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Nik Butler -- next stop PlayFest - London Sept

@awittyremark.bsky.social

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DMS not available as I wont be verifying that I am an adult Witing over on https://knowledgeniches.com/ Designing VolleyBrawl on https://sixgamesinatrenchcoat.itch.io Building a lot of code over on https://azydeco.com/

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Dr. Jens Foell @jensfoell.de · 6h

Award-winning pain researcher here. This is not something that can be done. Hope this helps.

Hypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · 6h

“In nursing homes, neonatal units, and ICU wards, researchers are racing to turn pain—medicine’s most subjective vital sign—into something a camera or sensor can score as reliably as blood pressure.”

AI is changing how we quantify pain

Artificial intelligence is helping health-care providers better assess their patients’ discomfort.

www.technologyreview.com

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Nik Butler -- next stop PlayFest - London Sept @awittyremark.bsky.social · 5h

oooh you too .... is the meh's going about for everyone !!!
I say yay to the champion of spotless ness !!

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Sarah Cole @irny.bsky.social · 16d

Folks, there are precisely TWO residential tickets left for Trick or Retreat!

22–27 October
Moira, Midlands, UK

£190 gets you a bed, food, and a few days of company with ~35 other lovely folks who like tabletop games, crafts, and gentle outings.

Info & tickets via
trickorretreat.uk

The counter of a long bar is piled high with boardgames.

The quiet room has been made cosy with draped fabrics, fairy lights, and comfortable chairs. A zine library is visible on a long table to the right, and a roaring fire is playing on a large TV.

A group of slightly blurry figures stand around a fire on a grassy lawn at night, considering how best to toast marshmallows.

People chop up magazine and collage the pieces together at a long table, making pages for the event's annual zine.

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Nik Butler -- next stop PlayFest - London Sept @awittyremark.bsky.social · 5h

okay my #cardiology peeps and Medtronic 24952 geeks .. red question mark and occasional beeps/flashing is it time to call it a day on that hardware ?

Medtronic 24952 with a red question mark error code on display

Nik Butler -- next stop PlayFest - London Sept @awittyremark.bsky.social · 8h

Sudden thought;
even Slapchop is more productive than AISlop

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Democrat Cats @democratcats.bsky.social · 1d

Breakfast for Nine

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Nik Butler -- next stop PlayFest - London Sept @awittyremark.bsky.social · 8h

the one salient point about Rights of an individual !

Farrukh @implausibleblog.bsky.social · 9h

Carole Malone, "Youu can't say what women's rights are because you're not a woman"

Zack Polanski, "You're not trans are you. We can all say you're not that thing so you can't have an opinion" 🔥

"You can still have an opinion from listening to people"

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Friz(ombie!) @frizfrizzle.bsky.social · 1d

STATLER; "This funeral is so boring, I'm jealous of the guy in the coffin! Ah ha ha ha ha!"
[Statler turns to the empty chair next to him and sheds one tear]

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Josh Russell → @MVTFWD @joshfwd.bsky.social · 12h

How would you feel if:

- you ended up with a Reform MP after the 2029 General Election

- who only got 20% of the vote

- and over 50% of people in your constituency had voted LD/GRN/LAB/YP

- and this happened around the country giving Reform 400 MPs and total power

Don’t forget FPTP.

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Nik Butler -- next stop PlayFest - London Sept @awittyremark.bsky.social · 12h

and done
im not here to prove I am an adult .. I know Im not

look at that .. Labour Govt ended my subscriptions .. its all it took

screenshot ending my subscription to Xbox Online .

Nik Butler -- next stop PlayFest - London Sept @awittyremark.bsky.social · 12h

Dear Microsoft Xbox considering I setup an Xbox account circa 2004 there is a solid chance I am over 18. Given you have been taking money from my credit card and asking me to prove who I was this seems like an excellent time for me to just cancel my account.

screenshot of a email from Xbox requiring me to validate my age
At Xbox, we are committed to providing players with a safe and secure experience on our platform. In collaboration with the community, publishing partners, and industry regulators, we frequently iterate on our safety measures to ensure we are offering the safest player experience.

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Nik Butler -- next stop PlayFest - London Sept @awittyremark.bsky.social · 1d

here we go .. Yay indeed.

Nik Butler -- next stop PlayFest - London Sept @awittyremark.bsky.social · Jun 26

I may. Not be making myself popular, just likened using AI as empty calories , efficiency do not provide long term growth . Yeah I'm getting stink eye ( stink AI ?)

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The Oatmeal @theoatmeal.bsky.social · 8d

Let’s talk about AI art.

theoatmeal.com/comics/ai_art

A cartoonist's review of AI art - The Oatmeal

This is a comic about AI art.

theoatmeal.com

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Nik Butler -- next stop PlayFest - London Sept @awittyremark.bsky.social · 1d

hey the Oatmeal is making the same Empty Calories reference i made .. thats AWESOME .. cause like yeah I felt that ... they are saying it too .

Now I need to find my quote as well

Nik Butler -- next stop PlayFest - London Sept @awittyremark.bsky.social · 1d

have they tried .. Bolt .. Thrower <grin>

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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 1d

Many on the right will try and belittle and undermine what’s happening.

But here’s the truth. Tens of thousands are joining Greens. Polls are at record highs. People are just starting to feel hope again.

join.greenparty.org.uk

The truth about the green party's booming membership

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Old DeuTaranomy 🧶⚒️ @kindofstrange.com · 1d

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Nik Butler -- next stop PlayFest - London Sept @awittyremark.bsky.social · 1d

we discovered how to write our own torment nexus and people are literally throwing themselves into the nexus.

a group of dancers are performing on a stage in front of a crowd .

Alt: from the 70s movie Logans Run . those whose crystal has turned red enter the carousel for renewal .. and death. here they float slowly up towards the roof of the venue and are killed by lasers that take them out.

media.tenor.com

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bleary @bleary.off-the-records.com · 2d

If anyone needs me I will be in the museum, lying down next to the bog bodies.

Did people really memorize phone numbers before cell phones, or is that just a movie thing?
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I was watching some old shows from the 90s and noticed people would just dial numbers from memory - like they'd call their friends or family without looking anything up.
Made me wonder if that was actually normal back then? Did people genuinely have all their important numbers memorized, or did most folks keep a little address book or written list nearby?

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Nik Butler -- next stop PlayFest - London Sept @awittyremark.bsky.social · 1d

constantly , i mean , CONSTANTLY , Astounded watching professionals talk about using LLMs and prompt engineering as if they are dealing with a reasoning machine. Phrasing their terms with subjective qualifiers and believing that this is giving them results. FMGWaC ! the machine has no reasoning!