Software engineer: Java, TypeScript, Kotlin, Python, Kubernetes, Helm, AWS, Azure
Between Two Worlds
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That's what you call joined-up support
Gerard Krupa retweeted
Why aren’t we talking about the company who was running the agent? What was the prompt? Was it a model defect?
Accountability is critical, and we can’t default to “The AI did it” as a defense.
After Edge stopped being the last hold-out on supporting MV2 I switched to @firefox but it looks like @ublockorigin isn't as effective on Firefox. For example, it doesn't hide ads on here like the Chromium version does.
Gerard Krupa retweeted
After months of warnings, uBlock Origin stopped working in Edge, leaving me with a choice: either find an alternative way to block ads or switch to a different browser.
I switched to Brave.
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I just backed Kwyll: Visual Game Creation for Retro Computers on @Kickstarter kickstarter.com/projects/ind…
TFW you pull the wrong mob and then try to kite it into someone else
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Gerard Krupa retweeted
Everyone asks "how do we afford PIP?"
Nobody asks "why does disability cost so much?"
A grab rail: £8 at Screwfix. £85 through a mobility company.
Adapted cutlery: £12 to manufacture. £35 in the catalogue.
A shower seat: £15 plastic stool. £90 as a "shower aid."
A postural chair: £200 to build. £800 with "disability" on the label.
Disability costs more because the market CHARGES more. Not because it COSTS more. The word "adapted" on the box adds 300-500% to the price.
PIP exists to cover the "extra cost of disability." But the extra cost is ARTIFICIAL. Created by manufacturers who know you NEED the product and price accordingly.
Fix the price. Sell aids at cost. Remove the markup. Remove the VAT. Remove the glossy catalogue and the sales rep's commission.
The "extra cost of disability" drops by 60-80%. PIP spending falls. Without cutting a single person's support.
Helen Whately has posted thirteen times asking how to cut PIP. She has never once asked why disability products cost five times what they should.
builduk.club disability charter. Fix the price. Not the person.
Gerard Krupa retweeted
My shapeshifting game I've been working on for over 4 years will finally release this year and is also part of Steam Next Fest in October!
Are you excited to play something like that?
Gerard Krupa retweeted
Four years of planning the shots paid off.
#EclipseEspaña #Eclipse – at Principality of Asturias, Spain
Text from @EE : The plan on your second handset is no longer available. We've selected the most appropriate plan for you that will start on 2 September.
Old plan: £11/month, minimal features, I top the data up with sharing
New "suitable" plan: £24/month unlimited everything
Hey @BBCSounds, the section is called "My Sounds", not "My Sounds plus stuff the BBC think I should listen to, deliberately mislabelled to insert them into feeds for other programmes"
What sort of shitty TV company makes a UI where it times out and dumps you back to the menu while you're in the middle of editing a source name? @Samsung it seems is that sort of company. Don't enter the name in 15 seconds with the remote? Tough shit, try again.