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Graham Parker and the Rumour Wellington NZ Opera House Nov 1979 still etched on my mind - one of my top 5 gigs of all time. Crowd were on their feet from the start. At one point the temporary floor covering the orchestra pit collapsed from the weight of all those up and dancing!
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A prediction based on a fundamental misunderstanding of what the job of a professional developer actually involves.
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FS1 just put out the official numbers for SVG's remarkable drive through the field:
Emerged in 26th place
Was 29.2 seconds back
Retook the lead in only 18 laps
Won by 7.3 seconds
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“fails less often than a human does” is a terrible metric.
We build deterministic software and test it to destruction to ensure it’s 99.99999 reliable . That’s been the basis of every critical application such as accounting payroll and logistics.
LLMs can’t get even close.
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Never ever use generative AI for anything critical.
The technology is probablistic all the way down and therefore inherently unreliable.
Why is this so hard to understand?
It’s wild how many seemingly smart people have drunk the cool aid on this.
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Yet another Commonwealth Government fiasco: The @Deloitte scandal discredits both this high (taxpayer) paid consultant and AI (artificial intelligence). Before it was cut and paste. Now AI has been exposed making stuff up. False/fraudulent. Elizabeth Knight/SMH 👇
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Hands down, the best American band of the last 25 years
#wilco #royalalberthall – at Paddington, London
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President Trump literally backed him up a few hours later, about how there would still be semiconductor tariffs. He wasn't speaking out of school at all.
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Originally only available as a spare track on the twelve inch, this instrumental of EW&F's "Let's Groove" lays bare the genius of their sound. Sing along if you wish.
youtube.com/watch?v=-0w30UJ1…
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A Delta Airlines plane has crashed at Toronto Pearson International Airport. Why have there been SO many plane crashes lately ??? 😩
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And of course as soon as questioned about their appalling lack of knowledge on schizophrenia and psychosis @MFWitches block me.
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And therein lies the problem. It’s not just that NZ is full of anti-science, anti-vaxx conspiracy nutjobs it’s that these loons are proud of their ignorance. They wallow in it.
No surprise the country has just elected a bunch of populist politicians who pander to this stupidity.
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I never attempt to reason with anti-vaxx loons - it’s like trying to argue with religious fundamentalists. They just happen to know the ‘real’ truth and no rational argument will convince them otherwise.
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ChatGPT walks onto a bar.
Barman: what are you having?
ChatGPT: what’s everyone else having?
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"I have no regard for and no knowledge of the value of money, I'm not saying that's a virtue, just a fact. For me, the greatest thrill in the world, the only thrill, is getting 20 seconds on the screen that really gases you"
R.I.P William Friedkin ~ The French Connection (1971)
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#RIP William Friedkin (1935-2023)
The French Connection (1971)
Director: William Friedkin
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"New Zealand fared the best, teaching us that geographical advantages matter, but so does clear, consistent leadership."
Positive, nuanced review of New Zealand's handling of the COVID-19 pandemic from Bloomberg.
bloomberg.com/graphics/2023-…
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Honestly shocked how shit Threads is given Zuck’s unlimited resources. Timing was perfect for launching a Twitter killer. But lack of a general search function renders it useless. If I search for “Ashes” I want to see the latest posts on the cricket not a list of users called Ash
