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Björn Friðgeir

@bjornfr.bsky.social

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The only living Björn Friðgeir in the world. Nerd. Programmer. Afper. Icelandic. Solidly middle-aged. May tweet about football with #boltinn #djöflarnir or #EuroVikes so please block those hashtags if that's not for you.

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Björn Friðgeir @bjornfr.bsky.social · Jan 1

So my new year's resolution is:
Read 100 books.
Given the state of my Kindle half of those could be just finishing unfinished ones.

Björn Friðgeir @bjornfr.bsky.social · Dec 31

Books read:
2018: 145
2019: 107
2020: 92
2021: 37
2022: 61
2023: 30
2024: 36.

All the yikes. And a new year's resolution decided. For a start just finishing up the half read books should get me to '23 in about a month....

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Björn Friðgeir @bjornfr.bsky.social · 24m

Nah I mean they should have just kept their thighs closed the little....
Yeah. Ghoulish is mild.

Björn Friðgeir @bjornfr.bsky.social · 25m

'kin'ell.
Jfc.
And other exclamations and thoughts

Old White Nepo Hat @kenwhite.bsky.social · 2h

/3 But this is the core oooh-look-at-me-aren’t-I-a-little-freethinker masturbatory stuff that brings the clicks.

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Dr. Jens Foell @jensfoell.de · 7h

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

Hypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · 7h

“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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Björn Friðgeir @bjornfr.bsky.social · 6h

It's what I'd heard and am happy to have confirmed. Enjoying it very much!

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Björn Friðgeir @bjornfr.bsky.social · 11h

Ah I can expect my "has a few Google Wave invites" status tomorrow then.

Björn Friðgeir @bjornfr.bsky.social · 12h

Ansi er Faxi orðinn þreyttur! Kallanginn!

Björn Friðgeir @bjornfr.bsky.social · 12h

Free on Unlimited or a quid as an ebook.
You do get your fair share though??
Feel a bit like a pickpocket.
But it'll make the last day in bed with this lurgy enjoyable.
And having brought back a bottle of Cynar from London Monday I can possibly drink appropriately at some point!

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John Bull @garius.bsky.social · 13h

FINALLY a path to financial viability for OpenAI.

Hampus 🎃 @hampus.bsky.social · 13h

The real money is in blackmailing all the creeps who provided a photo ID to generate illegal porn

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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 14h

You gently run your hand through the rack. You can feel it—pure cotton, rich wool, Irish linen. The plump buttonholes are handsewn; the buttons attached with a firm shank. You flip the price tag over. It's affordable

You buy the jacket and go home, which is only 15 mins away. Your apt is $600/month

Headline reads: Altman says ChatGPT will soon allow erotic for adult users.

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Björn Friðgeir @bjornfr.bsky.social · 23h

I have no doubt it helps. Every little does.
My stance on UBI simplified even further is that is a fabulous idea, needs livable wage, will be unbelievably difficult to finance and will be an absolute necessity in anywhere from 20 to 50 years from now.
But first: free (ish) healthcare

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Björn Friðgeir @bjornfr.bsky.social · 23h

Anyway, I've just clicked on your bio and I'll certainly have a good look.
Especially any calculations involving livable wage UBI, taxation needed, and where savings are to made but cutting programs made unnecessary by UBI. If I'm persuaded I shall be pleasantly surprised.

Björn Friðgeir @bjornfr.bsky.social · 23h

I think I've seen NIT mentioned but I've certainly not thought about it at all
I stand by what I said. UBI does nothing to fix the health care problem in the US for example. Start there.

Björn Friðgeir @bjornfr.bsky.social · 23h

Not in a country as defined above.

Björn Friðgeir @bjornfr.bsky.social · 1d

Inexplicably. Utterly.

Björn Friðgeir @bjornfr.bsky.social · 1d

Mjög fínt loft hér á læknavaktinni.
Fylgir reyndar að hér er svona 14° hiti...

Björn Friðgeir @bjornfr.bsky.social · 1d

A priority for a country not falling under the definition in 1 should be to be a country falling under the definition in 1

Björn Friðgeir @bjornfr.bsky.social · 1d

Any UBI which replaces all other government support must be on a livable wage scale.

The taxing needed for this is... Vig

If a UBI in a country as above is not a replacement but a much smaller amount than livable wage it is probably still not worth the extensive tax needed.

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Björn Friðgeir @bjornfr.bsky.social · 1d

Here is my takes on UBI without the nuance of my actual stance
In a country with extensive mostly free healthcare, actual payments to people unable to work for health reasons and other financial support, UBI which is supposed to replace all such payments is damaging 1/3

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Björn Friðgeir @bjornfr.bsky.social · 1d

Oh and if you want courage I read the Dune books at around the same time. In reverse order mostly iirc. Starting with chapterhouse.

Björn Friðgeir @bjornfr.bsky.social · 1d

Also, I had no clue who Terry was at the time and hadn't heard anything about him.

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Björn Friðgeir @bjornfr.bsky.social · 1d

I was a different man those thirty odd years ago

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Björn Friðgeir @bjornfr.bsky.social · 1d

It was what was in at the moment in the library
And it doesn't say on the cover of TLF it's a part two...

Björn Friðgeir @bjornfr.bsky.social · 1d

I remember the first movie I saw that relied on this *after* mobiles were ubiquitous enough.
That was Unbreakable in 2000.

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Björn Friðgeir @bjornfr.bsky.social · 1d

And I absolutely trusted Francis to be right!

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Björn Friðgeir @bjornfr.bsky.social · 1d

Oh yeah that one has *never* left my mind!

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