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Ok, older than a WLA. OME knows I was only joking about his ride. No offense intended. I know he has broad shoulders.

Let's see, about 200 million adults x $5 = a billion dollars. (less if Palantir gives him the names of those voting Republican). Did he mention where he intends to find that moolah?

Well it can't be called a bribe, can it? Everyone knows he won't actually pay up.

Getting back to the cost/benefit equation. Exactly how is A.I. and data centres going to make life better for the common man? (i.e, the majority of people).

Developing and implementing all risk systems for our whole European business.

Heard Donald's latest brainfart? If the Republicans are returned to the House and the Senate in the mid-terms, he will pay every adult American citizen $5000.

It doesn't . Generator Elec horn Lights stop Light and battery. Coil with Points ignition. Kick starter. Nev

Referenced to the Royal Enfield Twin.. Nev

Not mine. But OME's might qualify

What are you doing that needs 100 new hires?

I wish.. AI agents aren't (outwardly) so temperamental.. and they get the issues.

So you are hiring 100 AI agents disguised as humans?

I think any car pre about 1984 is ok as they have no computer on board. My house is a greater threat as my vacuum cleaner and pool robot could rise up against us.

There is an article in The Age on the subject matter today: https://www.theage.com.au/technology/kids-playing-with-a-nuclear-warhead-why-we-must-heed-ai-warnings-20260910-p60w2j.html I think the extinction thing is a little overkill (pardon the pun) unless robotics makes incredible strides over a short period of time. However, it won't be as Holywooders and Youtubers would suggest that roboits go rogue or swarms of drones. It will be their ability to crack the systems; of course, there would be real problems if they crack military systems and start guiding nuclear weapons, for example. But, if the world is going to end in 3.5 years for us, may as well take out a 10 year loan on that Ferrari, with a deferred payment for 5 years and live a little 😉

I see where a bloke from Anthropic rates it a 10% chance AI will cause human extinction by 2030. That's it, I'm definitely not buying a new car, the old one should see me out.

That's right, the SanFrancisco 49ers flew in eight days ago and the LA Rams this morning. Polar opposite way of doing things.

Didn’t the Rams only just fly in on a 14hr leg this morning. short turn around for such a long trip.

Big day at the MCG tomorrow for NFL fans. First ever regular season game played in Australia. Rams vs 49ers, live on channel 7, kick off 10.35 AEST. They have to fly back to the US and play next week without a bye.

I've got two magnetos on the place, neither attached to bikes. One lives on an out of comission David Brown tractor, and the other one I'm not 100% sure, I think it's off an R-670 Continental.

Is this in reference to the Honda or Beemer? The engine on the Honda is a pleasure.. No more discernable vibration than any other bike I rode (I found the little single to be the worst) and smooth through the power range. I may be being biased, but the twins I rode don't seem to have been any better. If it didn't make a noise, I would have thought it was electrically powered 😉 (for avoidance of doubt, that was a joke). I have never ridden a Beemer, so can't comment on it. Will be test riding a Tenere GT9 soon, which is a three cylinder (following Triumph's ideas). Will compare the difference, although to be fair, a new motor against a well ridden in one will be a bit springier.

Got my bike back yesterday... I was bracing myself for a big bill haveing burned out one regulator and potentially damaged the shop's bench regulator... The total price, including VAT (20%) was £477.. This included 4 hours of labour at £70/hr (which is a little on the high side, but dealers charge £90). They only charged me one regulator and there was a few assorted other parts. It was mainly corroded connectors throughout. The regulator company credited me the burned out regulator that my bike caused. And to boot, the regulator was cheaper through the bike shop than direct - by £50. Who said customer service is dead. The bike is due its MOT (RWC) on 18th December... They are already booked out to the end of November... Shows how a good shop makes money.

Hmmmm. So your current bike has no battery and a carbide lamp?

I have grown my team from 3 to just on 100 over the last year. Well, I couldn't have done it alone and have had help. I have been in at least 100 interviews and it is gruelling. Some use AI to filter CVs; I tried, but found it was not much quicker than reading the CVs myself. But what I have found is, these days where every interview we conduct is over video conferencing, the candidates are using it real time. Initially the first interviews, which are technical in nature, were smashed by the candidates but the second interviews which are more exploratory were failed abysmally by at least 80% of the of the candidates. We worked out pretty quickly AI was being used in both interviews, but even voice recognition models were too slow to compose the answers for the candidates to read out. However, this morning, I conducted a third interview on someone. And they aced it - a little too good for my liking. So I paid closer attention and I would say the candidate used a teleprompter. So, I did a little research: https://www.lockedinai.com/ai-copilot?gad_source=1&gad_campaignid=21848747952&gclid=CjwKCAjwqonVBhA4EiwA9wYJ3Si5Hzj8rgagiXonKERUqArUhFkh9iprq5xbhOkNtAQJ3xNC_D6VRRoCMysQAvD_BwE And there is a plethora more, with teleprompters to boot. So, I find myself paying closer attention to their eyeballs than the actual answer now. I am sure there is one for interviewers as well.

Happy days are here again. Nev

Crude oil prices are UP. Doesn't look good. Except for EV's. Nev