RT @glasnt: Rejection emails are going out for @pycon right now. I’ve spoken there the last two years, but was rejected for all my submissi…
@servantofchaos Given that I once created one that was nothing but covers of “Don’t You Want Me Baby,” I shudder to think what that says about my personality.
Blockchain/cryptocurrency spam is really on the rise, huh? Some idiot spammed everyone in the @fendersperth Slack last night, and now another one is posting on heaps of @Meetup groups. 😐
@RyanBErickson Diane wouldn’t change her name! And Lloyd would never expect her to.
Google “Everyone is awesome!” party. ❤️😊🤖 https://t.co/8X826RwTN5 https://t.co/Mo1Xcb6mf8
Everything *is* awesome. Sunshine, tunes, and deep fried ice cream. 🌞🎶🍨❤️ https://t.co/JCwCq4PmDE https://t.co/mqqgSl0Uhs
Being friends with a brewer has its advantages! https://t.co/g6GvLeDqU3 https://t.co/82EZ23ZU5s
Art is happening. https://t.co/4A25kXdcmL https://t.co/yMsAnQcZKo
BUBBLE STORM! https://t.co/DCKuoxRUXV https://t.co/XuXkRO9mah
A rare morning meet up for me – Sydney Data Science Breakfast! @atockar kicking things off with “food for thought.” https://t.co/FTvhrkEz5p
Hearing from @TomerGarzberg from @GRONADE about factories where the workers work 24-7 with no lights, A/C, or running water. Because they’re robots! 🤖 https://t.co/HJM9LYs4nY
According to the Short Term Automation Susceptibility Index, the first jobs to be automated away involve low skill and low variability. @TomerGarzberg https://t.co/BaoCN0pb14
Interesting range of companies represented on the Sydney Data Science Breakfast panel. @Minervaprojects @kpmgaustralia @GRONADE @VergeLabsAI https://t.co/cIe08PwUd2
Low level jobs in accounting and finance are ripe for automation, says @TomerGarzberg, “but I think we’ll always have senior partners.” https://t.co/g5C4BBnzSS
If the only roles for humans are going to be senior roles, how do we train up people for those skills? (Yes, Universal Basic Income has been invoked!) #sydneydata https://t.co/gwM2AmyPMG
“When the stock market is down, crypto currencies are down, what do you invest in? Maybe pitchforks.” #sydneydata https://t.co/rHO0c3J2cf
“In light of all this talk about automation, what should we, as data scientists, do?” – @atockar
“Existentially?!” – @TomerGarzberg
Many chuckles from the crowd… #sydneydata 😂 https://t.co/oUwrnloW57
Wait, was it a full size car or a miniature that just got launched into space? Because if it’s the former – ugh.
@fbz @tcn33 Humans are the worst.
@drkyliesmith The fucking hubris.
@micheinnz Triple ugh.
@MelissaKaulfuss The ego! It boggles the mind.
@afcowie Or, like, something that would have scientific value. Rather than space junk.
@fbz Sorry!! 😂
HOLY MOLY. Suddenly crochet is redeemed. (Thanks @chrisgander!!) https://t.co/bxazu2JKpL
I get that firing a car into space makes for some stunning visuals. But I keep thinking about my visit to Kennedy Space Center in 2007. They had an exhibit that was a wall of like 25 TVs each showing a shuttle launch…
They were all synced up so they all launched at the same time. And as each mission reached orbit, the TV would shut off. After a couple minutes, they were all off except one.
And we stood there in front of the Challenger mission video screen, and I teared up. It makes me tear up still. People gave their LIVES for this, to further our understanding of the universe.
And now we’ve turned it into a commercial. It’s just… awful.
At Kennedy we saw the shuttle, had lunch with an astronaut, flew a shuttle simulation, and went on the multi-axis trainer. The only brand I saw all day: Dippin’ Dots. https://t.co/4OfWGLf9wG
@afcowie I get that private enterprise is making great strides in this area. That’s great. But what if it were Starbucks launching a payload of coffee cups or Taco Bell sending a bunch of burritos? Or worse – Enron or a mining company or someone like that.
@afcowie That fact that most techies are Tesla and Musk fanboys shouldn’t give the commercialisation of this space a pass.
RT @damncabbage: @web_goddess anyway, probably time for this photo again https://t.co/Lwx8BBV2v5
@rbtcollins @afcowie Some look at space and see a market opportunity, another way for humans to market new crap to each other. I just think that’s depressing. We’re going to ruin it the way we ruin everything else.
Yes, exactly this. https://t.co/UG3iKJ4hcO
@darthted Oh god, that must have been… I can’t even come up with a word.