Darren O'Shaughnessy
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Darren O'Shaughnessy
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Sports analytics & informatics @StKildaFC. Research-driven. Interested in things. Not a real doctor.
Yowza! Welcome to Compilation City. Here's Copilot celebrating your achievement with a lousy PNG that I gave up on after half a dozen iterations. It lost the 'I' in 'BIG' in the third draft and could never be convinced to return it.
February 14, 2026 at 6:08 AM
What benefits could Python have over R, when you're already an R expert? It's like you have mastered your beautiful coffee machine, but now hired a clumsy barista and his machine with an extra milk spout, to replicate the taste. And you only wanted a short black, really
February 13, 2026 at 11:26 PM
Presuming you mean 189 minutes across 15 cores = about 13 mins elapsed, this still makes me sweat. What percentage is spent generating individual matches (thinking 90%+) and could you delegate that logic to compiled code like C?
February 13, 2026 at 10:22 PM
SUSSAN LEY BET COOLING ...
... ANGUS BYELECTION LOSS
February 13, 2026 at 12:06 AM
Wow! Very nice
January 27, 2026 at 11:03 AM
It is fond of gaslighting. For me, it revised its own code and deleted a class. When I pointed this out, it insisted it was still there in the new version. I had to reconstruct it from the earlier chat
January 15, 2026 at 5:27 AM
Funny I misheard the exact same thing at 7am
January 8, 2026 at 3:54 AM
varṇamālā
e.g. Devanagari
January 2, 2026 at 10:43 PM
The English get off very lightly here, especially considering how we refer to the Dutch: courage, treat, uncle, oven, tilt, etc. I haven't heard anything uniquely cruel about the English in nederlandse taal. What am I missing?
December 30, 2025 at 5:24 AM
6. english
U.S. English: 'English'
This term for sidespin in cue sports is old enough to be used by Mark Twain, and appears to have originated in the U.S. after the English imported the games. However, the most likely etymology is via the French term 'anglé' (angled), a homophone for anglais
December 30, 2025 at 5:24 AM
5. cor anglais
French: 'English horn'
Not a horn; not English. Basicallly an oversized oboe.
In turn, the English are alone in calling the true horn French, even though the orchestral 'French horn' was mostly developed in Germany (Waldhorn = forest horn)
December 30, 2025 at 5:24 AM
4. filer à l'anglaise
French: 'to depart like the English'
Left a party without saying goodbye? Bloody English.
Walked out on your job without notice? Well that's French Leave. This one is fun, as Europe seems split into countries which use 'French Leave' and those who blame fleeing Englishmen
December 30, 2025 at 5:24 AM