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Andrew Shepherd @shepherdsworld.bsky.social · 07/06/2026

Somebody should recreate this comic by prompting an image generator.

Andrew Shepherd @shepherdsworld.bsky.social · 23/04/2026

I'm at the Norwegian Development Conference at Sydney. Counting how many times I want to yell "Bullshit!" at an AI-related claim. Ten minutes into the keynote, I'm at three.

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Jason Gorman @jasongorman.bsky.social · 20/04/2026

Talking of the collapse of our technological civilisation...

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Andrew Shepherd @shepherdsworld.bsky.social · 08/04/2026

"safe passage through the Strait of Hormuz will be possible via coordination with Iran’s Armed Forces and with due consideration of technical limitations.” Weasle words if I've ever heard them.

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Andrew Shepherd @shepherdsworld.bsky.social · 02/04/2026

Tried to watch Trump talk. I just couldn't keep watching it. One blatant obvious lie after another.

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Barry Deutsch @barrydeutsch.bsky.social · 28/03/2026

One surreal thing about the war is that Bibi, Trump, and Khamenei are all completely untrustworthy. I feel like there's a source material I don't get to read, and all I have access to is three competing fanfics - each written by writers who don't fucking understand that this is a tragedy.

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Jason Gorman @jasongorman.bsky.social · 28/03/2026

If you don't want GitHub Copilot trained on your code, you've been automatically opted in. You have until April 24th to opt out.

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Andrew Shepherd @shepherdsworld.bsky.social · 24/03/2026

When I get to the end of a non-fiction book I feel the need to post it on social media. Just finished reading 'The Selfish Gene' by @rdawkins.bsky.social I would describe it as a number of thought experiments regarding evolution. It was a fascinating journey.

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Andrew Shepherd @shepherdsworld.bsky.social · 22/02/2026

Finished my online renewal of a Microsoft Certification. Here are the assessment results. "Implement containerized solutions" appears three times, "Implement Secure Azure Solutions" twice, and there's a section titled "Troubleshoot solutions by using" Did they vibecode this?

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Shannon Vallor @shannonvallor.bsky.social · 18/02/2026

Towns that question the value of an unsafe, costly, environmentally unsound, poorly governed monorail could be ‘left behind’, says Monorail Salesman

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Andrew Shepherd @shepherdsworld.bsky.social · 18/02/2026

I am "Stephen King" years old, which tells you nothing since he published in 1974 and hasn't taken a break. (I am also "David Eddings", and "Douglas Adams" years old.)

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Andrew Shepherd @shepherdsworld.bsky.social · 04/02/2026

Is this a "Russell's Teapot" thought experiment? en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russell...

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Russell's teapot - Wikipedia

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Andrew Shepherd @shepherdsworld.bsky.social · 13/01/2026

So I think: "I wonder what twitter is like now?" I go there, and the first thing I see is Elon Musk posting body-shaming tweets. Stupid me.

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Andrew Shepherd @shepherdsworld.bsky.social · 14/12/2025

My prediction: Ahmed al Ahmed will spend a few days being hailed as a hero. Then, someone will uncover something that demonstrates he has human flaws. And the media will turn on him. Just to keep the clicks going. I hope I'm wrong and this guy is boring enough to get left alone.

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Andrew Shepherd @shepherdsworld.bsky.social · 01/12/2025

I spent 15 minutes writing a bug report to Microsoft. Pressed "Post your question", and instantly got a message saying it was deleted for violating the code of conduct. Their large language model decided it was bad. No recourse. Unbelievable.

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Andrew Shepherd @shepherdsworld.bsky.social · 19/11/2025

Mark Latham making the point that even awful people who you do not want to be associated with will speak occasional common sense. Mark Latham is the perfect person to be delivering this point. www.theaustralian.com.au/nation/polit...

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Andrew Shepherd @shepherdsworld.bsky.social · 19/11/2025

I am going to try using DuckDuckGo as my goto search engine. I don't usually change my habits, but I dislike Google's AI Overview that much.

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Andrew Shepherd @shepherdsworld.bsky.social · 17/11/2025

Where does that figure come from? At my workplace, the proportion of code written by AI has not significantly increased over the last six months. (Last May it was sitting at around 0%. Current proportion: 0%)

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Andrew Shepherd @shepherdsworld.bsky.social · 16/11/2025

(I deleted my previous post because it wasn't kind, and it does not do justice to a number of religious people I personally know who I like and respect)

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Andrew Shepherd @shepherdsworld.bsky.social · 16/11/2025

I'm not religious, but I know many church-going people who get a lot out of their faith, and enjoy being a member of their church community. We acknowledge that we see the world differently, but don't discuss it any further because there's no reason to. Happily, I do not share your experience.

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Andrew Shepherd @shepherdsworld.bsky.social · 05/11/2025

Somebody said this: "You campaign with poetry, you govern with prose." Now comes the test, when idealism meets the constraints of reality. Whatever happens, the next years will be very interesting indeed.

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Jason Gorman @jasongorman.bsky.social · 03/11/2025

I've been thinking about how we collaborate with LLMs. In an ideal partnership, each plays to their strengths. So I made a handy visual guide.

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Andrew Shepherd @shepherdsworld.bsky.social · 30/10/2025

Now, how many entries in the periodic table of elements can you name?

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Andrew Shepherd @shepherdsworld.bsky.social · 30/10/2025

I just sung it to myself. There's 13 separate philosophers named in the song, is that correct?

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Andrew Shepherd @shepherdsworld.bsky.social · 09/10/2025

The Hamas leaders who rejoiced at the atrocities - is Zohran seriously suggesting 'peace through diplomacy' was possible by negotiating with them?

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Medusa’s Wink @medusaswink.bsky.social · 12/07/2025

Me: i’m Autistic Them: Oh you take things literally Me: No that’s kleptomania

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Andrew Shepherd @shepherdsworld.bsky.social · 12/09/2025

There's a wikipedia page dedicated to the long history of Elon Musk promising self driving cars six months into the future. en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of...

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List of predictions for autonomous Tesla vehicles by Elon Musk - Wikipedia

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Jason Gorman @jasongorman.bsky.social · 09/09/2025

"Now that we can deliver working software that would have taken months in mere days or even hours..." is the 2025 equivalent of "Now that we've established that UFOs are alien spacecraft..." No. That really hasn't been established. Anything you say after that is building on smoke.

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Andrew Shepherd @shepherdsworld.bsky.social · 08/09/2025

And now for a statement by Paul McCartney who wrote great Beatle songs like "Here Comes the Sun" and "Something."...

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Andrew Shepherd @shepherdsworld.bsky.social · 29/08/2025

There is nothing wrong with a woman fighting for justice. That's what Linda Reynolds did. As to evidence, I will admit I haven't read the 360 page judgement, but it does identity 26 statements by Higgins during media interviews that contained claims that were objectively false or misleading.

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Andrew Shepherd @shepherdsworld.bsky.social · 29/08/2025

It is possible to be a victim of rape AND be a self-serving liar. And in the eyes of the law, victimhood does not give you immunity for your other actions. Nor should it.

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Andrew Shepherd @shepherdsworld.bsky.social · 16/08/2025

In its defence, you didn't specify the ordering criteria. Order by release date? By number of sales in descending order? By how much your grandmother likes them?

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𝔅𝔲𝔱𝔱𝔬𝔫𝔰 𝔒'𝔊𝔥𝔬𝔲𝔩𝔦𝔥𝔞𝔫 @johnxuandou.bsky.social · 13/08/2025

This is one of the most beautiful things I have witnessed, the craft here is impeccable.

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Andrew Shepherd @shepherdsworld.bsky.social · 08/08/2025

It's what Visual Studio has always pushed. Prior to C#, there was one folder for the C++ header files and another for the C++ implementation files. Just as ridiculous.

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Andrew Shepherd @shepherdsworld.bsky.social · 28/07/2025

When I was thirteen my father brought this book home. I spent hours and hours learning how to play each piece and memorizing the lyrics, even the ones I didn't understand because I didn't know the history behind them. I credit him for increasing my love for music and cold war politics.

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Andrew Shepherd @shepherdsworld.bsky.social · 25/07/2025

Okay, there was only one. Don't forget to follow up your post decrying how "AI naysayers" won't be persuaded by *any* evidence that coding LLMs and agents can 10x your productivity **BY(should be but)** then refusing to show us any.

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Andrew Shepherd @shepherdsworld.bsky.social · 24/07/2025

I think that's a good tweet, but there's too many typos for it to be readable. Maybe tweet it again and delete this one.

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Andrew Shepherd @shepherdsworld.bsky.social · 24/07/2025

As long as you're not substituting prayer for things which DO actually work. (like vaccines and sensible gun control laws).

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Andrew Shepherd @shepherdsworld.bsky.social · 24/07/2025

True, when we do something there is often a disconnect about what we tell ourselves the reason is, and the actual reason we're doing the thing. This doesn't necessarily make the actual reason less valid.

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Andrew Shepherd @shepherdsworld.bsky.social · 24/07/2025

It depends what your success criteria is. Praying gives you a sense of humility and also makes you accept that there are problems you have no control over. That's helpful in itself.

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Andrew Shepherd @shepherdsworld.bsky.social · 23/07/2025

Listening to some 70's instrumental tracks. It makes me ask - why don't they put music in porn anymore?

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Andrew Shepherd @shepherdsworld.bsky.social · 10/07/2025

There's no straight answer as to what it costs, because it is now based on how much you use it. I'm not a customer. As you are a professional user of the product, I would be interested to know in a month's time what your actual spend is.

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Andrew Shepherd @shepherdsworld.bsky.social · 10/07/2025

"Does an intern cost $20/month? Because that’s what Cursor costs." That's what Cursor cost in early June. But now Cursor wants to charge customers what it costs them. cursor.com/en/blog/june...

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Clarifying Our Pricing | Cursor - The AI Code Editor

How the new Pro plan works and why we changed our pricing.

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Andrew Shepherd @shepherdsworld.bsky.social · 25/06/2025

And if you want to watch it "not pan out", here's a reddit post. www.reddit.com/r/Experience...

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My new hobby: watching AI slowly drive Microsoft employees insane

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Ed Zitron @edzitron.com · 20/06/2025

"I'm so impressed and scared by this" - a person that could be terrified by peekaboo

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Andrew Shepherd @shepherdsworld.bsky.social · 13/06/2025

James Randi running controlled experiments on water dowsers. This video demonstrates: - People will hold fast to their beliefs, even when presented with incontrovertible evidence to the contrary. - You can be skeptical and at the same time be respectful. youtu.be/PhzyXD5P9no?...

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James Randi in Australia - 45th Anniversary Edition

YouTube video by Australian Skeptics Inc

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