipp.bsky.social @stevewhipp.bsky.social · 21/12/2025Well, obviously. But did anyone seriously think it would be any different? I mean, criminals be criming and the American public voted, knowing full well his administration was corrupt as f. 000 0
stevewhipp.bsky.social @stevewhipp.bsky.social · 10/12/2025Proud to be the 3,964th backer 😎 on @BackerKit Crowdfunding for Draw Steel: Crack the Sun! www.backerkit.com/c/projects/m...backerkit.comDraw Steel: Crack the Sun"We watched Cthrion Uroniziir try to reduce the timescape into one singular universe, wiping out reality as we know it. She was defeated, and we see her cage every day." 030 0
stevewhipp.bsky.social @stevewhipp.bsky.social · 16/10/2025I don't post that much, but this is too fuckin' good not to share: youtu.be/X--PXyB1Zw0?...youtu.beRen x The Skinner Brothers - Ctrl Alt DeleteYouTube video by Ren 010 0
stevewhipp.bsky.social @stevewhipp.bsky.social · 04/09/2025Buybacks are straight-up stock manipulation and used to be illegal until 1982, for very good reasons. But the people who benefit from this shady practice had spent enough lobbying the SEC and the legislature to get it repealed. 010 0
stevewhipp.bsky.social @stevewhipp.bsky.social · 15/08/2025I study history (badly) and I can see the macho allure of concentrating and the battles, tactics, weaponry and "heroics". However, it all has to be put into context, the politics understood and as unvarnished as it's possible to get. People who glorify war don't really understand it. 050 0
stevewhipp.bsky.social @stevewhipp.bsky.social · 14/08/2025Ok, I'm really enjoying Star Trek: Strange New Worlds. It's the closest to classic trek since Voyager. Thank you for your attention in this matter. 000 0
stevewhipp.bsky.social @stevewhipp.bsky.social · 12/08/2025Stock buy-backs were illegal and classed as "Stock Price manipulation" until 1982. The single purpose is to inflate the stock price without requiring capital investment, market or revenue growth or indeed, actual productivity metrics. Personally, I think it should be taxed to disincentivise it. 020 0
stevewhipp.bsky.social @stevewhipp.bsky.social · 22/07/2025Oh, Ozzy has passed. Very sad. I'll be honest and say I kind of expected it a couple of decades ago. Dude was crazy, but a genuine guy through and through. 000 0
stevewhipp.bsky.social @stevewhipp.bsky.social · 08/07/2025Here's the thing, they can leave, but you know what they can't take? Land, Property, football teams, rents and mortgages and other ways they get passive income or ways they accumulate wealth at the cost to the British public. Tax the wealth, not the income. 000 0
stevewhipp.bsky.social @stevewhipp.bsky.social · 04/07/2025Yeah, we should really have written down the whole, "Batman in a old person's home." bit. 010 0
stevewhipp.bsky.social @stevewhipp.bsky.social · 13/06/2025Well, whatever method you use, it works really well. It's one of the highlights of my podcasting week! Thank you. 010 0
stevewhipp.bsky.social @stevewhipp.bsky.social · 06/06/2025Indeed so, though I do lament the lack of decorum with the more modern "Does this really have to be a meeting? You could have just sent an e-mail." 000 0
stevewhipp.bsky.social @stevewhipp.bsky.social · 05/06/2025"Geoff.... Geoff you're still on mute, mate. No, that's the camera button, mute, the little microphone." To use a more formal greeting. 110 0
stevewhipp.bsky.social @stevewhipp.bsky.social · 31/05/2025Skelingtons for skeletons and toytoices for tortoises. Northern English and it was common is our extended family as well. 020 0
stevewhipp.bsky.social @stevewhipp.bsky.social · 29/05/2025Appeal > SCOTUS = Trump's power consolidated even further. 000 0
stevewhipp.bsky.social @stevewhipp.bsky.social · 21/05/2025That was an absolute banger of an ep. Excellent work from cast, crew and audience! 000 0
stevewhipp.bsky.social @stevewhipp.bsky.social · 21/05/2025Damn, I've been an adherent without realising! Oh, epiphany and joy! I have heard that starting a religion can be prophetable. 000 0
stevewhipp.bsky.social @stevewhipp.bsky.social · 17/05/2025Yeah, considering we haven't lived in the area for some decades, they must have started putting something in the water after we left, 'cos daaaaaayum, that's hard to believe. 110 0
stevewhipp.bsky.social @stevewhipp.bsky.social · 16/05/2025Funnily enough, I only know one, clinical or otherwise, and I think you've already got a job! 100 0
stevewhipp.bsky.social @stevewhipp.bsky.social · 09/05/2025I can just imagine him saying this. JP influenced my musical tastes like no other while I was growing up. 010 0
stevewhipp.bsky.social @stevewhipp.bsky.social · 08/05/2025A really fun episode. Perfect casting, once again. 000 0
stevewhipp.bsky.social @stevewhipp.bsky.social · 07/05/2025I mean, obviously. If things continue as they are, he'll also be your last democratically elected one, too. 020 0
stevewhipp.bsky.social @stevewhipp.bsky.social · 07/05/2025I see what you did there! I'll give it a listen! 010 0
stevewhipp.bsky.social @stevewhipp.bsky.social · 06/05/2025For a moment I thought it read like you were responsible for any damage etc for the whole conference. I was thinking, that's a bit harsh. 020 0
stevewhipp.bsky.social @stevewhipp.bsky.social · 02/05/2025I tried my best to go MS free, but I simply cannot get the same game performance with the various methods of playing in Linux. We've just moved to teams and 365 at work. It's actual hell and several miles backwards. 010 0
stevewhipp.bsky.social @stevewhipp.bsky.social · 02/05/2025I feel ya, brother. I can't tell you how much effort I put into debloating Windows, controlling the network traffic and nix-ing anything even resembling an advert on any browser. I can't understand how people can use the internet without an adblock in 2025. 100 0
stevewhipp.bsky.social @stevewhipp.bsky.social · 30/04/2025Also capitalism.... That's right use some of the money I make for you to change the rules so you make more than anyone! Laws are a problem to make more money? Buy the politicians and the judges! Easy! Capitalism screwing up the planet and society? Fuck'em just make more money! 000 0