Simon
@simonlneil.bsky.social
Writing about tinkering with chemistry, building tangible things, raising two wild boys, and building a life one coffee at a time. Love a good problem, dread a bad solution.
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Gasification is NOT burning. When it's done properly, it converts mixed, dirty ag plastics into syngas, heat, and inert char; reducing volume massively and avoiding landfill.
This is already solved tech. We’re just not deploying it.
This is already solved tech. We’re just not deploying it.
It's a new year. Buckle up.
Things are going to get a lot worse before they get better.
Things are going to get a lot worse before they get better.
December 31, 2025 at 1:08 PM
It's a new year. Buckle up.
Things are going to get a lot worse before they get better.
Things are going to get a lot worse before they get better.
Funny how Red Bull (an early attempt at nootropic marketing) has become very working-class-and-below coded.
December 29, 2025 at 6:00 AM
Funny how Red Bull (an early attempt at nootropic marketing) has become very working-class-and-below coded.
Once you start seeing the world as a sort of simulation/computation you can't stop, it all fits so well
In #EldenRing, the Tarnished is essentially a terrifying entity that walks around deleting other programs, copying their best lines of code, and pasting them into its own source file until it becomes complex enough to rewrite the Operating System (the Elden Ring) of the simulation it resides in.
December 26, 2025 at 1:18 AM
Once you start seeing the world as a sort of simulation/computation you can't stop, it all fits so well
In #EldenRing, the Tarnished is essentially a terrifying entity that walks around deleting other programs, copying their best lines of code, and pasting them into its own source file until it becomes complex enough to rewrite the Operating System (the Elden Ring) of the simulation it resides in.
December 25, 2025 at 10:46 AM
In #EldenRing, the Tarnished is essentially a terrifying entity that walks around deleting other programs, copying their best lines of code, and pasting them into its own source file until it becomes complex enough to rewrite the Operating System (the Elden Ring) of the simulation it resides in.
Minor parenthood hack — you can get audio tracks of your kid's favourite shows with meta-narrative for the visually impaired on audiovault.net and have play it in the car on long rides as a break from music. It lets you vet the content, they get a different cognitive workout, and they love it!
Audiovault.net
audiovault.net
December 22, 2025 at 11:44 PM
Minor parenthood hack — you can get audio tracks of your kid's favourite shows with meta-narrative for the visually impaired on audiovault.net and have play it in the car on long rides as a break from music. It lets you vet the content, they get a different cognitive workout, and they love it!
Happy summer solstice for those who observe
December 22, 2025 at 6:39 AM
Happy summer solstice for those who observe
There's actually a lot of work going into agrivoltaics right now. This is from University of Melbourne
December 22, 2025 at 5:32 AM
There's actually a lot of work going into agrivoltaics right now. This is from University of Melbourne
The Solstices are bad enough in their inverted form here, but I find it's the Equinox celebrations that gall me the most. Since moving to temperate regions, I have discovered that the story books were right; Spring really is a wonderous time of colour and life! But our Spring aligns with Halloween 💀
A part of my general grinchiness about Christmas is that in Australia, the hollowness is taken so much further because the symbolism of the original celebration (Yule) is retained, but it's rendered nonsensical by the inversion of the seasons (it's Summer here).
December 22, 2025 at 4:59 AM
The Solstices are bad enough in their inverted form here, but I find it's the Equinox celebrations that gall me the most. Since moving to temperate regions, I have discovered that the story books were right; Spring really is a wonderous time of colour and life! But our Spring aligns with Halloween 💀
After playing around with a few personal projects with it, I think I have officially hit my tolerance of #Suno. Not fun anymore, and I've developed an ear for the audio version of the em-dash.
Back to listening to game sound tracks as I work (bless Amos Roddy)
Back to listening to game sound tracks as I work (bless Amos Roddy)
December 22, 2025 at 4:29 AM
After playing around with a few personal projects with it, I think I have officially hit my tolerance of #Suno. Not fun anymore, and I've developed an ear for the audio version of the em-dash.
Back to listening to game sound tracks as I work (bless Amos Roddy)
Back to listening to game sound tracks as I work (bless Amos Roddy)
Writing articles for horticulture industry and can't help but notice how nice a day it is away from my desk
December 22, 2025 at 4:04 AM
Writing articles for horticulture industry and can't help but notice how nice a day it is away from my desk
A part of my general grinchiness about Christmas is that in Australia, the hollowness is taken so much further because the symbolism of the original celebration (Yule) is retained, but it's rendered nonsensical by the inversion of the seasons (it's Summer here).
December 21, 2025 at 9:31 AM
A part of my general grinchiness about Christmas is that in Australia, the hollowness is taken so much further because the symbolism of the original celebration (Yule) is retained, but it's rendered nonsensical by the inversion of the seasons (it's Summer here).
Just read about the Presidential wall of fame plaques that Trump wrote.
Honestly I cannot wait for the pendulum to turn again.
Honestly I cannot wait for the pendulum to turn again.
December 20, 2025 at 8:48 AM
Just read about the Presidential wall of fame plaques that Trump wrote.
Honestly I cannot wait for the pendulum to turn again.
Honestly I cannot wait for the pendulum to turn again.
I struggle a lot with meaning. Always have. When my baby son died, well, that struggle obviously got harder.
There's no lesson in this post. Just saying shit out loud.
There's no lesson in this post. Just saying shit out loud.
December 19, 2025 at 1:36 AM
I struggle a lot with meaning. Always have. When my baby son died, well, that struggle obviously got harder.
There's no lesson in this post. Just saying shit out loud.
There's no lesson in this post. Just saying shit out loud.
Metroidvanias. What defines them?
'Return here when you're stronger' is the mechanic.
The combat is usually acrobatic and demands skill.
But what really burns these titles into our memories is *atmosphere*. That's exactly where Carrion excels.
'Return here when you're stronger' is the mechanic.
The combat is usually acrobatic and demands skill.
But what really burns these titles into our memories is *atmosphere*. That's exactly where Carrion excels.
December 18, 2025 at 9:05 AM
Metroidvanias. What defines them?
'Return here when you're stronger' is the mechanic.
The combat is usually acrobatic and demands skill.
But what really burns these titles into our memories is *atmosphere*. That's exactly where Carrion excels.
'Return here when you're stronger' is the mechanic.
The combat is usually acrobatic and demands skill.
But what really burns these titles into our memories is *atmosphere*. That's exactly where Carrion excels.
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Gasification is NOT burning. When it's done properly, it converts mixed, dirty ag plastics into syngas, heat, and inert char; reducing volume massively and avoiding landfill.
This is already solved tech. We’re just not deploying it.
This is already solved tech. We’re just not deploying it.
December 17, 2025 at 1:13 PM
Gasification is NOT burning. When it's done properly, it converts mixed, dirty ag plastics into syngas, heat, and inert char; reducing volume massively and avoiding landfill.
This is already solved tech. We’re just not deploying it.
This is already solved tech. We’re just not deploying it.
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Tasmania has a huge problem with agricultural plastic waste. Primary producers have to ship it to the mainland for "recycling" at a huge cost, usually many thousands of dollars per hectare. Most of it will go to landfill.
We need a gasification plant.
We need a gasification plant.
December 17, 2025 at 1:13 PM
Tasmania has a huge problem with agricultural plastic waste. Primary producers have to ship it to the mainland for "recycling" at a huge cost, usually many thousands of dollars per hectare. Most of it will go to landfill.
We need a gasification plant.
We need a gasification plant.
Crazy to think that eucalyptus species actually evolved to be as highly flammable as possible.
December 17, 2025 at 9:46 PM
Crazy to think that eucalyptus species actually evolved to be as highly flammable as possible.
Tasmania has a huge problem with agricultural plastic waste. Primary producers have to ship it to the mainland for "recycling" at a huge cost, usually many thousands of dollars per hectare. Most of it will go to landfill.
We need a gasification plant.
We need a gasification plant.
December 17, 2025 at 1:13 PM
Tasmania has a huge problem with agricultural plastic waste. Primary producers have to ship it to the mainland for "recycling" at a huge cost, usually many thousands of dollars per hectare. Most of it will go to landfill.
We need a gasification plant.
We need a gasification plant.
Couldn't do it any more.
Just deleted my X account. Like, proper deleted.
The last week or two, it's been fever pitch. Then Bondi happened.
I'm coming back to BS🦋 for good.
So hi everyone. I'm Simon from Hobart.
Just deleted my X account. Like, proper deleted.
The last week or two, it's been fever pitch. Then Bondi happened.
I'm coming back to BS🦋 for good.
So hi everyone. I'm Simon from Hobart.
December 17, 2025 at 10:56 AM
Couldn't do it any more.
Just deleted my X account. Like, proper deleted.
The last week or two, it's been fever pitch. Then Bondi happened.
I'm coming back to BS🦋 for good.
So hi everyone. I'm Simon from Hobart.
Just deleted my X account. Like, proper deleted.
The last week or two, it's been fever pitch. Then Bondi happened.
I'm coming back to BS🦋 for good.
So hi everyone. I'm Simon from Hobart.
Tech bros do not have your best interests at heart
January 20, 2025 at 2:35 AM
Tech bros do not have your best interests at heart
I'm going through.. well, a thing that I hope nobody reading this will ever have to go through.
Legit, even the people I'd generally wish were on fire.
But its certainly of the magnitude that can seismically change a person.
I hope I can channel it into something suitably momentous.
Legit, even the people I'd generally wish were on fire.
But its certainly of the magnitude that can seismically change a person.
I hope I can channel it into something suitably momentous.
January 17, 2025 at 1:31 AM
I'm going through.. well, a thing that I hope nobody reading this will ever have to go through.
Legit, even the people I'd generally wish were on fire.
But its certainly of the magnitude that can seismically change a person.
I hope I can channel it into something suitably momentous.
Legit, even the people I'd generally wish were on fire.
But its certainly of the magnitude that can seismically change a person.
I hope I can channel it into something suitably momentous.
His existence, no matter how brief, is meaningful and real.
I am his father, his protector and guide.
Clay of my clay.
The devil could never be as cruel as an uncaring universe
I am his father, his protector and guide.
Clay of my clay.
The devil could never be as cruel as an uncaring universe
I just discovered my unborn son has a (as yet uncharacterised) rare genetic disorder, and will have a difficult life ahead.
We have to wait two weeks for results. We have no good outcomes from it.
I can only think about which conversation with my two year old son it will end up being.
We have to wait two weeks for results. We have no good outcomes from it.
I can only think about which conversation with my two year old son it will end up being.
January 16, 2025 at 5:58 AM
His existence, no matter how brief, is meaningful and real.
I am his father, his protector and guide.
Clay of my clay.
The devil could never be as cruel as an uncaring universe
I am his father, his protector and guide.
Clay of my clay.
The devil could never be as cruel as an uncaring universe
I wish I was at home playing with my son
January 14, 2025 at 11:46 PM
I wish I was at home playing with my son
I just discovered my unborn son has a (as yet uncharacterised) rare genetic disorder, and will have a difficult life ahead.
We have to wait two weeks for results. We have no good outcomes from it.
I can only think about which conversation with my two year old son it will end up being.
We have to wait two weeks for results. We have no good outcomes from it.
I can only think about which conversation with my two year old son it will end up being.
January 14, 2025 at 12:02 AM
I just discovered my unborn son has a (as yet uncharacterised) rare genetic disorder, and will have a difficult life ahead.
We have to wait two weeks for results. We have no good outcomes from it.
I can only think about which conversation with my two year old son it will end up being.
We have to wait two weeks for results. We have no good outcomes from it.
I can only think about which conversation with my two year old son it will end up being.
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Peter Dutton says #AUKUS is "the greatest defence initiative in a generation". Really! A highly risky $368B all-eggs-in-one-basket capability that saps sovereignty, shifts billion$ overseas, and wont be fully delivered in full until well after 2050 (if ever). 🤦♂️ 1/2 #auspol
January 13, 2025 at 12:24 AM