Stilgherrian (@stilgherrian)

Wentworth Falls NSW AU

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August 2nd, 2016

@scrantic @OaaSvc And I called it out in my @zdnetaustralia yarn yesterday. https://t.co/mjgWlRbmTv

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@brentspargo I’m very happy with Sassu, yes. That said, I haven’t shopped around because I’ve had no need to.

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Hey guys, here’s an effective-looking method to speed up the #KillAllBoomers program. https://t.co/Z3Z4BIQZZg

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According to the nervous-looking @ABSCensus guy on @theprojecttv, your data is safe because computers.

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AndrewBloch Unfortunate ad placement of the day

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Looks like they didn’t sell all the ad spots. pic.twitter.com/J4jnjJuNoz

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There’s a Census story coming up shortly o@theprojecttvtv on Ten. Live stream atenplay.com.au/liveIil

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RT @mikko: iPhone ransom attacks are real. Folks, please use a complex and unique password on your iCloud account. https://t.co/dTtXtf0EZR

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intlspectator Military spending growth, 2000-2013

US: 56%
China: 362%
Russia: 170%
Saudi: 133%
France: 1%
UK: 17%
Germany: -3% pic.twitter.com/OWkKk7b1YT

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Histreepix Still from controversial kids’ show ‘Bertie the Battleship’s Falklands Fun’. 1982. pic.twitter.com/iKPXCQVKSc

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This is the sort of news you learn about when you listen to @theharryshearer’s “Le Show”. https://t.co/K1wGPYrNuT

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“Face down in the dirt with an iron post impaling his rump, Chinese Olympic mascot Huanhuan has seen better days” https://t.co/d0VAK9sHOY

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@brentspargo I haven’t tried Freshbooks. Just Saasu, since 2007. I couldn’t say, really. :(

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Thanks for all the database / hashing / re-identification comments coming in. Reading all, can’t respond to all. Learning heaps.

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I AM SO PLEASE TO SEE THAT AUSTRALIA’S 2016 CENSUS IS PROCEEDING PREFECTLY.

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I’m asking this ’cos I haven’t done any database work myself in ages. I don’t want to sound like a goose. (Yeah right.)

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I agree with this comment, though you have to add in turning a dump back into a database. https://t.co/vwc14duI1r

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Well here’s a tweet which shorn of its technical detail confirms my estimate of “minutes” for the merge. https://t.co/k1rWnfJRn6

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@ozhank626 @dobes The Census is everyone physically in Australia that night. Adults and children. Citizens, residents, visitors. Homeless.

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@jpwarren Thanks for that. There’s some more bedtime reading.

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I just want to hear Soapy explain how one-way cryptographic hashes work.

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Malsplaining the Census? Nah, people are threatened with fines. That’s a legal issue. We need Soapyslaining here. https://t.co/dMv3iiyxoZ

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@dobes Well I know it’s trivial. I just want someone else to validate my “minutes” claim. But heck, it’s only 24 million records, right?

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railmaps Thirty years ago tonight, August 2 1986, the last ever ‘Southern Aurora’ at Sydney Central awaits departure. pic.twitter.com/DghCi2VLow

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I’m basically asking that if someone managed to exfiltrate the Census database and the name linkage DB, how big a task is merging them?

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@bmmsmum @hughriminton @dobes That’s not my reason for requesting a paper form. It’s removing the over-the-internet bit from the workflow.

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Hey database performance folk, hashing 24 million name+DoB+X records, and finding the matching hash in another DB. How long? @troyhunt?

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@bmmsmum @hughriminton @dobes “Separate database” can become “one database” by executing a few lines of program code and take just minutes.

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@franksting @jplonie I’m a big fan of the singular “they”.

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@bmmsmum @hughriminton @dobes Yes, and then the top of the form was tear-off. Now, IDs will be kept with data for 4 years, maybe longer.

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“Census should not collect names, everyone should have a number instead: Labor”, writes @dobes https://t.co/oUXMOEHI5Z

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vanOnselenP I would advise people NOT to cooperate with the privacy invading census, with all new privacy invasions, but doing so is illegal so I can’t.

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@jdub Thanks, Jeff. I’m getting far too many “balanced” and “measured” comments, though. This worries me.

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OK, that @666canberra spot i done. Tonight I’ll post my recordings of that and th@abcgoldcoastst spot on my website. Probably.

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Here we go…

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@Manic_Henry Nope, I’m sitting in Lilyfield waiting for a phone call fro@666canberrara. But it sounds close, right?

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@dobes @hughstephens Well you’ve seen Twitter’s share price.

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parisbcowan “On the blockchain, nobody knows you’re a fridge”

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This ABC @666canberra spot on the Census is coming any minute now. https://t.co/9LeNzAAYtV

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@Spoonyman @DAAS_Live There was a lovely* time DAAS and I got into a loud angry mock-argument in the ABC Adelaide foyer, confusing everyone.

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@aqualung @ABSCensus Hard to generalise at this stage. Subtle shifts in my views in which risks are more likely to be of real concern.

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Twitter isn’t “real peopl@hughstephensephens, it’s just a particularly low-rent Truman Show.

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Yep, @666canberra, I’m also hearing of long delays in being able to phon@ABSCensusus. My views on its privacy and security are evolving too.

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@keith_the_cat @666canberra You might well think that. I couldn’t possibly comment.

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@Spoonyman You’d be afte@DAAS_Liveve actually. And yeah I’ve got a couple of DAAS stories from back in the day.

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RT @jturner_ibrs: This is critical: executives must realise that paying ransom is an ethical issue. Thanks @zyzzyvamedia https://t.co/S7YLB…

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Sounds like @666canberra will be doing some talkback on the Census too. I’m hoping to hear what actual people think about all this.

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I’m talking about the Census on ABC @666canberra at 1645 AEST or so. Listen at https://t.co/hlZcfaHZJJ or ABC apps. https://t.co/btM1iW6CmF

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@ericscheid @Pinboard Now there’s an expert at the game!

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RT @Pinboard: To learn how to avoid getting scammed online, send a cashier’s check for $400 to Pinboard Scam Lesson, P.O. Box 57234, SF, CA…

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thegrugq_ebooks @thegrugq use signal, use AES.

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GordyPls Image obtained via Future Cam of the inevitable outcome of billion dollar IBM SAP Government welfare payment project pic.twitter.com/lW6OrhLm5L

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RT @jrhennessy: That’s a Malm mate. Ikea is on it. I sleep in one https://t.co/Me7gJXAddf

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derekbarry Oops..”Police have warmed motorists”.. Very nice but surely chilly cyclists are more in need of a cuddle from the hot boys/girls in blue

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RT @derektmead: Unintentionally one of the greatest First Amendment jokes in history https://t.co/gKCxQgKtU9

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TheNTNews BONDI MAN BURNS HIS BUM AFTER MOBILE PHONE EXPLODES. DECLARED HONORARY TERRITORIAN (THE BLOKE, NOT THE PHONE) bit.ly/2aKXrAr

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RT @thegrugq: CIA has to run a black op inside London “in 6hrs!” Liaison & coordination w/MI6 & MI5 is delayed 3 weeks due to a vacation. €¦

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@BlogsofWar I’m really liking the practical guides that ASD has been putting out, and that they rate strategies’ effectiveness.

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alivitali A few of us here just had to check. Yes, Trump just called Hillary Clinton “the devil.”

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jeanburgess Oh @ABCCensus, this kind of rhetoric is not doing you any favours. Unleashing the power is precisely the concern. pic.twitter.com/QBdfhhYVMQ

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RT @thegrugq: CIA operatives are in Athens to hunt a terrorist, but due to the security situation (riots) no personnel are allowed outside…

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RT @thegrugq: A black ops CIA operative kills a guy in cold blood. Spends rest of movie attending psychological assessments #accurateBourne

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RT @thegrugq: An ex CIA operative hacks into CIA’s network, is unable to access any files because her computer is too modern. #accurateBour…

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BlogsofWar “NATO is obsolete because it doesn’t cover terrorism.” - Donald Trump pic.twitter.com/YjXGLgBdPi

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FJKeany Meanwhile, Albanese will today visit “Crocosaurus Cove” in Darwin which apparently features the “cage of death” pic.twitter.com/Ib9hvAjzn5

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So according to @abcgoldcoast I’m the “voice of reason”. So there.

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This radio spot on the Census is coming up in a few minutes, after the news and (I’m assuming) a song. https://t.co/wgTLAveL7s

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RT @sspencer_63: “A senate that resembles a Sydney University Young Liberals conference”. https://t.co/SBrMHSc0O2

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GordyPls Do we all have to go back to our hometown for the census or was that *just* Jesus?

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@waferbaby @poisontofu It’s true, and it probably explains a number of worrying facts.

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ASD has a new “Malicious Email Mitigation Strategies” https://t.co/k3ipr44lbO Looks like some comprehensive email security advice.

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thegrugq_ebooks if you install every single piece of meat.

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“Apps record your heartbeat but now you worry the Census will remember your name?”, writes @ssharwood https://t.co/yF5nVZCcRD

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Thank you, @abcgoldcoast, for Nick Cave and the Bd Seeds’ “Do You Love Me?” https://t.co/8qiTACvDwS

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dobes Has anyone called for the Census data to be stored on the blockchain, in the interests of privacy?

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@DDsD It’s a great piece of documentary work, though.

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I’d hope that Australian would never do death camps, but hey we already run off-short camps for asylum-seekers, so whatever.

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If people think “This couldn’t happen here”, look at some of the extreme anti-Muslim rhetoric which isn’t being totally rejected…

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I also have this book, but there wasn’t room in my yarn to delve into this history. https://t.co/EsXMLYd1yt

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“The Australian Bureau of Statistics has made a hash of the census”, writes @R_Chirgwin https://t.co/i7eItlysAP

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I’m talking about the Census on @abcgoldcoast after 1000 AEST news. Listen at https://t.co/wJenwTsAzX or ABC apps. https://t.co/btM1iW6CmF

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Tue plan: 1000 @abcgoldcoast; task list on geek project B; maybe more media spots; quiet evening. Podcast rescheduled to Wed 2100 AEST

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This remains one of my all-time favourite moments in television. https://t.co/C81TalDOOd

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@justanotheramy Happy to talk, and I do get where you’re coming from.

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@justanotheramy I think you’re trying to read much more meaning into it than I ever intended. But it’s after 0900 and I need to move on.

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@justanotheramy We’re stuck. I’m not discussing how the change happens, merely giving my opinion that the issue was been badly handled.

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@justanotheramy That’s ’cos it’s not a call-to-action. It’s a look at just some of the tech and trust issues for a business tech masthead.

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@justanotheramy I’ve already answered that question. If my answer isn’t fully-formed and specific enough for you, that’s where we’re at.

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@justanotheramy I’m starting to think that the main problem here is really just that that my opinion doesn’t match yours.

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@justanotheramy I’ve already answered that question. https://t.co/BgTS24n4eS

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@justanotheramy Wait on here. It’s an opinion piece. Yes, I intend to persuade. That’s the point. But people still do get to choose.

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@markzzzsmith I covered that in my yarn yesterday.

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@justanotheramy That was my intent. That is my view. “Most of the privacy concerns are overblown,” I wrote in the dek.

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@OaaSvc @Carcharos @trentyarwood I do get frustrated when people imagine “Them” or “the government” as some all-powerful monolith.

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@OaaSvc @Carcharos @trentyarwood But still not a “everyone”. There’s a LOT of edge cases, and they all add up.

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@dsturnbull I could easily write a 3000 or 4000-word analysis, but that’s not wha@zdnetaustraliaia is paying for. ;)

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@dsturnbull PJCIS recommended breach notification laws to complement data retention, but only up to exposure draft. https://t.co/wESMMhdCil

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@dsturnbull @zdnetaustralia Not everything fits. It’s a same-day opinion piece, not comprehensive analysis. A snapshot of evolving thought.

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@justanotheramy @zdnetaustralia You do get that I was just saying that *I* wouldn’t be boycotting it? People get to make their own choices.

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@justanotheramy @zdnetaustralia Anything in the full spectrum of media / comms / lobbying / protest, whatever’s best for individuals.

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@dsturnbull @zdnetaustralia It’s more that I was focusing in technical security issues and trust in a business tech masthead.

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@justanotheramy @zdnetaustralia You say “you think it would change without any external pressure being applied”, but I don’t think that.

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PaladinoEU So @realDonaldTrump has no ties to Russia, he says.
@Hromadske shows what that means. pic.twitter.com/kjiWzRGdbM

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“Census privacy risks are not what they seem”, my @zdnetaustralia column from Monday. https://t.co/mjgWlRbmTv

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“New round of US air strikes on ISIS in Libya” https://t.co/x0ZDsMhtEa HT @BlogsofWar

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The next steps are bourbon, peyote, and hookers. https://t.co/QS4ciBfCeJ

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What is “wine by the glass”? https://t.co/BSBxW2bNu2

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MikeCarlton01 The spat between Rudd and Turnbull is low rent farce, like a brawl over the presidency of a country golf club. Demeaning, pathetic.

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Tue plan, supplemental: Livestream of “The 9pm Edict” podcast is now scheduled for Wed at 2100 AEST.

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Tue plan, draft: Slow start; 1000 @abcgoldcoast; task list on geek project B; quiet evening. I suspect there’ll be some more media spots.

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BatLabels NOT LABELED pic.twitter.com/9eOAwQT4SX

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@Natural_Justice That’s certainly a concern. Didn’t have time/words to include that. I was already way over.

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@jpwarren @cxi Isn’t America just rubbish at democracy!

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GonzoHacker All bondage, no discipline

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RT @tiffani: Be sure to take a look at this. People are running around the South like it’s 1916, not 2016. SMH. https://t.co/piMICiZbft

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Turning off a certain audio stream. There was a warning that we might have to listen to the Attorney-General. pic.twitter.com/dyMYrUukxl

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mickyb273 IT’S STRING pic.twitter.com/xmMZHpmTet

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Wow here’s a live version of Aretha Franklin and “I Say A Little Prayer” from The Cliff Richard Show, 1970. https://t.co/hVnuacvriX

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@mediajorge They learn. They watch your every move — silently, secretly — and They learn.

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RT @jeamland: WiFi is bad because it enables Twitter and that’s a crime.

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Well, @mediajorge, the Google has now suggested I listen to Aretha Franklin and “I say a little prayer” https://t.co/qnKpQduFKS

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@mediajorge Heh. That’s the bit that hit me too. The breakdown, not the deli.

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@Fremean For some value of “They”.

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I would like to thank @RNBreakfast for bringing me this discussion of dingo poo right now.

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@mediajorge Damn fine track, though, As I say, I have’t heard it in ages. (Confession: I don’t listen to much music these days.)

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@mediajorge Especially when Australians are involved.

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@mediajorge Hi there Jorge! You’re encountering the Australian style of ironic understatement. “Litotes”, the Greeks called it, apparently.

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Goodbye, Seymour. So long and thanks for all the turtles. https://t.co/Vxofeffo3o

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GonzoHacker Say what you will but supplying young people’s blood to the rich is not a job a robot can take

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Also, having much the same experience when listening to a tune for the first time in years. Mayfield was kinda OK. https://t.co/it2O899aqz

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@Idealaw I’m not surprised, but I see it’s only a local district’s US court. Uber will appeal this all the way, with lots of support.

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@youngtreegreen @zdnetaustralia @GuardianAus You may therefore enjoy NPR’s test. “Why Doesn’t America Read Anymore?” https://t.co/hUx3EGGWGu

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@youngtreegreen @zdnetaustralia @GuardianAus It’s OK. At least you read past the headline before commenting. ;)

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@youngtreegreen @zdnetaustralia Thank you. I did mention those breaches, though, linking to the @GuardianAus story.

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Me at @zdnetaustralia Monday: “Census privacy risks are not what they seem” https://t.co/mjgWlRbmTv

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Tuesday. Squirrel. Squirrel. Squirrel. Squirrel. Squirrel. Squirrel. Squirrel. Squirrel. Duck. Goose. Squirrel. Squirrel. Tuesday.

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