Ben
@mcncl.bsky.social
Dad. Engineer. Ice cream appreciator. Not necessarily in that order.
Only the UK would decide to penalise children of British-born people by making them pay £600 to enter the UK if they didn’t opt to get that child a British passport
Partner watches Love Island UK and surprisingly the most annoying voice on it is the presenter/voice over.
Git Worktrees were designed for AI assisted coding, just 70 years early.
The hardest thing about intermittent fasting is not licking your fingers when you get butter or something on them during your fasting window.
Meta programming is writing something that works and having to figure out why it works after the fact
AI is becoming a tool to hide your imposter syndrome, but the lack of knowledge just compounds and the imposter syndrome increases
The people who whinge about context switching are the same people who tag you in 100 things a day on Slack
The year is 2325. 9Now still doesn’t let you “pause” when you’ve chosen to “start from beginning”.
Rashford to score 2 at OT in final game of the season and relegate United. Causing himself to trigger his own 30% pay cut for relegation.
Luigi Mangione’s likely sentence revealed: 10 years in prison and a 10 point deduction for Everton.
A "founder" is just someone who has a bank account for their side hustle.
Why does anything that’s designed for a kids room come with a 10,000 lumen blinking LED?
The Whale and the Snail, Zog, The Gruffalo etc all have A list casts, it’s crazy
Remember in high school when everyone expected a When Harry Met Sally tribute because someone sneezed 5 times.
Why does Australian reality TV just recycle the same people to be on it? Traitors Australia with actors from Neighbours or people from Survivor. Give some random a go.
Glad to have migrated from the most boring person on Twitter to the most boring on Bluesky.
Oppenbarbie would be my perfect weekend. But the Bledisloe Cup game tomorrow at the MCG is a close second 🌿
Best thing about Peppa Pig is the little hints at the animal kingdom; the wolf speaking in a sinister tone when teaching the pigs how houses of sticks aren’t strong enough.