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spent like 30 minutes outside before it started absolutely pouring, so back inside and more minecraft it is

In case you weren’t aware, here’s one of the many ways unregulated electronics bought online can be dangerous. A regulation Australian IEC cable must have 3x 0.75mm²+ double-insulated stranded copper conductors. This cable appears to meet that requirement at first glance — it’s marked that way on the outside, and cutting in, the PVC colours are wrong but otherwise appear okay.

But then, scrape some of the copper, and it suddenly turns silver. It’s CCA, or Copper-Clad Aluminium. A sneaky and cheap but worse conductor. The aluminium holds up much worse to corrosion and bending, and will crumble to powder inside the cables over time. Through this process it will increase its resistance, turning into a fire-starter. Very dangerous and invisible without destroying the cable to examine it. #safety #psa

loots of minecraft again today, tidied up the moss farm, built an xp farm in the End, bunch of beacon speedmining, got my diamond gear + basic enchants

used it to walk a friend through installing dehydrated for Letsencrypt certificates. It's INFINITELY nicer to use than certbot, which always breaks

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basic but super neat program: github.com/elisescu/tty-share

Shares your current terminal session over a browser link you can send to anyone!

all my toots are one big connect-the-dots to reveal my psyche

im shivering, not just because of the wind, but the ethereal opening to Eelke Kleijn's Cercle set

youtube.com/watch?v=9wbZEPrFd1

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fucked up how good minecraft is at getting me out of bed quickly instead of browsing my phone for hours

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guess i didn't need 8 hours of sleep anyway, time to wake up and play more minecraft

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covid, delta, event logistics, venting, stats, (-) 

In the last few weeks, we went from 2 in 10,000 cases in my county to 8 in 10,000. And that data is a lagging indicator. I spent a good chunk of my weekend working through adjusting group plans as a result. In almost every case, it was bittersweet (Cyberians are wonderful 💙), but not too bad. In one, however, it was exhausting.

I can't believe how many times I heard "If it's a bad idea to have an event, then they'd make it illegal." from leftists who should know a hell of a lot more about politics than that.

It made me think that this is one of those weird times where hanging out with right-wing folks as a teenager was actually helpful: sometimes, it's up to you, and just you, to do the right thing. You cannot fall back on authority or legality to supply morality in changing times, you simply cannot.

We are not helpless on the winds of politics; we're allowed to adapt and respond however we think is best. Sometimes that might mean saying "I'm sorry, but we cannot in good conscience ask people to join us right now."

It's not rocket science and it's not fear; it's simple compassion for at-risk folks and a hope for a healthy community.

Bleh. Send ice cream. </vent>

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