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  Very rarely do grain silo accidents have a good outcome. https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-10-12/rescue-operation-to-save-man-trapped-in-silo/107249482

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  RE: https://live.acarsdrama.com/@acarsdrama/117417150437922216 Biblically accurate Aircon vents

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  The ato credit card ban feels like it shouldn't be this big of deal. Like I get why people are a little pissed, but front page news for several days now?

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  LLMs for coding have some really odd biases and I think it's because no one is posting on stack overflow when something goes right. Things like assuming the user got something wrong in the original prompt/configuration and solving simple problems in elaborate ways. I've seen people trying to use it to nail down bugs but it just parrots back a bunch of already fixed library issues where the work arounds are not relevant or useful.

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  Me in my kitchen, attempting to replace the leaking mixer cartridge USCSB narrator: unbeknownst to the technician the secondary isolate valve was faulty

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  If I was a pharmaceutical company, I would do a safety study on taking existing antihistamine drugs, halving the dosage but taking twice a day (or even not halving dosage). Then when that passes sell the product as "ultra effectiveness" premium brand. I say this because I'm pretty certain that the effectiveness doesn't last 24hrs under the current scheme.

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  New daily standup process

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  Reminded of that video showing roboforming which has people walking around robots that can fucking kill in a blink, completely ignoring or oblivious to the risk https://www.reddit.com/r/OSHA/comments/16wfxwy/3m_long_robot_arm_no_cage_around_it_no_optical/

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  > Windows 11 26H2 is a "predictable and low-disruption update" rolling out now (Via The Sizzle) I find it hilarious that a low disruption update is now news worthy. Well done everyone

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  Please stop connecting things to the internet

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  > He added the trains were often crowded, with commuters having to stand in the aisles for the journey to the CBD. > The ABC spoke to several people who had caught the bus to the station or walked. All agreed more car parking spaces were needed. Our public transport is so crowded. Solution? More car parks at the train station.

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  Your honor, I wasn't hacking, my AI agent (curl) went rouge

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  In 1 week, 4 days, I'll be doing the Around the Bay 50km ride. Since I'm doing the shorter ride I'm going to attempt to stream it - should be roughly 2 hours long. If you'd like to join me, save the date/time, or follow on https://twitch.tv/xssfox Date: 2026-10-18 Time: 7:45am +11:00 Your timezone: https://www.inyourowntime.zone/2026-10-18_07.45_Australia.Melbourne

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  Once again looking at contract wording for things and seeing "99.9% percentage of time that the backups are performed on time and free from errors and omissions" It seems fine until you go to actually apply it. What time frame? A day, a month, a year? Let's say a month, and our backup policy includes 10 resources backed up daily. A single failed backup drops us to 99.67% That's fine, we just run a bunch of reliable backups at the end of the month to catch up? Some of our b...

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  Oh damn, I want to show my support for public transport, but I can't decide if I prefer the XTrap over the Velocitys. And the E class is kind of nice. What shall I do??? Fear not! Thanks to https://melbournesptgallery.weebly.com/ you can download, rescale and print out on sticker paper various PT things and make cursed combinations.

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  Weird doesn't mean bad* *Except when an engineer says "huh that's weird"

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  What a week

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  > Coca Cola, which had a licence to extract 35 megalitres, renamed the spring "Mount Franklin" as part of a re-branding exercise. Their peak per annum extraction was over 15 ML and the total to around 1986 was 14.52 ML. The Mount Franklin trade name remains nationally iconic and profitable for the company, though no water has been extracted from the original site for approximately 35 years. TIL where Mount Franklin is, along with Coca Cola lies - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moun...

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  heck yeah, receiving VK5 Horus balloon launch from Melbourne - 530km away.

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  A lot of problems can be better solved by taking them to your local autistic person.

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  ap-southsoutheast-1... Which then brings up the question, where is aws based on working backwards from their compass bearings

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  Everyone complains about ebikes and illegal motorbikes, but if you really want to fix society you should need a licence to operate an umbrella or a leaf blower.

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  > Do you have a diagnosis of ADHD, autism, or personality disorder? We need your help! *checks inside* forms and questionnaires. yeah pass.

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  GitHub using an entire CPU core to scroll a pull request page...

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  Nailed it Google

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  Finally got around to setting the dynamic model on the gps i use for NTP to "stationary", so now the balcony has stopped moving around. This makes going outside a lot easier and safer.

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  Doing self care.... apply the graphene update that's been on my phone for days

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  > Key station in Melbourne Airport Rail plan to be built by 2031 Is the key station Melbourne Airport Station? That seems like the only key station required.

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  Happy tzdata release to all those who celebrate

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  National Police Remembrance Day has once again closed a critical cycling path in Melbourne without notices on Melbourne council site or vic traffic.