Simon Elvery

Telling stories for ABC News  | Organising Hacks/Hackers Brisbane 

website: https://elvery.net/
alt: sw'as — still practising (npub1ajk…9nmf)

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2026-05-13 07:04:57 CEST

No serious person could write this line without understanding it's both meaningless and deceptive. There is no such thing as confirmation of data destruction under these circumstances and the claim here is an attempt to provide reassurance to those affected where honesty about the limits of their knowledge would have been better. #Instructure #Canvas
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2026-05-11 02:29:39 CEST

Hello #parents — I imagine most of you have received some kind of communication from your kids' schools about the #Instructure / #Canvas data breach. I'm collecting examples of how schools have communicated the issue to parents and students (and *if* they've communicated directly to students).
Shoot me an email if you have anything you could share: [email protected]

2026-05-10 10:07:55 CEST

Just finished rewatching Attack of the Clones. It is a very average movie.

2026-05-10 08:37:50 CEST

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I think it’s about habit formation. People intuitively understand that forming a new habit to routinely check a site for new content (and therefore get best value for their money) will be hard. But their email habit already exists and isn’t going anywhere (and is usually mandated in one way or another). Even if they don’t read all ten emails they feel like it’s there waiting and won’t be forgotten.

2026-04-29 09:17:35 CEST

RE: https://mastodon.scot/@ScottishGreens/116484093078627749
Spectacular self own. Not seen one like that in a while.
#note16l7…ddls

2026-04-09 12:57:36 CEST

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The commander is just north of 50 ... I got some time. ;-)

2026-04-09 12:43:14 CEST

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Thinking about it more, I think it's entirely possible the whole transition is so discombobulating that it fairly effectively 'resets' the brain. Feels to me like it'd be a much 'sharper' experience than the transition into microgravity.

2026-04-09 06:10:41 CEST

Must be easy to forget that things won't just stay in mid-air when you get back from space. I could definitely see myself just letting go of some important equipment expecting my other hand to find it where I left it moments before rather than it having crashed violently to the ground. #ArtemisII

2026-04-02 10:53:23 CEST

If you're looking for a recap of the #ArtemisII launch to show your curious 8 yo, NASA, it seems, does not have you covered. All recap vids are not made equal. This is the best one I've found https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_lbfmRH9ngA

2026-03-25 06:27:15 CET

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Got in the car for a school run and triplej sparked to life: 🎶 I need a dolla dolla, dolla is what I need, ay ay 👌

2026-03-16 03:19:01 CET

Remember carefully weighing up how to spend your music money by listening to an album on the communal headphones in a physical music store? I kinda wish we could still do that.

2026-02-25 11:40:34 CET

Oof at 20% price bump for @npub1ak3…t4td — a subscription I thought was already pretty expensive. Gonna have to look at alternatives.

2026-01-19 03:03:03 CET

I really want to like the Orion browser, but for now it's still too buggy to be a daily driver. Next test drive: Vivaldi. My only misgiving is that it's Chromium based, I really want other browser engines to continue existing.

2026-01-18 23:01:19 CET

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I can see the safety reasoning, but if you're changing them every drive your life is real different to mine. :-)

2026-01-18 23:00:19 CET

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Does it reset a bunch of settings on each start like @npub13cg…ck4q reports for the MG4? https://bne.social/@james/115917898461852175

2026-01-18 08:50:36 CET

Half a day's research and I think I've narrowed it down to these options. Any others I should be considering with similar specs/vibes? #EV
MG MGS5 EV Essence 62
Kia EV3 Air - Long Range
Kia EV3 Air - Standard Range
BYD Atto 3 Premium

2026-01-18 02:05:50 CET

@npub13cg…ck4q I have a question about your MG review: what are the settings that reset each drive? And is getting them back how you want simply a matter of selecting a profile or something, and if so, how many taps to achieve that?

2026-01-18 01:04:32 CET

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Because I'm making a spreadsheet and it always feels like there should be a better option than that.

2026-01-13 09:52:07 CET

Think I'm going to yolo some updates to elvery.net tonight instead of tidying my desk.

2026-01-07 06:59:04 CET

After running out of space on my home server several months ago, necessitating near total decommissioning to bring breath life back into it, I'm slowly bringing things back online. Posts and links shared on elvery.net are once again being federated via @npub1ajk…9nmf

2025-12-27 04:08:30 CET

What a fucking waste of a test match

2025-12-20 03:00:05 CET

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Ideally I'd back up the latest data, but it'll take a while and tmux isn't having it:
```
$ tmux
couldn't create directory /tmp/tmux-1000 (No space left on device)
```

2025-12-20 02:55:51 CET

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Okay, progress. After a reboot I can stop the docker container and a few of my other containers came back up. I can now use Portainer, for one.

2025-12-20 02:53:01 CET

I have thoroughly filled the system drive on a home server. It's mostly filled with a Postgres database running in a Docker container. It's so thoroughly filled Docker doesn't even let me stop the Postgres container.
What to do?

2025-12-19 07:02:54 CET

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I bloody love this. Which printer did you get?

2025-12-04 01:47:21 CET

Hi @npub1zq5…dlp2 — do you have any documentation on why Orion wants this permission?
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2025-11-11 01:23:22 CET

The yak shaving really gets me down some times. This morning: See a PR with a diff I'm confused about → go to look at the code in the repo → can't find a file it references, decide I'd better `pnpm i` → that requires a login to the package repository → run the login script → realise I need to update node version → find node version manager is confused, troubleshoot that → find out I need a new dotfile in my home folder → remember I'd started setting up Ansible → work out how that works → ...
I don't yet know how deep this hole goes. Yes, I know at least some if it is of my own making.

2025-11-06 05:09:01 CET

Tomorrow I tile. #OfficeWorkerRenovates
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2025-03-13 11:51:06 CET

@npub1scp…6zy8 I am considering setting up a tiny no filter tank. How is yours going?

2025-03-11 04:27:10 CET

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how's your foot going then? 🥴

2025-03-09 01:04:32 CET

Energex has given up on* reporting new outages. #CycloneAlfred
(* is probably working hard to restore, just like the actual power)
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2025-03-07 13:39:45 CET

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She's got her priorities right.

2025-03-07 13:39:20 CET

Just recorded 100kph gusts on the Gold Coast. #CycloneAlfred https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-03-07/cyclone-alfred-wind-speeds-and-rainfall/105020014
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2025-02-05 08:11:10 CET

ymmv, but you're welcome
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2024-12-20 03:28:12 CET

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No, I think the decorations will become yet more trash in the world immediately post Christmas. I meant desensitised to waste in the sense of not caring so much about creating more of it rather than not caring so much about its smell or presence or whatever.