Declan

@True_Heresy
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Constant. Emotional. Whiplash.

I just want to learn as much as I can, about almost everything. If youโ€™re interesting, or just interested in something, then we can probably get along. Unless youโ€™re one of those anti-woke, ignorance-loving, intolerant, bigoted dickhead types; in that case you can fuck all the way off ๐Ÿ˜‡

(He/Him)

LocationEdinburgh (mostly) - Japan (when I can)
Cares aboutLefty things like basic rights and not setting the world on fire
InterestsAnything geeky, but I *really* love games and music
Perfect MacOS 26 Tahoe screenshot from the Journal app. Apple shipped this.

Greyhound racing has been banned in Scotland!

We were one of the last countries on the planet to allow it. But the Scottish Parliament overwhelmingly backed our bill last night.

Mark Ruskell MSP who lodged the bill reacts ๐Ÿ‘‡

๐Ÿšจ BREAKING!

๐ŸŸข Yes: 70
๐Ÿ”ด No: 27

It's official! Scotland has voted for our bill to ban greyhound racing!

continuing to enjoy how my German-manufactured doorbell interacts with me in exactly the way one would expect a German doorbell to
Painting of a Cherub ๐Ÿ–ผ๏ธ
The Private Finance Initiative (PFI) contract for the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh (built for ~ยฃ180 million in 2003) is expected to cost NHS Lothian roughly ยฃ1.1 billion to ยฃ1.26 billion in total repayments by the time the main contract expires in 2027. Even that is not the full cost, as a buy-back clause comes into effect, where another fee has to be agreed to transfer the hospital into public hands.
The people are being robbed blind. Labour has been a disaster for Scotland.
#Scotland
Itโ€™s hard to enjoy nice things right now, due to the other things

What if code wasn't a text document?

I've been mulling over this kind of stuff for 20+ years! I made a wee prototype and blogged about it to get it out of my system. Knowing me, I'll pick it up again this time next year!

Read here! ๐Ÿ‘‰ https://joethephish.me/blog/visual-programming/

(Re-posting here because I posted at the worst possible time last week - Friday night!)

#buildInPublic #programming #code

Joy connects us โ€“ hate divides

 | Ronnie Barbour
https://bylines.scot/society/surprised-by-joy/

The Norwegian Nobel Prize committee has been forced to make a statement, declaring that the prize cannot be transferred. It's hard even to comprehend how stupid this has become