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All things are so very uncertain, and that's exactly what makes me feel reassured.

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All things are so very uncertain, and that's exactly what makes me feel reassured.

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A chat with GPT4 about ethics, the singularity, and the future of the world

Michael 3 May 2025 No Comments

I had an interesting chat with GPT a few weeks ago and since I was discussing this subject on Facebook, I thought I’d pop the whole relevant section of the…

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Money for sources, but the spin comes free

Michael 2 May 2025 No Comments

Every time I try to read an article from The Halifax Examiner, I’m reminded that paywalls may be behind a good share of the working‑class, media‑fuelled biases we’re seeing these days. I’m…

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When Safety Forgot about Scammers

Michael 12 April 2025 No Comments

For a while, I’ve been thinking about how the online dating moderation space shifted from focusing primarily on tackling masses of spam, much of which was scam-related, to prioritizing individual…

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Down the rabbit hole of Trudeau’s gun ban in Canada

Michael 3 April 2025 1 Comment

I’ve been meaning to write something about Trudeau’s gun ban in Canada for about 2 years now, mostly as a follow-up to my 2013 post about the British bans. I…

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Timing is everything.

Michael 15 September 2013 No Comments

My notes say: Dating: Gravity Matches, Dorien Grey, Speed dating. First contacts. Swipe: Hot or not, Left Handers. Tim: Put us back 20 years. Everything is a board game, there’s…

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Everything is good in moderation; except moderation…

Michael 12 September 2013 No Comments

I thought it was about time to write an article on how I was recently fired from my job with one of the Internet's leading moderation companies. It's been a…

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A redheaded boy, dressed as a highwayman holds a flintlock pistol. He is sitting on a red plastic chair with an Australian Cattle Dog to his side.

This is Michael Lawrie's Weblog. Despite years of hating "Blogs"; I have decided that these things are a nice way to present random rants and observations. Calling it a Weblog makes things easier.

Why Superhighwayman? Well why not! The only good thing to come out of the Harrods Case was the British Press christening me the "Information Superhighwayman". I liked the name, so I will use it.

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April 30th 2025: Themes are driving me nuts. I have switched to Blogarise, with a lot of Custom-CSS to change some of the questionable colour and title options. Hopefully that will be fine for now.

April 7th 2025: The WordPress theme from 2010 that I insist on using is apparently riddled with performance issues and incompatible with everything. I have switched to a theme from 2012 that seems more stable and doesn't set off all the alert panels. It also works on mobile browsers though I had to add an "about" page.

April 3rd 2025: I tried to write one post per decade, but failed. One every 12 years seems okay, and it's a follow-on post to the last one. Also the site isn't mobile friendly yet. Since I am not mobile friendly, this is never going to be a priority.

October 2024: My old Wordpress MU finally broke too much to maintain it. I moved my sites off onto individual instances so now this thing stands alone, and I have broken all the very legacy pretty themes and fonts.

April 2010: I have moved this from its old home so we'll see what happens now.

October 2009: I am trying to be a little more regular with posting. Wish me luck!

April 2008: I have been a little bitter and cynical the last couple of months. If you want lighter more amusing stuff then maybe you should skip the top few postings.

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  • A chat with GPT4 about ethics, the singularity, and the future of the world3 May 2025
  • Money for sources, but the spin comes free2 May 2025
  • When Safety Forgot about Scammers12 April 2025
  • Down the rabbit hole of Trudeau’s gun ban in Canada3 April 2025
  • Timing is everything.15 September 2013
  • Everything is good in moderation; except moderation…12 September 2013
  • We’re the Sweeney, son, and we haven’t had any dinner…28 July 2013
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