Jim Finnis
@jfinnis.bsky.social
Computer science lecturer: neural nets, robots, ExoMars PanCam image tools. (@jimfinnis@mastodon.social). Former gamedev. Dysgu Cymraeg. He/him. This is very much my personal account.
Feeling bad for those poor sods stuck on the Irish Sea ferries for ... well, basically forever waiting for the sea state to drop a bit. They've been on the ships for over 12 hours in severe gale conditions.
November 14, 2025 at 9:53 PM
Feeling bad for those poor sods stuck on the Irish Sea ferries for ... well, basically forever waiting for the sea state to drop a bit. They've been on the ships for over 12 hours in severe gale conditions.
If you see this, post a Frankenstein! (Yes, I'm cheating)
October 28, 2025 at 4:27 PM
If you see this, post a Frankenstein! (Yes, I'm cheating)
Not my home, but I know my way around.
October 26, 2025 at 4:49 PM
Not my home, but I know my way around.
They also give me massive Control vibes - @remedygames.com may well have used this (and probably Scarfolk!) as a reference when producing the game's posters:
October 7, 2025 at 3:15 PM
They also give me massive Control vibes - @remedygames.com may well have used this (and probably Scarfolk!) as a reference when producing the game's posters:
Catrin has started referring to the framing ornaments on certificates as "important cress."
October 3, 2025 at 11:30 AM
Catrin has started referring to the framing ornaments on certificates as "important cress."
Post a you from a different era
September 30, 2025 at 9:53 AM
Post a you from a different era
You'll have seen this I'm sure (down in Pontllanfraith):
"Flags, is it?"
"Flags, is it?"
September 9, 2025 at 1:05 PM
You'll have seen this I'm sure (down in Pontllanfraith):
"Flags, is it?"
"Flags, is it?"
Sigmoids really look like exponentials at first.
August 20, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Sigmoids really look like exponentials at first.
Will you little f*ckers just do what you're told!
May 25, 2025 at 5:14 PM
Will you little f*ckers just do what you're told!
Me too. I've put fucking LLMs into Minecraft and now we're having arguments because I'm trying to debug a waypointing bug and they won't move when I suggest it.
May 25, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Me too. I've put fucking LLMs into Minecraft and now we're having arguments because I'm trying to debug a waypointing bug and they won't move when I suggest it.
What’s a movie you think nobody but you and a handful of people have heard of, that you think is a fantastic film?
May 13, 2025 at 9:39 AM
What’s a movie you think nobody but you and a handful of people have heard of, that you think is a fantastic film?
This morning on the prom- check out the camera obscura just hanging in the sky!
April 11, 2025 at 4:44 PM
This morning on the prom- check out the camera obscura just hanging in the sky!
If you see this, quote with flowers from your gallery.
January 26, 2025 at 10:52 AM
If you see this, quote with flowers from your gallery.
Those round jelly blobs filled with "faecal matter" turning up on Australian beaches? Got a great name for them.
January 21, 2025 at 12:49 PM
Those round jelly blobs filled with "faecal matter" turning up on Australian beaches? Got a great name for them.
Post your favourite #DoctorWho - wrong answers only
January 13, 2025 at 5:44 PM
Post your favourite #DoctorWho - wrong answers only
From a hospital museum in Worcester, England. "In the 1900s..."
Took me a few seconds before I realised what it meant, and then I felt as if a light breeze would be enough to scatter my ancient bones to the four corners of the world.
Took me a few seconds before I realised what it meant, and then I felt as if a light breeze would be enough to scatter my ancient bones to the four corners of the world.
December 18, 2024 at 11:15 PM
From a hospital museum in Worcester, England. "In the 1900s..."
Took me a few seconds before I realised what it meant, and then I felt as if a light breeze would be enough to scatter my ancient bones to the four corners of the world.
Took me a few seconds before I realised what it meant, and then I felt as if a light breeze would be enough to scatter my ancient bones to the four corners of the world.
