Ivan Theodoulou
@ivanofhk.bsky.social
Public Relations in Hong Kong. Two Cats. Two Dogs. Founder of @eightpr.com.
Social media cleaning and password refresh month has commenced.
June 3, 2025 at 11:15 PM
Social media cleaning and password refresh month has commenced.
Maybe I should give vibe coding a go.
@arstechnica.com Will the future of software development run on vibes?
Accepting AI-written code without understanding how it works is growing in popularity.
arstechnica.com/ai/2025/03/i...
@arstechnica.com Will the future of software development run on vibes?
Accepting AI-written code without understanding how it works is growing in popularity.
arstechnica.com/ai/2025/03/i...
Will the future of software development run on vibes?
Accepting AI-written code without understanding how it works is growing in popularity.
arstechnica.com
March 6, 2025 at 11:10 PM
Maybe I should give vibe coding a go.
@arstechnica.com Will the future of software development run on vibes?
Accepting AI-written code without understanding how it works is growing in popularity.
arstechnica.com/ai/2025/03/i...
@arstechnica.com Will the future of software development run on vibes?
Accepting AI-written code without understanding how it works is growing in popularity.
arstechnica.com/ai/2025/03/i...
Inside Asian Gaming:
Macau hits new single day post-COVID visitor high of 219,092 arrivals
Macau saw 78,968 arrivals last Tuesday 28 January, rising to 131,856 on Wednesday 29, and 172,733 on Thursday 30, before topping the 200,000 mark on Friday and Saturday.
asgam.com/2025/02/02/m...
Macau hits new single day post-COVID visitor high of 219,092 arrivals
Macau saw 78,968 arrivals last Tuesday 28 January, rising to 131,856 on Wednesday 29, and 172,733 on Thursday 30, before topping the 200,000 mark on Friday and Saturday.
asgam.com/2025/02/02/m...
Macau hits new single day post-COVID visitor high of 219,092 arrivals
Macau has welcomed a new post-COVID single day visitor arrival record during the current Chinese New Year (CNY) Golden Week
asgam.com
February 3, 2025 at 2:15 AM
Inside Asian Gaming:
Macau hits new single day post-COVID visitor high of 219,092 arrivals
Macau saw 78,968 arrivals last Tuesday 28 January, rising to 131,856 on Wednesday 29, and 172,733 on Thursday 30, before topping the 200,000 mark on Friday and Saturday.
asgam.com/2025/02/02/m...
Macau hits new single day post-COVID visitor high of 219,092 arrivals
Macau saw 78,968 arrivals last Tuesday 28 January, rising to 131,856 on Wednesday 29, and 172,733 on Thursday 30, before topping the 200,000 mark on Friday and Saturday.
asgam.com/2025/02/02/m...
The last paragraph of this story by Reuters about the EU paying Intel half a billion € in interest accrued from a 2009 fine reversal is worth noting.
www.reuters.com/technology/i...
www.reuters.com/technology/i...
Intel gets $536 million in interest from 1.06 billion euro EU antitrust fine
U.S. chipmaker Intel has received 515.55 million euros ($536 million) in default interest from EU antitrust regulators related to a 1.06 billion euro fine levied in 2009, EU antitrust chief Teresa Ribera has told EU lawmakers.
www.reuters.com
February 3, 2025 at 1:50 AM
The last paragraph of this story by Reuters about the EU paying Intel half a billion € in interest accrued from a 2009 fine reversal is worth noting.
www.reuters.com/technology/i...
www.reuters.com/technology/i...
The ball is in your court
December 30, 2024 at 6:56 PM
The ball is in your court
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For all intensive purposes, what idioms or colloquialisms do people seem to constantly get wrong?
December 30, 2024 at 2:12 PM
For all intensive purposes, what idioms or colloquialisms do people seem to constantly get wrong?
Haven't heard about Lexmark for a long time.
WSJ: Xerox to Buy Printer Maker Lexmark From Chinese Owners
www.wsj.com/business/dea...
WSJ: Xerox to Buy Printer Maker Lexmark From Chinese Owners
www.wsj.com/business/dea...
Xerox to Buy Printer Maker Lexmark From Chinese Owners
The deal values closely held Lexmark at $1.5 billion, including debt.
www.wsj.com
December 24, 2024 at 9:50 AM
Haven't heard about Lexmark for a long time.
WSJ: Xerox to Buy Printer Maker Lexmark From Chinese Owners
www.wsj.com/business/dea...
WSJ: Xerox to Buy Printer Maker Lexmark From Chinese Owners
www.wsj.com/business/dea...
The Verge
Threads follows Bluesky’s starter packs with curated collections of people to follow.
You’ll be able to find collections on topics like basketball, fashion, food, books, and more.
www.theverge.com/2024/12/12/2...
Threads follows Bluesky’s starter packs with curated collections of people to follow.
You’ll be able to find collections on topics like basketball, fashion, food, books, and more.
www.theverge.com/2024/12/12/2...
Threads follows Bluesky’s starter packs with curated collections of people to follow
You’ll see the collections on your For You feed.
www.theverge.com
December 13, 2024 at 1:56 AM
The Verge
Threads follows Bluesky’s starter packs with curated collections of people to follow.
You’ll be able to find collections on topics like basketball, fashion, food, books, and more.
www.theverge.com/2024/12/12/2...
Threads follows Bluesky’s starter packs with curated collections of people to follow.
You’ll be able to find collections on topics like basketball, fashion, food, books, and more.
www.theverge.com/2024/12/12/2...
Reposted by Ivan Theodoulou
What are the best starter packs you’ve found?
December 4, 2024 at 2:53 AM
What are the best starter packs you’ve found?
Reposted by Ivan Theodoulou
Reposted by Ivan Theodoulou
The European Federation of Journalists (EFJ) which represents over 295,000 journalists in 44 countries has announced it will stop publishing content on Elon Musk’s social media platform, X, from January 20th, 2025
www.thelondoneconomic.com/news/media/e...
www.thelondoneconomic.com/news/media/e...
European Federation of Journalists to stop posting content on X
The EFJ represents over 295,000 journalists in 44 countries.
www.thelondoneconomic.com
December 4, 2024 at 8:02 AM
The European Federation of Journalists (EFJ) which represents over 295,000 journalists in 44 countries has announced it will stop publishing content on Elon Musk’s social media platform, X, from January 20th, 2025
www.thelondoneconomic.com/news/media/e...
www.thelondoneconomic.com/news/media/e...
How awful.
A man died after reportedly being stung by bees while hiking in Tai Po on Tuesday.
Police received a call from a woman at 4:15pm, saying she and her three friends had been attacked by bees on Lai Pek Shan.
news.rthk.hk/rthk/en/comp...
A man died after reportedly being stung by bees while hiking in Tai Po on Tuesday.
Police received a call from a woman at 4:15pm, saying she and her three friends had been attacked by bees on Lai Pek Shan.
news.rthk.hk/rthk/en/comp...
Hiker dies after being stung by bees - RTHK
A man died after reportedly being stung by bees while hiking in Tai Po on Tuesday. Police received a call from a woman at 4:15pm, saying she and her t...
news.rthk.hk
December 4, 2024 at 12:05 PM
How awful.
A man died after reportedly being stung by bees while hiking in Tai Po on Tuesday.
Police received a call from a woman at 4:15pm, saying she and her three friends had been attacked by bees on Lai Pek Shan.
news.rthk.hk/rthk/en/comp...
A man died after reportedly being stung by bees while hiking in Tai Po on Tuesday.
Police received a call from a woman at 4:15pm, saying she and her three friends had been attacked by bees on Lai Pek Shan.
news.rthk.hk/rthk/en/comp...
The cat pics feed is working now.
December 3, 2024 at 11:04 PM
The cat pics feed is working now.
24 million Bsky people.
December 3, 2024 at 10:59 PM
24 million Bsky people.
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I am, incidentally, pretty drunk rn (the job is 24/7!!!). This is the most Korean thing I've ever done.
December 3, 2024 at 4:12 PM
I am, incidentally, pretty drunk rn (the job is 24/7!!!). This is the most Korean thing I've ever done.
The phrase “‘It’s an expensive shoe’”, remains the most damning four-word verdict I've ever heard about a new car and said by a Top Gear audience member.
See 2:18 below
youtu.be/LVOpPy8885k?...
See 2:18 below
youtu.be/LVOpPy8885k?...
Clarkson & Hammond Rank Cars on the Cool Wall | Top Gear
YouTube video by Top Gear
youtu.be
December 2, 2024 at 12:11 AM
The phrase “‘It’s an expensive shoe’”, remains the most damning four-word verdict I've ever heard about a new car and said by a Top Gear audience member.
See 2:18 below
youtu.be/LVOpPy8885k?...
See 2:18 below
youtu.be/LVOpPy8885k?...
A good read.
The Record (Waterloo Region)
Accused Kitchener hacker unmasked after threatening woman online
www.therecord.com/news/waterlo...
The Record (Waterloo Region)
Accused Kitchener hacker unmasked after threatening woman online
www.therecord.com/news/waterlo...
Accused Kitchener hacker unmasked after threatening woman online
Kitchener-based hacker Alexander “Connor” Moucka was unmasked after making threats against a woman on the messaging app Telegram. Moucka threatened Allison Nixon, the chief research officer at Unit221...
www.therecord.com
December 1, 2024 at 3:00 PM
A good read.
The Record (Waterloo Region)
Accused Kitchener hacker unmasked after threatening woman online
www.therecord.com/news/waterlo...
The Record (Waterloo Region)
Accused Kitchener hacker unmasked after threatening woman online
www.therecord.com/news/waterlo...
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A List of Things People Blamed on Short Skirts
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November 30, 2024 at 9:56 PM
A List of Things People Blamed on Short Skirts
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Wowsers!
TechCrunch: Meta plans to build a US$10 billion, 40,000 kilometer subsea fibre optic cable and be the sole owner and user.
techcrunch.com/2024/11/29/m...
TechCrunch: Meta plans to build a US$10 billion, 40,000 kilometer subsea fibre optic cable and be the sole owner and user.
techcrunch.com/2024/11/29/m...
Meta plans to build a $10B subsea cable spanning the world, sources say | TechCrunch
Meta, the parent of Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp, is the second-biggest driver of internet usage globally. Its properties — and their billions of
techcrunch.com
November 30, 2024 at 2:06 AM
Wowsers!
TechCrunch: Meta plans to build a US$10 billion, 40,000 kilometer subsea fibre optic cable and be the sole owner and user.
techcrunch.com/2024/11/29/m...
TechCrunch: Meta plans to build a US$10 billion, 40,000 kilometer subsea fibre optic cable and be the sole owner and user.
techcrunch.com/2024/11/29/m...
Reuters: Exclusive: HSBC pulling back from China credit card business after struggling to expand
'...China is the only market globally where HSBC's wealth and personal banking business is not profitable yet.'
www.reuters.com/business/fin...
'...China is the only market globally where HSBC's wealth and personal banking business is not profitable yet.'
www.reuters.com/business/fin...
Exclusive: HSBC pulling back from China credit card business after struggling to expand
HSBC is pulling back from its credit card business in China eight years after its launch, as the lender struggled to expand and make the enterprise profitable in the world's second-largest economy, sources with knowledge of the matter said.
www.reuters.com
November 29, 2024 at 11:46 PM
Reuters: Exclusive: HSBC pulling back from China credit card business after struggling to expand
'...China is the only market globally where HSBC's wealth and personal banking business is not profitable yet.'
www.reuters.com/business/fin...
'...China is the only market globally where HSBC's wealth and personal banking business is not profitable yet.'
www.reuters.com/business/fin...
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I just had an ENTIRE 6th GRADE CLASS email me with questions about ancient Egypt because their teacher *assigned them to do it.* What in the actual fresh hell? Teachers, there is this magical place called a LIBRARY, full of BOOKS, which have WORDS and KNOWLEDGE. Do your job. Mine ain't this.
November 27, 2024 at 6:02 AM
I just had an ENTIRE 6th GRADE CLASS email me with questions about ancient Egypt because their teacher *assigned them to do it.* What in the actual fresh hell? Teachers, there is this magical place called a LIBRARY, full of BOOKS, which have WORDS and KNOWLEDGE. Do your job. Mine ain't this.
Prediction for the next three years in the tech world.
Power needed. Much more power.
Power needed. Much more power.
a man in a red shirt is giving her all she 's got captain .
Alt: a man in a red shirt is giving her all she 's got captain .
media.tenor.com
November 27, 2024 at 11:13 AM
Prediction for the next three years in the tech world.
Power needed. Much more power.
Power needed. Much more power.