David Olsen
@ddsd.dolsen.net
Craft beer, Pinball, NRL, Startups, Hard Techno - Sydney, Australia.
The artwork on this is *chefs kiss*
November 27, 2025 at 12:46 AM
The artwork on this is *chefs kiss*
The front-end code is not the expensive part.
"Ben Flint, founder of Melbourne-based Supernormal Systems, said his firm used AI-assisted development tools to rebuild the front-end interface to demonstrate what was possible at a fraction of the cost."
"Ben Flint, founder of Melbourne-based Supernormal Systems, said his firm used AI-assisted development tools to rebuild the front-end interface to demonstrate what was possible at a fraction of the cost."
‘Premium prices for a downgrade’: $96.5 million BoM website savaged
Pressure is mounting on the agency and its newly minted chief executive Stuart Minchin after a major cost blowout.
www.smh.com.au
November 26, 2025 at 10:57 PM
The front-end code is not the expensive part.
"Ben Flint, founder of Melbourne-based Supernormal Systems, said his firm used AI-assisted development tools to rebuild the front-end interface to demonstrate what was possible at a fraction of the cost."
"Ben Flint, founder of Melbourne-based Supernormal Systems, said his firm used AI-assisted development tools to rebuild the front-end interface to demonstrate what was possible at a fraction of the cost."
3 hours of classic trance @ Home Sydney. 👀
Super8 & Tab - 3hr Anjunabeats Classics Set - Live @ Home, Sydney Australia
YouTube video by Way Back When Trance
youtu.be
November 26, 2025 at 9:33 PM
3 hours of classic trance @ Home Sydney. 👀
Hotels need to bring back bathroom doors.
What happened to bathroom doors?
YouTube video by Kendra Gaylord
youtu.be
November 26, 2025 at 8:34 AM
Hotels need to bring back bathroom doors.
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Cutting-edge research shows language is not the same as intelligence.
The entire AI bubble is built on ignoring it.
www.theverge.com/ai-artificia...
The entire AI bubble is built on ignoring it.
www.theverge.com/ai-artificia...
Is language the same as intelligence? The AI industry desperately needs it to be
The AI boom is based on a fundamental mistake.
www.theverge.com
November 26, 2025 at 7:03 AM
Cutting-edge research shows language is not the same as intelligence.
The entire AI bubble is built on ignoring it.
www.theverge.com/ai-artificia...
The entire AI bubble is built on ignoring it.
www.theverge.com/ai-artificia...
Sydney trains are very broken this evening.
November 26, 2025 at 6:14 AM
Sydney trains are very broken this evening.
Reposted by David Olsen
Is this cheese grater conscious? Many users feel they're talking to a real person. Scientists say it's time to consider whether they're onto something.
November 25, 2025 at 8:21 PM
Is this cheese grater conscious? Many users feel they're talking to a real person. Scientists say it's time to consider whether they're onto something.
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"there are no third spaces anymore" wrong. blast furnace
November 25, 2025 at 12:59 AM
"there are no third spaces anymore" wrong. blast furnace
This morning's gym bangers.
Ghost Stories The Final Chapter | 20 Years of D-Block & S-te-Fan
YouTube video by REBiRTH Festival
youtu.be
November 24, 2025 at 9:35 PM
This morning's gym bangers.
Canada tried and failed to do something similar (but more racist) trying to ban the Jamaican 'Patty' years ago.
November 24, 2025 at 8:48 AM
Canada tried and failed to do something similar (but more racist) trying to ban the Jamaican 'Patty' years ago.
The Chair Company is certainly a show.
Completely nuts.
Recommend.
Completely nuts.
Recommend.
The Chair Company (TV Series 2025– ) ⭐ 7.6 | Comedy, Thriller
| TV-MA
m.imdb.com
November 24, 2025 at 8:29 AM
The Chair Company is certainly a show.
Completely nuts.
Recommend.
Completely nuts.
Recommend.
"Save 30% off select products site wide"
It's either one or the other, it can be select(ed) products, or site wide. Not both.
It's either one or the other, it can be select(ed) products, or site wide. Not both.
November 24, 2025 at 1:39 AM
"Save 30% off select products site wide"
It's either one or the other, it can be select(ed) products, or site wide. Not both.
It's either one or the other, it can be select(ed) products, or site wide. Not both.
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“Insurers increasingly view AI models’ outputs as too unpredictable and opaque to insure, said Dennis Bertram, head of cyber insurance for Europe at Mosaic. “It’s too much of a black box.”
www.ft.com/content/abfe...
www.ft.com/content/abfe...
Insurers retreat from AI cover as risk of multibillion-dollar claims mounts
AIG, Great American and WR Berkley seek permission to limit liability from AI agents and chatbots
www.ft.com
November 23, 2025 at 8:20 AM
“Insurers increasingly view AI models’ outputs as too unpredictable and opaque to insure, said Dennis Bertram, head of cyber insurance for Europe at Mosaic. “It’s too much of a black box.”
www.ft.com/content/abfe...
www.ft.com/content/abfe...
I posted a lot on Twitter.
Someone thought that made me a "social media expert" and employed me.
Someone thought that made me a "social media expert" and employed me.
November 22, 2025 at 11:50 PM
I posted a lot on Twitter.
Someone thought that made me a "social media expert" and employed me.
Someone thought that made me a "social media expert" and employed me.
Reposted by David Olsen
The theory in the paper is that it's not the superhero per se, but that unexpected events in general increase mindfulness and thus pro-social behavior
So act weird and make people behave better.
So act weird and make people behave better.
Science will often take you to unexpected and delightful places. In this study, researchers hypothesized that riders in a crowded subway car would be more likely to offer their seat to a pregnant person if there were someone in the subway car dressed as Batman 🧪🦇
www.nature.com/articles/s44...
www.nature.com/articles/s44...
November 22, 2025 at 10:02 PM
The theory in the paper is that it's not the superhero per se, but that unexpected events in general increase mindfulness and thus pro-social behavior
So act weird and make people behave better.
So act weird and make people behave better.
Reposted by David Olsen
November 22, 2025 at 7:33 PM
Increasing my income by studying "Service Station Salesmanship" via correspondence.
November 22, 2025 at 2:59 AM
Increasing my income by studying "Service Station Salesmanship" via correspondence.
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I know many people here's reflex on seeing this is to assume it's from factual errors, like how fox news viewers are wrong about more basic facts than people watching no news, and while that's a factor, even if it could be 100% accurate this effect holds! see next post below for what I mean in TLDR👇🏼
Relying on ChatGPT to teach you about a topic leaves you with shallower knowledge than Googling and reading about it, according to new research that compared what more than 10,000 people knew after using one method or the other.
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Shared by @gizmodo.com: buff.ly/yAAHtHq
November 21, 2025 at 4:53 PM
I know many people here's reflex on seeing this is to assume it's from factual errors, like how fox news viewers are wrong about more basic facts than people watching no news, and while that's a factor, even if it could be 100% accurate this effect holds! see next post below for what I mean in TLDR👇🏼
The Time Crisis 3 arcade machine just has a Playstation 2 inside it.
Making Only One Side Of A Time Crisis 3 Arcade Machine Operate By Itself...
YouTube video by Joe's Classic Video Games
youtu.be
November 21, 2025 at 11:18 PM
The Time Crisis 3 arcade machine just has a Playstation 2 inside it.
This metaphor is a bit much.
Thirteen people treated for smoke inhalation after fire at COP30 venue
Officials say the fire, which erupted at one of the country exhibition pavilions, was brought under control in six minutes as security personnel ordered thousands of delegates in the sprawling buildin...
www.abc.net.au
November 21, 2025 at 8:50 AM
This metaphor is a bit much.
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A solid article but can we please, again, address the fact that ChatGPT uses em dashes because they ARE used a lot? Lotta hate on them lately because of AI but they show up there because of the materials it was trained on so just be aware that personal stylistic choices are just that - personal.
To “my students and to anyone who might listen, I say: Don’t surrender to AI your ability to read, write and think when others once risked their lives and died for the freedom to do so.”
www.huffpost.com/entry/histor...
www.huffpost.com/entry/histor...
I Set A Trap To Catch My Students Cheating With AI. The Results Were Shocking.
"Students are not just undermining their ability to learn, but to someday lead."
www.huffpost.com
November 21, 2025 at 8:17 AM
A solid article but can we please, again, address the fact that ChatGPT uses em dashes because they ARE used a lot? Lotta hate on them lately because of AI but they show up there because of the materials it was trained on so just be aware that personal stylistic choices are just that - personal.
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“One mile on a bike is a $.42 economic gain to society, one mile driving is a $.20 loss.”
“Which means that Copenhagen, a city of 1.2 million people, saves $357 million a year on health costs because something like 80% of its population commutes by bike.” #CityMakingMath
Some costs aren’t costs.
“Which means that Copenhagen, a city of 1.2 million people, saves $357 million a year on health costs because something like 80% of its population commutes by bike.” #CityMakingMath
Some costs aren’t costs.
One mile on a bike is a $.42 economic gain to society, one mile driving is a $.20 loss
Copenhagen, the bicycle-friendliest place on the planet, publishes a biannual Bicycle Account, and buried in its pages is a rather astonishing fact.
grist.org
November 21, 2025 at 12:40 AM
“One mile on a bike is a $.42 economic gain to society, one mile driving is a $.20 loss.”
“Which means that Copenhagen, a city of 1.2 million people, saves $357 million a year on health costs because something like 80% of its population commutes by bike.” #CityMakingMath
Some costs aren’t costs.
“Which means that Copenhagen, a city of 1.2 million people, saves $357 million a year on health costs because something like 80% of its population commutes by bike.” #CityMakingMath
Some costs aren’t costs.
I get mystical old ladies coming up to me and telling me I "Have a good aura".
Just a heads up, if you’re getting regularly smiled at by babies and greeted warmly by dogs you are carrying a fragment of the sacred light within you and must guard it closely
November 21, 2025 at 12:38 AM
I get mystical old ladies coming up to me and telling me I "Have a good aura".
Reposted by David Olsen
Roses are red, Resistance is blue. You won't take down ADA with an adversarial haiku. arxiv.org/html/2511.15...
Adversarial Poetry as a Universal Single-Turn Jailbreak Mechanism in Large Language Models
arxiv.org
November 20, 2025 at 8:59 PM
Roses are red, Resistance is blue. You won't take down ADA with an adversarial haiku. arxiv.org/html/2511.15...
SEO is dead. It's the perfect time for Adobe to buy an SEO software business.
Adobe to acquire digital marketing platform Semrush for $1.9 billion
Adobe to acquire digital marketing platform Semrush for $1.9 billion
Another company is going under the Adobe umbrella.
buff.ly
November 19, 2025 at 11:36 PM
SEO is dead. It's the perfect time for Adobe to buy an SEO software business.