Mark Watson

Tech entrepreneur. CTO@ComplyAdvantage. Prev CTO@WorldRemit, VP Eng@causata, Founder @volantissys, @skipjaqinc. Not the comedian. @markwatson.bsky.social

[Mark Watson @markwatson]

@SorcererLazaro @GrahamSmyth @LeeSobotYEP Sunderland had a weird advantage on PSR this season due to not really spending in EFL, so could also bypass the punitive "promoted clubs" limits. The SCR limit should even it out a bit in our favour IMO

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Am on a @SW_Help train back from London and am as usual surrounded by people loudly discussing how they didn't have to buy a ticket. But not loudly enough to wake the guard who is gently snoozing at the back of the carriage.

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@British_Airways Thanks. Would have replied earlier but here's what I've had on your pay-to-play wifi for the last 25 mins or so. By the way - "stream"? Lol.

[Mark Watson @markwatson]

on @British_Airways flight, trying to use their free executive club wifi. Requires login, try web and requires completing a captcha which doesn't display on phone. If you try app it locks you out and sends an email to unlock - which requires non-free wifi 😐

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@fife1975 @GlosGuildhall @watsoncomedian think this is for you

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@doctorow https://t.co/HbNHWjG0BF

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@MoscowhiteTSB Why do you write Daniel as David?

[Mark Watson @markwatson]

@hugorifkind @PaulConnolly10 tbf nobody's ever started a barbecue near me in a pub garden. But I'd be up for banning people talking into mobile phones with the speaker on. And strangers trying to start conversations (Southern England only).

[Mark Watson @markwatson]

@arrroberts First time I read this (and only time I intend to) I was a bit disappointed that Lord Daha's battlecry wasn't "Take on me". This thought kept me going through the first 400 or so pages, I powered through the rest by force of sheer bloody mindedness

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@jonsmith_lufc @GREATBr69197702 @MLufc02 Not that i know anything on the specifics of this deal but typically these clauses demand all the money come up front whereas the buyer prefers to stage payments. So there is leverage.

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@HalcyonPublish1 @watsoncomedian Not quite that often. Btw the link on your tweet doesn't work

[Mark Watson @markwatson]

@thomashurst They were saying 3 before the departures (Anthony replacement, Roberts replacement, number 10). So not sure how that came to be 4 given Kamara/Rutter/Gray/Summerville also now gone and only Bogle fits that list. But it's just spin anyhow.

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@jgownder

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@twlldun As I remember in Star Wars the resistance exists because an autocrat has grabbed power with the help of a self-interested corporate cabal. In the prequels the heroes are the authority figures and you're meant to side with them. And the resistance leader is a princess.

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@AdamCrafton_ on one hand I think this is spot on, on the other Marsch had an real style of play and it was godawful

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@LUFCMOTcom Good commercial revenue and PSR compliance 🙄

[Mark Watson @markwatson]

This is a very unusual tagging of me where it actually intends to refer to me, not to top entertainer Mark Watson currently appearing at the Edinburgh Fringe (tickets available). Thanks to @glawton of @diginomica for a very enjoyable chat about engineering productivity and AI.

[diginomica @diginomica]

How can we improve developer productivity? @glawton speaks to @ComplyAdvantage CTO @markwatson, who shares best practices, and how they shape his thinking about new AI-powered development tools. https://t.co/pkLL4GcZk1

[Mark Watson @markwatson]

Many people have been (rightly) worried for a long time about monolithic dependencies on monolithic tech providers. If you want a great perspective on/extrapolation of it go read @doctorow's brilliant short story, "Unauthorized Bread" from his book Radicalized

[Mark Watson @markwatson]

Looking at the news today (or trying to: in many cases it's down) I'm reminded of a panel I was on many years ago with Bill Coleman (the B in BEA) who said re Microsoft: "never trust a vendor you wouldn't trust to run your pacemaker. four words: blue face of death"