Reposted by Tom DewarPaul Clarke @paulclarke.com · 5hHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH 84311
Tom Dewar @tomdewar.dev · 29/09/2026Or they could pivot back to selling fruit juice (this goes thorough my head every time I see there name) youtu.be/txzA0GWCDPsyoutu.be(1985-1990) Kia Ora Drink Adverts CompilationYouTube video by Cerealmad 000
Tom Dewar @tomdewar.dev · 29/09/2026I hope you turned off your portable wind generator immediately afterwards, with a little innocent whistle and eyes to the sky 010
Tom Dewar @tomdewar.dev · 28/09/2026Be warned. You may hit some issues with some distros in conjunction with Nvidia GPU (I did). Ones I’ve heard that are more likely to play nicely with Nvidia with no tinkering: Pop!_OS, Bazitte. (They all can work though.) 010
Tom Dewar @tomdewar.dev · 28/09/2026If you’ve got a spare SSD/HDD slot in your machine, I’d recommend using that over USB, though the latter would work. I have my home desktop configured as dual boot Windows / Fedora, with a sep 1Tb SSD for Linux. But can get away with small drive, 128-256Gb, esp. if only testing. RAM will be no issue 110
Reposted by Tom DewarDan Neidle @danneidle.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Luxury retailers want taxpayers to fund a 20% tax break for foreign tourists. They paid consultancy Cebr to claim this will raise £2.6bn for the UK. That convinced Sadiq Khan and Kemi Badenoch. But it's false: a free lunch. Four basic errors mask a £600m loss. Thread: 6495225
Tom Dewar @tomdewar.dev · 27/09/2026Thanks for the tip. Can’t justify the spendy at the moment, but something I’ll keep in mind when that changes. Do you use / know of any Alexa-style voice interface that isn’t big tech / doesn’t send everything it hears to someone else’s server? 100
Tom Dewar @tomdewar.dev · 27/09/2026Ooh, I had not come across this before. Looks good. (I am currently in your “completely insane” category.) 110
Reposted by Tom DewarIan Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 27/09/2026I could quote pretty much this entire article by @mjrobbins.com on the bizarre psychology of the AI apocalypse freaks, but you should just read it instead. Such a relief to see someone express my feelings so eloquently. martinrobbins.substack.com/p/the-ai-apo... 39402110
Reposted by Tom DewarBorderBadger @borderbadger.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Scotland, you are truly magnificent! 183
Reposted by Tom DewarJamie Smart @jamiesmart.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Can’t eat a sandwich until you subscribe to sandwiches. Can’t eat today’s sandwich until it has applied daily sandwich updates. Sandwich now has adverts even though you paid for ad-free sandwich. Can pay again to have less sandwich adverts. Now you can eat the sandwich, but it’s smaller. 20847451178
Reposted by Tom Dewarasura @asura.dev · 24/09/2026I wish more people would address this as an executive problem. No logging, no moderation, no observability, ... Palworld has more security. For decades people (like me) could cause entire outages in entire regions. Jail or fired if I did. In most of these scenarios, some mechanism should stop me. 616143
Reposted by Tom DewarMark Thompson @markreckons.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Just seen Danny Tommo referred to as "Captain Thugwash" and seriously, that's excellent work.static.klipy.comAmy Poehler's Perfect Chef's KissALT: Amy Poehler's Perfect Chef's Kiss 652854544
Tom Dewar @tomdewar.dev · 24/09/2026Yeah, I saw that headline and thought “well, no point reading the rest of your manifesto, since it’s clearly been penned in some fantasy land” 000
Reposted by Tom DewarEmily✨ @emilyoram.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Always a treat to be reminded of an old friend 5794823358
Tom Dewar @tomdewar.dev · 24/09/2026Can’t cartwheel but I would love a suit the I could* do a spin hook kick in. *admittedly unlikely I would ever _need_ to, but nice to have as an option ;)static.klipy.comJiemba Sands: Double Kick Spin KickAlt: Jiemba Sands: Double Kick Spin Kick 010
Reposted by Tom DewarTom Sutcliffe @tds153.bsky.social · 24/09/2026At last. NONE of the suits I currently own allow me to do this… 0233
Reposted by Tom DewarAliette de Bodard @aliettedebodard.com · 23/09/2026Omg these are amazing (I have a mug which was a gift from @dlibris.bsky.social @aeriefaerie.bsky.social, it's so lovely and tentacly) 0334
Reposted by Tom DewarAliette de Bodard @aliettedebodard.com · 23/09/2026As someone who majored in applied maths (essentially algorithm design) and computer vision (essentially "teach a computer to interpret a picture like a human but better"), yeah, all of this. On top of everything else LLMs are making the "AI" research field poorer 27412
Tom Dewar @tomdewar.dev · 23/09/2026Pet animal implies the existence of other pets that are not animals. Maybe she also has pet plants, pet furniture, pet rocks etc. 130
Reposted by Tom DewarThe Empty City @davidallengreen.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Just as well those committing wrongs against the RNLI are not holding placards supporting a proscribed organisation, else they would really be in trouble. 01241309
Reposted by Tom DewarDianne Bancroft @diannebancroft.bsky.social · 22/09/2026This is a helpful thread bsky.app/profile/asho... 092
Reposted by Tom DewarSteve Gale @stevewg.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Colley Hill, Surrey: coffee break from birding the steep scrub. Love the plaque on the bench I’m sitting on 4397271233
Tom Dewar @tomdewar.dev · 22/09/2026Rhubarb is a weed. It was not meant to be eaten by anything with fewer than four legs. 000
Tom Dewar @tomdewar.dev · 22/09/2026Great article. Has anyone done an economic analysis of the opportunity cost, by which I mean how much these fees have deprived UK businesses of custom? Simplistically, if someone has to find £5k to pay an immigration fee that’s £5k they don’t have to spend in the local economy. 110
Reposted by Tom DewarAlan Beattie @alanbeattie.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Will keep boringly saying this (no disrespect to OP): it's not a health surcharge. It's not hypothecated to the NHS; you can't choose not to pay it and thereby eschew healthcare. You could equally call it an education or roads surcharge. It's using the NHS's sanctified status to rip off immigrants. 12302119
Tom Dewar @tomdewar.dev · 21/09/2026Oh yes. You should get her to provide a recommendation quote for the back cover too. 100
Tom Dewar @tomdewar.dev · 21/09/2026Unfortunately, yes. *** This message brought to you by our sponsor, KB Publications. Preorder your copy of The Feckless Arsehole Theory of Management, by Kate Bevan, today. *** 120
Tom Dewar @tomdewar.dev · 20/09/2026Quite. Nobody’s built a pig farm on an airship either. Who will be the first?! 000
Reposted by Tom DewarSteven (with a PH) @sjksalisbury.bsky.social · 20/09/2026Christening a baby is nothing like christening a ship. I know that now. Once again I can only apologise. 159190943836
Reposted by Tom DewarMandeville was cavendish_maid 📎 🇺🇦 @mandeville24.bsky.social · 19/09/2026Personally I couldn’t give a rats arse what this man says about the UK as he doesn’t live here - he left because he didn’t want to pay any tax and because he part owns Man Utd! Billionaire Man United owner says he has lost confidence in the UK www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...bbc.co.ukBillionaire Manchester United owner Sir Jim Ratcliffe says he has lost confidence in UKIneos founder Sir Jim Ratcliffe tells the BBC he thinks the country is "on the slide" and calls for more investment in the North Sea. 3732364
Reposted by Tom DewarJim Pickard @pickardje.bsky.social · 18/09/2026my brilliant colleague @robertshrimsley.bsky.social on the threat from Elon Musk’s X platform www.ft.com/content/f270... 6428071164
Tom Dewar @tomdewar.dev · 18/09/2026Can’t be a banana republic if you ain’t got no bananasstatic.klipy.comSmart Thinking MemeAlt: Smart Thinking Meme 000
Reposted by Tom DewarRichard K Morgan @quellist1.bsky.social · 18/09/2026Have long believed that there should be mandatory ten year sentencing for anyone who assaults an emergency worker - paramedics, hospital staff, firemen, you name it - in the course of their duties. You can obviously put these guys on the same list. 0122
Tom Dewar @tomdewar.dev · 18/09/2026Good customer service is such a rarity these days it’s like a breath of fresh air. Relatedly, I can highly recommend Zen Internet for your ISP needs (in the UK). 100