
I am so tired of people taking the erosion of stability for granted, or, worse, framing it as an unambiguously good thing.
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I am so tired of people taking the erosion of stability for granted, or, worse, framing it as an unambiguously good thing.
Continue reading I Just Want Stable Work
I thoroughly enjoyed the first two essays from the Australia Institute‘s new Vantage Point series. The first was about the Australia/America relationship and the second about the issue with centrism as a concept. As such, I was greatly looking forward to the latest essay, which was about Australia’s embattled university sector.
Continue reading Contradictions in Aiming Higher
Expedition 33 was a brilliant game in a number of ways, but I loved the polearms on show in particular.
Continue reading Polearms and Expedition 33
I learned recently that internal monologues are real. Up until a few months ago, I thought they were a joke invented by sitcoms.
Continue reading I Think in Colours, Shapes, and Concepts
When reporting on heinous crimes, there is a tendency in the media and amongst many people to call the perpetrators monsters or something else to that effect; to dehumanise the perpetrator.
Continue reading Stop Dehumanising Abusers
I’ve noticed a trend developing, which has been hammered in over the past few months in back to back examples. That is, universities have not been standing up for intellectual pursuits or the staff that seek them, and/or are abandoning important institutions to focus on innovation and entrepreneurship.
Continue reading I No Longer Trust Universities
I have caught almost every single fish in Final Fantasy XIV (FFXIV). I’m only missing a handful of regular fish from the latest patch, as well as some spear fish from Dawntrail. Yes, this includes ocean fish; I’ve caught them all, spectral and not, across both routes.
Let me back up and take you on a journey through this niche community so you can full appreciate how unhinged this is.
Continue reading I Love Fishing in Final Fantasy XIV
I got set off this weekend when a friend informed me more and more people in a mutual friend group are talking about using generative AI (genAI).
Continue reading Generative AI is a Climate and Societal Issue
A screenshot I took near the start of the game.
Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 is easily one of the best games I have ever played. It might end up being one of the few I would give a perfect score; I’d need to reflect for a while before I can say for sure, but it’s a contender. However, I’ve had one thing niggling in the back of my mind since I finished it last week, and this piece is my attempt to tease it out.
Continue reading Grief and Expedition 33
Tools have been cropping up that claim to be able to expose the use of generative AI (genAI) in a given piece of writing. Around the same time, there have been accounts of people being accused of using genAI when they haven’t.
Continue reading Is it even possible to reliably detect genAI?