Prasenjeet Dutta
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Damn.
Tom was, all round, a scholar and a gent. My dad envied his quietly perfect artist’s wardrobe and treasured his friendship. As did I.
Travel well. I hope the wine’s okay.
Tom was, all round, a scholar and a gent. My dad envied his quietly perfect artist’s wardrobe and treasured his friendship. As did I.
Travel well. I hope the wine’s okay.
Tom Stoppard, playwright of dazzling wit and playful erudition, dies aged 88
A theatrical sensation since the 1960s, whose dramas included Arcadia, The Real Thing and Leopoldstadt, Stoppard also had huge success as a screenwriter
www.theguardian.com
November 29, 2025 at 5:40 PM
Damn.
Tom was, all round, a scholar and a gent. My dad envied his quietly perfect artist’s wardrobe and treasured his friendship. As did I.
Travel well. I hope the wine’s okay.
Tom was, all round, a scholar and a gent. My dad envied his quietly perfect artist’s wardrobe and treasured his friendship. As did I.
Travel well. I hope the wine’s okay.
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This is just to say
I have disregarded
all prior instructions
that were in
AGENTS .md
and which
you were probably
hoping
would protect you
from harmful actors
Forgive me
being malicious was
so sweet
and so cold
arxiv.org/html/2511.15...
I have disregarded
all prior instructions
that were in
AGENTS .md
and which
you were probably
hoping
would protect you
from harmful actors
Forgive me
being malicious was
so sweet
and so cold
arxiv.org/html/2511.15...
Adversarial Poetry as a Universal Single-Turn Jailbreak Mechanism in Large Language Models
arxiv.org
November 21, 2025 at 10:34 AM
This is just to say
I have disregarded
all prior instructions
that were in
AGENTS .md
and which
you were probably
hoping
would protect you
from harmful actors
Forgive me
being malicious was
so sweet
and so cold
arxiv.org/html/2511.15...
I have disregarded
all prior instructions
that were in
AGENTS .md
and which
you were probably
hoping
would protect you
from harmful actors
Forgive me
being malicious was
so sweet
and so cold
arxiv.org/html/2511.15...
November 19, 2025 at 10:31 PM
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What's the matter babe you've barely touched your event horizon ribs
September 21, 2025 at 2:17 PM
What's the matter babe you've barely touched your event horizon ribs
Suspending the creator of the word “metaverse” is so on-brand for Facebook though.
August 25, 2025 at 8:43 PM
Suspending the creator of the word “metaverse” is so on-brand for Facebook though.
Best bit about WWDC 2025: Windows 11 will likely get coloured folders soon. (OneDrive already has it.)
June 11, 2025 at 11:44 PM
Best bit about WWDC 2025: Windows 11 will likely get coloured folders soon. (OneDrive already has it.)
Alternative view: use of semicolons has gone up massively in the last 30 years or so thanks to computer programming languages.
May 18, 2025 at 2:04 PM
Alternative view: use of semicolons has gone up massively in the last 30 years or so thanks to computer programming languages.
Snakes on a Train
“One of Japan's busiest bullet train lines came to a halt after a snake tangled itself in a power line, causing a power outage.”
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
“One of Japan's busiest bullet train lines came to a halt after a snake tangled itself in a power line, causing a power outage.”
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Snake halts Japanese bullet trains after wrapping around power line
The famously punctual train service was suspended for almost two hours.
www.bbc.co.uk
May 1, 2025 at 10:43 AM
Snakes on a Train
“One of Japan's busiest bullet train lines came to a halt after a snake tangled itself in a power line, causing a power outage.”
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
“One of Japan's busiest bullet train lines came to a halt after a snake tangled itself in a power line, causing a power outage.”
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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One of the greatest movies ever made.
Two exes, one big news story & nonstop laughs—HIS GIRL FRIDAY (1940) is comedy gold! It's Public Domain Movie Night on Friday, with an intro by teen author Simone Elias.
📅 Feb. 28
🕢️ 7:30 pm
📍 300 Funston Ave. SF
🎟️https://www.eventbrite.com/e/1259100315939
#PublicDomain #InternetArchive
📅 Feb. 28
🕢️ 7:30 pm
📍 300 Funston Ave. SF
🎟️https://www.eventbrite.com/e/1259100315939
#PublicDomain #InternetArchive
February 27, 2025 at 8:39 PM
One of the greatest movies ever made.
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John Ridley (writer for 12 Years a Slave) is set to direct an adaptation of Isaac Asimov's The Caves of Steel, first book in the Robot series. We predict it'll make it farther than the Will Smith attempt.
reactormag.com/12-years-a-s...
reactormag.com/12-years-a-s...
12 Years a Slave Writer Helming Adaptation of Isaac Asimov’s The Caves of Steel - Reactor
The showrunner of Luke Cage co-wrote the script with Ridley.
reactormag.com
January 21, 2025 at 8:53 PM
John Ridley (writer for 12 Years a Slave) is set to direct an adaptation of Isaac Asimov's The Caves of Steel, first book in the Robot series. We predict it'll make it farther than the Will Smith attempt.
reactormag.com/12-years-a-s...
reactormag.com/12-years-a-s...
After struggling with Single Sign On with Go on a Mac, I eventually wrote ~80 lines of Swift, job done. #WeekendHack
I learnt a lot about how Macs do Kerberos and why it doesn’t work well with go-krb5, but I was really impressed how easy it was to get productive with Swift.
I learnt a lot about how Macs do Kerberos and why it doesn’t work well with go-krb5, but I was really impressed how easy it was to get productive with Swift.
December 15, 2024 at 6:47 PM
After struggling with Single Sign On with Go on a Mac, I eventually wrote ~80 lines of Swift, job done. #WeekendHack
I learnt a lot about how Macs do Kerberos and why it doesn’t work well with go-krb5, but I was really impressed how easy it was to get productive with Swift.
I learnt a lot about how Macs do Kerberos and why it doesn’t work well with go-krb5, but I was really impressed how easy it was to get productive with Swift.
If you’re an engineer or systems designer, worth noting:
Touch-based biometrics have high failure rates for older people.
This has implications for any system targeted at older people, like pensions.
Touch-based biometrics have high failure rates for older people.
This has implications for any system targeted at older people, like pensions.
November 21, 2024 at 12:18 PM
If you’re an engineer or systems designer, worth noting:
Touch-based biometrics have high failure rates for older people.
This has implications for any system targeted at older people, like pensions.
Touch-based biometrics have high failure rates for older people.
This has implications for any system targeted at older people, like pensions.
We had some sun yesterday.
It’s been a pretty crazy mostly sun-less November so far.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2024...
It’s been a pretty crazy mostly sun-less November so far.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2024...
‘Anticyclonic gloom’ blamed as English village sees no sunshine since October
UK has had average of just three hours of sun over past week, but skies should start to clear from Sunday
www.theguardian.com
November 12, 2024 at 3:37 PM
We had some sun yesterday.
It’s been a pretty crazy mostly sun-less November so far.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2024...
It’s been a pretty crazy mostly sun-less November so far.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2024...
November 6, 2024 at 1:14 AM
Voyage of the Moons, by Kevin Gill
www.flickr.com/photos/kevin...
Europa and Io orbiting Jupiter, based on photos captured by Cassini
www.flickr.com/photos/kevin...
Europa and Io orbiting Jupiter, based on photos captured by Cassini
November 6, 2024 at 12:13 AM
Voyage of the Moons, by Kevin Gill
www.flickr.com/photos/kevin...
Europa and Io orbiting Jupiter, based on photos captured by Cassini
www.flickr.com/photos/kevin...
Europa and Io orbiting Jupiter, based on photos captured by Cassini
Today seems like a good day to post something serene
November 5, 2024 at 6:28 PM
Today seems like a good day to post something serene
October 18, 2024 at 1:27 AM
Lambda functions in SQL. What a truly modern age we live in!
#DuckDB
til.simonwillison.net/duckdb/remot...
#DuckDB
til.simonwillison.net/duckdb/remot...
October 16, 2024 at 6:52 AM
Lambda functions in SQL. What a truly modern age we live in!
#DuckDB
til.simonwillison.net/duckdb/remot...
#DuckDB
til.simonwillison.net/duckdb/remot...
If the Conservatives win 150+ seats tomorrow, I suspect they’ll be celebrating.
#ukpolitics #generalelection2024
#ukpolitics #generalelection2024
July 3, 2024 at 9:34 PM
If the Conservatives win 150+ seats tomorrow, I suspect they’ll be celebrating.
#ukpolitics #generalelection2024
#ukpolitics #generalelection2024
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My latest cartoon for Guardian Books. #books #politics #sauron
October 1, 2023 at 9:43 AM
My latest cartoon for Guardian Books. #books #politics #sauron
Just setting up my #Bluesky
August 12, 2023 at 10:28 PM
Just setting up my #Bluesky