Ruben Åkenes
@rubenakenes.bsky.social
Support is valuable. Do useful stuff with it.
Is there a web agency further North than us @70.9821°? Building stuff at www.vitikka.no
Accessible tourist locations: lettreist.no
Is there a web agency further North than us @70.9821°? Building stuff at www.vitikka.no
Accessible tourist locations: lettreist.no
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Sometimes I think it’s going to be the librarians who will save us all.
November 25, 2025 at 1:47 AM
Sometimes I think it’s going to be the librarians who will save us all.
@hildur.bsky.social please provide a quick guide 🥁
Why yes, @microsoft.com, I will HAPPILY provide you feedback on how exactly I feel about Word right now.
November 21, 2025 at 10:14 PM
@hildur.bsky.social please provide a quick guide 🥁
Murder Prince. Fitting name
Tim Cook was at the state dinner for the murder prince.
Can’t wait for him to be gone as CEO. Please Apple, have someone after him with taste and morals.
Can’t wait for him to be gone as CEO. Please Apple, have someone after him with taste and morals.
November 21, 2025 at 9:24 PM
Murder Prince. Fitting name
Aligned Worldviews and a good price, is always good for business ☺️
That is reasonable, thanks!
After a bit of searching, I'm leaning towards @stormweb.ca, but I'd love to hear from folks who have used them (or anyone) before.
After a bit of searching, I'm leaning towards @stormweb.ca, but I'd love to hear from folks who have used them (or anyone) before.
November 20, 2025 at 7:49 PM
Aligned Worldviews and a good price, is always good for business ☺️
"how dooo they do it".
A close family member kept showing me a tripod he bought for 10$ last month.
"So practical, and so cheap".
When asked where he bought it? "Don't remember".
Which website?
"Don't know".
"But look how practical it is, and only 10$!!".
A close family member kept showing me a tripod he bought for 10$ last month.
"So practical, and so cheap".
When asked where he bought it? "Don't remember".
Which website?
"Don't know".
"But look how practical it is, and only 10$!!".
I remember when there was a discussion on Twitter about Shein's manufacturing practices and some apologists invented all sorts of fantastical machinery and technology to avoid facing the more horrifying truth. Reminds me of this comedian's joke.
IG bscomedian
IG bscomedian
November 20, 2025 at 7:15 PM
"how dooo they do it".
A close family member kept showing me a tripod he bought for 10$ last month.
"So practical, and so cheap".
When asked where he bought it? "Don't remember".
Which website?
"Don't know".
"But look how practical it is, and only 10$!!".
A close family member kept showing me a tripod he bought for 10$ last month.
"So practical, and so cheap".
When asked where he bought it? "Don't remember".
Which website?
"Don't know".
"But look how practical it is, and only 10$!!".
Look for smart functions and turn them off
I didn't find this under Settings>General, I found this under the email account settings. I also had to do it for each individual Gmail account I'm signed into.
November 20, 2025 at 6:33 PM
Look for smart functions and turn them off
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Bellingcat’s contact email has always been a magnet for people with fairly unusual views; paranoid delusions, sprawling conspiracies, the works. But recently, the pattern has shifted, we’re seeing more and more emails clearly written with ChatGPT.
November 19, 2025 at 2:18 PM
Bellingcat’s contact email has always been a magnet for people with fairly unusual views; paranoid delusions, sprawling conspiracies, the works. But recently, the pattern has shifted, we’re seeing more and more emails clearly written with ChatGPT.
Whatever Hoyrror write, is worth reading. Videos worth watching, and that book, pdf or course worth buying.
October 29, 2025 at 8:18 PM
Whatever Hoyrror write, is worth reading. Videos worth watching, and that book, pdf or course worth buying.
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Scientists discover the gene responsible for brand loyalty, apparently
Nigel Newton, CEO of Bloomsbury, telling us why AI is good for publishing with this fun caveat: “We are programmed deep in our DNA to be comforted by the authority and the reliability of big brand names, & that applies more than ever to the names of big writers."
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
AI can help authors beat writer’s block, says Bloomsbury chief
Publisher last week reported jump in revenue in academic and professional arm thanks to AI licensing deal
www.theguardian.com
October 28, 2025 at 11:56 AM
Scientists discover the gene responsible for brand loyalty, apparently
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kids teacher just sent this home as part of an assignment he's doing and i want to smash every computer at the school
October 15, 2025 at 7:45 AM
kids teacher just sent this home as part of an assignment he's doing and i want to smash every computer at the school
MAGA diners ordering wine
MAGA "g'day, do you have any 🇺🇸 wines to go with the brisket?
Waiter Sorry Sir, but it would suit with a red from Provence
MAGA: "SHUT THE FRONT DOOR BOY, YOU GOT PRO VANCE WINE? MAKE IT TWO!"
MAGA "g'day, do you have any 🇺🇸 wines to go with the brisket?
Waiter Sorry Sir, but it would suit with a red from Provence
MAGA: "SHUT THE FRONT DOOR BOY, YOU GOT PRO VANCE WINE? MAKE IT TWO!"
October 13, 2025 at 11:34 AM
MAGA diners ordering wine
MAGA "g'day, do you have any 🇺🇸 wines to go with the brisket?
Waiter Sorry Sir, but it would suit with a red from Provence
MAGA: "SHUT THE FRONT DOOR BOY, YOU GOT PRO VANCE WINE? MAKE IT TWO!"
MAGA "g'day, do you have any 🇺🇸 wines to go with the brisket?
Waiter Sorry Sir, but it would suit with a red from Provence
MAGA: "SHUT THE FRONT DOOR BOY, YOU GOT PRO VANCE WINE? MAKE IT TWO!"
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Lol on LinkedIn I saw a 100% serious, completely not ironic job posting for a part time data scientist... The job is to clean up and fix ai coded machine learning
October 12, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Lol on LinkedIn I saw a 100% serious, completely not ironic job posting for a part time data scientist... The job is to clean up and fix ai coded machine learning
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What 1-3 things, if they go really well, will lead to success even if everything else is mid or bad?
Those are the things you have to focus on.
And if you don’t know the answer, you’re blindly walking around, and therefore will probably fail.
Those are the things you have to focus on.
And if you don’t know the answer, you’re blindly walking around, and therefore will probably fail.
The Important Thing--powerful enough to override all your deficiencies
This is the reason that startups succeed despite their many weaknesses. And it’s a reason to build a startup in the first place.
longform.asmartbear.com
October 5, 2025 at 1:20 PM
What 1-3 things, if they go really well, will lead to success even if everything else is mid or bad?
Those are the things you have to focus on.
And if you don’t know the answer, you’re blindly walking around, and therefore will probably fail.
Those are the things you have to focus on.
And if you don’t know the answer, you’re blindly walking around, and therefore will probably fail.
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September 7, 2025 at 6:11 PM
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For the last few months Duolingo has felt off, like their main goal is no longer to teach me French, but to keep me using the app.
So cancelled the family subscription, I don’t find it as useful anymore
So cancelled the family subscription, I don’t find it as useful anymore
September 1, 2025 at 3:41 PM
For the last few months Duolingo has felt off, like their main goal is no longer to teach me French, but to keep me using the app.
So cancelled the family subscription, I don’t find it as useful anymore
So cancelled the family subscription, I don’t find it as useful anymore
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New in Chrome DevTools: Instantly check CSS feature compatibility with Baseline!
Chrome DevTools now displays the Baseline status for CSS properties right in the Elements panel - Baseline gives you clear info about which web features are ready to use today.
Chrome DevTools now displays the Baseline status for CSS properties right in the Elements panel - Baseline gives you clear info about which web features are ready to use today.
August 22, 2025 at 6:04 PM
New in Chrome DevTools: Instantly check CSS feature compatibility with Baseline!
Chrome DevTools now displays the Baseline status for CSS properties right in the Elements panel - Baseline gives you clear info about which web features are ready to use today.
Chrome DevTools now displays the Baseline status for CSS properties right in the Elements panel - Baseline gives you clear info about which web features are ready to use today.
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Hi, our company has tried out several AI note taking solutions. I can tell you two things:
1) Every product we've tried constantly mischaracterizes meetings (hallucinating new topics, mixing up facts, etc.)
2) Half our employees do not notice the AI mischaracterizing their own meetings.
1) Every product we've tried constantly mischaracterizes meetings (hallucinating new topics, mixing up facts, etc.)
2) Half our employees do not notice the AI mischaracterizing their own meetings.
August 19, 2025 at 1:52 PM
Hi, our company has tried out several AI note taking solutions. I can tell you two things:
1) Every product we've tried constantly mischaracterizes meetings (hallucinating new topics, mixing up facts, etc.)
2) Half our employees do not notice the AI mischaracterizing their own meetings.
1) Every product we've tried constantly mischaracterizes meetings (hallucinating new topics, mixing up facts, etc.)
2) Half our employees do not notice the AI mischaracterizing their own meetings.
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behold the "HTML bomb"
It's a counterattack for AI companies that persistently scrape and rescrape your web site, even when you tell them not to
when a scraper grabs it, it becomes a 10-gig HTML page and 💣 goes the scraper
Item #6 in my latest "Linkfest" newsletter: buttondown.com/clivethompso...
It's a counterattack for AI companies that persistently scrape and rescrape your web site, even when you tell them not to
when a scraper grabs it, it becomes a 10-gig HTML page and 💣 goes the scraper
Item #6 in my latest "Linkfest" newsletter: buttondown.com/clivethompso...
August 5, 2025 at 10:32 PM
behold the "HTML bomb"
It's a counterattack for AI companies that persistently scrape and rescrape your web site, even when you tell them not to
when a scraper grabs it, it becomes a 10-gig HTML page and 💣 goes the scraper
Item #6 in my latest "Linkfest" newsletter: buttondown.com/clivethompso...
It's a counterattack for AI companies that persistently scrape and rescrape your web site, even when you tell them not to
when a scraper grabs it, it becomes a 10-gig HTML page and 💣 goes the scraper
Item #6 in my latest "Linkfest" newsletter: buttondown.com/clivethompso...
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Exactly.
And beyond that it's figuring out why the organization isn't doing what the evidence suggests they should.
Anyone who understands anything about human decision-making gets that *knowing* things is often the least of the problem.
And beyond that it's figuring out why the organization isn't doing what the evidence suggests they should.
Anyone who understands anything about human decision-making gets that *knowing* things is often the least of the problem.
Maybe I'm not as smart as the author here but isn't a consultant's job to interpret this data and tell the company what to do? A powerpoint deck is not the end goal, right? A recommendation is.
(I have only a small amount of consulting experience though)
(I have only a small amount of consulting experience though)
August 2, 2025 at 10:18 PM
Exactly.
And beyond that it's figuring out why the organization isn't doing what the evidence suggests they should.
Anyone who understands anything about human decision-making gets that *knowing* things is often the least of the problem.
And beyond that it's figuring out why the organization isn't doing what the evidence suggests they should.
Anyone who understands anything about human decision-making gets that *knowing* things is often the least of the problem.
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This is analogous to coming up with killer world-changing ideas when drunk or high, and then you look at what you wrote down later and it just says "give birds roller skates"
We ran a randomized controlled trial to see how much AI coding tools speed up experienced open-source developers.
The results surprised us: Developers thought they were 20% faster with AI tools, but they were actually 19% slower when they had access to AI than when they didn't.
The results surprised us: Developers thought they were 20% faster with AI tools, but they were actually 19% slower when they had access to AI than when they didn't.
July 10, 2025 at 9:36 PM
This is analogous to coming up with killer world-changing ideas when drunk or high, and then you look at what you wrote down later and it just says "give birds roller skates"
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the lesson of this isn't that tucker carlson is actually good but that you should ask these people basic factual questions instead of bullshit about politics
WATCH: “You’re a U.S. senator and you don’t know anything about the country you want to topple.”
Tucker Carlson embarrasses @sentedcruz as he pushes for war with Iran
Tucker Carlson embarrasses @sentedcruz as he pushes for war with Iran
June 18, 2025 at 2:52 AM
the lesson of this isn't that tucker carlson is actually good but that you should ask these people basic factual questions instead of bullshit about politics
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My advice to agencies at Cannes: Stop trying to beat Google at tech. Start being the most trusted voice in the room. Read my full take in this week’s Prof G Markets newsletter: www.profgmarkets.com/p/14-weeks-o...
14 Weeks of Pay to Quit Google
www.profgmarkets.com
June 16, 2025 at 4:45 PM
My advice to agencies at Cannes: Stop trying to beat Google at tech. Start being the most trusted voice in the room. Read my full take in this week’s Prof G Markets newsletter: www.profgmarkets.com/p/14-weeks-o...
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American public school districts, rapidly adopting new VC backed hottly promoted technology: Haha fuck yeah!!! Yes!!
American public school districts, experiencing the consequences of their rapid adoption of new VC backed hottly promoted technology: Well this fucking sucks. What the fuck.
American public school districts, experiencing the consequences of their rapid adoption of new VC backed hottly promoted technology: Well this fucking sucks. What the fuck.
May 14, 2025 at 1:30 PM
American public school districts, rapidly adopting new VC backed hottly promoted technology: Haha fuck yeah!!! Yes!!
American public school districts, experiencing the consequences of their rapid adoption of new VC backed hottly promoted technology: Well this fucking sucks. What the fuck.
American public school districts, experiencing the consequences of their rapid adoption of new VC backed hottly promoted technology: Well this fucking sucks. What the fuck.