Been trying to learn #Flutter for app development for a while now. 3 different books and 2 different laptops, and I Still haven't even managed to get the default project to load and run.
What a load of shite Flutter is ๐คฆ
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West Midlands, UK. Amateur writer, SQL Server DBA, software developer, physics and mathematics enthusiast, Doctor Who fan and Wolverhampton Wanderers season ticket holder. Green Party member.
Been trying to learn #Flutter for app development for a while now. 3 different books and 2 different laptops, and I Still haven't even managed to get the default project to load and run.
What a load of shite Flutter is ๐คฆ
I would give my child blanket permissions to walk out of any school lesson that involves any/all religion and they would know I had their back 100% and they would face no punishment whatsoever ๐
22.02.2026 18:50 โ ๐ 5 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0I've never been a fan of music, and don't really have any kind of reaction to it like most others seem to, but that riff in the song Showdown by ELO gives me goosebumps ๐ซก
20.02.2026 11:07 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Message in Levy Massive Facebook group by Anonymous participant: " Just heard they are knocking Tescos down and turning it into temporary housing for illegal migrants is this true?"
Message in Levy Massive Facebook group by AttractiveKale5631 - an anonymising Facebook handle: "I've been waiting all night for the 192 has something gone on? It's not safe waiting for the bus near Tescos an Asian man keeps harassing me it's a joke this place"
Message in Levy Massive Facebook group by Anonymous participant: "Some man has just kicked my dog outside Levenshulme Bakery told me that dogs shouldn't be allowed in this area, what kind of third worlds mentality have we imported here"
Dispatches from the #GortonandDenton by-election: local community Facebook groups are being flooded with some really dodgy ๐ฉ.
One for my neighbours in Levy and for investigative journalists - not sure whom to talk to about it.
See a few screenshots here, and ๐งตon why I think it's sus below.
A back 5 against agains a League Two side is just plain embarrassing ๐คฆโโ๏ธ #wwfc #wolves
15.02.2026 13:41 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 1Danny Murphy on BBC: ... we've got not VAR tonight.
I know chap, it's the *only* reason I'm willing to watch two Premier League teams in the #FACup ๐ #ASTNEW
They are trolling Jim Ratcliffe.
13.02.2026 19:25 โ ๐ 874 ๐ 200 ๐ฌ 8 ๐ 10Oh yay!
Another doddering old twat talking bullshit - it had been almost a day without one ๐ฎโ๐จ
Seriously though, whatโs he trying to distract people from? Is he in the Epstein files, or has Farage offered him a reach-around, half of the NHS and a 0% tax? #scumbag
For me, the same goes for software development. If you use โAIโ youโre not a developer, youโre a fake and a fraud.
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11.02.2026 15:05 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Illustration of the Dutch Reach. You should reach across with your non-door-side hand to open a car door, because it forces you to look behind you.
Last night, I got properly "doored" for the first time. A car in the road to my right paused, and the rear left passenger threw open his door without looking, right into my path. I ended up on the floor, badly winded but ok.
If you don't know what the "Dutch reach" is, NOW is the time to learn.
Heard somebody say once about Canada: itโs like a beautiful apartment above a crack den.
Been to the Canadian side of Niagra Falls, and plan on seeing more of Canada in the future ๐
For me it was a writing โuniformโ.
When I put on shorts and my exercise t-shirt at a certain time my mind goes to โexercise modeโ. I thought the same would work with writing so managed associate a specific time, pair of tracksuit bottoms and jumper with โwriting modeโ.
I bet the majority of people who think home workers do less are people who have never actually worked from home and see people like me in a tracksuit rather than a shirt and tie.
More people ignorant of something but not letting that stop them from having their say ๐
As usual he talks a load of rubbish from a position of knowing nothing about it. I get much more work done at home as I want people to not think Iโm skiving - + fewer interruption. In an office I would do next to nothing as people could see I was there at my computer โworkingโโฆ
10.02.2026 17:23 โ ๐ 2 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0Out Tesco Exp removed all but 2 tills and replaced them with these crap self-service things hardy anybody uses. There are 3 members of staff for the whole shop, and massive queues at the single till with a staff member.
The boss of Tesco can keep his opinions where the squirrel keeps its nuts.
Funny. I work from home and Iโm against him working in politics ๐
09.02.2026 20:03 โ ๐ 16 ๐ 1 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Decided to rewatch The World At War - itโs been a while, and the similarities between โNew Germanyโ and โMake America Great Againโ / Farageโs lies and rhetoric, have left me with chills.
Never forget: Where they burn books, they will eventually burn people.
Heโs got the touch of a sledge-hammer though ๐ Didnโt think we was that good today, personally. Angel Gomes looked tidy, Armstrong was lively. Thought Hugo Bueno played really well again.
07.02.2026 19:20 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0To be fair, if you were 4 foot tall and spent your life surrounded by people who are 3 foot tall youโd probably start to believe you were a giantโฆ until you met people 5 1/2-6 foot tall. Heโs just a dumb person surrounded by dumber people - like a certain President and Social Media site ownerโฆ
07.02.2026 19:15 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0That is more optimistic than me. Just canโt see us getting a single point until April.
05.02.2026 20:06 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0I think weโll come out of the next 7 Premier League games (Chelsea, Forest, Arsenal, Palace, Villa, Liverpool, Brentford) on a solid 8 points ๐ #wwfc #wolves
05.02.2026 16:54 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0Mandelsonโs malign influence runs right through the heart of this Government.
Not least in the govtโs NHS data deal with Palantir โ a spy-tech firm co-founded by a man who thinks the NHS should be โripped up.โ
I've written to Wes Streeting urging him to ditch this dangerous deal.
This is like on Traitors when one throws another to the wolves to save their own skinโฆ
05.02.2026 11:53 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Matt is a genius:
05.02.2026 08:25 โ ๐ 84 ๐ 23 ๐ฌ 3 ๐ 2I donโt believe a word. *Every single* politician is in it for themselves, hooked up to evil billionaires. From the world stage to local councils, politicians do nothing but harm so as to line their own nests.
An uprising like they had in France is needed I think.
We need some heads to roll.
Theyโre scared of us - running away to League One as soon as they heard we were coming ๐๐
04.02.2026 12:15 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0