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unixben

@unixben@aus.social

I like piña coladas and getting caught in the rain.

Big wheels keep on turnin'.

Recovering corporate sales engineer now supporting e-research platforms, driving up utilisation on cloud and HPC facilities.

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unixben, to random
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We got told off for hanging this flag in the Oracle office in Melbourne...

georgetakei, to random

Women should vote however they damn well please to.

unixben,
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@georgetakei why, does, this person, use, commas, so gratuitously? ,

alanc, to random
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A Sun old-timer posted this ancient relic for sale on Facebook - tempting to get a reprint done for the current Solaris desktop team:

unixben,
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@alanc more than Linux on the desktop, Solaris at least had a hat!

dgar, to random
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BOM is looking for people to spend a year in Antarctica.

https://subscribe.bom.gov.au/Antarctic_Recruitment/

unixben,
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@ariaflame @dgar I'm interested, but only if they update their web server with a TLS certificate first

ajsadauskas, (edited ) to tech
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What should I add to my '90s website?

So I'm currently toying around with NeoCities, and decided to trial it by building your classic mid '90s Geocities/Tripod/Angelfire pastiche website.

Some of the most important elements are already in place.

Tile background? Large font? Heading in bright pink with a shadow? Unusual colour choices? Random cat gifs? Under construction gif? Check! Check! Check!

In the true spirit of the '90s DIY web, some more pages (including the links page) are coming soon.

(I'm thinking of adding a page dedicated to either Britney or a nu-metal band.)

You can see the page so far here: https://that90ssite.neocities.org/

There are a few things that I want to add to make it complete, and I'm looking for suggestions.

The first, is to embed a midi file that plays automatically. Any suggestions on the best way of doing this?

Second, it's just not going to be complete without a guestbook.

Third, any webring suggestions?

Fourth, what's the best way of adding a java chat room in 2024?

Finally, anything else that really needs to be a part of a great '90s website?

UPDATE: Thanks for all the feedback! I've added more annoying GIFs, a guestbook, a links page, and a cyber cat hangout.

UPDATE 2: And added even more gifs, an amazing Amiga demo, and a ton of links.

@asklemmy

unixben,
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@ajsadauskas @asklemmy iframes - you definitely need them

unixben, to random
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Guerilla flag hoisting in the Oracle Melbourne office circa 2011

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unixben, to random
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What are we using in 2024 for DNS-based ad-blocking? I've tried self-hosted AdGuard Home, Pi-hole, and hosted AdGuard, NextDNS etc...

What other approaches am I missing?

unixben, to random
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I think this might have been in the cafeteria at SCA?

KathyReid, to Futurology
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: I'm trying to find a white paper? from 1-2 years ago that was arguing for a third classification in Australian universities - to add a specific research software engineering category, because professional/general and academic pathways don't account for specialist software engineering skills.

It's not the survey report, but is possibly in a similar space?

unixben,
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@KathyReid maybe this one? https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6335998

unixben,
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@KathyReid Oh, you did say it wasn't that 😂

unixben, to random
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This is my semi-regular beef about UniFi CloudKey lack of support for customer TLS certs that survive upgrades

unixben, to random
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RIP Phil Rosenzweig

jpm, to random
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Pi tends to do that to people
https://eigenmagic.net/@whatifbot/112412244194601312

unixben,
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@jpm and eating too many pies also results in circumference

jpm, to random
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WHERE THE FUCK DID THIS YAK COME FROM?!

unixben,
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@jpm I love me a Yak Shaving Day
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5mmISldi060

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Shutdown of 3G networks a ‘health and safety issue’ for some regional Australians

Telcos have promised no loss of coverage when the 3G network shuts down, but farmers outside of official coverage areas are worried their lifeline will turn off

https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2024/mar/24/shutdown-of-3g-networks-a-health-and-safety-issue-for-some-regional-australians

unixben,
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@anathema_device First world problems, but my 6-year old connected vehicle will have no signal for real-time traffic updates (and probably other purposes that I will have the potential misfortune of discovering) when 3G drops. This is in suburban Melbourne, so I'd hate to see the ... disconnection ... in rural areas.

jpm, to random
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Thoughts and prayers for anyone flying into MEL or AAV this afternoon:

122 km/h wind gust recorded at Avalon airport at 2:19 pm.

98 km/h wind gust recorded at Melbourne Airport at 3:17 pm.

Ref: http://www.bom.gov.au/products/IDV21033.shtml

unixben,
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@jpm I got out of MEL late morning with a bit of wind, just in the nick of time it would seem

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You'd think with all the AI hype there'd be some comment from the FTC about nvidia holding a monopoly position. Guess they're a bit too busy with the 'affordable luxury' handbag problem.

unixben,
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@PCOWandre wait... there's an affordable luxury handbag now?

jpm, to random
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Get you a gravy volcano

unixben,
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@jpm

Close Encounters GIF

jpm, to random
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Well fuck. Just before I had my flu shot too.

unixben,
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@jpm where does one obtain this Triumvirate of Tests?

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So, I finally finished the basic bring-up of the board I’ve been assembling the last couple of days. I found the dead short from 3V3 to GND under the ADC, but needed to do a lot of digging to find it.

Right now, the MCU seems to work using its internal oscillators, and a quick poke shows that the 12MHz crystal is working too. The I2C ADC and GPIO expander appear to be responding, but the RTC isn’t (yet?)

I also think I melted the push-buttons because they don’t push now, and there’s one LED I forgot to hook up to anything in the schematic…

unixben,
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@jpm Jaycar sells burgers now?

video/mp4

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So far this year, 117 persons authored their first commit that was merged into .

unixben,
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@bagder

unixben,
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@bagder Is your website in github (found a typo!)?

unixben,
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@bagder https://github.com/curl/curl-www/pull/317

unixben,
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@bagder ok, I'll take a look 👀

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