Simon

Gasification is NOT burning. When it's done properly, it converts mixed, dirty ag plastics into syngas, heat, and inert char; reducing volume massively and avoiding landfill. This is already solved tech. We’re just not deploying it.

It's a new year. Buckle up. Things are going to get a lot worse before they get better.

Funny how Red Bull (an early attempt at nootropic marketing) has become very working-class-and-below coded.

Once you start seeing the world as a sort of simulation/computation you can't stop, it all fits so well

In #EldenRing, the Tarnished is essentially a terrifying entity that walks around deleting other programs, copying their best lines of code, and pasting them into its own source file until it becomes complex enough to rewrite the Operating System (the Elden Ring) of the simulation it resides in.

Minor parenthood hack — you can get audio tracks of your kid's favourite shows with meta-narrative for the visually impaired on audiovault.net and have play it in the car on long rides as a break from music. It lets you vet the content, they get a different cognitive workout, and they love it!

Happy summer solstice for those who observe

There's actually a lot of work going into agrivoltaics right now. This is from University of Melbourne

After playing around with a few personal projects with it, I think I have officially hit my tolerance of #Suno. Not fun anymore, and I've developed an ear for the audio version of the em-dash. Back to listening to game sound tracks as I work (bless Amos Roddy)

Writing articles for horticulture industry and can't help but notice how nice a day it is away from my desk

Just read about the Presidential wall of fame plaques that Trump wrote. Honestly I cannot wait for the pendulum to turn again.

I struggle a lot with meaning. Always have. When my baby son died, well, that struggle obviously got harder. There's no lesson in this post. Just saying shit out loud.

Metroidvanias. What defines them? 'Return here when you're stronger' is the mechanic. The combat is usually acrobatic and demands skill. But what really burns these titles into our memories is *atmosphere*. That's exactly where Carrion excels.

Tasmania has a huge problem with agricultural plastic waste. Primary producers have to ship it to the mainland for "recycling" at a huge cost, usually many thousands of dollars per hectare. Most of it will go to landfill. We need a gasification plant.

Crazy to think that eucalyptus species actually evolved to be as highly flammable as possible.

Couldn't do it any more. Just deleted my X account. Like, proper deleted. The last week or two, it's been fever pitch. Then Bondi happened. I'm coming back to BS🦋 for good. So hi everyone. I'm Simon from Hobart.

Tech bros do not have your best interests at heart

I'm going through.. well, a thing that I hope nobody reading this will ever have to go through. Legit, even the people I'd generally wish were on fire. But its certainly of the magnitude that can seismically change a person. I hope I can channel it into something suitably momentous.

His existence, no matter how brief, is meaningful and real. I am his father, his protector and guide. Clay of my clay. The devil could never be as cruel as an uncaring universe

I wish I was at home playing with my son

I just discovered my unborn son has a (as yet uncharacterised) rare genetic disorder, and will have a difficult life ahead. We have to wait two weeks for results. We have no good outcomes from it. I can only think about which conversation with my two year old son it will end up being.

Peter Dutton says #AUKUS is "the greatest defence initiative in a generation". Really! A highly risky $368B all-eggs-in-one-basket capability that saps sovereignty, shifts billion$ overseas, and wont be fully delivered in full until well after 2050 (if ever). 🤦‍♂️ 1/2 #auspol

Trump 2.0 will pose many challenges and risks for Australia, but our Lab/Lib duopoly will just kowtow to the returned emperor, whatever he does. So, we’ll need independent voices in parliament to ensure our national interests aren’t sold out. #auspol

I love how American politics is going exactly as everyone predicted it would

#bluey is the best Australian tv in almost all ways and that's both awesome and sad.

Do we, as consumers and adopters of the early AI revolution, have any power in shaping the alignment of future Superintelligence? I say YES WE DO

I humbly submit my first blog post. Please read it if you have the time, and feel free to provide feedback here, or share with others if you like. I hope to make this the first of many discussions about the paths before us, the non-elites, now that the shoggoth is out.