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Steven Hamilton @shamilton.bsky.social · 20/12/2024

We need to immediately abolish the eSafety Commissioner.

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Mike Masnick @masnick.com · 20/12/2024

I... am going to suggest some vendor sold a load of bullshit to Australia's eSafety Commissioner. www.npr.org/2024/12/19/n...

But we do want to make sure there is not discrimination, or bias, and some of these technologies are less accurate depending on the kind of face being scanned. I met with an age assurance provider last week in Washington, D.C., who is using an AI-based system that looks at hand movements and has a 99% success rate.

Wait, what? Using hand movements to confirm someone's age?

Grant: Yes. Say you do a peace sign then a fist to the camera. It follows your hand movements. And medical research has shown based on your hand movement, it can identify your age. So there are some innovative solutions out there. But whatever social media companies end up using, it's going to be balanced against privacy, and it must ensure it does not undermine a user's security.

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Steven Hamilton @shamilton.bsky.social · 17/12/2024

Here's a new version of our paper on Australia's pandemic pension withdrawals, our third major revision. This revision brings a new title, a narrative reframing, and a major overhaul of our calibration exercise. 🧵 static1.squarespace.com/static/59b0b...

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Steven Hamilton @shamilton.bsky.social · 15/12/2024

The coalition's nuclear plan released on Friday achieves its claimed cost savings not primarily by nuclear being cheaper than firmed renewables but by replacing firmed renewables with existing coal power. That results in an additional 1 billion tonnes of emissions (worth ~$180b).

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Tom Crowley @tomiscrowley.bsky.social · 11/12/2024

Opening a book on Chalmers RBA Board appointments. Taking submissions (this is not a real thing): Jeff Borland $1.50 Cherelle Murphy $3.50 Stephen Koukoulas $5.20 Angela Jackson $6.00 Craig Emerson $9.00 Nicki Hutley $21.00 Zac Gross $51.00 Richard Holden $51.00 Steve Hamilton $1001.00

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Steven Hamilton @shamilton.bsky.social · 08/12/2024

My piece in today's Australian Financial Review on the public sector's crowding out of the private sector. In the past two calendar years 87% of employment growth occurred in the non-market sector despite its accounting for just 30% of jobs. In September it was 91%! www.afr.com/policy/econo...

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Steven Hamilton @shamilton.bsky.social · 27/11/2024

Credentialism is bad. One should always engage with the substance of an argument rather than questioning the qualifications of the person making it. The one permissible exception is to remind everyone that Greg Jericho has a PhD in English literature.

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Steven Hamilton @shamilton.bsky.social · 27/11/2024

Greg is referring here to the RBA Governor Michele Bullock as an economic simpleton.

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Steven Hamilton @shamilton.bsky.social · 27/11/2024

I might be a junior economist but even junior economists know about the fundamental problem of causal inference. Unfortunately that basic concept escapes The Australia Institute’s Chief Economist. Regardless, it would be a strange theory that suggests government spending has no effect on inflation.

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Steven Hamilton @shamilton.bsky.social · 06/07/2023

What’s a place in DC with an excellent and eclectic beer selection?

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Steven Hamilton @shamilton.bsky.social · 05/07/2023

I asked the guy at Whole Foods to pick the 10 plumpest scallops he could find as it’s my wife’s and my anniversary of getting together and scallops are her favorite. He asked how long we’d been together. When I told him the year, he replied that’s when he was born. 💀

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Ben Golub @bengolub.bsky.social · 04/07/2023

my anchor tenants remain fantastic - follow them if you haven't yet

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Steven Hamilton @shamilton.bsky.social · 01/07/2023

I’ve got an invite code on here so if you have anyone you want to invite let me know. No point announcing this on twitter!

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Steven Hamilton @shamilton.bsky.social · 12/05/2023

Enjoying an Eden Valley Riesling on this beautiful spring day.

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james hennessy @jrhennessy.com · 12/05/2023

i like the vibe here. it's like when you strategically plan to arrive at a house party 30 minutes late and yet you're still the first person there so you drink a beer while walking around in circles and pretending to look at the stuff on their bookcase

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Steven Hamilton @shamilton.bsky.social · 10/05/2023

@andrewbaker.bsky.social you will be happy to know I don’t tweet about Australian stuff here because I am fairly sure I am not yet followed by any Australians

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Steven Hamilton @shamilton.bsky.social · 07/05/2023

Yaaaaay @ryancbriggs.bsky.social let’s turn this place exclusively into a food and cocktails hive

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Steven Hamilton @shamilton.bsky.social · 07/05/2023

I have never eaten cottage cheese. Honestly I don’t really know what it is. Cheese made in a cottage?

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Steven Hamilton @shamilton.bsky.social · 04/05/2023

Academics cannot be corralled.

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Steven Hamilton @shamilton.bsky.social · 04/05/2023

Computer modern is terrible and you all should stop using it.

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Steven Hamilton @shamilton.bsky.social · 04/05/2023

This website is far more sexual than I expected.

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Steven Hamilton @shamilton.bsky.social · 03/05/2023

Orecchiette with Italian sausage and broccoli beats all other meals for its combination of quickness, cheapness and deliciousness. I use this recipe by Kenji and it works a treat every time. Extraordinarily good. www.instagram.com/p/CgIO8EMvPdm/?ig…

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Steven Hamilton @shamilton.bsky.social · 03/05/2023

You can’t post threads and you can’t save drafts wtf kind of twitter clone is this?!?!

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