Dom Spurling
@domspurling.bsky.social
Computer nerd, chemist, bike rider, sailor
I thought it was some Facebook troll but no, leader of the opposition... "Not all cultures are equally valid". Slippery slope to genocide
December 19, 2025 at 7:46 AM
I thought it was some Facebook troll but no, leader of the opposition... "Not all cultures are equally valid". Slippery slope to genocide
They're also squandering it on stupid projects like Metaverse. We can't get those resources back - literally up in smoke
December 12, 2025 at 11:41 AM
They're also squandering it on stupid projects like Metaverse. We can't get those resources back - literally up in smoke
Our business scrubbed all twitter presence immediately after Elon took over. We felt the reputational risk of being there was just too great. It was already wall to wall fascism by then. I am really surprised how long it's taking people to migrate away... We did it to MySpace remember?
December 10, 2025 at 3:06 PM
Our business scrubbed all twitter presence immediately after Elon took over. We felt the reputational risk of being there was just too great. It was already wall to wall fascism by then. I am really surprised how long it's taking people to migrate away... We did it to MySpace remember?
Best case scenario, a lot of public money is going to be wasted. I have done successful AI deployment and what I have learned is that you need people who understand the domain and care about the outcomes.
Instead we are going to get more outsourcing and hollowing out of our public sector.
Instead we are going to get more outsourcing and hollowing out of our public sector.
December 9, 2025 at 1:35 PM
Best case scenario, a lot of public money is going to be wasted. I have done successful AI deployment and what I have learned is that you need people who understand the domain and care about the outcomes.
Instead we are going to get more outsourcing and hollowing out of our public sector.
Instead we are going to get more outsourcing and hollowing out of our public sector.
By wider public, do you mean asset managers?
November 26, 2025 at 2:03 PM
By wider public, do you mean asset managers?
I wouldn't have a problem with billionaires having all the wealth if they were the smartest people in the world. But they ain't
November 3, 2025 at 9:20 PM
I wouldn't have a problem with billionaires having all the wealth if they were the smartest people in the world. But they ain't
Henry George - Wikipedia share.google/186WySTlG8hn...
Henry George - Wikipedia
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November 3, 2025 at 1:14 PM
Henry George - Wikipedia share.google/186WySTlG8hn...
It's the imperfections that reveal the artist's story, stretching back aeons. AI creations only stretch back to their training data
October 19, 2025 at 6:25 PM
It's the imperfections that reveal the artist's story, stretching back aeons. AI creations only stretch back to their training data
Can one enshittify a turd? I think we're about to find out
October 17, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Can one enshittify a turd? I think we're about to find out
He believes in foreign aid as long as he gets to asset strip the country in return
October 15, 2025 at 9:01 PM
He believes in foreign aid as long as he gets to asset strip the country in return
ChatGPT has always been horrendously obsequious and sycophantic; dangerous tendencies in tech that is inherently untrustworthy
October 14, 2025 at 9:18 PM
ChatGPT has always been horrendously obsequious and sycophantic; dangerous tendencies in tech that is inherently untrustworthy
Green landslide incoming
October 14, 2025 at 6:27 PM
Green landslide incoming
What's new? The rich have been placating us with cheap consumer goods for decades, while they hoover up all our assets and those of our governments
October 9, 2025 at 3:23 PM
What's new? The rich have been placating us with cheap consumer goods for decades, while they hoover up all our assets and those of our governments
Similarly, he's calling out the liberal establishment for making an "honest mistake" in not considering wealth distribution, rather than simply accusing them of protecting their own selfish interests
October 6, 2025 at 1:17 PM
Similarly, he's calling out the liberal establishment for making an "honest mistake" in not considering wealth distribution, rather than simply accusing them of protecting their own selfish interests
I think Gary probably knows that Reform is a 100% racist party. He is simply saying that it's a better strategy to try to open people's eyes to the sources of their brutalisation rather than starting out by calling them brutes
October 6, 2025 at 1:13 PM
I think Gary probably knows that Reform is a 100% racist party. He is simply saying that it's a better strategy to try to open people's eyes to the sources of their brutalisation rather than starting out by calling them brutes
Or Jesse Welles youtu.be/OjGHf7OvglM?...
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September 29, 2025 at 5:31 AM
Or Jesse Welles youtu.be/OjGHf7OvglM?...
I needed this for a presentation and came up with "rules-based" but I'm sure there's better
September 5, 2025 at 7:13 PM
I needed this for a presentation and came up with "rules-based" but I'm sure there's better
New class system incoming...
Upper class: own AIs
Middle class: train AIs
Working class: clean up after AIs
Upper class: own AIs
Middle class: train AIs
Working class: clean up after AIs
August 31, 2025 at 8:26 PM
Making software simple is a very complex problem :)
August 19, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Making software simple is a very complex problem :)
For me it was in 2023 when I visited the USA for the first time in 25 years. The downward spiral was all too apparent
July 16, 2025 at 3:13 PM
For me it was in 2023 when I visited the USA for the first time in 25 years. The downward spiral was all too apparent
As a resident of Scotland I sympathise but fear it would be giving Trump what he wants
July 8, 2025 at 6:53 PM
As a resident of Scotland I sympathise but fear it would be giving Trump what he wants