Andrew Starr
@ajsta.bsky.social
Melbournian with interests in Infosec, Climate, Finance, and a bit of sport..
Looking forward to summer starting tomorrow! Melbourne - beautiful one day, perfect the next...
November 30, 2025 at 8:52 AM
Looking forward to summer starting tomorrow! Melbourne - beautiful one day, perfect the next...
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it's the classic programmer trap: just because something works in our domain doesn't mean it will work in other domains! "how hard could it be, it's only rocket science" etc
the sheer hubris to think that a robot that is 80% right will be good enough for other, less fault-tolerant domains.
the sheer hubris to think that a robot that is 80% right will be good enough for other, less fault-tolerant domains.
Three years into the generative-AI wave, demand for the technology seems surprisingly flimsy
Investors expect AI use to soar. That’s not happening
Recent surveys point to flatlining business adoption
econ.st
November 29, 2025 at 11:25 PM
it's the classic programmer trap: just because something works in our domain doesn't mean it will work in other domains! "how hard could it be, it's only rocket science" etc
the sheer hubris to think that a robot that is 80% right will be good enough for other, less fault-tolerant domains.
the sheer hubris to think that a robot that is 80% right will be good enough for other, less fault-tolerant domains.
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November 28, 2025 at 9:22 PM
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Move over Accenture there's a new f***ed consulting group in Canberra.
November 27, 2025 at 7:48 PM
Move over Accenture there's a new f***ed consulting group in Canberra.
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Just discovered Anne Twomey has a YouTube channel explaining constitutional issues.
Funnily she mentions that YTs analytics say she zero <18yo subscribers, but the comments say otherwise.
Hot tip kids, sign up as an adult and then watch law vids and you won't get booted!
youtu.be/7aC_Ka8_7u4?...
Funnily she mentions that YTs analytics say she zero <18yo subscribers, but the comments say otherwise.
Hot tip kids, sign up as an adult and then watch law vids and you won't get booted!
youtu.be/7aC_Ka8_7u4?...
Is the "ban" on under-16s from YouTube constitutionally valid?
YouTube video by Constitutional Clarion
youtu.be
November 27, 2025 at 7:19 AM
Just discovered Anne Twomey has a YouTube channel explaining constitutional issues.
Funnily she mentions that YTs analytics say she zero <18yo subscribers, but the comments say otherwise.
Hot tip kids, sign up as an adult and then watch law vids and you won't get booted!
youtu.be/7aC_Ka8_7u4?...
Funnily she mentions that YTs analytics say she zero <18yo subscribers, but the comments say otherwise.
Hot tip kids, sign up as an adult and then watch law vids and you won't get booted!
youtu.be/7aC_Ka8_7u4?...
I feel like I need an AU version of the Moderated Content podcast from @evelyndouek.bsky.social to understand the background to this case.
I seem to know more about Netchoice v Paxton and Reno v someone than our local laws in Oz.
Maybe Evelyn can get together with Anne Twomey for a pod?
I seem to know more about Netchoice v Paxton and Reno v someone than our local laws in Oz.
Maybe Evelyn can get together with Anne Twomey for a pod?
November 26, 2025 at 10:55 AM
I feel like I need an AU version of the Moderated Content podcast from @evelyndouek.bsky.social to understand the background to this case.
I seem to know more about Netchoice v Paxton and Reno v someone than our local laws in Oz.
Maybe Evelyn can get together with Anne Twomey for a pod?
I seem to know more about Netchoice v Paxton and Reno v someone than our local laws in Oz.
Maybe Evelyn can get together with Anne Twomey for a pod?
Wtf? Vic police have declared the entire CBD a designated area for a period of 6 months.
Definitely an overreach...
#VicPol
www.police.vic.gov.au/public-notic...
Definitely an overreach...
#VicPol
www.police.vic.gov.au/public-notic...
Public notice: Melbourne CBD - Sunday 30 November 2025 to Friday 29 May 2026
A public notice for Melbourne CBD and surrounds from Sunday 30 November 2025 to Friday 29 May 2026.
www.police.vic.gov.au
November 25, 2025 at 7:17 AM
Wtf? Vic police have declared the entire CBD a designated area for a period of 6 months.
Definitely an overreach...
#VicPol
www.police.vic.gov.au/public-notic...
Definitely an overreach...
#VicPol
www.police.vic.gov.au/public-notic...
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Scientific error-checking, difficulty: easy
Find the problems in this table of results from an RCT. Two main things I've noticed so far.
Find the problems in this table of results from an RCT. Two main things I've noticed so far.
November 25, 2025 at 2:32 AM
Scientific error-checking, difficulty: easy
Find the problems in this table of results from an RCT. Two main things I've noticed so far.
Find the problems in this table of results from an RCT. Two main things I've noticed so far.
Good piece on why the CIS from @chrisbowenmp.bsky.social should be considered a failure so far, given little wind is getting built and we're not going to hit anywhere near 82% renewable by 2030.
Interested to hear Chris' response when he's next on the podcast..
Interested to hear Chris' response when he's next on the podcast..
"The RET created demand. It turns out this really matters. The CIS leaves all the onus on suppliers to take the risk of building. Gentailers can, and they do, sit on their hands."
David Leitch on the underwhelming performance of the capacity investment scheme.
David Leitch on the underwhelming performance of the capacity investment scheme.
reneweconomy.com.au
November 24, 2025 at 6:34 AM
Good piece on why the CIS from @chrisbowenmp.bsky.social should be considered a failure so far, given little wind is getting built and we're not going to hit anywhere near 82% renewable by 2030.
Interested to hear Chris' response when he's next on the podcast..
Interested to hear Chris' response when he's next on the podcast..
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This, by @giacgrassi.bsky.social, remains one of the simplest and best climate visuals
November 23, 2025 at 9:30 PM
This, by @giacgrassi.bsky.social, remains one of the simplest and best climate visuals
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If you have been sharing that Malwarebytes article on the Gmail thing, you should note the giant correction up top.
www.malwarebytes.com/blog/news/20...
www.malwarebytes.com/blog/news/20...
November 22, 2025 at 9:44 PM
If you have been sharing that Malwarebytes article on the Gmail thing, you should note the giant correction up top.
www.malwarebytes.com/blog/news/20...
www.malwarebytes.com/blog/news/20...
Interesting account, great project, and pics are 🔥
#followfriday
#followfriday
Home for the next two months for the Traverse and MYIC teams.
📸 Damien Beloin
📸 Damien Beloin
November 21, 2025 at 7:50 AM
Interesting account, great project, and pics are 🔥
#followfriday
#followfriday
Bernard really doesn't like trains. This screed is about the Suburban Rail Loop - a policy taken to 2 elections and still with majority public support despite the ongoing campaigns against it..
Opinion | Taxpayers right around the country have a lot riding on Jess Wilson's success in defeating Victorian Labor, @keanebernard.bsky.social writes.
The rest of Australia desperately needs Jess Wilson to succeed in Victoria
www.crikey.com.au
November 19, 2025 at 1:24 AM
Bernard really doesn't like trains. This screed is about the Suburban Rail Loop - a policy taken to 2 elections and still with majority public support despite the ongoing campaigns against it..
Was thinking Libs had no hope at the next election with the change to Jess Wilson, but the ever wrong Sky After Dark crew are against her so who knows?
#vicpol
#vicpol
November 18, 2025 at 11:50 PM
Was thinking Libs had no hope at the next election with the change to Jess Wilson, but the ever wrong Sky After Dark crew are against her so who knows?
#vicpol
#vicpol
@troyhunt.com @patrick.risky.biz any insight into what Australian endpoint was getting hit by this massive DDOS and why?
'Largest-ever' cloud DDoS attack pummels Azure with 3.64B packets per second
'Largest-ever' cloud DDoS attack pummels Azure with 3.64B packets per second
Aisuru botnet strikes again, bigger and badder
Azure was hit by the "largest-ever" cloud-based distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack, originating from the Aisuru botnet and measuring 15.72 terabits per second (Tbps), according to Microsoft.…
dlvr.it
November 18, 2025 at 1:44 AM
@troyhunt.com @patrick.risky.biz any insight into what Australian endpoint was getting hit by this massive DDOS and why?
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#FCKNZS
The AUS Home Affairs minister, Tony Burke, has cancelled the visa of Matthew Gruter after the South African national took part in the neo-Nazi publicity stunt NSW Police permitted outside the New South Wales state parliament last weekend.
"Sad!"
The AUS Home Affairs minister, Tony Burke, has cancelled the visa of Matthew Gruter after the South African national took part in the neo-Nazi publicity stunt NSW Police permitted outside the New South Wales state parliament last weekend.
"Sad!"
November 17, 2025 at 6:20 AM
#FCKNZS
The AUS Home Affairs minister, Tony Burke, has cancelled the visa of Matthew Gruter after the South African national took part in the neo-Nazi publicity stunt NSW Police permitted outside the New South Wales state parliament last weekend.
"Sad!"
The AUS Home Affairs minister, Tony Burke, has cancelled the visa of Matthew Gruter after the South African national took part in the neo-Nazi publicity stunt NSW Police permitted outside the New South Wales state parliament last weekend.
"Sad!"
So apparently Lake St Clair in Tassie has been measured by @csiropublishing.bsky.social as 163m deep which is about twice as deep as the bass strait. Pretty amazing for an inland lake..
www.csiro.au/en/news/All/...
www.csiro.au/en/news/All/...
How deep does it go? World-first mapping reveals the true depth of Australia’s deepest lake
CSIRO has produced a complete, high-resolution underwater map of Tasmania’s Lake St Clair to officially answer the question, just how deep is it?
www.csiro.au
November 15, 2025 at 8:02 AM
So apparently Lake St Clair in Tassie has been measured by @csiropublishing.bsky.social as 163m deep which is about twice as deep as the bass strait. Pretty amazing for an inland lake..
www.csiro.au/en/news/All/...
www.csiro.au/en/news/All/...
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After King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard left Spotify in protest earlier this year, something strange took their place. My investigation into what happened, which resulted in Spotify taking down a bunch of slop tracks www.platformer.news/king-gizzard...
Spotify's doppelgänger problem
After King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard left Spotify in protest earlier this year, something strange took their place
www.platformer.news
November 14, 2025 at 1:24 AM
After King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard left Spotify in protest earlier this year, something strange took their place. My investigation into what happened, which resulted in Spotify taking down a bunch of slop tracks www.platformer.news/king-gizzard...
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CAN LLMs write about science? @science.org decided to find out, and they did it the curious, scientific way. They did an experiment.
Love this thoughtful convo. www.lastwordonnothing.com/2025/11/12/w...
Love this thoughtful convo. www.lastwordonnothing.com/2025/11/12/w...
The Last Word On Nothing | Why AAAS won’t be using AI to write press releases anytime soon
www.lastwordonnothing.com
November 13, 2025 at 4:19 PM
CAN LLMs write about science? @science.org decided to find out, and they did it the curious, scientific way. They did an experiment.
Love this thoughtful convo. www.lastwordonnothing.com/2025/11/12/w...
Love this thoughtful convo. www.lastwordonnothing.com/2025/11/12/w...
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Kate McClymont free from the threat of a defo suit is a wonderful thing www.smh.com.au/national/nsw...
Long lunches, Swiss bank accounts and a kangaroo scrotum: My decades pursuing Graham Richardson
For a reporter whose career has been spent uncovering crime and corruption, the Labor senator was the one who got away.
www.smh.com.au
November 11, 2025 at 7:03 AM
Kate McClymont free from the threat of a defo suit is a wonderful thing www.smh.com.au/national/nsw...
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National Socialist Network rallied with police permission at NSW Parliament. The state remains ineffective in responding to the advancement of neo-Nazi groups. Here are their faces sent to us by community members - help us ID them!
write.as/thewhiterose...
write.as/thewhiterose...
Do you know these nazis?
Today, Saturday November 8 2025, NSW National Socialist Network (NSN) members held an antisemitic rally outside NSW Parliament House un...
write.as
November 8, 2025 at 10:50 AM
National Socialist Network rallied with police permission at NSW Parliament. The state remains ineffective in responding to the advancement of neo-Nazi groups. Here are their faces sent to us by community members - help us ID them!
write.as/thewhiterose...
write.as/thewhiterose...
Signed up to an interesting labeller yesterday that can tell you things like how online an acc is and how often they post.
Reuters is as expected, but one weird thing is how there are lots of individuals who also post constantly 24/7 like a deranged insomniac..
bsky.app/profile/stec...
Reuters is as expected, but one weird thing is how there are lots of individuals who also post constantly 24/7 like a deranged insomniac..
bsky.app/profile/stec...
November 5, 2025 at 9:21 AM
Signed up to an interesting labeller yesterday that can tell you things like how online an acc is and how often they post.
Reuters is as expected, but one weird thing is how there are lots of individuals who also post constantly 24/7 like a deranged insomniac..
bsky.app/profile/stec...
Reuters is as expected, but one weird thing is how there are lots of individuals who also post constantly 24/7 like a deranged insomniac..
bsky.app/profile/stec...
Maybe google could take some of that sweet AI $$$$ and work on their gmail spam/scam filters a bit..
Anyone else seeing these get through?
Anyone else seeing these get through?
November 4, 2025 at 9:44 AM
Maybe google could take some of that sweet AI $$$$ and work on their gmail spam/scam filters a bit..
Anyone else seeing these get through?
Anyone else seeing these get through?
I reckon @betootaadvocate.bsky.social has some of the best lines re gambling in oz..
"Online betting is a cancer on our society. People look at Australians and their online betting like we look at Americans with their guns. It's ridiculous and one day, our children would be shocked.."
#auspol
"Online betting is a cancer on our society. People look at Australians and their online betting like we look at Americans with their guns. It's ridiculous and one day, our children would be shocked.."
#auspol
November 4, 2025 at 9:39 AM
I reckon @betootaadvocate.bsky.social has some of the best lines re gambling in oz..
"Online betting is a cancer on our society. People look at Australians and their online betting like we look at Americans with their guns. It's ridiculous and one day, our children would be shocked.."
#auspol
"Online betting is a cancer on our society. People look at Australians and their online betting like we look at Americans with their guns. It's ridiculous and one day, our children would be shocked.."
#auspol