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my reaction went two ways simultaneously:
1) what even is this timeline we’re in
2) creating something that somehow manages to be *worse* than Teams is, itself, a hell of an impressive achievement
The European Commission has rolled out an alternative to Microsoft Teams.
But officials using it aren't impressed, with one describing the tool as “absolute shit.”
vist.ly/5kje9
Harry Ramsay retweeted
Used to vehemently disagree with this - and now I understand I was completely wrong. Intellect is great for building progress at an accelerated rate, but you have to internalise your work deeply enough that you can then react with instinct, which is much, much faster.
Harry Ramsay retweeted
Fable: "an 8th grader puts together a powerpoint about the Great Gatsby but obviously did not read the Great Gatsby. Show me that powerpoint! ;)"
This was actually pretty funny. Even the font choices are wonderful.
out of curiosity, I've been trying this with GPT-5.5 - not even the Pro version, just Thinking.
it's consistently either one-shotting them or getting it on the 2nd try, & it's thinking for less than 10 seconds on average
bad news for the "it's just a stochastic parrot" crowd
fun use of Codex: taking old books that were never translated to English ("Todas as cartas", by Clarice Lispector) and:
- spinning up 6 sub-agents to translate the entire thing start to finish
- performing QA checks on translation quality
- generate cover art
- compile into epub
then running more automated checks to identify and fix any formatting / layout issues
at which point, Bob is your mother's brother
Harry Ramsay retweeted
I wish every airline would do this. And by every airline, I mean every company and the owner of every public and private space on earth.
from my 8 year old niece:
"did you know it was Rick Astley's birthday the other day?"
me: "... how did you know that?"
her: "I heard it on the radio"
the kids are alright 😅
Claude, when reviewing something written by Codex:
"It's doing the GPT thing where it mostly agrees with you and repackages what was already said, but there are a couple of useful points in there..."
Harry Ramsay retweeted
It's going to be tough for startups when all the Lord of the Rings names are taken and the only thing left is something like Bombadil AI.
First ever time making Swedish cinnamon buns 🇸🇪 (kanelbullar) and they turned out great!
we also now seemingly have a supply into 2026…
firmly agree with this one.
hollisrobbinsanecdotal.subst…
see also: "society tells us to..."
does it *really*?
nano banana:
"create a screenshot of what the youtube homepage would look like 10 years from now if things continue along the path of everything becoming ridiculously clickbaity"
