Tony
@eightbittony.bsky.social
Live from the basement. Games, Gamers, Gaming, and in a surprise turn of events, wood turning.
Been playing ttrpg's & D&D since the 80's, and have enjoyed every edition.
#ttrpg
#gaming
#woodturning
#dungeonsanddragons #d&d #dnd
Been playing ttrpg's & D&D since the 80's, and have enjoyed every edition.
#ttrpg
#gaming
#woodturning
#dungeonsanddragons #d&d #dnd
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Tony
@eightbittony.bsky.social
· Nov 19
My complex social media policy
Follow: you post stuff I want to see
Block: you post stuff I actively dislike and do not want to see
Mute: I'm not interested but lots of people quote you (and that's fine)
None of the above: you're mostly harmless or I don't know you.
:)
Follow: you post stuff I want to see
Block: you post stuff I actively dislike and do not want to see
Mute: I'm not interested but lots of people quote you (and that's fine)
None of the above: you're mostly harmless or I don't know you.
:)
Honestly, this looks more and more like the Conservative party has been taken over by something from a @cstross.bsky.social Laundry Files book.
November 28, 2025 at 11:30 AM
Honestly, this looks more and more like the Conservative party has been taken over by something from a @cstross.bsky.social Laundry Files book.
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It's fucking ridiculous that it's cheaper to get a plane from London to Glasgow than a train.
November 27, 2025 at 9:55 PM
It's fucking ridiculous that it's cheaper to get a plane from London to Glasgow than a train.
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Incredible scenes.
I cannot stop laughing. This is so indicative of what's wrong with these AI people and how they view art
He ran into a wall where the "make art" button wasn't satisfying because it wasn't actually making good enough art, and instead of trying new things he just requests a stronger button
He ran into a wall where the "make art" button wasn't satisfying because it wasn't actually making good enough art, and instead of trying new things he just requests a stronger button
November 26, 2025 at 11:18 PM
Incredible scenes.
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Many men feel the stripper really likes them. Scientists say it's time to consider whether they're onto something
November 26, 2025 at 7:27 AM
Many men feel the stripper really likes them. Scientists say it's time to consider whether they're onto something
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And honestly I don't give a fuck if it's popular or not. It's going to make a lot of kids' lives better. That's the point of government. Not an opinion poll.
November 26, 2025 at 1:12 PM
And honestly I don't give a fuck if it's popular or not. It's going to make a lot of kids' lives better. That's the point of government. Not an opinion poll.
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Journalist challenge: Use “Machine Learning” when you mean machine learning and “LLM” when you mean LLM. Ditch “AI” as a catch-all term, it’s not useful for readers and it helps companies trying to confuse the public by obscuring the roles played by different technologies. 🧪
November 22, 2025 at 4:50 PM
Journalist challenge: Use “Machine Learning” when you mean machine learning and “LLM” when you mean LLM. Ditch “AI” as a catch-all term, it’s not useful for readers and it helps companies trying to confuse the public by obscuring the roles played by different technologies. 🧪
#woodworking
Anyone use a positive air pressure mask like the Trend Airshield Pro, JSP Powercap Active IP, Axminster APF 10 Evolution (looks like a re-badged JSP?), or any other masks?
Most of the reviews for them all say 'great, but cheap parts despite the cost'
Anyone use a positive air pressure mask like the Trend Airshield Pro, JSP Powercap Active IP, Axminster APF 10 Evolution (looks like a re-badged JSP?), or any other masks?
Most of the reviews for them all say 'great, but cheap parts despite the cost'
November 22, 2025 at 10:42 AM
#woodworking
Anyone use a positive air pressure mask like the Trend Airshield Pro, JSP Powercap Active IP, Axminster APF 10 Evolution (looks like a re-badged JSP?), or any other masks?
Most of the reviews for them all say 'great, but cheap parts despite the cost'
Anyone use a positive air pressure mask like the Trend Airshield Pro, JSP Powercap Active IP, Axminster APF 10 Evolution (looks like a re-badged JSP?), or any other masks?
Most of the reviews for them all say 'great, but cheap parts despite the cost'
What annoys me more than anything about the Reform / UKIP / Brexit party bribery case, is that it's such fucking low rent money.
£3,516
For some people, a big deal, for an MEP, peanuts. He betrayed his country for absolute fucking peanuts.
£3,516
For some people, a big deal, for an MEP, peanuts. He betrayed his country for absolute fucking peanuts.
November 21, 2025 at 6:42 PM
What annoys me more than anything about the Reform / UKIP / Brexit party bribery case, is that it's such fucking low rent money.
£3,516
For some people, a big deal, for an MEP, peanuts. He betrayed his country for absolute fucking peanuts.
£3,516
For some people, a big deal, for an MEP, peanuts. He betrayed his country for absolute fucking peanuts.
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Every time the shocking, perplexing tactic of “giving money to people who need it” is tried, it turns out to work.
And yet people who have more money than they could ever need remain baffled.
And yet people who have more money than they could ever need remain baffled.
An Oregon pilot program giving cash to homeless youths sees a staggering reduction in homelessness. The program gave participants $1,000 cash payments each month for two years, and at the end of the project's first phase, 91% of participants reported being in stable housing.
Oregon pilot program giving cash to homeless youths sees staggering reduction in homelessness
The state program gave participants $1,000 cash payments each month for two years. At the end of the project's first phase, 91% of participants reported being in stable housing.
www.streetroots.org
November 21, 2025 at 8:04 AM
Every time the shocking, perplexing tactic of “giving money to people who need it” is tried, it turns out to work.
And yet people who have more money than they could ever need remain baffled.
And yet people who have more money than they could ever need remain baffled.
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Moxon’s Shaving Cream: “Never exonerate malice simply because it is also stupid.”
November 20, 2025 at 1:20 PM
Moxon’s Shaving Cream: “Never exonerate malice simply because it is also stupid.”
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Today is the transgender day of remembrance.
I remember my little cousin Avery. The world is a poorer place without him.
Trans rights are human rights.
Trans kids deserve joy and life.
🩵🩵🩷🩷🤍🤍🩷🩷🩵🩵
I remember my little cousin Avery. The world is a poorer place without him.
Trans rights are human rights.
Trans kids deserve joy and life.
🩵🩵🩷🩷🤍🤍🩷🩷🩵🩵
November 20, 2025 at 1:53 PM
Today is the transgender day of remembrance.
I remember my little cousin Avery. The world is a poorer place without him.
Trans rights are human rights.
Trans kids deserve joy and life.
🩵🩵🩷🩷🤍🤍🩷🩷🩵🩵
I remember my little cousin Avery. The world is a poorer place without him.
Trans rights are human rights.
Trans kids deserve joy and life.
🩵🩵🩷🩷🤍🤍🩷🩷🩵🩵
Snowmen, have 10 spindles, get two from each spindle, going for 20 and improving with each one.
(Ash)
#woodturning #festive
(Ash)
#woodturning #festive
November 19, 2025 at 1:36 PM
Snowmen, have 10 spindles, get two from each spindle, going for 20 and improving with each one.
(Ash)
#woodturning #festive
(Ash)
#woodturning #festive
You know those memes where people say 'post one thing that would alert people if you've been kidnapped or are being held against your will' - is that what this is?
He's trying increasingly racist policy to hope someone tries to reach out and rescue him?
He's trying increasingly racist policy to hope someone tries to reach out and rescue him?
November 17, 2025 at 8:47 PM
You know those memes where people say 'post one thing that would alert people if you've been kidnapped or are being held against your will' - is that what this is?
He's trying increasingly racist policy to hope someone tries to reach out and rescue him?
He's trying increasingly racist policy to hope someone tries to reach out and rescue him?
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First painting in a very long time and I really enjoyed it...
#islamicart #islamicgeometry #watercolor #aquarelle
#islamicart #islamicgeometry #watercolor #aquarelle
November 17, 2025 at 8:26 PM
First painting in a very long time and I really enjoyed it...
#islamicart #islamicgeometry #watercolor #aquarelle
#islamicart #islamicgeometry #watercolor #aquarelle
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Listen, you can go and suck Starmer’s dick for all I care, but don’t come to me and try to defend indefensible.
And I think some of you also need a reminder that I’m an immigrant.
And I think some of you also need a reminder that I’m an immigrant.
November 17, 2025 at 8:15 PM
Listen, you can go and suck Starmer’s dick for all I care, but don’t come to me and try to defend indefensible.
And I think some of you also need a reminder that I’m an immigrant.
And I think some of you also need a reminder that I’m an immigrant.
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Shabana Mahmood puts the signs up: Britain is full. No blacks, no dogs, no Irish
Shabana Mahmood puts the signs up: Britain is full. No blacks, no dogs, no Irish
We had always given sanctuary to those who needed it, she said, only now we would kick them out as soon as possible
www.theguardian.com
November 17, 2025 at 8:16 PM
Shabana Mahmood puts the signs up: Britain is full. No blacks, no dogs, no Irish
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Constantly disappointed when I meet a regular sized microbiologist.
November 17, 2025 at 7:06 PM
Constantly disappointed when I meet a regular sized microbiologist.
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Dear Mahmood/Labour,
Once the strutting fascist, Yaxley Lennon, is taking credit for your policies, you must know you’ve completely lost your way. You need to get your head out of your arse and your account off X.
Yours
The real silent (fair-minded and ignored) majority of the UK
Once the strutting fascist, Yaxley Lennon, is taking credit for your policies, you must know you’ve completely lost your way. You need to get your head out of your arse and your account off X.
Yours
The real silent (fair-minded and ignored) majority of the UK
Tommy Robinson is claiming credit for the language/policy being used by the Labour government (about deporting people found to be refugees once their home country is deemed safe)
November 16, 2025 at 8:44 AM
Dear Mahmood/Labour,
Once the strutting fascist, Yaxley Lennon, is taking credit for your policies, you must know you’ve completely lost your way. You need to get your head out of your arse and your account off X.
Yours
The real silent (fair-minded and ignored) majority of the UK
Once the strutting fascist, Yaxley Lennon, is taking credit for your policies, you must know you’ve completely lost your way. You need to get your head out of your arse and your account off X.
Yours
The real silent (fair-minded and ignored) majority of the UK
Hmm, my bandsaw isn't big enough, how long does it take to create a YouTube channel, get 30,000 subscribers, get the attention of a tool maker, and have them send me a new bandsaw?
A week? Two?
A week? Two?
November 13, 2025 at 11:30 PM
Hmm, my bandsaw isn't big enough, how long does it take to create a YouTube channel, get 30,000 subscribers, get the attention of a tool maker, and have them send me a new bandsaw?
A week? Two?
A week? Two?
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LLMs by their design cannot function as search engines and cannot cite their sources because they don't do any analysis or synthesis.
"LLMs can only produce an amalgamation of a response that takes the form of text. They create a generic imprint of a response that appears coherent" (Williams, p34)
"LLMs can only produce an amalgamation of a response that takes the form of text. They create a generic imprint of a response that appears coherent" (Williams, p34)
November 12, 2025 at 12:45 AM
LLMs by their design cannot function as search engines and cannot cite their sources because they don't do any analysis or synthesis.
"LLMs can only produce an amalgamation of a response that takes the form of text. They create a generic imprint of a response that appears coherent" (Williams, p34)
"LLMs can only produce an amalgamation of a response that takes the form of text. They create a generic imprint of a response that appears coherent" (Williams, p34)
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The Epstein files are clearly more damning than we assumed, which is saying something.
November 12, 2025 at 7:57 PM
The Epstein files are clearly more damning than we assumed, which is saying something.
In the movie version of this point in time, all the worlds security agencies are vying to steal the Epstein files just in case their own country is implicated.
Given the state of electronic espionage, I wonder how many already have them.
Given the state of electronic espionage, I wonder how many already have them.
November 12, 2025 at 8:27 PM
In the movie version of this point in time, all the worlds security agencies are vying to steal the Epstein files just in case their own country is implicated.
Given the state of electronic espionage, I wonder how many already have them.
Given the state of electronic espionage, I wonder how many already have them.
I watched The Blacklist and thought 'well this is far fetched' and now I'm reading the Epstein mails and I'm thinking, maybe not.
November 12, 2025 at 8:22 PM
I watched The Blacklist and thought 'well this is far fetched' and now I'm reading the Epstein mails and I'm thinking, maybe not.
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Middle-aged dad. I helped my daughter with her homework, researching Arthropleura, a millipede-like animal that could grow to over 2.5m long. I've been having nightmares about it for the last two nights. I know they're extinct but my dreams don't.
November 10, 2025 at 11:20 PM
Middle-aged dad. I helped my daughter with her homework, researching Arthropleura, a millipede-like animal that could grow to over 2.5m long. I've been having nightmares about it for the last two nights. I know they're extinct but my dreams don't.
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I just want everyone to have the experience of living in dignity with access to sufficient food, safe housing, needed medical care, high quality education, and time to engage with what sparks their curiosity and spirit
this should not be controversial 🫠
this should not be controversial 🫠
November 10, 2025 at 3:16 AM
I just want everyone to have the experience of living in dignity with access to sufficient food, safe housing, needed medical care, high quality education, and time to engage with what sparks their curiosity and spirit
this should not be controversial 🫠
this should not be controversial 🫠