David Harrison
@trawg.bsky.social
"On the appropriate day (unless, as was frequently the case, there had been some stupid mistake in programming) the right message would be automatically flashed to its destination."
Computer user in Brisbane, Australia.
Bio in link: https://trog.qgl.org
Computer user in Brisbane, Australia.
Bio in link: https://trog.qgl.org
For sure. But I see these people as early adopters - the masses are just behind them, they just don't know it yet. It's changing super fast here because we have so much solar - some places can now get 4 hours free usage daily because we just have too much on the grid. It's amazing
December 12, 2025 at 10:58 AM
For sure. But I see these people as early adopters - the masses are just behind them, they just don't know it yet. It's changing super fast here because we have so much solar - some places can now get 4 hours free usage daily because we just have too much on the grid. It's amazing
Automation and better software will remove the need for that (I have a mate doing a startup to do exactly that) but in the meantime there's a surprising amount of people that spend a lot of time looking at their phones to check the (near) real time data / pricing
December 12, 2025 at 10:54 AM
Automation and better software will remove the need for that (I have a mate doing a startup to do exactly that) but in the meantime there's a surprising amount of people that spend a lot of time looking at their phones to check the (near) real time data / pricing
FWIW prices in Australia update on a 5 minute basis. I know a bunch of energy nerds (and regular nerds) that check it hourly around certain time bands (eg in peka evening hours when prices are high) to optimise selling energy from batteries back into grid.
December 12, 2025 at 10:53 AM
FWIW prices in Australia update on a 5 minute basis. I know a bunch of energy nerds (and regular nerds) that check it hourly around certain time bands (eg in peka evening hours when prices are high) to optimise selling energy from batteries back into grid.
I'm old enough to remember 5 years ago when we put a half assed effort into masking and hand washing and suddenly eradicated all flu deaths in Australia for a whole year or more
Just insane how politicians are terrified of upsetting a few assholes who don't believe in germ theory of disease
Just insane how politicians are terrified of upsetting a few assholes who don't believe in germ theory of disease
December 11, 2025 at 8:08 PM
I'm old enough to remember 5 years ago when we put a half assed effort into masking and hand washing and suddenly eradicated all flu deaths in Australia for a whole year or more
Just insane how politicians are terrified of upsetting a few assholes who don't believe in germ theory of disease
Just insane how politicians are terrified of upsetting a few assholes who don't believe in germ theory of disease
Reposted by David Harrison
ORCL has $19bn of cash and equivalents. They issued $18bn of corporate bonds last quarter and burned $10bn of cash. So without that huge deal they would be basically out of cash.*
*note: this does not mean bankrupt, that's something different
*note: this does not mean bankrupt, that's something different
December 10, 2025 at 10:21 PM
ORCL has $19bn of cash and equivalents. They issued $18bn of corporate bonds last quarter and burned $10bn of cash. So without that huge deal they would be basically out of cash.*
*note: this does not mean bankrupt, that's something different
*note: this does not mean bankrupt, that's something different
The Oily Bones of Santa would be a great band name
December 8, 2025 at 9:33 PM
The Oily Bones of Santa would be a great band name
There's something to be said for simply avoiding "known bad" choices though - it is often vastly simpler than trying to engineer a new "good" state. I'm not sure there exists a way to consistently derive a new "good" outcome from "known bad" principles?
December 6, 2025 at 1:53 AM
There's something to be said for simply avoiding "known bad" choices though - it is often vastly simpler than trying to engineer a new "good" state. I'm not sure there exists a way to consistently derive a new "good" outcome from "known bad" principles?
Interesting that this doesn't mention the Jony Ive hardware collaboration as getting canned. A hardware project seems like a massive side quest if they want to focus.
December 2, 2025 at 10:59 AM
Interesting that this doesn't mention the Jony Ive hardware collaboration as getting canned. A hardware project seems like a massive side quest if they want to focus.
Absolutely. The unbelievable thing to me is that our governments and regulatory bodies appear to have learned nothing from this (or the gambling industry in general) and continue to let scope creep happen and more of these things exist. Wild.
November 28, 2025 at 3:39 AM
Absolutely. The unbelievable thing to me is that our governments and regulatory bodies appear to have learned nothing from this (or the gambling industry in general) and continue to let scope creep happen and more of these things exist. Wild.