Christian Sharp
@krsjn.bsky.social
Comms guy at OVHcloud. Films, books, games, nerdery, dad jokes, cats, whisky and London. Sometimes tech and psychology. All views are my own etc.
It's 3pm and silksong isn't live on the PS store yet. Come on!
(ok, I can't actually play it for another four hours or so but still...)
(ok, I can't actually play it for another four hours or so but still...)
September 4, 2025 at 2:04 PM
It's 3pm and silksong isn't live on the PS store yet. Come on!
(ok, I can't actually play it for another four hours or so but still...)
(ok, I can't actually play it for another four hours or so but still...)
Just realised how relieved I am that we're through the difficult era of people saying 'nuh-vidia' and needing to be corrected.
September 4, 2025 at 1:21 PM
Just realised how relieved I am that we're through the difficult era of people saying 'nuh-vidia' and needing to be corrected.
Went to Somerset House and... Ranni? Is that you?
August 19, 2025 at 11:51 AM
Went to Somerset House and... Ranni? Is that you?
So it looks like enshittification is the new Dunbar number, right?
July 22, 2025 at 2:55 PM
So it looks like enshittification is the new Dunbar number, right?
Gee gees to untz untz: Had a great time at Ascot this weekend, despite the heat - helped that our horse won. Maybe the enclosure we were in, but a LOT less rowdy than I suspected it'd be. And A State of Trance on Sunday ... great sets but desperately needed more shade. Avoided sunburn though!
July 14, 2025 at 9:56 AM
Gee gees to untz untz: Had a great time at Ascot this weekend, despite the heat - helped that our horse won. Maybe the enclosure we were in, but a LOT less rowdy than I suspected it'd be. And A State of Trance on Sunday ... great sets but desperately needed more shade. Avoided sunburn though!
Interesting but a sad state of affairs: A freelance writer's experience of payments for content across major global sites. One surprise - a lot of them were more prompt at paying than I'd expected: docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
Seen this @sianysianysiany.bsky.social ?
Seen this @sianysianysiany.bsky.social ?
FWT Publication Freelance Rates Database
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July 14, 2025 at 9:26 AM
Interesting but a sad state of affairs: A freelance writer's experience of payments for content across major global sites. One surprise - a lot of them were more prompt at paying than I'd expected: docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
Seen this @sianysianysiany.bsky.social ?
Seen this @sianysianysiany.bsky.social ?
Very interesting discussions / heresies on AI in PR yesterday with @petemarcus.bsky.social on LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/posts/petema...
Three “AI heresies” for comms and marketing 😱🤖 | Pete Marcus
Three “AI heresies” for comms and marketing 😱🤖
I’m not naturally a contrarian but in recent conversations about AI with our clients and friends in the industry, I’m starting to see a few surprising c...
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July 4, 2025 at 9:25 AM
Very interesting discussions / heresies on AI in PR yesterday with @petemarcus.bsky.social on LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/posts/petema...
Definitely the most interesting thing I've read all month: the impact of AI (and when you use AI) on neural connectivity: www.linkedin.com/posts/jiunn-...
TLDR: Research solo first, bring in AI later or yer brain will rot to pudding.
TLDR: Research solo first, bring in AI later or yer brain will rot to pudding.
People are suffering—yet many still deny that hours with ChatGPT reshape how we focus, create and critique. | Jiunn-Tyng (Tyng) Yeh
People are suffering—yet many still deny that hours with ChatGPT reshape how we focus, create and critique. A new MIT study, “Your Brain on ChatGPT: Accumulation of Cognitive Debt when Using an AI Ass...
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June 17, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Definitely the most interesting thing I've read all month: the impact of AI (and when you use AI) on neural connectivity: www.linkedin.com/posts/jiunn-...
TLDR: Research solo first, bring in AI later or yer brain will rot to pudding.
TLDR: Research solo first, bring in AI later or yer brain will rot to pudding.
If you do nothing else today, take a moment to check out my friend @rebecca-newton.bsky.social's new Substack: substack.com/@thechiefdog...
It's a beautifully written, humane account of work, life and dogs. And with a strapline of 'Mostly well-behaved. Occasionally flatulent.' why wouldn't you?
It's a beautifully written, humane account of work, life and dogs. And with a strapline of 'Mostly well-behaved. Occasionally flatulent.' why wouldn't you?
June 12, 2025 at 8:10 AM
If you do nothing else today, take a moment to check out my friend @rebecca-newton.bsky.social's new Substack: substack.com/@thechiefdog...
It's a beautifully written, humane account of work, life and dogs. And with a strapline of 'Mostly well-behaved. Occasionally flatulent.' why wouldn't you?
It's a beautifully written, humane account of work, life and dogs. And with a strapline of 'Mostly well-behaved. Occasionally flatulent.' why wouldn't you?
Because there just aren't enough games in the world, I'm back playing Elden Ring again. It's *such* a good-looking game on PS5.
June 10, 2025 at 1:04 PM
Because there just aren't enough games in the world, I'm back playing Elden Ring again. It's *such* a good-looking game on PS5.
Nice to have a slightly more low-key awards do at the Oxo Tower last night. Thanks to the Data Centre Review team for hosting us at the DC Excellence Awards - we'll get the next one!
May 15, 2025 at 8:13 AM
Nice to have a slightly more low-key awards do at the Oxo Tower last night. Thanks to the Data Centre Review team for hosting us at the DC Excellence Awards - we'll get the next one!
But god damn, when Sanderson really Sandersons, it reminds you why you read the book in the first place. I've read 1100 pages of almost-filler, only to reach a point like in WoK where I was pausing on the way to work to read more because I HAD TO.
Also - Maya remains my absolute favourite.
Also - Maya remains my absolute favourite.
May 9, 2025 at 3:38 PM
But god damn, when Sanderson really Sandersons, it reminds you why you read the book in the first place. I've read 1100 pages of almost-filler, only to reach a point like in WoK where I was pausing on the way to work to read more because I HAD TO.
Also - Maya remains my absolute favourite.
Also - Maya remains my absolute favourite.
Wind and Truth is *finally* getting exciting. On page 1130. Holy shit Sanderson, I love your work but you need a new editor.
May 9, 2025 at 12:41 PM
Wind and Truth is *finally* getting exciting. On page 1130. Holy shit Sanderson, I love your work but you need a new editor.
A little gutted that the Tate's limited edition Life Membership is actually 25-year membership. It's a good saving but dammit if you sell life membership it should be life membership.
May 7, 2025 at 3:31 PM
A little gutted that the Tate's limited edition Life Membership is actually 25-year membership. It's a good saving but dammit if you sell life membership it should be life membership.
My gym is being refurbished. According to their latest communication, it'll soon have assault bikes and ski ergs. As an sff fan who hasn't been a gym member long, I can only imagine I'll return to some kind of wintry tolkeinesque battle scene with extra cardio.
April 23, 2025 at 5:45 PM
My gym is being refurbished. According to their latest communication, it'll soon have assault bikes and ski ergs. As an sff fan who hasn't been a gym member long, I can only imagine I'll return to some kind of wintry tolkeinesque battle scene with extra cardio.
Can confirm, it works 😂😂
April 23, 2025 at 3:08 PM
Can confirm, it works 😂😂
This is magical
Someone on Threads noticed you can type any random sentence into Google, then add “meaning” afterwards, and you’ll get an AI explanation of a famous idiom or phrase you just made up. Here is mine
April 23, 2025 at 3:08 PM
This is magical
First up on the easter weekend holiday: a very civilised rave at the Royal Albert Hall - thanks @adriatiqque.bsky.social!
April 18, 2025 at 7:45 AM
First up on the easter weekend holiday: a very civilised rave at the Royal Albert Hall - thanks @adriatiqque.bsky.social!
Reposted by Christian Sharp
I’ve been laughing about this all morning
![ChatGPT:
Q:
A father and son are in a car crash. Sadly, the son is killed. The father is rushed to the hospital and as he is laid down on the emergency room table, the doctor looks down and exclaims, "I can't operate on this man, he's my father!" How is this possible?
A:
This is a classic riddle that highlights unconscious gender assumptions.
The answer is: [bolded] The doctor is the man's other father. [/bolded]
This suggests that the son had two fathers, making the doctor his other dad.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:n2i5lkhcqi62xv3edolwvj4j/bafkreif5icmzbfsu5rcvk552stlcay67cymzsgjfxuibvr76vvqrb4bfja@jpeg)
April 17, 2025 at 12:39 PM
I’ve been laughing about this all morning
You might have seen Simon Callow on BBC Breakfast the other day promoting my very talented friend Mitch's film Murder Ballads.
It's a banger - and out today on all the platforms:
linktr.ee/murderballads
Or see the dark comedy horror trailer on IMDB:
m.imdb.com/title/tt1321...
It's a banger - and out today on all the platforms:
linktr.ee/murderballads
Or see the dark comedy horror trailer on IMDB:
m.imdb.com/title/tt1321...
April 15, 2025 at 9:16 PM
You might have seen Simon Callow on BBC Breakfast the other day promoting my very talented friend Mitch's film Murder Ballads.
It's a banger - and out today on all the platforms:
linktr.ee/murderballads
Or see the dark comedy horror trailer on IMDB:
m.imdb.com/title/tt1321...
It's a banger - and out today on all the platforms:
linktr.ee/murderballads
Or see the dark comedy horror trailer on IMDB:
m.imdb.com/title/tt1321...
Reposted by Christian Sharp
Today UK authors are protesting against Meta for stealing our work to train their AI model. Authors earn an average of £7000 per year, we are not rich, and yet a trillion dollar company decided it didn’t want to license our work fairly as it was “too expensive”
Theft is not a valid alternative.
Theft is not a valid alternative.
April 3, 2025 at 8:57 AM
Today UK authors are protesting against Meta for stealing our work to train their AI model. Authors earn an average of £7000 per year, we are not rich, and yet a trillion dollar company decided it didn’t want to license our work fairly as it was “too expensive”
Theft is not a valid alternative.
Theft is not a valid alternative.
That feeling when you suddenly realise that you've used the word 'area' six times in four paragraphs.
a young boy in a yellow shirt is smiling and making a face .
ALT: a young boy in a yellow shirt is smiling and making a face .
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April 3, 2025 at 11:31 AM
That feeling when you suddenly realise that you've used the word 'area' six times in four paragraphs.
LinkedIn's recommendations for events for me. I think we might be safe from the robots for a little bit yet.
March 18, 2025 at 2:26 PM
LinkedIn's recommendations for events for me. I think we might be safe from the robots for a little bit yet.
I could never be this tidy.
March 14, 2025 at 10:29 PM
I could never be this tidy.