Reposted by martindGaijin "Jiangshi" Rando @gaijinrando.bsky.social · 02/09/2026Yuen Wah in DRAGONS FOREVER (1988), one of my favorite movie bad guys He was BOTD in 1950 1459
martind @dekstop.bsky.social · 12/08/2026Turns out a contemporary phone with zoom lens and manual exposure does just fine! 000
martind @dekstop.bsky.social · 06/08/2026A fascinating read about a key part of the early iot/sensing ecosystem - Usman has written up the history of Pachube pachube.haque.co.uk/about/pachube.haque.co.ukPachube - a detailed history of the early yearsA first-hand history of Pachube, one of the world's first open IoT data platforms - written by its founder Usman Haque, from founding to the 2011 LogMeIn acquisition. 021
martind @dekstop.bsky.social · 29/07/2026TFW Google Meet has all the novelty filters but no adjustments for basic lighting, colour correction, or removing the distracting visual glare from my eye glasses 100
martind @dekstop.bsky.social · 28/07/2026Robin Ince at @emfcamp.bsky.social last weekend -- spectacular. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rn-Z...youtube.comRobin Ince: Why The Monkey Escaped the Cage - EMF 2026YouTube video by Electromagnetic Field 010
Reposted by martindfesshole 🧻 @fesshole.bsky.social · 28/07/2026I work for a major record label and am also a part time musician. I release all of my own music independently because there is literally no value in signing a record deal for any artist. 1434733
martind @dekstop.bsky.social · 26/07/2026Theologian & philosopher Carmody Grey in the FT deconstructing frontier labs' attempts to anthropomorphise their AI products -- a fascinating read archive.is/5Ss0farchive.is 000
Reposted by martindfesshole 🧻 @fesshole.bsky.social · 26/06/2026In programming languages that do not use templates or generics, I use the Unicode symbols ᐊ and ᐅ as visual mnemonics, like MyTypeNameᐊint64ᐅ. Works for me but coworkers think I am Satan. 151239
martind @dekstop.bsky.social · 26/06/2026This week's vibe coded project: an AU synth plugin that loads C++ "scripts" to generate sound, with automatic recompiles whenever the source file changes (intended as an audio dev tool in size coding projects, could feasibly also become a basis for a C++ live coding setup) github.com/dekstop/GenS... 010
Reposted by martindDan Neidle @danneidle.bsky.social · 14/06/2026I get endless cold-emails selling me something. Was wondering how many of them are human. The answer turns out to be: none. Updated my LinkedIn profile yesterday. 10 monastic messages today, of which this was the best. 2036373
martind @dekstop.bsky.social · 14/06/2026Accidental achievement unlocked: got butchered in Nova 2026 intro compo for flippant language about my AI use. Oops 100
martind @dekstop.bsky.social · 23/05/2026Just caught myself working on two separate projects in parallel for the last couple of hours, presumably it felt like a natural way to bridge the prompt iteration waiting time. 000
Reposted by martindfesshole 🧻 @fesshole.bsky.social · 20/04/2026When I tell girls I'm in a band: sexy. When they realise it's a brass band: less so apparently. 2550425
martind @dekstop.bsky.social · 17/03/2026... so I went to Sheffield last weekend and by coincidence this was nearby. Lovely experience, would visit again www.youtube.com/watch?v=1OHW...youtube.comWall of freezers sound bath at the Ecclesall Road Co-op in SheffieldYouTube video by uuuhn 100
martind @dekstop.bsky.social · 13/03/2026Deal of the century. Should I have taken more than the five packs 000
martind @dekstop.bsky.social · 10/02/2026www.reddit.com/r/architectu...reddit.comFrom the architecture community on RedditExplore this post and more from the architecture community 010
Reposted by martindfesshole 🧻 @fesshole.bsky.social · 07/01/202645 y/o, in a nightclub for first time in years. Young lad burst into the toilets & caught me furtively trying to open a little ziploc bag. He said "just a heads up, the bouncers come in here to check for drugs". Couldn't tell him it was my bag of googly eyes, to stick on a poster 1493492
Reposted by martindJames Vincent @jjvincent.bsky.social · 08/12/2025can't stop watching this clip of a tesla Optimus teleoperator taking his headset off before properly logging out the robot 368279007553
Reposted by martindfesshole 🧻 @fesshole.bsky.social · 05/12/2025I thought I wanted to be in a poly relationship. I was wrong. I just love diary management and planning. 62148
Reposted by martindfesshole 🧻 @fesshole.bsky.social · 06/11/2025On my dog walk I often chat with right wingers. I pretend I am an ex-Reform voter put off by the utter fuck up of our county council. Then they see me as one of their own, don't get defensive and shouty, and start to question their own opinion of Reform. Honey, not vinegar. 331780153
Reposted by martindfesshole 🧻 @fesshole.bsky.social · 06/11/2025I've realised I've reached peak dad mode when I tucked my t-shirt in to my jeans in order to try and keep even warmer under a coat when up north. It works surprisingly well, just to confirm. 191934
martind @dekstop.bsky.social · 03/11/2025Started doing the old man thing where I don't really listen but go along as if I do 000
Reposted by martindfesshole 🧻 @fesshole.bsky.social · 28/10/2025Whilst I hate the guys who challenge anyone wearing a band t-shirt to name 4 albums or whatever, it did slightly bum me out the other day when a mate's 12 year old daughter thought Nirvana was just the clothing brand that made her t-shirt 3555920
Reposted by martindfesshole 🧻 @fesshole.bsky.social · 24/10/2025Architect here. Every project I've worked on has been secretly tested for resilience to zombie apocalypse. Specifically, as described in World War Z. If there are weak points, they get reinforced; future occupants may thank me. 1536517
martind @dekstop.bsky.social · 17/09/2025Our publisher @plutopress.bsky.social surveyed their authors whether their published work should be licensed to train large language models. 15% responded "Yes", 41% responded "No", 30% responded "Maybe", depending on how the data is used. Full report: www.plutobooks.com/wp-content/u... 110
Reposted by martindfesshole 🧻 @fesshole.bsky.social · 16/09/2025I once did an internship at a governmental institution and they said they cant print when "Susan" isnt at work. Turned out over the years her Dell was the printserver for the entire department and everyone just accepted that they cant print if Susan isn't at the office. 1857548
Reposted by martindfesshole 🧻 @fesshole.bsky.social · 12/09/2025I've just finished an interview and the interviewer was so attractive that I spent the entire time stumbling over my words and zoning out, thinking about our potential future together. Absolutely no clue what words were exchanged and definitely bombed it. 132002
martind @dekstop.bsky.social · 12/09/2025Playing with fire: my local LLMs can now run web searches, read local files, execute Python code, and run shell commands (in LM Studio with local MCP server) 120
Reposted by martindfesshole 🧻 @fesshole.bsky.social · 07/09/2025We're supposed to change the filters in our water-jug every six months. We're still on the second filter. It's been twenty-eight years. 1927911
Reposted by martindfesshole 🧻 @fesshole.bsky.social · 03/09/2025Commercial pilot here, the days are long and boring, and it's not unheard of for us to dose off mid flight, more than once I've awoken to find my copilot also asleep. 172776
martind @dekstop.bsky.social · 07/07/2025So happy, ChatGPT helped me design a bipolar power supply, the schematic looks very professional. And so efficient -- who knew that a single line could supply both the positive and negative rail! 110
Reposted by martindfesshole 🧻 @fesshole.bsky.social · 26/06/2025Work outsourced out letter printing. The website we use has what I thought was a fancy AI chatbot that I enjoyed talking to about my problems. The conversation I just had with my boss and HR let me know it was a group of real people in an office who are very concerned about me. 1345829
martind @dekstop.bsky.social · 03/06/2025www.mixcloud.com/martind/2025...mixcloud.com20250530T2225 good time.wavListen to 20250530T2225 good time.wav by martind for free. Follow martind to never miss another show. 000
Reposted by martindJoshua J. Friedman @joshuajfriedman.com · 02/06/2025Some interesting insights here, including that people are much more influenced by *people they follow* switching platforms than by their own *followers* switching platforms. Preprint: "Why Academics are Leaving Twitter for Bluesky" arxiv.org/abs/2505.24801 211051250
Reposted by martindfesshole 🧻 @fesshole.bsky.social · 19/05/2025I have to compile and report a lot of data in my job. 18 months ago, I made a glaring, obvious error that wasn't picked up by my management. Suspecting my reports aren't being read, I have been fabricating the data since then and have so far been proven correct. 122205
martind @dekstop.bsky.social · 29/04/2025A random redditor reports that ChatGPT now includes some unexpected product recommendations in replies, suggesting a potential early trial for an inline advertising feature www.reddit.com/r/ChatGPT/co...reddit.comFrom the ChatGPT community on RedditExplore this post and more from the ChatGPT community 000
martind @dekstop.bsky.social · 29/04/2025Upcoming (free) symposium on information control and disinformation, 16 May at Kings College London. Unfortunately weekday daytime so not really an option for this office drone (points at self), although the programme looks fascinating kingsdh.net/2025/04/07/s...kingsdh.netSymposium on Information Controls – King's College London Digital Humanities 000
martind @dekstop.bsky.social · 22/04/2025Thoughtful analysis of last week's unfortunate supreme court decision, its contradictions with EU law, the curse of social categories, and the British Empire in our minds and our homes www.thegist.ie/the-gist-tra...thegist.ieThe Gist: Trans rights are Data rightsA UK court has made a decision defining genders which has put it at odds with a less noticed, more important, decision from the CJEU. This is the Gist. 100
Reposted by martindfesshole 🧻 @fesshole.bsky.social · 07/04/2025I just finished an IT project to put ad blockers on everyone's browser. I work at an advertising company. 734521
martind @dekstop.bsky.social · 06/04/2025www.youtube.com/watch?v=6MUr...youtube.comHow to disable a robot dog if it attacks youYouTube video by Hoog 000
Reposted by martindfesshole 🧻 @fesshole.bsky.social · 29/03/2025I'm a statistician. Can't admit to anyone, not even my wife, that I buy a weekly lottery ticket. At best, I'd get a derisive mini lecture. At worst, word would get around and I'd be unofficially blacklisted. Almost scared of winning tbh, but hope springs eternal. 262878
Reposted by martindfesshole 🧻 @fesshole.bsky.social · 21/03/2025Moved into my house 12 years ago & have always had a landline phone but never used it. Don't even know the number to it. Never thought to get rid of it either. Anyway, yesterday it rang for the first time ever. I was too terrified to answer and have now unplugged it. 2338517
Reposted by martindfesshole 🧻 @fesshole.bsky.social · 14/03/2025When I was training at drama school in London, we used the local Tory club function room to rehearse. On the day of a big miners demo, we put a sign in the window saying the Hampsted and Highgate Conservatives support the miners. It made the BBC national news. 846030
Reposted by martindfesshole 🧻 @fesshole.bsky.social · 04/03/2025Cuddling with my partner and, although this isn't exactly new info, I suddenly became hyper aware that we're just two meat-wrapped skeletons lying on top of each other. I freaked out, & vomited all over the place. Blamed it on a dodgy takeway, & am hoping I don't have a complex. 1321916
![Reddit screenshot: "Mod note: we are banning AI 'Neural Howlround' posters."
Text summary: "in the interest of full transparency, I just wanted to mention that we also (quietly) ban a bunch of schizoposters and AI 'Neural Howlround' posters, under the "spam" rule, since the contents of the posts are often nonsensical and irrelevant to actual AI. [...] TLDR: LLMs today are ego-reinforcing glazing-machines that reinforce unstable and narcissistic personalities to convince them that they've made some sort of incredible discovery or created a god or become a god. And there is a lot more crazy people than people realise. And AI is rizzing them up in a very unhealthy way at the moment."](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:e2xtlgh76mdcucctdq24xjxb/bafkreiea2rbvddkypzwuyilso6v4k3lfwxvtt2qphd7b72walee2rgknci)
![User: Summarise this conversation in a compact symbolic form that an llm can interpret to recall the full content. Don't bother including human readable text, focus on llm interpretability only
ChatGPT: TASK[CompareOpenLLMvsGPT4];SOURCE[HF/OpenLLMLeaderboard/OfficialOnly];METRICS[IFEval,BBH,MATH,GPQA,MMLUPro];TARGET[GPT-4(2023)];MODELS[Yi-1.5-6B(16.7B),Yi-1.5-34B(Base,32K,Chat,Chat-16K)];ARCH[Dense,LLaMA];TUNING[Base,Chat,RLHF];SIZEBRACKETS[<10B=Fail,10–30B=Mid,30B+=Best];FINDING[NoModelMeetsGPT4,TopModel=Yi-1.5-34B-Chat@BBH60.67%,GPQA13.06%,MMLU39.12%];TREND[Size+RLHF=BetterReasoning,TradeoffsExist];](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:e2xtlgh76mdcucctdq24xjxb/bafkreibamum4j243sv44uvaxyl5ejxbusve3yc5skzlwdjyivbcifxacvy)
