Richard Urwin
@soronlin.richard-urwin.co.uk
Writer, technical proof-reader, software engineer
Books:
Artificial Intelligence: The Quest for the Ultimate Thinking Machine -- lay person's introduction
Artificial Intelligence in easy steps -- developer's introduction
WIP:
Return to Fairyland
Books:
Artificial Intelligence: The Quest for the Ultimate Thinking Machine -- lay person's introduction
Artificial Intelligence in easy steps -- developer's introduction
WIP:
Return to Fairyland
There's an xkcd for everything. xkcd.com/208/
Regular Expressions
xkcd.com
November 26, 2025 at 5:04 PM
There's an xkcd for everything. xkcd.com/208/
Add honey or maple syrup for extra taste.
November 25, 2025 at 3:34 AM
Add honey or maple syrup for extra taste.
The air fryer is my friend. One carrot and one parsnip cut like fries, tossed in a little olive oil and a lot of pepper (only a third ends up on the veg, the rest is on your hands and the bowl) air fry for 20 minutes. Add a chicken portion in there although you might want a few more minutes for that
November 25, 2025 at 3:34 AM
The air fryer is my friend. One carrot and one parsnip cut like fries, tossed in a little olive oil and a lot of pepper (only a third ends up on the veg, the rest is on your hands and the bowl) air fry for 20 minutes. Add a chicken portion in there although you might want a few more minutes for that
Our microwave would only break down half-way through the Christmas meal, and it would do it without fail.
November 25, 2025 at 3:22 AM
Our microwave would only break down half-way through the Christmas meal, and it would do it without fail.
Sadly, '418 - I'm a teapot' isn't one of his.
November 16, 2025 at 11:39 AM
Sadly, '418 - I'm a teapot' isn't one of his.
You would have got the same result in 1960 and for much the same reason. The average person knew nothing about how computers worked and had probably never seen one. But the press talked about electronic brains and how they would take over the world.
November 9, 2025 at 1:37 PM
You would have got the same result in 1960 and for much the same reason. The average person knew nothing about how computers worked and had probably never seen one. But the press talked about electronic brains and how they would take over the world.
We can see that even in paleontology. A new change doesn't get a free pass. It is tested to destruction against the status quo. Unless it's an asteroid of course. 3/3
November 7, 2025 at 5:45 AM
We can see that even in paleontology. A new change doesn't get a free pass. It is tested to destruction against the status quo. Unless it's an asteroid of course. 3/3
So change is self-correcting; it requires constant work to gain and maintain distance from the status quo. As we have found with racism, sexism etc, even when we think the job is done, we must keep working. We have to be in it for the long haul. 2/3
November 7, 2025 at 5:45 AM
So change is self-correcting; it requires constant work to gain and maintain distance from the status quo. As we have found with racism, sexism etc, even when we think the job is done, we must keep working. We have to be in it for the long haul. 2/3
The status quo certainly has gravity, but so do changes, and they are closer.
Status quo tends to pull us back, but the further we get from it, the weaker the pull is. The more of us that are committed to change, the more that counteracts the pull of the status quo. 1/3
Status quo tends to pull us back, but the further we get from it, the weaker the pull is. The more of us that are committed to change, the more that counteracts the pull of the status quo. 1/3
November 7, 2025 at 5:45 AM
The status quo certainly has gravity, but so do changes, and they are closer.
Status quo tends to pull us back, but the further we get from it, the weaker the pull is. The more of us that are committed to change, the more that counteracts the pull of the status quo. 1/3
Status quo tends to pull us back, but the further we get from it, the weaker the pull is. The more of us that are committed to change, the more that counteracts the pull of the status quo. 1/3
I'm a real-time control software engineer. If I built something like that in industry, I would be fired at the very least, possibly imprisoned.
Ignoring the fact that it should work offline, it absolutely must fail safe.
Ignoring the fact that it should work offline, it absolutely must fail safe.
October 24, 2025 at 1:07 PM
I'm a real-time control software engineer. If I built something like that in industry, I would be fired at the very least, possibly imprisoned.
Ignoring the fact that it should work offline, it absolutely must fail safe.
Ignoring the fact that it should work offline, it absolutely must fail safe.
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October 22, 2025 at 4:13 PM
UHT Milk. Has a shelf-life of months, unrefrigerated. At prices like this, you could afford to rebuy it when it goes out of date.
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What do you call a fanfiction author who has paid for none of the books that they are writing fanfiction of?
October 22, 2025 at 4:17 AM
What do you call a fanfiction author who has paid for none of the books that they are writing fanfiction of?
I can literally never hear the word innuendo without asking the same question: in who's endo?
October 20, 2025 at 9:09 PM
I can literally never hear the word innuendo without asking the same question: in who's endo?
I suspect, with no evidence, that all depts were gifted these accounts, and that some have done nothing with them.
I cannot comment on whether they were asked to. It does seem interesting that several other accounts have posted only anti-Democrat messages, even bending their portfolio to do so.
3/3
I cannot comment on whether they were asked to. It does seem interesting that several other accounts have posted only anti-Democrat messages, even bending their portfolio to do so.
3/3
October 18, 2025 at 2:15 AM
I suspect, with no evidence, that all depts were gifted these accounts, and that some have done nothing with them.
I cannot comment on whether they were asked to. It does seem interesting that several other accounts have posted only anti-Democrat messages, even bending their portfolio to do so.
3/3
I cannot comment on whether they were asked to. It does seem interesting that several other accounts have posted only anti-Democrat messages, even bending their portfolio to do so.
3/3
The TSA account says it isn't managed during the shutdown, but it was being hilarious when it was active.
The Marshals, Coastguard, army, etc, notably the military or semi-military depts haven't posted pro-Trump messages.
Others, even the Dpt of the Interior, have.
2/3
The Marshals, Coastguard, army, etc, notably the military or semi-military depts haven't posted pro-Trump messages.
Others, even the Dpt of the Interior, have.
2/3
October 18, 2025 at 2:15 AM
The TSA account says it isn't managed during the shutdown, but it was being hilarious when it was active.
The Marshals, Coastguard, army, etc, notably the military or semi-military depts haven't posted pro-Trump messages.
Others, even the Dpt of the Interior, have.
2/3
The Marshals, Coastguard, army, etc, notably the military or semi-military depts haven't posted pro-Trump messages.
Others, even the Dpt of the Interior, have.
2/3
I'm not in the US, so my data and brain are not valuable to them. I notice that some of those have not posted pro-Republican messages. Some haven't posted anything. Some keep in their ball-park. I'm giving those the benefit of the doubt.
1/3
1/3
October 18, 2025 at 2:15 AM
I'm not in the US, so my data and brain are not valuable to them. I notice that some of those have not posted pro-Republican messages. Some haven't posted anything. Some keep in their ball-park. I'm giving those the benefit of the doubt.
1/3
1/3
If they lived longer than 2 years, they'd be two civilizations on this planet. One on dry land and one underwater.
October 17, 2025 at 12:30 AM
If they lived longer than 2 years, they'd be two civilizations on this planet. One on dry land and one underwater.
I had the one chance in my life to use the Two Ronnie's Four Candles line, when I broke the handles of two forks in one week. The young Indian guys in the hardware store hadn't seen the sketch.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=gi_6...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=gi_6...
The Two Ronnies - Four Candles
YouTube video by JJMClark
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October 11, 2025 at 4:15 AM
I had the one chance in my life to use the Two Ronnie's Four Candles line, when I broke the handles of two forks in one week. The young Indian guys in the hardware store hadn't seen the sketch.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=gi_6...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=gi_6...
Perhaps tell that to the universities collecting AI training datasets by trawling copyrighted media. A few pages of an ebook is trivial in comparison.
October 7, 2025 at 11:22 PM
Perhaps tell that to the universities collecting AI training datasets by trawling copyrighted media. A few pages of an ebook is trivial in comparison.
He's pointing that gun while standing within inches of a desperate man who has already tripped him once.
September 28, 2025 at 2:25 AM
He's pointing that gun while standing within inches of a desperate man who has already tripped him once.
I thought your first name started with S? ;-)
September 24, 2025 at 12:30 AM
I thought your first name started with S? ;-)