Tom
@attentive.bsky.social
The attentive worker is diligent, humble, painstaking and relentless.
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Living with one's parents as an adult is the therapy equivalent of dental surgery without anaesthetic ... there's blood everywhere, it's coming out of you, and you can see and feel it happening
December 12, 2023 at 7:26 AM
Living with one's parents as an adult is the therapy equivalent of dental surgery without anaesthetic ... there's blood everywhere, it's coming out of you, and you can see and feel it happening
Tim Minchin (Christchurch Grammar, nett worth twenty million): my class position is "Hobnobber Laureate"
Is that Tim “Fuck The Motherfucking Pope” Minchin on showing some decorum?
Puh-lease
Puh-lease
Tim Minchin doubling down on the Sydney Theatre Company controversy is such bullshit. Stand by your artists or step aside.
December 6, 2023 at 8:48 AM
Tim Minchin (Christchurch Grammar, nett worth twenty million): my class position is "Hobnobber Laureate"
"Stage-three tax cuts not expected to put pressure on inflation, Chalmers says"
Jim Chalmers: yeah, we all know r is greater than g, but what if it was a *lot* greater than g?
Jim Chalmers: yeah, we all know r is greater than g, but what if it was a *lot* greater than g?
December 6, 2023 at 8:45 AM
"Stage-three tax cuts not expected to put pressure on inflation, Chalmers says"
Jim Chalmers: yeah, we all know r is greater than g, but what if it was a *lot* greater than g?
Jim Chalmers: yeah, we all know r is greater than g, but what if it was a *lot* greater than g?
Some nice anecdotes from my mother about my grandfather Maurice. As a young man in about 1930, during his equivalent of year eleven, it turns out he was expelled from Parade College for two reasons, possibly among others.
November 25, 2023 at 3:01 AM
Some nice anecdotes from my mother about my grandfather Maurice. As a young man in about 1930, during his equivalent of year eleven, it turns out he was expelled from Parade College for two reasons, possibly among others.
"We believe any deceleration of AI will cost lives. Deaths that were preventable by the AI that was prevented from existing is a form of murder.”
The "analytic" philosophy behind these screeds always, inevitably, weighs the benefits or dangers of a "black swan" against the empirical here and now.
The "analytic" philosophy behind these screeds always, inevitably, weighs the benefits or dangers of a "black swan" against the empirical here and now.
November 23, 2023 at 7:48 AM
"We believe any deceleration of AI will cost lives. Deaths that were preventable by the AI that was prevented from existing is a form of murder.”
The "analytic" philosophy behind these screeds always, inevitably, weighs the benefits or dangers of a "black swan" against the empirical here and now.
The "analytic" philosophy behind these screeds always, inevitably, weighs the benefits or dangers of a "black swan" against the empirical here and now.
"Techno-Optimists believe that societies, like sharks, grow or die."
😂
😂
November 23, 2023 at 5:30 AM
"Techno-Optimists believe that societies, like sharks, grow or die."
😂
😂
Calling the helpdesk of my client, a large government agency, because I can obtain a full twenty-five minute pomodoro of productive time listening to their high neural effect hold music while I wait to get to the front of the queue.
November 17, 2023 at 3:30 AM
Calling the helpdesk of my client, a large government agency, because I can obtain a full twenty-five minute pomodoro of productive time listening to their high neural effect hold music while I wait to get to the front of the queue.
If you're having a shocker at work, it may help to remember there's always someone out there having a worse one …
November 11, 2023 at 5:24 AM
If you're having a shocker at work, it may help to remember there's always someone out there having a worse one …
If comparing outcomes to ambitions, 'alumni' must be among the worst-deployed words in the English language.
I think I see 'an alumni' more often than not. And I just saw someone say 'no it's okay, you are an alumnae' …
I think I see 'an alumni' more often than not. And I just saw someone say 'no it's okay, you are an alumnae' …
November 10, 2023 at 1:08 AM
If comparing outcomes to ambitions, 'alumni' must be among the worst-deployed words in the English language.
I think I see 'an alumni' more often than not. And I just saw someone say 'no it's okay, you are an alumnae' …
I think I see 'an alumni' more often than not. And I just saw someone say 'no it's okay, you are an alumnae' …
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It would be amazing if a human being could invent an Internet technology capable of handling a few thousand people simultaneously attempting to buy tickets to an event.
Yes, I'm looking at you Perth Festival.
Yes, I'm looking at you Perth Festival.
October 30, 2023 at 1:24 AM
It would be amazing if a human being could invent an Internet technology capable of handling a few thousand people simultaneously attempting to buy tickets to an event.
Yes, I'm looking at you Perth Festival.
Yes, I'm looking at you Perth Festival.
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It’s nearly Halloween so here’s a story from a few years back. It’s about a vampire whose friend has died and his inability to process that grief. I’m not really a horror writer so this is about as horror as I get.
October 26, 2023 at 8:26 PM
It’s nearly Halloween so here’s a story from a few years back. It’s about a vampire whose friend has died and his inability to process that grief. I’m not really a horror writer so this is about as horror as I get.
ME: [looking around warily and concluding I should try not to disturb others in this shared space]
WOMAN OPPOSITE SPEAKING SPANISH: [launches over the phone into a furious, melodramatic verbal assault on her romantic interest, like a hail of profane bullets]
WOMAN OPPOSITE SPEAKING SPANISH: [launches over the phone into a furious, melodramatic verbal assault on her romantic interest, like a hail of profane bullets]
October 27, 2023 at 6:53 AM
ME: [looking around warily and concluding I should try not to disturb others in this shared space]
WOMAN OPPOSITE SPEAKING SPANISH: [launches over the phone into a furious, melodramatic verbal assault on her romantic interest, like a hail of profane bullets]
WOMAN OPPOSITE SPEAKING SPANISH: [launches over the phone into a furious, melodramatic verbal assault on her romantic interest, like a hail of profane bullets]
I'm experiencing, after six years as an independent, my first real fuckery around a client who's dodging paying an invoice.
It's going to come good after I got crisper with my boundaries, but the cocktail of blagging, blarney and veiled disrespect, the gap in my bank account ... it's annoying.
It's going to come good after I got crisper with my boundaries, but the cocktail of blagging, blarney and veiled disrespect, the gap in my bank account ... it's annoying.
October 27, 2023 at 4:29 AM
I'm experiencing, after six years as an independent, my first real fuckery around a client who's dodging paying an invoice.
It's going to come good after I got crisper with my boundaries, but the cocktail of blagging, blarney and veiled disrespect, the gap in my bank account ... it's annoying.
It's going to come good after I got crisper with my boundaries, but the cocktail of blagging, blarney and veiled disrespect, the gap in my bank account ... it's annoying.
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Mason jars with handles were never cool. They're either handled glasses with an un-ergonomic screw lip or modest-sized storage jars with nearly purposeless handles. What they always are is an attempt to compensate for dysfunction following form. Actually, perhaps this means they've always been cool.
October 3, 2023 at 4:24 AM
Mason jars with handles were never cool. They're either handled glasses with an un-ergonomic screw lip or modest-sized storage jars with nearly purposeless handles. What they always are is an attempt to compensate for dysfunction following form. Actually, perhaps this means they've always been cool.
Monday morning work music: "Mathar" by the Dave Pike Set. First released in 1969, but a surprise reprise radio hit in the 90s.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=5zEZ...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=5zEZ...
Dave Pike Set - Mathar (1969)
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October 2, 2023 at 12:17 AM
Monday morning work music: "Mathar" by the Dave Pike Set. First released in 1969, but a surprise reprise radio hit in the 90s.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=5zEZ...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=5zEZ...
1. Don't watch over an hour of Mark Zuckerberg chatting to professional grifter Lex Fridman about "the Metaverse".
2. Do watch a couple of minutes of this promotional video showcasing Meta's prototype, not on the market, scan-based avatar technology.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=MVYr...
2. Do watch a couple of minutes of this promotional video showcasing Meta's prototype, not on the market, scan-based avatar technology.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=MVYr...
Mark Zuckerberg: First Interview in the Metaverse | Lex Fridman Podcast #398
Mark Zuckerberg is CEO of Meta.Thank you for listening ❤ Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors:- LMNT: https://drinkLMNT.com/lex to get fr...
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September 29, 2023 at 2:29 AM
1. Don't watch over an hour of Mark Zuckerberg chatting to professional grifter Lex Fridman about "the Metaverse".
2. Do watch a couple of minutes of this promotional video showcasing Meta's prototype, not on the market, scan-based avatar technology.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=MVYr...
2. Do watch a couple of minutes of this promotional video showcasing Meta's prototype, not on the market, scan-based avatar technology.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=MVYr...
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"please explain this gap in your resume"
i am very bad at css
i am very bad at css
September 29, 2023 at 1:55 AM
"please explain this gap in your resume"
i am very bad at css
i am very bad at css
An underrated soul-destroying aspect of the daily use of contemporary 'information technology' is that, in order to solve some pressing problem, you might have to 'install' some 'free tool' called 'PowerToys' …
September 28, 2023 at 1:54 AM
An underrated soul-destroying aspect of the daily use of contemporary 'information technology' is that, in order to solve some pressing problem, you might have to 'install' some 'free tool' called 'PowerToys' …
Most underrated word?
In my opinion? Today?
Wangst.
In my opinion? Today?
Wangst.
September 28, 2023 at 12:40 AM
Most underrated word?
In my opinion? Today?
Wangst.
In my opinion? Today?
Wangst.
Rest in peace, Sales Order #SO3258426. We hardly knew ye.
September 27, 2023 at 6:13 AM
Rest in peace, Sales Order #SO3258426. We hardly knew ye.
Speaking as a sometime government contractor, the main issue with contractors working for government isn't whether we're ethical. It's the structural detriment to the accountability of our bureaucracies and their leadership.
The PriceWaterhouseCooper item rattles on with no mention of this.
The PriceWaterhouseCooper item rattles on with no mention of this.
September 27, 2023 at 6:11 AM
Speaking as a sometime government contractor, the main issue with contractors working for government isn't whether we're ethical. It's the structural detriment to the accountability of our bureaucracies and their leadership.
The PriceWaterhouseCooper item rattles on with no mention of this.
The PriceWaterhouseCooper item rattles on with no mention of this.