Chris Ballard

Chris Ballard

@chrisballard.chrsb.co

Software developer: dotnet, angular and azure. Dogfather. Learning how to be grumpy before I get old(er)

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Farage resigns his seat in Clacton forcing a by election which he ... er plans to stand in. Huge performative cost to the taxpayers to feather his ego. I hope it backfires spectacularly

Am I the only one to have spotted a strange disjunction in robotics between Boston dynamics robots doing backflips, compared to household robots which take 45 seconds to move two shoes together?

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The Pope has cancelled his visit to the US. The state visit by King Charles must be cancelled too. Anything else is an endorsement of Trump. Your move, UK government. #nostatevisit #

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First time in history, an oil crisis isn’t strengthening the system—it’s accelerating the exit 1973, 1979, 2008… every shock reinforced oil This time? We’ve got an off-ramp: EVs, solar, batteries Crisis → electrify → less oil The system doesn’t recover… it gets replaced #Bettrification

@dsyme.bsky.social Hi Don, it's been a while! Just caught your chat with Scott Hanselman - love the concept of agents working on tech debt! My worry is then the volume of PRs to go through - are there agents to help guide review - show the crux of the change, history behind the change etc?

Just noticed that Ferrero Rocher pack that looks like 4x4 with 3x3 interleaved for a total of 25 chocolates actually does shenanigans obscured by the label so you only get 24. They are dead to me now

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Everyone needs to be aware of this @the-bma.bsky.social

The BMA@bma.org.uk

Today @gmcuk.bsky.social starts regulating non-doctors as it opens voluntary registration of AAs and PAs. It does so without any national agreement in place to confirm scope of practice for these roles, and so puts patient safety at risk. Read our full statement: www.bma.org.uk/bma-media-ce...

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Reform UK leader Nigel Farage says “We need to leave the ECHR so we can deport people that come illegally & take back control of our borders & that’s what the public wants” Share if you disagree with his populist boll**** the UK should join Russia & Belarus outside the ECHR youtu.be/iSTN-h8NoyY

youtu.beReform UK leader Nigel Farage says public want to leave the ECHR - let’s put the record straightYouTube video by Peter Stefanovic

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If you’ve had it with water profiteers getting dividends totalling £85 billion for their shareholders & millions in executive bonuses whilst you get a 40% hike in your water bills (some areas as high 84%) say absolute boll**** to that by signing/sharing this👇 actionnetwork.org/petitions/te...?

actionnetwork.org84% Hike for Sewage in Rivers? Tell OFWAT: Enough is Enough!On 19th December, OFWAT will announce one of the biggest water bill hikes in history. Despite overwhelming public opposition, water bosses are pressuring our regulator to approve a staggering 40% ave...

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