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@brucelawson Relieving news to wake up to, isnā€™t it. I dearly hope Loweā€™s double-fash option helps collapse both of them in to obscurity.

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Picked up Cory Doctorowā€™s new book on AI today. Coryā€™s books are always insta-reads for me.

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Does anyone know if the new Siri will work on iPhones that donā€™t have Apple Intelligence? (I.e my trusty iPhone 14)

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CodeSOD: Driven Development:

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Julien joined a team which bragged about their use of DDD. Everything they did followed DDD best practices, they said. The fact that they piled up all sorts of related buzzwords when talking about it should have been a red flag.

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@veggielacochonne2.bsky.social Je sais, cā€™est vraiment trop triste šŸ˜¢

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From the FTā€™s comments section:

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Someone once pointed out to me that the Whoop, Aura Ring, Apple Watch etc are the modern day equivalent of the Tamagotchi except that nowadays, weā€™re the annoying stupid thing weā€™re trying to keep alive.

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Hidden vegan gem: cooked breakfast in Wetherspoons, Ā£3.09 šŸ‘€

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@jeroensangers What did you think of it? I believe I read it years ago but canā€™t remember too much!

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Watched: Monsieur Spade S1E2, Episode 2 šŸæ

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This is turning in to a great show. Noir-esque atmosphere and pace, calming and intriguing. Recommended (Channel 4 app)

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. @help Any idea why this might be happing in Inkwell (web) please? It happens with all the feeds mentioned here: www.macsparky.com/rss-2/

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Mutation Testing with Stryker: mattharwood.com

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Finished reading: Meltdown by Duncan Mavin šŸ“š

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A pretty exciting read - the story of Credit Suisseā€™s demise. Quite an obvious basket case in hindsight!

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@thisness Congratulations, well-deserved and I look forward to watching you in Europe! What a difference a likeable manager makes.

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@tchambers another Kagi fan here. The privacy pass is a great feature, results are exactly what I want (and customisable). Itā€™s worth far more to me than the subscription to find exactly what Iā€™m after instantly.

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Sweltering day, with two more on the way I hear. We mostly hid from the heat, baked a loaf (not my best) and willed on Spurs to lose (not to be).

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Apple Video Podcasts Might Stop Me From Going to YouTube: mattharwood.com

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@tchambers Good move from them, it pushed me to subscribe to support this šŸ™Œ

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Watched: The Gold Season 1 šŸæ

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Finally got around to it, after London Falling mentioned the Brinks-Mat job and piqued my interest! Superb show.

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@manton Itā€™s sad they have decided to make this so difficult for you Manton. Admiring your stamina! I look forward to trying it out in the UK ā˜ŗļø

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@brucelawson Oh not half jealous! Have a wonderful time

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Picked up this gem for Ā£1! Published in 1999. Sadly, so many of the links inside are dead. Itā€™s fun finding the live ones. And classic descriptions such as this one šŸ˜‚

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Iā€™ve just learnt of the ā€œmillennial pauseā€, a condition I apparently have inherited.

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I read Keefeā€™s book on Londonā€™s underworld and the sad death of Zac Bettler last week on the plane to Crete. It was utterly gripping.

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www.lrb.co.uk/the-paperā€¦

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Watching Twenty Twelve šŸæ

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I saw W1A out of order, but hopefully that doesnā€™t matter too much šŸ‘€ Thereā€™s something very relaxing about these shows, they feel familiar and nothing happens so my mind can settle down with them nice and easily!

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@Mattiverse Welcome to these parts Matt, from Matt šŸ˜ Glad to see youā€™re enjoying it here. A wonderful part of the web.

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Nice overview of the new Thundermail service from Kev Quirk:

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My Inital Thoughts On Thunderbird Pro - Kev Quirk

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If Iā€™m honest, my first impressions are underwhelming. I get that this is an early preview but for the price, services like Zoho and Fastmail are better services, and better value for money.

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I donā€™t regret signing up though - itā€™s important to support open source services, and as Thunderbird Pro matures, it will hopefully evolve into a service that can contend with the OGā€™s in this space.

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A nice overview of FediForum and 2mr.social - two recent fediverse conferences:

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FR#161 ā€“ Conference Edition

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Across both events, the open social web is widening out a bit. FediForum gave the headline slot to a Dutch MEP and put introductory talks on both ActivityPub and atproto on the program. 2mr.social brought politicians, media and civil society together in Hamburg, and ended with a declaration framing Matrix, the fediverse, and atproto as three parts of one European social stack.

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Watched: The Devilā€™s Hour šŸæ

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We watched both series this week. A bit mind bending but just about kept to the line of being understandable. Peter Capaldi a legend, as always.

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@numericcitizen Sheā€™s thinking a 17. Neither of us like the phablet sizes of phones today, so we think thatā€™s the smallest model?

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Off to the Apple Store in Cambridge to get Anna a new iPhone. Her 12 Mini has valiantly served for many years but the death rattle is too loud to ignore now. Hoping itā€™s quieter than Covent Garden šŸ‘€

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@gregmorris Greg, this app is wonderful. Itā€™s modern but strangely I feel nostalgic using it. Your work on it is much appreciated!

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We leave Crete tomorrow after a mostly relaxing week. Not sure itā€™s the place for us though - very few people have understood the meaning of vegan, and a lot of places feel dated and struggling. ā€œCoffee Islandā€ kept us going though šŸ«¶

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My mum has been scammed by drsuk dot com ā€œdomain servicesā€ BS so Iā€™m currently raging at them. Cretins.

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Mutation testing with Stryker.NET: mattharwood.com

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@JimRain I adore this film. Every scene masterfully put together.

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@tchambers Thanks for linking to this. We have work to do, for sure. I replied with some random thoughts here: mattharwood.com/2026/04/2ā€¦

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How do we save the open web? mattharwood.com

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[Post by @ngerakines.me ā€” Bluesky](https://bsky.app/profile/ngerakines.me/post/3mkdsvkic4c2h)

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Life gets busy. Friends and family slip to the bottom of the pile. Oh Crap Hey helps you catch yourself before too much time goes by without reaching out to those you care about.

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@liverpoolcomrade.bsky.social Oh lordy how embarrassing. Try this one lobste.rs

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@liverpoolcomrade.bsky.social Sounds like a good mix to me. Iā€™ve visited hn every day for as long as I can remember but the VC mouthpieces do get to me occasionally I have to admit :( Ever dip in to lobster.rs for a cleanse?

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@manton Iā€™ve tried to add my micro.blog account under the surf mastodon integration but it crashes the app šŸ‘€ Iā€™ll ping Mike about it

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@liverpoolcomrade.bsky.social Bit rubbish isnā€™t it. Any recommendations on anything better? šŸ˜®ā€šŸ’Ø

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@manton that makes a lot of sense, thank you!

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@manton Hey Manton - I just upgraded to premium and was expecting to see a reader view in bookmarks to make highlights from. Am I missing something please? Thanks!

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@jarrod How sweet - love your ā€œBits of Joyā€ folder idea! I might have to steal that šŸ˜‰

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@booksandcode.bsky.social Rather disheartening. It feels like SOC are not aligned, and there is a lack of respect for one another (inc misgendering, accusations of lying). Iā€™ve no idea of the history of whatā€™s going on so no idea who to believe. This is nothing like our lovely, warm, passionate local party.

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@booksandcode.bsky.social Yeah, Iā€™ve realised since. How sad to see such anti-democratic sabotage. Who loses? People who canā€™t afford menstrual products, for example šŸ˜®ā€šŸ’Ø

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@caponatacommie.bsky.social Something is definitely going on!

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@manton Thanks! Upgraded again and no errors any more ā˜ŗļø

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@manton Also got errors trying v0.158: \"\"

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