Rambeaux
@rambeaux.bsky.social
Software/Data/AI/ML Engineer Gone Solo
🐍 Python ← R ← SAS ← ☕ Java ← 🐘 PHP
Banking + fintech → bootstrapped SaaS
An end, you ask? When I am finished!
🐍 Python ← R ← SAS ← ☕ Java ← 🐘 PHP
Banking + fintech → bootstrapped SaaS
An end, you ask? When I am finished!
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LLM coding is making software creation accessible to a shit ton of people that otherwise would never make software — lots of underrepresented types of people/creators will start to make things we might not have seen otherwise thanks to a greater diversity of perspectives
that is a very good thing
that is a very good thing
June 9, 2025 at 2:42 PM
LLM coding is making software creation accessible to a shit ton of people that otherwise would never make software — lots of underrepresented types of people/creators will start to make things we might not have seen otherwise thanks to a greater diversity of perspectives
that is a very good thing
that is a very good thing
Big "I will contact attorney general" vibes here from someone who rage screenshot-block-posted me yesterday.
1. I use the GPU for work.
2. I run it locally on upcycled hardware (slower, but cheaper, more ethical and fun)
3. Inappropriate? huh? You posted it!
More deets in the alt.
#AI #databs
1. I use the GPU for work.
2. I run it locally on upcycled hardware (slower, but cheaper, more ethical and fun)
3. Inappropriate? huh? You posted it!
More deets in the alt.
#AI #databs
June 9, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Him: Technically the piano is just a harp in a box.
Me: You’ll find yourself in a box sooner rather than later.
Me: You’ll find yourself in a box sooner rather than later.
Him: Technically the piano is a percussion instrument.
Me: Technically the piano is a murder weapon. Just ask Wile E. Coyote.
Me: Technically the piano is a murder weapon. Just ask Wile E. Coyote.
June 7, 2025 at 1:26 PM
Him: Technically the piano is just a harp in a box.
Me: You’ll find yourself in a box sooner rather than later.
Me: You’ll find yourself in a box sooner rather than later.
It has been a bit dry in Victoria lately so not as many saffron milkcap mushrooms as past years, but the quality and form of those we found today were the best we’ve ever found.
June 7, 2025 at 12:03 PM
It has been a bit dry in Victoria lately so not as many saffron milkcap mushrooms as past years, but the quality and form of those we found today were the best we’ve ever found.
Pruritanical (adj.)
Usage:
- He was so pruritanical that I broke out in a rash just listening to him.
Usage:
- He was so pruritanical that I broke out in a rash just listening to him.
June 5, 2025 at 12:35 PM
Pruritanical (adj.)
Usage:
- He was so pruritanical that I broke out in a rash just listening to him.
Usage:
- He was so pruritanical that I broke out in a rash just listening to him.
DOGE code leak via a contractor using their personal github account.
#banalityofevil
#banalityofevil
Wow cool to see how doge is using regular openAI and python to help their work github.com/slavingia/va
GitHub - slavingia/va
Contribute to slavingia/va development by creating an account on GitHub.
github.com
May 11, 2025 at 9:01 AM
DOGE code leak via a contractor using their personal github account.
#banalityofevil
#banalityofevil
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The Liberals are BACK!!!
(circa 2009)
(circa 2009)
May 9, 2025 at 6:03 AM
The Liberals are BACK!!!
(circa 2009)
(circa 2009)
If you were in doubt that Australia and Canada are at two ends of the same wormhole:
Two opposition party leaders lose their seats in each election a week apart.
Conservative and NDP.
Liberal and Greens.
That’ll never happen again!
Two opposition party leaders lose their seats in each election a week apart.
Conservative and NDP.
Liberal and Greens.
That’ll never happen again!
May 7, 2025 at 6:55 AM
If you were in doubt that Australia and Canada are at two ends of the same wormhole:
Two opposition party leaders lose their seats in each election a week apart.
Conservative and NDP.
Liberal and Greens.
That’ll never happen again!
Two opposition party leaders lose their seats in each election a week apart.
Conservative and NDP.
Liberal and Greens.
That’ll never happen again!
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If you're feeling down, please remember the Viennetta ice cream video set to Darude's Sandstorm
May 7, 2025 at 2:24 AM
If you're feeling down, please remember the Viennetta ice cream video set to Darude's Sandstorm
TIL that Pink Floyd's Another Brick in The Wall part 2. is a disco track!
Listen to the beat - it checks out...
Listen to the beat - it checks out...
May 2, 2025 at 6:10 AM
TIL that Pink Floyd's Another Brick in The Wall part 2. is a disco track!
Listen to the beat - it checks out...
Listen to the beat - it checks out...
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David Pope in Canberra Times
April 30, 2025 at 9:37 AM
David Pope in Canberra Times
Seems the data ecosystem in the Canadian election is pretty abysmal.
In exploring riding results there is no:
- comparison with votes from the last election
- metric for percentage of (likely) votes counted
It is basically impossible to get any context.
In exploring riding results there is no:
- comparison with votes from the last election
- metric for percentage of (likely) votes counted
It is basically impossible to get any context.
April 29, 2025 at 5:23 AM
Seems the data ecosystem in the Canadian election is pretty abysmal.
In exploring riding results there is no:
- comparison with votes from the last election
- metric for percentage of (likely) votes counted
It is basically impossible to get any context.
In exploring riding results there is no:
- comparison with votes from the last election
- metric for percentage of (likely) votes counted
It is basically impossible to get any context.
Feeling a little bit nervous watching the Canadian election with two seats flipping conservative early.
Difficult to find an election tracker that shows the swing at a riding level though to get context.
Difficult to find an election tracker that shows the swing at a riding level though to get context.
April 29, 2025 at 1:16 AM
Feeling a little bit nervous watching the Canadian election with two seats flipping conservative early.
Difficult to find an election tracker that shows the swing at a riding level though to get context.
Difficult to find an election tracker that shows the swing at a riding level though to get context.
A dataviz that absolutely nails how we’re no longer in 2-party preferred land (and haven’t been for quite a while).
Next, how to capture the 3-body-problem chaos of preferences as every dot moves toward the centre... @caseybriggs.com
Next, how to capture the 3-body-problem chaos of preferences as every dot moves toward the centre... @caseybriggs.com
This humble little triangle explains the big shift in how we vote over 50 years. My latest:
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-04...
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-04...
This triangle helps explain a titanic shift in how Australia votes
This triangle is going to help us explain how Australian politics has fundamentally changed over the past five decades.
www.abc.net.au
April 24, 2025 at 1:09 AM
A dataviz that absolutely nails how we’re no longer in 2-party preferred land (and haven’t been for quite a while).
Next, how to capture the 3-body-problem chaos of preferences as every dot moves toward the centre... @caseybriggs.com
Next, how to capture the 3-body-problem chaos of preferences as every dot moves toward the centre... @caseybriggs.com
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This is a good watch, and a reminder of the good things about #Melbourne... at least the CBD and inner areas and even many of the train suburbs.
It's also a reminder for us locals to keep advocating for better planning and transport outcomes for more parts of our city (and regional cities).
It's also a reminder for us locals to keep advocating for better planning and transport outcomes for more parts of our city (and regional cities).
April 18, 2025 at 4:41 AM
This is a good watch, and a reminder of the good things about #Melbourne... at least the CBD and inner areas and even many of the train suburbs.
It's also a reminder for us locals to keep advocating for better planning and transport outcomes for more parts of our city (and regional cities).
It's also a reminder for us locals to keep advocating for better planning and transport outcomes for more parts of our city (and regional cities).
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My story breaking this news exclusively was 7K+ words and had almost all of this in it, and more:
www.npr.org/2025/04/15/n...
www.npr.org/2025/04/15/n...
April 18, 2025 at 1:58 AM
My story breaking this news exclusively was 7K+ words and had almost all of this in it, and more:
www.npr.org/2025/04/15/n...
www.npr.org/2025/04/15/n...
Do this AND put the libs last.
... or at least as low as you can amidst the other crazies.
... or at least as low as you can amidst the other crazies.
April 17, 2025 at 3:47 AM
Do this AND put the libs last.
... or at least as low as you can amidst the other crazies.
... or at least as low as you can amidst the other crazies.
The thing that finally, totally 🤯 about the tariff calculation is that it completely ignores the goods involved and only looks at the $.
If I sell you my iphone for $1000, and you sell me your pencil for $1 that’s a couple of fair trades.
If I sell you my iphone for $1000, and you sell me your pencil for $1 that’s a couple of fair trades.
April 9, 2025 at 2:50 AM
The thing that finally, totally 🤯 about the tariff calculation is that it completely ignores the goods involved and only looks at the $.
If I sell you my iphone for $1000, and you sell me your pencil for $1 that’s a couple of fair trades.
If I sell you my iphone for $1000, and you sell me your pencil for $1 that’s a couple of fair trades.
So a Data Quality issue leads to unintended consequences…
All-time great example!
All-time great example!
These guys are ridiculous. In the literal sense of that word.
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
Not that Norfolk! Mislabelled shipments led to Trump tariffs on uninhabited islands and remote outposts with no US trade
Exclusive: Aquarium systems, Timberland boots and recycling plant parts were mislabelled as coming from remote Norfolk Island or Heard and McDonald islands
www.theguardian.com
April 4, 2025 at 5:26 AM
So a Data Quality issue leads to unintended consequences…
All-time great example!
All-time great example!
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Calling this US administration ‘a bunch of muppets’ would be an insult to all muppets and the musty smell of stale sweat embedded in the materials they are made from and the bags they are stored in.
NEW: Donald Trump announced the US was imposing reciprocal tariffs on a small collection of Antarctic islands that are not inhabited by humans, as part of a global trade war aimed at asserting US dominance.
The Heard and McDonald Islands are known for their populations of penguins.
The Heard and McDonald Islands are known for their populations of penguins.
Trump Tariffs Hit Antarctic Islands Inhabited by Zero Humans and Many Penguins
The Heard and McDonald Islands are among the dozens of targets of President Donald Trump's latest round of tariffs. But they have no exports, because no one lives there.
www.wired.com
April 3, 2025 at 2:30 AM
Calling this US administration ‘a bunch of muppets’ would be an insult to all muppets and the musty smell of stale sweat embedded in the materials they are made from and the bags they are stored in.
April 2, 2025 at 12:07 AM
A story well told. Love the gonzo style!
“RISC architecture is gonna change everything.” Those absurdly geeky, incredibly prophetic words were spoken 30 years ago. Today, they’re somehow truer than ever.
Angelina Jolie Was Right About Computers
“RISC architecture is gonna change everything.” Those absurdly geeky, incredibly prophetic words were spoken 30 years ago. Today, they’re somehow truer than ever.
wrd.cm
March 25, 2025 at 10:33 AM
A story well told. Love the gonzo style!
March 17, 2025 at 10:30 AM