Charis Pollard
@charispollard.bsky.social
Live in the north east with my wife and dog. Massive geek
Without getting in to the rights and wrongs of the card itself, the concept of actually managing to join up different government IT systems at all, let alone ‘beautifully’ feels very far fetched.
It’s been decades and there still isn’t a single health record!
It’s been decades and there still isn’t a single health record!
Imagine being able to log into a single app to view your exam results, your driving license, your health record, your council tax information, beautifully joined up behind the scenes instead of needing to remember different credentials.
We live in a digital age and need to adapt.
We live in a digital age and need to adapt.
Liberal Democrats cannot support mandatory digital IDs. People shouldn't be criminalised just because they don't want to hand over their private data.
September 26, 2025 at 11:03 AM
Without getting in to the rights and wrongs of the card itself, the concept of actually managing to join up different government IT systems at all, let alone ‘beautifully’ feels very far fetched.
It’s been decades and there still isn’t a single health record!
It’s been decades and there still isn’t a single health record!
Wow, I LOVED @ryannorth.ca Fantastic Four out today. Just a proper FF comic. Family, love, science at the extremes. Doesn’t hurt it looks a million dollars too. Had me nearly crying too….
June 25, 2025 at 10:08 PM
Wow, I LOVED @ryannorth.ca Fantastic Four out today. Just a proper FF comic. Family, love, science at the extremes. Doesn’t hurt it looks a million dollars too. Had me nearly crying too….
I am increasingly worried about AI and the use of it to ‘answer questions’ - which it Does Not Do.
Someone at work asked it a specific question and it returned an entirely wrong answer. Someone else used it to draft a contract (which thankfully I’m checking).
Someone at work asked it a specific question and it returned an entirely wrong answer. Someone else used it to draft a contract (which thankfully I’m checking).
June 19, 2025 at 12:10 PM
I am increasingly worried about AI and the use of it to ‘answer questions’ - which it Does Not Do.
Someone at work asked it a specific question and it returned an entirely wrong answer. Someone else used it to draft a contract (which thankfully I’m checking).
Someone at work asked it a specific question and it returned an entirely wrong answer. Someone else used it to draft a contract (which thankfully I’m checking).
Reposted by Charis Pollard
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.
Saw Robert Webb on a street near where I used to live. He was pushing a buggy and when I recognised him I also saw the absolute fear in his eyes that I was about to say something and delay him/upset his child.
I did a minuscule nod and walked by.
I did a minuscule nod and walked by.
Right folks. Feeling rather down at the moment so bringing back an oldie
Please Quote this with your most minor celebrity interaction
Please Quote this with your most minor celebrity interaction
June 13, 2025 at 11:39 AM
Saw Robert Webb on a street near where I used to live. He was pushing a buggy and when I recognised him I also saw the absolute fear in his eyes that I was about to say something and delay him/upset his child.
I did a minuscule nod and walked by.
I did a minuscule nod and walked by.
Reposted by Charis Pollard
If your business model doesn’t work without breaking the law, then you’re not in business.
You’re in organized crime.
You’re in organized crime.
Nick Clegg says asking artists for use permission would ‘kill’ the AI industry
Nick Clegg says asking artists for use permission would ‘kill’ the AI industry
Paul McCartne, Elton John and others signed an open letter.
buff.ly
May 26, 2025 at 9:09 PM
If your business model doesn’t work without breaking the law, then you’re not in business.
You’re in organized crime.
You’re in organized crime.
To get political, the more I reflect on the ‘island of strangers’ stuff, the worse I find it. Apart from the obvious, it implies that people from other lands can never be other than strangers. And that what makes people communities instead of strangers is background rather than social structures
May 14, 2025 at 11:39 AM
To get political, the more I reflect on the ‘island of strangers’ stuff, the worse I find it. Apart from the obvious, it implies that people from other lands can never be other than strangers. And that what makes people communities instead of strangers is background rather than social structures
Unpopular opinion - it’s too hot
24°C here today and I’m sweaty in the office and when I went out for a walk it was too hot for even that exercise. Mostly because (unusually) today there’s no breeze.
Yes I live in the north and so am not accustomed to heat. Still.
24°C here today and I’m sweaty in the office and when I went out for a walk it was too hot for even that exercise. Mostly because (unusually) today there’s no breeze.
Yes I live in the north and so am not accustomed to heat. Still.
April 30, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Unpopular opinion - it’s too hot
24°C here today and I’m sweaty in the office and when I went out for a walk it was too hot for even that exercise. Mostly because (unusually) today there’s no breeze.
Yes I live in the north and so am not accustomed to heat. Still.
24°C here today and I’m sweaty in the office and when I went out for a walk it was too hot for even that exercise. Mostly because (unusually) today there’s no breeze.
Yes I live in the north and so am not accustomed to heat. Still.
April 25, 2025 at 8:23 PM
Have been on holiday with sketch wifi for a couple of weeks. We went cruising in Norway and it was magical
March 30, 2025 at 6:21 AM
Have been on holiday with sketch wifi for a couple of weeks. We went cruising in Norway and it was magical
We have seen Neptune and are now officially in the Arctic Circle!
March 18, 2025 at 2:12 PM
We have seen Neptune and are now officially in the Arctic Circle!
Walking laps of the ship before dinner is stunning, but also a lesson in taking gravity for granted. The ship is pitching so going up and down over waves and that makes you feel squishes at times and at other like I’m literally about to float away. Uncanny and exhilarating
March 16, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Walking laps of the ship before dinner is stunning, but also a lesson in taking gravity for granted. The ship is pitching so going up and down over waves and that makes you feel squishes at times and at other like I’m literally about to float away. Uncanny and exhilarating
Found an exceptional brandy that they’re selling here for the bargain price of £145 A MEASURE 🤯
March 16, 2025 at 10:50 AM
Found an exceptional brandy that they’re selling here for the bargain price of £145 A MEASURE 🤯
This boat is very fancy! Ship. Whatever. We’re spending all day today in the North Sea so will explore boat facilities…
March 16, 2025 at 7:10 AM
This boat is very fancy! Ship. Whatever. We’re spending all day today in the North Sea so will explore boat facilities…
First day of the holiday! Only setting sail this afternoon so plenty of time to finish the packing…
March 15, 2025 at 7:16 AM
First day of the holiday! Only setting sail this afternoon so plenty of time to finish the packing…
This is what baffles me about a lot of use of AI. Typing the question into a search engine takes the same time and is more reliable…
AI search engines are wrong 60% of the time (with Google's Gemini being the absolute worst) www.cjr.org/tow_center/w...
March 13, 2025 at 4:35 PM
This is what baffles me about a lot of use of AI. Typing the question into a search engine takes the same time and is more reliable…
You know how sometimes you get an idea for a paint scheme and you can’t rest until you’ve made it happen… that’s me and Lhykis.
My craftworld is white with purple accents and Phoenix Lords don’t have to match but I like have nods. And that green purple beetle effect was just amazing in my head
My craftworld is white with purple accents and Phoenix Lords don’t have to match but I like have nods. And that green purple beetle effect was just amazing in my head
March 11, 2025 at 9:45 PM
You know how sometimes you get an idea for a paint scheme and you can’t rest until you’ve made it happen… that’s me and Lhykis.
My craftworld is white with purple accents and Phoenix Lords don’t have to match but I like have nods. And that green purple beetle effect was just amazing in my head
My craftworld is white with purple accents and Phoenix Lords don’t have to match but I like have nods. And that green purple beetle effect was just amazing in my head
Day three of migraines… hopefully the last day and at least the magic tablets have been magic.
Definitely linked to work stress and they put a genuine ceiling on my work ambitions. More promotion would mean more stress and more migraines. Good thing I’m not ambitious and don’t want to be CEO!
Definitely linked to work stress and they put a genuine ceiling on my work ambitions. More promotion would mean more stress and more migraines. Good thing I’m not ambitious and don’t want to be CEO!
March 3, 2025 at 6:35 AM
Day three of migraines… hopefully the last day and at least the magic tablets have been magic.
Definitely linked to work stress and they put a genuine ceiling on my work ambitions. More promotion would mean more stress and more migraines. Good thing I’m not ambitious and don’t want to be CEO!
Definitely linked to work stress and they put a genuine ceiling on my work ambitions. More promotion would mean more stress and more migraines. Good thing I’m not ambitious and don’t want to be CEO!
Today in agility we started doing weaves! The early stages are nothing to look at (so no video) but so excited to see this fluffy butt weaving eventually
March 1, 2025 at 2:11 PM
Today in agility we started doing weaves! The early stages are nothing to look at (so no video) but so excited to see this fluffy butt weaving eventually
When you have a really cool idea for a painting scheme AND a method of achieving it in mind and it’s still the morning and you have to actually work before testing it out
a close up of a man with a beard wearing a black jacket and a blue shirt .
ALT: a close up of a man with a beard wearing a black jacket and a blue shirt .
media.tenor.com
February 28, 2025 at 11:02 AM
When you have a really cool idea for a painting scheme AND a method of achieving it in mind and it’s still the morning and you have to actually work before testing it out
Reposted by Charis Pollard
(Rhetorical flourish. I accept that AI is useful for processes that are to do with analysing pattern and probability and sifting data. What it’s not good at is simulating creativity and language, because that isn’t a data-based function in humans. Mistaking it for that is a category error.)
February 28, 2025 at 9:12 AM
(Rhetorical flourish. I accept that AI is useful for processes that are to do with analysing pattern and probability and sifting data. What it’s not good at is simulating creativity and language, because that isn’t a data-based function in humans. Mistaking it for that is a category error.)
I don’t know if I’ll have time or energy for a full #NewComicBookDay thread today (I’ll try but no promises!) but I can’t NOT say that everyone should read Fantastic Four this week. I know @ryannorth.ca must have written it months ago but it couldn’t be more perfect for today. It’s what I needed
February 26, 2025 at 8:59 PM
I don’t know if I’ll have time or energy for a full #NewComicBookDay thread today (I’ll try but no promises!) but I can’t NOT say that everyone should read Fantastic Four this week. I know @ryannorth.ca must have written it months ago but it couldn’t be more perfect for today. It’s what I needed
Just back from seeing Brave New World for a second time. It really held up for me to a second viewing, had an excellent time.
Think it gets criticism for not being something it was never going to be. But if you let go of those expectations it does actually have a lot to say…
Think it gets criticism for not being something it was never going to be. But if you let go of those expectations it does actually have a lot to say…
a man in a captain america costume is holding a shield and saying come and get me
ALT: a man in a captain america costume is holding a shield and saying come and get me
media.tenor.com
February 25, 2025 at 10:46 PM
Just back from seeing Brave New World for a second time. It really held up for me to a second viewing, had an excellent time.
Think it gets criticism for not being something it was never going to be. But if you let go of those expectations it does actually have a lot to say…
Think it gets criticism for not being something it was never going to be. But if you let go of those expectations it does actually have a lot to say…
So… I need to really sort my Stormcast army out, I have many of cool new Aeldari to paint plus a load of other miniatures BUT I have just had the coolest idea for a Seraphon army…
February 25, 2025 at 7:39 PM
So… I need to really sort my Stormcast army out, I have many of cool new Aeldari to paint plus a load of other miniatures BUT I have just had the coolest idea for a Seraphon army…
Weekends work. Building those Vigilors was not fun (building minis is not my favourite part) and painting them will be both fun due to the poses and also fiddly as anything with bows and strings and swoopy cloaks getting in the way.
Also re-glued the Palladors banner. Love that model.
#ageofsigmar
Also re-glued the Palladors banner. Love that model.
#ageofsigmar
February 24, 2025 at 9:51 AM
Weekends work. Building those Vigilors was not fun (building minis is not my favourite part) and painting them will be both fun due to the poses and also fiddly as anything with bows and strings and swoopy cloaks getting in the way.
Also re-glued the Palladors banner. Love that model.
#ageofsigmar
Also re-glued the Palladors banner. Love that model.
#ageofsigmar