Vincent Pickering

Someone misspoke at work saying "Kappy form" meaning a "capthcha form". And now i've been wondering all day what a "Kappchybara form" would look like... 😂

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chatgpt 5 bring wife back. How bring wife back

@garyseconomics.bsky.social

Yeah just realised this is the Space:1999 version of:

Perplexity is using stealth, undeclared crawlers to evade website no-crawl directives Perplexity is repeatedly modifying their user agent and changing IPs and ASNs to hide their crawling activity, in direct conflict with explicit no-crawl preferences expressed by websites.

Perplexity is using stealth, undeclared crawlers to evade website no-crawl directives blog.cloudflare.com/perplexity-i... - ignoring your expressed lack of consent to misuse your bandwidth and steal your data. Classy.

Wait. Is the whole show prank calling people you're mildly disgruntled with? 😂

idk man I feel like it shouldn't take explaining why I don't want to live in a world where most people's worldview and ideas are shaped and mediated by a coarse statistical average of a sample of all the writing on the internet circa 2019

You could say....... He is a bit stretched at the moment.
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.I'll get my coat.

YouTube video by onaretrotip The Making of Syndicate (1993) | Documentary

This documentary on Syndicate (Amiga) is really good. Love the interviews with the original designers and programmers. A real slice of my childhood.

youtu.be/b2o1IEmerU0?...

Claims that artificial intelligence is on the cusp of transforming society are nothing new. In the 2010s, it was common to argue that advances in robotics and AI would wipe out as many as half the jobs in the entire economy, leading progressives to debate whether it was time for a universal basic income. But those narratives were little more than a distraction from how AI was really being used in many parts of society. AI didn’t bring about mass unemployment. Instead, it gave employers new tools to exploit workers. Companies like Amazon and Uber pioneered the rollout of algorithmic management techniques, which used automated systems to increase control over workers, crush their attempts to unionize, push down wages, and worsen working conditions. Gig work expanded, turning employees into contractors while offering the illusion of freedom and empowerment. In the years since, those technologies have proliferated into workplaces well beyond the major tech companies.

During the last AI hype wave, we didn’t see computers or robots replace a ton of workers. What we saw was companies like Amazon and Uber (then many more) roll out new technologies to increase their power over workers.

www.disconnect.blog/p/mark-carne...

YouTube video by Chris Spargo Why did Marathon become Snickers?

Love Chris Spargo vids. Always super informative.

youtube.com/watch?v=U6h1...

Inclusive Design 24 (#id24) A free 24-hour online community event on accessibility and inclusion

We're happy to finally unveil the full schedule for the upcoming Inclusive Design 24 #id24 24 hour online event on the 25 September 2025 inclusivedesign24.org/2025/schedule/ #a11y #accessibility #inclusiveDesign

Can we also lump "predictive journey maps" in here?

A journey map shows a very narrow, isolated issue. Expressed through an amalgamation of customer experiences to give an indication where problem(s) could lie. Backed up by user research and evidence.

Its not "heres a nice user experience boss"

Okay last time I post this I swear. #fantasticfour

www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQN_...

At the NHS we’re teaching designers how to code with the NHS prototype kit, instead of using visual tools like Figma.

Find out why in the blog post below! 🎉

We had a consultant powerpoint dork once imply the workforce was dumb, saying

"It's easy, just do X".

My reply:

"imagine we made that change and it was perfect. Now I have one cog in the machine spinning really quickly while everything else is going slowly.

Guess which cog breaks first".

I'm loving the complex systems thinking challenge and finding it a natural fit for my crazy brain that thrives in ambiguity.

It's also nice to work on something that creates the best possible conditions for designers to pick up the issue and create great solutions because the issue is well defined

I've been spending most of my time this year in the pre-discovery phase. Helping leaders uncover how to identify and articulate a problem or issue. So that they can describe that problem to others and pave the way to move into discovery.

A good list of alternatives to US tech.

Would also recommend this list of EU centric tech offerings
european-alternatives.eu

From the OpenAI community on Reddit Explore this post and more from the OpenAI community

This is fascinating: www.reddit.com/r/OpenAI/s/I...

Someone “worked on a book with ChatGPT” for weeks and then sought help on Reddit when they couldn’t download the file. Redditors helped them realized ChatGPT had just been roleplaying/lying and there was no file/book…

How to Load a Game on the ZX Spectrum: A Comprehensive Guide | retrotechlab.com A Brief History of the ZX Spectrum The ZX Spectrum is a home computer released by Sinclair Research in 1982. It quickly became popular in…

Last week, I was explaining loading games on to my zx spectrum via the tape deck to my son and he was so utterly lost.

Although now I see the whole process written out it seems like a fair point 😆

www.retrotechlab.com/how-to-load-...

a colorful visual alphabet labeled AI Ethica Alphabet, with letters, icons, and brief explanations. Examples include: B is for Bias with "Consent: AI can reflect and amplify unfair prejudices"; G is for Governancs with "Governance: Rules and oversight for safe i deployment"; G is for Governance with "Justice: injured indegeend If train ing snhzenic data repeordity"; P is for Regulation with "Oversight: Humans must se-powy important AI tasks"; R is for Regulation with "Guality Data: Good data prevents poor or biased outputs"

There's a trend going around TikTok to have ChatGPT create visual alphabets (because the output is always full of ridiculous mistakes). I generated this one to use an example to help explain WHY AI image generators make these kinds of mistakes. It turned out even better/worse than expected.

"I stand with the people who started this citizen initiative. I signed and will continue to help them. A game, once sold, belongs to the customer, not the company. Sign here!"

"I stand with the people who started this citizen initiative. I signed and will continue to help them. A game, once sold, belongs to the customer, not the company."

Thank you
@nicustefanuta.bsky.social for your support as a Vice President of @europarl.europa.eu ! 🇷🇴

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Fast Food Restaurants had cutlery.
RIP Wimpys.

Being sent to the newsagent with 20p "pocket money" and coming away with 20 awesome sweets

That tv show you like is only available at a specific time, unless it gets bumped because of a sporting thing. Because sport is always more important than your show apparently.

you don’t get a lot of comment/quote post pile-ons on LinkedIn but this guy is getting one and it’s v satisfying www.linkedin.com/posts/mmatse...

Top Dune:Maverick

He was certainly a non-linear thinker. My poor grandmother struggled for years 😂