jonty

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, 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, 24 days ago to random

User: you charge me when people make unauthorised requests to an S3 bucket?

AWS: yes of course

User: but

AWS: working as intended

User: but

AWS: thank you for your money

https://medium.com/@maciej.pocwierz/how-an-empty-s3-bucket-can-make-your-aws-bill-explode-934a383cb8b1

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 month ago to random

I made something to watch the 2024 eclipse remotely!

This is every public webcam in the path of totality, with a live-updating view of the umbra.

https://jonty.github.io/2024_eclipse_webcams/

The view from a webcam showing that it is 1:31 PM and dark.

jonty, 9 months ago to random

"SMASH THE ORBS" is an incredible rallying cry

jonty, 1 year ago to random

GPS jammers have been installed in Westminster ahead of the coronation

jonty, 5 months ago (edited 5 months ago) to random

Hello!

It's me again: Your yearly reminder that drives fail, SSDs bitrot, and you probably need to do a review of your backup strategy. You should have at least two copies of anything you care about.

This message brought to you by a second drive in my ZFS array failing while the first one was still rebuilding. Happy holidays.

jonty, 1 month ago to random

We urgently need more @emf sponsors - if we do not secure more, we will have to make tough decisions.

Tickets cover base costs, but sponsors pay for lovely things like our free childcare and talk transcription. Every little helps!

Find out more here: https://www.emfcamp.org/sponsor

jonty, 10 months ago to random

Last night the building housing @pixelbar hackspace in Rotterdam was completely destroyed by fire. They've lost everything.

If you can spare some cash to help them rebuild: https://pixelbar.nl/donations/

jonty, 4 months ago to random

The wonderful Terry Bisson died today.

Years ago I came across this adaptation of his short story "They're Made out of Meat". I think of it often.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T6JFTmQCFHg

jonty, 4 months ago to random

Just got up to see who was playing techno in a car outside the house.

It was our dishwasher. I've danced to worse.

jonty, 4 months ago to random

Given a million years I would never guess this is how you relax a ferret

video/mp4

jonty, 5 months ago to random

I cannot get over this salesdude filing a Freedom of Information request with THE BRITISH LIBRARY asking if they have "any paper documents in storage"

jonty, 9 months ago to random

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

jonty, 6 months ago to random

Did you borrow a LIDAR sensor from someone in the EMF village next to the Milliways bar at #cccamp23?

If so: Please drop me an email. My address is stuck to them.

(boosts for reach appreciated)

jonty, 4 months ago to random

A personal request for DJs to overuse this University Challenge clip at @emf in June

A clip of University Challenge. A contestant answers "Drum and Bass", to which the host replies "I can't accept Drum and Bass, we need Jungle I'm afraid".

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, 25 days ago to random

2012 Olympics: our mascots are cyclopean nightmare fuel

Expo 2025: what if ꙮ could chase you

jonty, 1 day ago to random

So @jamesbridle granted my wish and made a fediverse bot that posts the latest images from the Mars Curiosity Rover.

It is very appropriately hosted on botsin.space: https://botsin.space/@marslandscapes

jonty, 5 months ago (edited 5 months ago) to random

Really struggling with my tinnitus at the moment and I'm unconvinced by the new therapies.

If you've had successful tinnitus treatment I'd love to hear about it!

If you don't have tinnitus: WEAR EARPLUGS. Seriously, if you go to a gig please wear earplugs. You do not want this.

jonty, 3 months ago to random

Yeah vision pro is neat but the future is smart glasses you charge with a comedy nose called Mister Power

jonty, 13 days ago to random

I hope this email finds you. The email knows where it is at all times. It knows this because it knows where it isn't. By subtracting where it is from where it isn't, or where it isn't from where it is (whichever is greater), it obtains a difference, or deviation. The email delivery subsystem uses deviations to generate corrective commands to drive the email from a server where it is to a server where it isn't, and arriving at a server where it wasn't, it now is.

jonty, 5 days ago to random

Wales has launched their own "metaverse" and it is indistinguishable from Second Life circa 2006.

There is a big dragon. There are small dragons. You can ride a cable car. I have met exactly one other player.

https://visitwales.com/metaverse

jonty, 5 months ago to random

Today: "Oh, I should mention the mysterious vaults we discovered under a stone plug in the yard. I sealed it in 1980 and have no idea what's down there"

MY ORIGIN STORY BEGINS