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Some predictions for the upcoming era - 2022 September 09
A new era in the Commonwealth has begun.
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Where is your line in the sand? - 2022 May 18
Far too many people are unsure of their ethical and moral stance on things and that's causing an enormous number of problems.
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Daylight savings ready to wreck my sleep again! - 2022 April 02
Daylight savings is happening again, no doubt my sleep schedule will be destroyed for a while as it is every single time the daylight savings transition happens...
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End of another aviation era - the Antonov 225 - 2022 February 28
The Antonov 225 was once the largest aircraft in the world in terms of lifting capacity and sadly it has been destroyed by war.
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Hot takes for clearing the Ambassador bridge - 2022 February 20
I noticed a particularly disturbing trend when the Ambassador bridge was blockaded, many people came out with ideas for clearing the blockade that were outrageously detached from reality to be met with thunderous applause by an audience ignorant of the constraints of the laws of the natural world. A certain class of commentators were using arguments with language that referenced engineering that on the surface might have sounded like ideas that could be feasible but really were obviously entirely impossible if you'd spent any amount of time looking at actual engineering principles. Nothing good comes from these sorts of ideologically driven comments that attempt to build their prestige from reference words that sounds like they are based in science and engineering but yet are in reality so contrary from it.
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The limits "no code" solutions - 2022 February 12
What's the limits of "no code" solutions? When do you actually need software specialists to work on your projects? What's the consequences of not getting those people on board when you need them?
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Rapid antigen test profiteering - 2022 January 13
Rapid antigen tests are out of stock in most places in Australia now that the Omicron wave has spread. Some people are already profiteering off this.
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Omicrons extreme transmissibility combined with far milder symptoms is forcing policy changes - 2022 January 11
Omicrons extreme transmissibility combined with vastly lower hospitalization and death rates is forcing policy changes worldwide.
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Engineered timber - 2022 January 02
There's an amazing number of engineered timber products out there these days.
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Learning from history - 2021 November 27
Learning from history is hard because changing ourselves is hard.
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