David Rainey
@davidrainey.bsky.social
Singapore 🇸🇬based Scot🏴
“And here come the Belgians (Flanders Parliament), just when you thought it was in the bag”
September 17, 2026 at 12:19 PM
“And here come the Belgians (Flanders Parliament), just when you thought it was in the bag”
How this firm is still going is a mystery. How do they win business with all that’s come out?
“We’ve completed the vendor evaluation and we’ve selected a system integrator that our compliance people said stands alongside Volkswagen and Theranos”
“For Reliability and Innovation?”
“Not quite”
“We’ve completed the vendor evaluation and we’ve selected a system integrator that our compliance people said stands alongside Volkswagen and Theranos”
“For Reliability and Innovation?”
“Not quite”
September 17, 2026 at 12:16 PM
How this firm is still going is a mystery. How do they win business with all that’s come out?
“We’ve completed the vendor evaluation and we’ve selected a system integrator that our compliance people said stands alongside Volkswagen and Theranos”
“For Reliability and Innovation?”
“Not quite”
“We’ve completed the vendor evaluation and we’ve selected a system integrator that our compliance people said stands alongside Volkswagen and Theranos”
“For Reliability and Innovation?”
“Not quite”
Do not buy a phone case from Bullstrap. Actually do, because they are good cases, but definitely use a disposable email address because you will get twice daily emails asking you if you enjoyed the case, has it improved your life, would you like to buy another case? Perhaps refer a friend? Mad.
September 17, 2026 at 7:50 AM
Do not buy a phone case from Bullstrap. Actually do, because they are good cases, but definitely use a disposable email address because you will get twice daily emails asking you if you enjoyed the case, has it improved your life, would you like to buy another case? Perhaps refer a friend? Mad.
They did not go back to the wood burner or the icebox though..
September 10, 2026 at 2:26 PM
They did not go back to the wood burner or the icebox though..
Interesting analogy. Maybe. I tend to think the spend will increase as new products come out that drive token consumption. My great grandparents were traumatised by the electric bill when the house was wired to go from a few low wattage lights into one that could support kettles, a fridge and oven
September 10, 2026 at 2:25 PM
Interesting analogy. Maybe. I tend to think the spend will increase as new products come out that drive token consumption. My great grandparents were traumatised by the electric bill when the house was wired to go from a few low wattage lights into one that could support kettles, a fridge and oven
Smartphones plus data and airtime contracts is about $1.5trn. That went from a hundred billion to that over about a decade. And I’d easily pay £100 a month, 4x my mobile bill, to maintain my access to AI services. And that’s before we have the proper consumer and enterprise products.
September 10, 2026 at 1:25 PM
Smartphones plus data and airtime contracts is about $1.5trn. That went from a hundred billion to that over about a decade. And I’d easily pay £100 a month, 4x my mobile bill, to maintain my access to AI services. And that’s before we have the proper consumer and enterprise products.
Doctors have a requirement to produce handwritten notes?!
September 10, 2026 at 6:59 AM
Doctors have a requirement to produce handwritten notes?!
They must be related to the people who write hotel reviews under the Travel Booking Apps in the Apple App Store.
September 3, 2026 at 4:27 PM
They must be related to the people who write hotel reviews under the Travel Booking Apps in the Apple App Store.
Ah, now I understand the non viscous fluid example. Yes, but surely that’s an issue only at way higher occupancy than now. Low latency propagation should almost eliminate the bullwhip effect that causes phantom jams.
PS: saw “your” movie on my last flight. LoL’d at “don’t say can’t”
PS: saw “your” movie on my last flight. LoL’d at “don’t say can’t”
August 28, 2026 at 9:43 AM
Ah, now I understand the non viscous fluid example. Yes, but surely that’s an issue only at way higher occupancy than now. Low latency propagation should almost eliminate the bullwhip effect that causes phantom jams.
PS: saw “your” movie on my last flight. LoL’d at “don’t say can’t”
PS: saw “your” movie on my last flight. LoL’d at “don’t say can’t”
Not sure, places that go long periods of dry with occasional rain famously have issues with grip because of the build up of rubber.
The Adaptive Cruise Control in my last Renault rental was astonishingly good. Even that being universal would be a huge upgrade on the typical driving experience.
The Adaptive Cruise Control in my last Renault rental was astonishingly good. Even that being universal would be a huge upgrade on the typical driving experience.
August 28, 2026 at 3:06 AM
Not sure, places that go long periods of dry with occasional rain famously have issues with grip because of the build up of rubber.
The Adaptive Cruise Control in my last Renault rental was astonishingly good. Even that being universal would be a huge upgrade on the typical driving experience.
The Adaptive Cruise Control in my last Renault rental was astonishingly good. Even that being universal would be a huge upgrade on the typical driving experience.
My memory was the California PATH platooning demos showed a lot of promise. The question then was who drove at the front?
August 27, 2026 at 6:46 PM
My memory was the California PATH platooning demos showed a lot of promise. The question then was who drove at the front?
Disappointed in you John, using telephone exchanges as a patsy for the real villain: electricity.
August 20, 2026 at 4:01 PM
Disappointed in you John, using telephone exchanges as a patsy for the real villain: electricity.
Don: It’s too orangey for crows. It’s just for me and my dog.
Pete: I’ll be your dog!
Pete: I’ll be your dog!
August 18, 2026 at 1:05 PM
Don: It’s too orangey for crows. It’s just for me and my dog.
Pete: I’ll be your dog!
Pete: I’ll be your dog!
I was in Sydney for work a few weeks ago, the first time in 12 years. Astonished that they STILL have paper arrival cards. Even Malaysia has electronic submissions these days. Good job the coffee was amazing.
August 12, 2026 at 1:22 PM
I was in Sydney for work a few weeks ago, the first time in 12 years. Astonished that they STILL have paper arrival cards. Even Malaysia has electronic submissions these days. Good job the coffee was amazing.
This. I was surrounded by English Nicola fans, but they absolutely couldn’t explain why except in reference to her not being Boris.
August 10, 2026 at 8:32 AM
This. I was surrounded by English Nicola fans, but they absolutely couldn’t explain why except in reference to her not being Boris.
I make a rude coughing noise when people use the line “according to researchers at Statista…”
August 9, 2026 at 11:55 PM
I make a rude coughing noise when people use the line “according to researchers at Statista…”
I bought a new dev leasehold flat in Docklands in the mid-90's. a few months after moving in, a lawyer neighbour wrote to us to encourage us to take advantage of the right to buy the leasehold and turn it into a shared title model. IIRC, it was about 5% of the cost of the flat.
Has it changed?
Has it changed?
August 8, 2026 at 1:59 PM
I bought a new dev leasehold flat in Docklands in the mid-90's. a few months after moving in, a lawyer neighbour wrote to us to encourage us to take advantage of the right to buy the leasehold and turn it into a shared title model. IIRC, it was about 5% of the cost of the flat.
Has it changed?
Has it changed?
Correct, and they always make the wrong comparison. Economy flights today should be compared with long haul bus travel of the 90s, same price point.
Geez, 36 hours on a coach from Glasgow to Spain, surrounded by chain smokers. Ryanair? Luxury!
Geez, 36 hours on a coach from Glasgow to Spain, surrounded by chain smokers. Ryanair? Luxury!
August 5, 2026 at 3:48 AM
Correct, and they always make the wrong comparison. Economy flights today should be compared with long haul bus travel of the 90s, same price point.
Geez, 36 hours on a coach from Glasgow to Spain, surrounded by chain smokers. Ryanair? Luxury!
Geez, 36 hours on a coach from Glasgow to Spain, surrounded by chain smokers. Ryanair? Luxury!
We went ~15 yrs ago and met my wife’s former colleague. He was a retired executive who’d moved back home.
He was offering to show us around the Clarke house, he knew the guards and had been before. Mentioned something about Arthur’s boys.
“His sons?” Asked my wife.
Rapid change of subject!
He was offering to show us around the Clarke house, he knew the guards and had been before. Mentioned something about Arthur’s boys.
“His sons?” Asked my wife.
Rapid change of subject!
August 4, 2026 at 5:31 PM
We went ~15 yrs ago and met my wife’s former colleague. He was a retired executive who’d moved back home.
He was offering to show us around the Clarke house, he knew the guards and had been before. Mentioned something about Arthur’s boys.
“His sons?” Asked my wife.
Rapid change of subject!
He was offering to show us around the Clarke house, he knew the guards and had been before. Mentioned something about Arthur’s boys.
“His sons?” Asked my wife.
Rapid change of subject!
I worked in a Pizza shop as a student.
We had a Tuna and Banana Pizza on the menu (homage to a U.K. Yellow Pages ad, a husband scouring Pizza shops to find it for his craving pregnant wife). We sold about 1 per week. Which is one more per week than we would have expected!
We had a Tuna and Banana Pizza on the menu (homage to a U.K. Yellow Pages ad, a husband scouring Pizza shops to find it for his craving pregnant wife). We sold about 1 per week. Which is one more per week than we would have expected!
July 24, 2026 at 1:54 PM
I worked in a Pizza shop as a student.
We had a Tuna and Banana Pizza on the menu (homage to a U.K. Yellow Pages ad, a husband scouring Pizza shops to find it for his craving pregnant wife). We sold about 1 per week. Which is one more per week than we would have expected!
We had a Tuna and Banana Pizza on the menu (homage to a U.K. Yellow Pages ad, a husband scouring Pizza shops to find it for his craving pregnant wife). We sold about 1 per week. Which is one more per week than we would have expected!
When I lived in Hong Kong, a restaurant opened up selling “New York Chinese Food”. Everyone thought it would be a disaster.
It. Was. Amazing! Queues out the door every night. It only closed down when the owners and chef had a big falling out some years later.
It. Was. Amazing! Queues out the door every night. It only closed down when the owners and chef had a big falling out some years later.
July 15, 2026 at 5:15 AM
When I lived in Hong Kong, a restaurant opened up selling “New York Chinese Food”. Everyone thought it would be a disaster.
It. Was. Amazing! Queues out the door every night. It only closed down when the owners and chef had a big falling out some years later.
It. Was. Amazing! Queues out the door every night. It only closed down when the owners and chef had a big falling out some years later.
On my first visit to London in 10 years or more in June, I was horrified to be introduced to the term “cozzie lives”. WTF. Bleugg
July 10, 2026 at 7:12 PM
On my first visit to London in 10 years or more in June, I was horrified to be introduced to the term “cozzie lives”. WTF. Bleugg
Netanyahu: If only there was some way we could persuade the Americans to absolutely level Iran
Reminiscent of “I lost a bet in my hot dog eating contest. I bet I couldn’t finish them all”
Reminiscent of “I lost a bet in my hot dog eating contest. I bet I couldn’t finish them all”
July 10, 2026 at 5:15 PM
Netanyahu: If only there was some way we could persuade the Americans to absolutely level Iran
Reminiscent of “I lost a bet in my hot dog eating contest. I bet I couldn’t finish them all”
Reminiscent of “I lost a bet in my hot dog eating contest. I bet I couldn’t finish them all”
Micropayments, your time has finally come!
July 10, 2026 at 4:02 PM
Micropayments, your time has finally come!