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Bob Salmon

@BobTechThoughts

Ignorant code monkey. He / him. I like people, code and data. Mastodon: [email protected]

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Joined April 2021
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Noctilucent clouds on two worlds...
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some related etymology for you: devil, volleyball, ballerina!
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Reminder to never stop the HUSTLE H asten to lands of your enemy U nfurl your banner S urvey the might of your forces T aunt your adversaries L aunch your trebuchet E njoy the lamentations of the fallen
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some shared word origins: genius, degenerate, Kevin
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Do you live closer to the North Pole, South Pole, or the Equator?
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Don't be a rock-star programmer and change everything at once, be a rock-climber programmer and only change one thing at a time.
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Jon Agar@jon_agar6 Dec 2022
It’s happened. I was doing my seminar today on Turing’s ‘Computing machinery and intelligence’. I asked the student to respond to one of Turing’s objections. The student put the question to #chatGPT and gave it as his own. It was a perfectly good answer.
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This shepherd is checking that these verified sheep are actually not just cows with white ticks
A shepherd lets sheep through a gate.

ALT A shepherd lets sheep through a gate.

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Cage 4’33” review: 10/10. No notes.
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We have - A cost of living crisis. - a health service in collapse - mortgage rates through the roof - double digit inflation - no prime minister It’s time for a general election. RT if you agree.
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Maybe this will help you with those darn Roman numerals?
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I love a non sequitur and potatoes are 80 per cent water – at Wandsworth, London
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XKCD Comic
@xkcdComic10 Aug 2022
Complex Vowels xkcd.com/2657/ m.xkcd.com/2657/
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Olaf Falafel@OFalafel7 Aug 2022
When Barry Chuckle died they should have planted a 2 metre Yew.
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Jaythechou
@jaythechou3 Aug 2022
I Photoshop paddington into a movie or TV show until I forget: Day 512
Paddington in Wipeout

ALT Paddington in Wipeout

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“I bought a sheep dog.” “Old English?” “Ic gebóhtede sċēap docgaan.” #LunchPun #RateMyPun
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I am a HUGE Star Trek fan and this had me rolling.
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Cat Hicks@grimalkina13 Jun 2022
Imagine if the tech industry were as critically interested in how tech supports (or harms) the personhood of real marginalized people as it is in imaginary personhoods of word pattern generators
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"... sometimes it seems as if no amount of testing can ever be 'enough'". Who said it? Samuel Florman, a civil engineer!
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So Choir!@thesochoir26 May 2022
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