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Very appropriate- it was Territory Day here yesterday, which means from 9am to 9pm you can buy fireworks, and from 6pm to 11pm you can set them off.

Think of all the artillery barrages & ground assaults of WWI being combined into a single 5hr re-enactment. You get the occasional lull, but it's basically continuous explosions for 3-4 hours, both up close & in the distance. Not to mention the hundreds of grass fires (although this year doesn't appear to have been as bad as past years for the number & severity of fires).

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Grant
Darwin NT

Yep, it's official Twitter login now required to view tweets

It would appear that while non account holders can't view anything, account holders also have limits on how many Tweets they can view.
Elon Musk announces limit for how many posts users can read on Twitter

Why are Twitter and Musk limiting tweets?
Mr Musk had said hundreds of organisations were scraping Twitter data "extremely aggressively", impacting user experience.
Mr Musk had earlier expressed displeasure with artificial intelligence firms like OpenAI, the owner of ChatGPT, for using Twitter's data to train their large language models.
On Twitter, Mr Musk said the changes were to "address the extreme levels of data scraping and system manipulation".

Given that hasn't been an issue in the past, i'm still going with the loss of staff that know what they are doing being the cause of the system no longer being able to handle the load.
Coupled with Twitter under Musk not paying many of their bills, it could also be many of the service providers are winding back on the services they provide till they are finally paid for what they have already provided.


I think Tesla's impressive R&D are an example of him pushing something, but not being involved in the general day to day work. The manufacturing arm and it's many issues are an example of what happens when he gets involved with something instead of letting those that know what they are doing, run the show.
And Twitter shows what happens when is responsible for everything- a successful idea that was actually on it's way to profitability, becomes a total basket case.


I mean seriously- if it's something done intentionally, why not say so when someone clicks on a Twitter link instead of just having a "Something went wrong" message. Why not say- "You don't have an account so you can't view anything. Twitter usage is now only for those with an account."

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Grant
Darwin NT

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Brilliant!

Keep searchin'!
Martin

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See new freedom: Mageia Linux
Take a look for yourself: Linux Format
The Future is what We all make IT (GPLv3)

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A career student, I saw many of them in their 60's while I was driving buses in and around Sydney.

A woman who says her 40-year-old husband has been studying for 20 years has taken to social media to query whether that’s a “red flag”.

Well my girl it just goes to show that he only wants to exert his mind and nothing else. ;-)

Cheers.

I don't think she's right in her head...
Tattoo-mad mum banned from work, pubs and even kids' school after taking ink to extreme

The mum infamous for her tattoos revealed that she can't get a job due to her alternative appearance.

When Melissa first spoke to Daily Star, she admitted that her regular meeting with the tattoo gun is not doing her any favours in the professional world.

If you live in Indonesia you can now have Mc Donalds catering your wedding reception

The deal, which is currently only offered in Jakarta, will cost about $230. That means that a thrifty couple could invite 100 guests to their nuptials and serve them each a nugget and sandwich combo at a price of $2 per person.

"Make your wedding more memorable with the Wedding Mekhdi package," the post reads.

Would you like fries with that?

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Today's Inspirational Quote:
"The fact that you are even here, alive, on this planet is a mathematical miracle, and you should not spend the time that you have being busy being miserable."

-- Philip DeFranco

Who would've thought that powered milk would burn so well and for so long?

Powdered milk factory continues to burn in NSW, fire crews set to remove roof.


I bet that the insurance company will demand a sprinkler system be installed during the rebuild.

Cheers.

All cause they refused to use DHMO. /s

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Savoir-Faire is everywhere!
The T1 Trust, T1 Class 4-4-4-4 #5550, America's First HST

Mythbusters would use powdered milk for their explosions.

If they were trying to get those big fans to spin faster than it failed. :-O

Japan space agency rocket engine explodes during Noshiro test]Japan space agency rocket engine explodes during Noshiro test.

Thankfully no injuries were reported.

Cheers.

If they were trying to get those big fans to spin faster than it failed. :-O

Japan space agency rocket engine explodes during Noshiro test]Japan space agency rocket engine explodes during Noshiro test.

Thankfully no injuries were reported.

Cheers.

They used too much creamer.

An English couple from Dawlish are on holiday in Spain - walking along the seafront - when the lady is taken ill. The husband gets her settled on a bench and says he will go and try to find a doctor.
He sees a bar across the road so he goes over and asks the lady behind the bar where he might find a doctor. She says 'You are in luck (she speaks fluent English) We have a spare apartment upstairs which a doctor rents and he uses a spare room at the end of the bar as a consulting room.
I earn a little extra money booking appointments and looking after his diary. Bring your wife over here and the doctor should be free in a few minutes. The man fetches his wife who goes into to see the doctor and the man thinks it would be rude not to have a drink so he orders a pint of Madri chased by a Jack Daniels Honey.
A few minutes later the consulting room door opens and the doctor says 'I've examined your wife and advised her on treatment - she is good to go' (The doctor speaks fluent English as well)
Unfortunately because of patient confidentially and data protection I cannot reveal what was wrong with her.
The man thanks the doctor and pays him then says 'I never expected to find a doctor in a bar'
The doctor says (wait for it!)
'Nobody expects the Spanish Inn physician'

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Happy Crunching,

Graham

2021 Dune movie spoof.

Today’s video is brought to you by the letter F.

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Why Songs Get Stuck in Your Head—and How to Stop Them

Maybe it’s a commercial jingle, a TikTok song, or a new summer bop. Here’s how to trick your brain into hitting pause.

Dare I ask what song(s) or catchy advertising jingle gets stuck in your ear?

Lately a local radio station has been playing the classic Almond Joy/Mounds advertisement

Thanks superb - a great brightener at the end of a couple of rather wet days.

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Bob Smith
Member of Seti PIPPS (Pluto is a Planet Protest Society)
Somewhere in the (un)known Universe?