Mike (VK1OMG) 🏴‍☠️ 🦀

@mike_k@mstdn.social
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Once and future code monkey. VK1OMG on the air.

Canberra, Australia. For my sins.

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Bloghttps://mikekreuzer.com
Codehttps://codeberg.org/kreuzer
Gods, mastersNo, no
PronounsHe, him

If you can guide lightning away from things, then you can also guide it towards them. As a weapon.

One more to look forward to.

https://group.ntt/en/newsrelease/2025/04/18/250418a.html

World's First Successful Lightning Triggering and Guiding Using a Drone Protecting cities and infrastructure with a lightning drone—toward a society free from lightning damage | Press Release | NTT

News Highlights: ◆We have achieved the world's first successful lightn...

NTT | Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation

I thought of a solution to a problem & it only requires rewriting nginx.

Then I thought about ways around having to do that, & came up with a solution that requires both rewriting nginx and writing my own browser.

It’s not even 9 o’clock yet.

2-4-8-0 Lismore! 2-4-8-0 There’s more!

Very niche subtoot.

https://youtu.be/r6uL6B4PRY8

The Simpletons "2480" Live 1993

YouTube

*massive bong rip* we should stick a bunch of the cheapest-possible Chinese LEDs and batteries inside a container of pressurised butane gas #StraightOuttaShenzen

https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005008118890110.html

Transparent Electric Butane Gas Lighter, Windproof Straight Torch Lighter, Colorful Lights, Green Flame, Cool, New - AliExpress 15

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aliexpress.
I think if we've learned anything in the past 5 years it's that crime isn't real and nothing matters except wealth and lying

Big boom

"State of Emergency Declared as Huge #Explosion Rocks #Russia’s Vladimir Region"

https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2025/04/22/state-of-emergency-declared-as-huge-explosion-rocks-russias-vladimir-region-a88833

Vladimir Oblast is directly east of #Moscow

Lots of chatter as to cause (you can discard anything the #Russian govt says about it, or anything else really)

It was a very large explosion, probably larger than the 2020 Beirut Explosion

The depot was one of the largest warehouses in the Russian Federation: guided bombs, artillery shells, missiles, etc

All go boom

🥳

#UkraineWar

State of Emergency Declared as Huge Explosion Rocks Russia’s Vladimir Region

A powerful explosion rocked central Russia’s Vladimir region on Tuesday, local authorities said, while the military stated that the blast erupted at an ammunition depot due to human error. “An explosion occurred in the Kirzhachsky district.

The Moscow Times

Four local CW nets! There are two on Tuesday nights, missed one of them yesterday.

(Insert picture of the count from Sesame St here. 😄)

“Pentagon leaders are calling for thousands of drones to prepare for war in the Pacific. [Wait, what?] But as Trump’s tariffs escalate tensions with China, they face an uncomfortable reality: Silicon Valley’s drone companies are addicted to Chinese components.”

https://www.forbes.com/sites/davidjeans/2025/04/16/silicon-valley-drones-china-problem/

Silicon Valley’s Military Drone Companies Have A Serious Chinese Parts Problem

As Pentagon leaders call for thousands of drones to face China, they are grappling with an uncomfortable reality: Silicon Valley is addicted to Chinese drone components.

Forbes

🎶 We got a big 'ole conclave
Popin' through the night
Yeah, we got a big 'ole conclave
Discussions stay out of sight

Conclave! 🎶

Rust's very expected feature "let chain" stabilization PR for the 2024 edition was just merged! So in 12 weeks, it'll be available in the 1.88 version!

https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/pull/132833

#rust #rustlang

Stabilize let chains in the 2024 edition by est31 · Pull Request #132833 · rust-lang/rust

Stabilization report This proposes the stabilization of let_chains (tracking issue, RFC 2497) in the 2024 edition of Rust. What is being stabilized The ability to &&-chain let statements in...

GitHub