ijk64✅ @ijk64@m.futex.au

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I did not have “multiple nations shooting down high altitude balloons” on my 2023 bingo card!🎈

Happy Sunday.

Pancakes are happening 🥣

This powerpole in AKL does not look happy

-0.21942814877743394 + 0.7482210980097642i at zoom 9.4665965055e+07.

Oh no!

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https://weather.bom.gov.au/

But ... but ... I actually want HTTPS, and I don't trust native apps... :S

I'm convinced that nginx servers are like sourdoughs in that they all came from someone's special starting config that they use each time they need to make a new one.

Your annual reminder that your monthly metrics will be down 10% in February because February is 10% shorter than January. Please do not contact your data team about it.

Found a blog post I wrote 2 years ago for my much-neglected gear blog. It's not terrible, so I finished & published it.

If anyone is just getting into low-key kayaking, here's my take on what you need & where to pee: https://www.5gadgets.com/2023/02/what-gear-do-you-need-for-low-key-kayaking/

Two objects in two days? What is going on? https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/world-news/breaking-canada-shoots-down-ufo-29194487

#SynthSaturday bonus content!

This GILBERT is a relatively simple #analogSynth I built. It’s based around a few classic Roland #synthesizer designs from the late 70s/early 80s.

In the first picture, you can see the controls for the various sub-blocks of the synth, including the VCO and VCF.

The other photos are just fun shots of the guts from while I was building it.

Dozens of tech companies, including major social media firms like Twitter, YouTube, Facebook and TikTok, were asked to hand in a report this month on how they implemented the EU's anti-disinformation charter.

Who didn’t respond? Twitter.

https://www.politico.eu/article/elon-musk-twitter-fails-eu-first-disinformation-test-digital-services-act/

MTV Teletext by TMP, released on n/a. Check it out @ https://c64.ch/productions/9367/MTV_Teletext
/ c64.ch - #c64 #commodore #demoscene #retro
https://c64.ch/guestbook
https://c64.ch/scenenews/
https://c64.ch/sitenews/
https://c64.ch/productions/demos/latestadded

I guess if I'd known that this tweet was going to "change the world", I would have gone back and capitalized the E in The Economist.

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2023/02/10/opinion/twitter-all-time-tweets.html?unlocked_article_code=RhBfriP_sR1QxiyFewI5_N5Cf3bsRnCC4Pgvm0MriKhEQ9pdleO5dfedIgdw2FlSFvb5D18VsTmyODKSJKqLt00GuUD_afepL-b0trgjxrjzSoBz3uquKfEAYnkq75tXmPUZPwMhTFoy_tNXwbx0k2yAwt7n3cK_l2o2A93XxwyFI4OgULLMFAMTVt8rHdcxyxhyt3mq0ggEAiY9KId3ruo2-5fhT5Ty70g7j4Pg1dlc8GAD29ejFJX9f8IHQlKr8T7wdNJ5i9K14EYunHI9fajLYxqPRH5GwXk9HuvkWOhH8-gLcNx5kdaXD9rb2ELZOy1uZdeGEGA8tkU2hkkJRWIqb2-R7ApcGYZv0U81SoII&smid=share-url

A shot of Wisconsin’s Apostle Islands on Lake Superior from 2017. Photo courtesy of Kat Carney Photography.
#LakeSuperior
#Apostles

For more info, just visit this URL

#UFO

https://www.reuters.com/world/us/us-says-it-shot-down-object-over-alaska-size-small-car-2023-02-10/

Until the US is safely walkable or bikeable, people will continue to buy urban tanks in self-defense.

Since my kids were three years old, they've known to raise their hand as high as they can and wave it around whenever they hear a car engine start.

Some strangers smile and wave back when they see my kids do this. They think it's cute! But it's not really that cute.

Finally done with the WarGames 1:12 scatch build scale model of WOPR! 🤖