Philip Bragg
@synx508.bsky.social
Technology person, vintage synth and electronic test equipment enthusiast & restorer.
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My usual experiment to find out how bad LLMs are at technical instructions (wiring a UK plug) as applied to grok. It's just as bad as any other LLM out there:
November 26, 2025 at 9:12 AM
My usual experiment to find out how bad LLMs are at technical instructions (wiring a UK plug) as applied to grok. It's just as bad as any other LLM out there:
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The wonder of it!
November 25, 2025 at 10:48 AM
The wonder of it!
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You haven't experienced it unless you've seen it at night.
November 24, 2025 at 4:45 PM
You haven't experienced it unless you've seen it at night.
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It's cold outside, but not to worry - I'll fire me clock up for heat.
November 24, 2025 at 10:42 AM
It's cold outside, but not to worry - I'll fire me clock up for heat.
I wish I didn't have this skill, but I wish more that businesses would do constructive work rather than wringing every last currency unit out of everyone and everything, leaving scorched earth behind.
I can't mute the feeling that "Until it isn't" is going to be a factor.
November 24, 2025 at 9:58 AM
I wish I didn't have this skill, but I wish more that businesses would do constructive work rather than wringing every last currency unit out of everyone and everything, leaving scorched earth behind.
Post a movie where you're from.
(Carry On Cabby, 1963)
(Carry On Cabby, 1963)
November 23, 2025 at 8:57 PM
Post a movie where you're from.
(Carry On Cabby, 1963)
(Carry On Cabby, 1963)
The house renovation happening opposite me currently involves two bricklayers laying blocks on the same wall from different ends. They met in the middle, while laying mortar on the top. They'd hit a deadlock where they'd both added mortar and neither wanted to be first to skim off the excess.
November 22, 2025 at 1:22 PM
The house renovation happening opposite me currently involves two bricklayers laying blocks on the same wall from different ends. They met in the middle, while laying mortar on the top. They'd hit a deadlock where they'd both added mortar and neither wanted to be first to skim off the excess.
Computer mouse operation keeps bringing my jumper cuff into conflict with Elsinør's ear tufts.
November 21, 2025 at 8:25 PM
Computer mouse operation keeps bringing my jumper cuff into conflict with Elsinør's ear tufts.
Where my userpic/avi/icon came from
November 21, 2025 at 7:54 PM
Where my userpic/avi/icon came from
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Something that happens with a wired mouse, I put a cup of tea down on the cable, move the mouse and launch the tea.
November 21, 2025 at 1:48 PM
Something that happens with a wired mouse, I put a cup of tea down on the cable, move the mouse and launch the tea.
Counting in mental Picard-voice before an early morning Ocado delivery "THERE. ARE. …EIGHT. BAGS"
November 21, 2025 at 7:00 AM
Counting in mental Picard-voice before an early morning Ocado delivery "THERE. ARE. …EIGHT. BAGS"
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What if ponies had wings? What if dinosaurs walked around smoking giant doobies? What if fish had bicycles and we all wore them on our heads like little hats
What if the A.I. bubble “is an inevitable part of developing and adopting a revolutionary tool that will fundamentally improve productivity and growth?” Mohamed El-Erian writes.
Opinion | A.I. Is a Bubble. Maybe That’s OK.
Investors’ excitement rightly reflects the potential transformation of the entire economy.
nyti.ms
November 20, 2025 at 6:39 PM
What if ponies had wings? What if dinosaurs walked around smoking giant doobies? What if fish had bicycles and we all wore them on our heads like little hats
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Cat in a cake carrier
November 20, 2025 at 2:03 PM
Cat in a cake carrier
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November 19, 2025 at 10:30 AM
It seems like such a waste of snow to have large-chunk snow-globe levels falling when it's far too warm for it to settle.
November 19, 2025 at 8:51 AM
It seems like such a waste of snow to have large-chunk snow-globe levels falling when it's far too warm for it to settle.
Listening to Rinse FM today and I'm struck by the fact that they're playing the exact sort of music mix that Project FM played a decade or more ago. At the time Project FM was heavily criticised for being monotonous and unlistenable. Beats, pulses and drones, very minimal, uninterrupted.
November 17, 2025 at 2:41 PM
Listening to Rinse FM today and I'm struck by the fact that they're playing the exact sort of music mix that Project FM played a decade or more ago. At the time Project FM was heavily criticised for being monotonous and unlistenable. Beats, pulses and drones, very minimal, uninterrupted.
Activating the contingency broadcast: www.youtube.com/watch?v=PRI7...
Sunny Woodlands
YouTube video by Johnny Pearson - Topic
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November 16, 2025 at 12:47 PM
Activating the contingency broadcast: www.youtube.com/watch?v=PRI7...
The sofa maps.app.goo.gl/5jCqhNoBzn94...
maps.app.goo.gl
November 14, 2025 at 7:48 PM
The sofa maps.app.goo.gl/5jCqhNoBzn94...
Sometimes I look at houses on rightmove with the mind of someone who wants to buy a house just to dismantle a particular feature. For instance…
November 10, 2025 at 6:29 PM
Sometimes I look at houses on rightmove with the mind of someone who wants to buy a house just to dismantle a particular feature. For instance…
Just progressed through a step-by-step "upgrade" on Windows 10 on the Microsoft slablet thing, specifically saying I didn't want to sync anything. Reboot. It then syncs everything. It's not safe to use, it does the opposite of what I asked …and I don't suppose Windows 11 is any better.
November 6, 2025 at 12:14 PM
Just progressed through a step-by-step "upgrade" on Windows 10 on the Microsoft slablet thing, specifically saying I didn't want to sync anything. Reboot. It then syncs everything. It's not safe to use, it does the opposite of what I asked …and I don't suppose Windows 11 is any better.
I do not want to spend my time periodically looking out of the window to check that Bella the cat, who is scared of the scaffolding lorry, has not climbed onto the filthy top of its diesel tank, perhaps in an attempt to conquer her fear. At the same time, I do not want Bella to be driven away.
November 6, 2025 at 11:47 AM
I do not want to spend my time periodically looking out of the window to check that Bella the cat, who is scared of the scaffolding lorry, has not climbed onto the filthy top of its diesel tank, perhaps in an attempt to conquer her fear. At the same time, I do not want Bella to be driven away.
Windows has a setting that can warn about what it calls potentially unwanted apps but enabling the setting does nothing to stop Microsoft installing unwanted apps and recommending other unwanted apps.
November 6, 2025 at 10:07 AM
Windows has a setting that can warn about what it calls potentially unwanted apps but enabling the setting does nothing to stop Microsoft installing unwanted apps and recommending other unwanted apps.
SDRconnect really doesn't like communicating with my shairplay device. Every time it breaks for some reason it must create a new OS device - though these don't show on the system volume control - only in SDRconnect.
November 5, 2025 at 7:24 PM
SDRconnect really doesn't like communicating with my shairplay device. Every time it breaks for some reason it must create a new OS device - though these don't show on the system volume control - only in SDRconnect.
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Hello!
Do you have access to an x-ray system, CT, Radiography, or a few seconds on the LHC main beam with a homebrew pixel detector?
Do you want to take part in #xraymyadvent this year?
You know you do.
Do you have access to an x-ray system, CT, Radiography, or a few seconds on the LHC main beam with a homebrew pixel detector?
Do you want to take part in #xraymyadvent this year?
You know you do.
November 4, 2025 at 9:41 AM
Hello!
Do you have access to an x-ray system, CT, Radiography, or a few seconds on the LHC main beam with a homebrew pixel detector?
Do you want to take part in #xraymyadvent this year?
You know you do.
Do you have access to an x-ray system, CT, Radiography, or a few seconds on the LHC main beam with a homebrew pixel detector?
Do you want to take part in #xraymyadvent this year?
You know you do.