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oliver thurley
@thrly.bsky.social
music, ceramics, tech, cats
Wow, @syntax.fm , blazing fast! Stickers from Canada to UK in under a week? Very tasty! Thank you!
April 14, 2025 at 10:44 AM
A nice Fuji Sencha at my desk this morning #tea #sencha #sakura #dev
March 21, 2025 at 9:05 AM
I've written up some thoughts on my rabbit hole descent with split ergonomic keyboards and making a custom keymap. peak nerdery, reduced RSI issues... thrly.com/blog/thought... #ergo #keyboards #corne #crkbd
March 19, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Reposted by oliver thurley
Don't trust "AI" and also realize that the push to have "AI" in everything happened because some tech people wanted to get rich and other tech people didn't want others to get rich without them, and now they've all spent too much money on a bad product and are trying to scramble out of the hole.
Columbia Journalism Review tested eight generative AI search tools and found their answers were wrong 60% of the time, and the paid ones actually fared worse than the free ones.

Meanwhile, millions of people trust the way they present total bullshit with confident language.
AI search engines cite incorrect sources at an alarming 60% rate, study says
CJR study shows AI search services misinform users and ignore publisher exclusion requests.
arstechnica.com
March 18, 2025 at 3:41 PM