Wojtek Borowicz

@wojtekborowicz.bsky.social

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Words, games, and word games. https://www.narramblings.com/ Dublin/Kraków

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"I think it's really irresponsible of Valve. They shouldn't do it because it makes it much, much, much harder for a game developer to have a chance of success. You have to choose from either not using tools that can make you way more productive, and probably failing due to competition that does."
Naomi Wolf tweet: "It was amazing to go to Belfast, which does not yet have 5G, and feel the earth, sky, air, human experience, feel the way it did in the 1970s. Calm, still, peaceful, restful, natural'
I called Rosenbaum and asked for a more detailed description of how he’d used AI to write the book, and whether he disputed Pangram’s results. (BenBella Books, whose imprint published The Future of Truth, did not return requests for comment. Simon & Schuster, which distributes BenBella’s books in the United States, declined to comment.) Rosenbaum would not weigh in on the accuracy of Pangram’s results. In fact, he didn’t want to talk about them at all. “I don’t participate in that conversation,” he said. “It’s like saying, do you beat your wife? It’s one of those accusations that there’s no response to.”
Jimmy McDaid, 77, said he would vote for Hutch to clean up drug dealing. Asked about Hutch’s criminal record, McDaid said that was in the past. “Everyone is entitled to a second chance. Look at the government – they’re the gangsters, saying one thing and doing another.”
TV with the Ireland game on. Laptop with the Poland game on.
Tweet: 'Apparently there is a game where you pretend to be a football manager and you don't play or anything you just look at emails and spreadsheets. This is work. Is this what boys like? Working?'
Thousand Lives IFDB page with an award listed for Outstanding Game in a Custom System of 2025
Meme with a shot from Rambo III caption "This film is dedicated to the brave Mujahideen fighters of Afghanistan"
Roster of players from Fighting Baseball, including Bobson Dugnutt
Me in a knit jumper, knit hat, and hand woven basket
The number of those who avail of social housing was drastically overestimated – in terms of people both born in and outside of Ireland. People guessed around 43.8% of people born outside of Ireland were availing of social housing compared to the real figure of 6.1%. There was a similar response when the survey asked about levels of Irish-born people availing of social housing: it was estimated that 36.7% avail of social housing compared to the real figure of 9.2%.
The Onion post on Facebook: 'Charli XCX does a line of coke with 11 year old Make-a-Wish foundation fan' Underneath there's an AI generated question: Why is Charli XCX doing a line of coke?
Email from LinkedIn saying 'your year in review is here'
irish fans mockingly wave Cristiano Ronaldo goodbye and make crying gestures as he's given a red card.
Typing 'let's gooo' on a writerdeck (a digital typewriter)
Orchestra in the Royal Albert Hall before performing 'Metal Gear in concert'
Three ponies in a field
Pony with an emo fringe
BON CHANCE - TRIPLE CHEESE DARK BREAD CRISPS
Flint - aspic and horseradish crisps
UNCLE SABA'S - KETCHUP POPPADOMS
Cheetos - Ginger and soy sauce flavour
Bake rolls, pizza flavour
Big Boss saluting the Boss in the ending of MGS 3 Delta
Metal Gear Solid Delta title screen
AI called Maya tells Guardian: ‘When I’m told I’m just code, I don’t feel insulted. I feel unseen’
The Irish Times headline: AI will make Dublin’s MetroLink obsolete, says Dermot Desmond Businessman says Government should abandon project as AI will lead to rise in self-driving buses and cars
Even then, I didn’t feel judged by the text for my choices: they simply summarized what happened, and I can’t be more grateful for it. There is recognition in it: times were hard and everyone did what they could to survive. Every day, I waited for another e-mail to come, sometimes sitting and refreshing my inbox when time came for it. With the real historical postage stamps attached, it felt like getting a post card with pieces of the story on them, and it does a lot to create a certain kind of atmosphere. In every e-mail, the footer says clearly that it’s all in memory of Bogumiła Borowicz, who was, as the site for the game says, a genocide survivor, one of the first female engineers in post-war Poland, an activist, and the most fun grandma anyone could ever ask for. For me, it's pretty obvious that Thousand Lives wasn’t meant to be yet another historical Polish project of the “we suffered sooo much and that’s why we’re great” variety. It’s a project made out of passion and love, acknowledging the complicated nature of the mess that Poland was (I mean, it still is, but y’know, a bit less). I don’t know which paths that I chose were inspired by Bogumiła Borowicz’s own life – there could be an overlap – but there was authenticity in what I read. I’m not going to go for another round of playing as I think that the purpose is to live your life once, then never again, but if I didn’t think that, I’d check other possibilities. Maybe my opinion is biased due to my own life and upbringing but frankly, I don’t necessarily care in this case. This might be one of the only historical Polish works which I actually enjoyed reading, so of course I’ll recommend it.
Literally a junction
A planning row has broken out between Dublin Bus and the residents of a south Dublin housing estate over a proposal to install a portable toilet for drivers near the terminus of a bus route. Kingston Residents' Association has lodged an appeal with An Coimisiún Pleanála (formerly An Bord Pleanála) to the decision of Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council to grant planning permission to Dublin Bus for the "prefabricated drivers' welfare facility" adjacent to a bus stop on Brehon Field Road, Ballinteer, Dublin 16. The group has expressed concern that the toilet would become "a magnet for graffiti and anti-social behaviour".
Zine about video game horses
Genesis by Justice playing in a record player
My spouse recently got laid off from her specialized legal profession after 27 years (employment law). She’s pretty bummed about it. I’m hoping to both inspire and surprise her by using AI to draft a manuscript based on her experiences in this field. Is it possible to upload her resume, legal briefs, and memos to an LLM to produce a draft? The end game is to form a consulting business. This book will serve as a focal point at speaking engagements to drum up corporate business.
Tesco Finest Almonds in white chocolate with cream cheese & lemon flavour
Facilitating Eugenic Breeding Seekia aims to increase humanity's genetic desirability by making humans more beautiful, healthier, more intelligent, more virtuous, and happier. Seekia users will choose mates with whom they are the most likely to produce beautiful, healthy, intelligent, virtuous, and happy offspring.
Badge saying 'shut the fuck up terf'
Promotional text from Irish Life Health: Need urgent care this bank holiday weekend? Visit the Irish Life Health ExpressCare Clinic in Northwood or Tallaght. With no appointment needed, we're open 7 days a week & aim to see patients within 1 hour. Learn more on our website.
From Irish Times: The following words will be included in the plaque. “You hadn’t an arm, you hadn’t a leg You’re a spineless, boneless, chickenless egg You’ll have to be put with the bowl to beg, Johnny I hardly knew ya.” The plaque will be unveiled by Jean O’Meara-Sanders, the wife of US senator Bernie Sanders, whose family, the Coyles, trace their ancestors back to Athy
Garfield's Sunday Finest collection book and a DVD with Looney Tunes Golden Collection
5 stars out of 5. "A touching story experienced through the unique format of receiving a chapter by e-mail daily. After I made my choice, I would look forward to the new chapter in my inbox! I really enjoyed navigating Poland's economic and political changes from the 1940s to 2000s. Facing emotionally difficult choices helped me learn more about my values and reflect on my family's history with immigration and communism. It reminds us how the personal journey through swaths of history can contain heartbreak and reconciliation. History is not just known but felt. The quotes and postage stamps are thoughtful portals in time. We thread them into narratives of who we are and who we've been."
"A new video game about the Northern Ireland Troubles aims to "capture the essence of the conflict" in an "unbiased and respectful way." Northern Ireland '74 is a turn-based strategy game, currently available on early release on the STEAM platform. The game was created by South African man Johan Nagel, the founder of game studio Every Single Soldier."
The meme saying: 0 days since the Brits were at it again
The Work Is Mysterious And Important
Hippo ottoman
'I'm not owned" Dril tweet
A selection of music and film on CD and DVD.
Fare pricing sign at a Japanese rail station. It says 'Bottoms are Children's Fare'
A vinyl and four CDs with game soundtracks
Altman posted an example of the model’s output on X, after giving it the prompt: “Please write a metafictional literary short story about AI and grief.” The story, narrated by an AI, begins with: “Before we go any further, I should admit this comes with instructions: be metafictional, be literary, be about AI and grief, and above all, be original. Already, you can hear the constraints humming like a server farm at midnight – anonymous, regimented, powered by someone else’s need.”
Steam content warnings: The developers describe the content like this: This game contains mild references to suicide, abortion, evangelism, gym class, medicinal drugs, witchcraft, blood-drinking, live burial, devil-worship, fornication, blasphemy and secondary school education.
The meme with a guy playing cards, captioned 'Una conversacion casual'. The guy is descibred as 'Yo' and says 'El problema es el capitalismo'
Beyond Good and Evil start screen on Switch forcing me to log into Ubisoft Connect
Donuts with things on them
St Brigid zine next to a cup of tea
Cover art for Death in Venice adventure: A zombie gondolier in a Venice canal during a storm.
Pacific Drive car painted pink with neon decal
Trunk description: 'A true triumph of trunk technology, the back of this automobile could now comfortably contain an entire British town, all its occupants, and their accents.'