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Defects are not so much a technological problem as a sociological problem.
It's the system for building systems that we should be correcting.
The only unforgivable failure is the failure to learn from past failure.
Tom DeMarco: "Controlling Software Projects - Management Measurement & Estimation"
The lamp of experience... I know of no way of judging the future but by the past.
Patrick Henry
Sun, 20 Apr 2025 21:54:04 +1000 Blue Hills is still here, now nearly as long as its original run |
But, wait, there are other serials in sight
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Sun, 20 Apr 2025 19:50:00 +1000 ‘Use plain English’: The words banned from school reports |
An education overhaul comes after parents found school reports to be quite vague, jargon-filled and overly cautious.
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Sun, 20 Apr 2025 19:30:00 +1000 Disappearances to contactless hellholes is how dictatorships work |
Innocent people are being sent to an El Salvador jail – and this is just the beginning. Anyone could be tapped on the shoulder and their rights will vanish.
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Sun, 20 Apr 2025 19:29:43 +1000 Adelaide bottle shop worker locks suspected thief inside |
A fed-up Adelaide bottle shop worker who says his family's business is targeted too often by thieves has taken drastic action to stop a suspect.
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Sun, 20 Apr 2025 19:20:51 +1000 Workers in underground tunnels expected to contract silicosis, new study says |
Hundreds of workers on Queensland's biggest underground road tunnel projects are expected to contract potentially deadly silicosis in their lifetime a study says.
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Sun, 20 Apr 2025 19:16:14 +1000 Body surfer credits watch for saving his life after being swept out to sea |
Body surfer Rick Shearman's smartwatch is the reason he's still alive, he says.
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Sun, 20 Apr 2025 19:15:03 +1000 Easter Sunday turns into rescue off island near Brisbane |
A number of people have been injured in a boat crash off Queensland's Russell Island.
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Sun, 20 Apr 2025 19:04:24 +1000 Woman rushed to hospital after trying to gatecrash party |
A woman has been taken to hospital with life-threatening injuries after trying to gatecrash a 21st birthday on Victoria's surf coast.
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Sun, 20 Apr 2025 18:59:38 +1000 Two die in motorbike crash in Melbourne's north |
Two people have died after a motorbike crash in Thomastown on a bike police say was stolen.
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Sun, 20 Apr 2025 18:45:23 +1000 Father with suspected bikie links stabbed to death in Melbourne |
A father-of-six with suspected bikie links has been stabbed to death on Melbourne's popular Chapel Street.
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Sun, 20 Apr 2025 18:38:32 +1000 Day of faith and family in federal election as campaign enters crucial week |
As the leaders took time out over the Easter period, the Greens have their eye on the balance of power, and are arming themselves with a list of demands.
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Sun, 20 Apr 2025 18:38:06 +1000 Fisherman dies after being swept from rocks on 'absolutely horrific' Easter weekend |
A fisherman has died and a teenager has been rushed to hospital after being washed off rocks amid what lifesaving bosses dubbed an "absolutely horrific" weekend for drownings.
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Sun, 20 Apr 2025 18:30:00 +1000 The Voice was only ever about politics for Dutton |
What might have been good, moral or beneficial was never part of Dutton’s thinking - it was political opportunity.
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Sun, 20 Apr 2025 18:13:08 +1000 Will Bally’s bring the Biff to Queen’s Wharf? |
Queenslanders were promised champagne and caviar. Turns out, we could end up with Coke and crackers.
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Sun, 20 Apr 2025 16:57:37 +1000 Man suffers life-threatening injuries after motorbike crash |
The rider was airlifted to hospital with head and chest injuries on Sunday following a crash on the Sunshine Coast.
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Sun, 20 Apr 2025 16:50:00 +1000 A Sydney writer expected sex from a 15-year-old girl. Two boys were waiting for him |
The 66-year-old northern beaches man arrived at a Sydney hotel after arranging a meeting on an adult dating site.
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Sun, 20 Apr 2025 16:25:33 +1000 Six people die in ocean on deadly Easter weekend |
A fisherman has become the sixth ocean death after being swept from rocks near Sydney.
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Sun, 20 Apr 2025 15:32:31 +1000 Chapel Street stabbing victim identified, as witness describes trying to save dying man’s life |
Ruka Carlson, a 30-year-old father from Mickleham, has been identified as the victim of a fatal stabbing on Chapel Street in the early hours of Sunday.
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Sun, 20 Apr 2025 13:45:00 +1000 Drug rip-off behind woman’s savage kidnap, murder: police |
A gang abducted and killed a Sydney woman because they suspected someone close to her had stolen their drugs, police believe as they hunt the killers.
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Sun, 20 Apr 2025 13:44:46 +1000 14-year-old makes IPL debut |
Vaibhav Suryavanshi makes his IPL debut at the age of 14 and hits his first ball for six.
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