Paul Robinson

Software; ML, DL & RL; Space; Retro computing; geekery. Am also @greattriviality. Opinions are barely my own, and you should not assume they are my employer's

[Paul Robinson @p7r]

Every time I hear people get excited about “Bonfire Night”, I just remember this image that I first learned about at [Catholic] primary school, and I can think about little else for quite a while afterwards.

[Paul Robinson @p7r]

@DavidSacks Democracy. We invest in strong democratic controls. Not the corrupt madness in the US today. Get rid of gerrymandering and lobbying and invest in democracy, where there is no absolute power, we guard the guardians. Orwell was warning against fascism, you already know the answers.

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@KevinBankston That’s the lack of consent, the specific infringement that is unlawful, unethical and the core concern of SAG-AFTRA.

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Got to front of #Ticketmaster Q for #Oasis and just 5 seated tickets left for 3rd Aug priced at ~£500 each. Asked missus if pref is to see Oasis or have extra week abroad next year. Opted holiday. At which point site said tickets had been bought by someone else. Superb. 🤷🏼

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I’m in the second queue for #OasisLive25 tickets. 300k people ahead of me. If Holly and Phil are already in at the front again, I’m going to be fuming…

[Brendan Cox @MrBrendanCox]

Please vote.

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Everyone who stands to attention in their living room next weekend and swears allegiance to the King needs their hard drive checking.

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@elonmusk @NPR I trust NPR to be more editorially independent through their government subsidies than I do you.

And you still don’t understand the BBC is not government funded.

It’s almost as if you’re not actually smart at all.

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@KimDotcom Elon comes across as a childish, petulant and obnoxious brat.

His arguments are utterly pathetic and the journalist comes out of this sounding more adult and capable of being a professional than him.

And @KimDotcom, he’s not gonna fuck you, stop trying so hard, it’s sad…

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Decision by Musk to start blocking links to substack not a surprise. He doesn’t care about a free and open web. He wants a walled garden money machine. If you thought it’s been a disaster so far, just watch…

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@Kat__Woods It sounds like you’re asking it to be more a mentor than therapist (or coach). I mentor people in a way you describe. Coaching and therapy seem to be linked, but finding someone who has never been either to mentor you can be helpful. I can imagine ChatGPT filling that role.

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@manojranaweera Nope. Dead at the moment. :-)

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@manojranaweera Between 6 and 10 a day. It is my job though, so…

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@TheHodge @SkyBet Biggest over rounds and most popular markets in U.K., but it does feel like a bug. Arguably @GamCare should give them a nudge, as it’s arguably - tenuously - encouraging you to consider markets you’ve “opted out” of. The virtuals in particular are nasty to keep putting up.

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@TheHodge And the rationale for not sitting them down & explaining how roughness isn’t acceptable, was…?

I think we know where this is going. Some idiots will cite it as political correctness or wokeness gone mad, but it’s just shit parenting and teaching that isn’t being called out, eh?

[SK Tedeschi @skedeschi]

Here's a little look at German cost of living vs British cost of living, which goes a long way to explain why British people are suffering- despite the UK being ome of the richest countries in the world

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@jamesrcole @bscholl @paulg If you don’t have non-necessary cookies, you don’t need to put the banner up. That banner is asking for explicit consent to spyware, that’s what the law demands. No spyware = no banner.

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@tprzyg @paulg I always hit reject. If there isn’t a one click reject, that company is breaking the law. I’ll hit manage and then save, but at some point I think I’m going to start reporting to ICO

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@bscholl @paulg How about we get to a place where the internet economy doesn’t rely on spying on everything people do online, and then the problem just goes away