David Harrison
@trawg.bsky.social
"On the appropriate day (unless, as was frequently the case, there had been some stupid mistake in programming) the right message would be automatically flashed to its destination."
Computer user in Brisbane, Australia.
Bio in link: https://trog.qgl.org
Computer user in Brisbane, Australia.
Bio in link: https://trog.qgl.org
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A useful overview by Professor Sarah Joseph (from November last year) on how the social media minimum age obligation might violate the implied freedom of political communication in the Constitution:
November 26, 2025 at 3:50 AM
A useful overview by Professor Sarah Joseph (from November last year) on how the social media minimum age obligation might violate the implied freedom of political communication in the Constitution:
reminder that @roryblank.bsky.social has already made the accompanying t-shirt for this moment
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November 26, 2025 at 2:22 AM
reminder that @roryblank.bsky.social has already made the accompanying t-shirt for this moment
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The desperation to create more ways to gamble and pretend they're just good ol' financial services is truly insane to me
File this under things no one asked for: yet another prediction "market" to inside trade on manipulable and/or uninvestable-for-a-reason BS events. We're gonna look back on this time like smoking in the 1950s. We know all the risks but there are dimes to squeeze.
November 25, 2025 at 8:32 PM
The desperation to create more ways to gamble and pretend they're just good ol' financial services is truly insane to me
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Also a nice little graph in Alan Kohler's finance report last night showing just how much the ambition of the Govt public/social housing is. Let's hope they get there...
November 25, 2025 at 1:22 AM
Also a nice little graph in Alan Kohler's finance report last night showing just how much the ambition of the Govt public/social housing is. Let's hope they get there...
anyone who mentions the sunk cost fallacy is going straight to prison
Dude who just got the SV Bank bailout two years ago is back banging the cup. It’s a tell.
November 24, 2025 at 11:30 PM
anyone who mentions the sunk cost fallacy is going straight to prison
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How broken is today's frontend culture?
A friend points out that the median *mobile* page is now larger than a copy of DOOM (2.6 MiB vs. 2.48 MiB), the 75th percentile page is more than 2 DOOMs, and the P90 mobile page is 4.5x the size of DOOM:
httparchive.org/reports/page...
A friend points out that the median *mobile* page is now larger than a copy of DOOM (2.6 MiB vs. 2.48 MiB), the 75th percentile page is more than 2 DOOMs, and the P90 mobile page is 4.5x the size of DOOM:
httparchive.org/reports/page...
HTTP Archive: Page Weight
This report tracks the size and quantity of many popular web page resources. Sizes represent the number of bytes sent over the network, which may be compressed.
httparchive.org
November 23, 2025 at 10:43 PM
How broken is today's frontend culture?
A friend points out that the median *mobile* page is now larger than a copy of DOOM (2.6 MiB vs. 2.48 MiB), the 75th percentile page is more than 2 DOOMs, and the P90 mobile page is 4.5x the size of DOOM:
httparchive.org/reports/page...
A friend points out that the median *mobile* page is now larger than a copy of DOOM (2.6 MiB vs. 2.48 MiB), the 75th percentile page is more than 2 DOOMs, and the P90 mobile page is 4.5x the size of DOOM:
httparchive.org/reports/page...
@jpwarren.pivotnine.com : you ever FOI'd for docs on something like this? Wondering what sort of breakdown they might show or if it's all like a single line item from Accenture that sayings "consulting and web development services"
How can a website cost $96 MILLION?! 🤯
Yes the BOM website is complex, but this seems like is a waste of taxpayers dollars that we need see some accountability for so it doesn’t happen again.
www.smh.com.au/politics/fed...
Yes the BOM website is complex, but this seems like is a waste of taxpayers dollars that we need see some accountability for so it doesn’t happen again.
www.smh.com.au/politics/fed...
Total bill for BoM’s new website came in at $96 million
In his first interview, new Bureau of Meteorology chief Stuart Minchin has revealed the eye-watering true cost of its lambasted new website.
www.smh.com.au
November 23, 2025 at 7:24 AM
@jpwarren.pivotnine.com : you ever FOI'd for docs on something like this? Wondering what sort of breakdown they might show or if it's all like a single line item from Accenture that sayings "consulting and web development services"
insane
I could have mismanaged the BOM website for a 1/3 of the price!!!!
November 23, 2025 at 5:00 AM
insane
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re: roblox dude's interview crashout. the thing he wants to say but can't is "at scale, kids are gonna get hurt. that is the price for scale." the thing nobody wants to say out loud is "maybe scaling to a level where harm isn't manageable is bad, and scale should be contained"
November 21, 2025 at 6:35 PM
re: roblox dude's interview crashout. the thing he wants to say but can't is "at scale, kids are gonna get hurt. that is the price for scale." the thing nobody wants to say out loud is "maybe scaling to a level where harm isn't manageable is bad, and scale should be contained"
Man there's a lot going on in this interview but holy shit, come on
November 21, 2025 at 10:46 PM
Man there's a lot going on in this interview but holy shit, come on
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Goddam right. You do the right thing -- which this republic desperately needs done -- and they pull your credentials. So what? You have a phone and your have your sources. or you should. And you continue to report on this presidency as your colleagues now do outside the Pentagon. Enough dishonor.
while I’m being cranky, access journalism needs to go. When the president does his “I’m alpha because I insulted you” thing somebody needs to fall on his sword and say “what the fuck is wrong with you, old man?” on a hot mic. the hero of the wizard of Oz is Toto.
November 21, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Goddam right. You do the right thing -- which this republic desperately needs done -- and they pull your credentials. So what? You have a phone and your have your sources. or you should. And you continue to report on this presidency as your colleagues now do outside the Pentagon. Enough dishonor.
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eSafety has assessed that Twitch falls within the definition of an age-restricted social media platform & must comply with the minimum age obligation.
Note: the obligation applies to any platform captured by the definition (not only those named by eSafety to provide certainty to public & industry)
Note: the obligation applies to any platform captured by the definition (not only those named by eSafety to provide certainty to public & industry)
November 21, 2025 at 12:28 AM
eSafety has assessed that Twitch falls within the definition of an age-restricted social media platform & must comply with the minimum age obligation.
Note: the obligation applies to any platform captured by the definition (not only those named by eSafety to provide certainty to public & industry)
Note: the obligation applies to any platform captured by the definition (not only those named by eSafety to provide certainty to public & industry)
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Nothing LLMs have shown me in 2025 has caused me to change my mind about their utility: They're useful if and only if it's decently cheaper to verify the correctness of their output than to generate it yourself.
This can work for code & math (sometimes). It seems to work poorly for facts.
This can work for code & math (sometimes). It seems to work poorly for facts.
Anyway, yet another example of how you should never trust what an LLM says. They can be (and are, as the above examples show) manipulated by their owners — and that's even before you get to the hallucination issues.
November 20, 2025 at 6:18 PM
Nothing LLMs have shown me in 2025 has caused me to change my mind about their utility: They're useful if and only if it's decently cheaper to verify the correctness of their output than to generate it yourself.
This can work for code & math (sometimes). It seems to work poorly for facts.
This can work for code & math (sometimes). It seems to work poorly for facts.
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Remembering the lead-up to the publication of the Mueller report, and how so many sincerely believed that would change *everything*.
November 20, 2025 at 9:27 AM
Remembering the lead-up to the publication of the Mueller report, and how so many sincerely believed that would change *everything*.
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cloudflare's on-duty IT staff bangs on the doors which I have padlocked from the inside as I calmly break open lava lamp after lava lamp and drink the contents
November 18, 2025 at 1:59 PM
cloudflare's on-duty IT staff bangs on the doors which I have padlocked from the inside as I calmly break open lava lamp after lava lamp and drink the contents
"if only there was something anyone could do! ah well, anyway", said the government
How cooked are we when even the banks are like “we’re making too much money off house prices”
Commonwealth Bank, Australia's biggest lender, says home loan demand is too high reut.rs/4oMXbBN
November 18, 2025 at 8:51 AM
"if only there was something anyone could do! ah well, anyway", said the government
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Scam alert
ACMA is warning Australians about a new scam where criminals impersonate HotDoc - a medical appointment booking service - and send fake messages about Medicare refunds or overcharges:
ACMA is warning Australians about a new scam where criminals impersonate HotDoc - a medical appointment booking service - and send fake messages about Medicare refunds or overcharges:
www.acma.gov.au
November 18, 2025 at 6:52 AM
Scam alert
ACMA is warning Australians about a new scam where criminals impersonate HotDoc - a medical appointment booking service - and send fake messages about Medicare refunds or overcharges:
ACMA is warning Australians about a new scam where criminals impersonate HotDoc - a medical appointment booking service - and send fake messages about Medicare refunds or overcharges:
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Linus Torvalds being unfathomably based
November 17, 2025 at 7:08 PM
Linus Torvalds being unfathomably based
this position resonates very strongly for me with pretty much everything
to make an awkward nerd analogy here, this is my preferred way of building software: small, iterative improvements, doing what you can do avoid the known-bad and the temptation of massive, wholesale change
to make an awkward nerd analogy here, this is my preferred way of building software: small, iterative improvements, doing what you can do avoid the known-bad and the temptation of massive, wholesale change
I would simply hold my opinions and support movement towards them practically, in ways that include sometimes condemning the bad ideas of people who happen to share some of them rather than getting negatively polarized into rejecting a core belief in human dignity.
I agree that in utopia there are no prisons. I cannot call myself a prison abolitionist while so many people believe that to mean we should retvrn to vigilantism immediately, now, in the present day, and this position crowds out meaningful attempts at reform.
November 17, 2025 at 11:56 PM
this position resonates very strongly for me with pretty much everything
to make an awkward nerd analogy here, this is my preferred way of building software: small, iterative improvements, doing what you can do avoid the known-bad and the temptation of massive, wholesale change
to make an awkward nerd analogy here, this is my preferred way of building software: small, iterative improvements, doing what you can do avoid the known-bad and the temptation of massive, wholesale change
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good to see the government investing in what matters (pies) www.nrf.gov.au/news-and-med...
November 17, 2025 at 12:06 AM
good to see the government investing in what matters (pies) www.nrf.gov.au/news-and-med...
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steam is apparently allowing "this game had AI in it that it didn't disclose" as a valid return statement, so if you or anyone you know actually paid $70 for slop, get that money back
Insulting to the players, insulting to the IP, insulting to the medium, the developers. And the craft itself. Fuck you executives who pushed this garbage.
frvr.com/blog/call-of...
frvr.com/blog/call-of...
Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 is littered with AI art slop, because your $70 means nothing anymore
Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 is littered with AI generated artwork which makes the $70 feel like a complete rip-off.
frvr.com
November 15, 2025 at 9:10 AM
steam is apparently allowing "this game had AI in it that it didn't disclose" as a valid return statement, so if you or anyone you know actually paid $70 for slop, get that money back
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Honestly, I wish the markets would react to an absolute moron being on the Fed.
This is who gets to vote on how to manage US currency.
This is who gets to vote on how to manage US currency.
Fed Governor Stephen Miran: "Cutting down net migration to 0, potentially even negative because of the deportations that have been occurring, I think is very deflationary."
November 14, 2025 at 8:21 PM
Honestly, I wish the markets would react to an absolute moron being on the Fed.
This is who gets to vote on how to manage US currency.
This is who gets to vote on how to manage US currency.
This is just such an obvious problem in Brisbane now, one that has escalated dramatically in the last few years. And it turns out a big part of the reason might be cops have just given up enforcing driving laws? www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
November 13, 2025 at 11:34 PM
This is just such an obvious problem in Brisbane now, one that has escalated dramatically in the last few years. And it turns out a big part of the reason might be cops have just given up enforcing driving laws? www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
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‘The y/y decline in shipments widened to 7.8% in October, from a 5.4% y/y decline in September. In November, the shipments component of the Cass Freight Index would decline 10% y/y on the normal seasonal pattern.‘ www.cassinfo.com/freight-audi...
November 13, 2025 at 3:54 PM
‘The y/y decline in shipments widened to 7.8% in October, from a 5.4% y/y decline in September. In November, the shipments component of the Cass Freight Index would decline 10% y/y on the normal seasonal pattern.‘ www.cassinfo.com/freight-audi...
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Allow me to translate. October data was not collected as field staff were all furloughed. In some cases, that data can be recovered from businesses. In other cases, the window to collect the data has closed (consumer prices, labor force status) and the data hole may be permanent.
WHITE HOUSE: FEDERAL STATISTICAL SYSTEM MAY HAVE PERMANENTLY BEEN DAMAGED WHITE HOUSE: OCTOBER JOBS REPORTS LIKELY NEVER RELEASED
November 12, 2025 at 9:35 PM
Allow me to translate. October data was not collected as field staff were all furloughed. In some cases, that data can be recovered from businesses. In other cases, the window to collect the data has closed (consumer prices, labor force status) and the data hole may be permanent.