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@jwi@aus.social
@jwi@aus.social @trib@aus.social I know: let's make "failure to secure an area against pranksters" a criminal offence.
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I saw the crescent, but you saw the whole of the moon.
Or perhaps we both saw the whole of the moon, but only you tooted about it.
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When I grew up, I was a::
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Ian Barnes-Keoghan
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@freakboy3742@cloudisland.nz
@freakboy3742@cloudisland.nz Seven dot points.
Seven words each.
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@CableSt@mastodon.social
@failedLyndonLaRouchite@mas.to @CableSt@mastodon.social "We will save the NHS" is not an actual plan.
(mumbles something about making the trains run on time).
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@allrite@masto.allrite.at
@allrite@masto.allrite.at The greatest trick the Devil ever pulled was to convince workers all they need is online training in "resilience"
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@jpm@aus.social
@jpm@aus.social I suspect the "test leads and multimeter conjoined" won't stay conjoined for very long, as the probes will keep getting caught on things on the workbench. There's not even a way to clip them to the watch, so they'll just be dangling everywhere.
Although all credit to the copywriter for making a flaw (non-replaceable probes) into a benefit ("Don't need to insert every time")
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@jimbob@aus.social
@jimbob@aus.social As a trained professional, I can confirm that it cold.
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@ibk@aus.social
Even the URL has the terrifying word in full:
https://pulsetasmania.com.au/news/weak-as-piss-message-painted-on-road-after-bushy-park-pool-closure-confirmed/
It's not every spreadsheet, but it's always a spreadsheet.
"The 2026 Hobart Cup was run 37 metres short after track staff relied on a faulty Tasracing spreadsheet that had contained incorrect measurements since at least 2021 …
"Former staff had been aware of the errors and worked around them for years."
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@ibk@aus.social
26.1 ºC now (Campania 26.6 ºC).
You can play along at home using https://reg.bom.gov.au/tas/observations/tasall.shtml (I don't think there's an equivalent on the new improved BoM web site, and if there is I can't find it).
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@ibk@aus.social
Tasmanian state record of 28.8 ºC at Swansea on the 1st in 1936 does not appear to be under threat today. Warmest place so far is Campania
Hobart reached a new highest temperature for May with 25.8 ºC at 12.58 this afternoon, exceeding the 25.7 ºC registered on the 1st in 1997.
And in the time it's taken me to type this up, it reached 26.0 ºC at 13.10
Further increases remain possible.
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@k4gi@aus.social
@k4gi@aus.social I just assume that I'll actually learn the names of the (four?) important characters before the denouement, and just let all the others wash over me.
I use the same approach in real life.
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@ibk@aus.social
@ajft@aus.social @decryption@aus.social It is also faintly hilarious that we are offered Polaroid cameras styled on the Instagram logo.
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@ajft@aus.social
@ajft@aus.social @decryption@aus.social Pedantry Alert This is the Photos app, not the Camera one. The latest Camera icon is like the front of a lens (possibly a blue-tinged HAL 9000 camera) which is more or less what they used up until about 2013 (when it became a Hanimex camera)
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@decryption@aus.social
@decryption@aus.social Extensive* research reveals it started out as a picture of a sunflower.
And now it is a … umm … one of those things.
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@oysta@mastodon.oysta.au
@oysta@mastodon.oysta.au Thought Leader: Neogrammatarisation Cadre
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@mlazz@aus.social
@mlazz For me, the song that defines the day is *And the Band Played Waltzing Matilda*.
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@samwilson@wikis.world
@samwilson@wikis.world @dean@social.librem.one This is the second one, Spirit of Tasmania V.
Its sibling ship Spirit of Tasmania IV is currently docked at Williamstown (it's also spent time in Scotland, Geelong and Hobart, among others).
They were not able to be brought into service (Devonport–Geelong) on schedule because the port facilities at Devonport have not been built yet. Maybe October if we're lucky, I think (or was it last October … it's all a bit of a blur).
Spirit V will be used as a venue for Dark Mofo in Hobart in July because you can't make this shit up.
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@mackayim2022@mastodon.social
@mackayim2022 The self-sealing roll-up garment "travel compression bags" (you can buy at them at KMart or BigW) will blow your mind.
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@mackayim2022@mastodon.social
@mackayim2022 I’m sure you’ve tried everything, but have you tried making sure the straw is going into a puffed-up section? If it is in a flattened bit, the balloon could be forming into its own one-way valve.
(tl;dr : I have no good ideas left).
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@mackayim2022@mastodon.social
@mackayim2022 One way valve. There’s probably a little flap or diaphragm thing inside the tube, which is pushed closed by pressure from the inside, but pushed open if the pressure is higher outside.
Squeezing (deforming) the tube might help.
Or pushing a chopstick into the tube, to hold the diaphragm open.
I assume you want to use the gas inside to speak in a squeaky voice.
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@earleyedition@aus.social
@earleyedition I know it's unfashionable to point out grammar and typing errors, but: bloody hell.
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@kauer@aus.social
@kauer @decryption Oil and diamonds tend not to become superseded or worn out. But yeah, there's going to be some bargains (unless it can be turned into QuantumRAM™️)
Nothing of note ever happens in Tasmania.
#taspol #politas #tasmania
"There is palpable fear on all sides. Concern for personal security is high. Tasmania's top silks have been briefed."
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-04-01/tas-hellyer-mine-bikie-links-and-troubles/106464982
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@vikxin@beach.city
@vikxin @NanoRaptor Maybe we've been wrong all along? Maybe … maybe it is real after all?
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@acsawdey@fosstodon.org
@acsawdey@fosstodon.org @linear@nya.social @davidgerard@circumstances.run "There's more than one way to do it". 😳
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@acsawdey@fosstodon.org
@acsawdey@fosstodon.org @linear@nya.social @davidgerard@circumstances.run EQUIVALENCE was built into the language so these crimes could be committed with ease.
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@abucci@buc.ci
@abucci @gbargoud@masto.nyc @davidgerard@circumstances.run I love* when these systems come with a little sign telling you how to turn the water on.
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@robinhouston@mathstodon.xyz
@robinhouston Awesome that thread was opened in February 2016.
And that the second comment is "2016 needs to be the year we discover this."
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@deutrino@mstdn.io
@deutrino@mstdn.io @nev@status.nevillepark.ca @zenhob@butts.team Maybe I'm in a city that is a bit behind the times, but both of these (the doxing and the optimised names) are still a thing here.
The phone book has become much smaller over the years, but it still gets delivered every year. I can confidently state that today is the first time I've opened the current one; it is a mystery why I haven't put it in the recycling already.
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@ibk@aus.social
@ianiv@mastodon.social @jimbob@aus.social Just need to build a bridge between it and myapp.ai
https://www.mymap.ai/app-idea-generator
This is moving into Electric Monk territory.
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@ianiv@mastodon.social
@ianiv@mastodon.social @jimbob@aus.social "Is code quality guaranteed? No."
It's just what I always wanted!
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@luna@tech.lgbt
@luna@tech.lgbt my hack of your code produces results that only make sense if you know someone called Katie who likes to abbreviate their name as “KT”, AND you have a bit of a nautical bent.
But here it is anyway: the US is increasing at fewer kts than at any time in the last 50 years.