Something something geekhttps://bsky.app/profile/pseudonym73.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/pseudonym73.bsky.social/post/3mxdi4hhfi22yMargaret Hamilton coined the term "software engineering" to refer to the methodologies and practices required to write software that you could bet your life on. We as an industry have diluted that idea to the point of meaninglessness. RIP, Margaret08 Oct 2026 03:06 +0000at://did:plc:yipirjlfgct6cb7cs7hsshda/app.bsky.feed.post/3mxdi4hhfi22yhttps://bsky.app/profile/pseudonym73.bsky.social/post/3mwrmyfl6x22tWe halve a falcon chick. I repeat: We have a falcon chick. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oibsohQ14cY01 Oct 2026 00:45 +0000at://did:plc:yipirjlfgct6cb7cs7hsshda/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwrmyfl6x22thttps://bsky.app/profile/pseudonym73.bsky.social/post/3mv7apjf6gs2aG'day. Melbourne here. Could someone please explain NFL to us in 45min or less? Thanks!10 Sep 2026 23:53 +0000at://did:plc:yipirjlfgct6cb7cs7hsshda/app.bsky.feed.post/3mv7apjf6gs2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/pseudonym73.bsky.social/post/3mv2w3pdass2yA lot of people are talking about the Navier-Stokes equation solution today, and the academic drama surrounding it, but few are talking about an extremely frightening possibility. Nobody except Terry Tao, that is. https://mathstodon.xyz/@tao/11723732216050050109 Sep 2026 06:32 +0000at://did:plc:yipirjlfgct6cb7cs7hsshda/app.bsky.feed.post/3mv2w3pdass2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/pseudonym73.bsky.social/post/3mu43arb7ec2xBoring by comparison. Not visible on the map at this scale: Jervis Bay Territory is "visited". I have not visited any of the external territories. [contains quote post or other embedded content]28 Aug 2026 00:12 +0000at://did:plc:yipirjlfgct6cb7cs7hsshda/app.bsky.feed.post/3mu43arb7ec2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/pseudonym73.bsky.social/post/3mtzs4hi2qc2zProbably Skylab. [contains quote post or other embedded content]27 Aug 2026 02:23 +0000at://did:plc:yipirjlfgct6cb7cs7hsshda/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtzs4hi2qc2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/pseudonym73.bsky.social/post/3mh7qyocy222tA colleague commented this morning that the Iran war feels vibe coded. I can't stop thinking about this.17 Mar 2026 00:51 +0000at://did:plc:yipirjlfgct6cb7cs7hsshda/app.bsky.feed.post/3mh7qyocy222thttps://bsky.app/profile/pseudonym73.bsky.social/post/3mewoxiwdl224Clearing up a couple of misconceptions: 1. There are plenty of businesses like showbusiness. 2. The show need not go on. [contains quote post or other embedded content]15 Feb 2026 23:30 +0000at://did:plc:yipirjlfgct6cb7cs7hsshda/app.bsky.feed.post/3mewoxiwdl224https://bsky.app/profile/pseudonym73.bsky.social/post/3mdlsdq62rk2qHonestly, couldn't be worse than the tomatoes we get in Australian supermarkets right now. [contains quote post or other embedded content]29 Jan 2026 22:06 +0000at://did:plc:yipirjlfgct6cb7cs7hsshda/app.bsky.feed.post/3mdlsdq62rk2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/pseudonym73.bsky.social/post/3mdhistz6hc27CEO of ZeppelinCo says nobody will be driving in six months.28 Jan 2026 05:05 +0000at://did:plc:yipirjlfgct6cb7cs7hsshda/app.bsky.feed.post/3mdhistz6hc27https://bsky.app/profile/pseudonym73.bsky.social/post/3mav2zm3tpc2pComedy sci-fi made better predictions about the early stages of AI than "hard" sci-fi did: 1. How annoying the products would be. Like, nobody actually wants a Talkie Toaster.26 Dec 2025 10:20 +0000at://did:plc:yipirjlfgct6cb7cs7hsshda/app.bsky.feed.post/3mav2zm3tpc2phttps://bsky.app/profile/pseudonym73.bsky.social/post/3m7d2l3dj2k2b [contains quote post or other embedded content]06 Dec 2025 12:59 +0000at://did:plc:yipirjlfgct6cb7cs7hsshda/app.bsky.feed.post/3m7d2l3dj2k2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/pseudonym73.bsky.social/post/3m775gt6ztc2c04 Dec 2025 23:40 +0000at://did:plc:yipirjlfgct6cb7cs7hsshda/app.bsky.feed.post/3m775gt6ztc2chttps://bsky.app/profile/pseudonym73.bsky.social/post/3lzparndr722s26 Sep 2025 00:51 +0000at://did:plc:yipirjlfgct6cb7cs7hsshda/app.bsky.feed.post/3lzparndr722shttps://bsky.app/profile/pseudonym73.bsky.social/post/3lzihler4jk22I believe, but can't prove, that there is an increase in autism in recent decades that is not entirely due to visibility and diagnostic criteria. It's the Internet. The rise of the Internet has made more ways that people on the spectrum can meet and produce children.23 Sep 2025 08:04 +0000at://did:plc:yipirjlfgct6cb7cs7hsshda/app.bsky.feed.post/3lzihler4jk22https://bsky.app/profile/pseudonym73.bsky.social/post/3lyjotrvex22kHappy Charles Darwin Mood Day to all who celebrate.11 Sep 2025 02:21 +0000at://did:plc:yipirjlfgct6cb7cs7hsshda/app.bsky.feed.post/3lyjotrvex22khttps://bsky.app/profile/pseudonym73.bsky.social/post/3lxqrwegxwk23I feel like science fiction let us down. No author ever caught that before we get general intelligence, we might get "Dunning-Kruger systems" that show confidence but incompetence. But convincing in the same way that a populist politician or a con man is convincing. (Or a Silicon Valley CEO?)01 Sep 2025 04:40 +0000at://did:plc:yipirjlfgct6cb7cs7hsshda/app.bsky.feed.post/3lxqrwegxwk23https://bsky.app/profile/pseudonym73.bsky.social/post/3lsuigu7qyk25Dare I read this? Do I really want to know what the robots think of me?01 Jul 2025 00:55 +0000at://did:plc:yipirjlfgct6cb7cs7hsshda/app.bsky.feed.post/3lsuigu7qyk25https://bsky.app/profile/pseudonym73.bsky.social/post/3lpg3xlt27k2n18 May 2025 03:19 +0000at://did:plc:yipirjlfgct6cb7cs7hsshda/app.bsky.feed.post/3lpg3xlt27k2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/pseudonym73.bsky.social/post/3lorpbuc6q223Sorry, I had to.10 May 2025 00:39 +0000at://did:plc:yipirjlfgct6cb7cs7hsshda/app.bsky.feed.post/3lorpbuc6q223https://bsky.app/profile/pseudonym73.bsky.social/post/3lnp5ttjzts2kWord on the street is that pencils on strings are back. No more individual little golf pencils at the 2025 Federal Election. Rejoice, Australians. Nature is healing.26 Apr 2025 06:56 +0000at://did:plc:yipirjlfgct6cb7cs7hsshda/app.bsky.feed.post/3lnp5ttjzts2khttps://bsky.app/profile/pseudonym73.bsky.social/post/3ln325mi5ns2aA useful rule of thumb: Whenever anyone asks "Why are people upset at person X for doing Y?", the answer is almost always, "It's not Y that they are upset at." If you find yourself ever needing to ask this question, try that on as an answer.18 Apr 2025 06:57 +0000at://did:plc:yipirjlfgct6cb7cs7hsshda/app.bsky.feed.post/3ln325mi5ns2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/pseudonym73.bsky.social/post/3lmqca5xwds2vUI/UX tip to the Australian Bureau of Meteorology: put these two notices in the opposite order.14 Apr 2025 00:22 +0000at://did:plc:yipirjlfgct6cb7cs7hsshda/app.bsky.feed.post/3lmqca5xwds2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/pseudonym73.bsky.social/post/3lmb3dbdlnk26There's a lot of great evil in the world at the moment, but don't neglect the small things. How much e-waste will be created just because one company can't write efficient software, and must include AI slop in every product they make? https://www.forbes.com/sites/zakdoffman/2025/04/05/microsoft-warns-240-million-windows-users-stop-using-your-pc/07 Apr 2025 23:09 +0000at://did:plc:yipirjlfgct6cb7cs7hsshda/app.bsky.feed.post/3lmb3dbdlnk26https://bsky.app/profile/pseudonym73.bsky.social/post/3lktvewfebc2bHappy 340th birthday, J.S. Bach.20 Mar 2025 23:52 +0000at://did:plc:yipirjlfgct6cb7cs7hsshda/app.bsky.feed.post/3lktvewfebc2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/pseudonym73.bsky.social/post/3lkf2tsvttc2mLook, if I wanted a lecture on the Rights of Man, I would have gone to bed with Martin Luther. [contains quote post or other embedded content]15 Mar 2025 02:20 +0000at://did:plc:yipirjlfgct6cb7cs7hsshda/app.bsky.feed.post/3lkf2tsvttc2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/pseudonym73.bsky.social/post/3lk3eqtgdvc2x@imartayan.bsky.social pronounced my name incorrectly. Is it wrong of me to hope that generations of students and bioinformaticians to come will continue to do so? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=35Ygvtsld9o11 Mar 2025 05:51 +0000at://did:plc:yipirjlfgct6cb7cs7hsshda/app.bsky.feed.post/3lk3eqtgdvc2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/pseudonym73.bsky.social/post/3li5d73yxfs2vDOGE had better not try to cut funding from the Department of Youth. The executive branch no legal standing to challenge the power that was vested in Secretary Cooper by Donny Osmond.14 Feb 2025 13:38 +0000at://did:plc:yipirjlfgct6cb7cs7hsshda/app.bsky.feed.post/3li5d73yxfs2v