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🌍 Duncan Kimpton 🛠️ @dgkimpton.bsky.social · 8d

Precies. Heb voor deze reden mijn Amazon Prime Video abonnement al opgezegd.

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🌍 Duncan Kimpton 🛠️ @dgkimpton.bsky.social · 8d

Deep!

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🌍 Duncan Kimpton 🛠️ @dgkimpton.bsky.social · 11d

Those curved screen corners are gross. And a wobbly camera hump again? Going backwards in the usability department too. And AI slurping the battery? I think I'll stick to my old phone and hope it doesn't get hacked because there's nothing compelling about the new generation of devices. Sigh.

🌍 Duncan Kimpton 🛠️ @dgkimpton.bsky.social · 11d

Yep. And there's no obvious solution either - we could vote on edits, but then it's a popularity contest. We could appeal to an expert, but who defines that? Wikipedia is in a tricky spot because people don't seem interested in the truth on the whole, only pushing their agendas/ideologies.

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Chise @sailorrooscout.bsky.social · 13d

GOOD NEWS! Researchers have developed a new mRNA vaccine that has been shown to suppress abnormal blood vessel growth in the retina, offering hope to MILLIONS of patients with age-related vision loss. The vaccine triggered strong antibody responses that REDUCED retinal damage by UP TO 85%.

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🌍 Duncan Kimpton 🛠️ @dgkimpton.bsky.social · 14d

I genuinely wish there was a way to exclude Temu from all Google search results. Such a spammy company.

🌍 Duncan Kimpton 🛠️ @dgkimpton.bsky.social · 16d

Bluesky using system fonts was a big one, although it's 🤯 that that wasn't the default position.
But most software seems to just get worse with every release. Less information dense, less straightforward to use, packed with useless crap (social functions, AI, etc), and genuinely directionless. Sigh.

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🌍 Duncan Kimpton 🛠️ @dgkimpton.bsky.social · 17d

Peir peer pressure even...

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🌍 Duncan Kimpton 🛠️ @dgkimpton.bsky.social · Sep 19

I definitely need a mirror - getting the wooden sticks in there without poking my gums is nigh on impossible without being able to see.

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Woman of Wonder @womanofwonder.bsky.social · Sep 19

We’ve come full circle 😂🤦‍♀️

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🌍 Duncan Kimpton 🛠️ @dgkimpton.bsky.social · Sep 19

What horrifies me is that this isn't an AI generated joke product but an actual thing you can walk in to a shop and buy 😒

🌍 Duncan Kimpton 🛠️ @dgkimpton.bsky.social · Sep 17

Smart Ethiopians will now give you a wide berth to avoid being eaten...

🌍 Duncan Kimpton 🛠️ @dgkimpton.bsky.social · Sep 17

Way to dodge the issue. It's not about age OpenAI, it's about AI encouraging vulnerable people to do things they shouldn't.

🌍 Duncan Kimpton 🛠️ @dgkimpton.bsky.social · Sep 17

Honestly? Yes. And the government should also be obligated to pave your roads. The idea that only urban roads need care and maintenance is frustrating.

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🌍 Duncan Kimpton 🛠️ @dgkimpton.bsky.social · Sep 16

I'm pretty sure those pushing this expect AI to eliminate senior devs in short order too. So, for them, this is a meaningless question.

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🌍 Duncan Kimpton 🛠️ @dgkimpton.bsky.social · Sep 9

Beautifully ironic. Wow.

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🌍 Duncan Kimpton 🛠️ @dgkimpton.bsky.social · Sep 5

It needs the NHS app voice authentication. Say the phrase "Start this car 1 2 3 4". I'm sorry, you spoke to slowly, say the phrase "Start this car 1 2 3 4". I'm sorry, you spoke to quickly, say the phrase "Start this car 1 2 3 4". I didn't catch that, say the phrase "Start this car 1 2 3 4"...repeat

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🌍 Duncan Kimpton 🛠️ @dgkimpton.bsky.social · Sep 3

Brilliant 😃😂

🌍 Duncan Kimpton 🛠️ @dgkimpton.bsky.social · Sep 3

That's fuckkin depressing. Now I feel ancient. There's really no modern equivalent either, is there? Time to start a petition to change html/css to have "ExclusiveOptions" instead?

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🌍 Duncan Kimpton 🛠️ @dgkimpton.bsky.social · Aug 30

You're going to be happy and you're going to like it, or else!

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🌍 Duncan Kimpton 🛠️ @dgkimpton.bsky.social · Aug 30

Yes, myself. Repeatedly. What I need is a needle working partner to take the stabs on my behalf, that or get better at it, but realistically a prick partner is the only viable option.

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🌍 Duncan Kimpton 🛠️ @dgkimpton.bsky.social · Aug 29

Someone needs to write a check list of all the realistic text combinations so we can verify our sites. It's somewhat implausible to expect every developer to know all these combinations.

🌍 Duncan Kimpton 🛠️ @dgkimpton.bsky.social · Aug 28

It's also kind of weird that one side is trying to do something it's never done before (land on the moon) and the other side is simply trying to work out how to re-achieve something it could do 50 years ago. That shouldn't be a race, it should be a cake walk.

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🌍 Duncan Kimpton 🛠️ @dgkimpton.bsky.social · Aug 24

Formulas do seem to help in teams with differing levels of social expressiveness. I.e. ensuring the observations of the quieter/shyer/less-confident members are also brought to the fore. It'd be lovely to imagine that not being necessary but the boisterous usually unintentionally dominate otherwise.

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🌍 Duncan Kimpton 🛠️ @dgkimpton.bsky.social · Aug 21

That engine looks a tad familiar