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The Red Triangle Slugs are out again. #brisbanehttps://australian.museum/learn/animals/molluscs/red-triangle-slug/

The Red Triangle Slugs are out again. #brisbane

https://australian.museum/learn/animals/molluscs/red-triangle-slug/

It's quite amazing how hard it is to get a #solar installer in #Brisbane to install any Australian component brands. A direct request...

It's quite amazing how hard it is to get a #solar installer in #Brisbane to install any Australian component brands. A direct request for a Tindo panel with a Redback inverter and battery is responded to with a Canadian Solar pane (Canadian) and a Solar Edge inverter (Israeli).

My feeling from 6 months of getting quotes is that most solar installers are one trick ponies, who just list "brands we carry" to give the illusion of objectivity. E.g., not worried that the panels are fully shaded.

I really want a solar #ZigBee path light that I can switch on using #HomeAssistant, but I've never managed to find one. Going back to...

I really want a solar #ZigBee path light that I can switch on using #HomeAssistant, but I've never managed to find one. Going back to basics, is there a device/project out there with a Zigbee based solar battery system, that could be plugged into a light. Or solenoid (watering), or anything else? It seems like a good platform.

For what it's worth, Snowys at Brendale still has butane stoves, lights, and fan, etc. including hiking meals. worth checking/calling if...

For what it's worth, Snowys at Brendale still has butane stoves, lights, and fan, etc. including hiking meals. worth checking/calling if the usual places are sold out. #bne

Anyone from #csiro want to pick up a lot of super talented people. #auspol via @riccihttps://discuss.systems/@ricci/114059690609284323

Anyone from #csiro want to pick up a lot of super talented people. #auspol

via @ricci

https://discuss.systems/@ricci/114059690609284323

Possibly some rationalising going on, but it at least loosely maps onto other things I've read and experienced around psychology and...

Possibly some rationalising going on, but it at least loosely maps onto other things I've read and experienced around psychology and parenting.

One of the 100+ tabs I've had open waiting to be read, and thought it was worth sharing.Marshmallow Test and #Parentingtll;dr...

One of the 100+ tabs I've had open waiting to be read, and thought it was worth sharing.

Marshmallow Test and #Parenting

tll;dr
"Waiting isn’t a character trait; it’s a strategy. And strategies are shaped by experience."

"...Our actions, promises, and reliability shape how our kids see the world. Are we building an environment where they feel safe enough to wait? Or are we teaching them that they need to grab what they can, when they can?"

https://desunit.com/blog/marshmallow-test-and-parenting/

Another awesome example of an #Australian company just getting in and doing something great. We need to realise that #innovation and...

Another awesome example of an #Australian company just getting in and doing something great. We need to realise that #innovation and development doesn't happen in a vacuum. It can be helped to succeed, or unnecessarily killed off by the environment the country provides for businesses like this.

E.g., make investing in business attractive to normal people by making housing less of an alternative investment, and reduce the cost of labour by reducing the cost of #housing.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-02-22/building-the-worlds-largest-electric-ferry/104894884

The most common cause of failure I see around me in both my professional and personal life seems to boil down to incorrect #assumptions. Are...

The most common cause of failure I see around me in both my professional and personal life seems to boil down to incorrect #assumptions.

Are we actually free this weekend? Does that dev actually understand the domain model?

It's pretty hard to verify them all up front, but just listing out what they are is probably sufficient to identify the ones that are going to cause the real damage.

#criticalthinking #notetoself

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Currently 50% off ProtonMail if you want a decent, #privacy preserving email provider. https://proton.me/mail/pricing

Caught #NoFx Falling in love on #4ZZZ #bne this morning, and was thinking it was a nice blast from the past.The song ended which threw the...

Caught #NoFx Falling in love on #4ZZZ #bne this morning, and was thinking it was a nice blast from the past.

The song ended which threw the DJ because he was expecting a 3 minute song, not 1:30. After he commented about how odd that was a Howard Stern clip came on, which threw the DJ even more.

Kids, back in the 90s music came on flat discs called CDs, and, bands would often add #SecretTracks before or after the main album.

You would just pay for these once, and lend them to your friend too!

Note to self.Control what you can control, and don't get distracted by the sideshow or drawn into the emotional rollercoaster.Don't...

Note to self.

Control what you can control, and don't get distracted by the sideshow or drawn into the emotional rollercoaster.

Don't open the news, find some good science websites, and most of all don't open YouTube. #peertube it is for all your #freecad and #3dprinting rabbit holes.

#mindfulness

This is an interesting story about activism in East Germany, with the Stasi showing up and laying down the law, but triumphing in the...

This is an interesting story about activism in East Germany, with the Stasi showing up and laying down the law, but triumphing in the end.

Not sure how to put it in context for now - I guess there are heaps of people doing this stuff, and the current environment seems a lot less hostile, but I definitely feel like it is a risk to put yourself out still. Almost certainly just a conditioned reaction - a little bit to lose has a disproportionate impact.

https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20241108-the-green-activists-who-defied-the-stasi-before-the-fall-of-the-berlin-wall

#activism

The BCC library service has some fantastic sessions for young kids. Not only getting kids interested in reading, but giving tired parents an...

The BCC library service has some fantastic sessions for young kids. Not only getting kids interested in reading, but giving tired parents an easy, engaging activity to take their kids to.

This is being cut back.

If you're in #brisbane it'd be awesome if you could support this petition https://www.epetitions.brisbane.qld.gov.au/petition/view/pid/1397

I wonder if one way to mitigate some of the impact of the big companies in a local economy and society would be to force all companies over...

I wonder if one way to mitigate some of the impact of the big companies in a local economy and society would be to force all companies over a certain size - say $50M revenue, to be listed on the local stock exchange. This would give those impacted a chance to access some of the upside. It'd also create a perverse situation where it might be harder to regulate them, but might be an interesting approach.
#regulation #disruption

I wonder if in an effort to make languages, libraries, and projects that an #LLM can more easily reason over we might actually structure and...

I wonder if in an effort to make languages, libraries, and projects that an #LLM can more easily reason over we might actually structure and document code in a way that is easier for humans to reason over too?

#ai #programming

Some of this is deciding on what kinds of manufacturing/innovation to persue, so we can build the shared infrastructure and bring down the...

Some of this is deciding on what kinds of manufacturing/innovation to persue, so we can build the shared infrastructure and bring down the risk that Redflow was killed by.

Some of it is encouraging investment into these higher risk/reward endeavours - hopefully out of the non-productive investments in housing.

#innovation #australia #auspol

https://www.abc.net.au/news/science/2024-12-05/redflow-australian-battery-manufacturer-collapse-defects/104650074

When hardware is involved in particular this is an expensive exercise. But, it is literally how you learn what will work, be it in...

When hardware is involved in particular this is an expensive exercise. But, it is literally how you learn what will work, be it in pharmaceuticals, building design, cars, software, etc.

SpaceX got further than NASA did in the same time and budget period because they weren't afraid of blowing up most of their rockets. Now they are the cheapest most efficient way to put things in space.

#Australia is equally capable of doing these things, but we need to understand and fix the funding issues.

The failure of Redflow, an Australian battery maker, highlights a few things: #Australia has innovative technically capable people,...

The failure of Redflow, an Australian battery maker, highlights a few things: #Australia has innovative technically capable people, hardware/manufacturing is particularly hard, and, Australians don't understand innovation.

#Innovation, in the sense I'm using it here, is basically the #scientificprocess applied to solving real world problems. That basically means taking our current understanding of what should work, trying it (experiment), and then learning from the probable failures. Repeat.

So here's the deal. In an effort to stop downplaying the amazing progress of humanity, and making fantasy more appealing, when a kid...

So here's the deal. In an effort to stop downplaying the amazing progress of humanity, and making fantasy more appealing, when a kid asks you how some real and awesome works, and you don't have an answer, then "science" should be the short hand, not "magic". "Magic" is for when it's made up.

Magnets are #science. Wireless everything is science. Not dying in childhood is science.

It's nice to stop and acknowledge some of this stuff. It's very easy to take for granted.

#criticalthinking