Christopher Tipper

History buff, amateur programmer, current affairs junkie and wisecracker. All opinions my own may contain nuts

[Christopher Tipper @ct1003]

@Mrwhosetheboss Struggling to see why you thought that would work? There's clearly not enough force in MagSafe magnets it's for positioning the magnets, these stands are pure marketing

[Christopher Tipper @ct1003]

Having a MacBook Pro and MacBook Pro Max is going to prove an invidious choice for buyers, much better to upgrade the platform if you ask me #macbook #promaxorpro #appleevent
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@PolitlcsUK This sounds like law enforcement but in practice it’s a jobs program and I’m pretty sure public transport won’t improve

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I get it, it's a 14 day cooling off period @Apple don't want you to make a purchase that you may regret

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They @Apple had me right up to the 14 day lead time for HomePod mini 2. What was the point of announcing it today? And no Siri AI at launch. SELL!

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“To use personal context you need to unlock your iPhone first”

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@s8mb @fletcherr The irony is that you just cancelled your Times subscription so you’re stuck without news

[Joe Barnes @Barnes_Joe]

EXCLUSIVE: Elon Musk came to Donald Trump with the plan to throttle Ukraine’s use of SpaceX’s Starshield satellite internet network, sources have told the Telegraph.

The tech billionaire made the proposal during the US President’s row with Volodymyr Zelensky over strikes on Russian oil refineries.

‘The reality is that they were both in it,’ a senior source said of Musk’s and Trump’s involvement.

But after a night of carnage in Kyiv caused by the slowdown, Musk was alarmed about the possibility of adverse consumer reaction in Europe.

The SpaceX boss then proceeded to tweet, blaming the US administration, and ultimately, President Trump for authorising the slowdown.

‘He tweeted out that he was innocent and that it was the US administration that did it,’ the source said.

[Christopher Tipper @ct1003]

The whole connected home plan was released with a mad video of the most annoying American nuclear family and gross teenagers fighting over the gadget around the breakfast table. Excellent marketing but also a complete fantasy.
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@s8mb It's for the upsell, self-service is bad for business. It should be illegal.

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I'm really interested in the fallout from this does maths have a slop issue? / OpenAI claims to have solved hundreds of long-standing maths problems
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@rbrtrmstrng The Greek word is σχήμα which means figure or shape. How it got associated with organised crime is an exercise in popular culture.

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@Peston Seems like a nice consequence free decision Andy Burnham would have saved himself the grief by doing same

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@Conservatives @_AndersonStuart Sadly the world won’t get any safer with this plan explicitly ruling out missile defence and waving hands, it seems to boil down to farmers with shotguns

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This Conservative defence shield is explicitly not missile defence following Badenoch closely in radio interview, so I’m guessing it’s farmers with shotguns and spotters in hedges?

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@TheRestHistory Very clever to tease membership by trailing the death of Robespierre on Thursday. Death would be too good for him, and only members can apply

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The Economist skewer the radical message of our new Prime Minister | Andy Burnham, faux heretic | Britain’s radical prime minister has some very orthodox ideas https://t.co/W9un2yyW4Z

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This proposal is a sop to Labour base, it’s already been rejected by referendum it’s a lot like how a Tory will start talking about trickle down economics if you wait long enough

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Tony Blair won a landslide with 30% of the vote. We elect our representatives and they are supposed to govern in our interests, this isn’t the same as majority government.

[Robert Peston @Peston]

Burnham promises a new politics. He does not want any party to govern with less than 30% of the vote. So he announces a new national commission on electoral reform. He secures another standing ovation

[Christopher Tipper @ct1003]

I watched Burnham in Manchester it hasn’t felt worth watching a speech since David Cameron’s leadership bid but there was a cogency that has been sorely lacking for ten years. Can we change politics? Can Nigel Far*ge grow up?