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Journeyman ☠️
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Amazing how prescient they were... to a degree... missed the mark a bit about having free time.
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Long time software developer, SF&F enthusiast, Trekkie, comics, Discworld, Dr. Feelgood, Kraftwerk and Michael Nyman fan
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Journeyman ☠️
@marrockv.bsky.social
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@kurtbusiek.bsky.social
Amazing how prescient they were... to a degree... missed the mark a bit about having free time.
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Chris
@chris4man.bsky.social
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If you improved it you must have had more than a basic(!) understanding of the problem and the solution you, er, found. Pretty much all commercial programming is finding something that almost does the job and then modifying it to fit.
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Chris
@chris4man.bsky.social
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She did it in the UK cities she played in as well.
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Chris
@chris4man.bsky.social
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I think the only solution is to get people to ask these LLM systems about something you both know well, and point out the bullshit. Then say "it's wrong about this, so what are the chances it's wrong about everything?"
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Pavel
@spavel.bsky.social
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Well this is grim
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Chris
@chris4man.bsky.social
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Oh gods, it's going to be a disaster, isn't it?
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Robin Ince
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Low turnout - victors getting fewer votes than when they lost last time is worrying - the more people feel they can’t be bothered to vote the greater the risk of right wing populism - hope this government offer real change and passion now they have power because people need to see new possibilities
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Jonny Morris
@jonnymorris.bsky.social
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I don't want to see former Tory MPs on Strictly, in the Jungle, playing Traitors, hosting panel shows, or making travelogues or documentaries. I never want to see their smug, shiny faces again. I want them all to fuck permanently off.
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Chris
@chris4man.bsky.social
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I wonder how long Jacob Rees-Mogg will keep his job at GBNews now he's not an MP?
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Ann Kempster
@annkempster.bsky.social
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Greens have 4 seats (so far) Plaid Cymru has 4 seats. Reform have 4 seats (so far). And who will get the most attention? 🤔
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Chris
@chris4man.bsky.social
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Just found out that Labour winning his seat was the one that gave them the majority! Delicious!
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Richard 🇪🇺 🇺🇦 🇵🇸 #ClimateAction #RejoinEU
@richardfbpe.bsky.social
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The Green Party now has 4 seats, the same number as Reform. I wonder who will get more TV coverage.
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Chris
@chris4man.bsky.social
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Worrying that Reform have beaten the Tories in both results declared so far.
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Chris
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John Bull
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Guidance for US people trying to understand the UK election results later: Tories under 150 seats: LOL Tories under 120 seats: LMAO Tories under 100 seats: ROFL
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Juliet E McKenna
@julietemckenna.bsky.social
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If you're in the UK, reading the press coverage of the general election, and thinking 'yay, it's going to be like 1997 on Friday', take a moment to remember 1992. If you don't recall, find someone who does. Go out and vote tomorrow. Every vote matters. Tell your friends and get them voting too!
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Chris
@chris4man.bsky.social
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Best case scenario #ReformUK get no seats in the #GE2024.
Next best scenario is a few seats but not Farage.
After that comes a few seats with Farage, and finally the worst outcome 20-30 seats with Farage.
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Anon Opin
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Everything about Inside No.9 is a masterclass in storytelling, casting, performance and design. Exemplary television.
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Chris
@chris4man.bsky.social
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This is what they want you to think:
Tories winning lots of seats = landslide = good.
Labour winning lots of seats = super majority = bad.
Don't get confused. #Vote #VoteNonTory
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Anon Opin
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Steve Coogan is rightly revered as a near genius level comedic writer and actor. Same for Chris Morris. Steve Pemberton and Reece Shearsmith should be considered in that same bracket and I don't quite think they are somehow.
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//medium.com/@bruces
@bruces.bsky.social
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*"Machine slop, gray goo, AI mulch, botshit"-- are there other pejoratives for spammy AI-generated content, because it's clear we're all gonna need some of these #neologisms
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Chris
@chris4man.bsky.social
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AI mulch implies that you can grow stuff in it.
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Chris
@chris4man.bsky.social
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I'm also expecting the same people to be now in favour of PR.
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Dr Dean Burnett
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Just under a week before we begin several years of numerous people trying to convince us that 'The will of the people' actually isn't anywhere near as important as they may have previously suggested
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Chris
@chris4man.bsky.social
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Would recommend "Scavenger's Reign". Just finished what's hopefully season 1 on Netflix. It actually finished it's story but left a couple of threads to allow for more.
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Chris
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Jammy buggers
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Shiv Ramdas
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reminder that there was a time when they were literally selling radium soft drinks in the USA that were so toxic that the biggest fan of the brand had to be buried in a lead coffin because of how much radiation poisoning he got from them and this death led to the FDA regulations that exist now
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Chris
@chris4man.bsky.social
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I was thinking that "none of the above" would have to come before any thoughts of making voting compulsory could be entertained. We can't have the latter without the former. The numbers of people voting for this option or spoilt papers would have to be counted and published.
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Critical Cupcake 🌈 ♿ ⚛️
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Chris
@chris4man.bsky.social
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It should only be compulsory if there is a "none of the above" option on the ballot paper. I also think that if "none of the above" gets above a threshold (to be decided) the election needs to be rerun with a different set of candidates.
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Chris
@chris4man.bsky.social
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Still got time for a few more. 5 more days until the erection - sorry - election.
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Chris
@chris4man.bsky.social
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I'd be tempted if a) it was less than $100 and b) I didn't have to pay shipping from the States!
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Anon Opin
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Any crime where the maximum punishment is a fine is only a crime for poor people. The rich can do what they want. Look at fox hunting, it's illegal but why care about it if you're rich, pay up and carry on.
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Chris
@chris4man.bsky.social
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Just buttons please. Dials are inexact and get worse over time so you can't accurately set the time or power.
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Chris
@chris4man.bsky.social
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In "Space Seed" Spock stated that records were sketchy from the late 20th/early 21st centuries. Now we know why ;) Also explains why they're always obsessed with pre 20th century fiction & music. It's because only books & music manuscripts survived!
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DrunkGrunkle 🗡️Guts Arc
@tiamarie.bsky.social
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Frankly I find it fucking ghoulish to hold the belief that if you struggled and suffered, others should to in order for things to be fair.
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Alex de Campi
@alexdecampi.bsky.social
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Estimated power usage per request, in watt-hours Basic Google search: 0.3* Chat-GPT: 2.9 Bloom: 4 Google AI: 8 Stable Diffusion: 11.5 One full cellphone charge: 22 *(this figure is from 2009 and I’ve seen research now estimating it at 0.04 Wh)
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Dr. Damien P. Williams (Temporarily Logged Off)
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All these years on and people still out here thinking that epistemic pluralism— the idea that "there may be multiple right answers"— necessitates epistemic relativism— the idea that "all answers are equally correct". But it doesn't.
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Chris
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I've had all positions from junior programmer to team lead at various companies over the years, but I'm happy where I am now as a senior dev in a small team. Far less stressful than the alternatives.
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Lisa Schmeiser
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We have so much research demonstrating that a) American workers prize control over their time, b) work-life balance matters to the American workforce, and c) employee engagement gains do not appreciably grow after 3 days a week in office. The outcome to Dell's edict was predictable.
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Dr. Damien P. Williams (Temporarily Logged Off)
@wolvendamien.bsky.social
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I literally warned y'all about exactly this kind of harmful outcome from GPT integrations, & even told you *why/how* it'd happen. And if it's showing in résumé sorting, then bet it's about break as having been happening in patient portals & police reports & lending application sorters & on & on & on
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Chris
@chris4man.bsky.social
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I'm waiting for all the right wing media and even the Tories themselves deciding that maybe PR is a "good thing" after all ;)
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Chris
@chris4man.bsky.social
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Looking forward to all the right wing media pundits and Tories coming out for PR after July 5th because the result hasn't gone their way.
Shame it'll only last until the next election when the FPTP system favours them and not Labour.
#GE2024
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Todd Vaziri
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Hal Hickel on Creating Tarkin
fxrant.blogspot.com/2024/06/hal-...
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Anon Opin
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Sure, The Simpsons should have been cancelled a quarter of a century ago, but so should Have I Got News For You, and at least The Simpsons didn't give free publicity to Boris Johnson and Nigel Farage.
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Chris
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Grifters the lot of them. I bet they were overcharged too.
www.theguardian.com/politics/art...
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Chris
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Really wish I'd put a bet on the election being in July way back when Sunak first announced it was going to be in the second half of this year. I don't know whether I'd have been brave enough to go for a specific date though.
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Sardonicus
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The Empire has a new and terrible weapon.
www.artstation.com/nobeknia
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Chris
@chris4man.bsky.social
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Personally, I'd rather they stopped paddling out reissues with outtakes and demos. They're rarely interesting or different enough to make it worthwhile listening to them more than once.
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Chris
@chris4man.bsky.social
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I'm disappointed they don't post IN ALL CAPS.
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