Myles Abbott

Today I’ve been wondering what sort of boundaries and policy we could set around use of ChatGPT in our secondary school classrooms. So I asked the source, and this was the first response. A great start for a discussion and for us to work with. Time saver, what?!?!

ChatGPT’s ability to parse and explain code is really quite impressive (try it!) but you can’t really trust the reasoning.

But how? What kind of impressive code could deliver a 2-3x speed boost? “Redesigned using native components.” I’ve been building native apps for ~12 years now, all the time having folks try to tell me web-based technologies will beat native. They continue to be wrong.

Earlier in May, REA’s Mobile Developer Community got together for their first ever, in-person and hybrid-friendly Mobile Dev Day event.   Principal Developer Myles Abbott captured every moment from the day in his blog post. bit.ly/3PE2Fh3 #ExperienceREA

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I'm getting tired of missed opportunities to respond appropriately to #COVID19Aus. - hamfisted vaccine procurement - playing states off against each other - mismanagement of medical advice about vaccine risk/benefit Now, an underwhelming vaccine campaign. Will we never learn?

I'm calling on all kiwis to help me support a very important cause...racism. #GiveNothingtoRacism 😐 givenothing.co.nz

A fascinating thread on the science of the Coronavirus outbreak, following the trail of preprints. Demonstrates beautifully how science is done and why it works. Note that you’re seeing science being done in real time - not peer reviewed - some of the conclusions may be wrong.

We need to go offshore sometimes to get the facts.

I completed my 1st data science project ~30 years ago. Since then I've been continuously developing a questionnaire I use for all new data projects, to ensure the right info is available from the start. I'm sharing it publicly today for the first time. fast.ai/2020/01/07/dat…

October 1990. National Geographic feature on climate change nails the future we are now living 30 years later. Damn those scientists and their truth-telling #climatecrisis

This is huge, huge news. Today, the Netherlands Supreme Court ruled that radical emissions reductions — 25% by the end of 2020 — are *mandatory*. This is the first time in the world that a citizens-led lawsuit has found a legal duty to prevent climate change.

@danielwhyte Safe travels

Seeya Melbourne 👋

Aussies could now face 5 years in prison or $50k fine for not handing over passwords & pin numbers to all electronic devices when asked. You don't have to be suspected of committing a crime or even at an airport. This is anyone, anywhere. 🇦🇺 #AABill #auspol #privacy #encryption

@mark_gor I bought that book too, it’s a hard read - never finished it. Not really a page turner is it.

‘I don’t want to hear the question ‘is this president racist?’ anymore. He is.’ — @AOC held nothing back while condemning Trump for using the language of white supremacy

Glootie!

australia on top... of the ranking of greenhouse gas emissions per capita! the average australian is responsible for 4x the CO₂ emissions of the average global citizen... ...and @AngusTaylorMP‘s solution is creative accounting and lies. 🤷🏻‍♂️ h/t @LeipzigSyd

Only Lex could take the discussion through a whole lot of compiler geekery (llvm, gcc, clang, mlir), some of the internal challenges getting swift to market, my opinion of Elon’s secret to Tesla working, up to Google’s incredible lead in AI accelerators: hw/sw co-design on TPUs👍

Reveal 17 improves inspector support for Core Animation layers, adds system constraint annotations, and more: revealapp.com/blog/reveal-17…