Timo
@dawnstar.blog
Tech, music and beer. Not necessarily in that order. He/him.
📍Melbourne/Naarm, 'Straya.
📍Melbourne/Naarm, 'Straya.
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I asked for the app to generate a map
Of Australian states and territories with a ‘r’ in them. To be fair, despite announcing itself as ChatGPT 5, I suspect this is still 4.5.
Of Australian states and territories with a ‘r’ in them. To be fair, despite announcing itself as ChatGPT 5, I suspect this is still 4.5.
August 8, 2025 at 2:09 AM
I asked for the app to generate a map
Of Australian states and territories with a ‘r’ in them. To be fair, despite announcing itself as ChatGPT 5, I suspect this is still 4.5.
Of Australian states and territories with a ‘r’ in them. To be fair, despite announcing itself as ChatGPT 5, I suspect this is still 4.5.
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Hey, I haven't seen this going around yet, but itchio is also taking books down with no erotic content that are just labeled as lgbtqia+
So that's super cool and totally not what I thought they were going to do next 🙃
So that's super cool and totally not what I thought they were going to do next 🙃
July 24, 2025 at 6:18 AM
Hey, I haven't seen this going around yet, but itchio is also taking books down with no erotic content that are just labeled as lgbtqia+
So that's super cool and totally not what I thought they were going to do next 🙃
So that's super cool and totally not what I thought they were going to do next 🙃
Has anyone ever actually wanted to drop a pin when using Google Maps?
July 11, 2025 at 11:18 AM
Has anyone ever actually wanted to drop a pin when using Google Maps?
I've been an Apple user for over 20 years and I know there isn't any other ecosystem out there that I would enjoy using. I like things that just work out of the box.
But some things in the Apple world just don't work. For example parental controls and setting up a device for a child.
But some things in the Apple world just don't work. For example parental controls and setting up a device for a child.
June 24, 2025 at 11:51 PM
I've been an Apple user for over 20 years and I know there isn't any other ecosystem out there that I would enjoy using. I like things that just work out of the box.
But some things in the Apple world just don't work. For example parental controls and setting up a device for a child.
But some things in the Apple world just don't work. For example parental controls and setting up a device for a child.
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Nine years ago the godfather of Brexit, Lord Daniel Hannan, predicted life in Brexit Britain in June 2025. Roll the tape…
(VO by @gavinesler.bsky.social. Part 2 below👇)
(VO by @gavinesler.bsky.social. Part 2 below👇)
June 23, 2025 at 6:22 AM
Nine years ago the godfather of Brexit, Lord Daniel Hannan, predicted life in Brexit Britain in June 2025. Roll the tape…
(VO by @gavinesler.bsky.social. Part 2 below👇)
(VO by @gavinesler.bsky.social. Part 2 below👇)
Many real estate ads for new estates in prime location are like “if you have to ask for the price range, you cannot afford it”. Then those with an affordable price are in a cookie cutter suburb you have never heard of, 50km from work by car. No public transport. This is urban sprawl in Australia.
June 18, 2025 at 9:48 PM
Many real estate ads for new estates in prime location are like “if you have to ask for the price range, you cannot afford it”. Then those with an affordable price are in a cookie cutter suburb you have never heard of, 50km from work by car. No public transport. This is urban sprawl in Australia.
I've lived in and visited places where a wrong answer to "Which team?' question might lead into serious trouble. That's why I'm always uncomfortable when some random person is asking that question in Melbourne. Stop doing that, not everyone is interested in sports.
June 15, 2025 at 3:32 AM
I've lived in and visited places where a wrong answer to "Which team?' question might lead into serious trouble. That's why I'm always uncomfortable when some random person is asking that question in Melbourne. Stop doing that, not everyone is interested in sports.
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Wow, Orange Hitler’s parade seats are filling up fast! 🙄🤣🤣
June 14, 2025 at 1:54 PM
Wow, Orange Hitler’s parade seats are filling up fast! 🙄🤣🤣
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Very proud be Australian today. #auspol
“Only voters in Sweden have stronger anti-Trump views than Australians, who believe the president is unable to understand complex problems, not qualified to hold his job, and is unlikely to deal with major issues such as the wars in Ukraine and Gaza.”
Australians on Trump: dumb, dangerous and dishonest
A global survey shows Australians have some of the most negative attitudes in the world towards the US president.
www.smh.com.au
June 12, 2025 at 9:02 AM
Very proud be Australian today. #auspol
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ITS HAPPENING
Firefox 127 shipped today making it the first browser to support Temporal - the new API for working with Dates, times, timezones + durations
Firefox 127 shipped today making it the first browser to support Temporal - the new API for working with Dates, times, timezones + durations
May 27, 2025 at 10:23 PM
ITS HAPPENING
Firefox 127 shipped today making it the first browser to support Temporal - the new API for working with Dates, times, timezones + durations
Firefox 127 shipped today making it the first browser to support Temporal - the new API for working with Dates, times, timezones + durations
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AUKUS is basically Australia paying the US $368 billion to deploy their submarines where they tell us -assuming they can be built. Any opportunity to walk away from this lunacy should be grabbed with both hands.
June 12, 2025 at 8:00 AM
AUKUS is basically Australia paying the US $368 billion to deploy their submarines where they tell us -assuming they can be built. Any opportunity to walk away from this lunacy should be grabbed with both hands.
Ask Siri to play KAJ - Bara bada bastu and report how it goes.
June 1, 2025 at 2:35 AM
Ask Siri to play KAJ - Bara bada bastu and report how it goes.
It’s weird how the space bar is so big button on the virtual keyboard but it’s the one I miss most often.
May 29, 2025 at 11:22 AM
It’s weird how the space bar is so big button on the virtual keyboard but it’s the one I miss most often.
You know, a holiday has been a great success when you manage to forget the password for your work account.
May 27, 2025 at 9:36 PM
You know, a holiday has been a great success when you manage to forget the password for your work account.
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Oh my god, Copilot is allowed to create and fix issues on Microsoft github repos and it goes exactly as you'd have imagined.
Try going into any of these PRs commits to see poor Microsoft engineers try to coerce Copilot into doing literally anything right.
www.reddit.com/r/Experience...
Try going into any of these PRs commits to see poor Microsoft engineers try to coerce Copilot into doing literally anything right.
www.reddit.com/r/Experience...
From the ExperiencedDevs community on Reddit: My new hobby: watching AI slowly drive Microsoft employees insane
Explore this post and more from the ExperiencedDevs community
www.reddit.com
May 21, 2025 at 10:48 AM
Oh my god, Copilot is allowed to create and fix issues on Microsoft github repos and it goes exactly as you'd have imagined.
Try going into any of these PRs commits to see poor Microsoft engineers try to coerce Copilot into doing literally anything right.
www.reddit.com/r/Experience...
Try going into any of these PRs commits to see poor Microsoft engineers try to coerce Copilot into doing literally anything right.
www.reddit.com/r/Experience...
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AI's use and abuse, posting drought, Immutable and mega AWS government contract
Plus: Who's up for a DadLan?
READ: https://thesizzle.com.au/p/ai-s-use-and-abuse-posting-drought-immutable-and-mega-aws-government-contract-7d268e600a0bf736
Plus: Who's up for a DadLan?
READ: https://thesizzle.com.au/p/ai-s-use-and-abuse-posting-drought-immutable-and-mega-aws-government-contract-7d268e600a0bf736
AI's use and abuse, posting drought, Immutable and mega AWS government contract
Plus: Who's up for a DadLan?
thesizzle.com.au
May 22, 2025 at 4:32 AM
AI's use and abuse, posting drought, Immutable and mega AWS government contract
Plus: Who's up for a DadLan?
READ: https://thesizzle.com.au/p/ai-s-use-and-abuse-posting-drought-immutable-and-mega-aws-government-contract-7d268e600a0bf736
Plus: Who's up for a DadLan?
READ: https://thesizzle.com.au/p/ai-s-use-and-abuse-posting-drought-immutable-and-mega-aws-government-contract-7d268e600a0bf736
You know you have lived long enough in Australia when you think peak UV index of 8 isn’t really that bad. Yeah, I do use sunscreen though, but 4-5 is pretty much the highest it ever gets in Finland.
May 16, 2025 at 1:47 PM
You know you have lived long enough in Australia when you think peak UV index of 8 isn’t really that bad. Yeah, I do use sunscreen though, but 4-5 is pretty much the highest it ever gets in Finland.
Sometimes I love Apple onboarding experience, sometimes I really hate it. Especially when it tells you to install a 2.5 GB software update before you can even see the Home Screen. Feels like picking up a PlayStation game after a 6-month break.
May 15, 2025 at 11:57 PM
Sometimes I love Apple onboarding experience, sometimes I really hate it. Especially when it tells you to install a 2.5 GB software update before you can even see the Home Screen. Feels like picking up a PlayStation game after a 6-month break.
I have stayed in quite a few hotels during my life, ranging from mouldy motels to five star luxury hotels. The only one that has truly made me angry with their unbelievably shitty service is Hilton. Avoid.
May 15, 2025 at 7:52 AM
I have stayed in quite a few hotels during my life, ranging from mouldy motels to five star luxury hotels. The only one that has truly made me angry with their unbelievably shitty service is Hilton. Avoid.
I feel like all social media algorithms are designed to work in a way that they start showing content in a non-English language if you ever post or interact with posts in that language. They don’t care about the content. Speak Finnish? Here’s more uninteresting content because it’s in Finnish!
May 13, 2025 at 8:33 AM
I feel like all social media algorithms are designed to work in a way that they start showing content in a non-English language if you ever post or interact with posts in that language. They don’t care about the content. Speak Finnish? Here’s more uninteresting content because it’s in Finnish!
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This Yougov survey contains an important finding: people who rely heavily on ChatGPT rate it as being "good" at tasks that we ABSOLUTELY know for sure it is very bad at
imo, this is a strong piece of evidence these heavy users simply do not ever check outputs
yougov.co.uk/technology/a...
imo, this is a strong piece of evidence these heavy users simply do not ever check outputs
yougov.co.uk/technology/a...
April 24, 2025 at 8:13 PM
This Yougov survey contains an important finding: people who rely heavily on ChatGPT rate it as being "good" at tasks that we ABSOLUTELY know for sure it is very bad at
imo, this is a strong piece of evidence these heavy users simply do not ever check outputs
yougov.co.uk/technology/a...
imo, this is a strong piece of evidence these heavy users simply do not ever check outputs
yougov.co.uk/technology/a...
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It's really, really important now to get food preparation info from reliable people. Please be sure that the recipe you are using from a blog was written by an actual person.
BREAKING: The FDA is planning to end most of its routine food safety inspections, according to CBS News.
www.cbsnews.com/news/fda-foo...
www.cbsnews.com/news/fda-foo...
FDA making plans to end its routine food safety inspections, sources say
Food safety inspections would be left to state and local authorities under the plan being developed by the FDA.
www.cbsnews.com
April 19, 2025 at 4:03 PM
It's really, really important now to get food preparation info from reliable people. Please be sure that the recipe you are using from a blog was written by an actual person.
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Melbourne surgeon Greg Malham has now apologised and also confirmed he is now under investigation by the Epworth Hospital where he works, and the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency.
non-paywall link: archive.md/2025.04.19-0...
non-paywall link: archive.md/2025.04.19-0...
April 19, 2025 at 8:15 AM
Melbourne surgeon Greg Malham has now apologised and also confirmed he is now under investigation by the Epworth Hospital where he works, and the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency.
non-paywall link: archive.md/2025.04.19-0...
non-paywall link: archive.md/2025.04.19-0...
"Register your product for extended warranty" is actually "Give us your details so that we can use it for marketing purposes and perhaps sell it to other marketers".
April 18, 2025 at 1:11 AM
"Register your product for extended warranty" is actually "Give us your details so that we can use it for marketing purposes and perhaps sell it to other marketers".