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2,551 karma · joined November 9, 2010

I'm Francis Irving. Cohosts "Imagine an apple" a podcast about our inner mental worlds.

Made lots of the mySociety democracy websites - TheyWorkForYou, WhatDoTheyKnow and so on

Email me francis@flourish.org

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Alabama AG Launches Investigation into OpenAI for AI Data Breach

alabamaag.gov·3 pts·frabcus·
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Vibe coding local first personal apps in mid-2026

flourish.org·2 pts·frabcus·
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What if plants could talk? (OpenAI YouTube) [video]

youtube.com·2 pts·frabcus·
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The frustration of agreeing with everyone about AI

flourish.org·1 pts·frabcus·
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Copilot silently inserts itself as a co-author in VS Code

github.com·3 pts·frabcus·
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Big Carl lifts the dome onto second reactor – Hinkley Point C [video]

youtube.com·1 pts·frabcus·
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Automating Meridian DSP5000 Speaker Activation for One-Click Audio Bliss

github.com·1 pts·frabcus·
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Ask HN: Why is X's website still on domain twitter.com?

2 pts·frabcus·
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Mirages: On Anthropomorphism in Dialogue Systems

arxiv.org·41 pts·frabcus·
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What is high-quality about the data that trained generative AI?

flourish.org·1 pts·frabcus·
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Language Models Can Teach Themselves to Program Better

arxiv.org·7 pts·frabcus·
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I learned Unity in 3 simple* steps

youtube.com·2 pts·frabcus·
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Could you set your Signal profile picture? It makes the app feel more human

3 pts·frabcus·
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New Guidelines for Sign in with Apple

developer.apple.com·1 pts·frabcus·
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US Government’s Indictment of Assange Poses Grave Threats to Press Freedoms

theintercept.com·6 pts·frabcus·
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Brainstorming a better YouTube recommendation algorithm

flourish.org·5 pts·frabcus·
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Ask HN: How do you license a neural network as free software?

4 pts·frabcus·
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DuckDuckHack is now in Maintenance Mode

duckduckhack.com·209 pts·frabcus·
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How Does BB-8 Work?

howbb8works.com·2 pts·frabcus·
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Number of Tor users recently halved

metrics.torproject.org·42 pts·frabcus·
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Sync/Backup workshop at Redecentralize Conference

flourish.org·2 pts·frabcus·
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I collected the CVs of 687 people standing for Parliament

cv.democracyclub.org.uk·2 pts·frabcus·
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Cyanogen teams up with Microsoft to offer bundled apps and services

androidcentral.com·1 pts·frabcus·
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Curriculum Vitae of Future Members of Parliament

cv.democracyclub.org.uk·1 pts·frabcus·
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The advert wars

flourish.org·1 pts·frabcus·
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I promise never to use C/C++ for a new project

flourish.org·18 pts·frabcus·
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Twitter app graph steals list of your mobile apps

support.twitter.com·5 pts·frabcus·
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Philae update: “Go” for landing, despite apparent failure of cold-gas jet system

planetary.org·1 pts·frabcus·
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XKCD live-cartoons today's real attempt to land on a comet

explainxkcd.com·1 pts·frabcus·
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Why Twitter’s decision on Scraperwiki is bad for data democracy

gravyanecdote.com·31 pts·frabcus·
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