Rick Elliott

@RickElliott
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Husband, father, sci-fi, craft beer, IT, music, whisky, mindfulness, tech, science, with a side order of humour and wisdom. Mild obsession with PKM.
Anna Lapwood is a rock star. https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZT8jgmgtw/
Anna Lapwood | Organist on TikTok

Best job in the world 😍 @Ministry of Sound @Royal Albert Hall #organtok #organist #ministryofsound #pipeorgan #organtok #bach #toccataandfugue #toccata #insomnia #faithless #royalalberthall #concert #mashup #classicalmusic

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Don’t kid yourself. “Artificial intelligence“ is just Big Tech’s way of saying “hey, it’s not our fault. It’s the machine’s!“ In point of fact, every malign use of “AI“ is really just some human-composed algorithm doing something that maximizes profit or control at the expense of people. We must not let these companies off the hook. They’re in charge. Not the machine. Pay attention to the man behind the curtain.
Vienna celebrates Pride month by reprogramming cross lights: sometimes F ❤️ F, sometimes M ❤️ M, sometimes F ❤️ M. Note the hearts, too. Here are two women holding hands, in green walking, in red standing.
The opposite of “return to office” advocates isn’t “work from home” advocates. It’s a rich tapestry of “open offices are distracting” people and “I’ve never gone this long without being sick” people and “commutes are a waste of time I don’t get paid for” people and “I’m an introvert and playing house with coworkers sucks the life out of me” people and “I have a family and appreciate the flexibility” people and “I primarily communicated with coworkers through Slack anyway” people and “no one wa…

👋 Hello #fediverse! I'm going into a meeting at 4ET to talk about our newsroom's social media options.

If you think our station and other #NPR stations should have a Mastodon server or a broader presence in the #fediverse, pls boost this post. If you have thoughts, please reply, I want to hear them!

PSA: take some time in 2023 to back up your/your family's CD-Rs (and other recordable media) full of memories you threw into storage 10+ years ago; there's a decent chance they've started to rot!

the tenuously thin layer of dyes/adhesives holding the data *will* break down over time, rapidly so if their environment is uncontrolled, the surface was previously nicked/contaminated, or they were cheap ones to begin with

5 Reasons to Try Microsoft Teams 2.0 (Preview) Now

This Week in IT, I’ll give you 5 reasons why you should try Microsoft Teams 2.0 today. From new features to improved performance, I’ll show you why Microsoft Teams 2.0 is a great collaboration tool for your team.

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Kingfisher and Great Egret

📷 @Elizabeth_Ruler Green Planet
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AI Written, AI Read cartoon - Marketoonist | Tom Fishburne

One piece of slang that has long embodied the short attention span Internet age is TL;DR, short for “too long; didn’t read.” With the explosion of generative AI tools, we’re rapidly entering the age of TL;DW: “too long, didn’t write.” A January survey from Fishbowl found that 40% of nearly 12,000 workers have used ChatGPT

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Inbox Zero (Premium)

I continue to struggle with staying on top of email, but the solution is obvious. It’s just not easy. Yes, I am talking about Inbox Zero.

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