@tamlyn

Full stack software engineer. Will code for food.

 Hackney, London
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Joined April 2007
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Ah no, my favourite Science Museum exhibit is closing ianvisits.co.uk/articles/las…

Last few weeks to visit – Science Museum to close its domestic appliance gallery

A large nostalgia filled space in the Science Museum will be closing soon, giving you just a few weeks to sigh with oh so many wistful memories

ianvisits.co.uk
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The sun looks white to us because it's the star we evolved under. Inhabitants of planets around red Aldebaran or blue Sirius would probably consider their star's light to be white and ours to be not-white. bigthink.com/starts-with-a-b…

What color is the Sun? An astrophysicist answers

Some say that the Sun is a green-yellow color, but our human eyes see it as white, or yellow-to-red during sunset. What color is it really?

bigthink.com
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Despite all its obvious benefits, it's hard to see Americans adopting universal basic income any time soon – it's so antithetical to the American Dream. But other dreams are available. theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv…

Before AI Takes Over, Make Plans to Give Everyone Money

The U.S. needs policies now to support workers made redundant by artificial intelligence.

theatlantic.com
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This looks interesting. Type safe GraphQL in TypeScript without codegen. Nice name too. garph.dev
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If you think the government is unpopular now just imagine how it would be if they banned Wikipedia theguardian.com/uk-news/2023…
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Keys found in Millfields Park
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Is there a STEM robot for kids that can be programmed wirelessly from a tablet using Scratch or similar? Seems like there really should be but I can't find it.
Surprised that @Vanguard_UK doesn't recognise @StarlingBank and suggests I should "use another bank"!
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Turns out to be a UX problem: there's a hidden scrolling list in that screenshot and "Starling" is at the bottom of it, despite being what I searched for.
"And for you, sir?" "I'll have the Half English Breakfast, please."
Fear of nuclear power is mostly irrational and holds back progress that could be made in mitigating the climate crisis. theregister.com/2022/08/15/n…

We need a new narrative about nuclear power

Of all the non-carbon energy options we have, this is the only one which can keep the lights on

theregister.com
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Spaceport Cornwall is a thing. First rocket launch scheduled for September, taking off on an aircraft from Newquay airport and launching from that. spaceportcornwall.com

Spaceport Cornwall

We are a new kind of spaceport. Capable of supporting small satellite launches from Newquay Airport, Cornwall. Launch our Future.

spaceportcornwall.com
Yes, exactly this. AI language models will just riff on whatever you give them. The LaMDA interview is an impressive demonstration of this, but it does not demonstrate sentience in the slightest. aiweirdness.com/interview-wi…

Interview with a squirrel

Google's large language model, LaMDA, has recently been making headlines after a Google engineer (now on administrative leave), claimed to be swayed by an interview in which GPT-3 described the...

aiweirdness.com
Just sent off my first PCB design to be manufactured. I have no idea what I'm doing.
At last, someone's made a mosquito laser! Note: may cause retinas to flake off. hackaday.com/2022/06/06/bug-…

Bug Eliminator Zaps With A Laser

Mosquitoes tend to be seen as an almost universal negative, at least in the lives of humans. While they serve as a food source for plenty of other animals and may even pollinate some plants, they a…

hackaday.com
Despite having used JavaScript for longer than I care to think about, I still get surprises like wtf is the >>> operator?
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Phil Sheard@philsheard14 Apr 2022
I won't retweet the original (lookup Priti Patel if you want) but just look at this shit. It's like the ironic posters you see plastered around dystopian video games or films. It's all that's left after society has crumbled.
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Inflation is older than the universe bigthink.com/starts-with-a-b…
Anyone lost a set of keys? Found these on #hackney Downs today. – at Hackney, London
I thought this photo was @JanelleCShane asking for an AI generated cheetah cake sciencefocus.com/news/up-to-…

Up to our necks: Swimming cheetahs commended by Wildlife Photographer of the Year - BBC Science...

A stunning selection of images have been released in anticipation of the winners being announced in October.

sciencefocus.com
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