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Depeche Median @happybusman.bsky.social · 48m

Why, Reg?

Depeche Median @happybusman.bsky.social · 4h

Everybody can visit Vancouver and stay at different hotels, but if you aren't allowed into the single conference centre everybody else is going to then there's no point being there #metaphor

AT Protocol Community @atprotocol.dev · 6h

Announcing ATmosphereConf 2026, coming to Vancouver March 26th to 29th.

We've got the full announcement and future news and updates on our new site news.atmosphereconf.org/3m3cwwz4mpk2j

Announcing ATmosphereConf Vancouver 2026 - ATmosphereConf News

The next ATProto Community Conference is coming to Vancouver, Canada, in March 26th to 29th 2026

news.atmosphereconf.org

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Depeche Median @happybusman.bsky.social · 4h

I'm enjoying your melody material.

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Depeche Median @happybusman.bsky.social · 4h

The Reform candidate being called Llŷr Tomos Powell and the Plaid candidate being called Lindsay Geoffrey Whittle is like when the Welsh scrum half was Rupert Moon and the English one was Dewi Morris.

Dr Adam Evans @a-b-evans.bsky.social · 14h

A… remarkable @survation.bsky.social poll out today of voting intentions in Caerphilly ahead of next week’s Senedd by-election

Reform 42%
Plaid 38%
Labour 12%
Conservatives 4%
Greens 3%
LibDem 1%
#senedd #devolution

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Dave Karpf @davekarpf.bsky.social · 7h

I’ve joked before that Rationalism is to Silicon Valley as Scientology is to Hollywood.

And that’s… not a joke, actually.

The rationalist community is very influential and more than a little cult like.

Eliezer Yudkowsky is the L. Ron Hubbard of rationalism.

This book is his Battlefield Earth

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☠️deadward niedermurder☠️ @niedermeyer.online · 8h

in the annals of silicon valley startup pivots, "ok, fine, you can fuck the superintelligence" is one of the very funniest

Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 9h

ALTMAN, 10 months ago: "I'm proud that we don't do sexbots to juice profits."

www.reddit.com/r/artificial...

From the artificial community on Reddit: Sam Altman, 10 months ago: I'm proud that we don't do sexbots to juice profits

Explore this post and more from the artificial community

www.reddit.com

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Deri Jones @derijones.bsky.social · 7h

All voice UI people should be made to watch the Glaswegian lift sketch youtu.be/NMS2VnDveP8?...

Scottish Elevator - Voice Recognition - ELEVEN !

YouTube video by Noel N

youtu.be

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Depeche Median @happybusman.bsky.social · 7h

I want to talk to my computer for the same three reasons everybody talks to Alexa - set an alarm, set a reminder, play a song. That's it. I don't want to tell it to copy the 2024 project plan to 2025 no not the Word document the excel document no not to a 2025 filename to the 2025 folder oh ffs

K. A. “Kîck Åß” Pillë @keithpille.bsky.social · 7h

a lot of my job involves selecting, copying, and pasting very specific strings and snippets of text; boy is the idea of trying to do that by voice command a fun thought exercise

Tom Warren @tomwarren.co.uk · 8h

This is the future of Windows. Microsoft wants to rewrite Windows to turn computers into AI PCs that you talk to. It's now bringing AI features to all Windows 11 PCs today, in a bid to convince you to talk to your PC and let AI control it. Full details 👇 www.theverge.com/news/799768/...

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K. A. “Kîck Åß” Pillë @keithpille.bsky.social · 7h

a lot of my job involves selecting, copying, and pasting very specific strings and snippets of text; boy is the idea of trying to do that by voice command a fun thought exercise

Tom Warren @tomwarren.co.uk · 8h

This is the future of Windows. Microsoft wants to rewrite Windows to turn computers into AI PCs that you talk to. It's now bringing AI features to all Windows 11 PCs today, in a bid to convince you to talk to your PC and let AI control it. Full details 👇 www.theverge.com/news/799768/...

Microsoft wants you to talk to your PC and let AI control it

Copilot Voice and Vision are now rolling out.

www.theverge.com

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Maaike @maaikeverbruggen.bsky.social · 13h

Gonna move back to Brussels brb, the house Saint Cyr is for sale for only 2 millie

www.christiesrealestatebelgium.be/en/property/...

A most gorgeous incredibly ornate art nouveau house with beige stone, brown wood and green metalwork

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Depeche Median @happybusman.bsky.social · 11h

Chicken Rhythms by Northside.

Liz Ryerson @ellaguro.bsky.social · 1d

a poll idea that just popped into my head: since we've collectively been doing 90's nostalgia for awhile as a culture, what's your secret/stealth best 90's album? not something necessarily widely super critically beloved but is nonetheless great and defining for you?

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BoringKate @boringkate.com · 22h

Seeing game devs take a "the customer is always right" approach to feedback is so sad because like I get it from a PR perspective, but...

1) The customer is always wrong

2) Your customers are gamers, so they're twice as wrong

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Colm Kavanagh @colmkavanagh.bsky.social · 12h

“I saw my brother fight at the National Stadium. It was at a Depeche Mode concert."
The genius of Sean Hughes, who died on this day back in 2017. Loved his delivery of a punchline -
Shite A&R man for Eejit Records, mind…

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Liz Saville Roberts AS / MP @lsrplaid.bsky.social · 13h

Today’s Caerphilly specific poll shows clearly that unless progressive voters unite with Plaid Cymru, Reform will win.

Greens, Lib Dems and disillusioned Labour supporters - by uniting, we can stop Reform’s division taking root in Wales and deliver positive change 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

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Depeche Median @happybusman.bsky.social · 12h

Two people check tide times with ChatGPT, almost die.

uk.news.yahoo.com/restaurant-b...

Restaurant boss saw two people about to do something deadly so he grabbed his megaphone

He ran out of the restaurant and warned the pair to turn back

uk.news.yahoo.com

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bleary @bleary.off-the-records.com · 13h

Their toast shall not grow cold

Alistair Coleman @alistaircoleman.bsky.social · 1d

Facebook Memories reminds me that Remembrancing Season is fast approaching.

Facebook post from today in 2018 on DIY On A Budget Official

“My fully customised rememberance toaster done using spraycans..”

Pics show a toaster, spray painted orange with a silhouette of a soldier kneeling at a cross.

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Depeche Median @happybusman.bsky.social · 13h

When I build data centres, I always like to build them in really hot places that are going to get much hotter in the next 20 years.

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Depeche Median @happybusman.bsky.social · 13h

I've also been earwormed, but not by the original version.

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Depeche Median @happybusman.bsky.social · 13h

Unzoomed #637 3/6 🟡🟡🟢⚪️⚪️⚪️
unzoomed.com

Right country each time. Serves me right for trying to be clever.

Unzoomed

Identify cities using satellite images in this daily puzzle game, where each guess zooms out for enhanced clues.

unzoomed.com

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Depeche Median @happybusman.bsky.social · 1d

Napoleon I, Napoleon II, Louis Napoleon, and Napoleon Dynamite

Actual names @actualnames.bsky.social · 1d

Napoleon Franchise

United States, Census, 1870

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Depeche Median @happybusman.bsky.social · 1d

Peeling potatoes. My watch tells me I’ve met my steps goal for the day

I’m all "fooled ya! I’m just cooking!" and then I have to have a sit down for 5 minutes because I’m knackered.

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Depeche Median @happybusman.bsky.social · 1d

In public that is, I’m sure the group chat is off the scale stupid

Depeche Median @happybusman.bsky.social · 1d

it’s been days since a Bluesky staffer has said something stupid.

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Depeche Median @happybusman.bsky.social · 1d

There should be a derivative index of the Volatility Index to measure how volatile the level of volatility is.

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Depeche Median @happybusman.bsky.social · 1d

Vitamin D suppositories will clear that up

Actual names @actualnames.bsky.social · 1d

Arse Ricketts

United States, Census, 1920

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