Simon Baynes

Great Northern cannot get their act together. 0836 cancelled due to a fault, 0846 cancelled due to lack of crew. That doesn't add up.

Google Home / Nest has decided to delete all the familiar faces in my library. How annoying!!!

it’s just great marketing

Job applicants are using AI to write resumes and prep interview answers. Companies are using AI to screen those applications and conduct initial interviews. We’ve officially automated both sides of a process meant to measure human connection. The irony is genuinely unreal.

The fundamentals of this declaration could be applied to any field. Often, the journey is the thing of value, more than the destination.

90 years ago, Parliament responded to the rise of Oswald Mosley's Blackshirts by passing the Public Order Act, which banned political uniforms, private militias and the threat of force for political objects. The debates make very resonant reading today. Here's the Liberal Robert Bernays. (Short 🧵)

This is great. I am going to print this out and put it on my wall.

I'm pleased to announce v8 of Html2Markdown. github.com/baynezy/Html... This is a major release, and conversion is done via graph traversal (no more RegEx). It also has OpenTelemetry signals. The version 7=>8 migration guide github.com/baynezy/Html... #dotnet #csharp #html #markdown #otel

If you could devise a policy that meant big business could absorb most of the work, overcharge for it, send many of those roles abroad — and maybe the profits too — while passing business costs onto the worker on a fixed term zero rights basis You’d have thought the left would be against it! #IR35

For all the contractors on here. This is a really good opportunity to make sure your experiences are heard. You have until the 9th September, so don't delay! www.reddit.com/r/Contractor... #contractors #contracting #ir35

One shall stand. One shall fall.

Verify now supports inline snapshots github.com/VerifyTests/...

Optimus Prime is dead. Noooooo

his name is Robert Sanchez

"AI adoption raises homework scores by 18% and reduces completion time by 30%, but lowers monthly exam scores by 20% within six months." papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....

I remember seeing this in the cinema with my Grandfather. He wanted to see it, but my Grandmother didn't like violent movies. So he asked me. I knew nothing about it. To this day, I remember looking over at him during the reveal at the end and the excitement on his face. God I miss him.

Crazy financial manipulation.

This is very cool.

The Guardian once asked me 'what one change would you make to achieve Black equality in Britain?' and it feels appropriate to share my answer again

This is fantastic.

Please read and share widely.

My life in a nutshell!

airbnb I’m staying at unintentionally created the toughest punk album cover of 2027

If Sov AI is going to continue investing UK taxpayers' money in AI companies, it is imperative that it introduces simple due diligence into whether companies exploit creatives' work without permission. 9/10

AI makes teams with strong, human-led engineering practices do better, and teams with weak practices do much worse. If you want to build truly great software, you have to stop treating your people like replaceable machinery and start setting them up to succeed. 7/8

In 1975, three men in a grotty London flat started a games company. It brought D&D to the UK, then redefined wargaming. This week on Untitled History Podcast, it's the history of Games Workshop with @jordansorcery.bsky.social. On Youtube or your pod app of choice! open.spotify.com/episode/3iSn...

All done! #Nerdlings #CountBinface

Congratulations Spain. Poor game though. Took over 3 hours. Which is nearly as long as the Superbowl.

Chelsea would not be the football club it is today without Ken Bates, who has passed away at 94. www.nytimes.com/athletic/743...

We need more punditry from #Agassi. Listening to him on the #Wimbledon coverage, and he's fantastic.

I beg to differ.

I'm taking my daughter to her first ever concert tonight. #Metallica #MasterOfDaddies

Is everyone following this? UK gov is going to subsidise energy for Data Centres at times of peak usage, meanwhile the rest of us get a 13% price cap hike. www.gov.uk/government/p...

Absolutely gutted for Iran. They've been so good to watch in the tournament. #WorldCup

This is fabulous. You cannot just push all responsibilities on consumers.

Guess when I popped out to collect my daughter from school. This heat is no joke.

If you are only going to read one thread today, make it this one. 👇

It's not even 0900 yet. Work today is going to be hard.

This made me laugh out loud so hard!