Richard Griffiths
@dectentoo.bsky.social
Lapsed dev, agile student, drummer, sci-fi fan. Tenor. Knowledge of 1970's, 80's, 90's kids TV. Proofreader and indexer. Typos my own. Also on mastodon.ie.
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Richard Griffiths
@dectentoo.bsky.social
· Jun 29
a black and white photo of a man standing in front of a sign that says you are now in bedford falls
Alt: A black and white photo of a man standing in front of a sign that says you are now in bedford falls, from the movie "it's a Wonderful Life". "Strange, isn't it? Each man's life touches so many other lives. And when he isn't around he leaves an awful hole, doesn't he?"
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Movie you’ve watched more than six times with a gif #ChickenSoupForTheSoul
Every Sprint is a small experiment to learn faster than the risk can grow. Scrum is risk management disguised as teamwork. #Scrum #Agile #Leadership #Risk
November 12, 2025 at 2:13 PM
Every Sprint is a small experiment to learn faster than the risk can grow. Scrum is risk management disguised as teamwork. #Scrum #Agile #Leadership #Risk
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Remember, it’s technically only imposter syndrome if you’re good at things
a shooting star with the words " the more you know " behind it
ALT: a shooting star with the words " the more you know " behind it
media.tenor.com
November 10, 2025 at 11:49 PM
Remember, it’s technically only imposter syndrome if you’re good at things
Command-and-control “Scrum” is just waterfall with stand-ups. It's supposed to be about controlling risk, not controlling people. #Scrum #Agile #Leadership #Risk
November 10, 2025 at 2:12 PM
Command-and-control “Scrum” is just waterfall with stand-ups. It's supposed to be about controlling risk, not controlling people. #Scrum #Agile #Leadership #Risk
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I honestly don’t get the value of this company. They hoover up energy and water. Their product constantly gets things wrong and, in extreme cases, coaches people into suicide.
And it’s all built on what seems to be malicious and vast intellectual property theft.
What does OpenAI offer the world?
And it’s all built on what seems to be malicious and vast intellectual property theft.
What does OpenAI offer the world?
“authors & publishers who filed a lawsuit against the Sam Altman-led firm have secured access to internal Slack messages… discussing the mass deletion of a pirated books dataset… A NY district court ordered OpenAI to hand over the communications regarding data deletion”
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OpenAI in Danger After Authors Suing It Gain Access to Its Internal Slack Messages
Authors and publishers, who are suing OpenAI, secured access to internal Slack messages and emails discussing the deletion of pirated books.
futurism.com
November 9, 2025 at 7:35 AM
I honestly don’t get the value of this company. They hoover up energy and water. Their product constantly gets things wrong and, in extreme cases, coaches people into suicide.
And it’s all built on what seems to be malicious and vast intellectual property theft.
What does OpenAI offer the world?
And it’s all built on what seems to be malicious and vast intellectual property theft.
What does OpenAI offer the world?
Scrum doesn’t remove uncertainty; it helps you manage it. Every event is a checkpoint against risk, not a leash on people. #Scrum #Agile #Leadership #Risk
November 7, 2025 at 2:11 PM
Scrum doesn’t remove uncertainty; it helps you manage it. Every event is a checkpoint against risk, not a leash on people. #Scrum #Agile #Leadership #Risk
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If I ran a sandwich shop, I would absolutely be reordering the menu by range and lethality.
November 6, 2025 at 11:41 PM
If I ran a sandwich shop, I would absolutely be reordering the menu by range and lethality.
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Hello what no sorry I can’t hear you I’m saving up to buy this now and everything else is a footnote. £349 is a perfectly reasonable price to spend on an ornament what no sorry can’t hear you.
November 6, 2025 at 10:18 PM
Hello what no sorry I can’t hear you I’m saving up to buy this now and everything else is a footnote. £349 is a perfectly reasonable price to spend on an ornament what no sorry can’t hear you.
Scrum wasn’t built to control people—it was built to stop chaos before it starts. Big difference. #Scrum #Agile #Leadership #Risk
November 5, 2025 at 2:11 PM
Scrum wasn’t built to control people—it was built to stop chaos before it starts. Big difference. #Scrum #Agile #Leadership #Risk
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A huge boost for the United States to receive a direct cable link to West Cork. #SpeirGorm
Amazon launches 'Fastnet' underwater cable connecting Cork and the US
Transatlantic subsea fibre optic cable will be operational by 2028
www.irishexaminer.com
November 4, 2025 at 5:40 PM
A huge boost for the United States to receive a direct cable link to West Cork. #SpeirGorm
Ah, now. I just heard my first Christmas advert on the radio. A bit early for Mariah Carey to be defrosting. #SpéirGorm
November 3, 2025 at 3:11 PM
Ah, now. I just heard my first Christmas advert on the radio. A bit early for Mariah Carey to be defrosting. #SpéirGorm
The daily scrum/standup/whatever isn’t for control; it’s for synchronization. The Review isn’t for judgment; it’s for learning. Scrum isn’t about control—it’s about risk management through transparency. #Scrum #Agile #Leadership #Risk
November 3, 2025 at 2:11 PM
The daily scrum/standup/whatever isn’t for control; it’s for synchronization. The Review isn’t for judgment; it’s for learning. Scrum isn’t about control—it’s about risk management through transparency. #Scrum #Agile #Leadership #Risk
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"Cat Herders" is a remarkable piece of advertising history. But, more importantly, it's a case study in how creative work can transform a company's fortune.
Enjoy the video and see scottgraffius.com/blog/files/c... for details.
#CatHerders #HerdingCats #Tech #Technology #Cat #Cats #Idiom
Enjoy the video and see scottgraffius.com/blog/files/c... for details.
#CatHerders #HerdingCats #Tech #Technology #Cat #Cats #Idiom
November 3, 2025 at 3:26 AM
"Cat Herders" is a remarkable piece of advertising history. But, more importantly, it's a case study in how creative work can transform a company's fortune.
Enjoy the video and see scottgraffius.com/blog/files/c... for details.
#CatHerders #HerdingCats #Tech #Technology #Cat #Cats #Idiom
Enjoy the video and see scottgraffius.com/blog/files/c... for details.
#CatHerders #HerdingCats #Tech #Technology #Cat #Cats #Idiom
Feast of All Souls, at St Batholomew, Dublin. Faure
November 2, 2025 at 11:24 AM
Feast of All Souls, at St Batholomew, Dublin. Faure
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Wed: “Our migration numbers are too high”-Simon Harris
Thurs: “Taoiseach and Donohoe back Tánaiste’s remarks that numbers migrating to Ireland are ‘too high’”
Fri: ”migration numbers too high outside of international protection…as well”-Simon Harris
*Arson attack on infants in IPAS centre.*
Thurs: “Taoiseach and Donohoe back Tánaiste’s remarks that numbers migrating to Ireland are ‘too high’”
Fri: ”migration numbers too high outside of international protection…as well”-Simon Harris
*Arson attack on infants in IPAS centre.*
November 1, 2025 at 1:14 PM
Wed: “Our migration numbers are too high”-Simon Harris
Thurs: “Taoiseach and Donohoe back Tánaiste’s remarks that numbers migrating to Ireland are ‘too high’”
Fri: ”migration numbers too high outside of international protection…as well”-Simon Harris
*Arson attack on infants in IPAS centre.*
Thurs: “Taoiseach and Donohoe back Tánaiste’s remarks that numbers migrating to Ireland are ‘too high’”
Fri: ”migration numbers too high outside of international protection…as well”-Simon Harris
*Arson attack on infants in IPAS centre.*
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The last survivor of the Crimean War died in 2004.
"Timothy" spent 40 years in the Navy. After retirement, having moved in with the Earl of Devon, she revealed she was a girl.
She would wander round his garden wearing a sign that said. "My name is Timothy. I am very old. Pease do not pick me up".
"Timothy" spent 40 years in the Navy. After retirement, having moved in with the Earl of Devon, she revealed she was a girl.
She would wander round his garden wearing a sign that said. "My name is Timothy. I am very old. Pease do not pick me up".
October 31, 2025 at 12:48 PM
The last survivor of the Crimean War died in 2004.
"Timothy" spent 40 years in the Navy. After retirement, having moved in with the Earl of Devon, she revealed she was a girl.
She would wander round his garden wearing a sign that said. "My name is Timothy. I am very old. Pease do not pick me up".
"Timothy" spent 40 years in the Navy. After retirement, having moved in with the Earl of Devon, she revealed she was a girl.
She would wander round his garden wearing a sign that said. "My name is Timothy. I am very old. Pease do not pick me up".
If your Scrum process feels like control, you’re doing it wrong. Scrum is a flashlight, not a leash. #Scrum #Agile #Leadership #Risk
October 31, 2025 at 2:11 PM
If your Scrum process feels like control, you’re doing it wrong. Scrum is a flashlight, not a leash. #Scrum #Agile #Leadership #Risk
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Reject modernity, embrace tradition
October 31, 2025 at 9:55 AM
Reject modernity, embrace tradition
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I love how sometimes a picture really is a 1000 words.
(Posted on IG by Cork Rebels Support, no credit given for the artist)
(Posted on IG by Cork Rebels Support, no credit given for the artist)
October 31, 2025 at 9:39 AM
I love how sometimes a picture really is a 1000 words.
(Posted on IG by Cork Rebels Support, no credit given for the artist)
(Posted on IG by Cork Rebels Support, no credit given for the artist)
Scrum isn’t about controlling people; it’s about controlling risk. The roles, and artifacts all exist to make uncertainty visible before it becomes expensive. #Scrum #Agile #Leadership #Risk
October 29, 2025 at 2:10 PM
Scrum isn’t about controlling people; it’s about controlling risk. The roles, and artifacts all exist to make uncertainty visible before it becomes expensive. #Scrum #Agile #Leadership #Risk
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Chatbots — LLMs — do not know facts and are not designed to be able to accurately answer factual questions. They are designed to find and mimic patterns of words, probabilistically. When they’re “right” it’s because correct things are often written down, so those patterns are frequent. That’s all.
June 19, 2025 at 11:21 AM
Chatbots — LLMs — do not know facts and are not designed to be able to accurately answer factual questions. They are designed to find and mimic patterns of words, probabilistically. When they’re “right” it’s because correct things are often written down, so those patterns are frequent. That’s all.
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You have one week to opt out or become fodder for LinkedIn AI training
You have one week to opt out or become fodder for LinkedIn AI training
Nations previously exempt from scraping now in the firing line
If you thought living in Europe, Canada, or Hong Kong meant you were protected from having LinkedIn scrape your posts to train its AI, think again. You have a week to opt out before the Microsoft subsidiary assumes you're fine with it.…
dlvr.it
October 27, 2025 at 3:20 PM
You have one week to opt out or become fodder for LinkedIn AI training
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As November approaches, never forget that the BBC pinned a poppy on Cookie Monster.
"YPRES MAKE COOKIE MONSTER SAD. NO COOKIES AT SOMME."
"YPRES MAKE COOKIE MONSTER SAD. NO COOKIES AT SOMME."
October 27, 2024 at 4:55 PM
As November approaches, never forget that the BBC pinned a poppy on Cookie Monster.
"YPRES MAKE COOKIE MONSTER SAD. NO COOKIES AT SOMME."
"YPRES MAKE COOKIE MONSTER SAD. NO COOKIES AT SOMME."