Posts by pikesley@mastodon.me.uk
 (DIR) Post #B1Ov7jq6ZJsQfPqIxU by pikesley@mastodon.me.uk
       2025-12-19T08:35:04Z
       
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       > The technology allows computers to process large amounts of data, identify patterns and follow detailed instructions about what to do with that informationNo what we already had that what the fuck are you talking abouthttps://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c0r9280gvelo
       
 (DIR) Post #B1VMwihegS3W5fwI4W by pikesley@mastodon.me.uk
       2025-12-22T11:17:23Z
       
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       Fuck, just found out my ex (from 20 years ago, but still) has gone to meet Tupac. She would have been 50 next month 😔
       
 (DIR) Post #B1W517IfZQvtWC9vUW by pikesley@mastodon.me.uk
       2025-12-17T21:02:48Z
       
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       Transitioning to an AI Fist model, wherein I punch to a standstill anybody who tries to talk to me about fucking LLMs
       
 (DIR) Post #B1ZRS1grJhBYP7adPc by pikesley@mastodon.me.uk
       2025-12-24T08:21:08Z
       
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       "I checked the homework of the cops who arrested Greta Thunberg and they were wrong, actually"The cops don't care and you don't understand how power works
       
 (DIR) Post #B1bxwKxXpBr9heoN1M by pikesley@mastodon.me.uk
       2025-12-25T13:20:50Z
       
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       Been to my mum's and seen all that lot. We are now home and I've been dispatched to find "the fancy glasses"#Christmas
       
 (DIR) Post #B1bxwM9dNj7ZPRTXVI by pikesley@mastodon.me.uk
       2025-12-25T13:33:08Z
       
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       Listening to Vince Guaraldi playing O Tannenbaum and belting out The Red Flag#Christmas
       
 (DIR) Post #B1bxwNMQtcx99QTH5k by pikesley@mastodon.me.uk
       2025-12-25T15:40:25Z
       
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       Baby Cheeses, so tender and mild#Christmas
       
 (DIR) Post #B1ikdaHYgxdIQUcUwC by pikesley@mastodon.me.uk
       2025-12-28T22:08:19Z
       
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       Hearing some gossip, apparently the (very unpleasant) partner of a former friend was "very unsure about me" because I had painted fingernails. So, pro-tip: painted fingernails are a very good filter for c*nts
       
 (DIR) Post #B1kSvYLrCOy8nAy8Tw by pikesley@mastodon.me.uk
       2025-12-29T18:00:29Z
       
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       Faaaaaaaaacking hell ladshttps://www.vox.com/future-perfect/471918/ai-science-growth-deepmind-alphafold-chatgpt-google
       
 (DIR) Post #B1kSvZGDoq3VbzL9Ky by pikesley@mastodon.me.uk
       2025-12-29T18:02:55Z
       
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       "We've poured all the money into this so we have to keep pretending it's good, actually"
       
 (DIR) Post #B1kSvZyBBPDXoJuFqy by pikesley@mastodon.me.uk
       2025-12-29T18:04:37Z
       
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       Rational Market Hypothesis
       
 (DIR) Post #B1nxbA8HDPChwKFmb2 by pikesley@mastodon.me.uk
       2025-12-31T10:33:13Z
       
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       The #6music news opened with "The Queen has spoken about..." and I genuinely thought Liz must have risen from the grave
       
 (DIR) Post #B1waETtyzuQi4PQHQm by pikesley@mastodon.me.uk
       2026-01-04T14:17:28Z
       
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       So me refusing to engage with the industrial-scale-theft-powered, unforgivable-resource-consuming confabulation machine is now a "skill issue"?Fuck off
       
 (DIR) Post #B2AjA2ynRxN0GcOEZk by pikesley@mastodon.me.uk
       2026-01-11T09:29:05Z
       
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       Wait this #forkiverse thing comes from *Kevin Roose*?https://defector.com/toward-a-theory-of-kevin-roose
       
 (DIR) Post #B2bmai8CL7dKIBf4sq by pikesley@mastodon.me.uk
       2023-09-01T19:49:32Z
       
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       If somebody asks you to take part in an icebreaker game, your only responsibility is to make them regret it
       
 (DIR) Post #B2eaSeXwssnwCQWUxU by pikesley@mastodon.me.uk
       2026-01-24T23:29:02Z
       
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       This is the dumbest possible timeline. We live in hellhttps://sfstandard.com/2026/01/22/tech-dude-davos-bomb-lookalike-device/
       
 (DIR) Post #B2eaSmXBBcwUyMDzs0 by pikesley@mastodon.me.uk
       2026-01-25T00:00:22Z
       
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       "The device, which Heyneman said *does not work*, is meant to recognize the unique characteristics of a silicon chip to prevent financial fraud"How are you not dead of embarrassment?
       
 (DIR) Post #B2i7otVvnPmux7fktk by pikesley@mastodon.me.uk
       2026-01-27T12:52:02Z
       
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       @futurebird this is of a piece with "music is solved, just use Suno" these people are all such soulless goblins
       
 (DIR) Post #B2oF1RojwpKfRfA9JY by pikesley@mastodon.me.uk
       2026-01-29T19:34:12Z
       
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       "The problem with LLMs is that you eventually run out of other people's work to steal"
       
 (DIR) Post #B2oF1ZZR7bqPUW42ZU by pikesley@mastodon.me.uk
       2026-01-29T23:28:51Z
       
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       This has breached containment spectacularly and I'm now having it explained back to me 👌