Fan of reason, musician, amateur historian. Pretend Brian May bsky.app/profile/thomasbrunk…
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26 May 2019
After some practice something of the old abilities returned. For this one minute of reasonable playing my neighbours endured 20 more, somewhat less melodious... #guitarviol #cinamatic #baroque #cellopractice #violdagamba
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Thomas Brunkard 🇮🇪🇪🇺 retweeted
The far right Irish (often ‘Irish’) fury I attract on here is the rage of Caliban failing to see himself in the mirror. They chime together in joy at the chance to treat me and my politics as alien and subversive, but what truly horrifies them is my ordinariness
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Having observed the danger of premature use of Whatsapp groups amongst Brunkard the Younger’s peer group, this really surprised me
Also, interesting that YouTube among services to be banned for u16s -- will surely be flouted by most families? Now a mainstream channel on many family TVs
while WhatsApp isn't banned but Snapchat is, no mention of Telegram. If that escapes, quite a place to be sending teens
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Now, imagine an escalating trade war.
Jun 13
As a result of a US government directive, we are suspending access to Claude Fable 5 for all users. You can continue to use all other Claude models.
Here’s what this means for you:
Across Claude products, new sessions will run on your selected default model or Opus 4.8, and existing Fable 5 sessions will end with an error.
On the Claude Platform, requests to Fable 5 will also return an error. Please update your integrations to other Claude models.
We know this is a disruption to your workflows; we appreciate your patience and support.
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Check out my latest article: Beyond Castle Azure: Credit Unions Need an AI Strategy, Not an AI Landlord linkedin.com/pulse/beyond-ca… via @LinkedIn
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Jun 12
Anyone Irish indulging their inner-racist in the last few days can take note that nothing has been said that hasn't been said about the Irish when they were the migrant, their dangerous religions, their uncouth, brutal manners, and propensity for violence...
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If you can’t build something that complies with a market you wish to operate in, that is on you.
Jun 11
Apple boss blasts “myopic” EU Commission, cites “unbelievable” new regulatory requirements.
Says EC wants Apple to grant total iPhone access to Grok, Meta etc
Spoke to Greg ‘Joz’ Joswiak
“The scale of what we cannot bring to Europe will only grow if we can’t bring this here.”
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RT @Taj_Ali1: I don’t want to hear any bullshit about “legitimate concerns” and “working class revolt”
It’s working-class Black and brown…
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Jun 10
Shortage and spiralling costs mean most homebuyers are now over 30 independent.ie/business/mone…
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I have been supporting a family who have been burned out of their home tonight. It is absolutely sickening.
I am grateful to everyone who has stepped up to support them and make sure they are safe (including Parent Rooms / Happy Womens Group).
This madness must end before someone is killed.
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Slàn Trevor. You couldn’t find a man with more energy or enthusiasm if you tried.
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Exciting!
Introducing Claude Fable 5: a Mythos-class model that we’ve made safe for general use.
Its capabilities exceed those of any model we’ve ever made generally available.
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If Siri AI is not DMA or AI act compliant then it’s still beta at best.
Am at WWDC. The main question: has Apple come up with a usable version of AI?
Also, Tim Cook's last big event as CEO. John Ternus takes over soon -- he was mixing with press last night.
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Burn administered
Jun 5
I see your profile picture. That’s Johnny Cash. My hero too. Arrested seven times. Smuggled 668 amphetamines across the Mexican border in 1965. Took every drug there was and drank like I did. Cheated on his first wife. Slept with more woman than I ever did. Hit bottom in a cave in Tennessee in 1968 trying to crawl off and die. And then he got up. He got clean. He spent the rest of his life singing for prisoners and addicts and the people the country threw away because he knew he was one of them.
That was the whole point of the Man in Black. He wore it for the poor and the beaten down. He wore it for the prisoner who has long paid for his crime. He wore it for the ones who never heard a word of Jesus. He wore it for the addicted and the dying. He wore it as a standing witness that no one is past saving.
You picked his picture. You did not pick his message. Try listening to the words.
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Thomas Brunkard 🇮🇪🇪🇺 retweeted
Jun 2
Why things will eventually fall apart:
1. Everybody, even Google, seems to be treating AI as if it were some kind of winner take all competition like web search was, in which Google taking over 95%
2. But everybody is building essentially the same technical solution with essentially the same data, so there is no moat.
3. If there is no moat, nobody is going to take 90% of the market.
4. With no clear winners, nobody can charge monopoly prices; instead, you get price wars and commodity pricing.
5. Which means everybody will wind up overpaying compared to the modest profits they will be able to make in an intensely competitive regime.
Am I missing something?
Jun 1
Alphabet generated over $160b in operating cash flow last year… yet it’s still issuing $40b in equity to fund AI compute (including a private placement to berkshire)
One of the biggest cash generators in tech is diluting to keep up
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These swimming cows have made our morning 🥹🐮🌊
📺 #WildConamara | Tonight at 6.30pm
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Uncut grass keeps the ground at around 19.5°C
Grass cut to 10 cm raises the ground temperature to about 24.5°C
Bare ground in the middle of summer rises to over 40°C
It's important to raise awareness #NoMowMay
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DISTINCTION! Just got my results from @ucd_prof Professional Academy Diploma in Advanced Artificial Intelligence and it’s full marks!
Thrilled but also now building a self aware robot that will ultimately take my job and familial role.
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Thomas Brunkard 🇮🇪🇪🇺 retweeted
May 24
Eai, quem disposto a ir pra Índia nos próximos dias? 🇮🇳🥵
Boa parte do país terá sensação térmica acima de 50°C, alguns pontos chegando nos 55°C.
Pensa na loucura.🫠
Detalhe, essa região que atingirá a sensação de 55°C, significa também que vai atingir 33°C do bulbo úmido.
Lembra do que eu sempre falo sobre o bulbo úmido letal?
Acima de 35°C do bulbo úmido, quando a umidade está saturada e a temperatura do ar acima de 35°C temos o BULBO ÚMIDO LETAL. Nesse nível NENHUM ser humano resiste por mais de 2 horas, idosos e bebês cerca de 30 minutos para entrar em colapso térmico.
A Índia é um grande exemplo de uma nação a beira de uma catástrofe, e estamos falando do país mais populoso do mundo, quase 1.5 bilhão de pessoas.
Com o aumento na média da temperatura mundial em 3°C até 2050, essa região irá atingir o bulbo úmido letal várias vezes, significa que teremos migração de milhões de pessoas nas próximas décadas, isso só falando da Índia.
Esse é o caos que muitos analistas geopolíticos não estão incluindo nas suas análises sobre a mudança na ordem global.
Eu incluo porque é o fator principal, estamos falando em colapso civilizatório global, isso conta muitos mais do que as loucuras dos EUA em desespero pelo seu declínio hegemônico.
Os países precisam correr para conseguir fazer adaptações climáticas profundas, com o atual modelo de governança assimétrico e imperialista, não está sobrando dinheiro para as nações investirem nem na transição energética para reduzir a velocidade em que o planeta aquece.
É uma loucura ver isso e saber que um país está tentando sabotar a sobrevivência de várias nações e a estabilidade internacional.
Insanidade pura.
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