Adam 👑🗑️🐔 @judges119@octodon.social

Last night while going on a snack run a tourist family stopped me. They looked lost and I thought they wanted directions but as we got through the language barrier I realised they just wanted a photo of me because of my hair. 😂

In the end I stood in front of an office building (because the logo included the word "Australia") with the father and son while the mother took a photo and then they all thanked me and shook my hand.

Slowly trying to learn Erlang, my first little test last night was to remake module_attributes/1. My attempt:

mod_info(Attribute) ->
hd([ Y || {X, Y} <- module_info(), {X, Y} =:= {Attribute, Y}]).

It works! 👍

@forteller Will check out Deluge, I got scared off using Transmission for my Mac after they were serving malware bundled downloads twice in 12 months.

As for why? I think a lot of uTorrent users came from when it *was* tiny (<1MB), fast, and didn't have any adware.
Most of them probably just continued using it out of habit.

@CobaltVelvet i'm not really a stoner but when friends have broken bongs they usually rig up a temporary one with a Gatorade bottle and a length of hose; or is that more of an Aussie thing?

Ransomware that fluctuates the price based on the average cost of a Big Mac in your area: http://www.computerworld.com/article/3195118/security/local-cost-of-a-big-mac-decides-ransom-amount-for-fatboy-ransomware.html #infosec

(the "Big Mac Index" is an informal measurement of purchasing power parity between countries: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_Mac_Index )

@reaver probably not a password *rule* but the first place I ever did tier 1 support at stored passwords in plain text

@reaver the terrible implementation where I work means you can never use the same password twice, so everyone just uses whatever password help desk creates for them with an incrementing number on it.

*facepalm*

I go on vacation for two weeks and in that time all my work passwords expired.

Sysadmins and security specialists, some advice:

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Back from a week of drinking moonshine, riding shotgun in a helicopter, dancing in a replica Millennium Falcon, and eating homegrown corn at Blazing Swan.

Leaving for Blazing Swan tomorrow, out in the middle of salt flats for 10 days I will miss you internet and cat gifs (but I'll also have 10 days of music, art, and exploring).

Saw Twenty One Pilots play at Perth Arena tonight and OMFG it was so so good. Josh and Tyler have amazing stage presence and played all the favourites and the crowd went absolutely wild.

Now sleep time. Tomorrow is dedicated to packing and buying last minute supplies to http://blazingswan.com.au/

Eurgh my brain is so fuzzy from restavit/doxylamuine.

If anyone needs me I'll be asleep on my desk, drooling into my keyboard.

@NephthysNile everyone is entitled to their opinion (even if that opinion is wrong :stuck_out_tongue:)

@Latkes Outsider perspective from Australia: humans shouldn't have to worry about whether they can afford lifesaving surgery.

Healthcare is a right IMHO and I feel sorry for my US friends.

@drdikeman was wondering about that. I guess since the servers are run by individuals it's a good measure to stop them filling up too fast?

fun fact, baby meerkats have tiny, adorable, stumpy legs https://octodon.social/media/pTCmGjA9ZqX-kuxb1aM

@Areya At level 10 you can choose your faction but you don't get a cool Octodon mount until level 30

@ardyanme Morning here in Australia too, just getting into work now