Chris Oldwood

@chrisoldwood
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Chris Oldwood5h ago
Told a couple of straight-laced friends that I had discovered a peer-to-peer networking site with pirated shows about hecklers at comedy gigs and now I’m receiving a torrent of abuse…
Chris Oldwood18h ago
Chris OldwoodMar 26, 2023

Saving "Daylight"...

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Chris Oldwood1d ago

RE: https://mastodon.social/@chrisoldwood/116255467413184598

I just read a 1 ⭐️ review by @arne_mertz (mixed in with other unfavourable reviews) for one hotel, so I guess I won’t be staying there 😁.

Chris Oldwood2d ago
Some guy just messaged me to say he’s currently downloading the history of all my crypto transactions. I think he’s just pulling my chain…
Chris Oldwood2d ago
Work Chronicles comics3d ago
(comic) The Inefficiency Reward https://www.workchronicles.com/p/comic-the-inefficiency-reward
Chris Oldwood3d ago
I had to update the same basic PowerShell script in four separate GitHub repos (gotta love micro-services!) and so the automatic Copilot review effectively ran 4 times. Two were largely silent, while two “kind of” agreed, but only one pointed out a genuinely useful simplification 😐.
Chris Oldwood4d ago
Show threadMichael Downey 🧢4d ago

@hrheingold Here's an interesting article from Psychology Today that is related, published a few days ago.

https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/the-algorithmic-mind/202603/adults-lose-skills-to-ai-children-never-build-them

Adults Lose Skills to AI. Children Never Build Them.

Discussions of cognitive offloading often miss a critical distinction: What AI does to a 45-year-old's brain is categorically different from what it does to a 14-year-old's.

Psychology Today
Chris Oldwood4d ago

Grrr, I can’t believe I have to use Bing to search my blog these days because Google — who owns Blogger, where my blog is hosted! — rarely finds anything 🤷‍♂️.

(I’m even using one of the out-of-the-box templates, so nothing fancy.)

Chris Oldwood5d ago

Just encountered yet another "ITimeProvider" ☹️. You know what normal people call one of those? A clock*...

[2023] Afterwood -- Metaphors

https://www.chrisoldwood.com/articles/afterwood-metaphors.html

* less typing saves on keyboard wear and tear too!

Afterwood - Metaphors

Chris Oldwood6d ago
+1 for Project Hail Mary. It’s been a long time since I’ve gone to watch a film knowing almost nothing about it (just that it was the same writer as The Martian). The little musical nods to Interstellar was a great way of bringing the tension back from the humour.