Jim Gumbley
@jimgumbley.com
Techie. Old millennial. Basically a contrarian but can't see the point of getting into it.
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Pope Leo XIV told students not to use artificial intelligence for homework, saying that AI ‘won’t stand in authentic wonder before the beauty of God’s creation.’
Even God Is Worried About ChatGPT
Pope Leo XIV told students not to use artificial intelligence for homework, saying that AI ‘won’t stand in authentic wonder before the beauty of God’s creation.’
www.vulture.com
November 26, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Pope Leo XIV told students not to use artificial intelligence for homework, saying that AI ‘won’t stand in authentic wonder before the beauty of God’s creation.’
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they're gonna give the robots human rights and healthcare before they give it to you
November 25, 2025 at 8:16 PM
they're gonna give the robots human rights and healthcare before they give it to you
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Trump’s approval collapses nationwide, turning several deep-red states negative — Economist tracker
November 24, 2025 at 11:25 PM
Trump’s approval collapses nationwide, turning several deep-red states negative — Economist tracker
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I wish I didn’t have to share this. But the BBC has decided to censor my first Reith Lecture.
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
November 25, 2025 at 9:55 AM
🤯
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This post is 10 years old at this point. Nothing improved. lucumr.pocoo.org/2016/3/24/op...
Micropackages and Open Source Trust Scaling
Some thoughts about why npm style micro-packages are a huge liability for everybody and what we could do to make them work.
lucumr.pocoo.org
November 24, 2025 at 6:03 PM
This post is 10 years old at this point. Nothing improved. lucumr.pocoo.org/2016/3/24/op...
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November 24, 2025 at 12:41 PM
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Mike Green is writing some amazing stuff at the moment. It's not in the delta, it's in the level and the cost structure. Read this and you will understand Angrynomics on a new level: www.yesigiveafig.com/p/part-1-my-...
Part 1: My Life Is a Lie
How a Broken Benchmark Quietly Broke America
www.yesigiveafig.com
November 24, 2025 at 7:41 AM
Mike Green is writing some amazing stuff at the moment. It's not in the delta, it's in the level and the cost structure. Read this and you will understand Angrynomics on a new level: www.yesigiveafig.com/p/part-1-my-...
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The company essentially turned a dial that made ChatGPT more appealing and made people use it more, but sent some of them into delusional spirals.
OpenAI has since made the chatbot safer, but that comes with a tradeoff: less usage.
OpenAI has since made the chatbot safer, but that comes with a tradeoff: less usage.
November 23, 2025 at 6:43 PM
The company essentially turned a dial that made ChatGPT more appealing and made people use it more, but sent some of them into delusional spirals.
OpenAI has since made the chatbot safer, but that comes with a tradeoff: less usage.
OpenAI has since made the chatbot safer, but that comes with a tradeoff: less usage.
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Who you gonna call? 👻 Ghostbusters!
Here's some old work based on the NES palette
#ghostbusters #NES #Slimer
Here's some old work based on the NES palette
#ghostbusters #NES #Slimer
November 23, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Who you gonna call? 👻 Ghostbusters!
Here's some old work based on the NES palette
#ghostbusters #NES #Slimer
Here's some old work based on the NES palette
#ghostbusters #NES #Slimer
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Policymakers, if you want to base your decisions on AI slop, generate it yourselves instead of paying Deloitte through the nose to do it. #healthpolicy
theindependent.ca/news/lji/maj...
theindependent.ca/news/lji/maj...
Major N.L. healthcare report contains errors likely generated by A.I. – The Independent
$1.6 million Health Human Resources Plan from Deloitte cites research papers that don’t exist, making it the second major government policy paper called into question in as many months
theindependent.ca
November 23, 2025 at 9:04 AM
Policymakers, if you want to base your decisions on AI slop, generate it yourselves instead of paying Deloitte through the nose to do it. #healthpolicy
theindependent.ca/news/lji/maj...
theindependent.ca/news/lji/maj...
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Well, @mariozechner.at reminded of the value of sharing, so here’s the update: agent building is hard. Agent SDKs are tricky, caching is a per-model art, reinforcement can help, isolation saves your sanity, filesystems! New models are “it depends.” lucumr.pocoo.org/2025/11/21/a...
Agent Design Is Still Hard
My Agent abstractions keep breaking somewhere I don’t expect.
lucumr.pocoo.org
November 21, 2025 at 10:43 PM
Well, @mariozechner.at reminded of the value of sharing, so here’s the update: agent building is hard. Agent SDKs are tricky, caching is a per-model art, reinforcement can help, isolation saves your sanity, filesystems! New models are “it depends.” lucumr.pocoo.org/2025/11/21/a...
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The men who raised the flags
Nigel Farage says this summer’s movement was led by ‘ordinary people’ expressing their patriotism. That’s not what we found
Brilliant work from @birminghamdispatch.bsky.social and @manchestermill.bsky.social
www.birminghamdispatch.co.uk/the-men-who-...
Nigel Farage says this summer’s movement was led by ‘ordinary people’ expressing their patriotism. That’s not what we found
Brilliant work from @birminghamdispatch.bsky.social and @manchestermill.bsky.social
www.birminghamdispatch.co.uk/the-men-who-...
The men who raised the flags
Nigel Farage says this summer’s movement was led by ‘ordinary people’ expressing their patriotism. That’s not what we found
www.birminghamdispatch.co.uk
November 1, 2025 at 4:28 PM
The men who raised the flags
Nigel Farage says this summer’s movement was led by ‘ordinary people’ expressing their patriotism. That’s not what we found
Brilliant work from @birminghamdispatch.bsky.social and @manchestermill.bsky.social
www.birminghamdispatch.co.uk/the-men-who-...
Nigel Farage says this summer’s movement was led by ‘ordinary people’ expressing their patriotism. That’s not what we found
Brilliant work from @birminghamdispatch.bsky.social and @manchestermill.bsky.social
www.birminghamdispatch.co.uk/the-men-who-...
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Microsoft Bob
November 20, 2025 at 10:26 PM
Microsoft Bob
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What's happened to X has been a disaster for public discourse in the United Kingdom BUT it is also just very funny to see just how much some people will not really *notice* how degraded their media environment has become.
November 20, 2025 at 10:07 PM
What's happened to X has been a disaster for public discourse in the United Kingdom BUT it is also just very funny to see just how much some people will not really *notice* how degraded their media environment has become.
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Almost time to pull out Holiday Lights v2 (1995)
November 19, 2025 at 11:02 PM
Almost time to pull out Holiday Lights v2 (1995)
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even more true today than it was 25 years ago
November 17, 2025 at 10:10 PM
even more true today than it was 25 years ago
TAM of Xenophoic Rage is pretty large according to this CEO
November 17, 2025 at 10:32 AM
TAM of Xenophoic Rage is pretty large according to this CEO
Good news for Governments prioritising border and immigration policing is AI survellance platforms are available now! Just a few billion
Sold by same billionaires whipping up far right sentiment
As @privateeyenews.bsky.social would say "Funny that!"
Sold by same billionaires whipping up far right sentiment
As @privateeyenews.bsky.social would say "Funny that!"
November 17, 2025 at 10:20 AM
Good news for Governments prioritising border and immigration policing is AI survellance platforms are available now! Just a few billion
Sold by same billionaires whipping up far right sentiment
As @privateeyenews.bsky.social would say "Funny that!"
Sold by same billionaires whipping up far right sentiment
As @privateeyenews.bsky.social would say "Funny that!"
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last night at a bar I learned that they improved pinball by making machines that are entirely computers and they’re much better than what we had before
November 16, 2025 at 6:43 PM
last night at a bar I learned that they improved pinball by making machines that are entirely computers and they’re much better than what we had before
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Alexa, play “I Hate It Here” by Taylor Swift
November 16, 2025 at 11:58 AM
Alexa, play “I Hate It Here” by Taylor Swift
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I might start posting more about classic console computer games
Will give it some thought
Will give it some thought
November 15, 2025 at 10:14 AM
I might start posting more about classic console computer games
Will give it some thought
Will give it some thought