Andrew J. Bromage @pseudonym73.bsky.social · 11/09/2026G'day. Melbourne here. Could someone please explain NFL to us in 45min or less? Thanks! 020
Andrew J. Bromage @pseudonym73.bsky.social · 09/09/2026A lot of people are talking about the Navier-Stokes equation solution today, and the academic drama surrounding it, but few are talking about an extremely frightening possibility. Nobody except Terry Tao, that is. mathstodon.xyz/@tao/1172373...mathstodon.xyzTerence Tao (@tao@mathstodon.xyz)However, one notable feature of the current AI era is the absence of any definitive such boundaries. While AI tools have flattened the difficulty landscape now in many areas of the subject, thus dest... 100
Andrew J. Bromage @pseudonym73.bsky.social · 28/08/2026Boring by comparison. Not visible on the map at this scale: Jervis Bay Territory is "visited". I have not visited any of the external territories. 000
Reposted by Andrew J. BromageCoach Finstock @coachfinstock.bsky.social · 22/03/2026Aesop: I TOLD YOU 10278892412
Andrew J. Bromage @pseudonym73.bsky.social · 17/03/2026A colleague commented this morning that the Iran war feels vibe coded. I can't stop thinking about this. 010
Andrew J. Bromage @pseudonym73.bsky.social · 15/02/2026Clearing up a couple of misconceptions: 1. There are plenty of businesses like showbusiness. 2. The show need not go on. 000
Andrew J. Bromage @pseudonym73.bsky.social · 29/01/2026Honestly, couldn't be worse than the tomatoes we get in Australian supermarkets right now. 000
Andrew J. Bromage @pseudonym73.bsky.social · 28/01/2026CEO of ZeppelinCo says nobody will be driving in six months. 010
Andrew J. Bromage @pseudonym73.bsky.social · 26/12/2025Comedy sci-fi made better predictions about the early stages of AI than "hard" sci-fi did: 1. How annoying the products would be. Like, nobody actually wants a Talkie Toaster. 100
Andrew J. Bromage @pseudonym73.bsky.social · 23/09/2025I believe, but can't prove, that there is an increase in autism in recent decades that is not entirely due to visibility and diagnostic criteria. It's the Internet. The rise of the Internet has made more ways that people on the spectrum can meet and produce children. 020
Andrew J. Bromage @pseudonym73.bsky.social · 11/09/2025Happy Charles Darwin Mood Day to all who celebrate. 010
Andrew J. Bromage @pseudonym73.bsky.social · 01/09/2025I feel like science fiction let us down. No author ever caught that before we get general intelligence, we might get "Dunning-Kruger systems" that show confidence but incompetence. But convincing in the same way that a populist politician or a con man is convincing. (Or a Silicon Valley CEO?) 010
Andrew J. Bromage @pseudonym73.bsky.social · 01/07/2025Dare I read this? Do I really want to know what the robots think of me? 110
Andrew J. Bromage @pseudonym73.bsky.social · 26/04/2025Word on the street is that pencils on strings are back. No more individual little golf pencils at the 2025 Federal Election. Rejoice, Australians. Nature is healing. 000
Andrew J. Bromage @pseudonym73.bsky.social · 18/04/2025A useful rule of thumb: Whenever anyone asks "Why are people upset at person X for doing Y?", the answer is almost always, "It's not Y that they are upset at." If you find yourself ever needing to ask this question, try that on as an answer. 000
Andrew J. Bromage @pseudonym73.bsky.social · 14/04/2025UI/UX tip to the Australian Bureau of Meteorology: put these two notices in the opposite order. 010
Andrew J. Bromage @pseudonym73.bsky.social · 08/04/2025There's a lot of great evil in the world at the moment, but don't neglect the small things. How much e-waste will be created just because one company can't write efficient software, and must include AI slop in every product they make? www.forbes.com/sites/zakdof...forbes.comMicrosoft Warns 240 Million Windows Users—Stop Using Your PCAll change for PC owners as deadline gets closer. 000
Andrew J. Bromage @pseudonym73.bsky.social · 15/03/2025Look, if I wanted a lecture on the Rights of Man, I would have gone to bed with Martin Luther. 020
Andrew J. Bromage @pseudonym73.bsky.social · 11/03/2025@imartayan.bsky.social pronounced my name incorrectly. Is it wrong of me to hope that generations of students and bioinformaticians to come will continue to do so? www.youtube.com/watch?v=35Yg...youtube.comConway-Bromage-Lyndon (CBL): an exact, dynamic... - Igor Martayan - HiTSeq - ISMB 2024YouTube video by ISCB 232
Reposted by Andrew J. BromageJay Rosen @jayrosen.bsky.social · 07/03/2025Some of his readers have asked Mike Masnick @mmasnick.bsky.social why his technology news site, Tech Dirt, has been covering politics so intensely lately. www.techdirt.com/2025/03/04/w... I cannot recommend Mike's reply enough. It's exactly what readers need to hear, what journalists need to do. 8645421810
Andrew J. Bromage @pseudonym73.bsky.social · 14/02/2025DOGE had better not try to cut funding from the Department of Youth. The executive branch no legal standing to challenge the power that was vested in Secretary Cooper by Donny Osmond. 020
Andrew J. Bromage @pseudonym73.bsky.social · 05/02/2025There has been a huge spate of bans today. They seem to be all NSFW-ish in nature, but at least a few are support groups like this one. (None of the ones I moderate, I hasten to add.) The reason given in every case is "being unmoderated", which appears to be untrue. 020
Andrew J. Bromage @pseudonym73.bsky.social · 29/12/2024This is the ABC (Australia), but the fact is, it could be any news outlet. A plane crashed, with at least 96 people dead. But, for some reason, a run-out in cricket is "disastrous". 010
Andrew J. Bromage @pseudonym73.bsky.social · 09/12/2024I always feel out of place in Catholic churches. I never know whether to sit, stand, or kneel. 020
Reposted by Andrew J. Bromagefacetime geranium @sophienotemily.bsky.social · 05/12/2024"a computer can never be held accountable, so a computer must never make a management decision" was correct and we should go back to that 161013177
Andrew J. Bromage @pseudonym73.bsky.social · 03/12/2024Note that remixes are fine ubderWhamageddon rules. youtu.be/3j-DqmOQt1M?...youtu.beWHAM!/FEX - Subways of Last ChristmasYouTube video by DiamondBrickZ 000
Andrew J. Bromage @pseudonym73.bsky.social · 03/12/2024Inspired by this, ten less extreme musical artists to listen to. We all need more chill. 10. Mediating Heidi 9. Jane's Recovery 8. BB Gun Kelly 7. The Chopping Pumpkins 6. Billy Icon 5. Injured Kennedys 4. Concern! at the Disco 3. Fine Young Vegetarians 2. Britney Pokes 1. Red Mild Bell Peppers 010
Andrew J. Bromage @pseudonym73.bsky.social · 01/12/2024Just a suggestion, but maybe the problem is that spies only get in the news when they do something stupid (like insist that Iraq had WMDs) or obscene (like bugging the cabinet room of a friendly country to help in our negotiations over an oil exploration treaty). www.abc.net.au/news/2024-12...abc.net.auBritain and Australia have a spy shortage and recruiting the next generation is proving difficultBeing a secret agent might seem like a glamorous job, but agencies in the West are struggling to attract the next generation of spies due to many young people prioritising issues such as climate chang... 100
Andrew J. Bromage @pseudonym73.bsky.social · 30/11/2024"Away down the river we have the Devil's Elbow and the Devil's Race-course, and lots of other property of his which I cannot now call to mind." - Mark Twain, "Life on the Mississippi" 100
Andrew J. Bromage @pseudonym73.bsky.social · 30/11/2024Every time I see "Black Friday" in a commercial context, part of me wonders why the hell you would call it that. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_F...en.wikipedia.orgBlack Friday bushfires - Wikipedia 100
Andrew J. Bromage @pseudonym73.bsky.social · 30/11/2024As we are now officially in the Christmas season, a reminder. 000
Andrew J. Bromage @pseudonym73.bsky.social · 23/11/2024RIP Alice Brock. www.youtube.com/watch?v=S-25...youtube.comMooses Come WalkingYouTube video by bob duane 000
Andrew J. Bromage @pseudonym73.bsky.social · 03/02/2024I know @mmasnick.bsky.social has written about this sort of thing in the past. It's obscene that a law enforcement agency would endanger a child this way; it violates all of the Peelian Principles. But great to see that the judge is not buying it. www.theguardian.com/australia-ne... 000
Andrew J. Bromage @pseudonym73.bsky.social · 03/12/2023Happy Eureka Stockade Day! Burn down a pub in remembrance. 000
Reposted by Andrew J. BromageGrandiloquent Word of the Day @grandiloquentwords.bsky.social · 23/09/2023A "Famelect" is a Fanciful (made up) Word or Phrase Used Amongst Family Members or Close Friends. Share Your Favorite Famelects So We Can All Expand Our Fauxcabulary! I may even chose a few favorites to use as posts. _______________ Get my new book: bit.ly/GWOTDbook 255413
Andrew J. Bromage @pseudonym73.bsky.social · 22/09/2023ABC (Australia) News headline today. I don't know what the street value is these days, but this sounds like a lot. 103
Andrew J. Bromage @pseudonym73.bsky.social · 20/09/2023Normal people: Don't open strange files from untrusted sources. Programmers: Give me that strange file from an untrusted source! I'll take a look at it for you! My project manager: Your job this week is to integrate strange files from untrusted sources. 030
Andrew J. Bromage @pseudonym73.bsky.social · 17/09/2023It's a little early in the US, but on 17 September 1859, Joshua Abraham Norton became Emperor of the United States. #HappyProclamationDay to all who celebrate! #EmperorNorton 000
Andrew J. Bromage @pseudonym73.bsky.social · 14/09/2023Hot take: "Memory safe" programming languages miss the point. The value of GC is not that it frees programmers from worrying about memory. It doesn't actually do that. The value is that it enables interesting and expressive semantics, decoupling memory lifetimes from static program structure. 100
