Andrew "P.B." Graves

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→ Skateboarding since 2003

Based in #Vienna, #Austria 🇦🇹

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2026-08-17 15:12:15 CEST

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@npub1xsv…q6he Hi Dan, I hope you're doing well! sorry for pinging you again, but is this a recent regression of the web UI?

2026-08-15 00:56:45 CEST

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Polished, so the viewers can focus more on the fun shapes. I think if it gets too squiggly/scribbly it will turn out as "visual noise" in the worst case 🤔

2026-08-15 00:54:43 CEST

That moment when you realize that #kitty (terminal emulator) AND #calibre (ebook manager) are from the same author (= Kovid Goyal)! 😱
Been using Kitty for years now, it's great!
#foss #terminal

2026-08-15 00:36:03 CEST

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Ah, forgot about the other handhelds you've tried out! The Steam Deck is fine for most of my games, but it's definitely not suited for heavier AAA games.
Now another question: What about your instruments? Guitars take up a lot of space, so I brought a ukulele with me on my 3 months long Australia trip a few years back. I'd definitely feel naked without any instruments nearby after a while 😁
Safe travels!

2026-08-14 23:56:32 CEST

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Since you've been about and about for a while now, what computer related hardware did you keep? The AMD laptop, the MacBook I assume and maybe the Steam Deck? BR from Austria :)

2026-07-28 18:40:25 CEST

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Student loans? In Europe? Huh???

2026-07-22 10:39:48 CEST

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@npub1gcd…4j0h Is this true?

2026-07-21 20:04:38 CEST

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LibreWolf on Arch Linux (btw) and Fennec on GrapheneOS

2026-07-20 14:01:45 CEST

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Had to chuckle at the Paris part 😁

2026-07-19 23:41:37 CEST

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So Argentina only has 10 players at the moment? No replacement?

2026-07-19 23:14:40 CEST

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Also it's funny if you touch a football player you trigger their dying/dead man animation

2026-07-19 22:54:59 CEST

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77 minutes in and the goalie is keeping it up so far. Dunno if I'll regret my post haha

2026-07-19 22:47:37 CEST

I never watch football, but the goalie of #Argentina is a legend 😁

2026-07-07 15:43:03 CEST

Dear #OSM #openstreetmap community, how do you usually contribute? The web UI is a bit cumbersome, even on desktop, so I've recently been contributing via #CoMaps on Android. What other apps can you recommend for contributing/updating data?

2026-06-12 14:49:15 CEST

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A very obvious example are the mullets 😅
https://cdn.fosstodon.org/media_attachments/files/116/737/215/928/493/590/original/4cf000a173099ae5.png

2026-06-12 14:03:02 CEST

Still baffled how Gen Z and younger take the worst trends of the 80s and 90s and call it fashion. What caused this "movement"?
Did #StrangerThings really have such a huge impact on pop culture? 🤔

2026-06-10 14:23:38 CEST

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I'm using pixelix on pixelfed.social - no issues here. Maybe there's been a auth flow regression/bug that has been introduced lately. I remember having to check the "Remember me" checkbox for the authflow 🤔 Did you try that? Or maybe use a different browser?

2026-06-10 10:45:06 CEST

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Those times must feel so weird to hear about when you're a Polish teenager these days. I mean teens these days probably can't even imagine a world without (smart)phones 😂

2026-06-10 10:41:01 CEST

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Yeah, I've recently watched the Iron Maiden band documentary and Iron Maiden were one of the first big metal bands playing in Poland. People had to get bootlegged low quality copies of the albums to actually listen to any heavy music back then. In the documentary you can see how much it meant to the Polish fans that Maiden would "go through the curtain"!

2026-06-10 10:35:48 CEST

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I assume NL is pretty similar to the German speaking countries (Germany, Austria, Switzerland): We grew up with consoles like NES, SNES, Dreamcast, PlayStation etc. In the late 90s virtually every kid played Pokémon on their Gameboy.

2026-06-06 19:47:59 CEST

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1. Yes, at least on the web version it's clearly labelled as such.
2. Might be worth a bug report, you'd need to specify which formats you're using etc.
3. I don't think Pixelfed/Loops content can be embedded into a third party website yet, not sure if this is a planned feature.
@npub1xsv…q6he Especially 3.) is an interesting question 🤔

2026-05-22 13:49:22 CEST

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@npub19j2…ncm0 I'm just curious if [@ueb_team161](https://mastodon.social/@ueb_team161 ) could try out the iOS version of the app via testflight or something? There's still no way to sideload an app on iOS, right?

2026-05-22 13:32:20 CEST

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Can't get more FOSS than GNU GPL license, here's the repository: https://github.com/ghostbyte-dev/pixelix
Or what are you referring to?

2026-05-09 13:51:39 CEST

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Interesting. Also I wish humanity had something better than Electron, it's just such a resource hog 👀

2026-05-09 10:37:24 CEST

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Goedemorgen!

2026-05-08 01:45:23 CEST

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Thanks for all the cool contributions you make to the Wayland ecosystem!

2026-04-30 17:43:00 CEST

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Well hopefully you have some options once you look out for them 👀 Enjoy!

2026-04-30 16:24:17 CEST

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You deserve better, mah dude! At least here in Austria the refrigerated pizzas are WAY BETTER than the frozen ones. Homemade or from a decent pizza place is my way to go. Life's too short for pizzas that are just "meh" 😂

2026-04-30 14:55:26 CEST

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Post the pizza result once it's ready 😁

2026-04-24 23:38:07 CEST

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What's Bonkwave again? I've read about it on the Fediverse a while ago 🤔

2026-04-17 12:17:47 CEST

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That's great, but not helpful for anyone reading this thread.

2026-04-17 10:47:35 CEST

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Super interesting! Which plugin is that? I need to set it up as well for scenarios like this!

2026-04-16 15:31:29 CEST

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I see your German isn't "the yellow of the egg" 😂
Yeah, but you're one of the few people that reads my blog, so maybe I could write about some language fallacies in German 🤔

2026-04-16 14:53:36 CEST

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Interesting, is Spanish your mother tongue in this case? I owe you another blog post I guess 😂

2026-04-10 10:24:05 CEST

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In case you're looking for a TUI file manager, but not necessarily a clone of midnight commander: #Yazi is a great option :)

2026-04-09 10:33:52 CEST

Question for the #Firefox (and forks) users on #Android
Is there a way to export the saved bookmarks?
I don't want to sign up and sync with a Mozilla account 😅

2026-03-25 17:48:13 CET

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That's a rude and weird question. Not fun or funny at all.
Coffee gives me a short boost and then the tiredness dip afterwards is even worse than without coffee. Everyone's body is different. With matcha/green tea or mate tea I don't have this dip in awakeness/alertness.

2026-03-25 15:56:41 CET

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Can relate with the struggle - matcha tea/sencha green tea works well for me, coffee only makes me more tired after an hour.

2026-03-22 16:52:13 CET

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Yeah good luck! Pizzas are quite a bit of work (especially all the dishes/cleaning), but it's so worth it! 😁

2026-03-18 13:29:55 CET

Is "I've got 64GB RAM sticks at home 😏" another #Tinder pickup line these days? RAM & Chill 😂😁
#showerthoughts #joke #funny

2026-03-03 14:24:33 CET

Sigh, I wish I could filter out AI slop from my #Loops feed.

2026-03-03 12:15:09 CET

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Interesting. Yeah currently we're using Element Chat for screenshare + voice chat. It would be fine for my usecase if the noise cancellation would be better + push-to-talk would be implemented properly.

2026-02-23 00:53:55 CET

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Interesting, that's good to know. How about just black (or whatever color) rectangles to completely cover said sensitive data? Is that safe?

2026-02-19 22:46:33 CET

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Why did you have a Nitro subscription to begin with? Genuinely asking, since I've never seen a reason for myself to do so. I only use Discord for voice chat, but Discord as a platform just got more enshitified over the years...

2026-02-18 11:16:19 CET

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Thanks for the input!
Yeah, I guess Ctrl+g could solve the keybinding problem(s). But at the end of the day Zellij isn't necessarily lightweight, especially when compared with tmux. Startup times kinda bother me... I will give Zellij another try in the future!
I'd argue that a lot of people see Zellij as a tmux/screen replacement - as a very ergonomic and beginner-friendly one. Of course not a 1:1 replacement, but definitely an alternative that has some feature overlaps with tmux.

2026-02-17 23:21:33 CET

I've given #Zellij another chance, but it doesn't really work out for me.
I've already got a rather complicated setup with #tmux that fits my needs and is quite portable, so I can also have the same setup on servers.
Things I've disliked:
* I've noticed that the startup times were significantly slower compared to tmux
* Zellij's keybindings might conflict with existing ones - e.g. Ctrl+s is a keymap I use for saving in #neovim
What are your thoughts?
#terminal #tui #rust

2026-02-04 19:50:09 CET

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Meshuggah is one hell of a band. Really intense live as well. I do like the whole obZen album a lot, give it a go!

2026-01-21 14:25:46 CET

So I've tried multiple Mastodon/Fediverse clients on Linux desktop, but so far the selfhostable web UI #phanpy seems to be the best fit for me :)
On #Android I usually go for #Tusky - it just feels more polished than the official #Mastodon Android app in some aspects.
Not criticizing anyone or anything, just sharing my experiences with alternative clients!

2025-12-27 22:55:29 CET

Slowly migrating to my new phone (Pixel 9 Pro XL, refurbished, almost brand-new).
The install process of #GrapheneOS was smooth and easy as always. What a great project.
No Google spyware and bloat, just the stuff that I want and need!
#FOSS #Android

2025-12-18 08:47:26 CET

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OK interesting, why Vivaldi though? Some parts of it are even closed source 🤔
I do use Brave once in a while, but when it comes to playing videos Brave would stutter while my Firefox forks don't. 🤔

2025-12-17 19:29:18 CET

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What the actual fuck are those managers smoking. Good that I've been basically using FORKS of Firefox for a while now 😅

2025-12-17 19:27:03 CET

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I think what kolya means are like before and after pictures in the context of "undecorated room" and "decorated room", but demonstrated with a slider like yours 🤔

2025-12-05 16:45:24 CET

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Maybe! Something like this or something, I don't know, I'm not Shakespeare!
Get your mind blown:
https://loops.video/v/bPJVSxT7-s

2025-12-05 15:18:04 CET

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Needs more cowbell 🤔

2025-11-30 19:42:24 CET

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7 minutes in and I'm already laughing my ass off. Definitely good entertainment and what a collab!

2025-11-28 10:04:43 CET

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Interesting thread!
In the past I've used the API first with OpenAPI approach to generate the REST endpoints and DTOs for both BE and FE.
So my Angular app would use the DTOs defined in my YAML file as the backend (Spring Boot).
So no VOs necessary 🤔

2025-11-12 16:47:04 CET

After a 2 year hiatus, I've finally written another blog post:
https://graves501.gitlab.io/zola-blog/
Thank you @npub1y2v…m5gq for taking an interest in my posts :)

2025-10-29 22:37:46 CET

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Sounds great! Never tried out VR gaming much, but that's great news!
What equipment do you have for VR gaming?

2025-10-29 14:42:39 CET

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Yeah, Loops is still basically alpha software, but I'm up for the ride!

2025-10-27 12:23:53 CET

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Recently I had to deal with an airline form where phone numbers with only 10 digits (without country digits) are allowed. Sucks if you have 11 digits.
The error message was something like "Spaces are not allowed" - not helpful at all 😅

2025-10-24 09:57:32 CEST

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That's a pretty cooked take bruv 😁

2025-10-09 16:41:28 CEST

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The link works fine for me

2025-10-08 18:08:49 CEST

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And where there's a GUI there must be a TUI as well right?
I'm using pulsemixer for your mentioned usecase - it's compatible with pipewire as well.
Another new TUI is wiremix for pipewire as well, but pulsemixer is still my favouite.
So even if I had an audio widget I'd use pulsemixer because it's simple, powerful and does what it's supposed to do 😁
2/2

2025-10-08 18:06:19 CEST

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That's why I said "Sure, KDE is customizable".
Easy window management via keyboard (moving to a different display/workspace/section of the current display) is a primary usecase where it just feels like a secondary usecase for regular DEs where average users would just use their mouse.
It's almost funny to me because it's so interesting that audio management is a dealbreaker for you. When there's a GUI/widget for it then there's an underlying system that handles it!
1/2

2025-10-08 17:14:13 CEST

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What you refer to as virtual desktop is what I'd call a workspace. Moving windows around with a few keystrokes is just so powerful. Sure, KDE is customizable, but I'd rather have everything setup from scratch and how I want it.
Regarding Hyprland: Lead dev is problematic and thinks racial slurs are fine in his community. Also the configuration breaks every few weeks/months which is not fun.
Sway is more stable, but not as feature rich, which is fine for me.

2025-10-08 13:39:52 CEST

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KDE is (in my opinion!) a buggy mess when you're on bleeding edge. Makes more sense with a LTS distro e.g. Kubuntu where you don't have to worry about another small bug being introduced on a weekly basis.
Gnome probably suffers from the same issues.
But in general - I'm more productive with TWM like i3/Sway, AwesomeWM etc.
Shoutout to XFCE for being an extremely stable DE, even when you're on a rolling release distro 😁

2025-10-08 12:48:10 CEST

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Sounds like a solid way to go! I've started out with Linux Mint in 2016, then used Manjaro for a while and then found out that using vanilla Arch is less work and more stable than a "managed" Arch distro (at least for me).
The Arch wiki, rolling release and the AUR are the main pros for me for me :)
KDE would be a mess with Arch Linux, too many small little bugs and issues. Like I would hate it for myself 😅

2025-10-08 12:21:02 CEST

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If you don't mind asking: Is there anything special about RPM? I've never really found a reason for myself to go the Fedora route and even for servers I go for Debian/Ubuntu 🤔

2025-10-08 11:38:05 CEST

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It's not important to have forks of a distro, but it shows one thing: Adoption.
It's interesting that for you it's a sign of something lacking, for me it would be a net positive since it helps the adoption of whatever upstream project.
So when someone is using a distro as the base, it's a sign of "this project does something right".
Arch and Debian are good examples.
What is the mission statement of OpenSuse? For Arch it would be something like "minimal, customizable, DIY".

2025-09-19 16:25:25 CEST

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Mmh, you also have the headers installed as well, right? E.g. linux-headers and linux-lts-headers?

2025-09-19 16:21:22 CEST

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Really weird stuff. But seems like people have been issues with the mt7921e drivers for a while now:
https://community.frame.work/t/framework-13-amd-on-arch-issues-with-wireless-after-resume/44597

2025-09-19 14:32:57 CEST

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Also this thread:
https://www.reddit.com/r/archlinux/comments/14hcqk9/mediatek_wifi_stopped_working/
Have you also checked other kernel versions e.g. linux-lts?

2025-09-19 14:29:11 CEST

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I assume, you've got linux-firmware-mediatek installed?
Not sure if related, but here's a bit of info regarding the mt7921e - https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/ASUS_ROG_GX650P#Bluetooth_and_Wi-Fi

2025-09-14 15:07:29 CEST

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Eh, I just like the default look (buttons, window decoration etc.) better and I happened to use way more GTK based apps than KDE, by accident rather than deliberate choice.
Also it's kind of a mess to get a consistent theming for both GTK and QT with a TWM like i3 or Sway 🤔

2025-09-14 09:50:24 CEST

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OK, that's definitely a more complicated setup 😅 My folks mostly use the browser and all the apps in regular desktop mode.
Wouldn't an iPad with an attachable keyboard be a better fit? You probably have thought about it already, right?

2025-09-14 01:07:58 CEST

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My parents both use Linux, I do maintenance every couple of weeks/months for them and they have a pretty easy time.

2025-05-05 11:03:01 CEST

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Döbbie as a username has made my day for sure 😁

2025-05-05 09:33:45 CEST

Listen to TOOL's Lateralus album is always such a bliss. Definitely one of my all-time favourites.
#ListenNow

2025-05-04 10:19:50 CEST

I think it is interesting how quite a few people assume that a lot of users have left #Fosstodon but if you look at the numbers that's not really the case. They've been mostly the same 🤔 Correct me if I'm wrong though 😅
https://fedidb.org/network/instance/fosstodon.org

2025-04-16 11:24:50 CEST

This shit's wild. Why do people act like pouty/narcissistic little toddlers in public. I hate attention-seeking behaviour like that, jeez.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6UR8TgY8NUY

2025-04-16 01:20:49 CEST

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Thanks for sharing that info!

2025-04-15 18:07:38 CEST

Just finished the narrative game "Dagon: by H. P. Lovecraft" which is - like the title says - based on the short story by #Lovecraft
It's basically a visualization of the story with added trivia about Lovecraft.
Really really well done, since I've read the story multiple times and always loved it!
It's free to play on Steam :)

2025-03-29 15:21:16 CET

I've been thinking of contributing to the #fediverse for a while now, but I haven't really found a project or an idea that would fit my tech stack requirements yet.
Like Pixelfed and Loops have a PHP backend, but I'd rather contribute something with Golang or Typescript/Javascript.
Does anyone have some ideas?
#fedidev

2025-03-10 13:54:07 CET

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JFC and I thought Austria was slow with IT stuff 😅

2025-03-07 14:04:06 CET

Pretty accurate these days
#memes #linux #microsoft
https://cdn.fosstodon.org/media_attachments/files/114/121/284/982/267/421/original/874d29735916a5c5.jpg