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On the testing/prototyping front. Something I see frequently missed is collecting both qualitative and quantitative data to assess success. Just blindingly picking a metric and saying yay or nay invalidates the whole test and obscures actual results.

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kylie, themeny of the state (spooky),,, @kylie.hater.club · 19h

IN EIGHT MINUTES WE ARE TRYING THIS AGAIN APPARENTLY WHO KNOWS #f1

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Vincent Pickering @vincentp.me · 20h

We could race, buuuuut something something stupid engine rules #F1

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Vincent Pickering @vincentp.me · 02/10/2026

Floating buttons are a plague on modern UI App design. They can get in the sea.

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Vincent Pickering @vincentp.me · 29/09/2026

I would expect power companies next, given the constant complaints about profits versus paying for heating bills.

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Vincent Pickering @vincentp.me · 29/09/2026

Related: www.timeout.com/uk/news/when... The whole "let the businesses run public institutions" failed. It was a direct extraction of resources to shareholders for minimum effort services. Public services in the UK have been on a downward trajectory my entire life.

timeout.com

When will every major UK rail operator be nationalised?

Here’s the full list of operators and the dates they will be taken over by the government.

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Vincent Pickering @vincentp.me · 27/09/2026

This is a "by design" process to distribute power in one direction for all outcomes and it's unlikely the direction will be towards those who need that power most, rather it will consolidate power with those who already have it and don't wish to share.

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Vincent Pickering @vincentp.me · 27/09/2026

POSIWID thoughts on LLMs... 1. A magic box that does a thing, obscures "how" an outcome is arrived at. 2. By obscuring the "how" it removes the power to interrogate that process effectively. 3. Removing the power to interrogate a process effectively, removes equity from the process by design.

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Pavel @spavel.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Every chatbot prompt box says "check answers for accuracy." But increasingly, "humans in the loop" refuse to do that. Instead, they become complicit in the AI industry's project of destroying the provenance of information. But you are person, and it is an app. It can't take responsibility for you.

productpicnic.beehiiv.com

Assigning agency to AI means surrendering your own

Claude is not a colleague, collaborator, or sentient being. It is a SaaS product.

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Vincent Pickering @vincentp.me · 19/09/2026

Is it... finally...Chico Time?

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Vincent Pickering @vincentp.me · 19/09/2026

POSIWID - The purpose of a system is what it does en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_pur...

en.wikipedia.org

The purpose of a system is what it does - Wikipedia

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Vincent Pickering @vincentp.me · 19/09/2026

The new Boy Harsher album is an absolute banger boyharsher.bandcamp.com/album/get-mean

boyharsher.bandcamp.com

GET MEAN, by Boy Harsher

12 track album

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Vincent Pickering @vincentp.me · 18/09/2026

In the future all actors will stand still in a digital room that changes around them while talking earnestly about things, occasionally stopping to comment on the scene change. Budget can stretch to one physical prop that is passed about.

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Ketan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 16/09/2026

HEY EVERYONE - NEW REPORT!!! NVIDIA is the largest company by market cap on the planet. But it hides key climate data, while claiming AI is going to be a 'net benefit' for climate. We (8 groups) put together the first ever broad critique of NVIDIA's climate record: ketanjoshi.co/2026/09/16/n...

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Vincent Pickering @vincentp.me · 16/09/2026

Self regulation never works and is always abused. "Trust me Bro" doesn't cut it Sammy.

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Vincent Pickering @vincentp.me · 15/09/2026

Lol it makes me think of how young kids in school get a sticker for doing a thing, but for adults 🫠

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Vincent Pickering @vincentp.me · 15/09/2026

Cancelled my PS+ and working out a plan to migrate to Steam. I can't really support all these anti-consumer practices Sony is doing anymore

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Vincent Pickering @vincentp.me · 12/09/2026

Make a band Edible: The Pet Shop Saveloys

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Mar Hicks @histoftech.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

when you work at the BPAF but you’re beginning to realize there’s not going to be a successful IPO

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Twonks @twonks.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Spend it wisely

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Vincent Pickering @vincentp.me · 11/09/2026

So this is confirmed cartel behaviour then? Conspire to buy the thing and drive the price up.

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Vincent Pickering @vincentp.me · 08/09/2026

...While simultaneously tying their whole persona to a tech company and its service as the way to do that 🫣

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Vincent Pickering @vincentp.me · 07/09/2026

And thats before we get into the differences between AI and an LLM....

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Vincent Pickering @vincentp.me · 07/09/2026

I really detest when someone writes "AI" on a diagram or document but actually means "Rules based automation". Two entirely different things, with wildly different risks and outcomes that people don't understand are separate and different due to all the propaganda.

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Vincent Pickering @vincentp.me · 06/09/2026

And it doesn't stop once they ignore open standards. This video is worth your time if this subject interests you : youtube.com/watch?v=aLPr... Ignore the thumbnail its supposed to look like that 🫠

m.youtube.com

The Subtle Art of Normalising Dystopia

YouTube video by struthless

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Emily M. Bender @emilymbender.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

Created this for a reply on LinkedIn, but it applies pretty generally, so posting it here, too:

Simpsons "Don't make me tap the sign" meme with the text "Just because you've identified a problem doesn't mean an LLM is the solution" on the sign.

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Vincent Pickering @vincentp.me · 31/08/2026

Remember when the web used to be fun and creative? Do yourself a favour and check out Scotts site then go build your own fun thing. I'm already using this as creative fuel for my own redesign 🧠

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Scott Riley @scott.is · 30/08/2026

it’s not the best website and it won’t convert enterprise clients to innovative agentic saas solutions to boost my bosses’ KPIs but you CAN play a pokémon-inspired game where you use my dog to beat up an LLM.

a web-based 'game boy' (called 'playin boi dadvance') with an intro screen to a game called 'pokellmon beige version'

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Vincent Pickering @vincentp.me · 26/08/2026

All that money to build a better Tamagotchi.

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Vincent Pickering @vincentp.me · 26/08/2026

Quite a lot of the all in one solutions always have some gotcha or caveat it seems. For me personally I have a local server for my music and my wife and kid use a sonos voice activated speaker wired up to Spotify. Separating out the two words made my pain go away 😂

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Vincent Pickering @vincentp.me · 26/08/2026

Have you looked in to Music Assistant and Home Assistant? (Open source) I believe it works with Apple Music as well as locally hosted music. www.music-assistant.io/installation/

music-assistant.io

Installation

Installation guide for Music Assistant

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Vincent Pickering @vincentp.me · 26/08/2026

I'm like that one weird standout that never adopted streaming, its been great seeing people rediscover how owning music and paying artists their fair share is really important. Time to aim for 1000 😀

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Vincent Pickering @vincentp.me · 24/08/2026

Ugh. Accidentally broke my Bsky handle, now gotta wait for the change to propigate and hope I fixed it 🤞

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Vincent Pickering @vincentp.me · 24/08/2026

IBD are advertising an interview with @edzitron.com on Reddit, but they're clearly going for a meme template with the image they are using. This is hilarious. Great marketing.

A blonde female hostbstares blankly at her guest who has his fingers locked together poised to lay some truths down

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Vincent Pickering @vincentp.me · 14/08/2026

I'm endlessly fascinated by Sankey Diagrams.

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Vincent Pickering @vincentp.me · 14/08/2026

<applet> Depreciated, but still lurking, waiting one day to pounce.

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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

“Here’s what we found: Every additional 100kg of vehicle weight was associated with a 6% increase in odds of pedestrian fatality. Every additional 10cm of height was associated with an 11% increase in odds of pedestrian fatality. The relationship was even stronger in lower-speed environments.”

theconversation.com

Big US-style trucks are killing more pedestrians in Australia – our research proves it

Pedestrians are more likely to be killed by heavier cars – and even more so if the vehicle is taller, Australian-first research has found.

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Vincent Pickering @vincentp.me · 10/08/2026

You can always count on MS Teams to just randomly crash in the background because of no reason specifically 🙄

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Vincent Pickering @vincentp.me · 09/08/2026

Sometimes writing a chapter is like painting effortlessly and sometimes its more like sculpture. Slowly chiseling pieces away until you can determine the true form. I'd argue the former is fun but the latter is more satisfying once achieved, but both are needed to keep the writer engaged

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shauna @goldengateblond.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

huh wonder why people are rebelling against this technology oh well guess we’ll never know

Business Insider headline:
Meta CTO says employees should use Al productivity gains to do more work
- not take more time off

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Twonks @twonks.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

Monsters

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Vincent Pickering @vincentp.me · 05/08/2026

Hi-fi walker are great but, expensive if you don't want the bells and whistles: hifiwalker.com/collections/... Fiio are good quality cheaper ones that meet most peoples needs also: www.fiio.com/echomini

hifiwalker.com

DAP/ Hi-Res Audio Player

Discover unmatched sound quality with HIFIWALKER's premium hi-fi MP3 players. Browse our collection of HIFI Bluetooth MP3 Player, Wifi MP3 Player, and MP3 Hi Fi Player today.

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Vincent Pickering @vincentp.me · 05/08/2026

Yeah the HDs often die and also the screens can degrade. It can get quite involved to fix them and costly if it goes wrong. I ended up buying a DAP (Digital Audio Player) instead. There are quite a few good ones and their prices are quite reasonable.

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dapurplesharpie @sharpiepls.com · 04/08/2026

my mom just asked me if my NAS is like "data centers" and after i explained how small-form personal servers worked, she said "okay, that's fine. but if the water bill starts going up, we're going to city council." my mother is 60. yall, AI is so cooked

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Karen VH @designinginward.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

I just jumped the ship from Miro, who I have been a customer of since it was Realtime Boards, to Mural, because Miro's AI features were actively interfering with my work and there is no option to turn them off unless you're on an enterprise plan.

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Vincent Pickering @vincentp.me · 31/07/2026

The American Muscle Roomba Pros - loud engine goes vroom - goes fast in a straight line - your partner will think you are cool Cons - handles poorly round corners - cheap plastic interior - expensive to run

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Vincent Pickering @vincentp.me · 23/07/2026

Work laptops but useable.

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Vincent Pickering @vincentp.me · 20/07/2026

Design but without a mouse.

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Vincent Pickering @vincentp.me · 18/07/2026

I know USD is the most common dollar format. But I really wish services would write USD/AUD/NZD etc next to the $ sign so it's clear what rate you are paying. USD is almost x2 what NZD is for example. Its a big difference and impacts your buying habits.

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