Arthur Barrett

I run a small but global software biz. On X looking for stories to tell my girl (9) - she’s mad about: rockets, dance, craft, dogs, science, unicorns & books.

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@jburnmurdoch I’m curious about what minors the remaining CS majors are taking. I don’t see Claude Code having a meaningful impact in the short term on real time programming, whether it be aerospace, manufacturing or defense. Signal Processing, FPGA’s etc. Learn C and assembler not .NET

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@AnDuong_91 @Morethan3D_Ltd Yay!

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@AnDuong_91 @Morethan3D_Ltd Oooh, new 1:200, yes? Thank you! 🤩

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@AndrewCurran_ @skdh This is nothing to do with AI. It’s just poor engineering. A programmer was lazy or incompetent (or AI). If a bank deployed a cash machine that dished out money if it’s kicked (trip the tamper switch), then a Roomba came along and tripped it you’d praise the robot intelligence.

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@WilmsRolf Good catch. But personally I think you’re arguing about the number angels you can fit on the head of a pin. I appreciate the argument, but until proven otherwise I’m sticking with finite mass & energy. Whoever proves infinite will need also need to solve all these questions.

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@WilmsRolf @grok For some reason X took 3 days to notify me of your reply 🙄 Are you implying that inflation assumes infinite mass? I’m pretty sure those ideas are decoupled. Infinite mass is not a fringe theory (I now see) but it’s not the most popular viewpoint, which remains classical.

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@WilmsRolf Hmmm, I’ve honestly never come across infinite matter in my limited reading of cosmology, which has been limited to “traditional”. But NASA agrees: “The universe’s infinite or finite nature remains one of cosmology’s most profound unsolved mysteries” https://t.co/nPQCyiqCxV

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And don’t even get me started on the folk whose $100k+ incomes are dependent on internet and phone who don’t invest in an alternative like Starlink, NBN or even just a competitors SIM. https://t.co/1mmcRUThbK

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Here in Australia we’ve got the semi-annual hand wringing over cellular carriers and emergency calls - is it time to ditch SS7 for VoIP/SIP and switch from single operator SIM from Telstra/Optus to multi-operator SIM like SimBase or ThingsMobile?

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Cell phone networks are yesterdays tech - if an Optus subscriber had a VoIP app on their phone & an Australian number allocated they could have phoned 000 via the Internet connection on their phones and skipped the buggy outdated last century tech of the cellphone network. 5/6

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@DJSnM How fantastic, and what a gift! I find it much more fun launching with a club. Hope your friend finds a way to continue the hobby. 🚀

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@AnDuong_91 @Morethan3D_Ltd Yes, this makes sense, but I guess I assumed that at 1:200 scale that the ‘standard’ v3’s will all look extremely similar. HLS and tankers are another matter.

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@Erdayastronaut @NominalJoe @thejackbeyer Macellaio means "butcher" in Italian, and the t-bone on the menu is Marango Beef from Italy: “a refined crossbreed of Black Angus and Maremmana cattle. Marango beef is distinguished by its darker colour, rich fat content, and a complex, savoury flavour profile w subtle sweetness”

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@CSI_Starbase I had assumed they needed more data, or were tuning something (which requires more data). Do u think this will affect the current launch date?

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@WilmsRolf @spdbt Good choice 😁 - yes, meaningful interaction is better. In English we say “two wrongs don’t make a right”. I hope that ‘real people’ stay, because they see that whilst we may disagree, we don’t even like their arguments, but we value hearing their voice.

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@WilmsRolf Ok, wow, interesting. Thanks. I disagree with you though that the platform is better off without them. I don’t care if it’s Facebook, X or bluesky, I believe that people are better off encountering people who have dissimilar viewpoints. Being isolated from each other is bad.

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@CSI_Starbase 1. There are some “proposed” community notes, as yet none are shown.
2. I think the right thing to do is simply edit the original post for clarity - but maybe you don’t have the “edit” feature enabled/available
3) replies vs. community notes has been a thing forever.

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@skdh 👍