David Burrows

@dburrows
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multiple-model agnostic, writes code, mostly typescript/javascript, old school film, tv, sci-fi & comics nerd, ex-Yahoo!, currently at Starling Bank (opinions my own obvs)
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Every so often i find myself on X and an amazed by the state of the place, of course you should show me an incoherent ad that’s also a scam, but also make you users tag it as a scam, but whatever you do don’t actually take it down as you’re making money off it
AI is a real “make money in the gold rush selling pickaxes” situation
How’s the UK government doing, let’s check in
This is an interesting fact from a Guardian piece on Labours lead amongst women under 50,
from 1945 to 2015 more women voted Conservative than men. Not what I would have expected. I wonder if it’s still true adjusted for the 51%/49% population split in women’s favour rather than just a raw number.
A big moonbow tonight
Much as I love @bruces the Islands in the Net back cover blurb about 2023 did not stand up to the tests of time 😂😭
TIL that California has its own HS2. Add “building railways” to the list of skills we’ve lost in the Western world. (from How Big Things Get Done by Dan Gardener & Bent Flyvbjerg)
Did we live in this one? The pub is not a Hobgoblin any more (if I’ve remembered that correctly)
@stresspuppy some things change, some things stay the same