Aussie Simon (the original)
@aussiesimon.bsky.social
Brit/Oz hybrid. Building https://www.savvyideas.co. Am I the only indiehacker building on a Microsoft stack?
What’s going on with Uber ? The “match” you with a driver that you can see isn’t moving then, after 10 minutes or so, the “driver” cancels the job and the go through the process again. Drivers never respond to messages. It’s a scam to look like they’ve got cars available when they haven’t, isn’t it?
November 7, 2025 at 7:57 AM
What’s going on with Uber ? The “match” you with a driver that you can see isn’t moving then, after 10 minutes or so, the “driver” cancels the job and the go through the process again. Drivers never respond to messages. It’s a scam to look like they’ve got cars available when they haven’t, isn’t it?
…and now he’s missed the turning off the freeway. Interested to see where we end up.
October 13, 2025 at 9:39 PM
…and now he’s missed the turning off the freeway. Interested to see where we end up.
Every stop on this morning’s bus journey seems to have come as a total, last-second surprise to the driver. @transportfornsw.bsky.social
October 13, 2025 at 9:18 PM
Every stop on this morning’s bus journey seems to have come as a total, last-second surprise to the driver. @transportfornsw.bsky.social
Logged in to SubStack for the first time in months to find that the discussions are pretty much entirely racists and misogynists now. Canceled my subscriptions and my account. Won’t support anyone who sets up stall on such a hate-filled platform.
July 23, 2025 at 1:32 PM
Logged in to SubStack for the first time in months to find that the discussions are pretty much entirely racists and misogynists now. Canceled my subscriptions and my account. Won’t support anyone who sets up stall on such a hate-filled platform.
Axios talking about how Anthropic can't explain why its Claude AI tried to blackmail an engineer about a supposed extra-marital affair, having explained that AIs are trained by ingesting the internet. Surely the connection is obvious?
www.axios.com/2025/06/09/a...
www.axios.com/2025/06/09/a...
Scariest AI reality: Companies don't fully understand their models
Companies racing to build the most powerful superhuman intelligence capabilities don't know why their machines do what they do.
www.axios.com
June 9, 2025 at 11:34 AM
Axios talking about how Anthropic can't explain why its Claude AI tried to blackmail an engineer about a supposed extra-marital affair, having explained that AIs are trained by ingesting the internet. Surely the connection is obvious?
www.axios.com/2025/06/09/a...
www.axios.com/2025/06/09/a...
Honestly, I thought this was an Onion headline when I first read it
June 4, 2025 at 2:41 AM
Honestly, I thought this was an Onion headline when I first read it
A first for me today. Had to wait while the driver rebooted the bus!
May 18, 2025 at 10:06 PM
A first for me today. Had to wait while the driver rebooted the bus!
Democracy in action. Sunshine, snags, and Saturday voting.
May 3, 2025 at 2:15 AM
Democracy in action. Sunshine, snags, and Saturday voting.
I used to hang out on IndieHackers quite a bit, but the increasing enshittification seems to have killed the community side of it. Where are indie-hackers hanging out these days?
#indiehacker
#indiehacker
April 6, 2025 at 10:22 AM
I used to hang out on IndieHackers quite a bit, but the increasing enshittification seems to have killed the community side of it. Where are indie-hackers hanging out these days?
#indiehacker
#indiehacker
What’s the story with Sydney buses? Why won’t the drivers turn the air conditioning on? The windows of the bus I’m on are literally dripping with sweat.
March 25, 2025 at 9:09 PM
What’s the story with Sydney buses? Why won’t the drivers turn the air conditioning on? The windows of the bus I’m on are literally dripping with sweat.
I just uninstalled an Epson printer driver and it tried to down download the entire contents of my OneDrive folder. WTF? Has anybody seen this before?
March 25, 2025 at 12:06 PM
I just uninstalled an Epson printer driver and it tried to down download the entire contents of my OneDrive folder. WTF? Has anybody seen this before?
Hanging out at the Blue Mountains Music Festival. Three days of fresh air and lots of roots, folk and blues music.
March 15, 2025 at 10:07 PM
Hanging out at the Blue Mountains Music Festival. Three days of fresh air and lots of roots, folk and blues music.
Taking time out from working on SavvyIdeas to do a great Australian road trip - 1000km from Sydney to Melbourne via the scenic coastal route
March 10, 2025 at 2:32 AM
Taking time out from working on SavvyIdeas to do a great Australian road trip - 1000km from Sydney to Melbourne via the scenic coastal route
Not an AI app and not a BlueSky app - am I still allowed? 😄
I'm building [SavvyIdeas](savvyideas.co) - an anonymous suggestion box for collecting employee feedback.
I'm building [SavvyIdeas](savvyideas.co) - an anonymous suggestion box for collecting employee feedback.
Anonymous Employee Feedback | SavvyIdeas | SavvyIdeas
SavvyIdeas online anonymous suggestion box - the best way to anonymously collect employee ideas, concerns, and feedback
savvyideas.co
February 9, 2025 at 7:44 AM
Not an AI app and not a BlueSky app - am I still allowed? 😄
I'm building [SavvyIdeas](savvyideas.co) - an anonymous suggestion box for collecting employee feedback.
I'm building [SavvyIdeas](savvyideas.co) - an anonymous suggestion box for collecting employee feedback.
Just chased a cockroach the size of a small child out of the house. Everyone tells you about the spiders in Australia, but no one ever mentions the cockroaches. Harmless but horrible.
February 2, 2025 at 9:19 PM
Just chased a cockroach the size of a small child out of the house. Everyone tells you about the spiders in Australia, but no one ever mentions the cockroaches. Harmless but horrible.
Heard good things about @uneed.best, so decided to give it a try for SavvyIdeas. Check it out and give us an upvote 🙏
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www.uneed.best/tool/savvyid...
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Collect employee ideas, concerns, and feedback anonymously
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January 30, 2025 at 9:18 AM
Heard good things about @uneed.best, so decided to give it a try for SavvyIdeas. Check it out and give us an upvote 🙏
www.uneed.best/tool/savvyid...
www.uneed.best/tool/savvyid...
Hard to see Axios uncritically parroting White House lies about the success of Trump’s foreign policy approach.
www.axios.com/2025/01/28/t...
www.axios.com/2025/01/28/t...
January 28, 2025 at 8:06 PM
Hard to see Axios uncritically parroting White House lies about the success of Trump’s foreign policy approach.
www.axios.com/2025/01/28/t...
www.axios.com/2025/01/28/t...
Article in today’s AFR asks the CEOs of 17 of Australia’s largest companies how to “make Australia great again” and their lack of vision and self-serving answers shows why Australia has so few world class companies.
January 25, 2025 at 10:37 PM
Article in today’s AFR asks the CEOs of 17 of Australia’s largest companies how to “make Australia great again” and their lack of vision and self-serving answers shows why Australia has so few world class companies.
Watching YouTube for the first time in a while yesterday and I got an advert roughly every 3 minutes. Presumably this is meant to bully me into subscribing, but actually it’s just put me off using YouTube.
January 18, 2025 at 8:55 PM
Watching YouTube for the first time in a while yesterday and I got an advert roughly every 3 minutes. Presumably this is meant to bully me into subscribing, but actually it’s just put me off using YouTube.
From this weekend's Weekend Australian reporting on Star Entertainment's casino business. If ever evidence were needed that a casino's business model is heavily dependent on money laundering, seeing it collapse when the money is traceable is probably it.
January 12, 2025 at 12:21 AM
From this weekend's Weekend Australian reporting on Star Entertainment's casino business. If ever evidence were needed that a casino's business model is heavily dependent on money laundering, seeing it collapse when the money is traceable is probably it.
But late on this, but I just listened to the Search Engine podcast on the Bull of Wall Street. It went to all sorts of places I didn’t expect. Well worth a listen.
overcast.fm/+ABBVQRu4T_Q
overcast.fm/+ABBVQRu4T_Q
The Bull of Wall Street — Search Engine
Every day in Manhattan, about 1,000 people will stand outside in a long line waiting for their chance to take a picture with a bronze bull. On many of those days, PJ Vogt stares at the scene trying to...
overcast.fm
January 8, 2025 at 12:21 PM
But late on this, but I just listened to the Search Engine podcast on the Bull of Wall Street. It went to all sorts of places I didn’t expect. Well worth a listen.
overcast.fm/+ABBVQRu4T_Q
overcast.fm/+ABBVQRu4T_Q
I thought this was a joke at first, but it's real! Genius, but fiendishly difficult.
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January 1, 2025 at 4:59 PM
I thought this was a joke at first, but it's real! Genius, but fiendishly difficult.
doom-captcha.vercel.app
doom-captcha.vercel.app
What’s the deal with having milky coffees (think latte and flat white) extra hot? Doesn’t it just burn the milk and make the drink bitter?
December 31, 2024 at 12:56 PM
What’s the deal with having milky coffees (think latte and flat white) extra hot? Doesn’t it just burn the milk and make the drink bitter?
Travelling round the UK it struck me how the houses look the same everywhere. It’s like the whole country agreed and half a dozen designs back in the mid-80’s and have been dropping them cookie-cutter style everywhere ever since.
December 30, 2024 at 1:40 PM
Travelling round the UK it struck me how the houses look the same everywhere. It’s like the whole country agreed and half a dozen designs back in the mid-80’s and have been dropping them cookie-cutter style everywhere ever since.