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Matthew Spillane

@spillanemj.bsky.social

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Retired Naval Operations Analyst. Lapsed Mathematician. Fading Ranga. Inner West Sydney

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Matthew Spillane @spillanemj.bsky.social · 4h

and your home address, email and phone number

Matthew Spillane @spillanemj.bsky.social · 4h

they should flood the track every year… and bring back the kangaroos

Matthew Spillane @spillanemj.bsky.social · 5h

missed the shunt opportunity

Matthew Spillane @spillanemj.bsky.social · 5h

All face-to-face when I flew in and out of Germany recently

Matthew Spillane @spillanemj.bsky.social · 5h

it’s all random in this weather.

Matthew Spillane @spillanemj.bsky.social · 5h

payback for all those all-you-can-eat nights in the 90s when they were too slow handing out slices

Matthew Spillane @spillanemj.bsky.social · 5h

Safety car’s led the most laps

Matthew Spillane @spillanemj.bsky.social · 6h

No good at poker apparently

Ed Zitron @edzitron.com · 13h

AI has lost the dunce vote. It’s over

Nate Silver
@NateSilver538 • 5h
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I'm just one person, and my programming needs are somewhat unusual (building various kinds of statistical forecasting models). But I'm just not seeing the consistent productivity gains from LLMs that I would have expected if you'd asked me 6 months ago.

Matthew Spillane @spillanemj.bsky.social · 8h

Palestine March

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Renee de St. Croix @reneedsc.bsky.social · Sep 1

“The change shows how ambitious policymaking can directly improve health in large cities. Air pollution is often described by health experts as a silent killer. Both PM 2.5 and nitrogen dioxide have been linked to major health problems, including heart attacks, lung cancer, bronchitis and asthma.”

Paris said au revoir to cars. Air pollution maps reveal a dramatic change.

Air pollution fell substantially as the city restricted car traffic and made way for parks and bike lanes.

www.washingtonpost.com

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Matthew Spillane @spillanemj.bsky.social · 8h

was in Paris 1 Sept, it’s now a great city for pedestrians

Matthew Spillane @spillanemj.bsky.social · 8h

nice pub

Matthew Spillane @spillanemj.bsky.social · 9h

I think the Liberal Party should throw all its money towards getting Tony back in Warringah

Matthew Spillane @spillanemj.bsky.social · 9h

45 through The Chase

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Matthew Spillane @spillanemj.bsky.social · 9h

wait til they find out it’s a 60 zone

Matthew Spillane @spillanemj.bsky.social · 9h

Looking forward to more Qantas emails telling me to be cyber-aware

Matthew Spillane @spillanemj.bsky.social · 9h

I’m remember when you could see the car numbers….now unless they zoom in on the windows I have no idea who’s who

Matthew Spillane @spillanemj.bsky.social · 10h

The only way Tesla can compete against Chinese brands is by having them banned

Matthew Spillane @spillanemj.bsky.social · 11h

One of my favourite photos, from 2018

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kat, ghost of helenruthsghost @chaoskat.bsky.social · 13h

Salvation Army seen feeding ICE today. For anyone who doesn't already know about their bigotry, here is more, No need to give them your money this Christmas, or ever.

unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 14h

It’s dinner time for the police. Appears to be pizza from a Salvation Army van.

Broadview’s “free speech” curfew starts soon, at 6pm.

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Matthew Spillane @spillanemj.bsky.social · 12h

which ones would you waive?

Matthew Spillane @spillanemj.bsky.social · 13h

but found liable for wrongful death in civil court

Matthew Spillane @spillanemj.bsky.social · 13h

centrist nonsense