Gus
@projectgus.aus.social.ap.brid.gy
Big ol' nerd. Interested in electronics, reverse engineering, open source, repairing things, cooperatives, bikes.
Variously part-time as: MicroPython maintainer […]
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@projectgus.aus.social.ap.brid.gy
· Dec 8
A 'broken' property market spurred hundreds of locals to buy a building
For its passionate members, saving a historic goldrush-era pub to protect their cooperative was about "economic democracy" and keeping the property out of developers' hands.
www.abc.net.au
Our Community Investment Co-op got a write up from the ABC!
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-12-08/castlemaine-cooperative-privatisation-economic-democracy/106103270
#cooperatives
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-12-08/castlemaine-cooperative-privatisation-economic-democracy/106103270
#cooperatives
[Victorian bushfires]
My friend Tess runs a microdairy as part of the Harcourt Organic Farming Coop. She's written about their experience two Fridays ago, when the surrounding region went up in flames.
https://sellardairy.com.au/2026/01/as-the-ash-settles/
My friend Tess runs a microdairy as part of the Harcourt Organic Farming Coop. She's written about their experience two Fridays ago, when the surrounding region went up in flames.
https://sellardairy.com.au/2026/01/as-the-ash-settles/
January 19, 2026 at 5:51 AM
[Victorian bushfires]
My friend Tess runs a microdairy as part of the Harcourt Organic Farming Coop. She's written about their experience two Fridays ago, when the surrounding region went up in flames.
https://sellardairy.com.au/2026/01/as-the-ash-settles/
My friend Tess runs a microdairy as part of the Harcourt Organic Farming Coop. She's written about their experience two Fridays ago, when the surrounding region went up in flames.
https://sellardairy.com.au/2026/01/as-the-ash-settles/
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Fans of Adafruit may recall a couple of months ago that one of the key people at the company made a series of posts on social media (including Mastodon and BlueSky) that looked awfully like online harassment. Besides some unprofessional stuff like name-calling, there were more serious […]
Original post on aus.social
aus.social
January 14, 2026 at 7:21 AM
Fans of Adafruit may recall a couple of months ago that one of the key people at the company made a series of posts on social media (including Mastodon and BlueSky) that looked awfully like online harassment. Besides some unprofessional stuff like name-calling, there were more serious […]
Worthwhile as always watching @bunnie and @Xobs's talk from #39c3 about the Xous memory protected embedded OS.
https://app.media.ccc.de/v/39c3-xous-a-pure-rust-rethink-of-the-embedded-operating-system
https://youtu.be/DaWkfSmIgRs
Something that consistently impresses me about their projects […]
https://app.media.ccc.de/v/39c3-xous-a-pure-rust-rethink-of-the-embedded-operating-system
https://youtu.be/DaWkfSmIgRs
Something that consistently impresses me about their projects […]
Original post on aus.social
aus.social
January 11, 2026 at 11:56 PM
Worthwhile as always watching @bunnie and @Xobs's talk from #39c3 about the Xous memory protected embedded OS.
https://app.media.ccc.de/v/39c3-xous-a-pure-rust-rethink-of-the-embedded-operating-system
https://youtu.be/DaWkfSmIgRs
Something that consistently impresses me about their projects […]
https://app.media.ccc.de/v/39c3-xous-a-pure-rust-rethink-of-the-embedded-operating-system
https://youtu.be/DaWkfSmIgRs
Something that consistently impresses me about their projects […]
Reposted by Gus
Soon-Tzu Speechley wrote this in 2020, ‘what if we write about American food the way they write about us’
“In a nation torn by racial conflict, one unlikely food unites. To those accustomed to chopsticks, the greasy parcel known as a ‘burger,’ a sort of split bao, is crude and messy. Yet it […]
“In a nation torn by racial conflict, one unlikely food unites. To those accustomed to chopsticks, the greasy parcel known as a ‘burger,’ a sort of split bao, is crude and messy. Yet it […]
Original post on hachyderm.io
hachyderm.io
January 11, 2026 at 1:45 AM
Soon-Tzu Speechley wrote this in 2020, ‘what if we write about American food the way they write about us’
“In a nation torn by racial conflict, one unlikely food unites. To those accustomed to chopsticks, the greasy parcel known as a ‘burger,’ a sort of split bao, is crude and messy. Yet it […]
“In a nation torn by racial conflict, one unlikely food unites. To those accustomed to chopsticks, the greasy parcel known as a ‘burger,’ a sort of split bao, is crude and messy. Yet it […]
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RE: https://phpc.social/@syntaxseed/115863080846737985
Exactly. I don't care too much about the "unicorns", I want small to medium companies that do one thing really well, everyone is fairly compensated and can go home early on Friday.
Exactly. I don't care too much about the "unicorns", I want small to medium companies that do one thing really well, everyone is fairly compensated and can go home early on Friday.
phpc.social
January 9, 2026 at 9:30 AM
RE: https://phpc.social/@syntaxseed/115863080846737985
Exactly. I don't care too much about the "unicorns", I want small to medium companies that do one thing really well, everyone is fairly compensated and can go home early on Friday.
Exactly. I don't care too much about the "unicorns", I want small to medium companies that do one thing really well, everyone is fairly compensated and can go home early on Friday.
Stumbled on the Shell Game podcast: I'm listening to the first season from 2024 where the narrator creates an AI voice agent as himself, hooked up to ChatGPT, and sends his "persona" out into the world. I expected it'd be insufferable, but although it's disturbing on multiple levels it's also […]
Original post on aus.social
aus.social
January 6, 2026 at 10:07 AM
Stumbled on the Shell Game podcast: I'm listening to the first season from 2024 where the narrator creates an AI voice agent as himself, hooked up to ChatGPT, and sends his "persona" out into the world. I expected it'd be insufferable, but although it's disturbing on multiple levels it's also […]
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[Geopolitics reckons - Venezuela, structural racism]
I guess what grates me about the "imagine if Greenland/Taiwan/Canada is next" takes, is that they carry the implication that the fact this is ACTUALLY happening in Venezuela is expected, or not as bad as it would be if it affects […]
I guess what grates me about the "imagine if Greenland/Taiwan/Canada is next" takes, is that they carry the implication that the fact this is ACTUALLY happening in Venezuela is expected, or not as bad as it would be if it affects […]
Original post on mastodon.nz
mastodon.nz
January 6, 2026 at 2:50 AM
[Geopolitics reckons - Venezuela, structural racism]
I guess what grates me about the "imagine if Greenland/Taiwan/Canada is next" takes, is that they carry the implication that the fact this is ACTUALLY happening in Venezuela is expected, or not as bad as it would be if it affects […]
I guess what grates me about the "imagine if Greenland/Taiwan/Canada is next" takes, is that they carry the implication that the fact this is ACTUALLY happening in Venezuela is expected, or not as bad as it would be if it affects […]
Thoroughly enjoyed the Hacking Washing Machines talk video from #39c3. Had expected it'd be about IoT stuff, but it was mostly about old fashioned diagnostic protocols! Some great reversing efforts.
https://media.ccc.de/v/39c3-hacking-washing-machines
It did dawn on me that if we had good […]
https://media.ccc.de/v/39c3-hacking-washing-machines
It did dawn on me that if we had good […]
Original post on aus.social
aus.social
January 1, 2026 at 6:31 AM
Thoroughly enjoyed the Hacking Washing Machines talk video from #39c3. Had expected it'd be about IoT stuff, but it was mostly about old fashioned diagnostic protocols! Some great reversing efforts.
https://media.ccc.de/v/39c3-hacking-washing-machines
It did dawn on me that if we had good […]
https://media.ccc.de/v/39c3-hacking-washing-machines
It did dawn on me that if we had good […]
Lovely video about a man running a second hand bike shop in a tiny upstate New York town https://youtu.be/1-0q-VYYcgI
December 31, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Lovely video about a man running a second hand bike shop in a tiny upstate New York town https://youtu.be/1-0q-VYYcgI
Reposted by Gus
At a family gathering, watching adults try to correct the #actuallyautistic kid - with a special interest in #geography - who was claiming that Canada borders Denmark.
Wrong, get rek't adults. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hans_Island
(and that's how I learned that Canada does, in fact, border […]
Wrong, get rek't adults. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hans_Island
(and that's how I learned that Canada does, in fact, border […]
Original post on xn--8r9a.com
xn--8r9a.com
December 28, 2025 at 6:32 PM
At a family gathering, watching adults try to correct the #actuallyautistic kid - with a special interest in #geography - who was claiming that Canada borders Denmark.
Wrong, get rek't adults. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hans_Island
(and that's how I learned that Canada does, in fact, border […]
Wrong, get rek't adults. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hans_Island
(and that's how I learned that Canada does, in fact, border […]
The NSW Transport Regional bookings website is pretty close to the website you'd make if you didn't want anyone to take a train, ever.
December 28, 2025 at 7:18 AM
The NSW Transport Regional bookings website is pretty close to the website you'd make if you didn't want anyone to take a train, ever.
Reposted by Gus
MAN DO YOU HAVE ANY FUCKEN IDEA HOW MUCH PETROL IT TAKES TO RUN A CAR
A CAR USES SO MUCH PETROL YOU NEED TO CONSTANTLY REFUEL IT AS YOU DRIVE
AND DIGGING UP OIL CREATES HUGE EMPTY VOIDS IN THE EARTH THAT FROGS FALL INTO. FUCKEN MILLIONS OF 'EM, JUST DYING IN THE OIL VOIDS WHERE THERE'S NO GRAVITY
A CAR USES SO MUCH PETROL YOU NEED TO CONSTANTLY REFUEL IT AS YOU DRIVE
AND DIGGING UP OIL CREATES HUGE EMPTY VOIDS IN THE EARTH THAT FROGS FALL INTO. FUCKEN MILLIONS OF 'EM, JUST DYING IN THE OIL VOIDS WHERE THERE'S NO GRAVITY
December 26, 2025 at 7:55 PM
MAN DO YOU HAVE ANY FUCKEN IDEA HOW MUCH PETROL IT TAKES TO RUN A CAR
A CAR USES SO MUCH PETROL YOU NEED TO CONSTANTLY REFUEL IT AS YOU DRIVE
AND DIGGING UP OIL CREATES HUGE EMPTY VOIDS IN THE EARTH THAT FROGS FALL INTO. FUCKEN MILLIONS OF 'EM, JUST DYING IN THE OIL VOIDS WHERE THERE'S NO GRAVITY
A CAR USES SO MUCH PETROL YOU NEED TO CONSTANTLY REFUEL IT AS YOU DRIVE
AND DIGGING UP OIL CREATES HUGE EMPTY VOIDS IN THE EARTH THAT FROGS FALL INTO. FUCKEN MILLIONS OF 'EM, JUST DYING IN THE OIL VOIDS WHERE THERE'S NO GRAVITY
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@projectgus
I operated a lab of IBM DOS computers in a school library. To keep little fingers away, the server was on the carpet under a table. Each day about 120 children traipsed in to use the computers.
One day the server shut down, so I called the technician. He set the server on some […]
I operated a lab of IBM DOS computers in a school library. To keep little fingers away, the server was on the carpet under a table. Each day about 120 children traipsed in to use the computers.
One day the server shut down, so I called the technician. He set the server on some […]
Original post on musician.social
musician.social
December 22, 2025 at 2:56 AM
@projectgus
I operated a lab of IBM DOS computers in a school library. To keep little fingers away, the server was on the carpet under a table. Each day about 120 children traipsed in to use the computers.
One day the server shut down, so I called the technician. He set the server on some […]
I operated a lab of IBM DOS computers in a school library. To keep little fingers away, the server was on the carpet under a table. Each day about 120 children traipsed in to use the computers.
One day the server shut down, so I called the technician. He set the server on some […]
Suddenly reminded of an e-waste story: about 13 years ago I spotted a high end gaming PC at the tip. Less than two years old, pretty expensive component choices for the era.
Took home, powered up. The CPU fan immediately ran 100%, and it froze mid-boot. OK, we know why it was treated as e-waste […]
Took home, powered up. The CPU fan immediately ran 100%, and it froze mid-boot. OK, we know why it was treated as e-waste […]
Original post on aus.social
aus.social
December 21, 2025 at 4:15 AM
Suddenly reminded of an e-waste story: about 13 years ago I spotted a high end gaming PC at the tip. Less than two years old, pretty expensive component choices for the era.
Took home, powered up. The CPU fan immediately ran 100%, and it froze mid-boot. OK, we know why it was treated as e-waste […]
Took home, powered up. The CPU fan immediately ran 100%, and it froze mid-boot. OK, we know why it was treated as e-waste […]
Reposted by Gus
Also, not for nothing, but... this puts the lie to GamerGate-style arguments yet again.
One woman appears in one video game: KERP POLITICS OUT OF MY GAMEZ
A literal arms manufacturer makes a literal game console using scrap metal from literal weapons of war: *crickets*
One woman appears in one video game: KERP POLITICS OUT OF MY GAMEZ
A literal arms manufacturer makes a literal game console using scrap metal from literal weapons of war: *crickets*
December 20, 2025 at 9:20 PM
Also, not for nothing, but... this puts the lie to GamerGate-style arguments yet again.
One woman appears in one video game: KERP POLITICS OUT OF MY GAMEZ
A literal arms manufacturer makes a literal game console using scrap metal from literal weapons of war: *crickets*
One woman appears in one video game: KERP POLITICS OUT OF MY GAMEZ
A literal arms manufacturer makes a literal game console using scrap metal from literal weapons of war: *crickets*
Reposted by Gus
The attempt to read the UNIX V4 tape is underway!
December 19, 2025 at 7:19 PM
The attempt to read the UNIX V4 tape is underway!
Reposted by Gus
Jonathan Oxer has announced Freetronics has run its course, and remaining products and stock will be merged in with SuperHouse.
I've always seen the Freetronics logo as a mark of quality, and am grateful to Jonathan Oxer for designing and building a bunch of feature-packed Arduino compatible […]
I've always seen the Freetronics logo as a mark of quality, and am grateful to Jonathan Oxer for designing and building a bunch of feature-packed Arduino compatible […]
Original post on aus.social
aus.social
December 19, 2025 at 3:57 AM
Jonathan Oxer has announced Freetronics has run its course, and remaining products and stock will be merged in with SuperHouse.
I've always seen the Freetronics logo as a mark of quality, and am grateful to Jonathan Oxer for designing and building a bunch of feature-packed Arduino compatible […]
I've always seen the Freetronics logo as a mark of quality, and am grateful to Jonathan Oxer for designing and building a bunch of feature-packed Arduino compatible […]
I took some encouragement from the Waterfox "no AI* here" post that's doing the rounds after Mozilla's latest commitment to bad choices.
Particularly encouraged to see the author talk about Waterfox's governance. IIUC it's still a one person project at this point, but for any of these forks to […]
Particularly encouraged to see the author talk about Waterfox's governance. IIUC it's still a one person project at this point, but for any of these forks to […]
Original post on aus.social
aus.social
December 17, 2025 at 10:46 PM
I took some encouragement from the Waterfox "no AI* here" post that's doing the rounds after Mozilla's latest commitment to bad choices.
Particularly encouraged to see the author talk about Waterfox's governance. IIUC it's still a one person project at this point, but for any of these forks to […]
Particularly encouraged to see the author talk about Waterfox's governance. IIUC it's still a one person project at this point, but for any of these forks to […]
The NXP experience:
1) Looking for chip reference manual
2) Have to sign in to see "secure content" and "additional documents"
3) Sign in process needs to verify my work email again for some reason.
4) Signed in!
5) LOL @ Lorem Ipsum placeholder on chip family […]
[Original post on aus.social]
1) Looking for chip reference manual
2) Have to sign in to see "secure content" and "additional documents"
3) Sign in process needs to verify my work email again for some reason.
4) Signed in!
5) LOL @ Lorem Ipsum placeholder on chip family […]
[Original post on aus.social]
December 17, 2025 at 5:09 AM
The NXP experience:
1) Looking for chip reference manual
2) Have to sign in to see "secure content" and "additional documents"
3) Sign in process needs to verify my work email again for some reason.
4) Signed in!
5) LOL @ Lorem Ipsum placeholder on chip family […]
[Original post on aus.social]
1) Looking for chip reference manual
2) Have to sign in to see "secure content" and "additional documents"
3) Sign in process needs to verify my work email again for some reason.
4) Signed in!
5) LOL @ Lorem Ipsum placeholder on chip family […]
[Original post on aus.social]
This attempt to break the US Cannonball run EV record with a modified Rivian is *wild* (in a very nerdy way).
I'm both glad that there are madmen pushing the limits of this kind of thing, and a little worried about it at the same time...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yfgkh4Fgw98
I'm both glad that there are madmen pushing the limits of this kind of thing, and a little worried about it at the same time...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yfgkh4Fgw98
December 13, 2025 at 11:20 PM
This attempt to break the US Cannonball run EV record with a modified Rivian is *wild* (in a very nerdy way).
I'm both glad that there are madmen pushing the limits of this kind of thing, and a little worried about it at the same time...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yfgkh4Fgw98
I'm both glad that there are madmen pushing the limits of this kind of thing, and a little worried about it at the same time...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yfgkh4Fgw98
Reposted by Gus
The CRASH Clock uses the current density in altitude bins (averaged over eccentric orbits) of satellites, rocket bodies, and tracked debris, assuming typical cross sections for each type and orbital speeds. This calculation tells us how long to a collision if all orbital maneuvers were to […]
Original post on mastodon.social
mastodon.social
December 11, 2025 at 2:27 PM
The CRASH Clock uses the current density in altitude bins (averaged over eccentric orbits) of satellites, rocket bodies, and tracked debris, assuming typical cross sections for each type and orbital speeds. This calculation tells us how long to a collision if all orbital maneuvers were to […]
Convenient to check if a paper published in 1978 has any recent updates.
(Spoiler: no updates.)
(Spoiler: no updates.)
December 12, 2025 at 12:57 AM
Convenient to check if a paper published in 1978 has any recent updates.
(Spoiler: no updates.)
(Spoiler: no updates.)