Prateek Buch
@prateekbuch.bsky.social
Dad, public servant, sports nut. Making better use of data to deliver better outcomes, keen to see how this app works out
Hot on the heels of Google Earth's misguided AI image manipulator, I keep seeing ads for an AI app that takes any photos of any two people, and generates a video of them, well, canoodling. File under either #JustBecauseWeCanDoesntMeanWeShould Or #GreatPowerMeansGreatResponsilitySpiderman
Agree. I think it’s a really big mark in the negative column of any assessment of the Stokes/McCullum era quite how bereft the team is of leadership talent with Stokes’s departure.
Microsoft, injecting Copilot into everything whether you want it or not: BEHOLD, OUR AI CODE RULES ALL Also Microsoft: how about I get MS Word to randomly change fonts, colours and formatting at ridiculous times, for sh!ts and giggles
Wonder if this is the same person who recently shared their screen on a call with dozens of people, showing us all their passwords for very sensitive personal documents
Callum May@callummay.co.uk · last wk.Shout out to the man on the train calling his bank about ID theft and who has read his name, postcode, and the long number on his card to the whole carriage.
That's not the sound of leather on willow, it's the sound of a golden goose slowly dying...
Beth Cooper 🏏@bethcooper.fyi · last wk.Interesting snippet from Alex Hartley. Before this year, fix prices of £5 kids, £25 adults. This year, a small allocation of £25 tickets, mostly £53 at Old Trafford. #TheHundred #Cricket
Latest in my semi-regular series of posts expressing exasperation at clunky, impenetrable processes slowing down good things
Terry Jeffords' Iconic 'Why?!' Moment from B99
Alt: Terry Jeffords' Iconic 'Why?!' Moment from B99
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Prateek Buch@prateekbuch.bsky.social · 2mo agoOnce again, rubbish processes getting in the way of getting good work done. Private sector edition
My Gujarati parents used to make this and called it Bombay (sic) toast. Unquestionably the best lunch on earth
Alom Shaha@alomshaha.bsky.social · 2w agoYou‘ve probably had French Toast, but my mum used to make a Bangladeshi version - bread fried with egg mixed with chopped onion, green chill, fresh coriander and a good pinch of salt:
First senior hundred, on senior debut. Fifth ton at the age of twelve. Who writes this kid's script?! www.instagram.com/p/DbFouqssbN...
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RIP Kevin Keegan - I would love it, love it, if football truly honoured your legacy as player, manager, and leading light 🙏🏽
Dear Microsoft Stop 👏 shoving 👏 an 👏 AI 👏 summary👏 into 👏 every 👏 email 👏 or 👏 document 👏 Yours Everyone
Surely now three consecutive series losses for India. Arguably the worst performing India team away from home ever. Embarrassing
Oh no, Sobers is heading to the last pavilion in the sky 🙏🏽
See also: Took me approximately 3 minutes to register to vote, and almost two hours to amend (wasn't able to) then cancel home insurance Does @doctorow.pluralistic.net have a theory that #enshittification applies more to private than public services?!
Adam Rutherford@adamrutherford.bsky.social · 3w agoIt took 11 minutes to change my driver's licence on the DVLA website, and so far, 94 minutes to CANCEL my Virgin broadband account.
FIFA: we are determined to make World Cup formats as silly as possible International Cricket Council: hold my beer www.cricinfo.com/story/icc-ad...
ICC adds Super Series and Super 7 twist to 2027 ODI World Cup
The new structure, revealed on Wednesday, was introduced to "enhance consequence"
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Even better in normal speed. Chills. Literal chills.
France deserve to be further behind, absolutely shocking performance