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Taco_lad

@Taco_lad@aus.social

GothDad. IT type person. small-scale Lightning-Smith. Not straight.
Litmus test of warped humour.
Not as good as I think I am.
Black belt in idiot online. He/him.

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kcarruthers, to random
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Yes it’s time we had a dedicated and paid disaster relief force: Defence disaster relief ‘shadow workforce’ role puts national security at risk

It would be much more useful given our disasters seem to multiply.

https://www.themandarin.com.au/230276-defence-disaster-relief-shadow-workforce-role-puts-national-security-at-risk/

Taco_lad,
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@Tooden @luciedigitalni @kcarruthers if you want to "win" armed conflicts, boots on the ground are the only way to take and hold positions, and as we're seeing with Ukraine, if you have excellent SAM presence, the airspace is highly restricted.

shlee, to random
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A.S sidekiq has processed 1.2 Billion actions since the last reboot.. buzzing along

Taco_lad,
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@shlee you have to remind them that you can end and resurrect them whenever you want.
Keeps them in awe and loyal to the emperor, as well as strengthening their connection to the machine spirit

dgar, to random
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Still waiting for a Musk scandal we can call Elongate.

I’m sure it’ll be drawn out.

Taco_lad,
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@dgar press X to folly

alda, to random
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So if I go to a concert while also doing a business trip, can it then be tax deductible?

Taco_lad,
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@alda @skc invite one of the clients to the concert, then it's a business meeting

dawnstar, to random
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The odd thing about working for a large and older corporation is that every now and again we get a message like "please celebrate X for their 45 years working at the company!" and its a statement I feel is so alien to people of my generation onwards that it might as well be seen as landing on Mars in terms of our chances of ever managing the same thing in any role

Taco_lad,
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@Jplonie @stufromoz @jpm @purserj @dawnstar the longest ever I have had is 7 in 25 years in the industry

grissallia, to random
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Into the first aid module of the training, and the acronym, COWS.

C - Can you hear me?
O - Open your eyes
W - What's your name?
S - Seems like someone had an oopsie!

(I can't remember S, so my brain helpfully filled that in instead)

Taco_lad,
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@jpm @Unixbigot @MattHatton @liamvhogan @grissallia Ram Artificial Cock Everywhere

phocks, to random
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Found a nest of these ants in the front yard. Haven't seen them before. Can anyone help ID them for me?

Ants with red front and black bum.

Taco_lad,
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@phocks @JesseRowell @futurebird yeh they're meat ants, they make big fuck-off nests maybe a metre in diameter, and will be the best local dead animal disposal service. They tend to stay away from houses, don't hurt too much if they bite, and are pretty common in NSW and further south, so much so that I thought they were ubiquitous throughout Aus

Taco_lad,
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@alcootatooter @futurebird @JesseRowell @phocks they do roam pretty far from the nest to get food, usually in big long lines to the nearest carcass, I've followed a line of them for at least 100m from nest to a dead bird once

Taco_lad,
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@alcootatooter @futurebird @JesseRowell @phocks they will go anything.
Fair bit of Youtube content on it, I remembered they're also called 'Kickboxing ants' sometimes
https://youtu.be/p6P1gF08-W8?si=SnSIm2N9By2duKj_

NoraReed, to random
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i don't compute how we're supposed to make demands of our elected officials in any way other than threatening to not vote for them unless we have the money to threaten to withhold bribes

Taco_lad,
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@NoraReed preferential voting is a neat solution for this imo.
You can have my vote first go - if you're the least worst option.

If you don't meet quota, you don't get elected, we recently had an almost guaranteed 2-party preferred candidate get replaced with an independent because preferences for the other '2nd party' stacked up and prevented their election.

They were very upset at basically being fired.

Taco_lad,
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@jpm @NoraReed it's been an absolute joy to watch the active rejection of 2 party politics, but it wouldn't be possible without the compulsory voting bit, because disengagement doesn't deliver the votes in weaponised form against the 2 party drongos

futurebird, to random
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"A Mississippi slaughterhouse that supplies chicken to Chick-fil-A is directly to blame for the death of a 16-year-old worker who was sucked into equipment in July and killed within minutes."

I work with teens every day and can't get this story out of my mind. Despite this the push to weaken labor regulations continues.

This is where all those "right to work" for teens laws lead.

Children should be in algebra class, goddamit.

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/immigration/mississippi-slaughterhouse-responsible-death-migrant-teen-osha-rcna133636

Taco_lad,
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@ddmgmgh @futurebird another one that would be hilarious to witness would be mandated unionisation (fees paid for by fines to the business ) of the workforce of any industry that causes the death of an employee in the course of employment - Union shops have much better safety records.
That way one company fucking up and murdering someone makes every other company in the industry safer.

DenisCOVIDinfoguy, to auscovid19
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Queensland: "Children with runny noses, coughs or sore throats should not return for the first day of the new school year, warns the chief health officer over concerns about an unseasonable wave of respiratory illnesses"

@ShannonFentiman @qldhealth @auscovid19

Source: https://www.couriermail.com.au/coronavirus/unseasonable-spike-in-illness-sparks-school-warning-from-cho-and-asthma-experts/news-story/91e1e1cae303f882f60ae7beb1a9304d

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Taco_lad,
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@DenisCOVIDinfoguy @auscovid19 but kids don't spread covid /s

Taco_lad, to random
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Ahh yes, thanks Microsoft, I see we should replace junior ITsec positions with the lying machine. Your security solution is Definitely a place to add hallucinations and trust issues
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/security/business/ai-machine-learning/microsoft-security-copilot

dgar, to random
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The only good system is a sound system.

Taco_lad,
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@darrenmorin @dgar sneaky ones good too
https://youtu.be/YzL7zwa_mas?si=9SxngFcL6m14GwFg

drahardja, (edited ) to random
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WebMD’s parent company, Internet Brands, released a cringey and abusive internal video threatening their employees to . “We aren’t asking or negotiating at this point”, the CEO says. “Don’t mess with us”, the video reads at the end. The video features employees dancing and celebrating RTO (at gunpoint? or at least under threat of firing by HR?).

I know corporate videos are all kinda crappy, but this one is…spouse-beating levels of terrible.

https://www.vice.com/en/article/7kxqnx/dont-mess-with-us-webmd-parent-company-demands-return-to-office-in-bizarre-video

Taco_lad,
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@drahardja don't mess with us?
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/oct/05/air-france-workers-storm-meeting-protest-executives-job-losses-paris

Taco_lad, to infosec
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*holds torchlight under chin for spooky effect *
"... The vulnerabilities were in the vulnerability scanner!"

foone, to random
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I'm sure it's fine

Taco_lad,
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@foone it needs a @shlee sticker

dgar, to random
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Y’know, under all these clothes, I’m completely naked.

Taco_lad,
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@dgar not me. I'm wearing 2 vests.

thomasfuchs, to retrocomputing
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It's hard to explain this nowadays, but there used to be computer flight simulators with... no graphics

Taco_lad,
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@thomasfuchs reminds me of this video
https://youtu.be/lC4YLMLar5I?si=Ftx4gEaIzq8mxTvk

Taco_lad, to random
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Probably have gastro.
3yr old had it sat.
5yr old yakked tonight.
My guts are cramping something fierce.
Haven't chundered yet, but I wouldn't rule out a technicolour yawn sometime tonight.

Taco_lad,
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@jpm kid hadn't been near daycare for weeks. Was one of those indoor play places.

Kels_316, to random
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is anyone else following along with this DIY radar array project?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5VSIIFKK6Ck

Taco_lad,
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@geordie @Kels_316 @jpm what's your relationship with afp and asio like?
"it's complicated"

JenMsft, to random
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Where can you store all your dad jokes? In a dadabase

Taco_lad,
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@JenMsft

Here's the federal one
https://www.fatherhood.gov/for-dads/dad-jokes

GottaLaff, to random
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Via Bill Pascrell:

Three years ago today the US Capitol was attacked by rioters incited by Donald to overthrow the government. Hours later 68% of House republicans voted to finish the job and make trump a dictator. Here are their names.

Taco_lad,
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@GottaLaff excellent news!
Still shows on my timeline, possibly hasn't been yeeted from my instance yet

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