As today is the tenth anniversary of the death of Prince, I've updated @thequietus.com #ThePortal archive dive with writing on his utter genius: John Higgs on Prince & William Blake, a guide to Prince's Minneapolis, classic albums revisited, Prince beyond the hits & much more
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yeah, that's maybe what happened. But it's a good use of AI if it prompts a pitch that I'm actually interested in. And me too. My boss remembers the stories I wrote six month ago better than I do
Going to tell the grandchildren this was The Mandalorian and Grogu.
I guess it reminded me of this band and maybe that's why I quoted it 🤷 youtu.be/-KoS3OwBKeo?...
I did a call in Jan but didn't use it for a story. Anyway, the PR just emailed me to pitch me a different story and quoted a question I asked on the call I didn't use. *That* is clever PR.
"We have a database and we're not afraid of using it." How DuckDB tackled the small changes problem in lakehouse design. www.theregister.com/2026/04/16/d...
Harbour sunrise with doggo
Nice piece on @duckdb.org's Duck Lake by @datadictum.bsky.social #databs
I remember John Peel opening his show with US 80s/90s, and that made a big impression on my 14-year-old brain.
Wayne also requires $1.5 trillion cap ex or we just won't feel the benefits of Wayne
very good
how it's going
how it started
It's nearly six years since I wrote about Palantir in the NHS> www.theregister.com/2020/05/19/c.... It's good to see it being debated in Parliament this afternoon.
yes, me as well
I mean, we all *knew* why they're pushing AI, but it's fun when they just come out and say it.
Until there’s liability you’re going to say anything about your broken product to cover the hundreds of billions in costs coming.
I remember this going out out live in front of millions and I’m glad it’s captured for posterity. Yes, Queen played to segregated audiences in apartheid South Africa
Brazil; another planet
I knew it was bad but really didn’t appreciate it was quite this bad
as.ft.com/r/db911dd6-f...
yet this is where we are. who would vote for house prices to fall?
it's a drag
incredible
"It's just another crest of a hill where you have no idea what's ahead of you," one legal expert told me. Vendors expect a multi-billion-dollar market for AI agents, but won't take responsibility for their work. www.theregister.com/2026/04/05/a...
UK National Data Library plan needs work, study finds
www.theregister.com/2026/04/08/national_data...
Agents will look for info elsewhere unless official sources sharpen up.
Oh dear... It turns out that AI isn't the magical solution that the IA charlitans sell it as being...
Thought of a lyric:
"I can't make things/ But I can make things worse."
oops
