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17 Apr 2021
Are you a triangle or a square? It depends on your point of view.
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#FridayQuiz :: Headlights
Can you name the Model, Make and Year of the cars?
How many did you get...?
Answers in replies.
Thanks @brisbanemotormuseum
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L-R, T-B
A Jensen 541 Deluxe 1957
B Volvo 282 GT 1979
C Triumph TR4 1964
D Holden LC GTR 1971
E Porsche 356 AD Cabriolet 1957
F Holden HQ Monaro 1971
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Nick Holliman retweeted
Renewables replaced Coal now they are replacing Gas.
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Electricity generation by fuel, GB (EWS), to 29th May 2026
Wind contributed 50% more than Gas this three weeks.
(21 days data catchup)
@WolframResearch notebook here:
buff.ly/jNIqd5b
Data @neso_energy
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The creator of Linux just publicly called out the AI hype. Word for word.
Linus Torvalds took the stage at Open Source Summit 2026 and said this:
"When I see people saying 99% of our code is written by AI, I literally get angry. Because those same people — I can pretty much guarantee — 100% of their code is written by compilers. But they never say that."
He is not anti AI. The Linux kernel saw a 20% jump in submissions this release because of AI tools. He uses it. He gets it.
His point is something most people are too afraid to say.
AI is a productivity tool exactly like compilers were. Compilers boosted programming by 1000x. AI adds another 10x on top. Enormous. But nobody says "the compiler wrote my code." So why are we saying AI wrote it?
He also flagged something nobody is talking about.
AI is flooding small open source projects with drive-by bug reports. Someone runs a prompt, files a report and disappears when asked for a patch. Maintainers with one or two people are drowning trying to keep up.
"Sometimes AI reports a bug and when you ask for more information the person has done that drive-by and does not even answer your question. That is the real burnout issue."
And his final warning was the sharpest of all.
"People who do not understand the complexity of systems will prompt systems and write processes that will fail."
The AI hype crowd is very loud right now.
Linus has been building real systems for 35 years. When he talks, engineers listen.
Full interview here:
thenewstack.io/torvalds-ai-p…
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Jun 4
Rose in first week of winter.
Mount Coot-tha Botanic Gardens this morning.
#RoseThursday #Brisbane #Queensland
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This is simply wrong. Electricity demand has fallen which is why production has fallen. Industry has become more efficient.
Net zero killed British industry, not Thatcherism
'If Burnham wants to reindustrialise Britain, he needs to reverse net zero, not Thatcherism. Abundant, stable, and competitively priced energy is vital for a healthy industry.'
Link below to my latest in the @TeleBusiness
#burnham #netzero #ukeconomy #ukmacro #labour @John_Stepek @MerrynSW
telegraph.co.uk/business/202…
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Nick Holliman retweeted
Jun 2
The net zero economy now supports 1.1m UK jobs and generates £105bn in economic value - proof that tackling climate change & growing the economy can go hand in hand.
Carbon Budget 7 laid in Parliament today provides certainty to help unlock more investment and energy security.
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1/ NEW: The net zero economy is now supporting:
✅Over 1m jobs
✅£105bn in GVA
✅22,000 small businesses
This analysis from @CBItweets is a reminder that net zero is a great British success story. And exactly why this Government is doubling down.
theguardian.com/environment/…
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Nick Holliman retweeted
May 30
Europe saved 51 billion euros last year by replacing oil and gas with wind and solar, the blue-chip international Energy Agency has concluded. It will doubtless be far more this year, as a result of the price hikes from the Iran War.
euronews.com/2026/05/30/clea…
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May 29
More junk economic data from @afneil, previously known as a journalist.
Also, perhaps he has a really good idea where to get energy from that isn't clean energy sources. UK has little Oil and limited Gas left.
worldpopulationreview.com/co…
May 29
Here are two other UK power records:
1. Highest industrial energy costs in the world.
2. Second highest domestic energy costs in the world.
As E Miliband says, we’re setting an example for the rest of the world. Indeed we are. Which is why nobody is following us.
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Has the Vatican understood AI and the future of education more quickly than universities?
There is a need not only to understand the limits of AI technology but also to understand how it can invisibly shape society and what it means to be human.
buff.ly/9ViG1uW
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