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David Adam

@zanchey.aus.social.ap.brid.gy
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Western Australian general practitioner (not a Candian dermatologist or Victorian cardiologist). fish shell committer. I worked in IT before I became a doctor, so of […] 🌉 bridged from ⁂ aus.social/@zanchey, follow @ap.brid.gy to interact

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David Adam @zanchey.aus.social.ap.brid.gy · 21/10/2026
@scroeser arstechnica.com/security/2026/10/th… is the best link I've seen
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Gus @projectgus.aus.social.ap.brid.gy · 20/10/2026
If you're also coming to this "random number 4" thing via everyone's shitposts, the bugzilla is a good read for actual details: bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?i…
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David Adam @zanchey.aus.social.ap.brid.gy · 20/10/2026
ad blockers are security software www.theguardian.com/technology/2026…
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Israeli firm's digital ads enabling installation of 'zero-click' spyware
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David Adam @zanchey.aus.social.ap.brid.gy · 20/10/2026
what year is it
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Ludic 🧛 @ludicity.mastodon.sprawl.club.ap.brid.gy · 17/10/2026
The amount of financial anxiety I can suddenly detect permeating the people I know in the AI sector gives me the strength to go on I have avoided commenting on speculating on when we're nearing Peak Bubble for the past two years, and I still probably wouldn't do it in the press, but by pure […]
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David Adam @zanchey.aus.social.ap.brid.gy · 16/10/2026
The Therapeutic Goods Administration has reviewed the popular medical scribe products and concluded that most of them are actually medical devices which are much more tightly regulated: "Of the 12 scribes we reviewed, none of the suppliers identified their products as medical devices. [Well […]
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David Adam @zanchey.aus.social.ap.brid.gy · 16/10/2026
everything about the My Health Record is deeply 2005-era Enterprise. SOAP, XMLsec, Clinical Document Architecture® in XML I wrote some code that pokes at it in Python. There's all these weird warts that required monkey patching or hooks, plus a custom XMLsec system. It was infuriating at times.
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Jon Sullivan @joncounts.mastodon.nz.ap.brid.gy · 16/10/2026
One of the ecology postgrads working with me at the moment, Dee Patel, has spent this year doing lots of data curation work, and now stats analysis, on my 23-years of ongoing high frequency bird counts between Ōtautahi-Christchurch city and Lincoln town in Canterbury, NZ. That's where I […]
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David Adam @zanchey.aus.social.ap.brid.gy · 16/10/2026
Browser are dropping support for XSLT, which it turns out is one of the important technologies underpinning Australia's national My Health Record. I am not sure if anyone who can do anything about it has noticed. @grahame wrote a whole website CMS that used XSLT, which drove me crazy for a […]
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Gus @projectgus.aus.social.ap.brid.gy · 15/10/2026
"Sam Bankman-Fried’s mistake was operational, not philosophical. He was right that a serious altruist goes where the money is. He went to crypto. I went to the El." :discoursechef:
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David Adam @zanchey.aus.social.ap.brid.gy · 14/10/2026
It's Allied Health Professionals Day! Thank you for your service defending against doctors, nurses and dentists, who I guess are the Axis Health Professionals.
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✧✦Catherine✦✧ @whitequark.treehouse.systems.ap.brid.gy · 13/10/2026
comedy gold
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Never consider increasing the parallelism beyond 3. Despite its name, Parallels Desktop for Mac does not particularly like being used in parallel.
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David Adam @zanchey.aus.social.ap.brid.gy · 11/10/2026
Instant "add to wishlist" www.abc.net.au/news/2026-10-11/peng…
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Game developer explores colonialism through the eyes of a penguin
Following an award-winning debut, Ngāi Te Rangi developer Naphtali Faulkner turns one of HP Lovecraft's best-known works into an interrogation of colonial myth-making.
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depths of wikipedia @depthsofwikipedia.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
four years ago I posted this image of paleontologist Jan Smit looking at rocks and his son-in-law replied with something even better
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Dr. Victoria Grinberg @vicgrinberg.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 09/10/2026
Hire Italian postdocs, they'll make Tiramisu! (French folks did make and bring crepes... So hire French postdocs, too!)
A big patch of Tiramisu with cocoa on top with patterns showing the ESA logo and multiple planets, including Saturn and Jupiter with the red spot
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tom jennings @tomjennings.tldr.nettime.org.ap.brid.gy · 10/10/2026
RFC: 814 NAME, ADDRESSES, PORTS, AND ROUTES David D. Clark MIT Laboratory for Computer Science Computer Systems and Communications Group July, 1982 2. The Scope of the Problem "...Currently, the internet is fairly small. It contains no more than 25 active networks, and no more than a few […]
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Dan Fixes Coin-Ops @ifixcoinops.retro.social.ap.brid.gy · 09/10/2026
PUT A FUCKING VOLUME KNOB, a REAL VOLUME KNOB, let us hear it CRACKLE and POP until we TAKE IT APART and CLEAN it, we have a need to periodically maintain and care for things, maintenance-free switches ROB us of the opportunity to fulfil this basic human need in a newbie-friendly non-threatening […]
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David Adam @zanchey.aus.social.ap.brid.gy · 06/10/2026
Drug company goes into competition with pharmacies www.abc.net.au/news/2026-10-01/back… I don't really care about this - lots of people on GLP1RAs shop around - but I do think it's quite a move to undercut your distributors
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Doctors condemn big pharma's move to dispense GLP-1s to your door
Doctors and pharmacists criticise Eli Lilly's new online platform, LillyDirect, which will dispense certain medicines, starting with Mounjaro, directly to a patient's door.
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David Adam @zanchey.aus.social.ap.brid.gy · 05/10/2026
@b0rk when I went through all the fish pages a while ago and ended up mostly copying the git approach, but I think you could make an argument for removing that section entirely It does seem a bit inelegant to me that authors have to describe all the parameters of the program in several […]
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Anthony Horton @spacelizard.aus.social.ap.brid.gy · 04/10/2026
It's a very silly country. Especially the bits with half hour timezones. That map is actually simplified, because it doesn't include Eucla time: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UTC%2B08:45
A map, produced by ABC News, reminding people that Daylight Saving Time has begun in some parts of Australia, and showing the times in each state and territory as at 9 am AEDT.
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tante @tante.tldr.nettime.org.ap.brid.gy · 16/09/2026
"I asked everyone I know at the BIG TECH HUMAN CENTIPEDE ROUNDTABLE, and we all agreed that UNCONTROLLABLE SHIT-RAIN IS USEFUL AND GREAT, and that EVERYONE WANTS IT. Also, that it was IN RETROSPECT A GREAT IDEA TO PUT EVERYTHING ON COMPUTERS." […]
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David Adam @zanchey.aus.social.ap.brid.gy · 14/09/2026
www.claudiokuenzler.com/blog/752/re… just saved me a bunch of work, although I've recently become aware that PHP/MariaDB/WordPress officially makes me old
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Recover a crashed MySQL or MariaDB InnoDB database from ibd files
Yet another tech blog - made in Switzerland.
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David Adam @zanchey.aus.social.ap.brid.gy · 11/09/2026
Someone's running a ride-on mower through the nearby field. It sounds like *brrrrr THUNK* "FUCK" every thirty seconds
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Enalys :dragn_verified: @enalys.mastodon.zergy.net.ap.brid.gy · 06/09/2026
That's right! It go in the Downloads folder. 📁
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sky @scroeser.kolektiva.social.ap.brid.gy · 07/09/2026
Next week our school will celebrate Book Week and, as is traditional for many Australian parents, I will be spending the next few evenings experiencing the limit of my craft powers.
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David Adam @zanchey.aus.social.ap.brid.gy · 07/09/2026
Drove along the Spencer Gulf today and, as required by law and tradition, said "what do you know about lead?" every time Port Pirie appeared on a sign.
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Julia Evans @b0rk.social.jvns.ca.ap.brid.gy · 31/08/2026
would you be interested in giving feedback on git's official documentation on how to handle merge conflicts? (and other things in the git docs?) sign up here: forms.gle/swn1jhCULndnCxG87
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Git man pages test readers signup
I'm doing a side project where I'm working on improving some of git's man pages and could really use a few test readers to give feedback on the "before" version to figure out what needs to be improved.
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Adam Wysokiński @adam-wysokinski.fediscience.org.ap.brid.gy · 30/08/2026
ISO standard for brewing #tea: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO_3103
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ISO 3103 - Wikipedia
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pancake :radare2: @pancake.infosec.exchange.ap.brid.gy · 25/08/2026
Modeling ELFs into SQL for execution fzakaria.com/2026/08/23/your-execut…
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eepy august [0x08] 🏳️‍⚧️🇲🇰 @august.chaos.social.ap.brid.gy · 28/08/2026
[affirmations when in bavaria, food mention] affirmations when in bavaria: - i will remember that stores close at eight - a trip to munich won't fix being in bavaria, but it will help - tasty pretzels are a good thing - i'm allowed to enjoy good things, like not being in bavaria - this too […]
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✧✦Catherine✦✧ @whitequark.treehouse.systems.ap.brid.gy · 23/08/2026
oh hell yeah peps.python.org/pep-0843
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PEP 843 – Export Statement for DRY Re-exports | peps.python.org
Large libraries separate their implementation layout (the tree of modules convenient for maintainers) from their public layout (the shallower, curated tree they present to users). Building that public layout today means choosing between two imperfect op...
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eepy august [0x08] 🏳️‍⚧️🇲🇰 @august.chaos.social.ap.brid.gy · 22/08/2026
affirmations when opening a stuck jar: - I am stronger than the jar - i know what left and right are - ⁠⁠smashing the jar will make a mess - i have strong and dextrous hands - ⁠⁠I have opened jars before and I will open jars again
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David Adam @zanchey.aus.social.ap.brid.gy · 22/08/2026
First time driving at 130 km/h: I am clutching the wheel so tightly. Is this what it feels like to go to space? This much speed is an affront to God. Ten minutes later in a 110 zone: What? It's like driving through treacle! I might as well get out and walk. This is oppression by the government!
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David Adam @zanchey.aus.social.ap.brid.gy · 20/08/2026
there's a paper (reviewed or unreviewed) in the actual security properties of the Australian "secure" messaging systems, which I will look at in my copious amounts of spare time
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David Adam @zanchey.aus.social.ap.brid.gy · 08/05/2026
I'll add alt text on my PC
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Niki @nikitonsky.mastodon.online.ap.brid.gy · 19/08/2026
“The thing that made open source maintenance joyful was that someone cared enough about your work to try to improve it. You mentored them. They learned. The code got better. The community grew. That's the social contract. AI slop doesn't add work. It replaces human connection with mechanized […]
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David Adam @zanchey.aus.social.ap.brid.gy · 15/08/2026
Found a new way to remind my kids how to behave in shops (from a warning notice in Timber Creek, Northern Territory)
The area may contain unexploded munitions.
DO NOT TOUCH ANYTHING
IT MAY EXPLODE AND KILL YOU
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sky @scroeser.kolektiva.social.ap.brid.gy · 10/08/2026
[Climate change] I am still thinking about a post I read elsewhere about how people don't want the personal changes involved in climate action. And how frustrating it is to see these changes always configured as 'sacrifices' rather than as an opportunity to live better and more joyful lives. I […]
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David Adam @zanchey.aus.social.ap.brid.gy · 09/08/2026
Buy a fifteen-year-old caravan and you can visit every country hardware store in the state.
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David Adam @zanchey.aus.social.ap.brid.gy · 07/08/2026
I carry a PLB for safety and phoneboxes everywhere are free, which is great. If you want reliable phone service you either need Optus for the national parks and Telstra for everywhere else, or Starlink.
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David Adam @zanchey.aus.social.ap.brid.gy · 07/08/2026
RE: eigenmagic.net/@sendai/117053049747… I'm three weeks into a trip around Australia, and Starlink is _everywhere_. I see the little white squares on the dash of every third campervan or vehicle towing a caravan. In the caravan park tonight I can see fifty or more SSIDs from my […]
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David Adam @zanchey.aus.social.ap.brid.gy · 04/08/2026
191 paragraphs of an Australian Federal Court judge yelling at some cookers www.judgments.fedcourt.gov.au/judgm…
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David Adam @zanchey.aus.social.ap.brid.gy · 04/08/2026
[insects and spiders] @jabbrwcky one of my family dropped their glasses in the toilet here; thankfully not a long drop
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David Adam @zanchey.aus.social.ap.brid.gy · 04/08/2026
[insects and spiders] anyway one of my favourite doctor jokes is "Now, this medicine might make you feel that there are insects crawling under your skin. But don't worry - spiders are actually arachnids!"
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David Adam @zanchey.aus.social.ap.brid.gy · 04/08/2026
[insects and spiders] I'm camping in the Kimberley (far north of Western Australia) and there's a lot of moths and other insects flying around every light. The shower block has a number of resident spiders on the ceiling who are absolutely cleaning up. No moths on you while you wash, and you […]
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Rairii :win3_progman: :win3: @rairii.labyrinth.zone.ap.brid.gy · 04/08/2026
i didn’t think it was physically possible, but there’s finally something worse than `curl | sh`
Install with an AI agent (recommended)

The fastest way to get ghidrasql running end-to-end is to point an AI coding agent (Claude Code, Cursor, Codex, Aider, etc.) at the bundled installer prompt:

(link to install-prompt.md)
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abadidea @0xabad1dea.infosec.exchange.ap.brid.gy · 31/07/2026
OpenAI: we put our evilest AI in a sandbox that did in fact have an internet connection but mediated through a proxy that was only supposed to allow downloading python junk. It circumvented the proxy and we failed to notice for FIVE DAYS that it was going on an interstate crime spree with the […]
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David Adam @zanchey.aus.social.ap.brid.gy · 30/07/2026
"There may also be a fireball. This is normal however people should remain at a safe distance from the cylinders."
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jonny (nonvenomous) @jonny.neuromatch.social.ap.brid.gy · 29/07/2026
[Microdosing LLMs, self inflicted vibe coding, slopgazing. Long-ish] I had never top to bottom vibe coded something before - like full on "do not look at the code, just keep rolling the dice" - and I was sort of confused about how people in forums would say they were "working for months" on […]
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