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Does astronomical instrumentation (e.,g. https://mavis-ao.org) at AAO in Sydney. Interested in all things space-related, lizards, archery, cycling, & making. A lot of […]
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@hannah.posts.rat.pictures.ap.brid.gyReposted by @spacelizard.aus.social.ap.brid.gyEvery vendor at the street fair
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@spacelizard.aus.social.ap.brid.gyThe contrast in approach in part reflects different contexts. My colleagues in Research Data & Software are usually building software for research facilities. It's software infrastructure built for the long term, where maintainability is key. Considered design, unit tests, integration tests […]
@spacelizard.aus.social.ap.brid.gyI have recently had a glimpse of the other side of this. One of my other colleagues is highly dependant on Claude for everything, and has been working with a couple of contract programmers on creating some new telescope automation software for a couple of their projects. I got asked to help a […]
@spacelizard.aus.social.ap.brid.gyThis did not surprise me in the slightest, BTW. It's a great group with an excellent culture, which stems from the two joint-managers. They've built a diverse team and fostered a culture of genuine mutual respect and support, encouraging personal development and celebrating achievements. When […]
@spacelizard.aus.social.ap.brid.gyI'm very proud of my colleagues from our Research Data & Software group. One of the young female software engineers gave a seminar yesterday about the modernisation of our 30 year old in-house library for telescope & instrumentation control, and afterwards someone asked about using LLMs for this […]
@spacelizard.aus.social.ap.brid.gyWhat happens after the two years are up? No need to worry about that, the AI will have transitioned to Kill All Humans by then.
@spacelizard.aus.social.ap.brid.gyReposted by @spacelizard.aus.social.ap.brid.gyHah, I turned on the performance overlay on the Steam Deck and it turns out I'm getting about 20 frames per second in Transport Fever 3. It's a good job I'm an old fart and not a young gamer who considers anything under 120 fps to be painful and anything under 60 […]
@sundogplanets.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gyReposted by @spacelizard.aus.social.ap.brid.gyEverybody has to coordinate with Starlink because SPACEX CONTROLS ORBIT. That's against the Outer Space Treaty. Your engineering challenge, SpaceX, is to provide your services with fewer satellites. Not yell at everyone else for having satellites too […]
@spacelizard.aus.social.ap.brid.gyHah, I turned on the performance overlay on the Steam Deck and it turns out I'm getting about 20 frames per second in Transport Fever 3. It's a good job I'm an old fart and not a young gamer who considers anything under 120 fps to be painful and anything under 60 […]
@spacelizard.aus.social.ap.brid.gyOne thing I have been pleasantly surprised by is that Transport Fever 3 is playable on the Steam Deck. The developers made no promises about that, the Steam listing says Steam Deck compatability is "Unknown", and launching it on the Steam Deck results in a warning […]
@spacelizard.aus.social.ap.brid.gyDuring my lunch break today I swapped out my work laptop with my Steam Deck to see whether it is actually practical for general personal computing away from home.
When we go on long holidays I like to be able to do a bit of photo processing and perhaps some light […]
@brucelawson.vivaldi.net.ap.brid.gyReposted by @spacelizard.aus.social.ap.brid.gyIf I don't keep my car roadworthy and crash into yours, it hasn't gone "rogue", it's my negligence and I'm responsible. If my dog attacks you, I am liable. There are no rogue AIs, just negligent AI companies. Prosecute them.
@spacelizard.aus.social.ap.brid.gyReposted by @spacelizard.aus.social.ap.brid.gyDear Mr Prime Minister, there are too many timezones nowadays. Please eliminate three. I am not a crackpot.
@spacelizard.aus.social.ap.brid.gyReposted by @spacelizard.aus.social.ap.brid.gyIt's a very silly country. Especially the bits with half hour timezones.
That map is actually simplified, because it doesn't include Eucla time: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UTC%2B08:45
@spacelizard.aus.social.ap.brid.gyYou're setting a low bar for what counts as indulgence, Woolies.
@spacelizard.aus.social.ap.brid.gyDear Mr Prime Minister, there are too many timezones nowadays. Please eliminate three. I am not a crackpot.
@spacelizard.aus.social.ap.brid.gyIt's a very silly country. Especially the bits with half hour timezones.
That map is actually simplified, because it doesn't include Eucla time: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UTC%2B08:45
@tante.tldr.nettime.org.ap.brid.gyReposted by @spacelizard.aus.social.ap.brid.gyRE: https://tacobelllabs.net/@astraluma/117363654848931561
Digital Ocean killed its "we give Open Source projects a bit of free hosting" policy basically at the same time they dropped 3 million USD on Omarchy, DHH's (who is a fascist and racist) set of config files he calls a distribution […]
@spacelizard.aus.social.ap.brid.gyDinner at Robata Japanese restaurant in Aspley this evening. It was very good, but now I'm craving melonpan.
During our family holiday in Japan in January we got into the habit of going to a convenience store after dinner to get some dessert to take back to our […]
