James Healy
@yob.id.au
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This is an excellent reminder that no matter what happens with AI or data centers, we are going to need a *lot* more electricity in the future.
Data centers! The sky is falling! What's that, California? Electric vehicle charging will be bigger than data centers? 🔌💡 @yes-energy.bsky.social
www.rtoinsider.com/123981-cec-a...
www.rtoinsider.com/123981-cec-a...
January 29, 2026 at 7:57 PM
This is an excellent reminder that no matter what happens with AI or data centers, we are going to need a *lot* more electricity in the future.
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4yo: 'Can I go to school in my fleecy pyjamas today?'
Me: 'No, not today.'
4yo: 'Do I have to wear my human form?'
Me: 'Your uniform. That's right.'
Me: 'No, not today.'
4yo: 'Do I have to wear my human form?'
Me: 'Your uniform. That's right.'
January 23, 2026 at 8:08 AM
4yo: 'Can I go to school in my fleecy pyjamas today?'
Me: 'No, not today.'
4yo: 'Do I have to wear my human form?'
Me: 'Your uniform. That's right.'
Me: 'No, not today.'
4yo: 'Do I have to wear my human form?'
Me: 'Your uniform. That's right.'
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Some important new government policy that Native Americans might be interested in:
Trump talks about Denmark and Greenland just now: "The fact that they landed a boat there 500 years ago doesn't mean that they own the land."
January 9, 2026 at 10:02 PM
Some important new government policy that Native Americans might be interested in:
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Trump’s forces have kidnapped Venezuelans in my neighborhood, so it’s not a big surprise they’d kidnap Venezuelans in Venezuela.
January 3, 2026 at 9:50 AM
Trump’s forces have kidnapped Venezuelans in my neighborhood, so it’s not a big surprise they’d kidnap Venezuelans in Venezuela.
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I'm seriously starting to question the credibility of the FIFA Peace Prize.
January 3, 2026 at 7:51 AM
I'm seriously starting to question the credibility of the FIFA Peace Prize.
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earlier this year I switched pdf-reader from sorbet types to RBS using inline comments. I'm pretty happy with the result https://yob.id.au/2025/12/30/inline-rbs-comments.html
Inline RBS Comments for a Rubygem Codebase · James Healy
yob.id.au
December 30, 2025 at 1:02 AM
earlier this year I switched pdf-reader from sorbet types to RBS using inline comments. I'm pretty happy with the result https://yob.id.au/2025/12/30/inline-rbs-comments.html
@itscatkins.bsky.social relevant to your interests?
🐘 Oh, that's nice: Postgres 19 is going to ship read-your-writes for standbys when using asynchronous replication, via a new command WAIT FOR LSN (similar to WAIT_FOR_EXECUTED_GTID_SET in MySQL). Very cool!
www.postgresql.org/docs/devel/w...
www.postgresql.org/docs/devel/w...
December 24, 2025 at 2:13 AM
@itscatkins.bsky.social relevant to your interests?
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1. Nationalise Wordle.
In @nytopinion.nytimes.com
Zohran Mamdani, “who campaigned on sweeping promises, can build a more positive legacy by focusing on tangible accomplishments,” the editorial board writes.
Zohran Mamdani, “who campaigned on sweeping promises, can build a more positive legacy by focusing on tangible accomplishments,” the editorial board writes.
Opinion | Six Ways Zohran Mamdani Can Improve New York City
Mamdani, who campaigned on sweeping promises, can build a positive legacy by focusing on tangible accomplishments.
nyti.ms
November 5, 2025 at 4:11 AM
1. Nationalise Wordle.
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"I DON'T NEED YOU TO FUCKING REWRITE WHAT I'VE JUST WRITTEN!"
October 28, 2025 at 10:46 AM
"I DON'T NEED YOU TO FUCKING REWRITE WHAT I'VE JUST WRITTEN!"
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He’s designing the ballroom with AI isn’t he www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
October 25, 2025 at 3:45 PM
He’s designing the ballroom with AI isn’t he www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
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"Parking is such sweet sorrow"
Shakespeare family home damaged by reversing driver
Shakespeare family home damaged by reversing driver
A 17th-century building that housed William Shakespeare's family has been left damaged after a driver reversed into it.
news.sky.com
October 19, 2025 at 10:45 AM
"Parking is such sweet sorrow"
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Okay, for the folks who asked: here's the majority AI view, writing up the reasonable, thoughtful view on AI that the vast majority of people in tech hold, that gets overshadowed by the bluster and hype of the tycoons trying to shill their nonsense. anildash.com/2025/10/17/t... Please share!
The Majority AI View - Anil Dash
A blog about making culture. Since 1999.
anildash.com
October 17, 2025 at 7:29 PM
Okay, for the folks who asked: here's the majority AI view, writing up the reasonable, thoughtful view on AI that the vast majority of people in tech hold, that gets overshadowed by the bluster and hype of the tycoons trying to shill their nonsense. anildash.com/2025/10/17/t... Please share!
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The Ig Nobel is incredible , one year an Indian guy won it for calculating the average surface area of an elephant and during his acceptance they had an elephant hold up a sign with the surface area of the scientist on it, they do showbiz better than the Oscars
Video: a Japanese scientist was attacked by flies while giving the acceptance speech for his Ig Nobel Prize-winning research paper that proved painting Zebra-like stripes on cows led to a decrease in biting fly attacks.
October 4, 2025 at 2:11 PM
The Ig Nobel is incredible , one year an Indian guy won it for calculating the average surface area of an elephant and during his acceptance they had an elephant hold up a sign with the surface area of the scientist on it, they do showbiz better than the Oscars
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“Older generation who grew up with The Simpsons”
October 2, 2025 at 4:45 AM
“Older generation who grew up with The Simpsons”
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OMG, partner was just googling snorkelling from Daintree and the Google's AI summary suggested snorkelling in the DAINTREE RIVER!!!
For the unacquainted, the Daintree is famous for salt water crocodile watching tours where you avoid the water at all costs.
Please never swim in a river in Nth QLD.
For the unacquainted, the Daintree is famous for salt water crocodile watching tours where you avoid the water at all costs.
Please never swim in a river in Nth QLD.
August 28, 2025 at 10:52 AM
OMG, partner was just googling snorkelling from Daintree and the Google's AI summary suggested snorkelling in the DAINTREE RIVER!!!
For the unacquainted, the Daintree is famous for salt water crocodile watching tours where you avoid the water at all costs.
Please never swim in a river in Nth QLD.
For the unacquainted, the Daintree is famous for salt water crocodile watching tours where you avoid the water at all costs.
Please never swim in a river in Nth QLD.
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The perfect framing of a nonsense story does no....
July 10, 2025 at 7:52 AM
The perfect framing of a nonsense story does no....
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Thanks Google.
I googled "four corners abc paladin" to find out whether they'd ever covered it.
The AI literally made up an episode.
I googled "four corners abc paladin" to find out whether they'd ever covered it.
The AI literally made up an episode.
June 30, 2025 at 6:23 AM
Thanks Google.
I googled "four corners abc paladin" to find out whether they'd ever covered it.
The AI literally made up an episode.
I googled "four corners abc paladin" to find out whether they'd ever covered it.
The AI literally made up an episode.
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I think the European Union is a pretty good idea but every time I’m asked to accept cookies or adjust my cookie settings when I visit a new website I start to wonder whether Nigel Farage was right all along
June 27, 2025 at 9:53 AM
I think the European Union is a pretty good idea but every time I’m asked to accept cookies or adjust my cookie settings when I visit a new website I start to wonder whether Nigel Farage was right all along
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Congratulations to spacex on testing the fire, it definitely does a lot of fire
"That's not good."
June 19, 2025 at 5:06 AM
Congratulations to spacex on testing the fire, it definitely does a lot of fire
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status.salesforce.com/generalmessa...
This a doozy of a reason.
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Update 6: Posted Tue, 10 Jun 2025 11:27:51 UTC
The third-party provider disabled a single server, which did not yield a positive outcome. We are continuing our investigations with the provider.
This a doozy of a reason.
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Update 6: Posted Tue, 10 Jun 2025 11:27:51 UTC
The third-party provider disabled a single server, which did not yield a positive outcome. We are continuing our investigations with the provider.
June 10, 2025 at 12:45 PM
status.salesforce.com/generalmessa...
This a doozy of a reason.
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Update 6: Posted Tue, 10 Jun 2025 11:27:51 UTC
The third-party provider disabled a single server, which did not yield a positive outcome. We are continuing our investigations with the provider.
This a doozy of a reason.
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Update 6: Posted Tue, 10 Jun 2025 11:27:51 UTC
The third-party provider disabled a single server, which did not yield a positive outcome. We are continuing our investigations with the provider.
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Think you might one day have $3m in your super & be affected by the super tax changes?
Ok, you are 18yo, you just got a job - it pays... $150k!
Give yourself a 3.7% annual pay rise.
Never take time off for study, kids or illness.
You will retire with $3,017,016
moneysmart.gov.au/how-super-wo...
Ok, you are 18yo, you just got a job - it pays... $150k!
Give yourself a 3.7% annual pay rise.
Never take time off for study, kids or illness.
You will retire with $3,017,016
moneysmart.gov.au/how-super-wo...
May 23, 2025 at 3:18 AM
Think you might one day have $3m in your super & be affected by the super tax changes?
Ok, you are 18yo, you just got a job - it pays... $150k!
Give yourself a 3.7% annual pay rise.
Never take time off for study, kids or illness.
You will retire with $3,017,016
moneysmart.gov.au/how-super-wo...
Ok, you are 18yo, you just got a job - it pays... $150k!
Give yourself a 3.7% annual pay rise.
Never take time off for study, kids or illness.
You will retire with $3,017,016
moneysmart.gov.au/how-super-wo...
weirdly tactical blog post, but it was odd that I couldn't find this anywhere when I needed it: Querying AWS CUR v2.0 data using Athena yob.id.au/2025/05/17/a...
AWS Cost Usage Reports 2.0 in Athena · James Healy
yob.id.au
May 18, 2025 at 8:01 AM
weirdly tactical blog post, but it was odd that I couldn't find this anywhere when I needed it: Querying AWS CUR v2.0 data using Athena yob.id.au/2025/05/17/a...
Interested in driving renewable energy uptake? We have multiple mid+senior engineering roles open at Amber atm: mostly in product teams, but I have my eye out for a platform shaped engineer too. Located in AU and UK, typescript and serverless experience a nice-to-have
www.amber.com.au/amber-careers
www.amber.com.au/amber-careers
May 9, 2025 at 10:46 AM
Interested in driving renewable energy uptake? We have multiple mid+senior engineering roles open at Amber atm: mostly in product teams, but I have my eye out for a platform shaped engineer too. Located in AU and UK, typescript and serverless experience a nice-to-have
www.amber.com.au/amber-careers
www.amber.com.au/amber-careers
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Amber Electric’s Myles Eftos on how home batteries can be money making machines. Plus, a post-election debrief and Australia’s new favourite battery
Solar Insiders Podcast: How to make the most out of home batteries
Amber Electric’s Myles Eftos on how home batteries can be money making machines. Plus, a post-election debrief and Australia’s new favourite battery.
reneweconomy.com.au
May 8, 2025 at 6:41 AM
Amber Electric’s Myles Eftos on how home batteries can be money making machines. Plus, a post-election debrief and Australia’s new favourite battery