Brett Percy's Avatar

Brett Percy

@thelonelyant.com.bsky.social

LabVIEW developer and test automation specialist https://theLonelyAnt.com Check out GDevCon ANZ #2 at https://gdevconanz.org.au/

78 Followers  |  255 Following  |  17 Posts  |  Joined: 07.02.2024  |  2.1563

Latest posts by thelonelyant.com on Bluesky

Also, if he was a female CEO, he would be in jail for fraud by now.

07.11.2025 23:11 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Jim Hacker's Guide to Foreign Affairs | Yes, Minister & Yes, Prime Minister | BBC Comedy Greats
YouTube video by BBC Comedy Greats Jim Hacker's Guide to Foreign Affairs | Yes, Minister & Yes, Prime Minister | BBC Comedy Greats

It's a lot of goodwill

youtu.be/1EvBS_sbPbc?...

04.11.2025 20:32 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Post image

The first three presentations from our 2025 conference have been added to our YouTube channel: youtube.com/channel/UCpi...

Christopher Farmer: youtu.be/h3qQg9qjgSE

Elijah Kerry: youtu.be/dymHV5LGrY0

Fabiola De la Cueva: youtu.be/Y0RrgmLcCX0

Stay tuned - more to come.

30.10.2025 23:47 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I thought that adding more computer would fix the problems but now I just have different problems and less money.

03.10.2025 23:35 β€” πŸ‘ 196    πŸ” 23    πŸ’¬ 8    πŸ“Œ 2

modern screens are silent bc they’re ambush predators

29.09.2025 08:30 β€” πŸ‘ 10    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1

Hey. The fragmentation of the social media landscape has been hard on indie #scicomm πŸ§ͺ projects

So if you'd like to follow a podcast that's enthusiastic about #linguistics, could you check out @lingthusiasm.bsky.social?

And if you think your followers might like to, could you give this a repost?

27.09.2025 14:50 β€” πŸ‘ 93    πŸ” 85    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 8

No way that seven people could fall victim to groupthink , that’s never happened before

02.09.2025 23:25 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
The original schematic drawing for the patent application of what would become the most common toilet paper holder. It depicts the roll of toilet paper used as having its roll over the top and not under from the back.

The original schematic drawing for the patent application of what would become the most common toilet paper holder. It depicts the roll of toilet paper used as having its roll over the top and not under from the back.

it feels good to be on the right side of history

27.08.2025 13:54 β€” πŸ‘ 555    πŸ” 100    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

"Human kindness has never weakened the stamina or softened the fiber of a free people. A nation does not have to be cruel in order to be tough."

β€” FDR, 1940

25.08.2025 14:58 β€” πŸ‘ 1009    πŸ” 330    πŸ’¬ 15    πŸ“Œ 10

Could be worse, could be β€˜no bears’

25.08.2025 06:31 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
Preview
Urgent recall on multiple cheeses sold at Coles, Woolworths, Aldi, IGA Several cheeses sold at supermarkets nationally have been recalled over contamination fears.

Urgent cheese recall across most of Australia - multiple stores - listeria issue.

au.lifestyle.yahoo.com/urgent-recal...

16.08.2025 03:13 β€” πŸ‘ 68    πŸ” 66    πŸ’¬ 14    πŸ“Œ 2

Just gotta get through this week and then what? Another week to get through? And then let me guess, getting through more weeks? I know a scam when I see one

08.08.2025 16:06 β€” πŸ‘ 184    πŸ” 28    πŸ’¬ 10    πŸ“Œ 2

Dear young men,

I've been married to an amazing woman for nearly 23 years, now. Here is a list of things this person owes me:

1. Not a goddamn thing. Not food, not comfort, not sex.

I'm in a relationship, not a fucking lease. We give to each other out of love, respect, and joy.

Learn that.

02.08.2025 14:45 β€” πŸ‘ 287    πŸ” 65    πŸ’¬ 9    πŸ“Œ 5
Panel 1: A man in a green shirt says "I'm Mad!" to a man in a blue shirt

Panel 2: "Here's a solution" says Blue, holding a folder

Panel 3: "I don't want a solution" says Green, lighting the folder on fire

Panel 4: "I want to be Mad", Green continues.

Panel 1: A man in a green shirt says "I'm Mad!" to a man in a blue shirt Panel 2: "Here's a solution" says Blue, holding a folder Panel 3: "I don't want a solution" says Green, lighting the folder on fire Panel 4: "I want to be Mad", Green continues.

Panel 1: A dog holding a toy in its mouth says "Pls throw??"

Panel 2: As a hand reaches for it, dog exclaims "NO TAKE!!"

Panel 3: The dog continues: "ONLY THROW"

Panel 1: A dog holding a toy in its mouth says "Pls throw??" Panel 2: As a hand reaches for it, dog exclaims "NO TAKE!!" Panel 3: The dog continues: "ONLY THROW"

Panel 1: A pink blob man in the middle of a furnished room says "I want things to be different"

Panel 2: He is shown wielding a baseball bat as smashed objects fly around him

Panel 3: Standing amidst the smashed ruins of the room he says his common punchline: "oh no"

Panel 1: A pink blob man in the middle of a furnished room says "I want things to be different" Panel 2: He is shown wielding a baseball bat as smashed objects fly around him Panel 3: Standing amidst the smashed ruins of the room he says his common punchline: "oh no"

Text 33. All of politics in one comic

"Mad" by @poorlydrawnlines.bsky.social poorlydrawnlines.com/comic/mad/

"She is still learning" by @cupcakelogic.bsky.social
cupcakelogic.tumblr.com/post/1243923...

"I want things to be different" by @alexnorris.bsky.social
webcomicname.com/image/152958...

13.07.2025 03:07 β€” πŸ‘ 436    πŸ” 50    πŸ’¬ 9    πŸ“Œ 6

Automated systems to which we delegate life or death decisions need to have SO MUCH REDUNDANCY because the cost of getting it wrong is so high.

"Go fast and break things" attitudes are cute for code. Not cute for real life engineering.

13.06.2025 17:22 β€” πŸ‘ 11    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Presenters - GDevCon These are our presenters for 2025! Take a look at what they will be covering in Brighton. Β  If you want to be part of GDevCon but not as a presenter, then perhaps you’d like to facilitate a GDevCon Hu...

GDevcon agenda is out πŸ‘‰ gdevcon.com/presenters/

That's going to be a fantastic event, as usual. See you in September in Brighton!

11.06.2025 06:26 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

And this is why having American aviation communications rely on Starlink was always a terrifying idea

05.06.2025 20:35 β€” πŸ‘ 11163    πŸ” 2230    πŸ’¬ 201    πŸ“Œ 115

Getting stuck while we're writing is a feature, not a bug. It's the point of the exercise. It's what happens when we are trying to express something we have not expressed before. That friction forces us to make the tools we need to understand and express it. Getting stuck is how we make meaning.

29.05.2025 01:58 β€” πŸ‘ 1512    πŸ” 613    πŸ’¬ 22    πŸ“Œ 29

Even accepting the premise that AI produces useful writing (which no one should), using AI in education is like using a forklift at the gym. The weights do not actually need to be moved from place to place. That is not the work. The work is what happens within you.

15.04.2025 02:56 β€” πŸ‘ 10515    πŸ” 3378    πŸ’¬ 104    πŸ“Œ 269
In the last few decades, we have detected thousands of planets outside of our solar system. They did not suddenly appear at the time we found them. No one calls it an "exoplanet epidemic." The planets were always there, just previously undiscovered. This is a tweet about autism.

In the last few decades, we have detected thousands of planets outside of our solar system. They did not suddenly appear at the time we found them. No one calls it an "exoplanet epidemic." The planets were always there, just previously undiscovered. This is a tweet about autism.

12.04.2025 18:49 β€” πŸ‘ 243    πŸ” 61    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 4

I’m sorry are they seriously suggesting shearing mammoths?

11.04.2025 06:01 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
a stock photo image of a man-shaped figure staring off into space, arms crossed. It might be human if you squint. In the background are meaningless numbers and an arrow-go-up labeled "TARFS"

a stock photo image of a man-shaped figure staring off into space, arms crossed. It might be human if you squint. In the background are meaningless numbers and an arrow-go-up labeled "TARFS"

The prophecy has been fulfilled and epsilon is, actually, extremely funny in "haha these people think we're too stupid to understand math" way.

Which I am but my husband isn't, and he's made me a meme which explains everything.

04.04.2025 02:12 β€” πŸ‘ 162    πŸ” 21    πŸ’¬ 5    πŸ“Œ 1

The passive voice died

02.04.2025 23:00 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

We don't need to have an April Fools' day this year. We've been through enough

31.03.2025 18:05 β€” πŸ‘ 580    πŸ” 31    πŸ’¬ 6    πŸ“Œ 6

Bring back the β€˜under construction’ gif!

23.02.2025 03:43 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

My favorite thing about Bluesky is that it has recaptured the old social media experience of:

"I made a cool thing!"

"I like your cool thing! I also make a thing."

"Thank you. Your thing is also very nice! Someday I may try to make that thing."

23.01.2025 17:45 β€” πŸ‘ 1120    πŸ” 181    πŸ’¬ 23    πŸ“Œ 11

The people who think they are good at everything because they are good at coding are also bad at coding.

04.02.2025 19:34 β€” πŸ‘ 5675    πŸ” 1254    πŸ’¬ 72    πŸ“Œ 74

Hard to believe @superlinguo.bsky.social and I have now made 100 podcast episodes together!

My favourite fun fact from this episode is the one we saved for the very end about the word "hundred" and I'm not gonna spoil it for you, you gotta listen πŸ‘€

17.01.2025 04:37 β€” πŸ‘ 92    πŸ” 15    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 2

Asking the neighbors if I can borrow a cup of ambition

12.01.2025 19:11 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

@thelonelyant.com is following 20 prominent accounts