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Engineering flaws in CSIRO Report
Engineers often look at the world slightly differently. It is usually from a rational base, even if some people say they are a bit weird about numbers. So let’s look at a number. The volume of Sydney Harbour is 562 million cubic metres. The combined volume of the proposed detention dams is 565 million cubic…
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The AI explosion: We’ve come a long way, but to where?
If there’s one thing I’ve learnt, it’s keep it simple, but we have this primal need to constantly tamper with things. It always has to be bigger, better and shinier, even if it functioned nicely to begin with. When computers entered our homes, I distinctly remember the sales pitch. They were going to make our…
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Concerns over detention dams scenarios
The release of the final CSIRO Northern Rivers Resilience Initiative (NRRI) Report on 30th June has understandably dominated discussion across our region and in Council. The report presents high resolution hydrological modelling and explores a range of flood mitigation scenarios for the Richmond River catchment. While I welcome the science and the improved understanding of…
