multiple-model agnostic, writes code, mostly javascript/typescript, old school film, tv, sci-fi & comics nerd, ex-Yahoo!, currently at Starling Bank (opinions my own)https://bsky.app/profile/dburrows.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/dburrows.bsky.social/post/3mzhtmtrujk2tThe view that tech leaders are savvy business people and have some kind of genius ability to predict the future needs to be readjusted. It sure looks like a lot of them don’t know shit and make big bets on losers and we should act accordingly.04 Nov 2026 07:33 +0000at://did:plc:sda3pyffvbcwmk2rhusoenff/app.bsky.feed.post/3mzhtmtrujk2thttps://bsky.app/profile/dburrows.bsky.social/post/3mzhsiw6wv22tWoke 2.0 is the iPhone 4 of woke04 Nov 2026 07:13 +0000at://did:plc:sda3pyffvbcwmk2rhusoenff/app.bsky.feed.post/3mzhsiw6wv22thttps://bsky.app/profile/dburrows.bsky.social/post/3mzhsg7srr22tNice work guys 🙌 [contains quote post or other embedded content]04 Nov 2026 07:12 +0000at://did:plc:sda3pyffvbcwmk2rhusoenff/app.bsky.feed.post/3mzhsg7srr22thttps://bsky.app/profile/dburrows.bsky.social/post/3mzglisj3js26Crosses off “killing the younglings was good” from my “nobody could ever possibly think that” list03 Nov 2026 19:35 +0000at://did:plc:sda3pyffvbcwmk2rhusoenff/app.bsky.feed.post/3mzglisj3js26https://bsky.app/profile/dburrows.bsky.social/post/3mzfhr5dnlc25C’mon America, you can do this, we don’t even need a Notes apology just sort it out03 Nov 2026 08:55 +0000at://did:plc:sda3pyffvbcwmk2rhusoenff/app.bsky.feed.post/3mzfhr5dnlc25https://bsky.app/profile/dburrows.bsky.social/post/3mzbttnkhts2aRIP Juan Atkins, a musical genius and true sci-fi head, couldn’t think of a better picture than this one! [contains quote post or other embedded content]01 Nov 2026 22:21 +0000at://did:plc:sda3pyffvbcwmk2rhusoenff/app.bsky.feed.post/3mzbttnkhts2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/dburrows.bsky.social/post/3mz6unv454k2aMan, Dark Matter drives me up the wall sometimes but Episode 5 of Series 2 makes up for the annoyance, pretty much as perfect an episode of TV as you can make. Joel Edgerton is so massively underrated as an actor.31 Oct 2026 17:58 +0000at://did:plc:sda3pyffvbcwmk2rhusoenff/app.bsky.feed.post/3mz6unv454k2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/dburrows.bsky.social/post/3mz6olk23tc2aAI is definitely a hyperobject, I kind of agree with every hater while at the same time not agreeing with them at all.31 Oct 2026 16:09 +0000at://did:plc:sda3pyffvbcwmk2rhusoenff/app.bsky.feed.post/3mz6olk23tc2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/dburrows.bsky.social/post/3mz5xnrdsgk2bOctober has really been one of those months where it’s just one thing are another, currently it’s blocked drains so no functioning toilet in the house, hope things stop happening at some point31 Oct 2026 09:19 +0000at://did:plc:sda3pyffvbcwmk2rhusoenff/app.bsky.feed.post/3mz5xnrdsgk2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/dburrows.bsky.social/post/3mz4rjstbys2yChat, is this good? https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/big-tech/cisco-gives-27-year-old-engineer-unlimited-ai-tokens-to-rewrite-98-percent-of-the-companys-legacy-code-in-24-months-president-plucks-former-startup-founder-telling-him-to-go-nuts30 Oct 2026 21:56 +0000at://did:plc:sda3pyffvbcwmk2rhusoenff/app.bsky.feed.post/3mz4rjstbys2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/dburrows.bsky.social/post/3mz3misjdks2fIt’s very interesting that when Xand Van Tulleken wrote a book about processed food a lot of the more, erm, science skeptic friends of mine told me at length about it, but now he’s written a book about how 99% of wellness is nonsense they don’t seem to be passing than info on 😂30 Oct 2026 10:54 +0000at://did:plc:sda3pyffvbcwmk2rhusoenff/app.bsky.feed.post/3mz3misjdks2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/dburrows.bsky.social/post/3mz3ij3wjkc2nReally want to know how a company that does online booking, websites and consultations goes bust in this day and age? https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cq146562ld3no?at_creation=NEWS_NLB_WK44_FRI_30_OCT&at_campaign_type=owned&at_campaign=crm&at_ptr_type=media&at_medium=emails&at_objective=conversion&at_ptr_name=airship&ua_linkname=bbcnews_hundredsofgppracticesloseonlineservicesaftercollapseoftechfirm_newshealth&app-referrer=deep-link30 Oct 2026 09:42 +0000at://did:plc:sda3pyffvbcwmk2rhusoenff/app.bsky.feed.post/3mz3ij3wjkc2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/dburrows.bsky.social/post/3mz26u2fpv22nST:TNG is still the best Star Trek, that’s science fact, and it wouldn’t be any good without Patrick Stewart holding the whole thing together, he was God Tier just for that, amazing that he did everything else and was a great ally and friend. Sometimes the right people get famous and use it well29 Oct 2026 21:17 +0000at://did:plc:sda3pyffvbcwmk2rhusoenff/app.bsky.feed.post/3mz26u2fpv22nhttps://bsky.app/profile/dburrows.bsky.social/post/3mz265egrb22nHow have I never seen this! [contains quote post or other embedded content]29 Oct 2026 21:04 +0000at://did:plc:sda3pyffvbcwmk2rhusoenff/app.bsky.feed.post/3mz265egrb22nhttps://bsky.app/profile/dburrows.bsky.social/post/3mz25mrtxxs2nWhat! This Traitors is so wild.29 Oct 2026 20:55 +0000at://did:plc:sda3pyffvbcwmk2rhusoenff/app.bsky.feed.post/3mz25mrtxxs2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/dburrows.bsky.social/post/3mz257g2qck2nJean Luc Picard has said his last “Make It so”, Professor X has said his last “To me, my X-Men!”, Gurney Halleck has played his last baliset tune, here’s to a real one, RIP Patrick Stewart 🍻29 Oct 2026 20:47 +0000at://did:plc:sda3pyffvbcwmk2rhusoenff/app.bsky.feed.post/3mz257g2qck2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/dburrows.bsky.social/post/3myzykcgc422nWe need a complicated financial industry vs no we don’t archive.ph/ywTFd https://archive.ph/ywTFd29 Oct 2026 19:24 +0000at://did:plc:sda3pyffvbcwmk2rhusoenff/app.bsky.feed.post/3myzykcgc422nhttps://bsky.app/profile/dburrows.bsky.social/post/3myzwco4slc26Amazing anti-LLM technique, just put words and concepts that trip LLM safeguards in your text/code and LLMs will refuse to read it, could be very useful in a lot of arease http://nullpt.rs/fingerprinting-bioweapons29 Oct 2026 18:44 +0000at://did:plc:sda3pyffvbcwmk2rhusoenff/app.bsky.feed.post/3myzwco4slc26https://bsky.app/profile/dburrows.bsky.social/post/3myzoce6xbs2bBrixton Market never misses https://www.instagram.com/reel/De0VDGHhAqe/?vrfl=MTJheW1sMGltOTh6Yg==29 Oct 2026 16:20 +0000at://did:plc:sda3pyffvbcwmk2rhusoenff/app.bsky.feed.post/3myzoce6xbs2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/dburrows.bsky.social/post/3myz33mabds2eTried everything I can think of to buy tickets on AXS but nothing stops the “anti-fraud” triggering now, have tried all the standard methods, no joy. Finally ticketing has reached the final form, so much anti-fraud only the fraudsters will be bothered working out how to beat it.29 Oct 2026 10:37 +0000at://did:plc:sda3pyffvbcwmk2rhusoenff/app.bsky.feed.post/3myz33mabds2e