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Data

Almost all data is crap

And I thought Vernor Vinge in A Deepness In the Sky was overdoing it

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Just guessing or using something?

Yes

A cityscape at might with lots of lights with water in the foreground

Where am I?

Did they think this through? Probably no.
But how are the cops going to track them when now they no reason to go near or access their bank account?

Are they, well were, responsible for Mt Rushmore?

Mmm
Possible to bypass paywalls that way?

Cf: bsky.app/profile/came...

Court Injunctions are the Thoughts and Prayers of Data Breach Response You see it all the time after a tragedy occurs somewhere, and people flock to offer their sympathies via the "thoughts and prayers" line. Sympathy is great, and we should all express that sentiment ap...

Except Qantas :(
www.troyhunt.com/court-injunc...

By a Mashergician

Screenshot of option window on new BoM site showing how to set rain reflectivity

If people are interested
One particular issue is the default radar view

The old radar view vs the new one

The difference, as stolen from Reddit, is the old view shows rain reflectivity - darker colour like black can mean hail like today

Which you can enable on the new site

Why didn't Services Australia bring this to Estimates?
Did the minister know? Why didn't they say something? And if they weren't told, that's a bigger question.

Total failure

Make a movie food:
Starship Soupers

If someone is trying to rehabilitate him, who? Why?

Why now?

I don't actually like that train of thought

Godzilla from the original 1954 movie.

For every 5 Likes or Reposts, I'll give you a cool-ass Godzilla Fact. I'll try to keep it to lesser-known stuff but I won't be posting any inside baseball. I just want to share my love for the King.

I bought some cheesecake this morning

--> dinner

Have we recently examined the idea of making these decisions based on one decimal point changes in statistical data?

The over reliance on the precision that the data and models don't necessarily support

I didn't click that
Saw the name, why? Why does it matter his opinion?

My guardian subscription is being tested

Two coal power units in Victoria tripped on Thursday and nobody realised, because a gigawatt of wind and solar was available to step into the breach.

Six of the state's 10 coal units were out neatly replaced by batteries, renewables, and a bit of gas.
#energy #climate

Fuck

There is a long-standing helium shortage. Helium is needed in hospitals (for MRI machines, respiratory therapy, some medical procedures) and should therefore not be wasted blowing up balloons.

I saw Billy live on stage a few weeks back.

He doesn't move like he used to, but he can still sing and play the crowd

Nah

But I do complain

Need to make it cost them something every time

They're thieving your time

Unless their is a cost out back on them they won't have an incentive to change.

Am open to ideas

Grab the stuff and walk out

Maybe if enough people do it the supermarkets will fix their stuff

I have mostly forgotten dates of first marriage

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