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IT journeyman. Computer Booper. Dad to 2 ASD kids. Husband. Atheist. Stoic. Hiker. Camper. Former mountain dweller, now flat-lander. Melbourne/Naarm.

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ppossej, to ai
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Microsoft Copilot helpfully summarizing an obvious phishing email, without alerting that it's a phishing email!

#ai #bullshit

ppossej,
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@luciedigitalni you can also provide feedback on how it performed, all while paying a premium for using it!

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I watched Dune Part 2 yesterday, and I have complicated feels.

On the one hand the movie was spectacular - the soundtrack, the scenery, the story - all brilliant. And how they shot the desert scenes, and geidi prime, perfection.

But perhaps it was because I had already entered the movie in a dark mood, but I found most of the movie horrifying. I found myself, on several occasions, wincing, and uncomfortably shifting around in my seat. The scale and intensity of the violence, death and destruction was difficult to process.

I generally enjoy movies mucking around with my emotions - I get to engage with the movie on a whole new level when it happens, but geez, this movie took me to dark places that I wasn't expecting nor comfortable with.

Tldr; spectacular yet horrifyingly dark - 5 out of 5 black suns.

#dune2

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The latest edition of my 'Michael's Friday of Awesome' newsletter has just been sent out to subscribers.

https://buttondown.email/ppossej/archive/michaels-friday-of-awesome-australia-post/

Subscribe now so that you don't miss out on a (semi-regular) weekly dose of #awesome

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Borrowing the daughter's car today to run errands, including an out of town doctor's appointment.

Bloody thing wouldn't start, and not even the jump starter kit that's normally used on the diesel Pug could convince it to start.

RACV have declared a dead starter motor, and it's located in a difficult place to reach, protecting itself from a thump with a hammer.

Tow job on Tuesday when the local mechanic returns from his long weekend.

When she got the car, we agreed to pay the first 12 months of RACV roadside assistance for peace of mind - just didn't think that I'd be the first to use it, in the driveway no less!

ppossej, to random
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NBN HFC FTW

(we're on a 100/40 plan)

leftieFriele, to random

who’s written something good about a modern day approach to software architecture? #lazydon #softwarearchitecture

ppossej,
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@leftieFriele have you read this? The blog/newsletter is very good.

https://softwarecrisis.baldurbjarnason.com/

luciedigitalni, to auspol
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FFS

#AusPol
https://www.theguardian.com/media/commentisfree/article/2024/may/03/feelgood-story-turns-bad-as-sky-humiliates-indigenous-teenager-who-caught-1m-barramundi

ppossej,
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@luciedigitalni appalling. Imagine thinking that this was an ok line of questioning to ask.

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My Microsoft Account Manager is normally pretty response to my emails - they seem a little distracted today. Huh.

ppossej, to random
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The Beagle got a treat for a successful trip to the groomer earlier today - he's now filthy as he just buried his treat in the veggie garden 🙄

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I watched Unfrosted so that you don't have to.

Seriously, don't.

Seriously unfunny movie.

I can see how this movie would be funny to a huge chunk of America who seem to believe that the 60's was the golden age of comedy, but for the rest of us, nope. I honestly don't know how so many big names signed up to this - did they even read the script?

Tldr; Unfrosted - 1 out of 5 pop tarts.

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My first Southern lights!

ppossej, to random
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My 2024 challenge is now to sneak "he nudged the iceberg" into a corporate presentation.

Lawyer linked to "parasitic" AI content network identified
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-05-14/australian-ai-content-network-lawyer-identified/103833258

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Latest edition of "Michael's Friday of Awesome" email newsletter has just been sent to subscribers - take a sneak peek here ->

https://buttondown.email/ppossej/archive/michaels-friday-of-awesome-which-gingernut-is/

HT @alexhelvetica

#awesome

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Apparently I've been on LinkedIn for 17 years! 😲

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Latest edition of "Michael's Friday of Awesome" email newsletter has just been sent to subscribers - take a peek here ->

https://buttondown.email/ppossej/archive/michaels-friday-of-awesome-aurorasaurus/

#awesome

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Quite remarkably*, this is the most disgusting breakfast cereal that we've ever tested.

Smells terrible, looks terrible, tastes terrible - an unholy trifecta that fails miserably on delivering "delicious multigrain fun". For the quadrella, the actual product looks nothing like the photo on the pack.

My son's succinct review is "it lingers".

Avoid! Burn! Bury! Compost! Just don't ingest.

  • remarkable in that for a product so terrible, to pass through so many levels of Kellogg's approvals unscathed, and at great cost, and subsequently released to unsuspecting consumers. You'd have to imagine someone at Kellogg's saying "it's my last day - fuck it - ship it" to understand how this actually ended up on shelves.
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That Microsoft Recall thing looks like a privacy and compliance nightmare! 😬

ppossej, to random
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It's also the annual "Optus 4G can't handle the influx of tourists" day 😡

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Wall Street Journal against everything left.
Let’s Get Rid of Left Turns on Downtown Streets
https://www.wsj.com/business/logistics/left-turn-dangers-city-streets-4cbde78f?mod=Threads

ppossej,
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@juston @jeffjarvis let me introduce you both to the Melbourne hook turn!

Our right turn is your left turn, but in the CBD we turn right from the left hand lane 😵‍💫

https://www.vicroads.vic.gov.au/safety-and-road-rules/road-rules/a-to-z-of-road-rules/turning

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It's the Kalorama chestnut festival today, and my annual "I'm allowed to eat a fresh doughnut for breakfast" day 😀

ppossej,
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@ajsadauskas @SituationCake @Seagoon_ it's also not smart enough to recognise red onion peel left behind in your basket.

My biggest gripe is that it assumes malicious intent as default behaviour.

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My wife just drove all the way to the IGA at Mt Evelyn to purchase 5 packs of Chiko Corn Jacks because we can't seem to be able to find them anywhere else!

And apologies to any Mt Evelyn locals looking for Corn Jacks ...

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In positive news, I am redesigning the entire on-boarding experience for the psych ward while I'm in here because there is SO much that needs addressed.

There is so much information that's only been conveyed to be verbally, nothing written down, all these surprises that keep popping up, not sure what I'm allowed to do. Oh, another blood test? Oh, Mental Health Act orders only last three days? Oh, I can't use the exercise bike without being medically cleared by a doctor? Oh, an impromptu interview with yet another psychiatrist because involuntarily admissions need a review by a second specialist within 24 hours?

And apart from my severe depressive episode I'm pretty switched on and even for me it's disconcerting!

So hopefully I can do a lot of good for both patients and staff while I'm here ❤️

ppossej,
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@nathanaelcbr I have SIGNIFICANT notes from my daughter's off-boarding experience.

The only follow-up she received was a mailed envelop with some documents that should have been handed over as we left the building.

Her GP was un-aware that she had even been admitted.

Miss-communication is rife. Am hoping your extensive notes help with your experience.

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Big deployment week is coming up, so you know what that means?

Yup.

Mandatory office attendance and rail replacement buses!

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