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Politics, science, tech #Lucee / #cfml Aussie from Melbourne, living in Berlin https://github.com/zspitzer

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This is literally one of the most profoundly stupid and ignorant things I've ever seen written about executive level public sector behavioural incentives that I've ever read - from X The Everything App at 1:00am on a Saturday morning, right through to <checks notes> the fucking NACC.

12.03.2026 07:18 πŸ‘ 229 πŸ” 58 πŸ’¬ 15 πŸ“Œ 2

AI crawlers again!

12.03.2026 07:00 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Lucee 6.2.5.48 - Stable LTS Release Download: https://download.lucee.org/ Full Changelog: Lucee Server Changelogs - 6.2 Lucee 6.2.5.48 is the stable LTS release following two release candidates. This release focuses heavily on datasou...

Lucee 6.2.5.48 LTS
dev.lucee.org/t/lucee-6-2-...
#lucee #cfml #java

12.03.2026 06:52 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Hello Yosarian

12.03.2026 01:40 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I find that "Grumpy review" works a treat

12.03.2026 01:39 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Everyone else in the room when a former DOGE employee was deposed.

11.03.2026 20:41 πŸ‘ 974 πŸ” 261 πŸ’¬ 46 πŸ“Œ 61

Blessed are developers who provide repos for their bug reports! Fucking magnificent

10.03.2026 06:36 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

With a dusting of coal on the face, maybe some mining company logos?

10.03.2026 06:33 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I'm really against violence, but bombing cubicles does stretch the Overton Window

10.03.2026 01:41 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

LLMs always send accept markdown headers?

09.03.2026 13:50 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Corpus Christi careens toward water catastrophe City officials expect to reach a β€œwater emergency” within months and run out of water next year. That would halt jet fuel deliveries to Texas airports, hike gas prices and trigger a local economic dis...

City officials in Corpus Christi, Texas, expect to reach a β€œwater emergency” within months and run out of water next year. That would halt jet fuel deliveries to airports, hike gas prices β€œand trigger a local economic disaster without precedent.”
www.texastribune.org/2026/03/08/t...

09.03.2026 11:21 πŸ‘ 550 πŸ” 277 πŸ’¬ 52 πŸ“Œ 51
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Lake Eildon looks stunning today

09.03.2026 01:01 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

"think of the content opportunities"

08.03.2026 23:08 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

But we have lots of refineries in Australia? Oh wait

08.03.2026 22:32 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

But the DOW is at $50,000!!

08.03.2026 22:31 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
A far right protestor holds up a sign reading "we are Jeffrey Epstein"

A far right protestor holds up a sign reading "we are Jeffrey Epstein"

There was a far-right protest against mayor Zohran Mamdani in New York yesterday and well, that's quite the sign

08.03.2026 09:57 πŸ‘ 824 πŸ” 282 πŸ’¬ 51 πŸ“Œ 48

so close to getting it...

now all that's left is a leap that from "Samuel also uses Claude" and "Samuel's work is really good" to maybe "software engineers who know what they're doing can get a lot of benefit from using Claude"

it's really not that difficult

06.03.2026 01:11 πŸ‘ 33 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 1

Trump says this is now the most competent, qualified person in America to be in charge of Homeland Security. bsky.app/profile/atru...

05.03.2026 23:34 πŸ‘ 2417 πŸ” 579 πŸ’¬ 217 πŸ“Œ 38

Apparently my dad has an original CSIRAC manual stashed away

05.03.2026 09:44 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Hegseth is smashed drunk!

03.03.2026 05:29 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Pres Trump told me tonight the US had identified possible candidates to take over Iran, but they were killed in the initial attack.

"The attack was so successful it knocked out most of the candidates," Trump told me. "It's not going to be anybody that we were thinking of because they are all dead. Second or third place is dead."

Pres Trump told me tonight the US had identified possible candidates to take over Iran, but they were killed in the initial attack. "The attack was so successful it knocked out most of the candidates," Trump told me. "It's not going to be anybody that we were thinking of because they are all dead. Second or third place is dead."

complete insanity

02.03.2026 03:10 πŸ‘ 8679 πŸ” 2174 πŸ’¬ 661 πŸ“Œ 514

Don't give them ideas! Oh. Shit.

Suddenly the penny drops about US invincibility

01.03.2026 23:42 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Kos Samaras 

Tonight’s AFR/RedBridge Accent poll:
Labor 54% 2PP vs One Nation Nationally, 60% 2PP in Capital cities vs One Nation. One Nation at 53% 2PP in regional and rural Australia. Yes, in a country that is highly urbanised, that matters. A lot. 
Labor dominates the capital cities. 60/40 on 2PP. Hanson owns everything else.
Albanese is the most hated political figure amongst One Nation voters. Hanson is the most hated political figure amongst Labor and other left voters.
One Nation voters rate Albanese at -83. Labor voters rate Hanson at -55. So One Nation’s ability to eat into the progressive block is extremely limited. This is clearly now a Right on Right contest, where One Nation attempts to replace the Coalition as he main Right wing party. It appears One Nation is succeeding. 
And the Coalition? Third. At 19%. Behind both. Across every single demographic. One Nation has basically replaced it as the major party for conservative Baby Boomers, the regions and practically every other key group that held up the Coalition in the past. 
Angus Taylor told Fairfax he’s open to a deal with One Nation. When you’re at 19 and One Nation at 28, you’re not making an offer. You’re submitting a rΓ©sumΓ©. That submission will also lock in Labor’s advantage in the big cities as they will capitalise on this, along with the Teals. 
Link to further analysis via the Financial Review in the comments section.

Kos Samaras Tonight’s AFR/RedBridge Accent poll: Labor 54% 2PP vs One Nation Nationally, 60% 2PP in Capital cities vs One Nation. One Nation at 53% 2PP in regional and rural Australia. Yes, in a country that is highly urbanised, that matters. A lot. Labor dominates the capital cities. 60/40 on 2PP. Hanson owns everything else. Albanese is the most hated political figure amongst One Nation voters. Hanson is the most hated political figure amongst Labor and other left voters. One Nation voters rate Albanese at -83. Labor voters rate Hanson at -55. So One Nation’s ability to eat into the progressive block is extremely limited. This is clearly now a Right on Right contest, where One Nation attempts to replace the Coalition as he main Right wing party. It appears One Nation is succeeding. And the Coalition? Third. At 19%. Behind both. Across every single demographic. One Nation has basically replaced it as the major party for conservative Baby Boomers, the regions and practically every other key group that held up the Coalition in the past. Angus Taylor told Fairfax he’s open to a deal with One Nation. When you’re at 19 and One Nation at 28, you’re not making an offer. You’re submitting a rΓ©sumΓ©. That submission will also lock in Labor’s advantage in the big cities as they will capitalise on this, along with the Teals. Link to further analysis via the Financial Review in the comments section.

Kos Samaras on facebook talking about the Redbridge poll
www.facebook.com/kosmos.samar... #auspol

01.03.2026 09:20 πŸ‘ 10 πŸ” 6 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 1

Regime change in Iran, but even if that happened, given the new regime needs to be acceptable to fucking Trump, so completely intolerable, WTF is going to happen?

01.03.2026 08:28 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Hot take, feel free to dismiss:

The only person who would think that you can magically effect regime change by taking out an autocrat is an autocrat – because they’re primed to overestimate the importance of the β€˜Great Leader’ to the survival of the regime.

01.03.2026 08:22 πŸ‘ 12 πŸ” 6 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Iran regime hasn't exactly been kicking goals lately, so is this leadership decapitation more like organisational renewal (aka elections, for those who practice democracy)

01.03.2026 07:40 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
WSJ
β€Ή Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei Is Dead:....
Last Updated: Feb. 28, 2026 at 9:41pm ET
β€’ LIVE
1 hour ago
U.S. Strikes in Middle East Use Anthropic, Hours After Trump Ban

WSJ β€Ή Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei Is Dead:.... Last Updated: Feb. 28, 2026 at 9:41pm ET β€’ LIVE 1 hour ago U.S. Strikes in Middle East Use Anthropic, Hours After Trump Ban

WSJ
PATRICK SISON/ASSOCIATED PRESS
Within hours of declaring that the federal government will end its use of artificial-intelligence tools made by tech company Anthropic, President Trump launched a major air attack in Iran with the help of those very same tools.
Commands around the world, including U.S. Central Command in the Middle East, use Anthropic's Claude AI tool, people familiar with the matter confirmed.
Centcom declined to comment about specific systems being used in its ongoing operation against Iran.
The command uses the tool for intelligence assessments, target identification and simulating battle scenarios even as tension between the
company and Pentagon ratcheted up, the people said, highlighting how embedded the AI tools are in military operations.
The administration and Anthropic have been feuding for months over how its AI models can be used by the
Pentagon. Trump on Friday ordered agencies to stop working with the company and the Defense Department designated it a security threat and risk to its supply chain.

WSJ PATRICK SISON/ASSOCIATED PRESS Within hours of declaring that the federal government will end its use of artificial-intelligence tools made by tech company Anthropic, President Trump launched a major air attack in Iran with the help of those very same tools. Commands around the world, including U.S. Central Command in the Middle East, use Anthropic's Claude AI tool, people familiar with the matter confirmed. Centcom declined to comment about specific systems being used in its ongoing operation against Iran. The command uses the tool for intelligence assessments, target identification and simulating battle scenarios even as tension between the company and Pentagon ratcheted up, the people said, highlighting how embedded the AI tools are in military operations. The administration and Anthropic have been feuding for months over how its AI models can be used by the Pentagon. Trump on Friday ordered agencies to stop working with the company and the Defense Department designated it a security threat and risk to its supply chain.

lol even though they banned them the government used Claude anyway. Slop strategies for the Epic Bacon War. This could not have gone worse for Altman
www.wsj.com/livecoverage...

01.03.2026 02:56 πŸ‘ 1516 πŸ” 292 πŸ’¬ 34 πŸ“Œ 47

Reckon Shorten was a better pick than Albo, but here we are...

01.03.2026 02:01 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Meanwhile DHS is shutdown

28.02.2026 11:36 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

git reset --hard

28.02.2026 06:11 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0