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Malcolm Herbert
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a little bit of this ... a little bit of that ...
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reminds me of this PartiallyClips from ages ago web.archive.org/web/20100317...
an old (very old) clip-art+dialogue webcomic from 2006, PartiallyClips A: and they're all like, "we're the Altaxians, we just discovered galactic communications, blah blah blah. Now give us stuff." B: lol. A: and I'm like, "I am not gonna forward these anus-breathers to the high council." B: lmfto. so what did you say? A: I sent them plans for an omniphasic bomb and told them it was a hyperdrive. Haven't heard from them since B: OMG pwned lol. U R 2 cool dood A: yeah, I got no patience with noob races. Plus I'm trying to get fired. This job sucks. C: wait ... is it on? Greetings from all mankind!
July 16, 2025 at 12:56 AM
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a complex ffmpeg command-line showing how the three-in-one video was produced from Geoff's original source material
June 6, 2025 at 10:09 AM
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... it would be nice if the columns in the "first preferences by vote type" sorted numerically properly ... seems to be an asciibetical sort up to the first comma in their numerical representation ...
screen grab from the AEC website showing voting preference detail for Kooyong, allegedly sorted low-to-high by "ordinary votes", however this is wrongly implemented screen grab from the AEC website showing voting preference detail for Kooyong, allegedly sorted high-to-low by "ordinary votes", however this is wrongly implemented
May 3, 2025 at 11:37 AM
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watching the sun set on the other side of the planet is pretty cool though ...
still image from the RailcamUK camera at Blue Anchor, showing a pretty brilliant sunset over the station and beach
April 27, 2025 at 7:28 PM
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such a horrible pastiche of computerese ... IRC-like chat-log with weird half-Unix, half-Windows paths and Perl-inspired "code" ...
black-on-green text on an apparent CRT monitor. The text looks similar to an IRC chat-log with lines of Perl-like pseudocode ... I can't really describe it better than that, sorry ... there is overlaid yellow subtitle text "It was never proven"
April 13, 2025 at 5:09 AM
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Counterpart S02E01 - who knew the anonymous Management engine ran on Perl?
video still of green-on-black text on a CRT which reads "#!/usr/site/bin/perl -upload/link/disconnect" which ... makes absolutely no sense
April 13, 2025 at 5:06 AM
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... if you play against mum, you'd better bring your best ...
Malcolm Herbert @mherbert@chinwag.org ... if you play against mum, you'd better bring your best ... a close-in shot of a table top with a completed scrabble board, two empty tile racks and a small Heartland Hotels notepad showing the running score between two players M and A - the final score is 272 to 271in favour of M Mar 25, 2025, 06:15 PM · 0boosts · 0favorites Home Notifications Explore Live feeds Private mentions Bookmarks Favorites Lists Preferences Alt text a close-in shot of a table top with a completed scrabble board, two empty tile racks and a small Heartland Hotels notepad showing the running score between two players M and A - the final score is 272 to 271in favour of M
March 25, 2025 at 7:16 AM
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ok, where is this? ... I've loved the Melbourne Ska Orchestra video of "Get Smart" for years, but I've never been able to place this shot ... figured someone on here might know ...

www.youtube.com/watch?v=CVyJ...
a frame from the video "Get Smart" by the Melbourne Ska Orchestra showing a long, flourescent-lit corridor extending into the distance where there is a turn to the right. The floor is bare concrete, the walls are lined in beige metal panels but two sets of panels close to the camera are picked out in a burnt orange colour. The passage is likely a pedestrian access tunnel in a public building, probably a railway station or similar, but the location is unknown.
March 22, 2025 at 5:15 AM
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still of an animated map from windy.com showing an intense westerly front approaching Melbourne with many icons indicatinging lightning strikes
February 2, 2025 at 11:25 AM
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December 30, 2024 at 11:28 AM
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photo from last week - had seen the christian fish decal on cars, had seen a 'darwin fish' also, but never a cthulhu one as here
November 23, 2024 at 1:54 AM