Brisbanite. IT for Qld government. Linux geek. Environmentalist. Atheist. Vaccine fan. Cis het.

LGBTQIA+ rights are human rights.

Refugees deserve compassion and care. Asylum seeking is legal.

I also run the [email protected] account about trapping cane toad tadpoles in the creek near where I live.

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@nprofile…pfuj
Your pro-ant propaganda is insidious.
Today as I sat on a balcony, I felt small, sharp pains in my toes and discovered several ants swarming over my feet. I lifted them off gently and said "No, darlings, don't. What have I stood in that you're not happy about?" and then I moved to a less-good chair.
I hope you are satisfied with what you have done. 😄

2026-08-12 00:25:12 GMT

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@nprofile…va7h
Mutt is glorious!
It's never occurred to me that I could make long URLs work in it. I've just done a bit of internet searching and not found anything about it. If you have time, would you be able to share a brief pointer?
#Linux #terminal #mutt

2026-08-11 05:07:11 GMT

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@nprofile…va7h Yay!! It looks great.

2026-08-10 09:10:31 GMT

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@nprofile…hqk5 It's spectacular and it's been a delight to watch it take shape.
Love the stats: 3.8 km of yarn!! 😯

2026-08-03 22:16:39 GMT

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@nprofile…va7h What a cute idea! Please do show us the finished snake in situ if you'd like to!

2026-05-20 03:22:50 GMT

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@nprofile…a7x9 This one I believe: https://www.uncannymagazine.com/article/the-year-without-sunshine/
"The Year Without Sunshine"
by @nprofile…r0e2 (Naomi Kritzer) in Uncanny Magazine Issue Fifty-Five
Found it in my favourited toots with the "in:library KEYWORD" search.
It's a LOVELY story!
#solarpunk #hopepunk #anarchist

2026-05-13 21:09:13 GMT

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@nprofile…hqk5
Eeeeeeeee! It looks so good! Great job! I loved seeing it grow.
The stats are interesting too, thanks.
Do you happen to know roughly how many hours it took?

2026-05-05 22:10:53 GMT

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@nprofile…hqk5
Eeeeee! That's looking SO good! I'm really liking this slow reveal. ♥

2026-04-23 22:31:59 GMT

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@nprofile…hqk5
The first shelf was great but this is much more exciting than I predicted from it!
Those vases are so good, and those A-Z bookends!

2026-03-03 05:01:03 GMT

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@nprofile…s8xx
OMG. These two paragraphs are one after the other in their documentation (https://monocypher.org/manual/#CAVEATS ). Do they not see how tightly linked they are??
> CAVEATS
> Monocypher does not perform any input validation. Any deviation from the specified input and output length ranges results in undefined behaviour. Make sure your inputs are correct.
>
> SECURITY CONSIDERATIONS
> Using cryptography securely is difficult. Flaws that never manifest under normal use might be exploited by a clever adversary

2026-01-29 21:22:09 GMT

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@nprofile…hqk5
It is beautiful!
Make your lanyard even bigger first. 😄

2025-11-20 00:30:17 GMT

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@nprofile…t2a9
Interesting! Is there a particular tool you use for that?
@nprofile…zwws

2025-07-03 02:46:40 GMT

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@nprofile…pye9
I've just read three of your blog posts picked at random, and oh my goodness you do NOT have terrible writing! "On the Architectural Hostility of Doorknobs" in particular was excellent.
That AI tech bro didn't know what he was talking about. What a non-surprise. 🙄 Congrats on breaking his damn stupid AI training.

2025-05-11 02:52:25 GMT

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@nprofile…zp6v
Thank you for the excellent alt text! I have no visual disability but I'm not good at noticing detail in images and I'd completely missed that the central figure became joyful! 😍

2025-01-07 04:20:35 GMT

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@nprofile…x759
Avoiding excessive speed is important though. Pedestrians need to keep below the speed of light, just like the rest of us.