Owen from work
@owencoolguy.bsky.social
Cool guy
Private citizen with his own opinions. What my workplace thinks ~= what I think.
Private citizen with his own opinions. What my workplace thinks ~= what I think.
Monzo's wrapped type thing is a huge miss. Money isn't something that you should make a wrapped for, maybe. Also weirdly insulting? Saying that I spent a lot of money on Steam and then saying 'the only library you've ever been to' is kinda funny but also, like, fuck off?
December 27, 2025 at 11:17 AM
Monzo's wrapped type thing is a huge miss. Money isn't something that you should make a wrapped for, maybe. Also weirdly insulting? Saying that I spent a lot of money on Steam and then saying 'the only library you've ever been to' is kinda funny but also, like, fuck off?
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Watching THE GREEN KNIGHT again
April 22, 2024 at 7:43 PM
Watching THE GREEN KNIGHT again
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MIT’s NANDA initiative found that 95% of generative AI deployments fail after interviewing 150 execs, surveying 350 workers, and analyzing 300 projects. The real “productivity gains” seem to come from layoffs and squeezing more work from fewer people not AI.
MIT report: 95% of generative AI pilots at companies are failing
There’s a stark difference in success rates between companies that purchase AI tools from vendors and those that build them internally.
fortune.com
August 20, 2025 at 4:52 AM
MIT’s NANDA initiative found that 95% of generative AI deployments fail after interviewing 150 execs, surveying 350 workers, and analyzing 300 projects. The real “productivity gains” seem to come from layoffs and squeezing more work from fewer people not AI.
Consume Me is good and funny and powerful and absolutely worth playing. Unfortunately it's doing the worst thing media can do: make me feel things about my real life
December 26, 2025 at 10:36 AM
Consume Me is good and funny and powerful and absolutely worth playing. Unfortunately it's doing the worst thing media can do: make me feel things about my real life
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"This doesn't affect you because you animate, so you are fine."
No. This sucks and this is really dangerous.
In solidarity with all artists, Please be cautious.
I know many will remain on Twitter because they have mostly everything here but be aware this time it's worse than the other times.
No. This sucks and this is really dangerous.
In solidarity with all artists, Please be cautious.
I know many will remain on Twitter because they have mostly everything here but be aware this time it's worse than the other times.
Heads up to artists still using Twitter- Twitter is now adding an "Edit image" button under all images posted on the site that allows everyone to feed it into genAI and modify it as they wish with a prompt
December 24, 2025 at 10:27 PM
"This doesn't affect you because you animate, so you are fine."
No. This sucks and this is really dangerous.
In solidarity with all artists, Please be cautious.
I know many will remain on Twitter because they have mostly everything here but be aware this time it's worse than the other times.
No. This sucks and this is really dangerous.
In solidarity with all artists, Please be cautious.
I know many will remain on Twitter because they have mostly everything here but be aware this time it's worse than the other times.
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last christmas
it wasn't this year
the very next year
it is this year
this year
it is this year
i'll give it to someone this year
it wasn't this year
the very next year
it is this year
this year
it is this year
i'll give it to someone this year
December 24, 2025 at 9:40 PM
last christmas
it wasn't this year
the very next year
it is this year
this year
it is this year
i'll give it to someone this year
it wasn't this year
the very next year
it is this year
this year
it is this year
i'll give it to someone this year
Champagne chocolate is SO SHIT
December 24, 2025 at 8:17 PM
Champagne chocolate is SO SHIT
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Your power bill has tripled and you can't afford new PC parts just to create this.
December 20, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Your power bill has tripled and you can't afford new PC parts just to create this.
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"I think refusing is actually the more hopeful, expansive vision of the future than the one that is telling us that the future is already settled and decided. That's my daring idea. Just say no."
"This promise of an AI future, is really just a collective anxiety that wealthy people have about how well they're gonna be able to control us in the future."
- @tressiemcphd.bsky.social with an absolute mic drop moment about AI bullshit.
Incredible words.
Listen to all of it!
- @tressiemcphd.bsky.social with an absolute mic drop moment about AI bullshit.
Incredible words.
Listen to all of it!
December 21, 2025 at 4:08 PM
"I think refusing is actually the more hopeful, expansive vision of the future than the one that is telling us that the future is already settled and decided. That's my daring idea. Just say no."
A video about being a youtuber that I related to a lot, weirdly. Loads of really good, profound stuff in there about your relationship with your chosen persuit and that pursuit being your work as well as something you are good at and like
December 21, 2025 at 10:41 PM
A video about being a youtuber that I related to a lot, weirdly. Loads of really good, profound stuff in there about your relationship with your chosen persuit and that pursuit being your work as well as something you are good at and like
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the comments on last years jake paul video have been gold
December 21, 2025 at 10:26 AM
the comments on last years jake paul video have been gold
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“How to review AI generated PRs” https://kevinjmurphy.com/posts/how-to-review-ai-generated-prs/
How to review AI Generated PRs
Close them
kevinjmurphy.com
December 20, 2025 at 12:24 PM
“How to review AI generated PRs” https://kevinjmurphy.com/posts/how-to-review-ai-generated-prs/
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Finally, if you like us, want to commit to be a part of this boycott going forward, @nogamesforgenocide.com have created an amazing resource that'll help guide you through that process.
If you can, consider making a public pledge over there:
nogamesforgenocide.com
If you can, consider making a public pledge over there:
nogamesforgenocide.com
No Games For Genocide
The games industry is complicit in genocide. It’s time to divest.
nogamesforgenocide.com
December 18, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Finally, if you like us, want to commit to be a part of this boycott going forward, @nogamesforgenocide.com have created an amazing resource that'll help guide you through that process.
If you can, consider making a public pledge over there:
nogamesforgenocide.com
If you can, consider making a public pledge over there:
nogamesforgenocide.com
Donate or I'll hit you I'll fukin do it
We're also running another fundraiser too! This one, like last time, is for the Palestine Children's Relief Fund.
Back in 2023, PMG viewers donated $67,000 to the PCRF, which is mad.
I've no idea if that's possible again here, but please consider chucking a few quid into the pool, if you can.
Back in 2023, PMG viewers donated $67,000 to the PCRF, which is mad.
I've no idea if that's possible again here, but please consider chucking a few quid into the pool, if you can.
December 18, 2025 at 11:04 PM
Donate or I'll hit you I'll fukin do it
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Guess I'll post this again
December 18, 2025 at 7:55 PM
Guess I'll post this again
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The Xbox Boycott (Still) Matters
YouTube video by People Make Games
www.youtube.com
December 18, 2025 at 2:02 PM
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this is a good battle to pick. the CEO mentioned using "AI" and got so much shit for it immediately that he's rattled and backpedaling. easy win there
this shit, despite its faults, is not going anywhere and people are going to have to pick their battles
Larian CEO Responds to Divinity Gen AI Backlash: 'We Are Neither Releasing a Game With Any AI Components, Nor Are We Looking at Trimming Down Teams to Replace Them With AI' - IGN
This morning, the news broke that Larian Studios, developer of Baldur's Gate 3 and the upcoming, just-announced Divinity, is apparently using generative AI behind the scenes. The backlash has been swi...
www.ign.com
December 17, 2025 at 5:11 PM
this is a good battle to pick. the CEO mentioned using "AI" and got so much shit for it immediately that he's rattled and backpedaling. easy win there
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tailwind is so bizarre. "it's not utility-only! you can use @apply to combine classes together for reuse"
ok this is just css with extra steps, what am i actually getting out of this
ok this is just css with extra steps, what am i actually getting out of this
December 16, 2025 at 2:36 PM
tailwind is so bizarre. "it's not utility-only! you can use @apply to combine classes together for reuse"
ok this is just css with extra steps, what am i actually getting out of this
ok this is just css with extra steps, what am i actually getting out of this
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why would you think that the machine that spits out the statistically most probable next word in a sentence would be at all useful in “generating new ideas”
December 16, 2025 at 3:31 PM
why would you think that the machine that spits out the statistically most probable next word in a sentence would be at all useful in “generating new ideas”