Terence Eden
@edent.tel
Longer hair than you. Chaotic Good. Doesn't work for The Man™ any more. If you're involved in Blockchain or Crypto you will be blocked on sight. All content © and personal. May not be reproduced without consent. Blog https://shkspr.mobi/blog
The CFP is open for 10 more days. So far, I have only 11 submissions, but I need at least 24. So, please share your ideas! First-time authors are very welcome!
Manuel Matuzović @matuzo.at · 6d agoFriends, it's that time of the year: Once again, I'm asking you to help me create another amazing HTMHell Advent Calendar by writing about HTML. The CFP is open until October 3! docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Any scienticians able to send me a copy of this paper? doi.org/10.1080/1477... A new mammalian species was discovered in the woods near me and I'd like to read about it.
The enigmatic mammalian genus Lessnessina: evidence for a relationship with the superorder Paenungulata in the Eurasian early Eocene
The affinities of the mammalian genus Lessnessina have long been disputed. A new species: Lessnessina martinorum sp. nov. from the early Ypresian Eocene Blackheath Formation of Abbey Wood, UK, is d...
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New blog post: Targetting specific characters with CSS rules https://shkspr.mobi/blog/2025/09/targetting-specific-characters-with-css-rules/ You can't. There is no way to use CSS to apply a style to every letter "E". It simply can't be done. At least, that's what they want you to think… What …
Targetting specific characters with CSS rules
You can't. There is no way to use CSS to apply a style to every letter "E". It simply can't be done. At least, that's what they want you to think… What if I told you there was a secret and forbidden way to target specific characters in text and apply some styles to them? As part of my experiments in creating a "drunk" CSS theme, I thought it would be useful to change the presentation of s…
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New blog post: Are LLMs still surprisingly bad at some simple tasks? https://shkspr.mobi/blog/2026/09/are-llms-still-surprisingly-bad-at-some-simple-tasks/ Last year I ran an experiment to test the ability of modern LLMs to correctly answer a relatively straightforward question. Every single …
Are LLMs still surprisingly bad at some simple tasks?
Last year I ran an experiment to test the ability of modern LLMs to correctly answer a relatively straightforward question. Every single one of them got it wrong. Some missed information, some made up false statements, none were right. Of course the fanbois variously claimed that I was holding it wrong, my prompts were shit, I should have chosen better defaults, and - my favourite - that it…
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Checked in to The Goose and Gridiron, , United Kingdom Well, this is an interesting place for a drink. See on Swarm
New blog post: Are LLMs still surprisingly bad at some simple tasks? https://shkspr.mobi/blog/2026/09/are-llms-still-surprisingly-bad-at-some-simple-tasks/ Last year I ran an experiment to test the ability of modern LLMs to correctly answer a relatively straightforward question. Every single …
Are LLMs still surprisingly bad at some simple tasks?
Last year I ran an experiment to test the ability of modern LLMs to correctly answer a relatively straightforward question. Every single one of them got it wrong. Some missed information, some made up false statements, none were right. Of course the fanbois variously claimed that I was holding it wrong, my prompts were shit, I should have chosen better defaults, and - my favourite - that it…
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Would that be the same David Willetts who thought that massive student loans weren't an impediment to young people's ambitions? shkspr.mobi/blog/2012/05... Nice how he discovered young people are important once he left Government though.
Resolution Foundation@resolutionfoundation.org · yesterday'we've ended up better parents than citizens' In our recent podcast discussion, David Willetts reflected on how opportunities for young people have become limited in wider society. Listen now ⤵️ buff.ly/YC754Cy
Bench 45599 https://openbenches.org/bench/45599 IN LOVING MEMORY OF CHRIS MOORE and his dog SOCRATES MAR 77-DEC 99 MAR 88-MAY 99
In Loving Memory Of Chris Moore And His Dog Socr
In Loving Memory Of Chris Moore And His Dog Socr
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You visit hsbс-bαnk .xyz from a phishing message. You type in your username & password. The fake site sends them to the *real* bank. Then it asks for your 2FA code - you type it in. The fake site uses your code to log in to the real bank. 2FA will *not* protect you in this scenario! So what does?
This is a decent article about staying safe online, but it contains a classic & non-obvious mistake. www.theguardian.com/money/2026/s... How do you stay protected when you click on phishing link? "Put in place two-factor authentication […] which means you have two steps to log into a site." No!
Reαd carefully: how to spot – and avoid – a homoglyph attack
Scam emails are increasingly using psychological tricks, such as using near-identical URLs such as miсrosoft.com
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New blog post: Book Review: How to Build a Space Station by Jonathan Morrison ★★★⯪☆ https://shkspr.mobi/blog/2026/09/book-review-how-to-build-a-space-station-by-jonathan-morrison/ This book, by The Times' former Architecture Correspondent, stands in direct opposition to A City on Mars. Whereas …
This is a decent article about staying safe online, but it contains a classic & non-obvious mistake. www.theguardian.com/money/2026/s... How do you stay protected when you click on phishing link? "Put in place two-factor authentication […] which means you have two steps to log into a site." No!
Reαd carefully: how to spot – and avoid – a homoglyph attack
Scam emails are increasingly using psychological tricks, such as using near-identical URLs such as miсrosoft.com
theguardian.com
Here is a challenge to everybody. I really hope one DOES show up. bsky.app/profile/jonn...
Jonny Morris@jonnymorris.bsky.social · 3d agoThis is going to be incredibly annoying and unhelpful but I feel sure I've seen a photo of it somewhere.
New blog post: Book Review: How to Build a Space Station by Jonathan Morrison ★★★⯪☆ https://shkspr.mobi/blog/2026/09/book-review-how-to-build-a-space-station-by-jonathan-morrison/ This book, by The Times' former Architecture Correspondent, stands in direct opposition to A City on Mars. Whereas …
This reads like something from The Day Today: "officers found albums with a street value of about £1m" www.theguardian.com/music/2026/s...
Deep cuts: how one Londoner’s fake vinyl empire sheds light on ‘industrial scale’ fraud
Thousands of knock-off records worth a fortune are being seized in the UK by anti-counterfeit police stings
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New blog post: The Mobile Phones of Doctor Who - The Four Doctors (1993) https://shkspr.mobi/blog/2024/09/the-mobile-phones-of-doctor-who-the-four-doctors-1993/ The Mirror has a rather wonderful image gallery of behind the scenes photos from Doctor Who. Lots of lovely black-and-white photos of …
The Mobile Phones of Doctor Who - The Four Doctors (1993)
The Mirror has a rather wonderful image gallery of behind the scenes photos from Doctor Who. Lots of lovely black-and-white photos of classic stories. And then, right at the end, this: Cor! Four classic Doctors each with a mobile! This photoshoot was, apparently, done at the Hammersmith Ark which was holding an exhibition to celebrate […]
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The UK is generating so much green energy from wind that it is *PAYING* people to use electricity all day long. This is what the transition looks like. An abundance of electricity.
Don't listen to the Doomers. The UK's investment in green energy is making a huge difference. grid.iamkate.com
Bench 45565 https://openbenches.org/bench/45565 In loving memory of Brian Jenkins 1946-2024 Who loved flyfishing "The Stow" He will be sadly missed Walthamstow Fly Fishers Club Memorial Bench
In Loving Memory Of Brian Jenkins 1946-2024 Wh
In Loving Memory Of Brian Jenkins 1946-2024 Wh
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Class Warfare! Can I eliminate CSS classes from my HTML? shkspr.mobi/blog/2025/09...
Class Warfare! Can I eliminate CSS classes from my HTML?
I recently read a brilliantly provocative blog post called "This website has no class". In it, Adam Stoddard makes the case that you might not need CSS classes on a modern website: I think constraint...
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Checked in to Workers' Bar, SE18 6HD, United Kingdom Gonna try to work my way through this festival list 😄 See on Swarm
Class Warfare! Can I eliminate CSS classes from my HTML? shkspr.mobi/blog/2025/09...
Class Warfare! Can I eliminate CSS classes from my HTML?
I recently read a brilliantly provocative blog post called "This website has no class". In it, Adam Stoddard makes the case that you might not need CSS classes on a modern website: I think constraint...
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This is lovely.
Nat Guest@unfortunatalie.bsky.social · 4d ago"My house and his house are two different houses, territories overlaid and overlapping. Our topographies don’t yet mesh; we are both creeping around each other’s edges, living together but apart." My first few weeks with a cat. nothingbutawordbag.substack.com/p/where-a-ca...
Please quote this post with the number of times you have fallen in love with someone you shouldn't've fallen in love with.
Disney doesn't know what to do with the Muppets. The BBC doesn't know what to do with Doctor Who. I have a wonderful suggestion.
New blog post: Theatre Review: The School for Wives - at Riverside Studios ★★★★★ https://shkspr.mobi/blog/2026/09/theatre-review-the-school-for-wives/ The Flywheel theatre company are reviving the rep tradition by having five actors perform five different plays in five weeks. Their …
Theatre Review: The School for Wives - at Riverside Studios
The Flywheel theatre company are reviving the rep tradition by having five actors perform five different plays in five weeks. Their interpretation of Molière's classic is gaudy and hilarious. Even the lighting cues are funny! It is fair to say that School for Wives isn't exactly an uncontroversial play. The plot basically boils down to "Women! Eh? You can't live with them, you can't easily groom …
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Bench 45531 https://openbenches.org/bench/45531 THE "MAYOR OF BRADDA'S" SEAT IN MEMORY OF ERNIE BROADBENT 1922 - 1985
The "Mayor Of Bradda's" Seat In Memory Of Ernie
The "Mayor Of Bradda's" Seat In Memory Of Ernie
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