Mastodawn

The #openscad playground is amazing. It's openSCAD compiled to wasm and runs in your browser. I wonder if we could make a preview generator out of it 🤔

> It defaults to the Manifold backend so it's **super** fast!

https://ochafik.com/openscad2/

OpenSCAD Playground

OpenSCAD Playground: edit .scad models and render them to STL from the browser (WebAssembly build OpenSCAD, with Monaco editor and STL Viewer)

nick Jun 14

Oh no my bicycle is making a terrible noise! Sometimes it seems to get better but then, half way through a ride, it comes back. Perhaps the frame is cracked, or some expensive part bent beyond repair, I guess this poor bike is finally done for ...

Or maybe it's this $7 bottle cage with a snapped weld which only makes noise when the bottle is empty.

#BikeTooter #bicycle

nick Jun 4

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Queer Like The Slur Mar 2

Me: this is how bikes get repaired and recycled in this one small town.
- The junkyard guy leaves nice ones out by his gate for a day or two before dismantling them for scrap.
- there are several people in the town who know they can come past regularly and take anything by the gate
- there's a guy who takes any bikes he thinks we can salvage, they are almost always kids' bikes, there are just more of those
- a rotating group of friends and people who want to learn about bikes work on them
- when they're finished we distribute them by word of mouth: is there anyone around 6-8yo who wants a purple bike?
- the bikes seem to come with lifetime servicing. No one mentions this until the bike needs servicing, then they just say 'we better get onto servicing your bike, hey?' and it happens
- you can do a trade-in/upgrade. Kids swap their bikes for bigger bikes, people service the little bike and give it to another kid
-there is no name, no official location, no contact details for this, it's an ephemeral property that emerges from the community every day that the community has capacity to do it. It is fascinating and I am glad to have witnessed it.

Sustainability tutor: so first off this could never happen without NGO administration, start there

nick Jun 1

Greatly amused to see that "human operators, no bots" is a selling point for service companies now.

nick May 14

ha ha this is spot on: https://www.theage.com.au/politics/federal/you-are-running-a-clown-show-inside-australia-s-airport-chaos-20250508-p5lxow.html someone please hire someone from Singapore to fix it.

‘You are running a clown show’: Inside Australia’s airport chaos

Angry travellers have swamped Border Force with complaints about the SmartGate system being plagued by long delays and technical failures.

The Age

nick May 3

Benno May 3

Albo, mate, with all respect: Shut the fuck up about your hard upbringing unless you are working your _arse_ off to make other kids' upbringings better.

nick May 2

The Drop Bear 2.0 May 2

Don’t fuck it up, Australia

nick Apr 30

Jesse Apr 30

Any candidate who receives at least four per cent of the total first preference votes in an election will receive campaign funding of $3.386/vote.

Your second preference doesn't get anything.

For small parties or independents that money can really help. But it's also money that keeps the major parties in power.

First preference smaller parties that more align with your views and would benefit from that money.

https://www.aec.gov.au/Parties_and_Representatives/public_funding/index.htm

#AusVotes #AusPol #AusPol2025

Election funding

Eligible candidates are entitled to claim election funding of demonstrated electoral expenditure after a federal election or by-election. Click here for the election funding claim form and guide.

Australian Electoral Commission

nick Apr 29