Neil Charles
@neilcharles.bsky.social
Owner of sequence-analytics.com and occasional paraglider pilot.
You just prompted me to have a fascinating conversation/argument with Gemini about what +3.5 means. Conventions in gambling are really weird.
November 7, 2025 at 3:02 PM
You just prompted me to have a fascinating conversation/argument with Gemini about what +3.5 means. Conventions in gambling are really weird.
It's not a line, she said it because there isn't one. It's why they all sound so robotic all the time, if an interviewer's question triggers a pre-programmed line then that's what you get. If not then they default to dodging the question. You could ask if she liked cats and she'd dodge it.
November 5, 2025 at 9:55 PM
It's not a line, she said it because there isn't one. It's why they all sound so robotic all the time, if an interviewer's question triggers a pre-programmed line then that's what you get. If not then they default to dodging the question. You could ask if she liked cats and she'd dodge it.
Imagine how happy he'd be reliving his 90's clubbing days tripped out on the sofa while they all play charades.
November 5, 2025 at 1:20 PM
Imagine how happy he'd be reliving his 90's clubbing days tripped out on the sofa while they all play charades.
Reposted by Neil Charles
This rhetoric around easy political answers rather than hard economic choices is also rather hard to swallow from a party that pretended the NI cuts were affordable or pledged not to raise the big three taxes at the last election.
November 4, 2025 at 8:21 AM
This rhetoric around easy political answers rather than hard economic choices is also rather hard to swallow from a party that pretended the NI cuts were affordable or pledged not to raise the big three taxes at the last election.
Valve will win VR, not because hardware but because all the good stuff the Meta Quest can do happens when you hook it to Steam. Google Earth VR that way is genuinely amazing.
November 3, 2025 at 5:07 PM
Valve will win VR, not because hardware but because all the good stuff the Meta Quest can do happens when you hook it to Steam. Google Earth VR that way is genuinely amazing.
Scatter 3D cameras around football stadiums and do immersive broadcasts. Make an exploration game that doesn't involve shooting things. Take the 3D image enhancement out of VR Instagram (which is a fun trick) and let me view all my photos like that. You can literally build a world. Do weird stuff.
November 3, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Scatter 3D cameras around football stadiums and do immersive broadcasts. Make an exploration game that doesn't involve shooting things. Take the 3D image enhancement out of VR Instagram (which is a fun trick) and let me view all my photos like that. You can literally build a world. Do weird stuff.
Not quite phrased like that obviously but the gist of it is the same.
October 29, 2025 at 8:23 PM
Not quite phrased like that obviously but the gist of it is the same.
I have variations on this conversation with clients quite often. How do we make the numbers get better, really fast? You pull a Very Big Lever. If you haven't got a Very Big Lever or you're not willing to pull it then fiddling about a bit with some long-term growth ideas isn't going to do it.
October 29, 2025 at 8:22 PM
I have variations on this conversation with clients quite often. How do we make the numbers get better, really fast? You pull a Very Big Lever. If you haven't got a Very Big Lever or you're not willing to pull it then fiddling about a bit with some long-term growth ideas isn't going to do it.