David S

He/him. Bikes bikes bikes. Woke is not an insult. London, UK

Profile photo: a 1982 Ferrari formula 1 car with Didier Pironi driving.

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Location: UK

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2025-03-31 20:09:58

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yes, but when is international reply guy day???

2025-03-22 09:15:51

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Running a system "hot" isn't in of itself a bad thing, but it needs to have relief points (in IT that might be allowing non critical systems to go offline to free up capacity for critical systems).
I think it's legitimate to build compromises into a system as it's not sensible to scope reserve capacity the same as "normal" rare events, but you need to be honest about the compromises it entails, and at least have *some* capacity in the design for the critical bits

2025-03-22 08:54:45

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also worth noting that when you have a mesh/grid system which on the face if it has resilience, but is in fact stressed and highly loaded, one failure will cascade as load is distributed to other (already stressed) components which then also fail, leading to more redistribution and failures and so on.
Resilience is about more than single points of failure, it's about capacity too.
This is not limited to electricity, but other systems too (IT, transport etc)

2025-03-18 13:58:21

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my somewhat pessimistic view is that Trump (and Musk) will be treated as useful idiots (not unlike Johnson). When the tide turns watch them throw them under the bus (he's not a real Republican, only the GOP can manage the economy etc). And the polarisation of US politics will mean the electorate that voted for him will prefer to trust that narrative over voting for "the enemy". Maybe there will be a Democrat term, but then it'll be "oh look they haven't fixed the economy" again

2025-03-18 09:21:25

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they should start a recruitment drive to get the Labour mps to cross the floor

2025-03-13 12:46:43

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I'm thinking when AI forms biases against protected characteristics...

2025-03-13 11:53:05

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the court cases will be interesting

2025-03-07 09:56:34

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perhaps gouvernements should counter sue for imaginary future windfall taxes?

2025-03-07 09:41:09

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I really don't understand the justification for getting lost profits. Repaying investment already made kind of makes sense, but imaginary future profits? Well let's me propose a scheme to you...

2025-03-07 09:37:04

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the solution is a smart grid with as many properties having energy storage as possible (probably at present that just means batteries) as possible to buffer load. Charge off peak, provide extra capacity on peak. It just needs some tax incentives / grants to allow people to make the investment.
It would also reduce payback period on solar & it's a great way to reuse batteries from EVs that have dropped in efficiency because home batteries aren't as space constrained as in cars.

2025-03-02 14:02:29

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Service charges are a licence to print money imho. Our old flat's charges doubled in 10 years.
Time to create a national property management bureau which can be used if enough tenants in a block elect to use, and offered with a price cap.
Obviously private companies can offer their services, but having a default option would constrain pricing and stop the need for legal action like this.
But it won't happen, because we can't let socialism loose in case we turn Soviet

2025-03-01 11:29:28

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I don't suppose they also published performance stats over the same period?

2025-02-26 07:55:01

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I got whooping cough a few years back despite being vaccinated as a child. It was pretty horrible and ended up with a trip to A&E. I wouldn't want an adult to go through that, let alone infants, all because of lack of herd immunity means childhood vaccines aren't sufficient any more.
What anti-vaxxers don't understand is they affect everyone, not just themselves or their kids.

2025-02-23 08:41:44

Please can all socialist parties print this at the top of all their flyers and keep repeating until people understand
Red tape is a good thing
Red tape stops you swimming in shit at the beach
Red tape stops your house falling down and killing you while you sleep
Red tape stops people driving on the wrong side of the road.
Red tape stops a charlatan from killing you when treating your cancer with paracetamol
Red tape stops you eating toxic chemicals in your breakfast
#socialism #ukpol #politics

2025-02-22 19:36:19

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fees on any type of "managed" investment should be dependent on +ve returns as a minimum.
Otherwise, allow me to manage your investment. I can turn your 50k into 5k really quickly!

2025-01-25 10:59:23

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"sorry we can't pay out, your policy appears to have been cancelled"

2025-01-24 08:20:33

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our (rates based) bill has almost doubled since 2013. Thames Water put in water meters last year and the estimate consumption based bill is now triple that 2013 number. Funny how they can find the money to invest in infrastructure if it means more revenue!

2025-01-22 08:20:44

Ebikes are not only a gateway drug I to cycling, they're a way *back* into cycling, and if given to friends after upgrading, also a way into cycling for others.
This is a lovely read
https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2025/jan/21/i-got-an-ebike-and-discovered-a-secret-side-of-france
#cycling #ebikes #ebikes #biketooter

2025-01-11 12:24:29

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Just tell her she only needs to watch the first series as it's a detective series. Then by the time she realises, it'll be too late!

2025-01-11 11:34:20

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I've just reread The Expanse series, and there's a lot of great discussion of ideas around human nature and behaviour. At one point (after a catastrophic event) characters discuss tribe size expanding when things are going well and shrinking when not - their tribe is just 2 people as they travel through apocalyptic scenes and face constant fight or flight choices as they encounter others (also facing the same choices)
If you haven't read/watched it, it's highly recommended from me!

2025-01-11 10:15:04

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I fear it will breed selfishness, but if coupledom is replaced with platonic friends the opposite might happen as the tribe expands from the typical family of 3 or 4 to much larger social circles. Tl:Dr who knows?

2025-01-11 10:06:14

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I think covid has also changed attitudes of (current) teenagers into being less motivated to move far from the family. I couldn't wait to get away from home, but many friends and colleagues say theirs are only looking at the local uni, and not for financial reasons.
As with almost everything, many different factors making a complicated situation

2025-01-11 09:19:04

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I can't help but think the middle classes will slowly morph into the old sitcom Bread.
Forever struggling to pay off mortgages, helping support kids so no option to downsize or move, everyone will just need to chip in to a family pot.
It could be argued many families have always had to do this (and indeed it's culturally common in families of Indian descent) but I can see it being much wider spread.

2025-01-10 10:23:00

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the new version of privatise profits, nationalise losses?

2024-12-23 21:52:54

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Depeche Mode - Violator
Not a duff track on it
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2024-12-04 22:43:12

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I reckon Copilot will do more to disrupt windows than Amazon will manage with their AI

2024-11-28 20:39:31

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interesting. I'm always conflicted between using root dns servers over say ProtonVPN, and trying to setup something with encrypted dns to a "safe" dns provider. I've typically gone for the former.