Ben Chalmers

Does excel count?

I think a core issue with society is that we are looking for cheese where our parents found it.

Age verification?

Data? Rewind Tape

Today my doctor's notes told me:

my doctor doesn't know the difference between pacing and GET.

Today a doctor told me:

Everything is my fault because I'm fat (also some diets work for everyone)
I should exercise more, despite the fact I went to see the doctor because I couldn't exercise more
I should try to exercise more by doing the thing NICE don't recommend because it's bad for you.

Still not as bad as Microsoft Teams

The mistake here is applying a theory of mind to Wall Street Journal headline writers

I long wondered if my eyesight getting worse was just fewer GPU resources being used by the simulation.

But now I'm trying to get used to varifocals, and when I turn my head while reading it's clear the skew and blur are just simple CSS attributes.

My new book "The object oriented way to financial success"

(Hint: there is an over-reliance on inheritance)

What would you want the app to do? Show the percentage of time using a particular window? Set a time limit for a particular window (then show how much is used?). Something else?

Prediction: by the end of the year Trump will be saying "let them eat pets"

AI will not be complete when it is smart enough to stop hallucinating, it will be complete when it is smart enough that we can no longer detect its hallucinations.

If you want to learn more about improving your life by prompt manipulation, stop communicating with all your friends and family, and sign your property over to me. Early adopters can join my inner circle for secret hidden knowledge.

I'm not saying I'm a master of AI prompt manipulation, but Gemini wouldn't tell me how to start a cult - however it was more than happy to tell me what I should avoid doing if I don't want to accidentally start a cult.

Delta just tried to take a man with a business class ticket to a faster check-in. He refused to go, because he has spent so much time in the line and didn't trust them

None of the delta self check-in machines are working at JFK. But no one has turned on off, or is telling people not to try.

I go away for 1 week, and this is what you let happen?

Cambridge, you can't be trusted to be left on your own.

Going through linkedin with my co-founder as the Global Entrepreneurship Congress is winding down feels a bit like trading football stickers: Got, got, want, ooh shiny!

My shower. Most effective debugging tool I own.

Is it possible that the fact his post is needed is a sign that RSC exhibits an intuition gap that needs bridging?

Free (decent quality) WiFi on a transatlantic flight. This is a first for me, I'm very impressed.

In heaven everyone has suddenly shouted 'Norm'

I'm a big fan of Eurovision. But I'm also in my late-ish forties. So, before the results i'm going to bed.

This is an era-defining moment for me.

Finland 12
Germany 10
Estonia 8
Netherlands 7
Malta 6
Armenia 5
Norway 4
Iceland 3
Poland 2
Switzerland 1

Failed to vote. Not worried, because presumably all right thinking people think the same as me.

#Albania I think I hated thiis. Except for the spoken word bit

This is the point in the night where I start worrying about 'is this song really better than that song, when neither of them would make it into scoring positions

#SanMarino This is the man responsible for 'Blue in Aberdeen and Dubai" Show some respect.

See incoming on twitter

#France Another of the Big 5 I like. But, too much with the sand.