Marc
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TV & Film technology person. Pro EU. Listener of music. Petrol & EV head. Allergic to ball sports. www.linktr.ee/marcrisby
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Oooh, you mean it's OK to leave, realise it's a mistake, then rejoin? 😉
June 7, 2025 at 4:44 PM
Oooh, you mean it's OK to leave, realise it's a mistake, then rejoin? 😉
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In his newsletter today, Cory Doctorow describes the AI bots that are being lined up to make critical decisions about our lives (medical, educational, financial) as “spicy autocomplete” which is magnificently withering, I think
pluralistic.net/2025/03/18/a...
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Pluralistic: AI can’t do your job (18 Mar 2025) – Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow
pluralistic.net
March 18, 2025 at 7:45 AM
In his newsletter today, Cory Doctorow describes the AI bots that are being lined up to make critical decisions about our lives (medical, educational, financial) as “spicy autocomplete” which is magnificently withering, I think
pluralistic.net/2025/03/18/a...
pluralistic.net/2025/03/18/a...
Breaking: money saving scandal erupts after Elon Musk’s SpaceX caught using Tunnock’s Tea Cake wrappers for parachutes on NASA mission.
March 19, 2025 at 6:14 AM
Breaking: money saving scandal erupts after Elon Musk’s SpaceX caught using Tunnock’s Tea Cake wrappers for parachutes on NASA mission.
Nothing is cooler than Microsoft brands congratulating themselves with 10 year old slang.
March 14, 2025 at 8:02 AM
Nothing is cooler than Microsoft brands congratulating themselves with 10 year old slang.
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The US stock market slump likely has only a little to do with the actual impact of the tariffs imposed to-date.
Instead, it's the market's assessment that the people in charge don't do their homework, don't consider consequences, can't implement, but refuse to let any of that slow them down.
Instead, it's the market's assessment that the people in charge don't do their homework, don't consider consequences, can't implement, but refuse to let any of that slow them down.
March 11, 2025 at 12:06 PM
The US stock market slump likely has only a little to do with the actual impact of the tariffs imposed to-date.
Instead, it's the market's assessment that the people in charge don't do their homework, don't consider consequences, can't implement, but refuse to let any of that slow them down.
Instead, it's the market's assessment that the people in charge don't do their homework, don't consider consequences, can't implement, but refuse to let any of that slow them down.
If there’s one thing we’ve learned from Brexit it’s that adding trade barriers to commerce with our nearest neighbours has zero impact.
March 4, 2025 at 7:59 AM
If there’s one thing we’ve learned from Brexit it’s that adding trade barriers to commerce with our nearest neighbours has zero impact.
Americans using ammunition to measure productivity. They’ll do anything but use the metric system.
Here’s the email everyone is getting from OPM. Embarrassing stuff.
February 23, 2025 at 8:57 PM
Americans using ammunition to measure productivity. They’ll do anything but use the metric system.
This. This.
This.
This.
No matter what I do, I cannot convince the Google algorithm that I have no interest in cars or football. I've never clicked on either in my life and yet every day it'll try to encourage me. 'Go on. Be a man. Conform to your demographic.'
February 16, 2025 at 11:21 PM
This. This.
This.
This.
1. VAT is a tax not a tariff
2. It is not specific to US imports
3. Individual US states often charge a sales tax too
4. Trump is an idiot
2. It is not specific to US imports
3. Individual US states often charge a sales tax too
4. Trump is an idiot
February 14, 2025 at 6:23 AM
1. VAT is a tax not a tariff
2. It is not specific to US imports
3. Individual US states often charge a sales tax too
4. Trump is an idiot
2. It is not specific to US imports
3. Individual US states often charge a sales tax too
4. Trump is an idiot
Before we get a new runway can we make Heathrow a nicer place to be? It should be a welcoming showcase to a great country and less like a post-apocalyptic dystopian film set.
January 29, 2025 at 1:12 PM
Before we get a new runway can we make Heathrow a nicer place to be? It should be a welcoming showcase to a great country and less like a post-apocalyptic dystopian film set.
The Chinese have launched a new more efficient AI and wiped $500B off of NVIDIA’s share price.
Meanwhile Apple can’t make Apple Intelligence work unless you have an American accent.
Meanwhile Apple can’t make Apple Intelligence work unless you have an American accent.
January 27, 2025 at 9:35 PM
The Chinese have launched a new more efficient AI and wiped $500B off of NVIDIA’s share price.
Meanwhile Apple can’t make Apple Intelligence work unless you have an American accent.
Meanwhile Apple can’t make Apple Intelligence work unless you have an American accent.
Good to hear BBC News referring to Trump as ‘the convicted criminal’.
January 20, 2025 at 6:27 PM
Good to hear BBC News referring to Trump as ‘the convicted criminal’.
Trump just claimed to have won two world wars.
Were they involved in WW1 much? Might have missed that day in school.
Were they involved in WW1 much? Might have missed that day in school.
January 19, 2025 at 10:54 PM
Trump just claimed to have won two world wars.
Were they involved in WW1 much? Might have missed that day in school.
Were they involved in WW1 much? Might have missed that day in school.
Breaking News - America gets around ban by reclassifing TikTok as an ‘emotional support animal’.
January 19, 2025 at 6:50 PM
Breaking News - America gets around ban by reclassifing TikTok as an ‘emotional support animal’.
I just rewatched Succession seasons 1-4 again back to back. This is massively reductive but basically the whole show start to finish is Logan (and briefly one other chap) offering Shiv a job that they then don’t give her and Roman delivering killer one-liners.
January 12, 2025 at 8:11 PM
I just rewatched Succession seasons 1-4 again back to back. This is massively reductive but basically the whole show start to finish is Logan (and briefly one other chap) offering Shiv a job that they then don’t give her and Roman delivering killer one-liners.
Remembering when Windows Server had a midlife-crisis tattoo.
January 3, 2025 at 8:41 PM
Remembering when Windows Server had a midlife-crisis tattoo.
I just had to use my landline phone. First I had to remember where it lives. Leaving a note here for future me - it’s behind the printer.
December 30, 2024 at 10:26 AM
I just had to use my landline phone. First I had to remember where it lives. Leaving a note here for future me - it’s behind the printer.
Many of us are reliving our youths with the new Retro Spectrum but are missing the randomness and ritual of loading by cassette. To fill this void I have created a compact random analogue panel (crap) that automatically adds an extra requirement to tweak the tape images you load.
Only £99 + vat
Only £99 + vat
December 29, 2024 at 9:05 PM
Many of us are reliving our youths with the new Retro Spectrum but are missing the randomness and ritual of loading by cassette. To fill this void I have created a compact random analogue panel (crap) that automatically adds an extra requirement to tweak the tape images you load.
Only £99 + vat
Only £99 + vat
Finally a victory for the UK logistics sector!
December 16, 2024 at 9:18 PM
Finally a victory for the UK logistics sector!
Finding Instagram posts that you’ve saved or liked feels like a trip to a Wetherspoons toilet.
a man is sitting at a table with a sign that says `` change my mind '' on it .
ALT: a man is sitting at a table with a sign that says `` change my mind '' on it .
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December 15, 2024 at 10:49 AM
Finding Instagram posts that you’ve saved or liked feels like a trip to a Wetherspoons toilet.
There’s a special place in hell reserved for the designers of software that run on-line parent’s evenings. Hatful crap.
December 12, 2024 at 8:20 PM
There’s a special place in hell reserved for the designers of software that run on-line parent’s evenings. Hatful crap.
Turns out our new smart plugs also unexpectedly read power consumption <geek happy noises>. From this I can tell that the Christmas lights in the kitchen (incandescent) consume around 6x the power of the tree bulbs (LED) in the front room. That’s a saving of 12.5p / day.
December 8, 2024 at 9:26 PM
Turns out our new smart plugs also unexpectedly read power consumption <geek happy noises>. From this I can tell that the Christmas lights in the kitchen (incandescent) consume around 6x the power of the tree bulbs (LED) in the front room. That’s a saving of 12.5p / day.
I was just standing outside Specsavers when a lady asked me if I knew where Specsavers was.
I resisted the obvious.
I resisted the obvious.
December 8, 2024 at 2:44 PM
I was just standing outside Specsavers when a lady asked me if I knew where Specsavers was.
I resisted the obvious.
I resisted the obvious.
‘This movie is brought to you with limited interruptions.’
Adverts, you mean adverts right?
Adverts, you mean adverts right?
December 8, 2024 at 9:32 AM
‘This movie is brought to you with limited interruptions.’
Adverts, you mean adverts right?
Adverts, you mean adverts right?