Steve
tarka.haltcondition.net
Steve
@tarka.haltcondition.net
Ex-Atlassian DevOps & Clojure nerd, now a Rust tragic.

Mastodon: @tarkasteve@hachyderm.io
Code: https://github.com/tarka
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I'm back on the speaker trail, this time talking about Rust. December in Melbourne, Brisbane and Sydney.
yowcon.com
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WHAT IS HAPPENING
the son he always wanted
November 21, 2025 at 10:19 PM
Serious accessibility/alt-text question: wouldn't anybody that needs alt-text on image already have their own tooling for converting images to text, probably better tuned to their specific needs?
November 21, 2025 at 12:18 AM
This popped into my head so now I'm forcing it into yours.
November 14, 2025 at 4:42 AM
Maree has been at it again.
November 10, 2025 at 11:17 PM
For no particular reason I feel like posting Thompson's Nixon obituary today...

https://nwhyte.livejournal.com/299685.html
November 4, 2025 at 10:59 PM
What the actual fuck!? Uber have silently signed me up to their subscription service. I only found out because they sent a renewal notice.
November 2, 2025 at 11:46 PM
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what stage of capitalism is this
California police boost patrols at grocery stores as millions set to lose SNAP benefits
California police boost patrols at grocery stores as millions set to lose SNAP benefits
www.foxla.com
October 29, 2025 at 11:41 PM
A local tattoo shop is advertising Afterpay in their window: "Ink now, pay later". What tattoo does some one using a predatory lending system get? Wrong answers only.
October 29, 2025 at 6:28 AM
Here it comes...
October 22, 2025 at 2:57 AM
"Let's get a table in recycled wood, then we don't have to be precious about it."

<Time Passes>

"PUT A COASTER UNDER THAT!"
October 16, 2025 at 11:51 PM
Finally I can think about the things real men think about!
October 10, 2025 at 1:01 AM
Anyone who didn't realise that Apple have always been as evil as any other megacorp really wasn't paying attention.

https://aus.social/@johnquiggin/115335889238511478
John Quiggin (@johnquiggin@aus.social)
I've got 40 years of work invested in #Apple, and now they've gone evil. No easy way to shift, so for the moment I've just shelved all plans to buy anything new. I was really looking forward to an iPhone 17. https://pluralistic.net/2025/10/06/rogue-capitalism/#orphaned-syrian-refugees-need-not-apply
aus.social
October 8, 2025 at 2:37 AM
Nevermind the infosec horniness, TIL there is such a thing as kosher glycerine. Which lead to the discovery that kosher biodiesel is a thing.

https://infosec.exchange/@SwiftOnSecurity/115334970368367405
SwiftOnSecurity (@SwiftOnSecurity@infosec.exchange)
Attached: 1 image My last polycule
infosec.exchange
October 8, 2025 at 2:31 AM
ESP32 Rainbow
A ZX Spectrum single-board computer with a built-in keyboard and display
www.crowdsupply.com
October 1, 2025 at 9:27 PM
Yay, bumped up to business class.
October 1, 2025 at 9:21 PM
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Actual Picard facepalm happening third seated row from the back
October 1, 2025 at 8:54 AM
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Music added. Hosted on YouTube as BSky video uploads always fail for me.

youtu.be/2x5-JtDhTns
Yakety N*zis
YouTube video by Matt B
youtu.be
September 29, 2025 at 1:45 AM
Seen somewhere recently: "My kids aren't autistic because of tylenol; they're autistic because both their parents have a Ham radio licenses."

https://hachyderm.io/@LauraLangdon/115261904787514662
Laura Langdon (@LauraLangdon@hachyderm.io)
Attached: 1 image Exactly this 💯 #ActuallyAutistic #neurodivergent
hachyderm.io
September 27, 2025 at 12:49 AM
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I get that the news cycle is packed right now, but I just heard from a colleague at the Smithsonian that this is fully a GIANT SQUID BEING EATEN BY A SPERM WHALE and it’s possibly the first ever confirmed video according to a friend at NOAA

10 YEAR OLD ME IS LOSING HER MIND (a thread 🧵)
September 24, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Random thought: Charlie Kirk was shot while claiming that mass shootings are caused by gangs wars in what increasingly looks like a right-wing gang war.
September 14, 2025 at 1:10 AM
I have to hand it to Pingora, their claim that you can write a proxy in very little code checks out.
September 12, 2025 at 4:52 AM
Apropos of nothing, /r/music is having opinions right now.
September 11, 2025 at 12:04 PM