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Back trying social media because I miss some of the online friends I made. This time it will just be miniatures and games and none of the sad stuff.

This is why professionals exist. A professional designer and fabricator would have been able to produce any number of signage options that are sympathetic to the building, suit the vibe of the venue and comply with any listed building regs. This is just so cheap looking.

Graham πŸ³οΈβ€πŸŒˆ - UKTM@uk-tank-markings.co.uk Β· 21h ago

I do try to be supportive of local ventures, but they don't make it easy. Look at the absolute state of this new signage they're crowing about. www.facebook.com/share/p/1JxK...

Facebook screenshot of Brighouse Civic Hall showing off their new signage.

I have completely and actively avoid ed using AI at work despite increasing pointless use by colleagues. Up until 2022/23, everyone was doing a full days work without AI - so yes I cope very well doing things myself to a standard that is continually praised for being high-quality.

Ayo@darrylayo.bsky.social Β· 16h ago

Guys like this don’t realize that they are the freak

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+ All the people who are anti-Al or want to slow Al progress, I have one question:
If Al disappeared tomorrow, could you still get through an entire workday without ChatGPT, Claude, or any other
Al tool?
Imagine Al was suddenly banned.
Would you actually be willing to give it up?

I literally worked the Sam Vimes boots theory in the early 90s. Worked at Oliver (cheap) and also Clarks (more pricey) - quality difference was night and day. Kids would come for new school shoes each August. Only Clarks kids were still wearing the (pinchy) shoes - Oliver shoes just hadn’t survived.

katie@supermathskid.bsky.social Β· yesterday

okay now he's gone too far

Will Stancil

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Yeah, for days people have been citing "boots theory" at me and I want to shout DO YOU REALIZE THIS IS A RANDOM IDEA TOSSED OUT BY A FANTASY WRITER AND MAY NOT ACCURATELY DESCRIBE REALITY

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This is a reference to the Sam Vimes Boots Theory, sort of made famous by Terry Pratchett in one of his Discworkd novels. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boots_t...

Boots theory - Wikipedia

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Will Stancil @whstancil.bsky.social

There are indeed many taxes on poverty but "paying less for items" isn't one of them.

There's something almost... aristocratic about the boots theory, frankly. The idea that wealth brings with it the inherent frugality of quality worksmanship.

It’s important to understand that when 1.2 million Americans are dying from a disease, any government action is excessive and tyrannical, but if a dozen trans women want to play soccer no government action can go far enough

There is a certain level of obtuseness in (some) "AI" apologists when they flounce up to point out what "AI" is good for in science, etc, while eliding the fact that almost none of that use is driving the current market capitalization, environmental degradation and resource hogging of the field

Saw someone say that I was a hypocrite for using an LLM. To test the claim that it would reduce suicidality. It told me to KMS within 10 minutes. β€œThink of how much water you wasted” Okay, I did, and I’ve decided I’d gladly throw a bathtub of water out into space to help expose this shit.

Can everyone just fucking grow up about Harry Potter, please? They are not good books, they were not good movies, it won't be a good television series, and the author is a literal cartoon supervillain using her money to make trans people's lives worse. It's 2026. Get a fucking personality.

Oh look, JK Rowling's chequebook-waving has emboldened the ADF, a Christofascist hate group that has been pouring millions into the UK to fund court cases and lobbying against abortion rights, equal marriage rights, Pride events etc., to go on the attack as well. Top standing up for women, Joanne!

Christian charities challenge Amnesty report labelling them β€˜anti-rights’

A letter led by ADF International UK urges the Charity Commission to affirm that charities may engage in public debate without being labelled a threat to human rights

thecatholicherald.com