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Matthew Thomas

@mpt.mastodon.nz.ap.brid.gy

Husband, father, Kiwi, software designer, meliorist. Senior product designer at Phocas, formerly senior UX designer at Canonical. [bridged from mastodon.nz/@mpt on the fediverse by fed.brid.gy ]

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Matthew Thomas @mpt.mastodon.nz.ap.brid.gy · 10/09/2025

Calm down, Apple Music, “Bridge over troubled water” is just a song.

Searching for “jacob collier bridge over troubled water”, the search results begin with a banner: “If you or someone you know needs help, support is available. Find Resources”.

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Matthew Thomas @mpt.mastodon.nz.ap.brid.gy · 01/09/2025

Seventy years ago yesterday, the term “artificial intelligence” was coined in a research grant application. “The study is to proceed on the basis of the conjecture that every aspect of learning or any other feature of intelligence can in principle be so precisely […] [Original post on mastodon.nz]

From the cover page: “A proposal for the Dartmouth Summer Research Project on Artificial Intelligence. J. McCarthy, Dartmouth College. M. L. Minsky, Harvard University. N. Rochester, I.B. M. Corporation. C.E, Shannon, Bell Telephone Laboratories. August 31, 1955.”

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Matthew Thomas @mpt.mastodon.nz.ap.brid.gy · 13/08/2025

Twelve years ago today, I was on Tinder (yep) and stumbled on a bug in the app. I’m married now, deleted my account long ago, but for the past 12 years I’ve been waiting to post this screenshot.

Back then, you see, Tinder had confidently told me: “You matched with Irina — 12 years from now”.

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