Tim Brock

Tim Brock

@timbrock.bsky.social

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Surely they don’t mean a paywall. They mean an authentication layer, right? You can’t just buy Georgia voter data… I hope.

Unusual Whales@unusualwhales.bsky.social

BREAKING: Anthropic's Claude bypassed a paywall to access Georgia voter data without authorization, per Axios

I don’t understand how companies that sell things online still fail to make asynchronous communication easy. “We’re closed”. Piss off, you’re a website.

Asynchronous synchronous support channels are the worst. Stay by the computer and we might tell you what to do in twenty minutes and when you tell us you’ve already done that you can wait another ten minutes while we come up with some other idea.

This article is bizarre. It argues Man City cost every 18th-placed teams from 09-10 to 17-18 due to relegation they wouldn’t have had if Man City had finished below them. That makes sense for 1 season, not 9! www.bbc.co.uk/sport/footba...

bbc.co.ukManchester City charges: How much did their rule breaking cost your team?The potential impact of Manchester City's rule breaking runs deep, including missed Champions League qualification, relegation and Premier League prize money.

I’m avoiding the Bayeux Tapestry crowds by having seen it when I was about 10. I’m guessing it hasn’t changed much since then.

That awkward thing where you go to the bus stop by the pub and the only people outside at the pub are sat right next to the bus stop.

It is entirely fitting that rather than discussing the actual issues with AI, clever people from other fields are getting het up about the use of a term that has been around in computing for over forty years.

Alice Roberts@profaliceroberts.bsky.social

I am very uncomfortable about calling bits of software “agents”. They have no more real agency than a wind-up toy.

Scott Bryan@scottygb.bsky.social

Channel 4 have announced celebrities for next series of Handcuffed, where celebs are handcuffed. - Katie Price and Suella Braverman - Neil Ruddock and Bimini - Kerry Katona and Mark-Francis Vandelli - Lady Victoria Hervey and Georgia Harrison MBE - DJ Fat Tony and Princess Olga Romanov

Like a colourised version of the end credits of Maid Marian.

Jessica Elgot@jessicaelgot.bsky.social

The Tory Bayeux Tapestry is very funny and a great skewering of most of the main characters, apart from Angela Rayner who looks absolutely iconic in every image

The most annoying thing about curated feeds is when something comes up that you think is interesting and you can’t find it again by any reasonable search a few hours later.

Totally legitimate opinion, Man City should be stripped of all their titles. League wins should go to the runners up but the cup losers were just lucky to not get drawn with Man City until the final so shouldn’t be given the trophy retrospectively. There’s definitely no bias in this opinion.

Tim Brock reposted

"As far as I'm concerned, the first thing you can do for me is to chuck all your medals into the biggest bin you can find, because you've never won any of them fairly."

If I was supreme leader of the world, on day 1 I’d make sure every eating establishment made it clear whether you are supposed to seat yourself or wait to be seated. Some may say I should use my incredible political power for something more significant. Those people will be imprisoned on day 2.

Hackney isn’t *that* bad.

Carol Wilcox@redcazza.bsky.social

I think this could be libellous, @stephenkb.bsky.social I'm checking with GP HQ. Certainly my local Greens believe Hackney is his permanent residence. @zackpolanski.bsky.social