Jono Ferguson

No longer actually abroad, but the name stuck.

Programmer
He/him

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2024-05-24 07:46:04

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@npub1xr8…3q0g we have to change one or both Austria and Australia, I constantly misread them both.

2024-05-24 06:10:58

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@npub1vs8…54zy thank you, do you recommend any sources?
I mean, are books even a thing anymore?
I feel old.

2024-05-24 05:50:24

#Java people, is Java Concurrency in Practice still the text to brush up on Java concurrency, or has it been surpassed?

2024-05-16 02:21:11

@npub1j55…p4t9 have you been paying attention to the Nix community?
Are you still Nixing?

2024-05-12 19:27:38

There is a cold place in hell for people who commit fucking deploy scripts that run from a local machine and not a build environment.

2024-05-10 04:29:44

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@npub12nm…wh2s oh what has the fuxking idiot said now?

2024-05-09 23:35:06

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@npub1p80…vay3 Auckland levels of north?

2024-05-09 23:35:06

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@npub1p80…vay3 Auckland levels of north?

2024-05-09 20:24:24

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@npub1zg9…nh26 okay, I can stop boosting these.
I thought I had mucked it up the first few times.
"I am sure I just boosted this"

2024-05-09 19:25:17

the cloud, it's an all wonderful and you don't need to worry about physical hardware or bothering with that low level stuff.
RIGHT UP UNTIL YOU WANT OR REQUIRE A FUCKING VNET AND THEN WE ARE ALL BACK IN THE FUCKING 1980s AND MASKING IP ADDRESSES BECAUSE THERE IS NO ONE WHO COULD POSSIBLY ABSTRACT NETWORK ACCESS INTO SOMETHING LESS MAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAGHAHHAHAAH

2024-05-08 20:24:46

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@npub1zg9…nh26 it never occurred to me we'd grit the roads here.
I am such a jafa.

2024-05-07 22:29:40

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@npub12nm…wh2s like education and other things.
I'm just over being cruel to people 'because of the economy' - it's never the well off that "we" are cruel to.

2024-05-06 21:27:32

I would give humanity and F, but I think they are more of an FC - really must try harder.

2024-05-06 19:22:23

AZURE CONTAINER APPS ARE A CRIME AGAINST HUMANITY.
I wonder if this makes me Jesus and I am being punished for all of your sins, you dirty bastards.

2024-05-02 03:30:36

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@npub1xr8…3q0g thank you!
Is "unaliving" to get around filters?
It was depressing rather than ridiculous, which is what I assumed

2024-05-02 02:50:29

Wtf is man vs bear?

2024-04-20 05:37:05

@npub1j55…p4t9
Hello, who are the electric tractor folks?

2024-04-17 10:18:48

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@npub198t…hasj was it ever decided if social media counts as publishing?

2024-04-15 21:29:26

This is where we are at: I am reading the readme.
I hope you are all happy.

2024-04-15 20:49:34

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@npub1a25…l27u happy birthday lovely puppy

2024-04-11 23:27:26

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@npub1zg9…nh26 big hugs

2024-04-07 19:22:50

DON'T CALL IT INFRASTRUCTURE AS CODE THEN HAVE FUCKING YAML YOU COWARDS

2024-04-01 23:25:28

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@npub12nm…wh2s big hugs

2024-03-28 22:09:30

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@npub12nm…wh2s read that as EFT-POS and was deeply confused at first 😅

2024-03-26 22:19:13

WHEN YOU LIKE MY POSTS QUICKER THAN I HAVE WRITTEN THEM IT'S DISTURBING

2024-03-20 22:21:42

SQUIRRELCEPTION

2024-03-20 21:38:54

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@npub12nm…wh2s I agree with you, but I am also not sure I see any alternative that would function anywhere near as well or as honestly.
I mean, it's not like any of us are under any illusion about who is out to fuck us - ITS EVERYONE.
This is not the happiness I was hoping to bring in agreeing with you :(
Also - I am more that willing to change my mind, humanity just doesn't give me much hope.

2024-03-19 18:52:40

@npub1xr8…3q0g
How are you going ?

2024-03-07 17:41:51

/me breaksdown in 'I almost made it all the way through the week' tears.

2024-03-05 01:26:36

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@npub1zg9…nh26 phew, enjoy!

2024-03-05 01:20:31

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@npub1zg9…nh26 wait TONIGHT?

2024-03-02 23:48:56

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@npub12nm…wh2s I thinking, that's huge, "I wonder if it's an bike?"

2024-03-02 23:35:51

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@npub12nm…wh2s I love when the image description answers my question 💕

2024-02-25 04:17:15

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@npub1xr8…3q0g
I CANT SEE FILES
😭😭😭😭😭

2024-02-25 04:09:32

Okay fans of child like wonder. If I save a PDF on an iPad, how do I then open the fucking thing?

2024-02-24 03:03:58

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@npub1gzl…kk4u Christ, please tell me that is not New Zealand pricing

2024-02-23 08:54:56

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@npub198t…hasj Calibre

2024-02-23 08:34:54

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@npub198t…hasj I could never get the drmey bit of it working for the books I already owned and it fuckin shit me#.
# this is a technical antipodean term

2024-02-14 06:59:26

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@npub198t…hasj isn't
:wq!
Or have I been wasting key strokes

2024-02-13 08:42:59

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@npub12nm…wh2s big hugs. Been feeling the same.

2024-02-09 02:45:16

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@npub1zg9…nh26 I think I've seen this movie, and all I'll say is: I wouldn't want to be one of the plucky group sent in to deal with the problem.

2024-02-06 23:28:05

I wonder if it is too early in the week to just break down in tears.
Also, whomever said "doing the same thing and expecting different results is an idiot" has never worked with corporate America APIs.
still, it's been a while since I've felt "childlike wonder and surprise" .... unfortunately, also rage, and tantrums.

2024-02-06 05:45:58

Wait, BRS has gone back for more?

2024-01-24 18:50:39

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@npub1aq0…py77 O_O

2024-01-24 18:31:52

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@npub1aq0…py77 OMG DID YOU SKIN A HUMAN FOR YOU SEAT COVER?

2024-01-23 17:33:52

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@npub1zg9…nh26 big hugs.
TBH when you said "I'm distracting mum" my first thought was a cat / dog toy or a lazer pointer.
nothing against your mum, just where my brain goes for distraction.

2024-01-23 03:43:52

If you are #Australian and don't subscribe to the sizzle, you are worse than Woolworths, captain potato, or possibly both of them.

2024-01-15 04:27:33

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@npub1trd…ussx were not going to call it meta, it's Facebook.

2024-01-11 22:14:00

I'm pretty fucking sure if you have this as a quote you're fucking cooked
“the 55 rounds fired by six officers in ~3.5 seconds is reasonable based upon my training and experience as a range instructor”
From
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/jan/11/settlement-willie-mccoy-killed-police-vallejo-california

2024-01-03 18:04:40

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@npub1j46…3gm7 it's the child like wonder hitting the real world of " I just want to do something."
Not every moment actually needs or wants wonder.
I no longer know if it's lack of ability, people who just don't care and/or are trying to just get through their job.

2024-01-03 05:12:29

Are there members of PIN ( #Palm Identification Network) on here?
I've been gifted a few and before planting them it would be ace to know what they are.
Images attached in a thread

2024-01-01 21:48:25

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@npub1xr8…3q0g eek, big hugs.
PopOv - Russian Crown, I assume?

2023-12-31 23:18:11

Watching the Auckland and Sydney fireworks.
My overall impression is whelm.
Auckland - under
Sydney - over
I think there is a nice middle ground of not meh and not utterly over the top.

2023-12-28 09:38:14

Fucking great, Zombie deer disease. 2024 is going to be ace.
https://i.stuff.co.nz/world/301032954/zombie-deer-disease-could-spread-to-humans-as-cases-surge-across-us

2023-12-14 05:18:37

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@npub1xr8…3q0g apparently so.
Given the plethora of mullets, it was time travel.

2023-12-14 03:52:34

I've just passed "Ansett aviation training" I think their signage is out of date?

2023-12-12 02:43:07

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@npub1xr8…3q0g @npub1a9h…8205 oh good, so is new zealand

2023-12-11 19:53:01

I don't want to be a negative Nigel, but it's rainy and cold.
WHAT HAPPENED TO OUR LONG HOT DRY SUMMER?

2023-11-18 02:08:05

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@npub1xr8…3q0g @npub1ztm…t758
AI knows where this is.

2023-11-18 01:55:51

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@npub1xr8…3q0g @npub1ztm…t758 I'm not actually going to make 50, am I?

2023-11-17 01:00:01

Sorry Auckland, I was just thinking about mowing the lawn.

2023-11-13 18:51:25

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@npub1tps…9rmt musing:
I wonder if enriching block lists to, include tags or other mechanics so people can filter based on criteria, possibly weighting.
I've been called a boot licker because I think tertiary qualifications are a good thing.
Imagine wanting a qualified doctor. Oh, I'm such as fascist apologist!

2023-11-10 00:58:22

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@npub19xu…e8yd a more honest version of "back in my day"

2023-11-05 21:21:14

We don't need AI to help us understand the world, we need more people like @npub1l65…vugg:
I'd try and summarise what the conversation between these two smooth brains entailed but it doesn't matter so fuck it, we all have better things to do.
Go and subscribe to the sizzle ( https://thesizzle.com.au/ ) flogs.

2023-11-05 02:41:01

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@npub1xr8…3q0g
That no one thought to say something is fucked.
It's taken people as groups to stand up and say something for men to take notice, and even then,not all men.
I want to say society as a more inclusive and correct term, but I'm pretty sure it is men.
It's fucked.

2023-11-05 02:22:33

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@npub1xr8…3q0g Jesus

2023-11-05 00:02:40

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@npub150n…acp3 @npub1xr8…3q0g Is the NBN just the bungaree cottages "internet of trees" in a trenchcoat?

2023-11-04 23:10:59

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@npub19xu…e8yd .* ?

2023-11-04 23:10:59

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@npub19xu…e8yd .* ?

2023-11-04 22:44:06

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@npub1trd…ussx
They are more annoying than the "I do this one thing, and because of it I am saving the world and can do no no worng"

2023-11-04 07:57:41

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@npub1xr8…3q0g holy shit.
I know we can't directly link these things to climate change, but it's feeling like a duck of a lot of coincidences.
People* are trying organise my birthday, and I've had to say "I'm not sure i can,face it, this has been a cunt of a year"
* okay so person, significant person.

2023-11-04 07:21:29

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@npub1xr8…3q0g wait, I thought Europe was in the middle of some HUGE storm?

2023-11-03 21:21:03

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@npub1zg9…nh26 you don't think you should finish the French once before you start the Finnish one?
#ImSorryDadJoke

2023-11-03 19:34:36

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@npub1200…aqy2 there used to be a time when the right wing in the US weren't just evil.
If there are any right wing US politicians that aren't evil and loopy runts - they don't make the news in NZ.

2023-11-01 20:34:25

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@npub1hqx…944s not helpful, but we are always willing to look after a GSP during the fireworks season.

2023-10-31 02:18:27

Bit fuckin late for this assessment, I think.
"Entire population of Gaza becoming ‘dehumanised’ says UN commissioner"
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/oct/30/entire-population-of-gaza-becoming-dehumanised-says-un-commissioner

2023-10-31 00:00:30

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@npub19xu…e8yd @npub1elp…kr7z agreed, I use left / right as they are lazy short hand.

2023-10-30 23:22:18

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@npub19xu…e8yd @npub1elp…kr7z but where we are now is " it's too expensive " and we were was " it's too expensive", it's not going to be cheaper tomorrow.
I don't see anyone on the right looking at improving PT, and now the left will feel burnt by it and ignore it for some time.

2023-10-30 22:50:49

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@npub1trd…ussx @npub1x3v…dv48
I want to use some bad bad words but I dunno who lps is and if they have delicate ears.
But, by gosh it makes me really struggle to like humanity.

2023-10-30 22:44:47

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@npub1elp…kr7z @npub19xu…e8yd
Mum would drive to South Auckland for the same reason. It would take 2 hours each way otherwise.
PT in Auckland, I think Labour has fucked that for us for a generation.
Unless something mad happens and we get a change of leadership and they have a coherent plan to move forward, rather than 6 years of pissing about.

2023-10-30 22:40:40

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@npub1trd…ussx
Yeah, I haven't said anything too loudly as I didn't want to sound loopy.
But, it seems surprising, of if you want to go deeper - they did know and let enabled it.

2023-10-27 21:43:46

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@npub1xr8…3q0g @npub19g8…he8h
I assume he is just going full genocide and there will be no one left.
But don't say that or people will tell you that you're antisemitic.

2023-10-27 18:44:41

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@npub1sat…8vnx look cunt. Just because you can see and interact with people doesn't mean you need to do so in an abrasive confidently wrong manner.
Maybe you should consider twitter?
I can only imagine you are a huge Musk fan based on your interactions so far.

2023-10-26 21:30:05

Australia, ITS NOT A FUCKING OVAL.
If you are going to call it a shape, at least go for something remotely close.

2023-10-26 06:28:45

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@npub19xu…e8yd wait, you mean you pay and then there is another level of paying?

2023-10-26 01:50:05

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@npub1sat…8vnx @npub1trd…ussx that's incredibly helpful, well done.

2023-10-26 00:02:00

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@npub1trd…ussx what the hell are data farmers 😯

2023-10-25 21:47:29

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@npub1zg9…nh26 oooooooo, how difficult is it?

2023-10-24 21:26:17

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@npub1zg9…nh26 😯

2023-10-24 20:44:22

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@npub1200…aqy2 the being nice or kind thing - yeah people should be nice and kind to each other.
But, if those fuckers are nasty to you, it's kinda surprising when they are upset at you being nasty back.

2023-10-24 19:20:17

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@npub1xr8…3q0g Jesus, is it that high?
I gave up after the first bit where women were paying for everything to do with the kids from the second they were born.
That is some seriously fucked dynamics and dead shit dad behavior.

2023-10-24 19:01:38

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@npub1xr8…3q0g How in dogs name are those costs worn by the woman alone?
Who are these people with entirely separate pots of money?

2023-10-24 18:49:37

Hey Australia, need some help with your Emu war?
https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/500931/rotorua-teen-turns-ai-against-pest-wallabies

2023-10-23 06:00:51

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@npub1g0t…tvm4 @npub1xr8…3q0g
I thought Toyota were all "EVs are a fad, anything else is the future"?
That said, if they are working towards an EV solution, yay

2023-10-23 05:06:30

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@npub1xr8…3q0g I've not been since 1983 ish, so my memories are faint.

2023-10-22 23:55:29

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@npub1zg9…nh26 let me tech bro you for a moment:
Have you considered an electric blanket for your garden?

2023-10-22 22:11:24

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@npub1xr8…3q0g oh.
So like Tahiti airport in the 80s?
Sub optimal when you are dressed for England in December.

2023-10-20 01:08:00

Really don't like computers.

2023-10-18 04:39:26

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@npub18p3…t9gh @npub1zg9…nh26 that's a lot of chewing

2023-10-18 01:28:31

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@npub19xu…e8yd @npub18p3…t9gh hmmm, where is this advertisement?
Does it not appear on the pro?
Maybe I am missing something.
That would drive me up and possibly over the wall.

2023-10-17 23:43:42

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@npub19xu…e8yd I've not been near a Unix for end use for a while, so I might be missing what I'm missing.
When i moved to the 'doze for work, I thought I'd be disappointed.
I've come to the realization, my disillusionment is OSes is an extension of my disillusionment in humanity.

2023-10-17 18:35:03

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@npub1zg9…nh26 🎉🎉🎉

2023-08-22 23:15:28

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@npub1j46…3gm7 is there a short explained on this.
I think I understand it, but in the same way as i understand quantum entanglement - not enough to explain it to another person.