So, the future is cool.

(Of course it's usually more complicated than that—right now only simple stuff can be done with low supervision. For the more complex stuff I'm pleasantly surprised by how 'collaborative' the actual workflow is.)

Me in 2015: write code, go make coffee while it's running
Me in 2025: describe code to AI, go make coffee while it's writing

We may need a reminder this Advent:

Truly He taught us to love one another;
His law is love and His gospel is peace.
Chains shall He break, for the slave is our brother
And in His name
All oppression shall cease

‘Italian’ purees likely to contain Chinese forced-labour tomatoes Some products described as “Italian” appear to contain Chinese tomatoes, BBC investigation suggests.

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

This sort of thing is everywhere

Interesting thread.

What about scam calls and texts? I think for most people the experience of someone trying to steal from us is an at least monthly occurrence.

This must be more prevelant than ten years ago, right?

It can never be safe Against the Leadbeater Bill. As a warning, this article will necessarily touch on potentially distressing topics.

This Friday (29th of November 2024), Parliament will vote on the ‘Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill’.

In this article I argue against the Bill. If you agree with what I've written and are in the UK, I urge you to write to your MP to ask them to vote against:
open.substack.com/pub/paddyalt...

Newbie question: how do these things work, is it more "interesting accounts to follow" or "pre rolled community"?

(i.e. do I just click to follow everyone or do I ask to be added to it 😅)

Spending time with people in their final days showed me that we need not assisted dying, but better end-of-life care | Gordon Brown We can and must improve on our current end-of-life options – ‘Switzerland, suicide or suffering’, says former UK prime minister Gordon Brown

Thoughtful and important intervention by Gordon Brown
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

It seems the man only surfaces once a decade to save this country from doing something misguided and self-destructive.

Normally around about now I start complaining about Advent calendars being the wrong length.
HOWEVER, this is the rare year when Dec 1st is a Sunday! (stopped clocks etc)
SO: instead I'm confining myself to a more standard gripe: Christmas tunes in the middle of November. Absolutely not.

Ah so that's where you all went...