Hey! I haven’t forgotten you all… Been on a social media break. Didn’t really have anything worthwhile to share. Except you might have recently seen me in the media talking about gambling reform in New South Wales… Had to withdraw from the awesome coding course due to ill health but I’m back well again and doing YouTube videos… https://youtube.com/@DearPeter1 Take care, I hear things are getting a little too eXciting in Birdland but I feel safe here, I’m also over on 🧵🪡 as coffeewithbelindadownes ❤️☕️🔔💪

Hi, future landlord. So you want to see my last 3 months of bank statements on top of 100 points of ID?

How about YOU SHOW ME…

3 months of your social media posts, so I can see your attitude to community, plus 3 months of bank statements so I can see that you can afford urgent repairs.

#Melbourne #RentBidding #Rent #Australia #RentalCrisis #Landlords #Renting #TenantsRights

Not for an assignment but a question I would rather ask people rather than Google or AI: Is one (1) a number? And what is a number? #Linguistics #Maths #Math #Coding

Hey #Linguist #Linguistics friends, does anyone have a link to the NOT computer algorithm for detecting natural languages? I think there was one that worked with sounds and another that worked with syntax… Just thought I’d ask.

@dropbear yep that’s me! 🎉

Passed my first #Coding assessment! 😅

Homework for tonight’s Coding tutorial is to watch a #Python video that I’ve previously put on as background noise when about to fall asleep… Not sure about my white noise choices now… Should prob get another coffee before I start watching it again for info 😂☕️📚

Me to my flatmate tonight: I’m doing a video presentation for an assessment due at midnight…
Flatmate: *starts washing machine in laundry and doesn’t tell me*
He’s usually a great flatmate so I’ll let it pass and do it a bit later… 😅😎

@jojoeffe Oh my gosh thank you for sharing this!

If you'd like to know what I do when I'm not coding my heart out... Here's an interview I did that was released a couple of days ago (Okay back to my assignment I go): https://news.castle.org.au/episode-7-the-power-of-language-to-break-down-barriers?fbclid=IwAR3anfxAHjng8B9kzeMfFL125NH9hLU6s9pjV4fTUdPRYpLbCEBhLC9VnzU #ReframingFacialDifference #Language #Disability #Linguistics

Birdland has been cute over the last few days… They know I’m #coding a website… but they think it’s my activist website coffeewithbelindadownes.com - so I am getting sooo much advice about its poor design. Yes it could be better, but it’s designed with a drag and drop service… When I can I will code my own site. But I’m batting away so many people wanting me to hire them to ‘recode’ my site… in my DMs… just be direct… Ugh. 🤷🏼‍♀️ Thanks for listening to my vent… ❤️☕️🔔💪

@kauer @psychopoesie I hear you! It’s the one our course is using.

@psychopoesie I can write code (say for a website) and send it to a place where all the changes are archived. I’m very happy with myself! ❤️☕️

@psychopoesie Enjoy your walk! And stay cool tomorrow… I’ll be in your neck of the woods not this Friday but next. 🌳🏡

I've been talking with an academic researcher who is interested in speaking with people who have shut down their fediverse servers, for any reason.

I know it's a touchy subject so I didn't want to just refer her directly to people, but if you are seeing this message and you're interested, please DM me and I will give you her email. I did a 1-hour interview with her on more general topics and really enjoyed the experience.

(Boosts appreciated!)

Forgive me if this is incredibly basic but… I think I just committed my code to GitHub for the first time… I am so accomplished! 😎🤣

Young Australians are struggling, but improving their lives doesn’t come at the expense of older generations https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/mar/11/young-australians-are-struggling-but-improving-their-lives-doesnt-come-at-the-expense-of-older-generations?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other
At last, an intelligent discussion of “the generation divide”, which is really not about old versus young, but the rich versus the rest of us
#economy #inequality #auspol