Alister Puddifer

@alisterep

MSc Planetary Sciences graduate. I welcome any scientific work experience (paid or unpaid). 🔭🌌🛸 He/Him

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Alister Puddifer@alisterep· 13d

But the real question is - how many men are inside the one horse?

Trojan horse from The Odyssey, buried in beach sand.

Alister Puddifer@alisterep· 16d

I asked chat GPT this, back when LLMs first became popular and I wanted to see what it was all about. Either Grok is especially stupid, or AI is becoming less funny over time.

I ask:

Tell me a joke involving Barbie and Oppenheimer.

Chat GPT replies:

Why did Barbie invite Oppenheimer to her tea party?

Because she heard he could create an explosive atmosphere!

Alister Puddifer@alisterep· 20d

Hmm, not what I expected.

Further breakdown of the results from the YouGov website, showing no obvious difference in choice between the social grades ABC1 and C2DE.

Alister Puddifer@alisterep· Jul 9

Oh, I'm gonna change alright.

It's that meme from The Office. It reads "You know what? I'm gonna be trans even harder."

Alister Puddifer@alisterep· Jul 4

(Just banter.)

A doctored (not AI) image of Queen Elizabeth II, wearing a red cap which reads "Make America Great Britain Again".

Alister Puddifer@alisterep· Jun 23

All puppies and kittens to be spayed or neutered unless the owner is a licensed breeder or has a medical exemption. Too many unwanted pets, and stray/feral cats killing our wildlife and diluting Scottish Wildcat populations. (My Wildcat photo for tax.)

What staff at Edinburgh Zoo assured me was a Scottish Wildcat and not just a tabby. A beautiful feline sat between two trees, staring down the camera. It's a stare that would make me think twice, if there weren't glass between us.

Alister Puddifer@alisterep· Jun 22

Confirmed.

What staff at Edinburgh Zoo assured me was a Scottish Wildcat. A beautiful tabby sat between two trees, staring down the camera. It's a stare that would make me think twice, if there weren't glass between us. Image is my own (C).

Alister Puddifer@alisterep· Jun 6

It's the cat which the Bengal breed comes from.

A Bengal cat jumping up to catch a toy. This beautiful cat is silver-white with black rosette spots and stripes. This image is not mine, unfortunately I don't have any photos of my Bengals on my phone.

Alister Puddifer@alisterep· May 21

Did a double-take when I saw this an hour ago.

The poster is slightly clipped on the left because I was focused on not offending the person opposite me.

An apparent advert, that reads: "Earn zero interest on your current account balance, while we use your money to make even more money for ourselves!"

The small print says: "your money is working very hard - just not for you. While your current account balance sits at 0% interest, we're busy depositing it at the Bank of England, backing mortgages, or structurally hedging our books to capture the spread. It's called Net Interest and it drives our profits. We're counting on you not checking the maths or the T&C's. Cheers!"

The company name is "UNWISE".

Alister Puddifer@alisterep· May 18

Agreed.

Screenshot of the poll results, limited to those who are 18-24 years of age. Currently the results stand at 29% About right, 23% Too many, about 23% Don't know, and about 20% Not enough.

Alister Puddifer@alisterep· May 17

We don't have to imagine. White washing happens all the time.

Johnny Depp as a Native American in The Lone Ranger, 2013. Scarlett Johansson in Ghost in the Shell, 2017 (a live action anime). Laurence Olivier, Othello, 1965 (literal blackface).

Alister Puddifer@alisterep· May 8

Happy Birthday Sir David Attenborough! Thank you for all you do.

Sir David Attenborough (right), holding a baby crocodile up near his face (left). He is examining it with an expression of great interest and endearment.

Alister Puddifer@alisterep· May 8

Non-binary rocks.

A heart pin in the colours of the non-binary flag, with gold trim.

Alister Puddifer@alisterep· May 7

Haumea is the beautiful weirdo proving that nature hates to be placed in tightly defined categories.

An artist's rendering of how the Dwarf Planet Haumea may look. It's probably shaped like a rugby or American football because its rapid rotation creates a centrifugal force. The left hemisphere is pinkish white is this image, while the right is dark reddish-pink, as suggested by differences in albedo measurements.

Alister Puddifer@alisterep· Apr 19

In the Netherlands they have cargo bikes for shopping, and car hires for when they really need them. Of course, they don't have silly zoning laws so the shop is never far away.

A Dutch cargo bike. This particular design has one back wheel and two front wheels (which I guess actually makes it a tricycle). The front wheels support a shopping trolley sized box.

Alister Puddifer@alisterep· Apr 18

An actual artist already created this image.

An image very much like the original. An aestheticly pleasing wind turbine on the left, set against blue skys and green fields, and a giant, ugly, black smoke billowing coal plant on the right.

An older man looks towards the left and says "Those wind turbines are such eyesores", the exact same quote used in OP's AI image. The image has been signed, but I can't read who it's by.

This image has been in my collection since 2014, so it's been around a while.

Alister Puddifer@alisterep· Apr 12

Orange background with a ghostly orange Duolingo owl. Text reads "I'm on a 3300 day learning streak!".

Alister Puddifer@alisterep· Sep 3

Lovely! I actually prefer this over my stained glass window.

Alister Puddifer@alisterep· Aug 7

I found one today.

Store bought closed cup white mushroom, where two have grown together, one large and one small.

Alister Puddifer@alisterep· Jun 4

Men min svenska är fortfarande inte bra.

Swedish text translates to "But my Swedish is still not good". The image is from the Duolingo app and reads "I'm on a 3000 day learning streak!".

Alister Puddifer@alisterep· Apr 10

What a coincidence! I captured these two just last night; my very first stacked image with a telecope. I still have lots to improve on, but I'm taking this as a good omen! (Skywatcher 200PDS, EQ6-R Pro, Nikon D3300.)

Alister Puddifer@alisterep· Jan 24

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