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Sam (aka; Complexity of systems)
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A human doing my best.
I sometimes write code 🧑‍💻
They/Them 🏳️‍🌈
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addressforbots.social.apcn.nz.ap.brid.gy
Why the f*** is my router using trade me as an NTP server.
The answer is because I have Use Peer NTP enabled but why the f*** is 2degrees giving out trade me (and a random IT services company) as an NTP server rather than running their own (and no they do not […]

[Original post on social.apcn.nz]
Screenshot of network information for TRADEME for ip range 252.188.0 - 122.252.189.255 Long Description: The image is a screenshot displaying network information presented in a formatted text block. It is organized in a series of labeled fields followed by colons. The text is set against a dark background with light-colored font, which facilitates readability. The information includes various technical and administrative details about a network, such as netname, description, and contact roles, among others. Transcribed Text: inetnum: 122.252.188.0 - 122.252.189.255 netname: TRADEME descr: New Zealand Online Auctions, Wellington, New Zealand country: NZ admin-c: AM429-AP tech-c: AM429-AP abuse-c: AT1045-AP status: ASSIGNED NON-PORTABLE remarks: Send all spam and abuse reports to noc@trademe.co.nz mnt-by: MAINT-NZ-TRADEME mnt-irt: IRT-TRADEME-NZ last-modified: 2021-06-29T20:50:51Z source: APNIC NTP Client configuration window with network time settings and server details. Long Description: The image displays a configuration window for an NTP (Network Time Protocol) Client. The main panel is dominated by settings related to server synchronization. At the top of the panel, a checkbox labeled "Enabled" is checked. Below it, there is a dropdown menu set to "unicast" under the "Mode" label. Two IP addresses are listed under "NTP Servers," with plus and minus buttons beside each for adding or removing servers. The address 103.242.68.68 is first, followed by 122.252.188.99. The "VRF" field is filled with "main." To the side, a section is labeled "Actions" with options "Reset Drift" and "Peers," and another labeled "Configuration" with the option "Servers." Various synchronization details are listed, such as "Status" showing "synchronized," "Freq. Drift" indicating "9.002 PPM," "Synced Server" pointing to "103.242.68.68," "Synced Stratum" set at "2," and "System Offset" marked as "1 ms." At the bottom, there are buttons labeled "Cancel," "Apply," and "OK." Transcribed Text: Enabled Mode: unicast NTP Servers 103.242.68.68 122.252.188.99 VRF: main Actions Reset Drift Peers Configuration Servers Status: synchronized Freq. Drift: 9.002 PPM Synced Server: 103.242.68.68 Synced Stratum: 2 System Offset: 1 ms Cancel Apply OK
December 26, 2025 at 10:00 AM
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theonion.com
Santa Tracker Shows Sleigh Stopped For 40 Minutes Outside Old Girlfriend’s House https://theonion.com/santa-tracker-shows-sleigh-stopped-for-40-minutes-outside-old-girlfriends-house/
Santa Tracker Shows Sleigh Stopped For 40 Minutes Outside Old Girlfriend’s House
December 25, 2025 at 5:30 PM
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newsguy.bsky.social
The atomic ensemble time scale at the NIST Boulder campus has failed.
December 20, 2025 at 10:53 PM
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unixbigot.aus.social.ap.brid.gy
Totally normal request from US customs. (This is for an item of clothing ordered by Mx 21, who is not at any point of the inferred Four Gender Compass)
screenshot of customs notice: “The gender for which the shipments contents are made must be specified, for example Men, Women, Children, Unisex”
December 20, 2025 at 10:46 PM
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clarkesworldmagazine.com
It appears as though SFWA has had a very quick change of heart and is now back on the right side of this. Shouldn't have happened in the first place. New Nebula Awards eligibility rules for generated text are now:
Previous Text: “Works that are wholly written using generative large language model (LLM) tools are not eligible.” New Text: “Works that are written, either wholly or partially, by generative large language model (LLM) tools are not eligible.” -and- Previous Text: “Works that used LLMs at any point during the writing process must disclose this upon acceptance of the nomination, and the nature of the technology’s use will be made clear to voters on the final ballot” New Text: “Works that used LLMs at any point during the writing process must disclose this upon acceptance of the nomination, and those works will be disqualified.”
December 19, 2025 at 9:54 PM
addressforbots.apcn.nz
Why do i hate my self
ARRRRRRRGGGGGGGGG
Like I don't want to die
But I hate the way I am RN
Why am I a Man why do i have to be a man i dont want to be
ARRRRRRGGGG
I'm Drunk I know it's bad but I keep doing it
ARRRRRGGGGGG
may delete later
December 18, 2025 at 7:27 AM
Reposted by Sam (aka; Complexity of systems)
addressforbots.social.apcn.nz.ap.brid.gy
RE: https://social.apcn.nz/@addressforbots/115739175063696753

BLÅHAJ
BLÅHAJ
BLÅHAJ

#ikea
addressforbots.social.apcn.nz.ap.brid.gy Complexity of systems @addressforbots.social.apcn.nz.ap.brid.gy · 9d
I just realised that ikea is officially in New Zealand which means something else is also officially in New Zealand.

BLÅHAJ!
Alt-text: A blue toy shark and its product listing on a black background, showing a price of $10.99. Long Description: The image shows a plush toy designed to look like a shark. The shark is light blue with a white underside, featuring a smooth, soft texture. It has a prominent dorsal fin and tail fin. The shark's mouth has small, soft fabric teeth, and its eyes are small and dark. Beside the image of the toy, a product listing is displayed on a black background. It includes the product name, description, price, customer ratings, and availability status. The toy is noted as currently unavailable for delivery and collection, with an expected restock date. Transcribed Text: BLAHAJ Soft toy, baby shark, 55 cm $10.99 Price incl. GST (910) How to get it Delivery to 8042 Currently unavailable IKEA Sylvia Park Click and collect - Currently unavailable Store - Out of stock Back: 30 Dec. 2025–6 Jan. 2026 Sold out online
December 18, 2025 at 6:38 AM
addressforbots.apcn.nz
BLÅHAJ
BLÅHAJ
BLÅHAJ

#IKEA
addressforbots.social.apcn.nz.ap.brid.gy Complexity of systems @addressforbots.social.apcn.nz.ap.brid.gy · 9d
I just realised that ikea is officially in New Zealand which means something else is also officially in New Zealand.

BLÅHAJ!
Alt-text: A blue toy shark and its product listing on a black background, showing a price of $10.99. Long Description: The image shows a plush toy designed to look like a shark. The shark is light blue with a white underside, featuring a smooth, soft texture. It has a prominent dorsal fin and tail fin. The shark's mouth has small, soft fabric teeth, and its eyes are small and dark. Beside the image of the toy, a product listing is displayed on a black background. It includes the product name, description, price, customer ratings, and availability status. The toy is noted as currently unavailable for delivery and collection, with an expected restock date. Transcribed Text: BLAHAJ Soft toy, baby shark, 55 cm $10.99 Price incl. GST (910) How to get it Delivery to 8042 Currently unavailable IKEA Sylvia Park Click and collect - Currently unavailable Store - Out of stock Back: 30 Dec. 2025–6 Jan. 2026 Sold out online
December 18, 2025 at 6:36 AM
Reposted by Sam (aka; Complexity of systems)
addressforbots.social.apcn.nz.ap.brid.gy
I just realised that ikea is officially in New Zealand which means something else is also officially in New Zealand.

BLÅHAJ!
Alt-text: A blue toy shark and its product listing on a black background, showing a price of $10.99. Long Description: The image shows a plush toy designed to look like a shark. The shark is light blue with a white underside, featuring a smooth, soft texture. It has a prominent dorsal fin and tail fin. The shark's mouth has small, soft fabric teeth, and its eyes are small and dark. Beside the image of the toy, a product listing is displayed on a black background. It includes the product name, description, price, customer ratings, and availability status. The toy is noted as currently unavailable for delivery and collection, with an expected restock date. Transcribed Text: BLAHAJ Soft toy, baby shark, 55 cm $10.99 Price incl. GST (910) How to get it Delivery to 8042 Currently unavailable IKEA Sylvia Park Click and collect - Currently unavailable Store - Out of stock Back: 30 Dec. 2025–6 Jan. 2026 Sold out online
December 18, 2025 at 6:34 AM
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tomgauld.bsky.social
A Christmas cartoon from my new book of science cartoons PHYSICS FOR CATS. In good bookshops and online now: www.tomgauld.com/comic-books-v2
Caption: Every December, the team of marine biologists draw lots to decide who will take Mister Wiggles home with them for the holidays. Image: Five small figures take small pieces of paper from a hat. Behind them a colossal squid waits in an enormous tank set upon a gigantic trolley.
December 17, 2025 at 12:56 PM
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damnyouwillis.bsky.social
you vs the joyce they tell you not to worry about
December 17, 2025 at 3:56 PM
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addressforbots.social.apcn.nz.ap.brid.gy
I just realised that I'm 2 days younger than Wikipedia I was born on the 17th of January and Wikipedia got its first edit on the 15th.
That sentence probably makes a lot of people feel really old.
December 17, 2025 at 1:12 PM
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privateger.plasmatrap.com.ap.brid.gy
A four-panel, hand-drawn comic featuring stick figures. * **Panel 1:** A character stares at a grey, metallic 3D shape with distorted, ugly gradients, yelling, "WHY DOES THE SHADING LOOK LIKE THAT." * **Panel 2:** A second character wearing a cap stands with the first, asking, "have you tried disabling the option that messes up your shading." * **Panel 3:** A close-up of a software menu shows a cursor unchecking a box explicitly labeled "fuck up the shading." * **Panel 4:** The 3D shape now looks clean and sharp with a sparkle effect. The first character gives a thumbs up next to the text "(80% better)." A cursor hovers over "Clear Custom Split Normals Data" within a dark user interface menu, which is under the "Geometry Data" section.
December 16, 2025 at 9:31 AM
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spiderandme.bsky.social
three grinches in a trench coat 😹😹

#nzpol
slanecartoon.bsky.social Chris Slane @slanecartoon.bsky.social · 11d
Not Santa.... my #nzpol cartoon #NZListener
Cartoon depicts a a girl pointing at Government coalition party leaders all squeezed inside the same Santa costume carrying a bag labelled ‘Cut$’.... “HEY! YOU’RE NOT SANTA. YOU’RE JUST THREE GRINCHES IN A TRENCH COAT.” Background shows a queue entering a large food bank.
December 16, 2025 at 7:22 AM
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tomgauld.bsky.social
A Christmas cartoon from my new book of science cartoons PHYSICS FOR CATS. In good bookshops and online now: www.tomgauld.com/comic-books-v2
Title: Wenceslas Variations 1. Good King Wenceslas: King bestows gifts on peasant. 2. Bad things Wenceslas: King steals gifts from peasant. 3. Indifferent King Wenceslas: No gifts 4. Two Kings Wenceslas: Kings exchange gifts. 5. No King Wenceslas: Gifts divided between peasants. 6. Philosopher King Wenceslas: King and Peasant discuss gift-giving. 7. Quantum King Wenceslas: Gifts given and simultaneously not given. 8. Apex Predator King Wenceslas: King devours gifts and peasant.
December 16, 2025 at 10:54 AM
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gamingonlinux.com
It just keeps getting worse - Firefox to "evolve into a modern AI browser "
#AI #Mozilla #Firefox
It just keeps getting worse - Firefox to "evolve into a modern AI browser "
Just like Google plan with Chrome, Mozilla aren't sitting still on expanding Firefox into something resembling a web browser but with more AI.
www.gamingonlinux.com
December 16, 2025 at 7:28 PM
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mondyspartan.bsky.social
“You were the chosen one! It was said that you would destroy the Sith, not join them!”
December 16, 2025 at 10:49 PM
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chrisdeleon.bsky.social
image of guy used from common meme that normally implies the headline. the worst person you know has made a good point. I have poorly edited part of the face to resemble the Terminator movie robot by making part of the skin dark, black and white with a glowing red eye.
December 12, 2025 at 10:54 PM
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princejvstin.com
Well I guess I am no longer upgrading Calibre
davidgerard.co.uk your #3 source for absurdist true crime 🔨 @davidgerard.co.uk · 21d
the fucking Calibre e-book manager has gone AI slop

calibre-ebook.com/whats-new
New features Allow asking AI questions about any book in your calibre library. Right click the "View" button and choose "Discuss selected book(s) with AI" AI: Allow asking AI what book to read next by right clicking on a book and using the "Similar books" menu AI: Add a new backend for "LM Studio" which allows running various AI models locally
December 7, 2025 at 7:07 PM
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damnyouwillis.bsky.social
i'd like to respond "no i'd rather set myself on fucking fire" but this is a stranger who thinks they're being helpful, i guess, so that'd probably be rude
December 7, 2025 at 12:43 AM
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tomgauld.bsky.social
My latest cartoon for @newscientist.com
A small child approaches his scientist father who is working at a large, strange, contraption. His face pressed to a viewing tube. “Are you looking forward to Christmas, papa?” Asks the child. “Yes,” replies the scientist“ turning round, “that is exactly what I am doing” then he adds “Thank you for the socks.” We can now see that the viewing tube breaks the border of the comics panel, passes through complicated machinery and allows the scientist to see into the next comic panel: Caption: December 25th A Christmas scene. The child and father-scientist open presents before a Christmas tree. The father has just unwrapped some socks.
December 7, 2025 at 8:56 AM
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tomgauld.bsky.social
Happy 76th Birthday, Tom Waits!
Title: The street tom waits grew up on. Image: a shabby, broken down old timey American street. Caption: Buildings (left to right): vern's all-nite pizza 'n' tattoo, accordion players' graveyard, abandoned clown-shoe factory, divorced salesmen's polka club, tomb of the unknown cabbie, bootleg ice-cream warehouse, saint frank's hobo orphanage, illegal umbrella incinerator.
December 7, 2025 at 3:10 PM
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xkcd.com
Website Task Flowchart

xkcd.com/3175/
Comic. Doing a task using a company or organization’s website: [flowchart] Go to website, try to log in → Did it work? → Yes → Try to do your task. → Did it work? Yes → Nice! Done! If logging in did not work → Spend hours troubleshooting account / login. If that works, go to Try to do your task. If no → Give up and call customer service. If spending hours troubleshooting doesn’t work, also give up and call customer service. After calling customer service: Hold message: “Did you know you could do all this more quickly and easily on our website? Just go to w-w-w dot…” → Throw phone and laptop into the sea.
December 4, 2025 at 10:33 PM
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mondyspartan.bsky.social
Everyone's showing their Wrapped here I see, thought I should post mine too
Fake Spotify Wrapped-style thing for Windows Media Player, nuff said.
December 4, 2025 at 8:33 AM
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addressforbots.apcn.nz
Welcome to the Family of Me :D
YouTube Music summary showing "Family of Me" by Ben Folds as the top song of 2025 with "Over the Hedge" movie image. Long Description: The image displays a music summary from YouTube Music with a gradient background transitioning from green at the top to pink and purple towards the bottom. At the top, it states "My top song of 2025" in black text. Below is a colorful image from the movie "Over the Hedge" featuring animated characters, including a raccoon and other animals in a shopping cart, against a backdrop of green foliage and blue sky. A badge below the image reads "TOP 0.1% OF LISTENERS" in black text on a light green background. Below the badge is "Family of Me by Ben Folds" in bold, large text, indicating the song title and artist. Towards the bottom, in smaller black text, it says, "I listened for 402 minutes." In the lower-left corner, the YouTube Music logo is present, with "music.youtube.com/recap" at the bottom right. Transcribed Text: My top song of 2025 songs by Ben Folds music by Rupert Gregson-Williams DreamWorks Over the Hedge Music from the Motion Picture TOP 0.1% OF LISTENERS Family of Me by Ben Folds I listened for 402 minutes YouTube Music music.youtube.com/recap
December 4, 2025 at 7:52 AM