Damir Mitrović
@darovic.id.au
Human; software & game dev; wannabe braniac; cat lover (dogs are amazing too!)
When you can choose to be anything, choose to be kind.
This and insta are my only (active) social media accounts.
Business: [email protected]
Personal: [email protected]
When you can choose to be anything, choose to be kind.
This and insta are my only (active) social media accounts.
Business: [email protected]
Personal: [email protected]
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"Canada Post is on track to lose money" Hum. Duh. It cost less than a toonie to send a letter across Canada.
"Canada Post is a service and not a business" was common knowledge until late stage capitalism brain rotted most people into think if it ain't making money for shareholders, it's failing.
"Canada Post is a service and not a business" was common knowledge until late stage capitalism brain rotted most people into think if it ain't making money for shareholders, it's failing.
September 25, 2025 at 6:59 PM
"Canada Post is on track to lose money" Hum. Duh. It cost less than a toonie to send a letter across Canada.
"Canada Post is a service and not a business" was common knowledge until late stage capitalism brain rotted most people into think if it ain't making money for shareholders, it's failing.
"Canada Post is a service and not a business" was common knowledge until late stage capitalism brain rotted most people into think if it ain't making money for shareholders, it's failing.
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Canada Post “lost” 1 billion dollars last year?
How about, “it cost Canadians 1 billion dollars to have a national postal service” which works out to costing about $25 a year per person (population of Canada in 2024 = 40 million). Seems like a pretty reasonable cost to me.
How about, “it cost Canadians 1 billion dollars to have a national postal service” which works out to costing about $25 a year per person (population of Canada in 2024 = 40 million). Seems like a pretty reasonable cost to me.
"Canada Post is on track to lose money" Hum. Duh. It cost less than a toonie to send a letter across Canada.
"Canada Post is a service and not a business" was common knowledge until late stage capitalism brain rotted most people into think if it ain't making money for shareholders, it's failing.
"Canada Post is a service and not a business" was common knowledge until late stage capitalism brain rotted most people into think if it ain't making money for shareholders, it's failing.
September 25, 2025 at 8:35 PM
Canada Post “lost” 1 billion dollars last year?
How about, “it cost Canadians 1 billion dollars to have a national postal service” which works out to costing about $25 a year per person (population of Canada in 2024 = 40 million). Seems like a pretty reasonable cost to me.
How about, “it cost Canadians 1 billion dollars to have a national postal service” which works out to costing about $25 a year per person (population of Canada in 2024 = 40 million). Seems like a pretty reasonable cost to me.
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🇦🇺 pays $1.5mil per person each year to detain people on Nauru.
During last Senate Estimates, I asked about links to organised crime and value for money, I was told there is no need for concern.
Now whistleblower evidence paints a very different picture.
www.smh.com.au/national/pou...
During last Senate Estimates, I asked about links to organised crime and value for money, I was told there is no need for concern.
Now whistleblower evidence paints a very different picture.
www.smh.com.au/national/pou...
‘Pouring money into a trough’: Senior public servant blows whistle on allegedly ‘corrupt’ millions
The Home Affairs assistant secretary claims money was spent on overinflated contracts or for services that were never provided.
www.smh.com.au
November 9, 2025 at 8:09 PM
🇦🇺 pays $1.5mil per person each year to detain people on Nauru.
During last Senate Estimates, I asked about links to organised crime and value for money, I was told there is no need for concern.
Now whistleblower evidence paints a very different picture.
www.smh.com.au/national/pou...
During last Senate Estimates, I asked about links to organised crime and value for money, I was told there is no need for concern.
Now whistleblower evidence paints a very different picture.
www.smh.com.au/national/pou...
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seems silly to be talking about if people who play AAA games have long enough attention spans when the people who own AAA game studios don't have long enough attention spans to let teams actually make stuff
November 15, 2025 at 4:01 AM
seems silly to be talking about if people who play AAA games have long enough attention spans when the people who own AAA game studios don't have long enough attention spans to let teams actually make stuff
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Michael is my neighbor and a wonderful, courageous person. When Nazis left anti-Semitic leaflets on people’s cars, he organized a neighborhood sign-making session and led people in posting the signs communicating our solidarity against hate.
Oh wow @reuters.com got the photo here:
November 14, 2025 at 9:33 PM
Michael is my neighbor and a wonderful, courageous person. When Nazis left anti-Semitic leaflets on people’s cars, he organized a neighborhood sign-making session and led people in posting the signs communicating our solidarity against hate.
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On the blog: Think for Yourself (Flashback Edition)
"If we focus on tools without training our sensibility, we should be unsurprised when our tool use is insensible."
kevlinhenney.medium.com/think-for-yo...
"If we focus on tools without training our sensibility, we should be unsurprised when our tool use is insensible."
kevlinhenney.medium.com/think-for-yo...
Think for Yourself (Flashback Edition)
TL;DR: the advice is the same as it ever was
kevlinhenney.medium.com
November 14, 2025 at 5:15 PM
On the blog: Think for Yourself (Flashback Edition)
"If we focus on tools without training our sensibility, we should be unsurprised when our tool use is insensible."
kevlinhenney.medium.com/think-for-yo...
"If we focus on tools without training our sensibility, we should be unsurprised when our tool use is insensible."
kevlinhenney.medium.com/think-for-yo...
Despite the underdelivery on promises, this was a fun game. It'll be a loss to future players when the servers go down.
Public binaries for servers when official support ends is really the least companies should do. Otherwise, we just lose art.
#EA #Anthem #StopKillingGames
Public binaries for servers when official support ends is really the least companies should do. Otherwise, we just lose art.
#EA #Anthem #StopKillingGames
November 15, 2025 at 10:53 AM
Despite the underdelivery on promises, this was a fun game. It'll be a loss to future players when the servers go down.
Public binaries for servers when official support ends is really the least companies should do. Otherwise, we just lose art.
#EA #Anthem #StopKillingGames
Public binaries for servers when official support ends is really the least companies should do. Otherwise, we just lose art.
#EA #Anthem #StopKillingGames
Yep. Death cults in the US (I.e. Fascists).
I hope our government is expressing the appropriate level of consternation about this rhetoric.
Yeah, right. I suspect we wouldn't lift a finger if pogroms started happening.
I mean the murder pogroms. The deportation pogroms already have.
#auspol
I hope our government is expressing the appropriate level of consternation about this rhetoric.
Yeah, right. I suspect we wouldn't lift a finger if pogroms started happening.
I mean the murder pogroms. The deportation pogroms already have.
#auspol
“Housing shortage – Jews to blame," letter sticker, German Reich, 1938
zwangsraeume.berlin/en/context
zwangsraeume.berlin/en/context
November 14, 2025 at 3:31 AM
Yep. Death cults in the US (I.e. Fascists).
I hope our government is expressing the appropriate level of consternation about this rhetoric.
Yeah, right. I suspect we wouldn't lift a finger if pogroms started happening.
I mean the murder pogroms. The deportation pogroms already have.
#auspol
I hope our government is expressing the appropriate level of consternation about this rhetoric.
Yeah, right. I suspect we wouldn't lift a finger if pogroms started happening.
I mean the murder pogroms. The deportation pogroms already have.
#auspol
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'The LNP also announced that the world is indeed flat, and evolution is 'just a theory'.'
Welcome back to the dark ages, LNP fans!
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
Welcome back to the dark ages, LNP fans!
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
Liberal Party formally abandons net zero by 2050 climate target
The decision brings the party closer to the Nationals, which ditched its support for the target earlier this month amid internal turmoil over the Coalition's policy.
www.abc.net.au
November 13, 2025 at 3:09 AM
'The LNP also announced that the world is indeed flat, and evolution is 'just a theory'.'
Welcome back to the dark ages, LNP fans!
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
Welcome back to the dark ages, LNP fans!
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
Kudos to the people who are fighting the good fight in what feels like an increasingly helpless battle against the mediocratisation of our social fabric - especially our government.
#auspol
#auspol
November 12, 2025 at 2:32 AM
Kudos to the people who are fighting the good fight in what feels like an increasingly helpless battle against the mediocratisation of our social fabric - especially our government.
#auspol
#auspol
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Australians are paying billions for this Nauru arrangement and we can't even get a public statement about high-level meetings in our own Parliament, let alone a proper opportunity for media to ask questions. That's shameful.
November 12, 2025 at 12:00 AM
Australians are paying billions for this Nauru arrangement and we can't even get a public statement about high-level meetings in our own Parliament, let alone a proper opportunity for media to ask questions. That's shameful.
Either this should be stopped, or everyone involved should take a 50% paycut for outsourcing their brains to GPTs. Maybe even just get fired, since apparently we only need some prompt-meisters to do the work of senior officials.
In an Australia first, I used FOI to get the AI chat logs of Australia's top national security bureaucrat.
They show how he used Microsoft Copilot to ghostwrite speeches and messages to colleagues.
This comes as the government looks to push AI use in the public service.
www.crikey.com.au/20...
They show how he used Microsoft Copilot to ghostwrite speeches and messages to colleagues.
This comes as the government looks to push AI use in the public service.
www.crikey.com.au/20...
November 12, 2025 at 2:29 AM
Either this should be stopped, or everyone involved should take a 50% paycut for outsourcing their brains to GPTs. Maybe even just get fired, since apparently we only need some prompt-meisters to do the work of senior officials.
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Sure, every* game company** is using AI... but using it well? Is it actually helping with ANYthing? Or is it driven by a need to have AI deliver early on the promise of substituting for human labour because there's no other problem it solves?
* not every, not by a long shot
** as opposed to studio
* not every, not by a long shot
** as opposed to studio
“It’s important to assume every game company is now using AI.” Nexon CEO comments on role of human creativity as AI tools become the norm
automaton-media.com/en/news/its-...
automaton-media.com/en/news/its-...
“It’s important to assume every game company is now using AI.” Nexon CEO comments on role of human creativity as AI tools become the norm - AUTOMATON WEST
In an interview following the launch of ARC Raiders, the CEO of Embark Studios' parent company Nexon shares his views on AI.
automaton-media.com
November 12, 2025 at 1:55 AM
Sure, every* game company** is using AI... but using it well? Is it actually helping with ANYthing? Or is it driven by a need to have AI deliver early on the promise of substituting for human labour because there's no other problem it solves?
* not every, not by a long shot
** as opposed to studio
* not every, not by a long shot
** as opposed to studio
Well, #Boots on @netflix.com kicks the nads. Nicely done.
I hate that stories like this ever happened; I hate the fact they're just as necessary today as they were when the memoire behind the show was written.
People should be kinder to each other. And to themselves.
I hate that stories like this ever happened; I hate the fact they're just as necessary today as they were when the memoire behind the show was written.
People should be kinder to each other. And to themselves.
November 11, 2025 at 9:39 AM
Well, #Boots on @netflix.com kicks the nads. Nicely done.
I hate that stories like this ever happened; I hate the fact they're just as necessary today as they were when the memoire behind the show was written.
People should be kinder to each other. And to themselves.
I hate that stories like this ever happened; I hate the fact they're just as necessary today as they were when the memoire behind the show was written.
People should be kinder to each other. And to themselves.
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This a big deal: "China’s carbon dioxide emissions have been flat or falling for 18 months"
China's economy has grown by ~5% in the last year, so this comprehensively debunks the idea (again) that emissions are tied to growth. So yes, faster progress needed, but this is how you turn the corner.
China's economy has grown by ~5% in the last year, so this comprehensively debunks the idea (again) that emissions are tied to growth. So yes, faster progress needed, but this is how you turn the corner.
China’s CO2 emissions have been flat or falling for past 18 months, analysis finds
World’s biggest polluter on track to hit peak emissions target early but miss goal for cutting carbon intensity
www.theguardian.com
November 11, 2025 at 9:20 AM
This a big deal: "China’s carbon dioxide emissions have been flat or falling for 18 months"
China's economy has grown by ~5% in the last year, so this comprehensively debunks the idea (again) that emissions are tied to growth. So yes, faster progress needed, but this is how you turn the corner.
China's economy has grown by ~5% in the last year, so this comprehensively debunks the idea (again) that emissions are tied to growth. So yes, faster progress needed, but this is how you turn the corner.
I'm almost as sick of people claiming their art doesn't have a political agenda as I am of people attacking art for being political.
It's always been political. Get over it.
And even if your work doesn't have an agenda, it's absolutely political. Own it - especially when the point is poignant.
It's always been political. Get over it.
And even if your work doesn't have an agenda, it's absolutely political. Own it - especially when the point is poignant.
November 11, 2025 at 8:40 AM
I'm almost as sick of people claiming their art doesn't have a political agenda as I am of people attacking art for being political.
It's always been political. Get over it.
And even if your work doesn't have an agenda, it's absolutely political. Own it - especially when the point is poignant.
It's always been political. Get over it.
And even if your work doesn't have an agenda, it's absolutely political. Own it - especially when the point is poignant.
I look forward to the IOC flying head first into the ECHR the next time a European country hosts the games.
The US can hang the last scrap of its "moral superiority" too, given how this is probably entirely due to the orange guy.
The US can hang the last scrap of its "moral superiority" too, given how this is probably entirely due to the orange guy.
This move is based on pseudoscientific nonsense. Just ftr.
The International Olympic Committee is set to ban trans and intersex women from competition. This is despite the fact that for 20 years, the IOC has allowed trans athletes to compete and only 1 has ever competed and none have ever won a medal.
www.the-independent.com/sport/olympi...
www.the-independent.com/sport/olympi...
November 11, 2025 at 8:06 AM
I look forward to the IOC flying head first into the ECHR the next time a European country hosts the games.
The US can hang the last scrap of its "moral superiority" too, given how this is probably entirely due to the orange guy.
The US can hang the last scrap of its "moral superiority" too, given how this is probably entirely due to the orange guy.
"Don't worry about actually parenting your kids, we'll just pretend to do something about it so you can feel warm and fuzzy."
These laws aren't worth the paper they're printed on.
#auspol
These laws aren't worth the paper they're printed on.
#auspol
We’re banning social media for under-16s to keep them safe online.
November 10, 2025 at 3:45 PM
"Don't worry about actually parenting your kids, we'll just pretend to do something about it so you can feel warm and fuzzy."
These laws aren't worth the paper they're printed on.
#auspol
These laws aren't worth the paper they're printed on.
#auspol
Ok, quit with the celebrity biography movies. A whole one of them has been worthwhile.
Maybe find #WheelOfTime instead?
Maybe find #WheelOfTime instead?
November 10, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Ok, quit with the celebrity biography movies. A whole one of them has been worthwhile.
Maybe find #WheelOfTime instead?
Maybe find #WheelOfTime instead?
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Like ‘housing affordability’ ‘net zero’ has become one of those meaningless political sayings
Labors support for net zero hasn’t stopped them supporting new coal or gas or from spending billions on fossil fuel subsidies
My latest column on @thepointau.bsky.social
thepoint.com.au/opinions/251...
Labors support for net zero hasn’t stopped them supporting new coal or gas or from spending billions on fossil fuel subsidies
My latest column on @thepointau.bsky.social
thepoint.com.au/opinions/251...
Net Zero hides a truth the mining giants understand perfectly: nothing has to change
The point.com.au
thepoint.com.au
November 10, 2025 at 9:18 AM
Like ‘housing affordability’ ‘net zero’ has become one of those meaningless political sayings
Labors support for net zero hasn’t stopped them supporting new coal or gas or from spending billions on fossil fuel subsidies
My latest column on @thepointau.bsky.social
thepoint.com.au/opinions/251...
Labors support for net zero hasn’t stopped them supporting new coal or gas or from spending billions on fossil fuel subsidies
My latest column on @thepointau.bsky.social
thepoint.com.au/opinions/251...
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The sad violins documentary about how sad it made Israeli soldiers to do genocidal war crimes for more than two years straight because "an order is an order" will of course be prohibited by Israeli censors.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
Israeli soldiers speak out on killings of Gaza civilians
IDF soldiers tell documentary of opening fire unprovoked and arbitrary designations of who was an enemy
www.theguardian.com
November 10, 2025 at 9:47 AM
The sad violins documentary about how sad it made Israeli soldiers to do genocidal war crimes for more than two years straight because "an order is an order" will of course be prohibited by Israeli censors.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
I'll trust the scientists over the politicians any day. Especially this politician. #auspol
1/ Unfortunately for Minister Watt, environmental & conservation science, environmental legal & political integrity experts show how untenable his boast of "stronger environmental laws" is
Biodiversity Council @biodivcouncil.bsky.social: biodiversitycouncil.org.au/resources/ge...
Biodiversity Council @biodivcouncil.bsky.social: biodiversitycouncil.org.au/resources/ge...
November 9, 2025 at 1:19 AM
I'll trust the scientists over the politicians any day. Especially this politician. #auspol
Listen. If we can't make (ethical) pr0n with gen AI tools, what's the point?
I'll let you decide how serious I'm being 😏
I'll let you decide how serious I'm being 😏
November 7, 2025 at 10:16 PM
Listen. If we can't make (ethical) pr0n with gen AI tools, what's the point?
I'll let you decide how serious I'm being 😏
I'll let you decide how serious I'm being 😏
Well, it's nice to see the US doing something right, for a change. And hey, glory be to preferential voting systems! or, "Sure, you're popular. But are you popular *enough*?"
November 5, 2025 at 8:32 AM
Well, it's nice to see the US doing something right, for a change. And hey, glory be to preferential voting systems! or, "Sure, you're popular. But are you popular *enough*?"