Simon Welsh

simon_w@cloudisland.nz

A <a href="https://cloudisland.nz/tags/NZTwits" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#NZTwits</a> ex-pat living in <a href="https://cloudisland.nz/tags/Ngunnawal" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#Ngunnawal</a> Country

Posts

Post #4479392
RE: https://cloudisland.nz/@simon_w/117069245749368310 Turns out they don’t know “I’m on a boat” and now I’m over here turning into a pile of dust
Post #4476995
It’s ice-cream time!
Post #4339120
Package that requires a signature is out for delivery. It’s going to show up as soon as I got to the toilet isn’t it
Post #4220019
Really don’t like having to be in the office
Post #4151166
Are people still receiving AusAlert or is it already doing better with regards to timely distribution than the existing 0444444444 SMS-based system that couldn’t handle the 2019/20 fire season?
Post #4025789
Things I need to: - Learn a more sellable language than PHP (Python? Rust? Go?) - Update CV - Maintain a 75% study load - Work full time - Parent
Post #4021684
Project lead is now instructing me with prompts for chatbots. I hate this timeline.
Post #3943518
No one is brave enough to do a faithful adaptation of Lord of the Rings to any sort of screen. I want to know what Frodo did for the 17 years between Bilbo leaving The Shire and when he left.
Post #3877869
Looks like the Linux Kernel is going full un-copyrightable!
Post #3877498
Love how it’s now taking me a lot longer to respond to internal briefs because of the massively increased cognitive load of LLM-generated prose. Just write it yourself, will actually be way more understandable.
Post #3446477
It’s been three glorious weeks without having to deal with the shitstain on society that is genAI. Sadly just one more week left.
Post #2853314
Get to explain to work that just because we store data in Australia, using Azure means that it's still subject to US law. This is going to be "fun”
Post #2526791
Get to find out how my teachers handle not being able to get at any of the class content that&#39;s store in Canvas today. Could be a very short class.
Post #2526788
Doing a code review of some slop. I point out issues that could be addressed, slop machine just deletes all their changes instead.
Post #2526787
Balloon!
Post #2009399
Our car is probably totalled (the car was only worth ~$2k). Everyone's safe and uninjured, but could have really done without needing to deal with this.
Post #1824913
Wish I could block all calls from the 0468 block
Post #1766216
Too horny to exist in this capitalistic hellscape
Post #1761834
Off to get my flu (and hopefully COVID, though I couldn't book that so will depend on availability) jab!
Post #1340633
I’d prefer the flowers myself https://mastodon.art/@hiscursedness/116377563408945683