Tom P (official visualizer)
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Living in London
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Work: Graphics, data etc. at Carbon Brief
Living in London
www.2x2.graphics
I wonder how much LLM generated code will lock people into these outdated patterns. Feels like whenever I see vibecoded stuff the syntax is (apart from anything else) quite out of date
August 6, 2026 at 4:46 PM
I wonder how much LLM generated code will lock people into these outdated patterns. Feels like whenever I see vibecoded stuff the syntax is (apart from anything else) quite out of date
I really wanted a Burner but was too small so was given a Striker instead which was like riding a lump of lead
August 6, 2026 at 11:53 AM
I really wanted a Burner but was too small so was given a Striker instead which was like riding a lump of lead
I like the way that Hayden Panettiere is seems to be subtly cos-playing as spider-man in that outfit
August 6, 2026 at 11:07 AM
I like the way that Hayden Panettiere is seems to be subtly cos-playing as spider-man in that outfit
Indian and other cinema traditions have a much easier time with this kind of tonal shift. Nolan is, if nothing else, a rigorously realist 'western' film maker
August 6, 2026 at 8:43 AM
Indian and other cinema traditions have a much easier time with this kind of tonal shift. Nolan is, if nothing else, a rigorously realist 'western' film maker
Yes, "a family-friendly audiovisual spectacle, like an elaborate Fourth of July fireworks display" is a good thing!
August 3, 2026 at 12:40 PM
Yes, "a family-friendly audiovisual spectacle, like an elaborate Fourth of July fireworks display" is a good thing!
It's been 30+ years since i read the books but doesn't he form a band in one of them?
July 31, 2026 at 7:46 AM
It's been 30+ years since i read the books but doesn't he form a band in one of them?
... the viking men and british women. I'm not having a go, I just thought it was an interesting example of the way we tend to ascribe transmission of what we might consider masculine/ viking characteristics to male descendants and vice-versa. I know this is the kind of thing i might easily do too
July 23, 2026 at 1:56 PM
... the viking men and british women. I'm not having a go, I just thought it was an interesting example of the way we tend to ascribe transmission of what we might consider masculine/ viking characteristics to male descendants and vice-versa. I know this is the kind of thing i might easily do too
sure. you can trace maternal lineage via mitochondrial DNA. That study doesn't make any claims about the sex of the descendants though only the original settlers. You said the women are descended from women and the men are descended from viking men. whereas all the people are descended from both ...
July 23, 2026 at 1:56 PM
sure. you can trace maternal lineage via mitochondrial DNA. That study doesn't make any claims about the sex of the descendants though only the original settlers. You said the women are descended from women and the men are descended from viking men. whereas all the people are descended from both ...
surely men in iceland are also descended from women and women from men? (unless there's something really strange going on in iceland)
July 23, 2026 at 7:58 AM
surely men in iceland are also descended from women and women from men? (unless there's something really strange going on in iceland)
My vague recollection of a book I read years ago is the original celtic population of gb got pushed out of what's now england over to wales, which is defended by a bunch of mountains if you're coming from the east so that's where the settlement stopped (as i say, very vague memories though so...)
July 23, 2026 at 7:56 AM
My vague recollection of a book I read years ago is the original celtic population of gb got pushed out of what's now england over to wales, which is defended by a bunch of mountains if you're coming from the east so that's where the settlement stopped (as i say, very vague memories though so...)
yeah, crazy that we thought th 1989 one was dark and serious batman when it came out (though i guess that might just have been 11yr old me)
July 18, 2026 at 6:03 AM
yeah, crazy that we thought th 1989 one was dark and serious batman when it came out (though i guess that might just have been 11yr old me)
I asked my kids (14, 16) the same thing a while back they were unanimous that the best one was Lego Batman.
tbh think they might be right.
tbh think they might be right.
July 18, 2026 at 5:36 AM
I asked my kids (14, 16) the same thing a while back they were unanimous that the best one was Lego Batman.
tbh think they might be right.
tbh think they might be right.
Yeah, Le Guin was knocking them out the park right up to (and including) Lavinia. M John Harrison's recent work is IMO his best. Dickens? Eliot? All their best work is in the back half of their career.
July 13, 2026 at 3:18 PM
Yeah, Le Guin was knocking them out the park right up to (and including) Lavinia. M John Harrison's recent work is IMO his best. Dickens? Eliot? All their best work is in the back half of their career.