Ash K

This account and its views are personal obvs. #Brisbane, #Australia

Website: https://ashk.au
Beverage: Hot chocolate
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2026-03-14 21:15:00 UTC

Iran's strikes on data centres show vulnerability of AI expansion https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-03-15/iran-war-ai-technology-data-centres/106443004 #link

2026-01-23 06:30:16 UTC

It feels like a storm, everything's dark. I'm not going to look it up, let it be surprise.

2025-12-10 06:54:42 UTC

Kinda love this error message on the bus
https://assets.bne.social/media_attachments/files/115/693/952/400/634/804/original/0402ad3eb42bfe6d.jpg

2025-12-04 00:57:59 UTC

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fwiw I get this all the time in Chrome, I can't connect to localhost/local hosts without it.

2025-12-03 03:55:29 UTC

Brain: buffering… buffering… *WORDSALAD!!* …buffering…

2025-11-16 23:49:47 UTC

How do you fire someone into the Sun? A helpful guide:
https://theconversation.com/how-do-you-fire-someone-into-the-sun-267993 #link

2025-10-31 06:40:26 UTC

“The paint, even during the day when the sun is out, can be cooler than the air around it,” said the study’s lead author, Prof Chiara Neto of the University of Sydney. https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/oct/31/scientists-invent-roof-coating-reduce-indoor-temperatures-hot-days HT [@anathema_device](https://bne.social/@anathema_device ) & @npub162l…6qca #link

2025-10-31 05:54:06 UTC

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Looks amazing. You're not tempted to pop down to Harvey Norman or wherever and pick up a dehumidifier? :]

2025-10-07 00:32:40 UTC

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delete all the icons and use the pull to search. I'm a minimalist 😌

2025-10-04 09:29:30 UTC

Brissie Mastodon folks, come and hang out after work at the Ship Inn, South Bank on Thursday the 6th of November for our second biennial social meetup. It'll be fun! Please RSVP so we know numbers https://events.humanitix.com/november-social-ship-inn

2025-10-03 03:44:35 UTC

It would be good if `git bisect` had an auto mode that kept taking you back in increasing increments until you find a good commit. That alone is a chore. Best I can tell it doesn't.

2025-10-02 10:41:34 UTC

There's not much good on television at the moment. But the season 2 premiere of Juice made me crack up laughing. Brilliant.

2025-09-30 10:32:21 UTC

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effluencers

2025-09-29 15:25:50 UTC

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Yeah. Adequate enough might just be enough if I can reprogram my brain.

2025-09-29 03:18:38 UTC

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lol what? You must have had particularly sweet-smelling garbage or something

2025-09-28 10:56:19 UTC

Bob's Burgers is basically an audiobook with pictures on it. There's no visual gags, it's a talkie.

2025-09-26 11:04:49 UTC

I made a cute email subscribe box and every so often I'll go back and sign up again just to watch it animate.
#WebDev
https://assets.bne.social/media_attachments/files/115/270/258/137/665/920/original/a2b670927526e3db.mp4

2025-09-25 04:48:02 UTC

It's a fucking lovely day. Spring time is the best 👍

2025-09-25 01:30:54 UTC

I have important shit to do, but I'm here extruding spaghetti code to work around absurd bugs in iOS Safari, by far the most unstable gremlin of a browser. Apple is _definitely_ trying to kill off the web as a platform.

2025-09-24 00:19:15 UTC

urgh. I've bought hot chocolate "capsules" instead of sachets. Reckon I can just rip em open and dump em in milk? Surely there's nothing more high tech going on in there right?

2025-09-23 11:13:54 UTC

Thicc thighs exploded this pair of jeans after a mere 3 months 😦

2025-09-23 00:43:03 UTC

Man I wish the trains in this state were better. My options for getting home are 6am, 630am or 10am. Hospital visiting hours are from 10. These times are just unworkable .

2025-09-21 11:39:43 UTC

This is my parents internet connection on the NBN, because the property developer installed copper even as fibre was being rolled out everywhere else. Just bonkers.
https://assets.bne.social/media_attachments/files/115/242/079/753/157/798/original/a7329783b1c5e892.jpg

2025-09-20 13:41:00 UTC

Happy price to those who celebrate
https://assets.bne.social/media_attachments/files/115/236/898/691/283/766/original/5eb652be509a1c33.jpg

2025-09-19 11:26:17 UTC

I was disappointed with the Brisbane Festival “Afterglow” experience. Very light on art by artists, but heavy on kerosene lanterns and what my friend pointed out were Bunnings string lights. It was sparse, sparse, sparse.

2025-09-19 09:51:03 UTC

Currently, food truck poffertjes in the city botanic gardens with Nutella and ice cream #food

2025-09-19 04:21:14 UTC

Looks like Apple has broken things again with iOS 26. Does anyone know offhand how to work around the fact that 100vh is no longer 100% of the view height? Is there another unit or something?
#WebDev
https://assets.bne.social/media_attachments/files/115/229/020/481/268/702/original/828f6c92086a2ab2.webp

2025-08-30 00:03:39 UTC

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But it's great having visitors, because then you get to live in a clean house for a little bit afterwards

2025-08-27 23:22:30 UTC

My problem this morning is that I have :pakidge: so I can't go for my morning walk until it arrives.

2025-08-10 02:02:34 UTC

Not to judge anyone's childhood too harshly, but the kid with the talking picture book, honking out "the wheels on the bus" which seemed to follow me around the supermarket the entire time I was there… haunting.

2025-07-20 06:58:44 UTC

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what about if the dough wasn't sour?

2025-06-30 06:20:41 UTC

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It's slightly ridiculous, but warms my heart that it comes with a little CD of drivers for Windows XP 😂
https://assets.bne.social/media_attachments/files/114/770/860/787/805/283/original/9c7a43e229f59720.jpg

2025-06-30 04:59:41 UTC

Nerdposting: after all my wifi issues I bought a little USB ethernet dongle and stuck on my hub. So now it's part of my one-cable-to-do-everything desk setup. Feels weird running networking over USB but it's a 20gbps link so apparently USB got good faster than ethernet did.

2025-06-20 03:53:39 UTC

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https://blogs.gnome.org/shell-dev/2024/09/20/understanding-gnome-shells-focus-stealing-prevention/

2025-06-04 22:41:58 UTC

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haha we were talking about that at work the other day and I was surprised to see Melissa is still releasing new music.

2025-05-07 10:09:20 UTC

Ah, another trending post with the nuance of a dump truck full of lithium batteries.

2025-05-05 22:41:03 UTC

I reach into the cupboard and pull out a coffee sachet (the one with the milk powder and it froths up and is good for camping). It expired in 2023 and the entire thing has swollen up like a grotesque plastic sausage. I decide not to open it.

2025-05-03 03:44:27 UTC

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oof, unlucky

2025-05-03 01:35:55 UTC

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yeahhh but then the proceeds go to the catholic church? No judgement but I'd rather not.

2025-05-03 00:42:56 UTC

I lined up, and talked to the nice lady in front of me about how there's usually a sausage sizzle, but today there's no sausage sizzle, but it's probably too early for sausages anyway (but a cake would be nice)
#AusVotes #WestEndStateSchool

2025-05-03 00:11:56 UTC

"Don't risk Dutton" says the Labor candidate spruiking pamphlets at the polling place.
An elderly woman storms up, "he's MISTER Dutton. A bit of respect!"

2025-05-02 23:14:33 UTC

The climate crisis is overwhelming and I generally can't deal. But seeing yesterday afternoon, after the sun went down, for a brief moment in time that five and a half percent of Australia's electricity came from batteries full of renewables just fills me with hope. A year ago it was barely a blip.

2025-05-01 23:03:47 UTC

Love that my work mac just has this entirely nonsensical popup in the middle of the screen at all times and can't be gotten rid of.
https://assets.bne.social/media_attachments/files/114/435/068/292/240/718/original/5e6288318e4af9ad.png

2025-04-30 22:19:28 UTC

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Really, it's going to be fine.

2025-04-29 07:43:22 UTC

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What's the harm in a little lightweight RSS reader?

2025-04-28 20:37:02 UTC

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And the endless parade of planes have started. Could the world just fuck off for a bit? (good morning)
https://assets.bne.social/media_attachments/files/114/417/505/286/685/919/original/35557f9b36e8fd7f.png

2025-04-28 20:34:22 UTC

JFC it's not quite 6:30 AM and I'm woken by the dude with the black hatchback with modified exhaust, just idling the thing outside my bedroom window. I've asked him nicely to fuck off and he keeps doing it. Apparently TMR are responsible for dealing with fucked up cars so I'll give them a ring during business hours. But I'm so fucking done.

2025-04-25 23:30:46 UTC

My local bike shop has this badge on the wall and I thought it was profound.
https://assets.bne.social/media_attachments/files/114/401/197/449/219/835/original/a03b08ef9668e4d7.webp

2025-04-17 03:52:48 UTC

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I see Peter's holiday brain has completely divorced from reality 😆

2025-04-17 01:34:14 UTC

common curses: your orange juice tastes of rind

2025-04-16 04:24:55 UTC

Sad coding moment.

2025-04-16 01:49:18 UTC

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truly. I was a bit braindead after a long day yesterday, and it found the source of a bug (not where I expected) in 30 seconds flat. big fan 😌

2025-04-16 00:13:20 UTC

`git bisect` is very good.

2025-04-03 00:53:32 UTC

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you reckon we should raise taxes in a cost of living crisis just out of spite?

2025-04-02 12:56:29 UTC

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womp womp. hope you're feeling better soon then

2025-04-02 12:42:33 UTC

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Oh snap. You didn't actually eat the spinch did you? 🥴

2025-04-02 10:10:33 UTC

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source link https://diff.wikimedia.org/2025/04/01/how-crawlers-impact-the-operations-of-the-wikimedia-projects/

2025-04-02 00:26:15 UTC

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nah, nothing like that. I tried installing the Rode software but it made everything worse so I got rid of it.

2025-04-01 11:07:33 UTC

I made a blog post about what I've been up to the past couple of months. https://ash.ms/2025/04/01/some-true-facts-and-updates-from-my-life/

2025-04-01 06:54:47 UTC

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lol I don't think so. but I'll check.

2025-04-01 04:29:56 UTC

Has MacOS just gotten bad at audio? It's become a running joke that none of my microphones work any more, it sounds like I'm underwater and I have no idea what to do.

2025-04-01 03:13:02 UTC

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It's pretty nice. My only downside is that you need to log in, and I have certain <fediverse voice>data hygiene practices</>. Though I just saw you can use session links which would work.

2025-04-01 02:46:02 UTC

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You're finding it alright? I was looking at that, but I figured I'd look outside the US given the geopolitics.

2025-04-01 02:34:18 UTC

Since Google's gone all-in on AI search, I've been using https://qwant.com/ and it's pretty nice. Minimal UI, European privacy standards, and I'm happy with the results. What are you using nowadays?

2025-03-31 11:26:05 UTC

I've been thinking, with my new table it's the perfect size to have a bunch of people over to play tabletop games then I remember how much I don't actually enjoy tabletop games.

2025-03-31 10:04:41 UTC

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That also sounds pretty goooooood, but I'm seeing my trainer tomorrow so I don't want fried chicken oozing out of my pores

2025-03-31 09:17:12 UTC

going to the supermarket after the gym and buying a big thing of pre-sliced watermelon and then eating all the pre-sliced watermelon was a very good idea mostly.

2025-03-30 10:05:52 UTC

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then I got home and found my robot vacuum spinning around in circles because one of the motors burnt out, probably. I need to do 6 months of research to work out whether it's repairable, or failing that what the latest least awful is in home robotics.

2025-03-30 09:48:59 UTC

but while I was there I thought I'd have a look at the outdoor dining settings because mine is a very uncomfortable IKEA hand-me-down and I kinda absolutely do not like it.
I was half resting, half trying out various tables when the man came over and offered me a discount on the one I was sitting at. He told me they'd sent him too many, and he needed to get rid of them. it was the perfect size for my little patio, so I said "I'll take it!"
so I rode home and grabbed the car, drove back and it took three of us to squeeze this heavy terrazzo concrete block into my little hatchback. then when I got it home it took me probably half an hour to wrangle it inside all by myself. but now it's set up it looks fantastic. it's very comfortable, and it's the perfect size for dinner parties. and I'm super happy to have an outdoor table that I'm not going to bang my shins on every time I sit down.

2025-03-28 09:39:18 UTC

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well I hope you don't have anything better to do with your time ever again :D

2025-03-28 09:03:15 UTC

Anyone for some #OpenTTD tonight? Playing on the Aus/Oceania server (that's meee).
https://assets.bne.social/media_attachments/files/114/239/232/007/996/191/original/a0851fd5ac6c82b4.webp

2025-03-28 06:37:21 UTC

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I did *something*

2025-03-28 06:21:02 UTC

In the office, looking at the rain radar like the old days. I should probably leave before the orange gets here.

2025-03-27 07:51:59 UTC

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honestly, same right now.

2025-03-26 23:15:07 UTC

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millennial memes: “comment if you remember C: drive”

2025-03-26 07:35:05 UTC

I'm having a great time terrorizing one of my group chats with my excellent (not excellent) new idea for the sport of racletteball. Everybody hates it. And yet who wouldn't find it existing to whack gobs of hot cheese through a racquet? You'd get some awesome slow mo promos. I'll keep workshopping in the chat and let you know where we get to.

2025-03-26 02:57:18 UTC

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a little adventure potato

2025-03-25 02:50:23 UTC

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I suppose it has the busway, and the new cross river rail station will be sort of nearby.

2025-03-23 12:19:12 UTC

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Same, except I borrowed it from the library. Barely got through a third of it in the two weeks before it returned itself lol.

2025-03-23 10:37:07 UTC

Finally finished reading Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell. What an absolute marathon, took me one day short of a month.

2025-03-22 09:24:15 UTC

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a bucket of nuggets and a coke zero pls

2025-03-20 22:59:05 UTC

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do you have a discord or anything?

2025-03-20 11:39:47 UTC

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Eep, that's frustrating. It hasn't been too bad tbh, but yeah there was an unexpected cyclone came through a few weeks back and messed things up.

2025-03-20 11:18:32 UTC

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haha, I'm on a south facing aspect so I'm a little of both.

2025-03-17 02:20:17 UTC

Rof. My phone autocorrected “commit to” to “vomit up” and I think it's better. I'm terribly sorry, but at this time this isn't something I can vomit up.

2025-03-17 00:17:19 UTC

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Ah, that sounds like thirsty 😌

2025-03-13 11:24:56 UTC

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Nice, see how you go. The stem plants on the left are great, because you can trim them to whatever size and re-plant the cuttings. But everything else is kinda too big for my tank if I'm honest.

2025-03-13 05:02:03 UTC

Thank goodness it's so early in the week, there's still plenty of time to get my work done.

2025-03-11 11:06:07 UTC

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drat. Hopefully it's just a quick one.

2025-03-09 23:41:14 UTC

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Council admirably removed all the escooters from the streets during the cyclone. But they're not back yet and I'm temporarily disabled so I was kinda counting on them. I've got important shit to do (though I'm much better now, thx)
https://assets.bne.social/media_attachments/files/114/135/113/594/250/932/original/dab3eafecf00d23e.png

2025-03-08 22:33:56 UTC

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I saw the garbage truck grumble down my street earlier, so maybe?

2025-03-08 22:23:33 UTC

bne.social is back. @npub1m0e…mqsy shuttled the server back to my place this morning after losing power last night.

2025-03-07 04:30:09 UTC

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What were they even thinking

2025-03-07 00:41:44 UTC

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oop, I thought this was @npub1nsd…tqle's area for a second.

2025-03-06 11:15:05 UTC

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Give @npub14jp…ydmy a follow, let me know if it does anything weird.

2025-03-06 09:43:54 UTC

Perusing the Energex outage finder with morbid curiosity. A bunch of power outages across the Gold Coast already, and looks like Coochiemudlo Island has gone dark. I expect Brisbane will start to look like this as the winds pick up https://www.energex.com.au/outages/outage-finder/outage-finder-map/
#CycloneAlfred

2025-03-06 00:30:00 UTC

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Ah thanks. And yeah it's not looking good for your flight in is it? :]

2025-03-05 23:57:43 UTC

Welp I'm glad I did my prep already, because I have now sprained/possibly torn my calf and can barely walk 😇

2025-03-05 21:20:38 UTC

Overnight it's been eerily calm. I slept with the place open and was expecting to be woken by wind or rain, but had a very peaceful sleep. There's gusts, but the wind so far seems to be further south.
The cyclone is lingering off the coast, which means it's likely to hit later and last longer. I guess that means while we were expecting to see action from this arvo, it's more likely to really pick up here tomorrow? Who knows.
#CycloneAlfred

2025-03-05 11:05:58 UTC

The local supermarket opened their car park up for folks to park in during the cyclone. Since my basement flooded in '22 I shifted my car over. It's eerily quiet out.