Ben Rubinstein

🚨 This week colleague Olya Ohrimenko is at @acm_ccs 2024 presenting our work ElephantDP 🐘 on state continuity for securely maintaining privacy budgets for differential privacy 🕵️. Led by Jiankai Jin @jasonj_2525 with @yuvalyarom @tobycmurray Chitchanok Chuengsatiansup. 1/N

@metrotrains @CoachGiorgio But no announcements here, the PTV website only says delays from hours ago, and nothing said on train?

@CoachGiorgio Hi Giorgio, we unfortunately have a track fault (set of points) delays have extended, we are now advising delays to 20 minutes and will continue to monitor the situation. Sorry for delays.

@metrotrains 20 mins stopped between Clayton and Westall with no announcement or update, do better please

@metrotrains @Thuy65013596 Why no announcements here or on trains?

@Thuy65013596 Hi Thuy, we unfortunately have a track fault (set of points) delays have extended, we are now advising delays to 20 minutes and will continue to monitor the situation. Sorry for delays.

@metrotrains train stuck before Clayton. Air con not working. What’s the eta before we all passed out?

@hamhammer27 3 days too many!

3 more days until the big switch when they turn off the city loop forever!

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@metrotrains That link only mentions this disruption. Do you have a schedule with *all* remaining disruptions planned or likely for the rest of the year. The drip feed of disruptions makes relying on the network difficult. Furthermore please consider upping the train services from Caulfield.

🚧 Cranbourne/Pakenham lines: Buses replace trains between Parliament, Caulfield and Westall from first train Monday 8 September to last service Thursday 11 September, while project works take place. Info: tinyurl.com/yc7deu3f

@__apf__ Congrats, an inspiring move!

I recently quit a beloved engineering leadership role to become an IC at DeepMind. I want to become an expert again. the first time I was an expert, I worked my way up. now I'm starting over, but with more to prove & lose. it's terrifying and exhilarating at the same time

When the Metro Tunnel opens, you can skip the tram from the CBD and step straight into Melbourne’s world-renowned biomedical research hub via Parkville Station.

@metrotrains @metrotrains the delays are a constant problem on the line.

⚠ Cranbourne/Pakenham lines: Major delays due to an equipment fault in the Westall area. >Trains may remain stationary for extended periods at stations or in between stations. >Select trains may terminate/originate at intermediate stations. Check information displays and listen for announcements.

@metrotrains Chaos on the line this morning. Huge gaps between trains making for overfull trains, and the dreaded skipping of the city loop. It's too bad these 2 weeks of disruption couldn't have been scheduled for the school semester break.

🚧 Cranbourne/Pakenham lines: Buses replace trains on sections of the Cranbourne/Pakenham lines from first train Monday 4 August to last train Wednesday 13 August, while project works take place. Info: tinyurl.com/yc5prw5e

@metrotrains Not the first even today! x.com/metrotrains/st…

⚠️Sandringham/Frankston/Pakenham/Cranbourne Lines: Major delays due to a trespasser in the South Yarra area. >Trains may remain stationary for extended periods at stations or in between stations. >Select trains may terminate/originate at intermediate stations. Check information displays and listen for announcements as services may be altered at short notice.

If the UK can do it, why can't Australia? computing.co.uk/news/2025/ai/u… via @computing_news

🚨The deeply embattled National Anti-Corruption Commission has completed its first investigations - and in all 3 cases says no corruption found. Refuses to say if Angus Taylor's "watergate" was one - despite 2 of 3 relating to "procurement". #watergate theklaxon.com.au/5hp4

Pre vs Post Melbourne Metro Tunnel Travel Times 🕔🚇 Sunshine to Parkville: 35 mins 🔜 13 mins Arden to Clayton: 56 mins 🔜 38 mins Caulfield to Town Hall: 18 mins 🔜 12 mins

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This is an insightful take on how to be successful at blogging by @danwilliamsphil. A couple of thoughts: – The most basic requirement is to have something worth sharing, but I guess that goes without saying. – Most of these aren't immutable traits and anyone can develop them. – Pretty much everyone who writes publicly will face criticism and personal attacks. That said, while it's easy for someone like me to shrug these off, I've never had to face vicious misogyny or other kinds of harassment. conspicuouscognition.com/p/one-year-on-…

@thuanpv_ Thanks for sharing your experience and great work so that others may benefit!

Reviewers raised fair points rgd. their generality, applicability & baseline selections, which we will address in our next version. However, given the practicality of these works, we plan to release preprints and tools earlier for the community to try and evaluate. Stay tuned!!!

On my last day of work in 2024, I received 3 rejections from @issta_conf. It's a bit disappointing, but I’m still motivated by the positive comments from reviewers about the problems we address and the potential impact of these #fuzzing works. My quick notes on 2 of them (1/n)

Happy to see U of T professor and Vector faculty member Nicolas Papernot helping to lead the Canadian AI Safety program at CIFAR.

This hits too close to home 😅

Touching story of the innovations of an immigrant overcoming adversity. As with so many other skilled immigrants, Australia benefits. Short sighted to scape goat people who want to build a better society, economy and world. We should welcome them instead. abc.net.au/news/2024-12-0…