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Every single step of the experience trying to start using Odoo feels like they started with the premise, "what if we attempted to create the platonic ideal of a bait-and-switch scheme?" I strongly do not recommend.

Matt Palmer 5d ago

Did you know that dice are psychic? They can read your mind, and will roll to display the number you were thinking. You just need to think about a number between one and six *really* hard, while you're rolling the die. Ignore those times that the die shows a different number; they're just times you weren't thinking about the number hard enough.

(This is a generative AI subtoot)

Matt Palmer 5d ago

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jwz 5d ago

"It's like having a reference librarian!"

My Brother in Taxonomy, it is the farthest thing from that.

A reference librarian is a person with feelings, motivations and ethics, who has a goal of helping you find the answer to your question.

The chatbot is a clockwork mechanism that extrudes text optimized to make you *think* your question has been answered.

It is also a machine built by fascists with the goal of creating a dependent, de-skilled, submissive populace and ending Democracy. HTH.

Matt Palmer 5d ago

You know that thing coders do when they take over a project, where they say everything's terrible and needs to be rebuilt? Turns out accountants do *exactly* the same thing. "This is all wrong, I can't work with this, the chart of accounts needs to be completely different."

Matt Palmer 5d ago

I don't think I'd want to be reserve bank governor (our equivalent of the fed chair) for any money. You get one lever, of questionable effectiveness, and massive unpopularity. Meanwhile the government's sticking to the politically expedient, knowing that no matter how useless they are, you'll be there to pull their macadamias from the campfire. #auspol

Do you have a Substack newsletter that you wish was NOT a Substack newsletter (for whatever reason)? I’ve just spent about six weeks learning how to overcome all the obstacles they put in the way of leaving and would love to help. Let’s talk.

Matt Palmer Mar 15

Simon Brooke Mar 15

Guess who's behind the sudden rush of age verification legislation?

In the US, #Meta is spending $26.3 Million to hire at least 86 Lobbyists from 40 lobbying firms, and lobbying in at least 45 states. It is confirmed that Meta wrote the Louisiana age verification bill.

In the EU, Meta is spending ten million euros annually on lobbying, retaining 18 lobbying firms.

Edit: this article is based on LLM generated material, and I haven't spent the time to check its sources

https://tboteproject.com/

Age Verification Lobbying: Dark Money, Model Legislation & Institutional Capture

Investigative research into age verification lobbying, dark money, and model legislation

The TBOTE Project

Matt Palmer Mar 15

The disappearance from our roads of giant, impractical, pedestrian killing, oversized utes is going to give me some complicated feelings about this war.

Fuel rationing a chance if war continues to trim global oil supplies, experts say https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-03-16/fuel-rationing-on-the-horizon-in-australia-if-iran-war-continues/106452562

Fuel panic buying 'causing system to break down', experts warn

Experts say Australians should prepare for the possibility of widespread fuel rationing if the war in the Middle East is prolonged.

Matt Palmer Mar 15

"Compliance measures" cited include annoyances like "worker safety" and "a living wage".

Popular mango farm forced to sell as compliance measures pressure producers https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-03-16/horticulture-industry-struggles-with-costly-compliance-demands/106450552

Popular mango farm forced to sell as compliance measures pressure producers

Mango industry representatives say addressing mounting compliance requirements is like "trying to turn back the Titanic".