lucas
@lucas.fitt.au.ap.brid.gy
Just a bloke.
Here for the memes and the generalised nerdiness.
And Fractals.
Oh, and let's not forget the decentralisation of social media. I'm fully on board with […]
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Here for the memes and the generalised nerdiness.
And Fractals.
Oh, and let's not forget the decentralisation of social media. I'm fully on board with […]
🌉 bridged from https://fitt.au/@lucas on the fediverse by https://fed.brid.gy/
As humanity has progressed through the ages, our ability to use tools to create better tools has been one of our defining features.
Every step of the way, people have been able to re-create those tools from knowledge left behind be the people that came before them.
Unfortunately, now we have […]
Every step of the way, people have been able to re-create those tools from knowledge left behind be the people that came before them.
Unfortunately, now we have […]
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fitt.au
June 17, 2025 at 9:31 AM
As humanity has progressed through the ages, our ability to use tools to create better tools has been one of our defining features.
Every step of the way, people have been able to re-create those tools from knowledge left behind be the people that came before them.
Unfortunately, now we have […]
Every step of the way, people have been able to re-create those tools from knowledge left behind be the people that came before them.
Unfortunately, now we have […]
Today a student told me they'd never seen or read Lord of the Rings.
I've read the books when I was their age, and watched the movies, but never been back for extra watches or reads.
I still managed to give an impromptu 10 minute TED Talk about it, we were both surprised by it.
I've read the books when I was their age, and watched the movies, but never been back for extra watches or reads.
I still managed to give an impromptu 10 minute TED Talk about it, we were both surprised by it.
June 5, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Today a student told me they'd never seen or read Lord of the Rings.
I've read the books when I was their age, and watched the movies, but never been back for extra watches or reads.
I still managed to give an impromptu 10 minute TED Talk about it, we were both surprised by it.
I've read the books when I was their age, and watched the movies, but never been back for extra watches or reads.
I still managed to give an impromptu 10 minute TED Talk about it, we were both surprised by it.
I got a new phone today.
Shelled out the extra $60 for an "oem" phone cover.
The damn thing is slipperier than an eel in grease. This is not going to protect the investment, not even a little bit.
Shelled out the extra $60 for an "oem" phone cover.
The damn thing is slipperier than an eel in grease. This is not going to protect the investment, not even a little bit.
June 3, 2025 at 7:32 AM
I got a new phone today.
Shelled out the extra $60 for an "oem" phone cover.
The damn thing is slipperier than an eel in grease. This is not going to protect the investment, not even a little bit.
Shelled out the extra $60 for an "oem" phone cover.
The damn thing is slipperier than an eel in grease. This is not going to protect the investment, not even a little bit.
One of my co-workers went home because they have some kind of temporary disease.
I asked them to lick my eyeball so I could have some time off, too.
They declined.
Joke's on them, I appear to be coming down with a temporary disease, also!
I asked them to lick my eyeball so I could have some time off, too.
They declined.
Joke's on them, I appear to be coming down with a temporary disease, also!
June 2, 2025 at 3:12 PM
One of my co-workers went home because they have some kind of temporary disease.
I asked them to lick my eyeball so I could have some time off, too.
They declined.
Joke's on them, I appear to be coming down with a temporary disease, also!
I asked them to lick my eyeball so I could have some time off, too.
They declined.
Joke's on them, I appear to be coming down with a temporary disease, also!
In 2007 Jackson Jackson released an album called "The Fire is on the Bird"
It was about many things: consumerism, climate change, trying to save the planet, and a particularly memorable one-night-stand.
Almost 20 years later, it's still relevant.
It was about many things: consumerism, climate change, trying to save the planet, and a particularly memorable one-night-stand.
Almost 20 years later, it's still relevant.
May 29, 2025 at 7:46 AM
In 2007 Jackson Jackson released an album called "The Fire is on the Bird"
It was about many things: consumerism, climate change, trying to save the planet, and a particularly memorable one-night-stand.
Almost 20 years later, it's still relevant.
It was about many things: consumerism, climate change, trying to save the planet, and a particularly memorable one-night-stand.
Almost 20 years later, it's still relevant.
If God wanted me to be able to touch my toes, she'd have given me shorter legs.
May 26, 2025 at 9:51 AM
If God wanted me to be able to touch my toes, she'd have given me shorter legs.
Do you need a 5.1 sound system to listen to Pink Floyd?
Well, yeah, man. It's part of the essential listening experience.
Lava Lamp, some lasers, big sound system, and a few hundred micrograms, you know, the basics.
Well, yeah, man. It's part of the essential listening experience.
Lava Lamp, some lasers, big sound system, and a few hundred micrograms, you know, the basics.
May 25, 2025 at 12:19 PM
Do you need a 5.1 sound system to listen to Pink Floyd?
Well, yeah, man. It's part of the essential listening experience.
Lava Lamp, some lasers, big sound system, and a few hundred micrograms, you know, the basics.
Well, yeah, man. It's part of the essential listening experience.
Lava Lamp, some lasers, big sound system, and a few hundred micrograms, you know, the basics.
...everyone knows, when you make an assumption, you make an ass out of "u" and "umption".
- Mitch Henessey, The Long Kiss Goodnight
- Mitch Henessey, The Long Kiss Goodnight
May 24, 2025 at 10:45 AM
...everyone knows, when you make an assumption, you make an ass out of "u" and "umption".
- Mitch Henessey, The Long Kiss Goodnight
- Mitch Henessey, The Long Kiss Goodnight
Can someone explain to me what is happening with the #icc / #microsoft thing?
May 23, 2025 at 5:00 AM
Can someone explain to me what is happening with the #icc / #microsoft thing?
I've recently realised that most people probably cut all of their finger nails at the same time, instead of whichever two or three are the longest.
May 22, 2025 at 12:31 PM
I've recently realised that most people probably cut all of their finger nails at the same time, instead of whichever two or three are the longest.
I stood up #umami analytics on the internal web portal at work for some shits and giggles.
We're a 100% windows shop. Only 30% of the hits are windows, the other 70% is people's phones.
I may have wildly misjudged how people use our portal page.
We're a 100% windows shop. Only 30% of the hits are windows, the other 70% is people's phones.
I may have wildly misjudged how people use our portal page.
May 21, 2025 at 12:02 PM
I stood up #umami analytics on the internal web portal at work for some shits and giggles.
We're a 100% windows shop. Only 30% of the hits are windows, the other 70% is people's phones.
I may have wildly misjudged how people use our portal page.
We're a 100% windows shop. Only 30% of the hits are windows, the other 70% is people's phones.
I may have wildly misjudged how people use our portal page.
Work is in the process of migrating a bunch of stuff to "the cloud".
We have coined a term: "Cloud Minute" which is the arbitrary amount of time between making a change to a system, and that change being visible to users.
Sometimes it's a minute, sometimes it's a day.
My ADHD is really not […]
We have coined a term: "Cloud Minute" which is the arbitrary amount of time between making a change to a system, and that change being visible to users.
Sometimes it's a minute, sometimes it's a day.
My ADHD is really not […]
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fitt.au
May 21, 2025 at 1:12 AM
Work is in the process of migrating a bunch of stuff to "the cloud".
We have coined a term: "Cloud Minute" which is the arbitrary amount of time between making a change to a system, and that change being visible to users.
Sometimes it's a minute, sometimes it's a day.
My ADHD is really not […]
We have coined a term: "Cloud Minute" which is the arbitrary amount of time between making a change to a system, and that change being visible to users.
Sometimes it's a minute, sometimes it's a day.
My ADHD is really not […]
So, with the promise of quantum computers breaking #cryptography,
Does that mean I could feasily make a sha256 sum of a multi-terrabyte file, send that to someone, and they could decode the original file from the checksum?
Could that potentially become faster then sending a muti-terrabyte file?
Does that mean I could feasily make a sha256 sum of a multi-terrabyte file, send that to someone, and they could decode the original file from the checksum?
Could that potentially become faster then sending a muti-terrabyte file?
May 20, 2025 at 10:42 AM
So, with the promise of quantum computers breaking #cryptography,
Does that mean I could feasily make a sha256 sum of a multi-terrabyte file, send that to someone, and they could decode the original file from the checksum?
Could that potentially become faster then sending a muti-terrabyte file?
Does that mean I could feasily make a sha256 sum of a multi-terrabyte file, send that to someone, and they could decode the original file from the checksum?
Could that potentially become faster then sending a muti-terrabyte file?
If I had a dollar for every time Steve Carell was written out of a TV series via car crash, I'd have two dollars.
Not a lot, but still, weird it's happened twice.
Not a lot, but still, weird it's happened twice.
May 20, 2025 at 6:56 AM
If I had a dollar for every time Steve Carell was written out of a TV series via car crash, I'd have two dollars.
Not a lot, but still, weird it's happened twice.
Not a lot, but still, weird it's happened twice.
Dear dairy,
Today I received a message from an M365 account.
The total headers were 41KB.
The email just says "It is back."
This ratio does not seem optimal.
Today I received a message from an M365 account.
The total headers were 41KB.
The email just says "It is back."
This ratio does not seem optimal.
May 19, 2025 at 11:26 PM
Dear dairy,
Today I received a message from an M365 account.
The total headers were 41KB.
The email just says "It is back."
This ratio does not seem optimal.
Today I received a message from an M365 account.
The total headers were 41KB.
The email just says "It is back."
This ratio does not seem optimal.
I've been telling myself i need 10GBit LAN for a while now.
After spending most of the day shipping VM images across the network, I'm starting to listen to myself.
After spending most of the day shipping VM images across the network, I'm starting to listen to myself.
May 19, 2025 at 7:07 AM
I've been telling myself i need 10GBit LAN for a while now.
After spending most of the day shipping VM images across the network, I'm starting to listen to myself.
After spending most of the day shipping VM images across the network, I'm starting to listen to myself.
🎶 Doot, Doot, Doo, Testing in Pro-duction🎶
(To the Tune of Creedence Clearwater Revival's - Lookin' Out My Back Door)
(To the Tune of Creedence Clearwater Revival's - Lookin' Out My Back Door)
May 16, 2025 at 5:06 PM
🎶 Doot, Doot, Doo, Testing in Pro-duction🎶
(To the Tune of Creedence Clearwater Revival's - Lookin' Out My Back Door)
(To the Tune of Creedence Clearwater Revival's - Lookin' Out My Back Door)
I've never met a person that was "in the top 5" of anything that wasn't really just "5th place"
Same with any other "in the top n".
Just say you were n'th.
No need to get semantic about it. I know what you mean. You know what you mean: Your partner is "in the top-two" people having orgasms […]
Same with any other "in the top n".
Just say you were n'th.
No need to get semantic about it. I know what you mean. You know what you mean: Your partner is "in the top-two" people having orgasms […]
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fitt.au
May 6, 2025 at 10:03 AM
I've never met a person that was "in the top 5" of anything that wasn't really just "5th place"
Same with any other "in the top n".
Just say you were n'th.
No need to get semantic about it. I know what you mean. You know what you mean: Your partner is "in the top-two" people having orgasms […]
Same with any other "in the top n".
Just say you were n'th.
No need to get semantic about it. I know what you mean. You know what you mean: Your partner is "in the top-two" people having orgasms […]
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I mentioned the #hackerone AI slop thing on #linkedin
May 5, 2025 at 2:03 PM
I mentioned the #hackerone AI slop thing on #linkedin
Far out, Brusell sprout.
#ausvotes voted so hard the other team's leader even lost his job.
Apparently the libs ran on the Angel's song "Am I ever gonna see your face again?"
And Australia, as always, yelled "No way, get fucked, fuck off!"
#ausvotes voted so hard the other team's leader even lost his job.
Apparently the libs ran on the Angel's song "Am I ever gonna see your face again?"
And Australia, as always, yelled "No way, get fucked, fuck off!"
May 3, 2025 at 10:50 PM
Far out, Brusell sprout.
#ausvotes voted so hard the other team's leader even lost his job.
Apparently the libs ran on the Angel's song "Am I ever gonna see your face again?"
And Australia, as always, yelled "No way, get fucked, fuck off!"
#ausvotes voted so hard the other team's leader even lost his job.
Apparently the libs ran on the Angel's song "Am I ever gonna see your face again?"
And Australia, as always, yelled "No way, get fucked, fuck off!"
My work was one of the voting places this year.
There were no democracy snags on offer.
I am carrying shame.
There were no democracy snags on offer.
I am carrying shame.
May 3, 2025 at 3:10 AM
My work was one of the voting places this year.
There were no democracy snags on offer.
I am carrying shame.
There were no democracy snags on offer.
I am carrying shame.
If #mentalhealth is kicking your butt and you have no clean plates, a cutting board works just fine.
April 30, 2025 at 12:06 PM
If #mentalhealth is kicking your butt and you have no clean plates, a cutting board works just fine.
When we were kids, we had a fun game we called "HELPING!" where we'd do nothing to help a sibling while they were attempting some kind of task, while loudly yelling "HELPING!" at them.
We're migrating to M365 at work.
It's the same vibes.
We're migrating to M365 at work.
It's the same vibes.
April 29, 2025 at 8:35 PM
When we were kids, we had a fun game we called "HELPING!" where we'd do nothing to help a sibling while they were attempting some kind of task, while loudly yelling "HELPING!" at them.
We're migrating to M365 at work.
It's the same vibes.
We're migrating to M365 at work.
It's the same vibes.
Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 was damn good.
April 29, 2025 at 10:40 AM
Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 was damn good.