Joined January 2011
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Jan 5
The latest updates from the International #AI Safety Report show that the real threat is not just #risk – it is speed. The world of AI shifts every week or month, while the rules we use to keep it safe are built for a world that stands still.
More here:
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Jan 3
🎶 On the 12th day of Christmas, @Google #Antigravity gave to me … 🎶 more model quotas, again. ☹️ Even though I am just using the low-cost 'flash' model, I run out easily. Hey, @Google , this isn't working.
More:
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Jan 1
🤣 "There is a saying that failure is an orphan. But remember: orphans are not necessarily infertile." 🤣
On the fist day of the year, The Economist made me laugh out loud. Thanks, guys.
Happy New Year everyone.
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5 Nov 2025
This is absurd. And very cool.
A web server with no application logic. Just an LLM with three tools.
github.com/samrolken/nokode
Forms actually submitted correctly. Data persisted across restarts. The UI was usable. APIs returned valid JSON.
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31 Oct 2025
Friday #thought for the weekend:
"Modelling the world mathematically is as uniquely a human trait as language or art, but you would rarely find anyone complaining of being 'reduced to a poem' or 'reduced to a painting'."
--- Douglas W. Hubbard: How to Measure Anything
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21 Oct 2025
Just wrapped up #EARL2025! Fascinating insights on R/Python convergence, pragmatic GenAI, data for good, & the 'last mile' of data science. All driving towards better decisions. Great connections & discussions! How do you stay current? #DataScience #AI
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20 Oct 2025
🧵2/ brought everything down in (from memory) 2023.
I have been an AWS user for longer than anyone else who is still using it. Huge advocate. I even used to host the Frequently Asked Questions for it, back in the day when AWS was just the advertising API.
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20 Oct 2025
🧵3/3 But they are making it harder to love them. In any case, a multi-cloud strategy has long been the recommended architecture, despite the obvious overheads and drawbacks. Scandalous that several banks are down.
Good luck to all the ops teams.
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13 Oct 2025
Why is the Windows App called that? You know, the app that runs on Windows to connect from your local Windows machine to an Azure Windows machine is called the Windows App. 🤦♂️🤦♂️ Impossible to talk to support about it.
What is the worst-named software you know?
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14 Aug 2025
An executive proudly shows off their new AI dashboard. “Watch” he says, “AI, show me my most valuable customers.” The screen instantly fills with a list of the highest-spending clients.
The data scientist standing beside him whispers…, 1/2
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ALT AI generated image of a Data Craftsman
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14 Aug 2025
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The data scientist standing beside him whispers, “...Now ask it to show you the most valuable customers you're about to lose...”
The senior data scientist adds, “...and what you can do to retain them.”
#PowerBI #Copilot #JustSaying
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ALT AI generated image of a Data Craftsman
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12 Aug 2025
When I started working with commercial organizations, I never understood what all their fuzz and angst about 'Big Data' was all about. Physics, which is my background, now handles 1.5 billion complex megabyte events per second. This article takes me back: spectrum.ieee.org/lhc-radiat…
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12 Aug 2025
Kids: it isn't "Big Data" unless you *have* to throw >99.9% of it away.
Matt Strassler has a good overview here: profmattstrassler.com/2024/1…
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11 Aug 2025
> "To beat the working-from-home alternative, spaces should ‘earn the commute,’ and you do that by creating space where people actually want to work, not just the space where they have to work."
#quote #RTO #WFH #true
Your thoughts?
Source: mckinsey.com/industries/real…
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11 Aug 2025
Another day, another private school closure.
“A range of economic pressures has led to this outcome, mainly the introduction of VAT on school fees, higher National Insurance contributions, the ending of business rates relief for independent schools, & rising operational costs.”
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11 Aug 2025
The European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority (EIOPA) recently published its Opinion on AI Governance and Risk Management. It’s being welcomed by many as a helpful clarification: no new rules, just guidance.
I am not so sure. Here's why:
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ALT An AI generated illustration for the article, based on the idea of an insurer forging their own protection in a complex regulatory environment.
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9 Aug 2025
It's the weekend. You need cats 🐈⬛ You need geekery 🧑🏻💻 HTTP Cat has you covered with cats for every status code
http.cat/
You're welcome.
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8 Aug 2025
Businesses are drowning in data but starving for insights that transform their bottom line. Why? Because we treat data science like a production line, not a craft. Testing does not trump insights.
I've written a piece that explores this:
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ALT AI generated image for the concept of a "Data Craftsman".
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25 Jul 2025
Will GLP-1 drugs break #Life #insurance? (No, but...)
GLP-1 are wonder drugs that lead to significant weight loss and improve various obesity-related comorbidities.
That sounds great for life insurers. It could be. People live longer. Profit.
But: linkedin.com/feed/update/urn…
ALT AI generated image illustrating the concept of "Healthy at application, sick later." Healthy-looking elderly woman shown on left panel signing a document. On the right panel, she is reading the document looking sick and frail.
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