The Grumpy Dev in the Corner
@sakienvirotech.com
Ageing nerd with far too many interests to list. Still prefers the mc68k over the 80x86 family.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Very apt: “Like much that exits Trump’s mouth, one needs to consider the timing and purpose of his utter nonsense. Trump is like a criminal fleeing the scene, pulling down the furniture to create obstacles for his pursuers.”
Very apt: “Like much that exits Trump’s mouth, one needs to consider the timing and purpose of his utter nonsense. Trump is like a criminal fleeing the scene, pulling down the furniture to create obstacles for his pursuers.”
Trump’s Tylenol announcement incurs furious backlash: ‘This is yet more utter rubbish’
Medical professionals, pregnant women and autistic people note guidance’s disconnect from reality
www.theguardian.com
September 25, 2025 at 3:23 AM
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Very apt: “Like much that exits Trump’s mouth, one needs to consider the timing and purpose of his utter nonsense. Trump is like a criminal fleeing the scene, pulling down the furniture to create obstacles for his pursuers.”
Very apt: “Like much that exits Trump’s mouth, one needs to consider the timing and purpose of his utter nonsense. Trump is like a criminal fleeing the scene, pulling down the furniture to create obstacles for his pursuers.”
news.cfa.vic.gov.au/news/nearly-... - the quote that stands out for me: "Worryingly, those least concerned, and less likely to be prepared were located just 500 metres to one kilometre from bushland."
Nearly half of Victorians are without a bushfire plan
Ahead of the looming fire season, a recent CFA survey revealed that 40 per cent of Victorians living in bushfire-prone areas do not have a bushfire plan in place to save their family.
news.cfa.vic.gov.au
September 15, 2025 at 6:24 AM
news.cfa.vic.gov.au/news/nearly-... - the quote that stands out for me: "Worryingly, those least concerned, and less likely to be prepared were located just 500 metres to one kilometre from bushland."
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Today's review is from @sakienvirotech.com on the much discussed recent release The Turing Protocol by Nick Croydon. Fair to say, he had ... issues....
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September 5, 2025 at 2:36 AM
Today's review is from @sakienvirotech.com on the much discussed recent release The Turing Protocol by Nick Croydon. Fair to say, he had ... issues....
tinyl.co/3fWn
#BookSky ⚡📚💙
#CrimeFiction
#AusCrime
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#BookSky ⚡📚💙
#CrimeFiction
#AusCrime
Next week I take over as Captain of the local CFA. What a time to be in the hot seat! The ESVF is causing so much heartache, and the morale of the volunteers is plummeting. We already had problems fielding crews, and I'm trying to work out how to encourage people to turn out. Wish me luck.
June 24, 2025 at 7:21 AM
Next week I take over as Captain of the local CFA. What a time to be in the hot seat! The ESVF is causing so much heartache, and the morale of the volunteers is plummeting. We already had problems fielding crews, and I'm trying to work out how to encourage people to turn out. Wish me luck.
Today I was in Ballarat for the #ScrapTheTax #NotInOurName rally. The full entourage can be seen in youtu.be/UTZsC8HarVE?... It covers both the start and end.
CFA: multiple CFA and private units attend a scrap the tax rally in Ballarat
YouTube video by Andrew Gruevski
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June 15, 2025 at 10:16 AM
Today I was in Ballarat for the #ScrapTheTax #NotInOurName rally. The full entourage can be seen in youtu.be/UTZsC8HarVE?... It covers both the start and end.
We finally got some rain in Western Victoria. Drought breaking? I don't think so.
June 8, 2025 at 1:14 AM
We finally got some rain in Western Victoria. Drought breaking? I don't think so.
Emergency Services and Volunteers Fund www.parliament.vic.gov.au/get-involved... Please circulate widely - we need to get this tax scrapped and the government start thinking about a fairer way to adequately fund Emergency Services without putting an unfair burden on those already under pressure.
Emergency Services and Volunteers Fund - Petitions - Parliament of Victoria
www.parliament.vic.gov.au
May 28, 2025 at 2:01 AM
Emergency Services and Volunteers Fund www.parliament.vic.gov.au/get-involved... Please circulate widely - we need to get this tax scrapped and the government start thinking about a fairer way to adequately fund Emergency Services without putting an unfair burden on those already under pressure.
I was at the rally at Spring St yesterday protesting against the unfair and cynical ESVF. A photojournalist captured the breadth of the CFA membership in a single shot. I'm not on FB but I think everyone needs to see what the modern CFA volunteer force looks like: www.facebook.com/cnhop
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May 21, 2025 at 9:57 AM
I was at the rally at Spring St yesterday protesting against the unfair and cynical ESVF. A photojournalist captured the breadth of the CFA membership in a single shot. I'm not on FB but I think everyone needs to see what the modern CFA volunteer force looks like: www.facebook.com/cnhop
As a CFA operational volunteer and Lieutenant I fully support the action being taken by brigades statewide today. The action by the state government will result in deaths. People are already doing it tough and something is going to break. Too many single car accidents already.
May 15, 2025 at 12:57 PM
As a CFA operational volunteer and Lieutenant I fully support the action being taken by brigades statewide today. The action by the state government will result in deaths. People are already doing it tough and something is going to break. Too many single car accidents already.
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This is wild. Some folks on Reddit have figured out that if you ask ChatGPT how to implement tariffs, it gives you the same result as what the Trump administration is using.
Link for those curious: www.reddit.com/r/worldnews/...
Link for those curious: www.reddit.com/r/worldnews/...
April 3, 2025 at 5:53 AM
This is wild. Some folks on Reddit have figured out that if you ask ChatGPT how to implement tariffs, it gives you the same result as what the Trump administration is using.
Link for those curious: www.reddit.com/r/worldnews/...
Link for those curious: www.reddit.com/r/worldnews/...
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I just did the numbers and this assumption looks to be completely right.
Let’s pause for a minute and consider how INSANE this is. 🧵
Let’s pause for a minute and consider how INSANE this is. 🧵
April 3, 2025 at 4:11 AM
I just did the numbers and this assumption looks to be completely right.
Let’s pause for a minute and consider how INSANE this is. 🧵
Let’s pause for a minute and consider how INSANE this is. 🧵
This one is interesting - 9 vehicles in total responded, it took over 2 hours. I might need to keep track of the interim updates so that information isn't lost. 3 vehicles involved in the crash, car on fire. All occupants safe with some injuries. ...
Other Ballarat-Carngham Rd, Bunkers Hill
Status: Safe
Size: Small
Resources: 2
14 Feb 2025, 1:06 pm
From #VIC/FRV via 000
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#EMVAlert #incident #Other
Status: Safe
Size: Small
Resources: 2
14 Feb 2025, 1:06 pm
From #VIC/FRV via 000
Find on Map >
#EMVAlert #incident #Other
February 14, 2025 at 2:20 AM
This one is interesting - 9 vehicles in total responded, it took over 2 hours. I might need to keep track of the interim updates so that information isn't lost. 3 vehicles involved in the crash, car on fire. All occupants safe with some injuries. ...
I'm not sure it is widely understood than there is almost 1000 sq km of Little Desert and 1500 sq km of Gariwerd/Grampians now burnt out. Together that is about double the size of NYC.
February 7, 2025 at 1:30 AM
I'm not sure it is widely understood than there is almost 1000 sq km of Little Desert and 1500 sq km of Gariwerd/Grampians now burnt out. Together that is about double the size of NYC.
This was marked as Safe 2 days ago, so why is it coming up again? Typically this will be that the local crew asked for the job to be kept open so they could monitor it, so ESTA only marks it as closed once they get the go-ahead from them.
February 7, 2025 at 1:18 AM
This was marked as Safe 2 days ago, so why is it coming up again? Typically this will be that the local crew asked for the job to be kept open so they could monitor it, so ESTA only marks it as closed once they get the go-ahead from them.
I think @emv-alerts.sushifeed.org is now solid enough for prime time. Added some extra config and a mechanism to keep its memory usage low. Happy to hear any suggestions.
February 6, 2025 at 6:53 AM
I think @emv-alerts.sushifeed.org is now solid enough for prime time. Added some extra config and a mechanism to keep its memory usage low. Happy to hear any suggestions.
Well that is just weird. It means the created timestamp is _after_ the updated. I'll have to look into that.
Tree Down Keysborough
Status: Request For Assistance
Resources: 0
5 Feb 2025, 8:16 pm - open -1d -1h -1m -14s
From #VIC/SES via SES STRM
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#EMVAlert #incident #TreeDown
Status: Request For Assistance
Resources: 0
5 Feb 2025, 8:16 pm - open -1d -1h -1m -14s
From #VIC/SES via SES STRM
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#EMVAlert #incident #TreeDown
February 5, 2025 at 9:22 AM
Well that is just weird. It means the created timestamp is _after_ the updated. I'll have to look into that.
This is genius!
February 5, 2025 at 9:06 AM
This is genius!
This one is interesting - it was at Responding a few minutes ago, so it may be that the unit responding couldn't muster a crew or was diverted elsewhere.
Tree Down Toolamba
Status: Request For Assistance
Resources: 0
5 Feb 2025, 7:49 pm - open 6m
From #VIC/SES via 000
Find on Map >
#EMVAlert #incident #TreeDown
Status: Request For Assistance
Resources: 0
5 Feb 2025, 7:49 pm - open 6m
From #VIC/SES via 000
Find on Map >
#EMVAlert #incident #TreeDown
February 5, 2025 at 9:00 AM
This one is interesting - it was at Responding a few minutes ago, so it may be that the unit responding couldn't muster a crew or was diverted elsewhere.
The error message in the "From" line is actually in the source data, not, as I thought, a bug in my code. Now detected and elided.
Other Laverton North
Status: Responding
Resources: 0
5 Feb 2025, 12:38 pm
From #VIC/ESTA via ERROR:TypeError: Cannot read properties of undefined (reading '0')
Find on Map >
#EMVAlert #incident #Other
Status: Responding
Resources: 0
5 Feb 2025, 12:38 pm
From #VIC/ESTA via ERROR:TypeError: Cannot read properties of undefined (reading '0')
Find on Map >
#EMVAlert #incident #Other
February 5, 2025 at 2:22 AM
The error message in the "From" line is actually in the source data, not, as I thought, a bug in my code. Now detected and elided.
Sizes are only really reported for bushfires and grass and scrub fires. Another thing to clean up.
February 4, 2025 at 11:59 AM
Sizes are only really reported for bushfires and grass and scrub fires. Another thing to clean up.
The SES feed is problematic. Often seem to get the same job with just enough differences to confuse the de-dup logic. Also the tags come from the 2 category fields which seem to always be the same for SES. Will try and clean that up tomorrow.
February 4, 2025 at 11:56 AM
The SES feed is problematic. Often seem to get the same job with just enough differences to confuse the de-dup logic. Also the tags come from the 2 category fields which seem to always be the same for SES. Will try and clean that up tomorrow.
A Safe status doesn't mean the fire is out. Only that the resources on scene are enough to finish the job so others assigned can be released. Often the local crew will babysit a Safe fire overnight if conditions could result in a reignition.
February 4, 2025 at 11:38 AM
A Safe status doesn't mean the fire is out. Only that the resources on scene are enough to finish the job so others assigned can be released. Often the local crew will babysit a Safe fire overnight if conditions could result in a reignition.
Only the first update per status is posted. For Responding Resources often shows as 0. This will get updated as trucks are added - that just gets noisy. When it goes to "Not Yet Under Control" or "Controlled" the number is closer. "Safe" numbers can be lower as trucks are released before this.
February 4, 2025 at 10:46 AM
Only the first update per status is posted. For Responding Resources often shows as 0. This will get updated as trucks are added - that just gets noisy. When it goes to "Not Yet Under Control" or "Controlled" the number is closer. "Safe" numbers can be lower as trucks are released before this.
Resources depend on the service, and get updated as the situation evolves. For CFA they are vehicles or strike teams. For FFMV they include people, tankers, dozers and slip-ons. A strike team usually consists of 4 or 5 trucks and a FCV (Field Command Vehicle). Trucks have up to 5 people.
February 4, 2025 at 10:40 AM
Resources depend on the service, and get updated as the situation evolves. For CFA they are vehicles or strike teams. For FFMV they include people, tankers, dozers and slip-ons. A strike team usually consists of 4 or 5 trucks and a FCV (Field Command Vehicle). Trucks have up to 5 people.
As a volunteer firefighter with CFA I spend a lot of time looking at emegency.vic.gov.au. Thought I'd try putting together a feed of incidents and warnings to go to bsky. Result is @emv-alerts.sushifeed.org First go at bsky API. Interested in feedback.
emegency.vic.gov.au
February 4, 2025 at 10:22 AM
As a volunteer firefighter with CFA I spend a lot of time looking at emegency.vic.gov.au. Thought I'd try putting together a feed of incidents and warnings to go to bsky. Result is @emv-alerts.sushifeed.org First go at bsky API. Interested in feedback.