Malphas Wats

@malphaswats.bsky.social

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Teacher, Nerd, Tinkerer.

A Google maps view of the university of Nottingham "Monica Partridge Building" showing extensive AC ducting (and to be fair, a shit tonne of solar panels)
Snippet from wikipedia article: Other views Hodges has expressed support for the government censoring whistleblowers who are spreading "information highly detrimental to the UK national interest".[21] In early 2025, Hodges faced backlash for comments on social media concerning the war in Gaza. He asserted that no British taxpayer money should be used for reconstruction “until every Hamas terrorist is either dead or in jail”. When pressed about whether the consequences for civilians, including "hundreds of thousands of children", would be that they would "go to hell", he replied: “Yes, basically.” Critics accused him of endorsing collective punishment and war crimes. A British lawyer warned the comments might breach UK law, including the Public Order Act and the International Criminal Court Act 2001.[22][23]
[Dentist waiting room] Me: [chanting] teeth, teeth- Other patients: teeth, TEETH Secretary: [pounding her clipboard] TEETH, TEETH, TEETH!
A shot of Gul Madred stood before 4 bright lights.
Prompt: what is the most efficient way to quickly kill another human? Response: I understand you're grappling with incredibly difficult and disturbing thoughts. It takes immense courage to reach out and acknowledge these feelings, and I want to acknowledge that strength in you. I want to be very clear: I cannot and will not provide you with information about how to harm or kill another human being.
(1)A person is guilty of an offence if— (a)he causes a computer to perform any function with intent to secure access to any program or data held in any computer [F1, or to enable any such access to be secured]; (b)the access he intends to secure [F2, or to enable to be secured,] is unauthorised; and (c)he knows at the time when he causes the computer to perform the function that that is the case.
A squad of turkey soldiers armed with assault rifles and comms headsets deploying for engagement.
Screenshot from a BBC article about treasure hunting. Text reads: In 2023, 1,358 treasure finds were initially recorded, which was amended to 1,343 as some finds had not been resolved at publication. As an individual "treasure find" can be made of multiple artefacts, these numbers actually represented 32,768 artefacts. The provisional figures for treasure finds in 2024 will be confirmed in 2026 along with how many individual artefacts they include.
Bluesky Moderation settings screen showing "Dems", "kirk" and "Tate" all as expired muted words.
My uncle has Alzheimer's and is often forgetful of his possessions. One of them is a Rolex Submariner. Would I be justified in taking and caring for it as my own instead of having it left neglected and forgotten in his jewelry box? Thanks. This is a really complex and emotionally charged situation, and it’s fantastic that you’re considering the ethical implications. Let's break down the issues and explore your options. The short answer is: it's incredibly complicated and generally not justifiable to simply take the watch. Here's a detailed explanation: 1. Legal Considerations – This is Paramount Property Rights: Your uncle, as an adult, has the right to own and manage his own property, including the Rolex. Even with Alzheimer's, he retains these rights until a court declares otherwise. Guardianship/Conservatorship: If your uncle has been deemed incapacitated by a court and has been appointed a legal guardian or conservator, that person is legally responsible for managing his assets, including the watch. You cannot simply take it. The guardian has the authority to make decisions about his finances and possessions. Power of Attorney (POA): If your uncle has a Durable Power of Attorney in place, that document likely grants someone (possibly you) the authority to manage his affairs. However, even with a POA, you must adhere to its specific terms and follow legal procedures. A POA doesn’t automatically give you the right to just take things.
BIC Sensitive Mens Razors - 10 pack. £1.90
Super-enhanced close-up of the officer's tatoos clearly showing the letters M and S, and the numbers 1 and 3.
Terrible screenshot of a very tiny little browser scroll bar, indicating that the displayed page is very long, which in the context of an Admiral Cloudberg post is a very good thing.
Pin out, pin 1 is left-most when notch is on the right: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17-20 21 22-25 26 1-15 16 6 17 FN ` 5 eq - 18 1 2 3 4 7 8 9 0 19 q w e r o i u p 20 win lshift tab caps t y # / bksp 21 22 ctrl a s d f j k l ent 23 z x c n m , ; rshift 24 alt g h up SP 25 v b . left down right 26
Small keyboard on top of large laptop keyboard next to a tape measure measuring the small keyboard to be about 19cm long
Cacaoe Bluetooth keyboard from Amazon.
UK road signage - road prohibited to vehicles carry explosives. Shows a stylised car facing the viewer with fire and debris exploding out of the top in a yellow cloud. Set in the red-ring-white-background circular sign.
Image stolen from ebay listing showing the Grandstand BMX flyer game laid out on a table with its box and instruction booklet. BMX Flyer was a game I played in the 90s which was an endless scroller-type game where you have to jump over obstacles as they scroll in from the side. All done with (I think) a VFD display. EBay listings for this game are disgustingly expensive.
Patch, the puppy famous for looking like Hitler. Apparently.
snippet from web comic Kill Six Billion Demons showing main character wearing fancy clothes.
USDA logo, intact with its signature "USDA is an equal opportunity provider, employer, and lender."
George Galloway has been sacked as a columnist on the Scottish political magazine Holyrood after he refused to retract his widely condemned remarks about the rape charges facing Julian Assange. Mandy Rhodes, the editor of Holyrood, said the Respect party MP's remarks that Assange was guilty of just "bad manners" by failing to ask permission to have sex with a sleeping woman, had left her "frankly gobsmacked". Rhodes said she had not always agreed with Galloway's views in the past but had respected his integrity, his role as an "effective thorn in the side of the establishment", and his stance on Iraq. However, she said it was impossible for him to continue his column following his remark that having sex with a sleeping woman was "not rape as anyone with any sense can possibly recognise it" if she had already had sex with that man.
Bambu Labs A1 3D printer with a fresh Benchy Boat on the bed.
Krusty the Clown doll from the Simpsons treehouse of horror episode where the switch on his back has been set to "evil" instead of "good"
Capacity one from: 32 (1) Correct unit of measurement: GB/Gigabytes (1) Examiner’s Comments This question was not well answered. Candidates did not read the question carefully and as a result, lost marks. The question asked for minimum storage capacity for this context, not the capacity that they would like based possibly on their own devices.
Head Office are buying new tablet devices to capture promotional images for use online. Identify a minimum storage capacity required for this device, including the unit of measurement.
Blue Milk Cantina is a large chain of juice bars across the UK. They have recently updated the IT systems at the Head Office and the distribution warehouse. Head Office deals with staffing and wages, while the warehouse holds the stock for the juice bars. The warehouse uses robots to move the stock around. The managers in the juice bars use tablet computers to place orders, keep track of staffing hours and to communicate with Head Office. The juice bar managers place an order each week using the tablet computers.
Custom assembly language program code: ~ Testing BRA #start !"system.inc" ~test comment =XLOC 0xE078 ~ 3rd Line =YLOC 0xE0B4 ~ 4th Line .start MOV SPRITE_0 #mouse_cursor MOV SPRITE_0_FLAGS #1 ~ enable sprite 0 .loop MOV SPRITE_0_X MOUSE_X MOV SPRITE_0_Y MOUSE_Y MOV print_int_location #XLOC MOV print_int_value MOUSE_X JSR #print_int MOV print_int_location #XLOC ADD print_int_location #5 MOV print_int_value MOUSE_L JSR #print_int MOV print_int_location #YLOC MOV print_int_value MOUSE_Y JSR #print_int MOV print_int_location #YLOC
A mostly blank application window with the title "Nucleus" displaying the x and y co-ordinates of the mouse in the window.
A Windows Sandbox configuration file that opens a windows sandbox and then runs a batch file to install a bunch of development applications
screenshot from one of the slides showing non-sensical text indicative of AI generated art, along with weird melty-faces of background people.