04 Thursday Dec 2025
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The Tech Industry’s Illusion of Innovation
Martyn Rhisiart Jones
Oza-Cesuras, 4th December 2025
There’s a moment in every hype cycle when reality taps the industry on the shoulder and whispers, “This isn‘t working.“ And every time that moment arrives, tech responds with the grace of a cornered raccoon.
Continue reading14 Wednesday May 2025
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Martyn Richard Jones, Galicia, 14th May 2025.
I’m feeling generous, so I would like to introduce you to my top eight list of foolish things that people say about data.
I think that data does have a role to play in some businesses. I also believe that some of the basic distributed file store and text search technologies used in data can be usefully employed, in non-traditional indexing, counting and correlation. However, there is an awful lot of nonsense said and written about data.
So, onwards and upwards.
Continue reading14 Wednesday May 2025
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Martyn Richard Jones, Galicia, 14th May 2025.
Remember that old story about Lassie, the Yorkshire collie dog?
And, how Lassie would run across the Scottish highlands, lowlands and Yorkshire moors.
Aww, wasn’t she so cute?
Continue reading14 Wednesday May 2025
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Martyn Richard Jones, Galicia, 14 May 2025
Amid artificial intelligence’s clamour, the discourse ranges from the delightfully absurd to the soberingly wise. Here are some of the most outlandish and refreshingly grounded reflections on AI from voices across the spectrum.
Continue reading17 Thursday Apr 2025
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Without a grounding in statistics, a Data Scientist is a Data Lab Assistant.
Martyn Jones
Hold this thought: There are big lies, damn big lies and data science with an AI chaser.
Statistics is a science, and some would argue that it is one of the oldest sciences.
Statistics can be traced back to the days of Augustus Caesar. He was a statesman, military leader, and the first emperor of the Roman Empire. Some set its provenance even earlier.
Indeed, suppose we accept that censuses are a part of statistics. In that case, we can trace history back to the Chinese Han Dynasty (2 AD). We can also consider the Egyptians (2,500 BC) and the Babylonians (4,000 BC).
Continue reading06 Monday Oct 2014
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Martyn Richard Jones
Remaster 2026
Hi, I’m Ricky Jonesy-Innit, boss of Becci Boo Investments.
Last week, we said goodbye to our best commodity trader.
He’d been with us for years.