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Roku Express 4K
Back in the mists of time I used to watch video on my TV using an XBox that I’d modded with a mod chip, running XBMC. It played videos off a Linux file server. While everyone else was playing DVDs on their telly, I was the oddball streaming video. Things have progressed, and after a…
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DofE 2024
Where I probably walked more miles than the children, and everyone got very very muddy. Last weekend was the annual Duke of Edinburgh silver expedition, and once again I was herding children around the Yorkshire Dales. There wasn’t any snow this year, but it was raining and there was plenty of boot-sucking mud. Normally I…
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Tech bubbles are so annoying
To a man with a hammer, every problem is a nail. I remember when next door’s kid was learning to talk and form his own opinions, everything coming out of his mouth started with “daddy”. The tech world is just as bad. AI is the new hotness, we’re actively encouraged to use it at work,…
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Machine Translation is better than Chinglish.
Google Translate has a problem trying to decide the text on some mysterious drink packets I’ve got.
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Hi, I’m a spammer, I notice you are avoiding my emails
A spammer gets weirdly passive aggressive at me.
