I live in Western Sydney with my lovely wife Kristina and our half dachshund/half Maltese dog Beanie, and am a hobbyist coder and photographer, Apple enthusiast, and general all-round geek.

#introductions

**VirtualWolf** · Jun 22, 2021, 23:51

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**Mike, First of His Name** @mike@chinwag.org · Jun 22, 2021, 23:51

Jun 22, 2021, 23:51

Mike, First of His Name @mike@chinwag.org

This is ridiculously specific demographic targeting for a bit of rope.

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**VirtualWolf** @virtualwolf@aus.social · Jun 22, 2021, 05:39

**VirtualWolf** @virtualwolf@aus.social · Jun 22, 2021, 05:39

Jun 22, 2021, 05:39

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I really don't know how this is comfortable, his neck is craned so far back!

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**VirtualWolf** · Jun 21, 2021, 20:01

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**andrew** @andrewjbtw@digipres.club · Jun 21, 2021, 20:01

Jun 21, 2021, 20:01

andrew @andrewjbtw@digipres.club

Automation doesn't seem so great when you realize you made the same error 80,000 times.

**VirtualWolf** @virtualwolf@aus.social · Jun 21, 2021, 11:51

**VirtualWolf** @virtualwolf@aus.social · Jun 21, 2021, 11:51

Jun 21, 2021, 11:51

VirtualWolf @virtualwolf@aus.social

I just finished S1 of Dark. Faaaaaaaaark!

**VirtualWolf** @virtualwolf@aus.social · Jun 20, 2021, 10:44

**VirtualWolf** @virtualwolf@aus.social · Jun 20, 2021, 10:44

Jun 20, 2021, 10:44

VirtualWolf @virtualwolf@aus.social

We had another visit from @wobin today, dropped Beanie down to one single one of his pills, and honestly I think we could have entirely done without them! Beanie didn't even bark to start with, and after that it was just excited barking rather than panicked.

We played Warhammer Underworlds again but with me in an advisory role and it went really well, was a close game right up until the end.

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**VirtualWolf** · Jun 19, 2021, 23:03

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**open source crispr dragn wings** @haskal@cybre.space · Jun 19, 2021, 23:03

Jun 19, 2021, 23:03

open source crispr dragn wings @haskal@cybre.space

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yeah

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**VirtualWolf** · Jun 19, 2021, 14:40

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**muesli** @fribbledom@mastodon.social · Jun 19, 2021, 14:40

Jun 19, 2021, 14:40

muesli @fribbledom@mastodon.social

Me: "Don't forget to check the linter and make sure all the tests pass on the CI!"

Some guy, live editing PHP sources over FTP: "Oh, interesting."

**VirtualWolf** · Jun 19, 2021, 12:50

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**Shrig 🐌** @Shrigglepuss@godforsaken.website · Jun 19, 2021, 12:50

Jun 19, 2021, 12:50

Shrig 🐌 @Shrigglepuss@godforsaken.website

Anyone here running a PXE server that serves multiple OSes? Is it worth my time learning/making one because I'm too lazy to plug USB sticks into things? (For reference, I'm a tiny little IT repair shop so it's not really here or there depending on how straightforward it is to provision and maintain)

**VirtualWolf** @virtualwolf@aus.social · Jun 19, 2021, 08:35

**VirtualWolf** @virtualwolf@aus.social · Jun 19, 2021, 08:35

Jun 19, 2021, 08:35

VirtualWolf @virtualwolf@aus.social

::consumerism intensifies::

(Work is paying for $875 of the headphones, aw yiss).

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**VirtualWolf** @virtualwolf@aus.social · Jun 19, 2021, 02:44

**VirtualWolf** @virtualwolf@aus.social · Jun 19, 2021, 02:44

Jun 19, 2021, 02:44

VirtualWolf @virtualwolf@aus.social

BOOM, we've now officially closed off our home loan and are the actual owners of our house! 🎉

**VirtualWolf** · Jun 18, 2021, 09:29

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**Mike, First of His Name** @mike@chinwag.org · Jun 18, 2021, 09:29

Jun 18, 2021, 09:29

Mike, First of His Name @mike@chinwag.org

Does anyone out there in #retrocomputing land happen to have a copy of Final Cut Pro 4 from around 2003 sitting on a shelf somewhere? Hit me up.

**VirtualWolf** · Jun 25, 2019, 13:15

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**Radical Edward** @RadicalEdward@hackers.town · Jun 25, 2019, 13:15

Jun 25, 2019, 13:15

Radical Edward @RadicalEdward@hackers.town

Tech enthusiast: "I want smart lights, smart tv, everything, and connect them all to my digital assisstant!"

Tech worker: *looks wistfully into distance* "I should get a small place in a little town, with a garden, make my own furniture."

**VirtualWolf** @virtualwolf@aus.social · Jun 17, 2021, 00:06

**VirtualWolf** @virtualwolf@aus.social · Jun 17, 2021, 00:06

Jun 17, 2021, 00:06

VirtualWolf @virtualwolf@aus.social

Winter is definitely Beanie's favourite season, he loves the space heater.

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**VirtualWolf** · Jun 14, 2021, 09:25

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**Thermite Be Giants** @ThermiteBeGiants@aus.social · Jun 14, 2021, 09:25

Jun 14, 2021, 09:25

Thermite Be Giants @ThermiteBeGiants@aus.social

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**VirtualWolf** @virtualwolf@aus.social · Jun 13, 2021, 11:51

**VirtualWolf** @virtualwolf@aus.social · Jun 13, 2021, 11:51

Jun 13, 2021, 11:51

VirtualWolf @virtualwolf@aus.social

This is a screenshot of the 1968 Abarth 595 Esseesse that I've turned into an UTTERLY INSANE MONSTER in Forza Horizon 4. It's been converted to all-wheel drive with a inline-4 turbocharged rally engine and weighs only 545kg, but puts out 498kW and 926Nm of torque, and has a top speed of 327km/h which it reaches ALARMINGLY quickly. 😂

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**VirtualWolf** · Jun 11, 2021, 11:48

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**Robert Winter** @robert@social.winter.ink · Jun 11, 2021, 11:48

Jun 11, 2021, 11:48

Robert Winter @robert@social.winter.ink

When you receive a commission asking: 'Please could you paint a Friday night at pub kicking out time, with all the fights, kebabs, and throwing up in gutters, but in the style of the Bayeux Tapestry?'

A fine example of what I can only describe as avant-Romanesque by Jim'll Paint It.

https://jimll.co.uk/

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**VirtualWolf** @virtualwolf@aus.social · Jun 11, 2021, 12:35

**VirtualWolf** @virtualwolf@aus.social · Jun 11, 2021, 12:35

Jun 11, 2021, 12:35

VirtualWolf @virtualwolf@aus.social

Food, baking

The recipe I followed was this one: http://raspberryandchipotle.blogspot.com/2011/07/cut-rounds.html

I'm not remotely a person who knows about baking so I don't know why they didn't rise (needs more baking powder maybe?), but they WERE nice and moist inside and not like hockey pucks!

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**VirtualWolf** @virtualwolf@aus.social · Jun 11, 2021, 12:32

**VirtualWolf** @virtualwolf@aus.social · Jun 11, 2021, 12:32

Jun 11, 2021, 12:32

VirtualWolf @virtualwolf@aus.social

Food, baking

There's this British historian and TV presenter Ruth Goodman who's done a whole bunch of docos about life on farms during various periods in history. She did one series called "Edwardian Farm" and during it they made a thing called "cut rounds", basically like a savory scone. I found a recipe and made them, and while mine didn't rise much, they're REALLY yummy!

**VirtualWolf** · Jun 10, 2021, 23:11

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**Deborah Pickett** @futzle@aus.social · Jun 10, 2021, 23:11

Jun 10, 2021, 23:11

Deborah Pickett @futzle@aus.social

Multiple-choice poll for multiple items of a popular Danish toy for kids 4–99. Select all that apply.

43% LEGOs (countable noun)
33% LEGO pieces (adjective)
59% LEGO (uncountable noun)
7% (see results)

**VirtualWolf** · Jun 11, 2021, 09:09

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**Shrig 🐌** @Shrigglepuss@godforsaken.website · Jun 11, 2021, 09:09

Jun 11, 2021, 09:09

Shrig 🐌 @Shrigglepuss@godforsaken.website

Does anyone here use Blender? How did you get started with it, or how do you wish you'd started learning how to use it in retrospect? I need a new hobby, and it's about time I started exploring this option x