Kit Bashir

@rabidchaos do not cite the dark magic to me, Witch, I was there when it was written.

Microsoft kills open source by buying github, getting every modern software toolchain to rely on github—you vgrep the output of “go get”, “cargo install” or “npm whateverthefrak” for github dot com, you’ll see what I mean—then pumping github full of AI bubble juice and waiting till the bubble […]

“Finally, I think I’ve cracked it”

“Cracked what, I have aome super glue here somewhere—u need?”

“No, doofus; I’ve analyzed how Metrodyne produce Hexanitrohexaazaisowurtzitane at ambient pressure without distilling it from liquid TNT.”

“Hmmm. Catalysts?”

“Close. Witches!”

“What the […]

@MelissaBearTrix Wednesday is Brisbane show day public holiday. I can deputize you as an honorary Brisvegan if you want the day off.

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@Sempf @platypusparent When you captioned the picture “giant-ass zucchini” my mind went straight to https://xkcd.com/37/

Giant-ass zucchini

seriously what the fuck am I gonna do with this

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@Sempf @platypusparent When you captioned the picture “giant-ass zucchini” my mind went straight to https://xkcd.com/37/

“Perhaps the real treasure was the friends we made along the way”

“Gotta say, Vic, your portable steam dynamo is gonna revolutionize the craft, no more castle-and-lightning-rod malarkey”

“It was Igor here’s idea, all credit to them, really”

“You are too kind, Marther”

#Tootfic #MicroFiction […]

“Perhaps the real treasure was the friends we made along the way”

“Gotta say, Vic, your portable steam dynamo is gonna revolutionize the craft, no more castle-and-lightning-rod malarkey”

“It was Igor here’s idea, all credit to them, really”

“You are too kind, Marther”

#Tootfic #MicroFiction […]

Adopt Time or be left behind. Time is no longer an option, the bang has bung and space will expand with or without you. 99% percent of the universe now moves along a new axis, and unless you’re one of Those Particles—about which the less said the better—you will now be evaluated on your […]

Adopt Time or be left behind. Time is no longer an option, the bang has bung and space will expand with or without you. 99% percent of the universe now moves along a new axis, and unless you’re one of Those Particles—about which the less said the better—you will now be evaluated on your […]

An electronics lab jam packed with (mostly wheeled, fortunately) cabinets that got moved to allow a new bench to be brought in. And then i got dizzy and went to bed instead of putting them back.

Anyone in brissie able to come along to Accelerando this morning and help me tidy up before this arvo’s IoT meetup. Yesterday’s bench relocation got away from me.

Join me at Sunday (mad) Science - Bring a problem seek an answer https://meetu.ps/e/PpdZp/5yLNd/i

“Anyway, they don’t need refrigeration. They’re not exactly cold when attached to the dragon!” #BonusPanel

“Dragon whiskers. Darl, where are the dragon whiskers?”

“In the fridge, you left them out on the bench again”

“I left them out because I was making tacos and I knew I’d need them”

“Who puts dragon whiskers in chili?”

“I do, habaneros are inferior!”

#Tootfic #MicroFiction #PowerOnStoryToot

“Dragon whiskers. Darl, where are the dragon whiskers?”

“In the fridge, you left them out on the bench again”

“I left them out because I was making tacos and I knew I’d need them”

“Who puts dragon whiskers in chili?”

“I do, habaneros are inferior!”

#Tootfic #MicroFiction #PowerOnStoryToot

A Sieg X3 mill is packed up ready to be moved to a new spot in the workshop. The head is lowered all the way to the bed.

I always find it sad to see a milling machine having a sook with its head in its lap.

@tregeagle I bought that book a while ago, it’s still on the to-read pile

The Coonanglebah mechanism, found in a cave near the top of Kootaloo peak on what settlers later dubbed Dunk Island is the oldest [citation needed] technosorcerous heated mechanism known on the Australian continental shelf. Consisting of gears carved from Diprotodon [disputed] bone and pivots […]

Enbyflu day six. Constantly running nose stage. Itchy eardrums. Disdain for all humanity and rising urge to nuke site from orbit. Out of apples. TGIF.

The Coonanglebah mechanism, found in a cave near the top of Kootaloo peak on what settlers later dubbed Dunk Island is the oldest [citation needed] technosorcerous heated mechanism known on the Australian continental shelf. Consisting of gears carved from Diprotodon [disputed] bone and pivots […]

The Boss always says “When faced with a problem, try the simplest thing that could possibly work”.

Yeah but *another* layer of sub-particles? It’s not elegant.

Relax, nobody is going to be /counting/ them.

#Tootfic #MicroFiction #PowerOnStoryToot

Voidcat atop my besocked feet. Mad that woken by bedside lamp. It is dusk here but curtains are very effective.

I was about to get up and tackle feeding the TeenEaters, but now am trapped under cat. Thordis Longleap is using my ankle as a pillow as is her wont. Gosh darn it. Heck and tarnation. etc.

Update: the cat has found me and is now curled up between my feet.

Battling cold all week (kids had it first). Came home and went to bed. Woke up worse. Bleh.

The Boss always says “When faced with a problem, try the simplest thing that could possibly work”.

Yeah but *another* layer of sub-particles? It’s not elegant.

Relax, nobody is going to be /counting/ them.

#Tootfic #MicroFiction #PowerOnStoryToot

I don’t care if it’s a shortcut between worlds, stay the fuck out of my wardrobe. Jadis H Charn on a sleigh, do you kids even understand the concept of privacy?

#Tootfic #MicroFiction #PowerOnStoryToot

Kit Bashir (@Unixbigot@aus.social) Attached: 1 image New bike lane hazard just dropped.

@sophieschmieg was it this guy? https://aus.social/@Unixbigot/114978601992324186

Wide shot of a motor hub showing slots where magnetic field sensors are placed. These let the motor controller know when the motor is in position for the next cycle of the three-phase coil-energization pattern.

Close up of damaged sensors before removal and replacement.

Replacing hall sensors on a big ass-motor for a neighbour. $120 for an hours work and $10 of parts beats replacing a $1500 armature. Reminder that you can fix almost ANYTHING if you know enough swear words.

A ford Ranger SUV has a long handled chainsaw placed diagonally across the comically short bed such that the blade protrudes about one metre beyond the back passenger side corner, overhanging a green-paint-no-protection bike lane.

New bike lane hazard just dropped.

I don’t care if it’s a shortcut between worlds, stay the fuck out of my wardrobe. Jadis H Charn on a sleigh, do you kids even understand the concept of privacy?

#Tootfic #MicroFiction #PowerOnStoryToot