the Ghost.io newsletter talking about how to use AI to write articles has been playing on my mind all day
like why would I want to read someoneβs newsletter if they didnβt even fucking write it
Extraordinary scenes! Might finally mow the lawn
Playing βIndiana Jones and the Great Dissertation.β Itβs the prequel game where he earns his PhD. The typewriter physics are 100% realistic. Iβve spent hours citing my sources
Ladies: I feel like if we all agree to stop having babies with Musk we can slow him down. Worth a try?
Weβre excited to launch a new thread of podcasts, taking you behind the scenes at the library. Join hosts @whosthesuit.com & @fraserallen.bsky.social as they chat to Russell Napier, David Clarke, Helen Bradley and Helen Williams.
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Go on, itβs only paper clips. Whatβs the worst that can happen?
> bennett @ImagineAGuy guy who only knew jesus professionally: Honey, did you hear they CRUCIFIED our CARPENTER???
Do you think historians in the future will go βIn the late 90s all the UKβs young adults went and did their gap years in Australiaβ¦ because of Neighboursβ I feel like itβs one of those truths we are still too close to see
Iβve met some lovely members of the chess community in recent weeks, working on a feature for Mensa. Love this screenshot with Bruce Pandolfini, chess teacher/writer/thinker who created most of the games shown in The Queenβs Gambit & taught the actors to play realistically
Keeping an extra ball of mozzarella in the pocket of my shorts like a tennis player
Shall I do geoguesser twitch streaming again? I used to enjoy that
I think it would be the sign of a very efficient world! But we may lose the post (as we know it) fairly soon I think
Why arenβt post offices mobile businesses in big lorries? Why donβt they drive from town to town offering services and collecting parcels β even doing deliveries?
A gallon of milk whose sell by date reads, "SELL BY OCT 23 1538" - Which would mean it should have been sold sometime around the final decade of the reign of Henry the Eighth.
DO NOT DRINK THE TUDOR MILK
New episode of OTAM! I interviewed multimillionaire Chris Cooke about the impact of suddenly having an enormous amount of money π€ Spotify open.spotify.com/episode/356WQaβ¦ Apple podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/oneοΏ½οΏ½οΏ½
Very happy to now be developing my economic history interest even more, volunteering at the remarkable Adam Smith Heritage Centre on the site of the great manβs original home in Kirkcaldy. Lovely place, mighty ambitions (+amazing views!) Really smart team behind it adamsmithglobalfoundation.com
I think modern computer software was a mistake and we should go back to our roots of developing for limited hardware.
The same amount of electricity that could power MS-DOS for a year is now used to ask Copilot how to save a Word document to your local Desktop instead of OneDrive.
A lot of older, Gen X people may be confused by the new AI story. Let me explain in terms you will understand.
This is like when the 48k ZX Spectrum came out and undercut the BBC Micro, except this time it's available as a free kit anyone can assemble and it already has The Hobbit installed.
I love how she has that almost purple colour in her fur π
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I wonder if anyone in Africa is walking round smelling of Lynx Middlesbrough.
New prof pic
Boatify wrapped 2024! Stats, maps, timelapses and silly stuff from my AIS receiver and webcam overlooking the Firth of Forth. (recommend viewing on a grown up computer, works on phones but not optimised for them) vessels.marinesightings.com/review/2024/
A #YELLOW #WARNING of SNOW has been issued for Fife, valid from 03:00 24/01/2025 to 12:00 24/01/2025. http://j.mp/metowrn
one of my most favourite films, with absolutely glorious score π
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"Microsoft Teams is damaged and you should move it to the bin"
Preach.
I'm so chuffed to have the Aberdour camera back online again, as it was one of my favourite cams. The live stream is also available here too: www.fifeweather.co.uk/index.php/ab...
itβs bad and itβs gotten exponentially worse in the past 6 months. if you write anything involving deep research/old books/forgotten periodicals youβre probably noticing βwiki creep,β because itβs one of the few resources left standing. the internet as an archive is disappearing, has disappeared.
