Tim Dettrick

@tjdett

A Haskell-writing software engineer, among other things. Views my own.

Brisbane, Australia
tim.dettrick.net
Joined November 2010
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  1. May 24

    Sudden drop in coal-fire generation when Calide power station went offline.

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    Feb 17

    It is possible to believe both that Facebook is evil and that telling Facebook to pay a fee every single time anyone posts a link to a news site, but not any other kind of site, is completely insane

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    Feb 17

    I would recommend anyone planning to have an opinion on Google and Facebook in Australia actually read the government’s explanation of the proposed law. Some observations. 1 /

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  4. 13 Oct 2020

    For scale, just imagine testing *everybody* in NSW next week for , and then NT & Tasmania just to make up the count. 🙃 NSW had 26 locally acquired cases over the last week too (though China do exclude asymptomatic cases from their numbers).

    ASIA TODAY: Chinese health authorities will test all 9 million people in the eastern city of Qingdao for the coronavirus this week after nine cases linked to a hospital were found, the government announces.
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  5. 23 Sep 2020

    This is very cool: spoken IPA pronunciation as a shareable URL. Thank you !

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  6. 11 Sep 2020

    California embraces a policy somewhat controversial in Australia in the 1820s, which benefited the great-great-great grandparents of the firefighters we send to help today.

    BREAKING: Gov. Newsom signs law allowing inmate firefighters in California to have records expunged, clearing the way for them to become professional firefighters once they are released from prison.
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  7. 29 Jun 2020

    It sounds like the only thing holding up a travel bubble between NZ and QLD/WA/NT/SA/Tas is the Federal government's insistence that all internal borders must open first. Ideology over pragmatism. should call it out.

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  8. 27 Jun 2020

    I understand not wanting to put kids through this, but just like vaccinations it's something parents have to accept for the good of their kids and the society they live in. It's cold & flu season, so getting kids tested is a normal part of being a parent, quarantine or not.

    Premier says a large percentage of returned travellers who have refused testing are small children, because their parents had refused permission because the nasal swab testing was “painful”. He says testing will become easier for kids with saliva testing rolled out from today.
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  9. Retweeted
    20 May 2020

    The coasts of Antarctica is starting to turn green -

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    20 Mar 2020

    Next data dump with updated data from (note data is to 23:59CET 19 Mar with Aust n=709). Current confirmed cases for Australia 854. Singapore slight increase, USA huge jump, Italy slowing a little. 🦠🦠

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    18 Mar 2020

    Another (short) piece that's definitely worth reading. Since it's now experts versus experts and I've only just seen this, **I'm not making any statement about who is correct**. But the two main messages I take away from this, **if** it is correct, are as follows. 1/

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    17 Mar 2020

    The report from is one of the most informative, but scary things I have read. Anybody who thinks people are over reacting must read this. how is this report not headline news here?

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    12 Mar 2020

    I've been tracking every case in Australia since it started. Here are a few interesting charts from that data

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  14. 25 Jan 2020

    Historically, many Australians have broken the law and suffered arrest in defence of their rights and freedoms, particularly in the formation of this nation's labour, antiwar & environmental movements. Should we really ask our nation's children to pledge never to do the same?

    The pledge: From this time forward, I pledge my loyalty to Australia and its people, whose democratic beliefs I share, whose rights and liberties I respect, and whose laws I will uphold and obey.
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  15. 11 Jan 2020

    "If they were fair dinkum, they'd stage these protests during the school holidays - let's see how many would turn up then." — , 20 September 2019 They're pretty fair dinkum, and it's a good time to consider why.

    A lot of people at the climate action protest in Brisbane today. It appears there are a lot less quiet Australians than the Prime Minister thought. 1/3
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  16. 8 Jan 2020

    This sounds promising, though I can't help but think of how mycoprotein (which forms the basis of ) ultimately ended up as a niche product, derided for being "highly processed".

    The agricultural age is ending. For most of humanity - and for the rest of the living planet - this is good news. Perhaps the best news we've had for centuries. food. My column.
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  17. 20 Nov 2019

    A slightly technical deep-dive on the CDN infrastructure I helped build this year:

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    7 Nov 2019

    If you think it’s ridiculous that people refuse to accept the 97% of climate scientists that agree on anthropogenic global warming, try explaining that 100% of food scientists agree that MSG is safe.

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    28 Jul 2019

    I had not previously appreciated that the mildly derogative Australian term "drop kick" is rhyming slang - a contraction of "drop kick and punt".

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    19 Jul 2019

    What's one Linux command you wish you'd learned years ago?

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