Nick
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Person (54)who knows things, weird things, usually parts of things that I can never remember where I know them from, possibly QI or from the random things I read because they catch my eye and interest, both of the aforementioned are weird too so, Wooo!
For this was the other thing that Elric knew; that to compromise with Tyranny is always to be destroyed by it. The sanest and most logical choice lay always in resistance . This knowledge gave Elric his strength – his profound anger at injustice and inequality –
December 17, 2025 at 8:35 PM
For this was the other thing that Elric knew; that to compromise with Tyranny is always to be destroyed by it. The sanest and most logical choice lay always in resistance . This knowledge gave Elric his strength – his profound anger at injustice and inequality –
When cat owners can't sleep, do they get up and have zoomies that annoy their cats?
December 3, 2025 at 8:34 PM
When cat owners can't sleep, do they get up and have zoomies that annoy their cats?
So Australian and New Zealand Universities lose access to Science Direct via Elsiever, because it costs far, far too much.
They put their prices up because infrastructure, i.e computer equipment costs so much.
So LLM's and bollocks like them are crippling ongoing research and learning
They put their prices up because infrastructure, i.e computer equipment costs so much.
So LLM's and bollocks like them are crippling ongoing research and learning
November 27, 2025 at 1:07 AM
So Australian and New Zealand Universities lose access to Science Direct via Elsiever, because it costs far, far too much.
They put their prices up because infrastructure, i.e computer equipment costs so much.
So LLM's and bollocks like them are crippling ongoing research and learning
They put their prices up because infrastructure, i.e computer equipment costs so much.
So LLM's and bollocks like them are crippling ongoing research and learning
“Have you got some sort of stress relief toy to help here in the office, during meetings and presentations?”
Yeah, yeah I do
/click. Schlack, click, Schlack, click
“That’s ah, that’s a box cutter?”
Yup
Yeah, yeah I do
/click. Schlack, click, Schlack, click
“That’s ah, that’s a box cutter?”
Yup
November 25, 2025 at 8:16 PM
“Have you got some sort of stress relief toy to help here in the office, during meetings and presentations?”
Yeah, yeah I do
/click. Schlack, click, Schlack, click
“That’s ah, that’s a box cutter?”
Yup
Yeah, yeah I do
/click. Schlack, click, Schlack, click
“That’s ah, that’s a box cutter?”
Yup
I take it Tesla owners have become ok about the damage Musk and Dodge did to the US government that will have decades worth of lasting impacts and has directly killed thousands of beneficiaries around the world?
Murder is ok if my car maker is worth more
Murder is ok if my car maker is worth more
November 19, 2025 at 10:44 PM
I take it Tesla owners have become ok about the damage Musk and Dodge did to the US government that will have decades worth of lasting impacts and has directly killed thousands of beneficiaries around the world?
Murder is ok if my car maker is worth more
Murder is ok if my car maker is worth more
Bundled into Windows 11 is AI that immediately makes your computer vulnerable to Malware if enabled.
Given everything you do on the computer is likely going to cause the AI to ask if you would like to enable it, picture a more obnoxious Clippy, odds are good that people will unwittingly agree
Given everything you do on the computer is likely going to cause the AI to ask if you would like to enable it, picture a more obnoxious Clippy, odds are good that people will unwittingly agree
November 19, 2025 at 6:39 PM
Bundled into Windows 11 is AI that immediately makes your computer vulnerable to Malware if enabled.
Given everything you do on the computer is likely going to cause the AI to ask if you would like to enable it, picture a more obnoxious Clippy, odds are good that people will unwittingly agree
Given everything you do on the computer is likely going to cause the AI to ask if you would like to enable it, picture a more obnoxious Clippy, odds are good that people will unwittingly agree
Legal citations
AI quotes legal cases that have never happened. – True
Students create legal cases using AI to test out arguments - ?
Has AI started quoting legal cases made by students as real?
Is GIGO infection in the legal profession well underway?
AI quotes legal cases that have never happened. – True
Students create legal cases using AI to test out arguments - ?
Has AI started quoting legal cases made by students as real?
Is GIGO infection in the legal profession well underway?
November 17, 2025 at 2:43 AM
Legal citations
AI quotes legal cases that have never happened. – True
Students create legal cases using AI to test out arguments - ?
Has AI started quoting legal cases made by students as real?
Is GIGO infection in the legal profession well underway?
AI quotes legal cases that have never happened. – True
Students create legal cases using AI to test out arguments - ?
Has AI started quoting legal cases made by students as real?
Is GIGO infection in the legal profession well underway?
From zenodo.org/records/1706...
"...as educators are obliged to show our students that they are not just here to receive a degree: education is more than qualification. It is about preparing students to become a capable and active members of society."
"...as educators are obliged to show our students that they are not just here to receive a degree: education is more than qualification. It is about preparing students to become a capable and active members of society."
Against the Uncritical Adoption of 'AI' Technologies in Academia
Under the banner of progress, products have been uncritically adopted or even imposed on users — in past centuries with tobacco and combustion engines, and in the 21st with social media. For these col...
zenodo.org
November 17, 2025 at 12:59 AM
From zenodo.org/records/1706...
"...as educators are obliged to show our students that they are not just here to receive a degree: education is more than qualification. It is about preparing students to become a capable and active members of society."
"...as educators are obliged to show our students that they are not just here to receive a degree: education is more than qualification. It is about preparing students to become a capable and active members of society."
Listening to our supervisor talk to our national postal carrier, New Zealand Post, about their service standards is an experience in her grace and patience. Grace and patience that you would reserve for educating children.
November 16, 2025 at 9:19 PM
Listening to our supervisor talk to our national postal carrier, New Zealand Post, about their service standards is an experience in her grace and patience. Grace and patience that you would reserve for educating children.
So after NZ and Aus Universities are priced to extinction to negotiate with Electronic journal suppliers for a "Fair" deal, Elsevier still shits the bed and holds 50% of the total publications hostage.
"Everything will be online and you'll always have access" - The internet solves everything idiot
"Everything will be online and you'll always have access" - The internet solves everything idiot
November 13, 2025 at 7:02 PM
So after NZ and Aus Universities are priced to extinction to negotiate with Electronic journal suppliers for a "Fair" deal, Elsevier still shits the bed and holds 50% of the total publications hostage.
"Everything will be online and you'll always have access" - The internet solves everything idiot
"Everything will be online and you'll always have access" - The internet solves everything idiot
With the widespread, and unknowable reach of AI, Web 2.0 is dead as a reliable information source. It is now an amusement platform.
We now need Web 3.0 which is a verifiable human only platform.
We now need Web 3.0 which is a verifiable human only platform.
October 21, 2025 at 11:08 PM
With the widespread, and unknowable reach of AI, Web 2.0 is dead as a reliable information source. It is now an amusement platform.
We now need Web 3.0 which is a verifiable human only platform.
We now need Web 3.0 which is a verifiable human only platform.
As a library staff member, in NZ with a Maga dilute version of government, this is still chilling. Also Bearing in mind the small vocal "Child protecting" group in Australia who are targetting digital materials is across the ditch...
thelibrariansfilm.com
thelibrariansfilm.com
The Librarians Film | Official Site
Librarians under siege join forces as unlikely defenders fighting on the frontlines of democracy
thelibrariansfilm.com
October 3, 2025 at 1:45 AM
As a library staff member, in NZ with a Maga dilute version of government, this is still chilling. Also Bearing in mind the small vocal "Child protecting" group in Australia who are targetting digital materials is across the ditch...
thelibrariansfilm.com
thelibrariansfilm.com
Apparently James Workshops digital miniature library was uploaded to the interwebs yesterday and lasted up to 2 hours before it was scrubbed. That's unfortunate for them......
October 1, 2025 at 9:17 PM
Apparently James Workshops digital miniature library was uploaded to the interwebs yesterday and lasted up to 2 hours before it was scrubbed. That's unfortunate for them......
I wish Bluesky would ban all AI slop on principle
October 1, 2025 at 12:41 AM
I wish Bluesky would ban all AI slop on principle
We had a book returned today called “Katsuru”
I believe it is the ancient art of gently and deliberately push precious things onto the floor while maintaining eye contact with the owner.
I believe it is the ancient art of gently and deliberately push precious things onto the floor while maintaining eye contact with the owner.
September 24, 2025 at 10:42 PM
We had a book returned today called “Katsuru”
I believe it is the ancient art of gently and deliberately push precious things onto the floor while maintaining eye contact with the owner.
I believe it is the ancient art of gently and deliberately push precious things onto the floor while maintaining eye contact with the owner.
I’ve become very amused by documentaries of police investigations where they eliminate a suspect and the voice over is “They were back to square one.”
No, they aren’t! They’ve eliminated a source of uncertainty. They have progressed the investigation.
No, they aren’t! They’ve eliminated a source of uncertainty. They have progressed the investigation.
September 24, 2025 at 3:52 AM
I’ve become very amused by documentaries of police investigations where they eliminate a suspect and the voice over is “They were back to square one.”
No, they aren’t! They’ve eliminated a source of uncertainty. They have progressed the investigation.
No, they aren’t! They’ve eliminated a source of uncertainty. They have progressed the investigation.
Having seen a book called "Standing Stones of Britian" come through Check-in at the library.
Your tour guide – “Over there are the Standing stones of Clyde. Those over there are the reclining stones, AND THOSE ARE THE LAZY FUCKING STONES THAT CONTRIBUTE NOTHING TO SOCIETY!”
Your tour guide – “Over there are the Standing stones of Clyde. Those over there are the reclining stones, AND THOSE ARE THE LAZY FUCKING STONES THAT CONTRIBUTE NOTHING TO SOCIETY!”
September 15, 2025 at 3:08 AM
Having seen a book called "Standing Stones of Britian" come through Check-in at the library.
Your tour guide – “Over there are the Standing stones of Clyde. Those over there are the reclining stones, AND THOSE ARE THE LAZY FUCKING STONES THAT CONTRIBUTE NOTHING TO SOCIETY!”
Your tour guide – “Over there are the Standing stones of Clyde. Those over there are the reclining stones, AND THOSE ARE THE LAZY FUCKING STONES THAT CONTRIBUTE NOTHING TO SOCIETY!”
A small, but vocal Australian group has enlisted Visa and Mastercard to target Large games platforms that hold material, digital, TTRPG, that celebrate or explore adult themes, and force them to remove or delist it.
itch.io, Steam and others
itch.io, Steam and others
August 1, 2025 at 3:09 AM
A small, but vocal Australian group has enlisted Visa and Mastercard to target Large games platforms that hold material, digital, TTRPG, that celebrate or explore adult themes, and force them to remove or delist it.
itch.io, Steam and others
itch.io, Steam and others
Given the Supreme courts ruling, no one in America is safe unless you are white.
June 30, 2025 at 3:51 AM
Given the Supreme courts ruling, no one in America is safe unless you are white.
Advice from the ever popular Sir Charles Charlie Charles c1897 - "Whistling is a vain and wasteful habit in women, displaying a surfeit of air in the lungs, and a corset in need of tightening"
June 10, 2025 at 11:40 PM
Advice from the ever popular Sir Charles Charlie Charles c1897 - "Whistling is a vain and wasteful habit in women, displaying a surfeit of air in the lungs, and a corset in need of tightening"
I hazard a guess that Ted Cruz’s comments, that Elon and Trump being “Two Alpha males unloading on each other,” would be the title of a gay couples movie of the week.
June 10, 2025 at 10:21 PM
I hazard a guess that Ted Cruz’s comments, that Elon and Trump being “Two Alpha males unloading on each other,” would be the title of a gay couples movie of the week.
Natasha O'Keeffe in Wheel of Time is sensational, being the dragon reborn would be a no brainer surrender for me
May 21, 2025 at 1:42 AM
Natasha O'Keeffe in Wheel of Time is sensational, being the dragon reborn would be a no brainer surrender for me