Reposted by David OlsenMark Watson @watsoncomedian.bsky.social · 21hThe clocks can actually go back whenever you want them to. You just have to deal with the consequences. 711911
David Olsen @ddsd.dolsen.net · 20hIf only I could use my Nostradamus skills for predicting something useful. craftypint.com/news/4229/yo... 000
David Olsen @ddsd.dolsen.net · 20hOlivia Newton John.. Sci-fi Musical?!?!?m.youtube.comTOOMORROW trailer (2026 restoration)YouTube video by Deaf Crocodile 010
David Olsen @ddsd.dolsen.net · 28/09/2026Governments and the media need to call PVL out on this bullshit. It's going to be NSW, it's always in NSW. End of story. 031
David Olsen @ddsd.dolsen.net · 28/09/2026What if they connected all of the Xboxes together into a distributed AI data centre?!? 362
Reposted by David OlsenBoak & Bailey (Jess & Ray) @boakandbailey.bsky.social · 27/09/2026BLOG POST: Does your AI-generated beer app actually contribute something? Is it meeting a real need, or providing new information? Or did you just get excited about being able to make something with zero effort? boakandbailey.com/2026/09/ai-h...boakandbailey.comAI has made it easier than ever to make apps nobody asked forWe’ve been inundated lately with AI-written press releases about AI-built tools and websites focused on beer and pubs. Who is asking for this? 43218
David Olsen @ddsd.dolsen.net · 27/09/2026There's one of these at Bar Broadway and it's actually way more fun than it deserves to be. 010
David Olsen @ddsd.dolsen.net · 27/09/2026I'm sure it was a binary choice between turning this skyscraper into a data centre or housing. 100
Reposted by David OlsenColin @colin-fraser.net · 23/09/2026I think that Andon Labs' Vending-Bench is a nice illustration of the "just don't have that dog in them" theory of LLMs. This is a benchmark where an LLM agent is tasked with running a simulated vending machine, and scored on their earnings. GPT-6 Astra recently set the record at about $15k.andonlabs.comVending-Bench 2 | Andon LabsWe're releasing Vending-Bench 2, a benchmark for measuring AI model performance on running a business over long time horizons. Models are tasked with running a simulated vending machine business over ... 510817
David Olsen @ddsd.dolsen.net · 22/09/2026You love to see it. 👀smh.com.auLook away, Knights fans: Cleary ditches moon boot for footy boots at Panthers trainingInjured superstar Nathan Cleary made a surprise appearance at Penrith training on Tuesday, allaying fears over his fitness ahead of Sunday’s preliminary final. 100
David Olsen @ddsd.dolsen.net · 22/09/2026static.klipy.comI'M Not MadAlt: I'M Not Mad that's amazing 020
Reposted by David OlsenYale Stewart @yalestewart.bsky.social · 09/08/2026The official Mister Rogers YouTube channel has been posting full episodes recently, and believe me when I tell you that watching one is a great way to take a break from the general state of things. www.youtube.com/@MisterRoger...youtube.comMister Rogers’ NeighborhoodWelcome to the official Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood YouTube channel! For more than 30 years, Mister Rogers created a relationship with millions of children, each of whom felt like they were visiting ... 16685582477
David Olsen @ddsd.dolsen.net · 22/09/2026Inside you there are two brains.med.stanford.eduHuman brain is two separate organs, Stanford Medicine-led research findsStanford Health Care delivers the highest levels of care and compassion. SHC treats cancer, heart disease, brain disorders, primary care issues, and many more. 010
Reposted by David Olseng0m @g0m.bsky.social · 20/09/2026A world where a twist ending is repurposed as a video title. where a thing's climax has been removed, leaving an advertisment for the gap where it used to be. such things are commonplace in. the twilight zone 138149333431
David Olsen @ddsd.dolsen.net · 20/09/2026Ok but for real, this meditative podcast about breakfast cereals is actually really great to fall asleep to.creators.spotify.comOne Hundred and Thirty Five by The Empty BowlThis is the one-hundred and thirty-fifth episode of The Empty Bowl, in which Dan gets a little kooky, Justin gets a new favorite spoon, and our show gets a new URL.Catch up on our cereal rankings at ... 000
David Olsen @ddsd.dolsen.net · 16/09/2026✨ Kick Off with Brandy and Jimmy: The key numbers and stats behind set restarts with Rugby League Eye Test (16/9/26) ✨ Media file: www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect... 221
Reposted by David OlsenBetter Things Are Possible @internethippo.bsky.social · 14/09/2026Every other headline now is "Huge liar who's financially motivated to lie says" 2266171256
Reposted by David OlsenThe Rugby League Eye Test @leagueeyetest.bsky.social · 14/09/2026There were only 3 set restarts in the Panthers/Roosters game after both teams conceding 15 in Round 24 Did you know that there are fewer set restarts during a 2pm/4pm Sunday game than any other timeslot? Some actual truths about set restarts www.rugbyleagueeyetest.com/2026/09/14/s...rugbyleagueeyetest.comSome actual truths about set restarts in 2026 - The Rugby League Eye TestHi, I’m the Rugby League Eye Test. You might remember me from such set restart posts as “Six again? More like 2.3 again”, “The NRL’s setrestartmaxxing era and the value of consecutive play the balls” ... 064
David Olsen @ddsd.dolsen.net · 14/09/2026I know there are long running wastewater testing programs in Australia for illegal drugs (NDARC regularly publish data on this) plus infectious disease level monitoring (more so since COVID). But is Australia monitoring wastewater for anything else? 121
David Olsen @ddsd.dolsen.net · 14/09/2026I'm sure left turn on red (after stopping) used to be a thing in NSW when signposted? Is it not anymore? I've not seen signage for it in years. 500
Reposted by David OlsenBen Paddon @benpaddon.net · 13/09/2026An AI flyer is a brown M&M test. If your event or business is cutting corners by using an AI flyer, where else are you cutting corners? What else are you cheating out on? Why should I be bothered to go somewhere you couldn't be bothered to promote with a little of your own personality? 2136801120
Reposted by David OlsenKathryn Tewson @kathryntewson.bsky.social · 12/09/2026In rebuttal to “legal? ai is getting there” I offer www.damiencharlotin.com/hallucinatio...damiencharlotin.comAI Hallucination Cases Database – Damien CharlotinThe most comprehensive database of AI hallucination cases in law: legal decisions from courts worldwide, searchable by country, party, AI tool, and outcome. Updated daily. 3052487
David Olsen @ddsd.dolsen.net · 12/09/2026Technically it's mackeral. Which is the best kind of mackeral.ft.comUK canned ‘mackerel’ now contains no mackerelCritics say switch to tins comprising more sustainable species risks confusing consumers 051
Reposted by David OlsenBoston Review @bostonreview.bsky.social · 09/09/2026“Mathematics only makes sense as a gift economy. It has no trade secrets. Substituting a monetizable ersatz culture for the one evolved through historical experience is a particularly insidious form of knowledge collapse.” Mathematician Michael Harris on the AI companies coming for math:bostonreview.netKnowledge CollapseAI companies are racing to mechanize mathematics. Where does that leave human understanding? 1355121
Reposted by David OlsenQuantian @quantian.bsky.social · 08/09/2026Dancing very very VERY close to saying “OpenAI stole our almost-complete proof of Navier-Stokes from internal access to our ChatGPT sessions because they were desperate to scoop Anthropic” which is absolutely 100% a believable thing OpenAI would do right now cims.nyu.edu/~tristanb/st... 381556448
Reposted by David Olsentunes to make you run away @whippoorwont.bsky.social · 07/09/2026"people are anthropomorphizing LLMs because they are so astonishingly good at processing human thought and language" people will anthropomorphize a chair if you put the stitches in the right place. 427174333859
David Olsen @ddsd.dolsen.net · 07/09/2026Did the LLM labs release a new model? Seems way more AI psychosis on the TL than usual. 031