Alister

It takes a lot to impress me, but this is fucking impressive.

Waymo in talks to start testing self-driving taxis in Australia A Transport NSW spokesperson confirmed Waymo has been in contact, with the Google-linked autonomous taxi company having appointed local lobbyists.

If I were starting to test autonomous cars, Sydney would absolutely be the last city I'd test them in. www.crikey.com.au/2025/10/28/w...

Ron Swanson People Can See You GIF ALT: Ron Swanson People Can See You GIF

Bluey is a girl, and so is Bingo, and some men can't cope with that. Worse, they openly admit to not being able to cope with that. In public.

"I have a decent fluency in LLMs, and they have utility, but the absurd degree of over-hype, the way they're being forced on everyone, and the insistence on ignoring the many valid critiques about them make it very difficult to focus on legitimate uses where they might add value."

Prescient

I'm sure it will end well

Cohealth CEO says closure follows 'death by thousand cuts' from government Inner-city Melbourne community health service cohealth will be shuttering its GP services at the end of the year, citing escalating costs and aging infrastructure.

This seems bad www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10...

This definitely seems like a great use of resources and will have no negative effects on people at all.

Security

XKCD never not relevant xkcd.com/538/

Yes seems right I think the house I grew up in - which was massive - probably cost about that.

they were very tasty

It was moving that way when I lived there, years and years ago. How many years ago? A three bedroom house with quite large bedrooms was $275 per week. I moved south, and then a lot further south, but not too far south.

Having lived in Hornsby and had friends who lived in Pymble, totally correct. Hornsby's one saving grace was the express line through Strathfield into Central.

haberfield

End of Story? Sorry. Had to get thinky this week.

I read the phrase “plot-based media” for the first time this week, and I died a little inside. The context was the unleashening of Sora, OpenAI’s new hybrid video extruder and anti-social network...

I think if you block someone, their post vanishes from your post chain for everyone else too. I have not blocked this person and it shows as blocked in your original post.

I'm not entirely sure this is a particularly good idea. www.cio.com/article/1908...

Not too late to start

I do sabre. The coaches tell me off when I stab too much.

Not quite the same but I found this when I took up fencing again after an over 20 year break. The first few times were not just physically exhausting but mentally too. Having a determined opponent trying to smack you in the head with a length of steel requires a different type of thinking.

you are an inspiration on squareword i have never gotten better than 8

I was there last night too and thought it was great. Hope you enjoyed yourself.

RFK Jr being predictive

undeniably true

A drawing of a horse. The front half of the horse is black. The back half of the horse is white. The tail is black. Text reads: I defragged my zebra

This one is only for Blueskyers of a certain age.

sounds about accurate for a Daimler (sorry)

a dog who eats books

this one is also a book chewer and i hear you

thank you linkedin for this indispensable advice

The least believable part by far about the new #superman film is that Jimmy is attractive.

Your recommendation is a safe bet.