dapulli
@basetoo.co.uk
Soon to no longer be a Developer at Oxford Brookes who speaks (types) many languages. Amateur DIYer, gamer, cook, and pro-procastinator.
I integrate things with Kotlin, JavaScript and "containers". Looking for opportunities.
I integrate things with Kotlin, JavaScript and "containers". Looking for opportunities.
Where the rivers Goyt and Tame form the Mersey, as in "Ferry Across the..."
My favorite Twitter prompt was "RT this with your home river," so reskeet this with your home river.
Mine is the Patuxent.
Mine is the Patuxent.
January 12, 2026 at 9:19 PM
Where the rivers Goyt and Tame form the Mersey, as in "Ferry Across the..."
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My favorite Twitter prompt was "RT this with your home river," so reskeet this with your home river.
Mine is the Patuxent.
Mine is the Patuxent.
January 12, 2026 at 7:36 PM
My favorite Twitter prompt was "RT this with your home river," so reskeet this with your home river.
Mine is the Patuxent.
Mine is the Patuxent.
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William Gibson seems the obvious choice, though the situation FEELS more like a Pynchon scenario
which writer do you think most anticipated 'an AI system controlled by the world's richest man is producing pornographic images of a woman murdered on video by US state security'
January 9, 2026 at 10:45 AM
William Gibson seems the obvious choice, though the situation FEELS more like a Pynchon scenario
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The Conscience of a Hacker, also known as The Hacker Manifesto, turns 40 today!
Written by Loyd "The Mentor" Blankenship, its spirit still resonates with hackers and makers everywhere. A cornerstone of hacker culture.
phrack.org/issues/7/3
#HackThePlanet #HackerManifesto
Written by Loyd "The Mentor" Blankenship, its spirit still resonates with hackers and makers everywhere. A cornerstone of hacker culture.
phrack.org/issues/7/3
#HackThePlanet #HackerManifesto
January 8, 2026 at 10:11 PM
The Conscience of a Hacker, also known as The Hacker Manifesto, turns 40 today!
Written by Loyd "The Mentor" Blankenship, its spirit still resonates with hackers and makers everywhere. A cornerstone of hacker culture.
phrack.org/issues/7/3
#HackThePlanet #HackerManifesto
Written by Loyd "The Mentor" Blankenship, its spirit still resonates with hackers and makers everywhere. A cornerstone of hacker culture.
phrack.org/issues/7/3
#HackThePlanet #HackerManifesto
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It's completely unacceptable in every sense, except the very literal one, in which we are going to accept it.
Keir Starmer's spokesman tells me that X and Grok's creation of sexual deepfakes of children is "completely unacceptable" but again won't commit to taking direct action against them, or to stop posting there.
Says "all options are on the table" but suggests it's a matter for Ofcom, not Government
Says "all options are on the table" but suggests it's a matter for Ofcom, not Government
January 7, 2026 at 1:21 PM
It's completely unacceptable in every sense, except the very literal one, in which we are going to accept it.
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I’m not sure “there’s nothing we can do about the sexual abuse image factory ask OfCom” is going to hold much water as a line taken by a government which (a) has a huge majority (b) just passed legislation to regulate what people can access online
Keir Starmer's spokesman tells me that X and Grok's creation of sexual deepfakes of children is "completely unacceptable" but again won't commit to taking direct action against them, or to stop posting there.
Says "all options are on the table" but suggests it's a matter for Ofcom, not Government
Says "all options are on the table" but suggests it's a matter for Ofcom, not Government
January 7, 2026 at 1:29 PM
I’m not sure “there’s nothing we can do about the sexual abuse image factory ask OfCom” is going to hold much water as a line taken by a government which (a) has a huge majority (b) just passed legislation to regulate what people can access online
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The explosion of popularity of LLMs — and the trust people put in them — indicates that the claimed death of expertise is overblown: people really do want (perceived) expertise. They just don’t like the experts. They want experts who will agree with their priors, and chatbots are the perfect vehicle
He put his complete trust in a chat bot that turned him into a savage murderer.
Disturbing Messages Show ChatGPT Encouraging a Murder, Lawsuit Alleges
A lawsuit against OpenAI reveals the chilling ChatGPT messages that drove a middle aged man to kill his 83-year-old mother.
trib.al
January 4, 2026 at 2:49 PM
The explosion of popularity of LLMs — and the trust people put in them — indicates that the claimed death of expertise is overblown: people really do want (perceived) expertise. They just don’t like the experts. They want experts who will agree with their priors, and chatbots are the perfect vehicle
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The year is 2003. I’m 17 years old. I’m watching Democrats fail to appropriately oppose an illegal war for oil.
The year is 2026. I’m 40 years old. I’m watching Democrats fail to appropriately oppose an illegal war for oil.
The year is 2026. I’m 40 years old. I’m watching Democrats fail to appropriately oppose an illegal war for oil.
January 3, 2026 at 9:32 PM
The year is 2003. I’m 17 years old. I’m watching Democrats fail to appropriately oppose an illegal war for oil.
The year is 2026. I’m 40 years old. I’m watching Democrats fail to appropriately oppose an illegal war for oil.
The year is 2026. I’m 40 years old. I’m watching Democrats fail to appropriately oppose an illegal war for oil.
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In my day we used manufacture consent for illegal military action, but I suppose the president never was big on consent.
January 3, 2026 at 4:42 PM
In my day we used manufacture consent for illegal military action, but I suppose the president never was big on consent.
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One funny thing Elon Musk figured out about the media is if, instead of providing comment to reporters, you email back an automated reply saying "go fuck yourself," the reporters will just invent their own plausible-sounding defense of your conduct to balance their stories instead of punishing you
January 2, 2026 at 9:29 PM
One funny thing Elon Musk figured out about the media is if, instead of providing comment to reporters, you email back an automated reply saying "go fuck yourself," the reporters will just invent their own plausible-sounding defense of your conduct to balance their stories instead of punishing you
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This is the thing.
At any point when writing about Grok or any other LLM, you can replace the name of the LLM with "the computer" without any loss in meaning.
If you would not write "the computer apologized", then you should not write "Grok apologized".
At any point when writing about Grok or any other LLM, you can replace the name of the LLM with "the computer" without any loss in meaning.
If you would not write "the computer apologized", then you should not write "Grok apologized".
Saying "Grok apologized" is like saying "my phone predictive text chose words that look like apology."
January 2, 2026 at 4:08 PM
This is the thing.
At any point when writing about Grok or any other LLM, you can replace the name of the LLM with "the computer" without any loss in meaning.
If you would not write "the computer apologized", then you should not write "Grok apologized".
At any point when writing about Grok or any other LLM, you can replace the name of the LLM with "the computer" without any loss in meaning.
If you would not write "the computer apologized", then you should not write "Grok apologized".
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Having Grok issue an “apology” is not just insulting and stupid (obviously Grok cannot actually “regret” anything, deeply or otherwise) but cowardly: It asks us to assign responsibility to an unconscious piece of software rather than the humans and institutions who should actually be blamed.
January 2, 2026 at 3:12 AM
Having Grok issue an “apology” is not just insulting and stupid (obviously Grok cannot actually “regret” anything, deeply or otherwise) but cowardly: It asks us to assign responsibility to an unconscious piece of software rather than the humans and institutions who should actually be blamed.
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AI CEOs: why aren't people more pro-AI?!
also AI CEOs: we have invented the automated revenge porn machine
also AI CEOs: we have invented the automated revenge porn machine
January 1, 2026 at 2:06 PM
AI CEOs: why aren't people more pro-AI?!
also AI CEOs: we have invented the automated revenge porn machine
also AI CEOs: we have invented the automated revenge porn machine
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Here's another one I like. This one's from Sam Morril:
December 31, 2025 at 7:23 PM
Here's another one I like. This one's from Sam Morril:
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meanwhile.... medicine has taken INSANE leaps and bounds in the last 2 years.
we're out here curing HIV and leukemia and creating 100% efficacy vaccines against all sorts of cancers, and now this??
between this and renewable energy outstripping fossil fuels in efficiency, the future is bright
we're out here curing HIV and leukemia and creating 100% efficacy vaccines against all sorts of cancers, and now this??
between this and renewable energy outstripping fossil fuels in efficiency, the future is bright
Wanna see real-life miracles? Fund scientific research.
A team of US scientists just cured Alzheimer’s in mice — and there is now hope that the disease can be reversed in humans.
futurism.com/health-medic...
A team of US scientists just cured Alzheimer’s in mice — and there is now hope that the disease can be reversed in humans.
futurism.com/health-medic...
Alzheimer's Fully Reversed in Mice, Scientists Say
A new compound has been shown to reverse late stage Alzheimer's disease in lab mice, which gives millions of sufferers new cause for hope.
futurism.com
December 31, 2025 at 3:03 AM
meanwhile.... medicine has taken INSANE leaps and bounds in the last 2 years.
we're out here curing HIV and leukemia and creating 100% efficacy vaccines against all sorts of cancers, and now this??
between this and renewable energy outstripping fossil fuels in efficiency, the future is bright
we're out here curing HIV and leukemia and creating 100% efficacy vaccines against all sorts of cancers, and now this??
between this and renewable energy outstripping fossil fuels in efficiency, the future is bright
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Just watched the new Knives Out and I think it's really important you know that the scene in the Seminary's Gym is filmed in the same place Rick Astley filmed the music video for Never Gonna Give You Up.
I saw the window tracery and immediately made my friends pause the film so I could tell them.
I saw the window tracery and immediately made my friends pause the film so I could tell them.
December 29, 2025 at 1:11 PM
Just watched the new Knives Out and I think it's really important you know that the scene in the Seminary's Gym is filmed in the same place Rick Astley filmed the music video for Never Gonna Give You Up.
I saw the window tracery and immediately made my friends pause the film so I could tell them.
I saw the window tracery and immediately made my friends pause the film so I could tell them.
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A podcast that is only, or primarily, on YouTube isn’t a podcast if you can’t watch that video without being on YouTube. The word “podcast” specifically *means* not being beholden to any tech giants like YouTube/Google/Alphabet. anildash.com/2024/02/05/w...
December 27, 2025 at 7:18 PM
A podcast that is only, or primarily, on YouTube isn’t a podcast if you can’t watch that video without being on YouTube. The word “podcast” specifically *means* not being beholden to any tech giants like YouTube/Google/Alphabet. anildash.com/2024/02/05/w...
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Anyway. They spent the last decade telling us STEM degrees were the future and the Humanities were worthless then they spent hundreds of billions of dollars to build a glitchy Humanities robot.
December 26, 2025 at 5:38 AM
Anyway. They spent the last decade telling us STEM degrees were the future and the Humanities were worthless then they spent hundreds of billions of dollars to build a glitchy Humanities robot.
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Man said, "Tiny Tim, is this the end? Can this chaos not be reversed into the Universe once more? Can that not be done?"
And Tiny Tim, who did NOT die, answered: "THERE IS AS YET INSUFFICIENT DATA FOR A MEANINGFUL ANSWER."
And Tiny Tim, who did NOT die, answered: "THERE IS AS YET INSUFFICIENT DATA FOR A MEANINGFUL ANSWER."
And Tiny Tim, who did NOT die, has esprit up to here and is preparing to carry out his third mission of the night. He is zeroing in on his home base, CosaNostra Pizza #3569, cranking up the left lane of CSV-5 at a hundred and twenty kilometers. His car is an invisible black lozenge, just a dark plac
And Tiny Tim, who did NOT die, entered another dimension. A dimension not only of sight and sound, but of mind. A journey into a wondrous land of imagination. Next stop, the Twilight Zone!
December 25, 2025 at 7:32 AM
Man said, "Tiny Tim, is this the end? Can this chaos not be reversed into the Universe once more? Can that not be done?"
And Tiny Tim, who did NOT die, answered: "THERE IS AS YET INSUFFICIENT DATA FOR A MEANINGFUL ANSWER."
And Tiny Tim, who did NOT die, answered: "THERE IS AS YET INSUFFICIENT DATA FOR A MEANINGFUL ANSWER."
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You are painting a vision of a future in which teachers create lessons with "A.i.," students complete them with "A.i.," and teachers grade them with "A.i."
No learning takes place under this system.
The only benefactors of this system are the corporations being paid for the "A.i." products.
No learning takes place under this system.
The only benefactors of this system are the corporations being paid for the "A.i." products.
December 24, 2025 at 3:51 AM
You are painting a vision of a future in which teachers create lessons with "A.i.," students complete them with "A.i.," and teachers grade them with "A.i."
No learning takes place under this system.
The only benefactors of this system are the corporations being paid for the "A.i." products.
No learning takes place under this system.
The only benefactors of this system are the corporations being paid for the "A.i." products.
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AI is often sold as 'do something you already know how to do more efficiently' but is often bought as 'do something you don't know how to do with no idea if you are doing it efficiently at all'
December 21, 2025 at 9:33 PM
AI is often sold as 'do something you already know how to do more efficiently' but is often bought as 'do something you don't know how to do with no idea if you are doing it efficiently at all'
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This, very very hard. None of my primary sources are digitised, except the ones I have made so. Many of the finding aids to my sources are not even digitised.
AI is so supremely limited.
AI is so supremely limited.
December 21, 2025 at 9:00 PM
This, very very hard. None of my primary sources are digitised, except the ones I have made so. Many of the finding aids to my sources are not even digitised.
AI is so supremely limited.
AI is so supremely limited.
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Cinema will find a way. 💕
December 6, 2025 at 3:42 PM
Cinema will find a way. 💕
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They don't want to be creators, they want to have what they perceive as the cultural status that creators have, without doing the work for it.
A lot of them also think we make a lot more money than we do, which they want as well.
A lot of them also think we make a lot more money than we do, which they want as well.
December 20, 2025 at 10:46 PM
They don't want to be creators, they want to have what they perceive as the cultural status that creators have, without doing the work for it.
A lot of them also think we make a lot more money than we do, which they want as well.
A lot of them also think we make a lot more money than we do, which they want as well.
The #1 movie when you were 10 years old is how your 2026 is going to go.
December 19, 2025 at 11:11 PM
The #1 movie when you were 10 years old is how your 2026 is going to go.