I recently read Ingham’s “Capitalism Divided?” which has, I believe, some important insights into the nature of the British economy. The last two days I reviewed my notes I looked for further comments and reviews. He will have written a number of books but at the moment this page looks at, “Capitalism” and “Capitalism Divided”….
Read morePrague
I have not been there yet, maybe it’s time.
Read moreRaspberry Pi IV
I am rebuilding my virtual pi, I think we have the basics, buster, git, gh, ssh, xrdp, ufw, vsftpd, postfix, mailutils, & apache2. (I need to fix my whatsnew for buster.) So next steps …
Read moreWater Jug
A sign of the 21st century Britain. I need a filtered water jug. I have one from Brita, which comes with instructions.
Read moreEnhanced Privacy with Meta
There has been a viral hoax circulating, about the use of whatsapp’s new enhanced privacy features. This has been described and debunked, in the article below,
Read moreSidekicks in D&D 5e
Hmm, we used to call them henchmen. The rules it seems are optional, and I am not sure I am ready for this, as I need to learn to play my classes better than I do.
Read moreBig business around the world
I am planning an article on US trade policy and in particular the export of its IP laws worldwide and so wondered how important big tech and creative media were to the US economy. So I looked it up, and was somewhat surprised. I then looked up the UK to see if I was equally…
Read moreOn the National Debt
I wanted to write something on the National Debt as a constraint on fiscal policy, here are my confusing notes. Links More … Gemini says
Read moreOn AI Regulation
Some people are thinking very hard about this, here are my notes.
Read moreDeepseek
DeepSeek is a Chinese AI startup known for its advanced large language models (LLMs), including the DeepSeek-R1 model, which is designed to rival OpenAI’s ChatGPT. DeepSeek aims to redefine AI by focusing on efficiency and resource s, making powerful AI technology more accessible
Read moreEES/ETIAS
EES is coming this year, allegedly, while ETIAS will wait ’till 2026. EES is an automatic registration and will eliminate the need for passport stamps for short stay visitors to most of the EU; ETIAS is the pre-travel authorisation system, travellers will need to apply for permission to enter prior to visiting the EU, as…
Read moreWordPress and Firewalls
It seems that I need one now, my hosting provider doesn’t offer what I’d expect. Here are my notes and links, …
Read moreAI, just an autocomplete machine
Are the LLM’s just an expensive, autocomplete machine? I have been saying this since a close colleague first suggested it. Now some serious compter scientists are saying the same. Here are some notes and links …
Read moreThe next EU budget
The EU is preparing its next medium term budget. This is an act of legislation but they have convened a European citizens panel https://citizens.ec.europa.eu/index_en on the topic; its rercommendations are documented here. No matter the cynicism and valid criticisms aimed at these panels, this must be a good thing. The process continues and this page…
Read moreReset or Roadbump
On May 19th the European Union and the UK at a summit made a series of agreements. The UK government heralds this as a “Reset”. The European Commission have issued a press release, which has been agreed with the UK. The press release covers Defence, Connecting People, Trade and Economics, & internal security and judicial…
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