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jonty, 1 year ago to random

It turns out you can simply serve a file from a domain to use it as your bsky handle.

So this guy is now S3. All of S3.

jonty, 8 months ago to random

would anybody like an ASK NOT FOR WHO THE VENGABUS IS COMING / IT IS COMING FOR THEE sticker because I have a lot of ASK NOT FOR WHO THE VENGABUS IS COMING / IT IS COMING FOR THEE stickers

jonty, 1 year ago to random

Found some radioactive garages outside Berlin. Anyone want to go and investigate.

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jonty, 3 months ago to random

Absolutely losing it after discovering what3words took control of the whatfreewords domain by arguing that "three" and "free" are indistinguishable when spoken.

https://www.wipo.int/amc/en/domains/search/text.jsp?case=D2019-2439

jonty, 1 year ago to random

GPS jammers have been installed in Westminster ahead of the coronation

jonty, 9 months ago to random

Thought I ordered 50,000 nematodes. Would anyone like some nematodes.

Please. I have so many worms.

jonty, 9 months ago to random

Wanted to see this for myself. Can confirm that the very orange parts of tiles in Rosenthaler Platz station are quite spicy.

https://chaos.social/@jonty/109818563737353115

A video of a Radiacode gamma spectrometer inside the station, initially reading 0.10 uSv/h and peaking at 2.07 uSv/h when brought into contact with a very orange part of a tile.

jonty, 8 months ago to random

Update: You should put a temperature data logger in your fridge.

Based on a comprehensive research methodology I like to call "my friends also put temperature data loggers in their fridges" - your fridge is too warm, and your milk could stay fresh longer.

https://chaos.social/@jonty/110652057301252610

jonty, 8 months ago to random

I had an appointment cancelled because their car license plates were stolen.

This was new to me, and I was curious how common it is - so I filed an FOI with the DVLA for the number of plates reported stolen each year.

Does anyone know what on earth changed in 2018/2019?

jonty, 9 months ago to random

would anybody like a zombocom sticker because I have a lot of zombocom stickers

jonty, 9 months ago to random

"SMASH THE ORBS" is an incredible rallying cry

jonty, 6 months ago to random

Too many things are interesting. Could less things be interesting please.

jonty, 10 months ago to random

Does anybody know people at the MSG Spheres in Las Vegas and London?

I have a burning need to turn them into planetary scale googly eyes

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jonty, 7 months ago to random

Today I am arranging couriers for a 60 watt laser, a radioactive source, and a Canadian payphone. Two of these things are in America.

jonty, 9 months ago to random

I previously warned about Gandi raising prices well above other domain name registrars.

Today I find a domain has silently had DNS records reset to the Gandi holding page. I do not know when. Backups are empty.

Get out - Gandi is now actively hazardous to your online operations

jonty, 8 months ago (edited 8 months ago) to random

Dad suggested I should retrain, because I always seem stressed out by my job.

His "really calm" neighbours are air traffic controllers and have I ever considered that as a less stressful career?

jonty, 9 months ago to random

What if we turned wind turbines into giant persistence of vision displays

jonty, 10 months ago to random

Sent an ebay link to a friend with poor impulse control

jonty, 8 months ago to random

The manufacturer says it "will technically work fine" and that they "would recommend it if you were in a warzone" but that "it is not safe or a good idea for civilian purposes".

They then begged me to "please consider buying or renting a horse trailer"

jonty, 10 months ago to random

Despite an angry investor forum full of unanswered questions like "where are the financial projections", "why is turnover so hilariously low", and "exactly what is the exit strategy", What3Words has raised £4,530,890 from 6749 people on crowdcube today.

Folks, this is not a good investment. You're propping up a nonviable business.

jonty, 9 months ago to random

would anybody like an I WANT TO BELIEVE lk-99 sticker, because I have a lot of I WANT TO BELIEVE lk-99 stickers #cccamp23

jonty, 2 years ago to random

Me: I should go to bed

[ clock hands spin ]

1 AM:

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jonty, 4 months ago to random

This paper starts out amazing and just keeps getting better

https://arxiv.org/abs/2401.06133

A screenshot from the paper, it reads "The shredded banknotes were then collected. Surprisingly, three paperweight cylinders were opened, and two of them had stones in them". Three pictures follow.
Screenshot from the paper, it reads: "This cylinder only contained 82.57/138 = 60% of the shredded banknote pieces that the label had claimed. Although this issue is not the focus of this paper, it appears that the Hong Kong Monetary Authority has broken the law."
Screenshot from the paper, it reads: "The idea for this paper was discussed with the staff during my visit to the Hong Kong Monetary Authority visitor center. The paperweight souvenir is currently no longer available."

jonty, 3 months ago to random

Has anyone ever transported a pelican in a peli case

jonty, 1 month ago to random

You know the "repeat the previous text" trick to get initial chatbot prompts?

This variant sure makes it look like Bing Copilot GPT4 is leaking state between user sessions. I have never used copilot before.