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Unixbigot

@Unixbigot@aus.social

I created https://Accelerando.com.au IoT Lab, and I host the Brisbane Internet of Things Interest Group. Hacker. Parent. Scientist. Rantist. Atheist. Roboticist. Treehugger. (he/him¹). was @unixbigot

I design and build custom IoT solutions...fast!

Every day I write a #PowerOnStoryToot over morning coffee, as a self-test of my brain. If you like them, buy me another coffee? https://ko-fi.com/unixbigot

¹ subject to change without notice 🐣

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“What the hell is THAT thing?”

“They call it a carriage. It, uh, carries stuff”

“Looks like somebody bolted two bicycles together and slung a platform between them”

“Basically yeah”

“FUCK IT’S LOUD”

“Propelled by exploding aerosolized hydrocarbons, would you believe it?”

“What’s it doing on the street?”

“Some techbro startup makes ‘em. Reckons there’s no law says they can’t”

“We’ll see about that. Those things could kill people!”

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Venture Capital is dynamite fishing. You sprinkle some “free service” on the waters until you have a nice thick shoal of users. Then you detonate.

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I wonder whatever happened to the child of a friend of my sister, whose parents gifted him—some time around the year two double-aught zero—the name “Anakin”. He’d be in his early 20s now, if he wasn’t beaten to death in the schoolyard.

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This garlic bread is a message, and part of a system of messages. This is not a plate of honor. Nothing tasty is here…

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I wonder how high school chemistry teachers in general feel about Breaking Bad? There is no such thing as bad engagement boosters?

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I’ve been shopping at one of those fully automated Woolworths for years. It’s so convenient, you swipe your loyalty card and the robots load your groceries into your car. Their AI works out what you need from your purchase history. Except it doesn’t know my kids have moved out; I don’t know what to do with all this Nutella. Send recipes.

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eek!

❌❌❌❌❌❌❌✅✅❌
The Saturday Paper Quiz No. 499
I got 2/10!
https://www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/quiz/2024/05/11?rival=0000000110

Unixbigot,
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@luciedigitalni 1 🙄

Unixbigot, to random
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I can hear, but not see, a cat snoring.

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Happy Fine-ass Friday, my queerdos and weirdos!

Unixbigot,
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@Impossible_PhD I cannot see your ass in that photo, but extrapolating from what I can see, I’m sure it’s fine.

Unixbigot,
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@Impossible_PhD clearly failed attempt at agreeing you look entirely fine.

related https://xkcd.com/37/

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Dear #Lazyweb my apple watch wants me to enter my itunes password. But my password is long and strong and I have been unable to do it on the stupid fingerpainting interface for months. Is there an alternative?

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Sufficiently Advanced Bodging™ is indistinguishable from having used the correct pinout.

Unixbigot,
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@ScaredyCat yeah but all the words were backwards

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“Kevin! Kevin! Can you hear me? Fuck how do you even do CPR on a synthetic? Somebody call 911. Or tech support”

“Ngnnnggnhhh…”

“Hold it, I think he’s coming round!”

“Urgh. What happened?”

“It kinda looked like you fainted, we were really worried for you mate”

“Oh good, finally!”

“Wait, what?!”

“I’ve been running in debug mode for a week, trying to log one of these brownouts. Debug mode feels like you’re wading through treacle. I can finally send the logfiles off to my GR and get a diagnosis. “

“Uh, that’s good I guess!”

“Totally. BRB rebooting in performance mode.”

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There are two but they are not threadsafe wolves inside you.

Unixbigot, to random
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Aha I found my JANK LIFE @jpm

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“Hurry UP Kelsey, we’re going to miss the flight!”

“This new suitcase is so SLOW mom!”

“Ugh. Pick it UP and carry it!”

“What?”

“Like this. When I was your age luggage didn’t even have wheels, let alone autopilot”

“That must have made luggage jousting no fun”

“Luggage whatnow? Is that how your last suitcase got smashed‽”

“Um, no?”

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If you get a machine with one of the new m4 apple processors do NOT type “dnl” or you will break the cpu.

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Hm, looks like it will be about $300 to get a run of 20 PCAL6534 prototype breakouts fully manufactured by JLCPCB. Thats… not great.

Unixbigot,
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@jpm did you see this hack for bga assembly qa? https://blog.adafruit.com/2024/05/08/bga-inspection-using-plastic-prisms/

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Me: this blood test takes two hours so I will leave that task to do on my laptop during test

Also me: forgets laptop

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Which goddamn genius came up with this breakout?

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@jpm wtaf shut up and take my money

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Did I hear that the Titan submarine was made with use-by-expired carbon fiber bought from Boeing? “Carbon fiber Boeing wouldn’t use” is even less of a good marketing slogan today than back then…

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“Wait don’t shred that, the motivator might still be good”

Janey narrowed her gaze and scrutinized the smashed droid chassis. “Taren you never want to waste anything. This one is just rust and melted plasteel”. She kicked it.

The eyes opened.

“Oh shit, or not”. Janey knelt over the wrecked mechanoid. “Hang in there buddy, we’re gonna get you out of there, what’s your name and pronouns?”

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Biblically accurate Australian Tablespoon measure.

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@jpm Australia on brand for claiming it, then…

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