gths The huge ever growing pulsating brain of Peter Dutton that rules from the centre of the ultraworld
@mwyres @TheRealPBarry Personally, I think the real issue is why this is even a worry, given our “robust standard of political debateâ€.
@mwyres @TheRealPBarry In practice, it usually turns out to be not that much of an improvement. Meh. Who CARES if a rude word gets aired?
@mwyres @TheRealPBarry If I say “Dunning-Kruger†at this point, will you get annoyed? This approach is known to be not good enough.
@mwyres @TheRealPBarry I thoroughly reject your assertion “easilyâ€. It’s partial-word matching. It’s NOT easy. Hindsight is glorious.
@piecritic @mwyres I just realised that you’re meaning you’d do it as machine learning / neural net, rather that a parser up front?
@mwyres @BrigadierSlog Yeah, another case of the Scunthorpe Problem. Hard to predict what topical words might be recombined.
@mwyres @BrigadierSlog Yep, and then is all comes down to false-positive rates, cost of lowering that, vs impact on in-studio workflow.
@piecritic @mwyres Tweets are an “interesting†area. It’s new, obviously, but it also evolves fast.
@mwyres @BrigadierSlog If I may be blunt, how much computational linguistics have you actually done?
@BrigadierSlog @mwyres I did comp sci and linguistics way back, but recently did a masterclass on parsing tweets by @sgpulman.
@mwyres “Doable†and “affordable†are different things.
@mwyres @CameronWatt What you say about the plumbing is true. It’s easy. Except for the filter. That’s incredibly hard.
@mwyres That’s the same problem, though. What “might†be a problem? I mean, “dog†is a perfectly good 3-character string, except when not.
@CameronWatt @mwyres No, it’s nothing to do with the Twitter API.
@mwyres No, it’s the issue of detecting what is and isn’t problematic. This is known to be a hard problem. Highly context-dependent.
@PacketNetworks @mwyres Oh yes, all that idiot “moderation†software that was just dumb partial-word pattern-matches. Idiots.
@mwyres Well it’s a different field of the data record. You’d have to choose to do it. But also, look up “The Scunthorpe Problemâ€.
oliyoung WHO WILL SURVIVE IN AMERICA pic.twitter.com/NZNLLZow2s
The problem with Crusader Rabbit talking about “fringe whingers†is that it got me thinking about “minge gingersâ€.
We finally learn the real reason @LaTrioli knew how to take out a criminal at 3am. https://t.co/YYPkZuwoxi
Me at @zdnetaustralia: “The Internet of Things is a safety issue, and therefore a business risk†http://t.co/Y6e5JMit86
geraintgriffith In his mind he’s the BBC’s Antarctic correspondent. pic.twitter.com/ZeKtao3Jl4
@firstdogonmoon Well, I could make a list…
Ouch! https://t.co/PyaC5HoTih
Today we are all low-level officials of the Cambodian government.
@leslienassar You know the answer to that question, and it includes an analogy related to farm animals.
“He’s staying! No-bias Dyson Heydon slices his reasons deli-thinâ€, writes @JustinianNews http://t.co/VpIxQ78FDv
Pleased that all The Good Seats for ‘The 9pm Edict’s Public House Forum’ are spoken forpublichouseforum1.eventbrite.comvF The Other Seats remain.
More excellent* international diplomacy from random Australian cabinet members. https://t.co/QYdvXb7xxk
@JustJimWillDo That’s the spirit!
@mpesce You think I don’t
know this already?
Wine.
One wonders about so many things.
deptofaustralia Peter Dutton says demonstration against Operation Fortitude was conducted by the Elder Gods wearing “people suits”. pic.twitter.com/HHDMJZUl7b
5at5 number 221: Topless in Times Square, China’s artificial islands, Libertarians, Sugar Daddies, and IoT myths. http://t.co/gOxrzaTXQK
@19bk69 Huh? That’s it right there.
Me at @zdnetaustralia: “The Internet of Things is a safety issue, and therefore a business risk†http://t.co/Y6e5JMit86
@jturner_ibrs @phbarratt Oh, I was thinking of things in another direction.
@jturner_ibrs @phbarratt Well there’s a whole bunch of things that might fit into that category…
@bryceroney Surely as acetate discs in a mahogany cabinet?
phbarratt How would Brandis know what “a mind like a steel trap” looks like?
@bubbiting @jan_regina Nothing is obvious at that hour of the morning.
Wow, it’s all happening in America tonight.
People really are quite remarkable.
XLNB Who wore it better?
RT for alpaca. Fav for Beiber pic.twitter.com/EBaAn1704N
Column filed for @zdnetaustralia, just as my brain finally collapses.
RT @drearyclocks: ‘We must crack down on immigration’ — a couple of blokes with the surnames Pezzullo and Quaedvlieg
@BernardKeane Cabbages don’t leek.
How can it be midday already?
RT @deptofaustralia: All of the Twitter stars. https://t.co/SAMgRYTstp
RT @TheOnion: Scott Walker Watches Candidates Emerge Shaken From GOP’s Female Experience Simulator http://t.co/ZQKa4K9P2z http://t.co/EAYKF…
EX_V19 The guy who got conned out of $65mil by an ex Khmer Rouge dictator to take 4 refugees is Tony’s pick for treasurer?
RT @davidadonaldson: Operation Fortitude press release was sent to Quaedflieg and Pezzullo’s strategic comms adviser http://t.co/Hw1SuDn2KZ
@JLMusicTherapy @mch7576 Well that’s not much. Around $285 per employee.
Mon plan: Finish @zdnetaustralia column; scope server upgrade for client; @5at5daily; complete “The 9pm Edict†podcast, with luck.
“Mr President, we must not allow… a border wall gap!†https://t.co/08eLNDdIst
@EconoGarry @fedupofpollys Oh. That’d be s depressingly mundane reason for them to look the way they do.
So, the decision is in the pink bag that woman is struggling with? It’s a difficult decision? https://t.co/6NvPHORKbn
@SnarkyPlatypus Well, I got that one filling fixed. I told David we could skip the lecture about visiting every year, I’d take it as read.
@mrowe You are. Personally and collectively.
New blog post, slightly late: “Weekly Wrap 273: Security, dentistry, and technology†https://t.co/LT73IuZQ6j http://t.co/MDfNYt1JFO
jan_regina This church needs a new graphic designer pic.twitter.com/goNIVddZKw
@virag064 I think it’d be poor form to steal from my host.
Mon plan, draft: Tidy up; work as far through the running-late list of media objects as reasonable through the day; quiet evening.
@leslienassar Ah yes. In the literature, this is known as “The Scunthorpe Problemâ€.
Monday. You are to blame for everything. Everything. Monday.
@frogworth @ben_hr @fbiradio @FourPlaySQ That would make sense. There were so many dramas around that licensing round.
@frogworth @ben_hr @fbiradio I was station manager at Three D Radio, Adelaide 1994-95, and on the board of SACBA around that time.
@ben_hr @frogworth @fbiradio “Everybody†in that licensing round was an aspirant for a long time. Successive governments took forever.
BrianRathbone That awkward moment when you realize plastic dinosaurs are made of actual dinosaurs.
Choose Trump, America. You KNOW it’s right. Dooo eeet.
@ambiej That’s a great story. Good to see that you enjoyed destroying civilisation as we know it.
@NowhereBob @Greybeard3 Get a room, boys.
Herewith, a link to the @nypost front-page story illustrated with @ambiej’s butt. https://t.co/47hQU48TBg
Rephrased, “Should we have the right to remember things that actually happened?” https://t.co/0eli3Y289g
@YingHaoLi Oh he has integrity! Look at how quickly he took responsibility and went on TV to reassure… oh wait.
@ladyhana Shotgun.
Or both, @YingHaoLi. https://t.co/BBMMohfj2r
@leslienassar @WarWraith Nope, not me.
@leslienassar @WarWraith Wot?
@Greybeard3 No, but it should be.
In which @leslienassar does rather passable Gilbert & Sullivan. https://t.co/RdGRHPrASc
Partaking of the Pleasures of the Squid.
SteeleSaunders Tough week coming up for the Australian PR industry after #OperationFortitude revealed that press releases do write themselves.
@NewtonMark Outstanding, soldier!
Please read @NewtonMark’s tweet without imagining Blair riding a laughing hippopotamus at the end of each sentence. https://t.co/osQ8vrr3QY
Soup is Truth.
@IanWoolf Oh well in that case hackers will already have copies of your browsing history. Ask around The Dark Web (tm). ;)
@IanWoolf Search your browser history?
geraldmellor UPF supporter: “I have no valid reasons to oppose a mosque in #Bendigo but something about Sharia law” pic.twitter.com/YKvW0r3NAX
@dmorg78 @BernardKeane @iiNet Oh God, I gave up caring as soon as I sent my first tweet.
@dmorg78 @BernardKeane According to a lookup, this apartment is on @iiNet through Drummoyne.
@BernardKeane Well, that is true. Perhaps it’s some sort of collective hallucination.
Well, @BernardKeane, there’s a significant “Doesn’t work†response there. I can’t be arsed figuring it out.
That’s the spirit, @JohnBirmingham! https://t.co/hFue8MOCbh
@R_Chirgwin @BernardKeane You need to get some more horses.
Right, people. That smug @BernardKeane chap says the link in this tweet is not a 404 error. Please prove him rong. https://t.co/6GWFUQiHKG
@crikey_news @BernardKeane 404.
@BundyB @JohnBirmingham @ChuckTingle Well that’s looking like the best value thing you could ever buy for $2.94 ever.
OliviaIllyria @newmatilda “by any chance”? It’s the first word in my bio, you pillock. Can’t wait for your next discovery. Is ice cold? Is night dark?
@BundyB @JohnBirmingham @ChuckTingle I am not exactly an expert on the oeuvre.
@JohnBirmingham @ChuckTingle “Fuck Lord of the Moon†is such an awesome title/job.
@JohnBirmingham You could also take them a bit more @ChuckTingle. Or even http://t.co/qiabOwQHoR #helping http://t.co/ydgVx5PUSw
Wow, the Giant Trapdoor Spider of Ceres must be out and about today. https://t.co/jrtj4hYkiv
@jplonie Are you talking about Abbott or Brandis here?
@ambiej Also, is “It’s coming!†appropriate in the circumstances?
RT @mandymcn: How did Dutton’s office know it was “routine” if no one read it? https://t.co/5fizKaHocL
@ambiej Cool. Having never been to New York, I hadn’t realise Times Square was still a “problemâ€.
@ambiej Bold stuff. Well done. The story isn’t on the website yet?
Some truly (cl)ass work here from @ambiej. https://t.co/jwpWAvhUsK
No piglet is safe… https://t.co/jIhu35z0mm
@eurhythmaniac @3wombats @paulkidd Yes, that’s right. One in 20 is 44%. [Nods.]
@paulkidd Remember, 1 in 20 adult Australians is functionally illiterate. I’ve met an oil industry exec who faked it for decades.
alistairjhogg A handy infographic that shows what happens in the hour after consuming kale juice. pic.twitter.com/4PcjnRaPkT
Besides, this whole Cabbage-led Danger Force 5 series 3 (thank you, @glengyron) situation is unfolding quickly. Well, unravelling.
I have decided that “The 9pm Edict†podcast will be finished and posted tomorrow. Shouldn’t work idiot-late when I start early tomorrow.
@phbarratt @MikeCarlton01 I was speaking metaphorically, of course.
@phbarratt @MikeCarlton01 Well Morrison has proved to be the best at making the trains run on time
@swearyanthony @paulkidd And not just the Cabbage’s list, either.
Meanwhile, it pretty much has to be Cabbage Down by Tuesday lunchtime, yeah?
Operation Fortitude was one of the “national security-related things that could be announced weekly”. I’m looking forward to more of these.
RT @deptofaustralia: It’s Christmas for home insurance companies, carjackings, and stabbings. https://t.co/Kpete8XdPI
@faully33 @AussiePeteC Apparently there’s some sort of thing, the antlernet or somesuch, where you can look shit up and stuff. Worth a try.
@R_Chirgwin Personally? Or faxing out a telegram?
Christ, this is going to take fuckin’ forever. https://t.co/lEZIca0gfc
Has the Cabbage for Immigration and Border Protection actually fronted the media yet? Or is it still all “a spokesperson for�
@dodgyville @NewtonMark Not my invention, But he was dubbed the “Freedom Commissioner†by Brandis, and “Boy†because of lack of experience.
deanog No Ragrets pic.twitter.com/0NhQwjRLlR
@jonseymour It’s both. The routine operations were previously carried out by another organisation. First time they were done by ABF.
@CompleatCunt A “presser” is a press conference, linked to, happened Friday. The press release is a document, of course, issued earlier.
@rhysam (That said, the first field operations by a brand-new paramilitary organisation do deserve ministerial attention.)
@rhysam Wait. So we’re making an argument for more centralised micro-management now? Don’t we want Abbott to relax the sphincters a bit?
@perrynfowler Then you have a reason to listen to the podcast tonight. :) But note that I said ‘not terrible’ and ‘performance’.
ABF Commissioner Roman Quaedvlieg’s presser from Friday isn’t a terrible performance, actually. http://t.co/4mKpacN4Jt
@hereforthehops @NewtonMark Don’t hold back now. Tell us what you really think.
@moylecroft @NewtonMark Given that his two medals are automatic issues for long services, that’s be a step up.
@swearyanthony @phbarratt @NewtonMark Oh, that’d be one of the AFP deployments then, East Timor or Solomon Islands or something.
@SnarkyPlatypus @NewtonMark @phbarratt QLDPOL, AFP, Customs Service. https://t.co/S6W8XWHNrS
@NewtonMark They’re medals related to his police service. For full dress, it’s all medals awarded, not just those in the current job.
@phbarratt @NewtonMark Australian Police Medal and National Medal on his left. Dunno the other. This was a formal photo on launch day tho.
Worst. Euphemism. Ever. https://t.co/ijWl6BkdTQ
@MuppetString Which is pretty standard stuff for someone who’s been operating at the levels he has been.
@mjos_crypto That’s one impressive hat. The epaulettes are rather special also.
@nschultz See three tweet back.
I say, @mjos_crypto has nailed this one. https://t.co/gF5jvtBOoY
@Retrovertigo @gths Yeah, it does have a distinctly aviation fee about it.
@cefiar They’d be the Australian Police Medal and the National Medal on his left. Don’t know the other one. https://t.co/S6W8XWHNrS
@gths Oh that’s pretty good,
@MuppetString Um, since the ABF has only just been formed, Quaedvlieg’s medals would be from previous service elsewhere.
These Australian Border Force uniforms. They look like… what? Danish railway inspector? Junior Luftwaffe officerpic.twitter.com/s6SePe10roro
Well, fellow Australians, this is reassuring*. https://t.co/PtdlytYOFN
Opening the podcast script file to begin work. The first thing I see is the sentence: “Give me the benefit of your rough justice, Soapy!â€
Queensland is #soblessed. https://t.co/dK0JxfrhQP
Or, @PlaneTalking, “The Boeing 787, a pressured tube a row of even bigger perforations down each side.†https://t.co/Wt8xff0DMP
Sun plan: As previously advised. https://t.co/hiRC5xVmUF
brandoncrandon Still the best Twitter exchange on this webpage pic.twitter.com/xxnR7jG7Ob
GordyPls tfw you remember there was one last thing you were meant to read before you left for the day. pic.twitter.com/STGqqkiWsw
@BXGD Damn. And I thought that was MY job.
SwiftOnSecurity It’s that time of night the Australians get on Twitter and just start complaining about the people they voted for.
@BXGD You’re kinda putting me off listening to it now.
@claudeyoung Also, a big “HI there!†after a gap of a few billion years, give or take.
Helm: open-source virtual analogue synthesizer, runs as a VST/AU/AAX plugin on Windows, OS X, Linux. http://t.co/fxU5TIMmsR HT @claudeyoung
zackwhittaker People who go to Burning Man are the kinds of people who’re “big on Imgur” or “verified on Google+.”
@BXGD SO MANY CAPITALISM.
“Ashley Madison database stolen by lone female who worked for Avid Life Mediaâ€, by @officialmcafee http://t.co/fio55QsPpx HT @Mikenicholls88
@Andrew_Zammit @El_Grillo1 Well, as I said earlier… https://t.co/YGt73sxUsj
@19bk69 @carolduncan @stufromoz Now I’m confused. I am referring to this fool here. https://t.co/PW4pbnZDLb IT’S NOT ALL ABOUT YOU.
Oh this should be a hoot. https://t.co/ufIDAnIDvm
@19bk69 @carolduncan @stufromoz Why?
“Totes, Rupe.” https://t.co/oWK9j1FBB3
My God, those Chinese are cunning! https://t.co/APsDR257fC
RT @thegrugq: Give the hungry ghosts what they really want: porn, sex toys and condoms. https://t.co/c0IyCsokZy
@GiovanniTorre @SkyNewsAust Who?
@SnarkyPlatypus @ataraxite Who the fuck would want to live in Zetland?
“Dutton’s office ignored Border Force briefingâ€, reports @SkyNewsAust http://t.co/c1PLcljt2U
@carolduncan @stufromoz But what would you wear?
Yet more sense from @drspacejunk today. https://t.co/2AAhu3tusq
@carolduncan @stufromoz Some fool recently suggested that you and I should make wireless together, Ms Duncan.
@carolduncan They’re pork sausages, you know.
Right, I’m going to improve proceedings by inserting a couple of sausages into things.
Look, @SnarkyPlatypus @stufromoz, “soya milk†is pretty high on the list of Things Which Are Not Actually Milk.
@Steve_Lockstep What you need is some sort of satellite-based energy beam that could pinpoint your iPhone in bed.
Here is a reference image for @paulkidd and @stufromoz. pic.twitter.com/u6PwyHON0l
@stufromoz @paulkidd I’ve addressed part of this issue in an earlier tweet. https://t.co/pFSLUk6BqT
See, the think about cake, @SnarkyPlatypus, is that they ice them. #icescourge https://t.co/hZicMellNs
@BXGD @SnarkyPlatypus @stufromoz You could also make a cat out of Project Runway and some cables.
@kels_316 All photos are real. Especially on the internet.
“Hello. We’re here to helpic.twitter.com/Dz0C9uQ1Kg9uQ1Kg
@SnarkyPlatypus @stufromoz Any supermarket, and most $2 shops and convenience stores, and every phone-seller’s stall, have them. But pants.
@juliemela It’s my philosophy not to be philosophical.
It’s a long way to the Moon.
Seriously, there’s enough iPhone/iPad cables lying around here to reach the Moon and back Which was probably Jobs’ plan all along.
Pro Tip: The best* way to discover that you’re catsitting in an all-iOS household is to break your only micro-USB phone cable.
Only two Good Seats left for ‘The 9pm Edict’s Public House Forum’ recording on Sat 12 Spublichouseforum1.eventbrite.comGpic.twitter.com/bHktBJ2b8B2b8B
However did we understand anything before we had Julian Assange to explain it to us?