@twasink

I live in Brisbane, AU. My politics lean socialist. ❤️ is ❤️, people. He/him. Never paying for Twitter Blue. Recents posts on Mastodon - @twasink@aus.social

 Brisbane, Australia
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Joined July 2009
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I've been a professional software developer (for some definition of all three words) for over 23 years. I have been writing software for several years before that. I am now physically incapable of copying and pasting text that does not have a typo init.
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You can find my more recent posts at aus.social/@twasink/

Robert Watkins (@twasink@aus.social)

3.11K Posts, 133 Following, 112 Followers · I live in Brisbane, AU. My politics lean socialist, I'm an atheist, my attitude is condescending, and my moral standing is lying down. ❤️ is ❤️, people....

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@molly0xFFF19 Dec 2022
policy page and tweets announcing it are now gone. archive links for posterity: thread: web.archive.org/web/20221219… policy page: web.archive.org/web/20221218…
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Well, look which site is shallow skinned and unable to take the fact that it's losing the competition. If you're looking for my posts in the future, check my profile, which apparently contains information that can get my account suspended. help.twitter.com/en/rules-an…
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I'm going to trial using Mastodon for my "shout-into-the-abyss" posting for the rest of the year. I'll still be reading on Twitter and probably replying as well, but new posts will be over at @twasink@aus.social.
Look, if "suffers from hallucination and tends to write plausible-looking BS with uncanny confidence" doesn't satisfy a test for human-level intelligence, then neither do a whole bunch of humans...
Jim Fan
@DrJimFan5 Dec 2022
ChatGPT is the closest model we have that looks like AGI, but still suffers from hallucination and tends to write plausible-looking bs with uncanny confidence. It could be misleading and even dangerous. Can we fix it? There is a simple & intuitive remedy:🧵
I have to say... focusing on the skin colour of an actor means that you don't care about the story telling. So anybody who is upset that a white character in a game is played by a black character in the TV show isn't focusing on the story telling.
Jack Saint@lackingsaint5 Dec 2022
when you want a socially acceptable way to say there's too many black people on tv
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That also goes for people who get upset about white people playing characters who are a different race in the source material. But, to be fair, people decrying whitewashing in media _aren't_ bitching about the story telling.
That's one funky gibbon... (Also: all apes – even lesser apes – are monkeys. That includes humans. Not all monkeys are apes. Yes - if you're an uncle, you're a monkey's uncle)
Fascinating
@fasc1nate6 Dec 2022
Make way for the Gibbon! Fun fact: Gibbons are actually lesser apes, not monkeys.
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I also think it's sad that they created this entire category of "lesser ape", and the _only_ animal in it is the gibbon. Talk about judgemental...
The treasurer who deliberately built in economic fragility into the budget - who paid off debt by a firesale of revenue producing assets - who slashed taxes below long-term sustainable levels: he doesn't get to judge bad economic decisions.
ABC News
@abcnews4 Dec 2022
Peter Costello calls out both Labor and Coalition for bad economic decisions abc.net.au/news/2022-12-05/p…

Australia's longest-serving treasurer warns we're falling into a 'debt trap'

The former Liberal treasurer has some harsh words for governments past and present.

abc.net.au
I borrowed the first book in the series from the library on Friday. It’s now Sunday night, and I’ve just finished the last one. Truly compelling story telling.
Naomi Novik@naominovik27 Sep 2022
The first words of A DEADLY EDUCATION to the final ones of THE LAST GRADUATE. The next adventure in the world of the Scholomance begins today. Thank you so, so much to all of my readers who’ve shared this incredible journey with me; I hope you love where it takes you next.
There's going to be a lot of people cross about that name...
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There is an extremely simple way to skirt the App Store fees: have people sign up outside of the app. Of course, that would mean that Twitter would be dealing with the payment processing, as well as the inevitable fraud.
Zoë Schiffer
@ZoeSchiffer30 Nov 2022
NEW: Twitter is delaying the relaunch of Twitter Blue as it tries to skirt Apple's 30% App Store fees. In the meantime, the company's ad revenue is down 49 percent or more week over week in key markets. My latest with @CaseyNewton: platformer.news/p/twitters-a…

Twitter’s advertising losses are piling up

Revenues are in free fall, employees say. Can Musk turn the tide?

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Hmm... I suppose, if I was fired from Twitter, it might be tempting to come back just so that Musk and his transition team could pledge fealty to me. Certainly can't imagine the other way around being a possibility...
Alex Heath
@alexeheath3 Dec 2022
Replying to @alexeheath
Those fired for shitposting Musk need to talk to his transition team first. This is essentially a pledge of fealty. Musk is still worried about internal sabotage.
Silly AI. Declared doesn't rhyme with clarified or verified...
Mara@m_ou_se2 Dec 2022
🦀 ChatGPT has some great ideas for new #rustlang features:
Me: Explain what `rustc --diagnostic-format=limerick` does. ChatGPT: rustc --diagnostic-format=limerick is a command line flag for the Rust compiler (rustc) that changes the format of the error messages and warnings it produces to be in the form of a limerick. This means that the messages will be written in a five-line rhyming poem with a specific syllable count for each line. This can make the messages more entertaining and easier to remember, but may not provide as much detailed information as the default format. Me: Give an example. ChatGPT: Here is an example of an error message in the limerick format: A variable called "x" you declared, But its type was not properly clarified, The compiler it cried, "You must specify!" Or your code will not be verified.

ALT Me: Explain what `rustc --diagnostic-format=limerick` does. ChatGPT: rustc --diagnostic-format=limerick is a command line flag for the Rust compiler (rustc) that changes the format of the error messages and warnings it produces to be in the form of a limerick. This means that the messages will be written in a five-line rhyming poem with a specific syllable count for each line. This can make the messages more entertaining and easier to remember, but may not provide as much detailed information as the default format. Me: Give an example. ChatGPT: Here is an example of an error message in the limerick format: A variable called "x" you declared, But its type was not properly clarified, The compiler it cried, "You must specify!" Or your code will not be verified.

I’ll believe it when Musk volunteers to be a Guinea pig …
IFLScience
@IFLScience2 Dec 2022
Elon Musk has said he is confident that his brain chip Neuralink is ready for humans, and can begin human trials once it has approval from the FDA. iflscience.com/elon-musk-cla…

Elon Musk Claims Neuralink Will Be Ready For Humans In Six Months

Any volunteers?

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When a security firm (which a password manager is) suffers breaches, it really should be a bad sign. Multiple breaches in a fairly short time span should be a death blow.
NPR
@NPR1 Dec 2022
LastPass, a major password manager, has announced a security breach — again. In August, the same unauthorized party accessed “certain elements” of customers’ information. The company says customers’ passwords remain safely encrypted. n.pr/3OUK7ci
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I’m developing a theory that these right-wing commentators are actually ALP plants, assigned the task of providing the worst possible electoral advice to the Libs…
Prue MacSween@macsween_prue27 Nov 2022
Vic result a lesson for @Dom_Perrottet & @LiberalNSW The clear message is to provide an alternative. Scrap the woke wank. Support hard-working Aussies who want to be rewarded for their efforts. Shore up our energy supply & stop listening to @Matt_KeanMP
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Hannah@I_IV_Vega28 Nov 2022
Replying to @Esqueer_
Dude spends the last few weeks boosting anti-LGBTQ+ content on Twitter and then decides to pick a fight with arguably the most powerful gay man in the world.
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Ditto. Mind you, that's been my policy since I joined Twitter. The number of times I've seen an ad on Twitter that interested me enough to click on it can surely be counted on my fingers. And not using binary representation...
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