Neil Moffatt

@NicelyManifest
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68 year old polymath based in Cardiff, Wales, UK.

50 years programming computers - 12 of which for IBM in Portsmouth
Cabinet maker for 10 years
Artist
Author of 10 books
Sculpture, embroidery, jewellery and other crafts
Talk with strangers - encounter many instances of synchronicity
Go player

All such abilities inherited - I take no credit for them - I just try to use them, in spite of decades of mental and physical health difficulties.

More about strangers

https://talkingwithstrangers.uk/

ArtistPolymath
TalkerAphantasia
CrafterAspergers
ADHD

Microsoft’s terms of service said Copilot was “for entertainment purposes only.”

An Nvidia executive said AI is more expensive than humans.

Google argued in German court that everyone knows they can’t trust AI.

The tech industry has bet a trillion dollars on something they know doesn’t work.

I wonder how many parents would continue to allow their children #smartphones if they were able to see every single transaction they made.

'Dick pics' is a new one I heard on TV a few days ago. Girls are apparently routinely sent phallic images. And that is a tiny part of the toxicity of these devices.

The ability to take time to think. Even at a simple level. Is at a chillingly low level for many Go players online. They ONLY now was a stream of instant gratifications.

Few seem to realise how they have let online systems seriously atrophy their brains.

Trinocerous Scorpio clay monster.

Rotation is not motorised.

Thanks. Need to take a better photo.
Weighs 20 pounds - a #clay monster rather crudely finished. 3 rhino heads and tails that do not quite look right.
Sometimes the rain leaves a good mark ...

With the shenanigans of the likes of Musk, we kind of need a certification of safety for people to hold more than a few millions in wealth. Billionaires can soooooo easily abuse the power the money gives them we should avoid allowing vast wealth ownership anyway.

Besides, they ONLY get. the money on the back of the work of others. So we can redistribute the money garnered by these others MUCH more fairly. Especially when billions are in poverty.

Ceasefire matches, manufactured in Israel. Cartoon for Dutch newspaper Trouw: https://www.trouw.nl/cartoons/tjeerd-royaards~bcb45712/

#Israel #Lebanon #ceasefire