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ThermiteBeGiants

@ThermiteBeGiants@aus.social

Heritage railway evangelist. Fair-weather e-bike commuter. Reluctant STEMnik.
Interests: Trains, trams :dingdingpixel:, bicycles, vintage tractors, home brewing, communism (historical & future). Posts a lot of "bad" music.
Real heads are #trolleypunk, yoghurt-heads are solarpunk. Trans rights = human rights.
Posts are mostly followers-only. Follow requests are vetted based on the vibes of your bio.

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ThermiteBeGiants, to random
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I don’t know anything about Polish locomotives but I do know that they have funny faces

Blue PKP Cargo (Polish State Railways) electric locomotive hauling a long freight train. It has headlights that make it look like it’s mildly cross-eyes

timrichards, to melbourne
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This is a worry - live music venues being killed by huge insurance premium spikes.

Melbourne live music: Venues facing dancing bans call on government to help with insurance hikes

(maybe paywalled) #Melbourne https://www.theage.com.au/national/victoria/music-venues-facing-dancing-bans-call-on-government-to-intervene-on-insurance-20240205-p5f2ef.html

ThermiteBeGiants,
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@timrichards insurance is getting hiked on everything. Must be a big contributor to inflation I’d reckon.

jpm, to random
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This may be the final ever upgrade for ol’faithful Sandy Bridge rig. 16GB isn’t cutting it anymore, and for $50 delivered I won’t be too mad if it doesn’t work.

ThermiteBeGiants,
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@jpm must be good, the manufacturer’s logo is just a straight-up tramp stamp

ThermiteBeGiants, to random
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It is 1993. It has been around a decade since the last Australian High Speed Rail study was released. The new government has chosen to commission a new study in light of changed conditions.

It is 2000. It has been around a decade since the last Australian High Speed Rail study was released. The new government has chosen to commission a new study in light of changed conditions.

It is 2014. It has been around a decade since the last Australian High Speed Rail Study was released. The new government has chosen to commission a new study in light of changed conditions.

It is 2024. It has been around a decade since the last Australian High Speed Rail Study was release-

https://www.railjournal.com/passenger/high-speed/australian-government-commissions-a-80m-high-speed-rail-feasibility-study/

MattHatton, to random
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Seeing that another cohort is aging out of the Hottest 100 (and Triple J listening more generally) and, as a millennial, let me just say: welcome.

ThermiteBeGiants,
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@jpm @MattHatton https://youtu.be/aNqDFZm6qjM

timrichards, to random
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Far too car-centric, that's its basic problem.

Docklands can shake its ‘ghost-town’ reputation. Here’s how https://www.theage.com.au/national/victoria/docklands-can-shake-its-ghost-town-reputation-here-s-how-20240126-p5f0ai.html

#Melbourne

ThermiteBeGiants,
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@timrichards The lack of trees and general seaside post-industrial bleakness is what makes Docklands suck, in my mind

timrichards, to random
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A round of applause for my brand-new backpack, which has just completed its first journey with me. This is the third High Sierra backpack I've owned in 19 years, all about the same size and layout.

ThermiteBeGiants,
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@timrichards @perkinsy takes notes

timrichards, to Trains
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Lunch aboard the Indian Pacific as we cross the Nullarbor Plain. Camel curry, anyone? 🐪 🐪 🐪

#Train #Trains Cc @diningcar

Bowl of camel curry with a glass of white wine.
Baked apple and cinnamon with vanilla ice cream.

ThermiteBeGiants,
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@timrichards ooh that sounds good! Do they have any kangaroo options as well?

jpm, to random
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New EV just dropped, looks like heaps of fun!

https://www.totaltools.com.au/204078-greenworks-60v-2-x-8-0ah-off-road-go-kart-w-charger-kit-7403607au?utm_source=goatse&utm_medium=carrier_pigeon&utm_campaign=im_fucking_with_your_metrics

ThermiteBeGiants,
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@jpm :liiongolfcart:

NanoRaptor, to random
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There's a special joy to brand new parts in Old Things.

New rear axles in the Ghia. Also diff and toe arms from not too long back. And tailshaft.

ThermiteBeGiants,
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@liamvhogan @jpm @NanoRaptor @jacquiharper 25 years for heritage plates in Victoria. Early model AU Falcons started qualifying in September last year

liamvhogan, to random
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It’s always a fuse.

ThermiteBeGiants,
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@liamvhogan small brain: replace the fuse and everything will work fine
big brain: the fuse blowing is a symptom of something else happening, like a short, failing component or thermal runaway of some kind
galaxy brain: if it still works after replacing the fuse then nothing is wrong and the Machine God has been appeased. Continue as you were

ThermiteBeGiants,
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@jpm @liamvhogan of course Land Rovers would have a guide to ersatz Battleshorts https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battleshort

timrichards, to Trains
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Yes I'm at Melbourne's Southern Cross Station, about to head off on a proper shiny streamlined long-distance train to Adelaide (and from there by train to Perth).

As always, I'll be writing posts about my trip exclusively for my patrons at Patreon... feel free to join at https://www.patreon.com/timrichards

#Train #Trains #Adelaide #Melbourne #Overland

ThermiteBeGiants,
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@timrichards oh I saw The Overland last night! They were cleaning it in the platform before shunting it off to whenever they stable it over night. Some of the cars have some serious dings in the sides!

liamvhogan, to random
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It is canon in my mind that the Sardaukar, a hyper-competitive society of ultra-violent servants of galactic Empire, whose traits supposedly are due to the prison nature of their planet, are Space Australians #DunePosting

ThermiteBeGiants,
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@liamvhogan SCENE: Bathurst M, an Imperial prison world. Countless thousands of silent soldiers are lined up in front of a ziggurat, labelled “MOVNT PANORAMA”. Atop the ziggurat is an overturned AU Falcon, oil dribbling from it seemingly endlessly, running into gutters that route along and through the parade line of soldiers. Several figures in V8 Supercars-branded shell jackets are walking beside the soldiers, daubing the forehead of each soldier in turn with the motor oil from the car. In the distance singing can be heard: “Working Class Man” by Jimmy Barnes.

jpm, to random
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I have powered on the $DAYJOB laptop for the first time in about 2 weeks. Pray for mojo.

ThermiteBeGiants,
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@jpm 🎶 don’t worry baby it must be the area / don’t worry baby, it’s the area 🎶 :gregthestopsign:

timrichards, to random
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My latest experiment in zero-alcohol beers. This is a good one. Personally I think they work best when the hoppy flavour is strong.

ThermiteBeGiants,
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@projectgus @timrichards Heineken 00 tastes very similar to regular Heineken, which is impressive in the same way that carving a statue out of frozen shit is impressive

arfman, to random
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Stolen

ThermiteBeGiants,
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@arfman "Footscray Area Rapid Transit"

ThermiteBeGiants,
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@jpm @arfman https://youtu.be/VPIP9KXdmO0

ThermiteBeGiants, to random
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Getting big Tales From The Loop vibes from this space: a High Voltage DC converter hall using modern modular, multi-Level Voltage Source Converters.

ThermiteBeGiants,
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@decryption It's a Hitachi Energy press photo, I found it in this recent IEEE Spectrum magazine article on multi-terminal HVDC networks: https://spectrum.ieee.org/multiterminal-hvdc-networks

ThermiteBeGiants,
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@ausfestivus @decryption Hitachi Energy will build you one if you’ve got the pesos

jpm, to random
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Ravioli are advanced dumplings, and dumplings are advanced schnitzels

ThermiteBeGiants,
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@jpm “and if my mother had wheels, she’d be a bicycle”

MattHatton, to random
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For the cooker in your family.

ThermiteBeGiants,
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@MattHatton has it got a recipe for Surf & TERF?

ThermiteBeGiants, to random
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Daryl Kerrigan in The Castle (1997) was a NIMBY who loved electricity pylons, which seems logically inconsistent but is actually a quite accurate portrayal of what the average fairly-politically-unengaged person's views are about various contemporary issues.

Clip from The Castle (1997) of Darryl Kerrigan (Michael Caton) watering a plant with a hose and then staring up at an electricity pylon bearing down on his house with a proud look on his face

ThermiteBeGiants,
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(this thought bought to you by this recent Tom Scott video on electricity pylons in the UK: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F0JDK_71yDg)

ThermiteBeGiants,
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@grumpysmiffy I recommend having a look at @wongm 's website https://wongm.com/category/power-systems/ for blog posts on the subject that might provide some context. Otherwise, literally post photos at me and I will probably be able to tell you what the bits are (courtesy of one of my prior vocations and associated hobbies)

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