Late night visitor at Melbourne University

In the studio audience!

Meeting students and giving career advice has been extremely rewarding. Discovering that those students were born AFTER I graduated (and not by a little bit) is….less rewarding. Now where did I put my slippers and pipe?

I too, have trained an LLM which is far, far too powerful to be released. Yes, you’ll just have to take my word for it.

Finally hit 50 in Duolingo in German. Feels like a decent enough achievement 👍

Well done Hungary 🇭🇺 https://www.bbc.com/news/live/c2d8zw2d3rkt

'Solar Eclipse of the Heart' From the #nasa_app : https://www.nasa.gov/image-article/solar-eclipse-of-the-heart/

RIP Lexi. You were the archetype of A Very Good Dog

Q: How do you deal with low mood? A: brew update && brew upgrade 👍

I have a few of these to give away: https://www.australiancomputertraders.com.au/acer-veriton-n4640g-micro-intel-i5-6400t-2.20ghz-8~39 Three in total. Two with 8GB RAM and one with 4GB (technically 8GB, but it won't boot past POST with both modules installed). I got them for a homelab […]

Got asked today by a mentee, “What should I be studying for a future-proof job in IT?”

Well bugger. Kids’ school tour to Europe has been cancelled because the flights were transiting Doha. No alternatives available ☹️

Oh that’s just brutally gorgeous from Virginia Trioli https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-03-14/melbourne-sydney-kyle-and-jackie-o-show-radio/106436204

At the height of the Melbourne COVID lockdown, ULP was less than 80c/L. Today, a number of places I drove past had it at $2.30/L. Buy an EV.

Currently watching The Traitors New Zealand. It’s gloriously low budget

This should have got better reviews - it was all pretty decent and nicely fast-paced: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt31050594/

20 years married. That feels like a respectably solid achievement.

Great video. Watch it!

The local magpies are getting VERY comfortable around us (this isn’t zoomed in)

One of my mentees started a part-time role with a big technology consulting firm recently. They were told (after starting) that when the project they're on wraps up, they will have to apply for a position on another project, and go through what is effectively a interview process all over again […]

LOL, love the headline. 'The Kyle and Jackie O phenomenon thrived on attention and relied on a formula. Be rude, crude, humiliate someone, obsess about sex, take cheap shots at vulnerable people, repeat. Melbourne looked at it and said, “Nah, we’re good.” 'Bottom line: it’s hard to shock an […]

Question for Humble Bundle customers - how do you know whether your nominated charity is receiving donations correctly? Is there any way to check?

Date night: Chinese take-away, bottle of wine, last year’s tax returns #adulting

Stardew valley is a popular game with people in my generation. Like most video games it's a power fantasy. In this case about growing food, having a functional "third space" in your community and fixing public transit. Pure escapism. Also there are magic forest spirits and dungeons with […]

RE: https://mastodon.social/@dkwritesabit/116150621339846588 The Voyage of the Dawn Treader

Setting up an old MBP with Linux, attached to an eGPU enclosure. Because I needed evidence that some things are unachievable. And no, it didn’t work.

Ah Phillips Hue. Still eye-wateringly expensive as ever

Biblically-accurate power outlet #shitpost

"how's ram shortage going" this is trending on aliexpress

Dear People Who Talk on Their Phone in Public Using Speaker Phone, What the hell is *wrong* with you? Sincerely, The General Public

@writersvictoria Witer’s Victoria needs signatures to this parliamentary petition to reinstate funding - please sign, boost and support: https://www.parliament.vic.gov.au/get-involved/petitions/restore-funding-for-writers-victoria/

I’m really getting to dislike. The way that posts are written. Across multiple lines. As if each were profound. When they aren’t. It’s unnecessary. Newline != profundity Stop it.

Start of a new job tomorrow. Such a strange feeling…

Looking for a decent VPS provider, preferably based in Australia. Any recommendations?

@pluralistic I thought this from Mark Carney's speech particularly resonated with your work: You cannot live within the lie of mutual benefit through integration when integration becomes the source of your subordination.

For #FensterFreitag, here's one of the windows of the new State Library station entrance, as seen from within. The artwork, Forever, by Danie Mellor features historical photographic portraits of Wurundjeri women. More here […] [Original post on aus.social]

Irrespective of the MANY ethical concerns, free wifi on international flights via Starlink is kinda cool…

@larsklint ‘s farm in country Victoria was hit by the recent bushfires. There’s a Gofundme to help him and the family get back on their feet: https://gofund.me/e40fc8d09

Petition to restore funding to Writer’s Victoria: https://www.parliament.vic.gov.au/get-involved/petitions/restore-funding-for-writers-victoria/ #books #writing @writersvictoria

Currently watching Hellbound - properly dark stuff. They really know how to turn it in on South Korea

Wow. Happy birthday to me…

Saving this screenshot from Threads as a new reaction image

A gloriously sunny day to visit Carcassonne and the castle. Although, it is only 1 degree and feels like -5 🥶

This latest from @pluralistic is extremely good and worth the watch (or listen to the audio) https://archive.org/details/doctorow-39c3

Which #mastodon client for iOS are people using these days?

Now THAT’S a lift 😎

About to cross the sea from Sicily to Malta, in a set which was made in Tasmania 😊