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Taraz
@tarazkp
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tarazkp
Reflections
2026-05-26 05:14
Train of Thought
I am on the train again, after a month break from visiting a client. Thankfully, the train doesn't have many people on it, as while I booked my seat according to the direction indicated in the app, it
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Reflections
2026-05-25 10:39
Dimmed Spotlights
Clean energy creation Environmental pollution reduction Human wellbeing Rather than wars and data centres for processing of AI uselessness, The majority of resources that lay outside of daily survival
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tarazkp
Reflections
2026-05-24 19:57
Get the Skinny
Healthy is always in fashion. Unfortunately, trends care nothing for health and instead over the last decades have leaned into whatever is easiest, and purchasable. It is a big part of the reason that
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Reflections
2026-05-24 09:09
Sunday Funday: 24th of May, 2026
This will be a weekly Sunday hangout between friends, where everyone else is also invited to join in on the conversations. A Sunday party for Hive users to interact and just talk crap about whatever happens
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Weekend Experiences
2026-05-23 11:52
Out and Outside
I was going to have a picture of flowers. I have been outside in the garden so much the last few days and have taken photos of the various flowers, but I have used them in the last two articles, so I thought
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tarazkp
Reflections
2026-05-22 23:07
WTF: Destroying Beauty
We Talk Friday (WTF) This is a semi-regular series that I will run on Fridays to hold discussions on a current topic from the week gone. The aim is to keep them light and conversational, though some might
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Reflections
2026-05-22 12:58
Lessons from Dandelions
Dandelions are awesome. Yes, I hate them in my yard and grass, where they tend to be half of the lawn. But from a design perspective, they are amazingly elegant and supremely functional, which is why they
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tarazkp
Reflections
2026-05-21 20:17
World Building
Since we recently finished the last book left from the Roald Dahl collection, it is now time to return to Middle Earth and into the world of Hobbits, Dwarves, Elves and Orcs. The Lord of the Rings is a
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tarazkp
Reflections
2026-05-21 10:49
Bug in the System
The system is broken. If you are wondering which particular system I am talking about, all of them. The only system that is working as it should, is the universe, because it can do nothing else but work
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Reflections
2026-05-20 21:53
Over-Bridged
While I am more "take it or leave it" when it comes to Puusti the dog, I am glad that Smallsteps has made him a part of her life, even though occasionally she does complain about having to take
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tarazkp
Reflections
2026-05-20 18:48
Multipolarised World
I was reading about a meeting in China with Russia, straight after the meeting in China with the US, the two leaders described it as a "multipolar world" which means that the US is no longer
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Reflections
2026-05-19 21:15
Computing Ethical Dilemmas
I was talking to @galenkp on the weekend and he had made a frittata, which sounded great, but I had never made one before. With my eggs in hand, I gave it a go. And it came out pretty well with the only
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Reflections
2026-05-18 22:06
Decline to Nothing
Finnish men hold on average 62 percent more investment wealth than women. Seems like a massive gap, and it is - but it doesn't really tell the whole story, even though this is what people in Finland will
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Reflections
2026-05-18 10:35
Pay You, Pay Me
I was reading about how Anthropic has settled a copyright case for 1.5 billion dollars after it used a database of pirated books to train Claude AI. For instance, a Finnish author whose book was in the
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Reflections
2026-05-17 21:46
Right Problem, Wrong Solution
"It is not only about birth rates, but also about reducing loneliness and increasing human well-being. Society must also support people at the stage as they build relationships that could lead to
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Reflections
2026-05-17 09:44
Sunday Funday: 17th May, 2026
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Weekend Experiences
2026-05-16 18:21
Unscheduled Maintenance
While I walked the dog, I came across this scene in a local park and thought it is a pretty good summary of spring in Finland. It also shows that while I was in a t-shirt, Finns are still rugged up. This
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Reflections
2026-05-15 21:49
Children are the Devil
Over the last few years and especially in the last few months, I have been reading a lot of stories about youth crime, with some of it petty and some of it serious and incredibly violent. I have also read
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Reflections
2026-05-15 19:48
WTF: Rebrand This
We Talk Friday (WTF) This is a semi-regular series that I will run on Fridays to hold discussions on a current topic from the week gone. The aim is to keep them light and conversational, though some might
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Reflections
2026-05-14 19:38
Let Them Eat
It is a weird public holiday in Finland today for "the ascension" which is something about forty days after Easter and finally losing the additional chocolate weight. However, this year it is
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