Alan Waite

Seen it all in the computer industry since 1986. Research for Gartner in Cloud, Virtualization and Infrastructure. Mastodon:@[email protected]

[Alan Waite @Alan_D_Waite]

@micwar I don't think people are afraid enough of this. Gen AI produces words. Get ready for a torrent of words.

[Alan Waite @Alan_D_Waite]

@ciphergoth Isn’t it just the intersection of the two sets?

[Neil Gaiman @neilhimself]

ChatGPT doesn't give you information. It gives you information-shaped sentences.

[Alan Waite @Alan_D_Waite]

@abcnews What happened to journalism in this country?

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@OctavianZilch In my day we spent 4 years of total school time learning how many bushels to the hogshead

[Alan Waite @Alan_D_Waite]

@DoctorKarl I still have my immunisation record from the 60s. My kids friends and relatives were all safely vaccinated and protected. So many diseases reduced or avoided. How did we get to the point that brigades come out to attack tweets like this? I weep for humanity.

[Padraig Byrne @padraig_byrne]

Come join us at Gartner IOCS – Next Stop Sydney!! 15th – 16th May https://t.co/fs7JddAUUa @DanielRBetts

[Kate Keough @KateKeough1]

A simplified 1-pager (cocktail napkin) Cloud strategy…brilliant. #cloudpundit #GartnerIO #Equinix

[NASA @NASA]

We are going.

For the first time, the @NASA_SLS rocket and @NASA_Orion fly together. #Artemis I begins a new chapter in human lunar exploration.

[Prof. Feynman @ProfFeynman]

You will never live if you are looking for the meaning of life. Fall in love with some activity and do it! Nobody ever figures out what life is all about and it doesn't matter.

[Alan Waite @Alan_D_Waite]

@cloudpundit Fire Emblem:Three Houses on the Switch

[Alan Waite @Alan_D_Waite]

"You are not entitled to your opinion. You are only entitled to what you can argue for.”
https://t.co/BnSyWxvif0

[Alan Waite @Alan_D_Waite]

One of my favorite authors - Terry Pratchett.
“Your reward for doing something good,” Terry has taken to saying, “is to do something else good.”
https://t.co/8HEXtiWjvT

[Alan Waite @Alan_D_Waite]

By far the most common discussion I’m seeing at #GartnerSYM Gold Coast this week is on cloud talent and the skills gap.

[Lydia Leong @cloudpundit]

Will cloud adoption fail systemically across the market as organizations become completely unable to successfully staff major cloud initiatives? https://t.co/dNkG1ENk4z

[Charlie Pickering @charliepick]

But what about her rushing and work at the line of scrimmage?

[Alan Waite @Alan_D_Waite]

@WilliamShatner @Meta You bastard Shatner

[Prof. Feynman @ProfFeynman]

"The problem with the world is that the intelligent people are full of doubts, while the stupid ones are full of confidence."

- - Charles Bukowski

[Susie Dent @susie_dent]

A reminder, should you need it, of ‘mubble-fubbles’ (16th century): vague, Sunday-eveningish blues and a slight sense of doom.

[Pluribus spoilers @odenhead]

Wait there only six episodes left and after that there no more Better Call Saul

[Alan Waite @Alan_D_Waite]

@JamesSACorey Path of Exile is the way to go.