Dale Lane

@dalelane.co.uk

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Developer for IBM. Kafka. Flink. Kubernetes. AI. ML. Gadgets. Gaming. Coffee. Creator of Machine Learning for Kids. https://dalelane.co.uk

12 Angry Men (1997 remake) Project Hail Mary Now You See Me Now You Don't London Boulevard
photo of the DOOM logo in a mirror, that looks like it says "MOOD"
The Sheep Detectives Local Hero Radio The Harder They Fall
photo of a Windows blue screen of death (on a ridiculously large monitor that was the norm twenty years ago)
screenshot of the Delorean in Forza Horizon 6
photo of the stage ready for the concert with a 7-foot fridge sized air con unit at the side
a simple six-foot tall outdoor multiplayer video game
statue of Desperate Dan
a freezer with a variety of novelty flavour ice creams: Oxo Beef Stock, Capri Sun Orange, Lurpak Butter, Green Giant Sweetcorn, illy coffee, Ginger Nuts biscuits, Paxo Stuffing, Shortbread biscuits, Muller Corner yoghurt, Mini Cheddars, Aunt Bessie's Yorkshire Pudding, Euthymol Toothpaste, Tunnocks Caramel wafers, Yazoo Milkshake, Kikkoman Soy Sauce
Bright Lights, Big City Operation Avalanche Moon Zero Dark Thirty
Watercolour painting of Hursley House (credit: Sanil Nambiar)
Sleepers The Curious Case of Benjamin Button The Two Popes booksmart
photo of a path near Hursley
Michael Still : A Michael J Fox movie Miles Jupp : On I Bang Sleepy Hollow
Boiling Point (4.5 stars) Point Break (3 stars) First Banana (3 stars) A Knight's Tale (2.5 stars)
Sunlight, Love and Monsters, The Fundamentals of Caring, Two Distant Strangers
clip from the game Dispatch - with a fight between a blue mech suit hero and a glowing green villain
Hacksaw Ridge, The Only Girl in the Orchestra, Haywire, War Machine
photo of a manhole cover... if you zoom in you can see a big crack through it
This game is a work of fiction. However, it depicts certain uncomfortable aspects of reality. We suggest that you only play this game when you feel confident that doing so would not overwhelm you. If you ever feel overwhelmed while playing, please prioritize your well-being and take a break.
a selfie with my youngest daughter, just before the start of the run
herd of cows bunched into the track between two fields
Nixon : The Final Days Much Ado About Nothing Pieces of April Snowpiercer
photo of a bass drum, boxes of stands and a speaker - in the back of a van
photo of the van I'm using
Bridge of Spies Ghost In The Shell (the 1997 anime, and the 2017 remake) Bombshell
Netflix - 13 films Prime Video - 12 films iPlayer - 6 films Tubi - 4 films Channel 4 - 2 films itvx - 2 films Cinema - 1 film YouTube - 1 film
Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are dead I Swear One Life Marshall
photo of Artemis, by Andy Weir - the bit of the book where the character Dale is introduced
photo of frogs on a tarmac footpath
Django Unchained Children of Men Inglourious Basterds Thirteen Days
photo of the CPR training dummy we were learning with
a screen recording from the game, showing where you met the main enemy, Satan, for the first time
A Bridge Too Far Time Bandits Glengarry Glen Ross The Apartment
photo of Helios - a massive model of the Sun, suspended in Winchester Cathedral
Godzilla Minus One (3 stars) Starter for 10 (3 stars) Malcolm X (3.5 stars) Eddie the Eagle (3.5 stars)
Withnail and I - 3 stars Interstellar - 4.5 stars Prisoners - 3.5 stars The Good, The Bad, & The Ugly - 3.5 stars
screenshot of a Scratch project asking a sprite to convert English text into French
screen recording of a Scratch project that repeatedly translates text between languages, with the result being to get further away from the original input text
screenshot of Machine Learning for Kids, showing a visualisation of training loss
The Great Dictator (4.5 stars) John Q (3 stars) Now You See Me 2 (2 stars) The Life of Chuck (4.5 stars)
screenshot showing the output from running "npx dalelane" in a terminal, which displays a list of what I've recently read, played, watched and listened to
photo of the Chandlers Ford CodeNinjas with a sign in the door saying they are closed for good
We bought more salted caramel nuts than all but two of Southampton Sainsbury's other customers
photo of the letter I received about the Anthropic copyright settlement - a 24-page booklet of dense legalese
photo of the room where I'll be presenting
La Grande Arche
screenshot of the categories for The Game Awards, with the nine categories (out of 29) I voted for highlighted.
a group of percussion instruments, arranged ready for the start of a concert
Photo of runners wearing head torches running in the dark under a sign saying "Maverick Race". Red light from a flare lights up behind the runners.
Internal server error page for Cloudflare
my medal. I earned this
Corfe Castle
"Worth reading.... We need to be super careful with AI." Elon Musk
my copy of Superintelligence - a paperback book with an illustration of an owl on the cover
A sock monkey that lives on my desk, with a brown stain of ground coffee on his lap
asking a language model "What is the capital city of France?" and getting the answer "Paris"
photo of the New Orleans skyline
photo of the ridiculous combination. it doesn't actually look much like a ghostbusters proton pack but i can dream
screenshot from Machine Learning for Kids, showing how the language models I offer compare in size (both in MB and in number of parameters)