Reposted by FunkyBobJulia Evans @b0rk.jvns.ca · 05/10/2026i'm looking for some Windows users to test a new tutorial about Git for beginners! If you sign up here I'll send you an email next week or so with a link: forms.gle/69NgKWuqtEHU... (non-Windows users welcome too but I have a lot of linux & mac users already :)) 12919
Reposted by FunkyBobJessica Price @delafina777.bsky.social · 05/10/2026This should be so obvious that it doesn’t need to be said, but given what kind of weekend it’s been on here, apparently it does: If you don’t want old rapists running the world, in office, in the board room, making decisions for all of us get comfortable with “ruining” young rapists’ lives 1851371368
FunkyBob @funkybob.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Anyone else find that any tradie who charges a call-out fee just to give a quote, tends to gouge on their quotes, too? 010
FunkyBob @funkybob.bsky.social · 02/10/2026I was saying to a coworker last week -- all it took to get management interested in writing good docs was having a bot that could read them. 140
FunkyBob @funkybob.bsky.social · 01/10/2026"We have roving gangs of armed thugs, virtually immune from prosecution, plucking people off the streets and throwing them into gulags. Why won't people come to visit? It's just mind boggling!" 001
FunkyBob @funkybob.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Can't speak to what you'd lose (I avoid Ubuntu, they do too many fucking stupid things), but I can assure you my Debian desktops and laptops have been doing great for the last decade or two. 000
FunkyBob @funkybob.bsky.social · 30/09/2026static.klipy.comCaptain America: I Understood That ReferenceALT: Captain America: I Understood That Reference 041
FunkyBob @funkybob.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Using LLMs would also explain the support response I got today, which addressed something I didn't ask about, and the first step of their solution was to do the thing I was complaining I can't do. 082
FunkyBob @funkybob.bsky.social · 29/09/2026But when I get a response (from a no-reply email, no less) that shows they didn't read my issue, and the first step of their "solution" is to do the thing my issue says I can't do... well, perhaps they deserve it, sometimes? 000
FunkyBob @funkybob.bsky.social · 29/09/2026I've got a lot of time for tech support staff. They often bare the brunt of customers angry at decisions they have no control over. 100
FunkyBob @funkybob.bsky.social · 29/09/2026I would guess it's because a knife is more practical in daily life. 000
FunkyBob @funkybob.bsky.social · 24/09/2026On the one hand, they should be prosecuted. On the other, it's also highly likely the information was just there, behind a public link, improperly secured. Because our government can't computer. 010
FunkyBob @funkybob.bsky.social · 24/09/2026It's not like there's a legal precedent in AU that companies are responsible for the actions of their LLM agents... oh, wait. 000
FunkyBob @funkybob.bsky.social · 22/09/2026I mean, yeah, but they've always played the "accuse them of what we're doing so when they say it's us it sounds weak". 000
Reposted by FunkyBobYour Internet Friend Tom Tomorrow @tomtomorrow.bsky.social · 21/09/2026new toon: large language muddle www.dailykos.com/stories/2026...dailykos.comLarge language muddleA cartoon by Tom Tomorrow. 21537169
FunkyBob @funkybob.bsky.social · 21/09/2026What bugs me the most is I would have thought by now they'd have learned that you actually _do_ do the legwork before resorting to interacting with them. 100
FunkyBob @funkybob.bsky.social · 18/09/2026Oh, that reminds me I got this email last night: (kudos for putting alt text on their images, I guess?) 010
Reposted by FunkyBobMicah Lee @micahflee.com · 16/09/2026HaJ3FgupAm8RrDJW3MHgT9X7Ft27eVaD What is that? That's a hard-coded API token that Flock cameras use to identify themselves and get OAuth credentials, which can then be used to talk to Flock's production servers. Like, anyone on the internet can probably do this right now. 382533851
FunkyBob @funkybob.bsky.social · 16/09/2026And don't forget now you have to spend 3+ mins making sure it did it right. 040
Reposted by FunkyBobIan Coldwater 🧊🚫 @lookitup.baby · 16/09/2026Will Stancil is as qualified to give advice about hacking as I am to give advice about beekeeping. Probably less so, because I’ve talked to a beekeeper once 1230116
FunkyBob @funkybob.bsky.social · 15/09/2026It's nice of the Eng team to admit they're not worth the money, and should be replaced with Claude. 100
FunkyBob @funkybob.bsky.social · 14/09/2026Can't help but think of that scene in Red Dwarf, when Rimmer is describing his medals: "Three Years Long Service, Six Years Long Service, Nine Years Long Service ... and Twelve Years Long Service" 140
FunkyBob @funkybob.bsky.social · 10/09/2026Right after they send out the DOGE cheques, right? Oh, and after the tariff cheques, of course... 051
FunkyBob @funkybob.bsky.social · 09/09/2026Speaking as an outsider, most of what I see says he's unmoored from reality, so the rest is no surprise, really. 020
FunkyBob @funkybob.bsky.social · 09/09/2026But how you're stacking coked up finance bro with Trumpist infallability delusuions. He knows he can't possibly be wrong! That happens to other people! 000
FunkyBob @funkybob.bsky.social · 09/09/2026Will be interesting to hear the tortured justifications the cultists come up with for why it's wrong for Hunter to have a meme coin but not trump :P 001
Reposted by FunkyBobQuantian @quantian.bsky.social · 08/09/2026Dancing very very VERY close to saying “OpenAI stole our almost-complete proof of Navier-Stokes from internal access to our ChatGPT sessions because they were desperate to scoop Anthropic” which is absolutely 100% a believable thing OpenAI would do right now cims.nyu.edu/~tristanb/st... 381556449
Reposted by FunkyBobElle Cordova @ellecordova.bsky.social · 08/09/2026I am the very model of a modern day typographer I know the type tonalities from elegant to jocular I am a master tracker and my kerning is harmonical I know the sacred swatches and can name the hues Pantonical (Full version of Modern Day Typographer now on my YouTube channel)youtu.beModern Day Typographer - Elle CordovaYouTube video by Elle Cordova 701859419
Reposted by FunkyBobnextdayvideo.bsky.social @nextdayvideo.bsky.social · 08/09/2026All 75 #pyconau videos we have permission to release are up on YouTube, with archival quality AV1 encodes on the LA mirror. As always, huge thanks to the incredible AV team! @pyconau.bsky.social www.youtube.com/playlist?lis... mirror.linux.org.au/pub/pycon-au...youtube.comPyCon AU 2026 - YouTube 046
FunkyBob @funkybob.bsky.social · 08/09/2026* catches self trying to work out how to do mould removal via email * * reparses sentence * * realises more caffeine is in order * 050
Reposted by FunkyBobTom Eastman @tom.eastman.nz · 07/09/2026No matter how much you hate the tech industry, you do not hate it enough. www.youtube.com/watch?v=6IFV...youtube.com216,000,000 Spy TVs | The LG Smart TV ProblemYouTube video by Gamers Nexus 044
FunkyBob @funkybob.bsky.social · 04/09/2026As someone who's suffered through several different "AI" support services recently, I suggest you ask said Manager: Why do you hate your customers? Why do you hate _having_ customers? 010
FunkyBob @funkybob.bsky.social · 03/09/2026Even then the results don't really match my search terms. Foolish of me to ever expect Google to have an effective search. 000
FunkyBob @funkybob.bsky.social · 03/09/2026Wow, how #google Play Store has turned to shit. Searched for an app, and NOTHING on the results page is at all related to my search - it's ALL promotions. I have to hit "More results" before it shows _any_ results. 110
Reposted by FunkyBobWikimedia Australia @wmau.bsky.social · 01/09/2026Throughout September, Wikimedia Australia is encouraging editors to take part in WikiProject Organised Labour Month. We'll be working to expand the coverage of Australian trade union history. Join the campaign: wikimedia.org.au/wiki/WikiPro... #WikimediaAustralia #AustralianHistory #Wikipediawikimedia.org.auWikiProject Organised Labour Month - Australia 2026A Wikimedia editing campaign for September 2026. 02312
Reposted by FunkyBobLinux Australia, Inc. @linuxaustralia.bsky.social · 31/08/2026An important #FOI case about source code transparency will be heard by the Administrative Review Tribunal this week in Melbourne. Fraser Tweedale is seeking access to the #myGov Code Generator app's source code. More info on the hearing and background: openmygov.au/posts/2026-0... 132
FunkyBob @funkybob.bsky.social · 30/08/2026And now I'm left wondering the order of causality. Don't cook it often because it often sets off the alarm, or... :P 000
Reposted by FunkyBobRobin 🦋 @robinh2.bsky.social · 27/08/2026💙 @johnpavlovitz.bsky.social 392199875333
FunkyBob @funkybob.bsky.social · 27/08/2026After a refresh, it's down to 800MB, but as I work through the page, it's rapidly growing. Signs of a memory leak? From @atlassian.bsky.social ? Would not surprise me. 010
