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g @gnk.nz · 13/07/2026
Doom guy faces
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g @gnk.nz · 30/06/2026
It's AI - compare the top rail decorations, and look at the feathers closely.
Image of the truman balcony showing a different top rail on the balustrade
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g @gnk.nz · 19/06/2026
At least he's not advertising anything
Marama Davidson with chocolate
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g @gnk.nz · 15/06/2026
Fixed it
Aussie bush with rotation corrected
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g @gnk.nz · 19/05/2026
https://www.folklore.org/Saving_Lives.html

We always thought of the Macintosh as a fast computer, since its 68000 microprocessor was effectively 10 times faster than an Apple II, but our Achilles heel was the floppy disk. We had limited RAM, so it was often necessary to load data from the floppy, but there we were no faster than an Apple II. Once we had real applications going, it was clear the floppy disk was going to be a significant bottleneck.


One of the things that bothered Steve Jobs the most was the time that it took to boot when the Mac was first powered on. It could take a couple of minutes, or even more, to test memory, initialize the operating system, and load the Finder. One afternoon, Steve came up with an original way to motivate us to make it faster.

Larry Kenyon was the engineer working on the disk driver and file system. Steve came into his cubicle and started to exhort him. "The Macintosh boots too slowly. You've got to make it faster!"

Larry started to explain about some of the places where he thought that he could improve things, but Steve wasn't interested. He continued, "You know, I've been thinking about it. How many people are going to be using the Macintosh? A million? No, more than that. In a few years, I bet five million people will be booting up their Macintoshes at least once a day."

"Well, let's say you can shave 10 seconds off of the boot time. Multiply that by five million users and thats 50 million seconds, every single day. Over a year, that's probably dozens of lifetimes. So if you make it boot ten seconds faster, you've saved a dozen lives. That's really worth it, don't you think?"

We were pretty motivated to make the software go as fast as we could anyway, so I'm not sure if this pitch had much effect, but we thought it was pretty humorous, and we did manage to shave more than ten seconds off the boot time over the next couple of months.
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g @gnk.nz · 26/04/2026
Piwakawaka from previous post saying u ded
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g @gnk.nz · 23/02/2026
They nest in our ponga - anything they can feed the kids that isn't rotting fish is fine by me
Kōtare chicks
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g @gnk.nz · 23/02/2026
What we wanted: solar, wind and environmental arcologies What we'll probably get instead:
Simcity 2000 UFO



These 3 strings walk into a bar. The first one goes to the bartender and says, "gimme a drink" and the bartender says "I'm sorry but we don't serve strings here."

So the second string thinks that maybe if he asks nice the bartender will give him a drink. So the second string says to the bartender, "'scuse me sir, could I please have a drink sir, if it's not too much trouble? "And the bartender says," I'm sorry, but we don't serve strings here, get out. "

So the third string goes into the bathroom, bends himself into a loop, and messes up his hair. He walks up to the bartender, and the bartender says "excuse me, but aren't you a string?"

And the string replies, "Nope. I'm a frayed knot. "AH! get it?! A FRAYED KNOT!! ha!!! hahahhahahaha!
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g @gnk.nz · 21/02/2026
I did the same! It took me a while to click ti what they were And I accidentally crushed one :/
What appear to be NZ skink eggs
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g @gnk.nz · 17/02/2026
I'm an investment guru now
Cheap 128GB NVMe SSDs purchased last year
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g @gnk.nz · 17/02/2026
Poster:

"If you’re unemployed, it’s not because there isn’t any work.

Just look around: A housing shortage, crime, pollution; we need better schools and parks. Whatever our needs, they all require work. And as long as we have unsatisfied needs, there’s work to be done.

So ask yourself, what kind of world has work but no jobs? It’s a world where work is not related to satisfying our needs, a world where work is only related to satisfying the profit needs of business.

This country was not built by the huge corporations or government bureaucracies. It was built by people who work. And, it is working people who should control the work to be done. Yet, as long as employment is tied to somebody else’s profits, the work won’t get done."
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g @gnk.nz · 05/02/2026
Finally worked up the guts to skin a possum.
A fresh brushtail possum pelt, only moderately mangled
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g @gnk.nz · 01/02/2026
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g @gnk.nz · 22/01/2026
Unsurprising is one word.
Todd Muller and his MAGA hats
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g @gnk.nz · 17/01/2026
Took a break from KCD2 to do duolingo before midnight, and another loading/tip screen appeared
Duolingo:
Si tu vides tes poches, tu seras plus léger
If you empty your pockets, you'll be lighter
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g @gnk.nz · 11/01/2026
No need for any of that, it's extremely obvious
AI-generated chauffeur holding a grey blob
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g @gnk.nz · 11/01/2026
That would have been a great staged photo by a real photographer. Such a shame.
Zoomed-in of the above, showing AI nonsense where the rolls badge should be
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g @gnk.nz · 08/01/2026
This happens way too often.
Detergent bubbles on the surface of a stream
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g @gnk.nz · 06/01/2026
Micycles for the bind
Mice on bike
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g @gnk.nz · 28/12/2025
Sigh
haveibeenpwned notification that my wired account has been leaked
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g @gnk.nz · 24/12/2025
truly The Greatest Of All Egg Beaters
Eggbeater ad

https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/WAIKIN19490603.2.16.1?items_per_page=10&page=6&query=%22swift+whip%22&snippet=true&sort_by=byDA
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g @gnk.nz · 24/12/2025
Swift whip gang checking in
Swift whip mixer
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g @gnk.nz · 24/12/2025
Merry christmas from the company that brought us the FDIV bug
Email from Intel with the subject "Your account will be deactivated in 0 days"
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g @gnk.nz · 17/12/2025
The Young Ones fifth housemate
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g @gnk.nz · 06/12/2025
Chonkers
Two Kererū
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g @gnk.nz · 03/12/2025
I just set this up yesterday, and have another to do over the weekend
Flipping Timmy possum kill trap
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g @gnk.nz · 29/11/2025
I'm easily convinced.
Lego shop order for holiday express trainZenebricks order for holiday express train power kit
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g @gnk.nz · 26/11/2025
I'm doing my part!
Pile of wild ginger rhizomes at the tip
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g @gnk.nz · 26/11/2025
SuPpOrT YoUr LoCaL SmAlL BuSiNeSsEs
Native fish conservation status for northland - not good
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g @gnk.nz · 24/11/2025
Ziplock-bag-in-bin system is undefeated (There are about half a dozen more cable boxes)
Wall warts and USB cables
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g @gnk.nz · 19/11/2025
ohbubbles.co.nz/pages/review... I love that most of the reviews are "tastes good" and then some are just "fuck IDF"
5-star review for soda stream CO2 alternative

"Make drink fizzy. Not associated with problematic regime."
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g @gnk.nz · 07/11/2025
Phormium Cookianum, split from an old root-bound pot - I had to get pretty aggressive with the roots, so there'll definitely be casualties. 🇳🇿🌱
Wharariki (Phormium cookianum) split into separate pots
Wharariki (Phormium cookianum) split into separate potsWharariki (Phormium cookianum) split into separate pots
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g @gnk.nz · 05/11/2025
Found one
Space dog
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g @gnk.nz · 31/10/2025
I'm possibly missing something obvious
The bit of nz geographic issue 196 mentioning an interactive map
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g @gnk.nz · 26/10/2025
Unfurling ponga koru
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g @gnk.nz · 25/10/2025
1m Mini 3.5mm TOSLINK to TOSLINK Optical Cable
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g @gnk.nz · 24/10/2025
We made Marvel vs Capcom work.
Marvel vs Capcom scoreboard, 2nd-5th placeMarvel vs Camcom scoreboard, first place!
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g @gnk.nz · 24/10/2025
Disappointment
Metal slug on an arcade machine marked as broken
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g @gnk.nz · 09/10/2025
ackshually she has a new girlfriend new
Xena in Auckland
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g @gnk.nz · 02/10/2025
Apologies for the clankiness, it's not mine
AI generated image of EA flight simulator 2001 beside the twin towers

jet fuel can't melt steel beams but a cessna can
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g @gnk.nz · 27/09/2025
Screencap of golden axe video game
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g @gnk.nz · 20/09/2025
I had one visit me today!
Titipounamu landing on ponga
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g @gnk.nz · 19/09/2025
Me too
Jimmy kimmel
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g @gnk.nz · 30/08/2025
By default.
Thinkpad meme
1st owner: XP business man
Current owner: arch linux trans catgirl
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g @gnk.nz · 28/08/2025
Neither
Bluetooth ponytail debater dude
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g @gnk.nz · 22/08/2025
Only a dozen or so more to go! 🌱🇳🇿
A photo of a big clump of decapitated and glyphosated wild ginger
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g @gnk.nz · 08/08/2025
Bart/Homer Simpsons "so far" meme

Bart: we've just had a one-in-one-hundred year event
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g @gnk.nz · 02/08/2025
Hearing good things
Positive ptx feedback
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g @gnk.nz · 28/07/2025
Bricks of gold
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g @gnk.nz · 23/07/2025
McBain standup routine
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