Nostr notes by gadgetoid

cannot unsee now 🤣

2026-04-12T15:56:57Z

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cannot unsee now 🤣

very much like that sort of thing, we were keen to finish our ...

2026-04-12T08:13:30Z

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very much like that sort of thing, we were keen to finish our long trek to Edinburgh though 🤣 and didn’t stop 🥲

How it started (STS Pi) vs how it’s going (Trilobot) ...

2026-04-12T07:34:33Z

How it started (STS Pi) vs how it’s going (Trilobot)

I thought of you when driving past Dunbar. In a sort of “wait ...

2026-04-11T19:56:12Z

In reply to nevent1q…nkfc
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I thought of you when driving past Dunbar. In a sort of “wait why is this name so familiar to me!!!!??” kind of way.

ADHD brain has decided I need an Arrma Mojave Grom BLX and a ...

2026-04-11T19:50:49Z

ADHD brain has decided I need an Arrma Mojave Grom BLX and a bunch of 3S batteries to make use of the local pump tracks…

Day late and a dollar short with the Pico2 W pinout, but it's ...

2026-03-19T12:45:35Z

Day late and a dollar short with the Pico2 W pinout, but it's ready for ya'll to point out all the errors 😆

https://pico2w.pinout.xyz

certainly the least awful thing the toilet brush has seen in ...

2026-03-14T18:34:16Z

In reply to nevent1q…fu0u
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certainly the least awful thing the toilet brush has seen in there 🤣

Even took a craft knife to it, but it left marks. It chipped off in flakes you could pass off as a breakfast cereal.

been doing it with a toilet brush - I’ve never taken a big ...

2026-03-13T20:18:00Z

In reply to nevent1q…zgx3
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been doing it with a toilet brush - I’ve never taken a big enough shit to warrant owning a plunger 🤣🤣

I’m mostly down to the stalwart holdouts below the waterline ...

2026-03-13T17:44:11Z

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I’m mostly down to the stalwart holdouts below the waterline and dilution is a serious problem.

well that’s a terrifying thought but then I’ve seen what it ...

2026-03-13T17:43:05Z

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well that’s a terrifying thought but then I’ve seen what it does to pennies!

The limescale in our upstairs toilet (neglect by the previous ...

2026-03-13T08:22:00Z

The limescale in our upstairs toilet (neglect by the previous owners) is so thick that my years long efforts to remove it have merely sculpted it into a tiny mountain range.

If any life has taken hold in there I’m technically toilet god now.

okay but why is it styled like a fountain pen????

2026-03-13T08:18:44Z

In reply to nevent1q…u25r
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okay but why is it styled like a fountain pen????

I said something along those lines to their customer service when ...

2026-03-13T08:17:44Z

In reply to nevent1q…zwdq
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I said something along those lines to their customer service when I switched and they offered me a “deal” 🤣

At least the competition is finally pushing their prices down though, sheeesh.

fire would defrost the car faster!

2026-03-04T20:17:13Z

In reply to nevent1q…t5j8
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fire would defrost the car faster!

I was already looking over my sites to check for externally ...

2026-03-03T13:51:22Z

In reply to nevent1q…vdcv
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I was already looking over my sites to check for externally hosted font assets, now I'll look harder - thanks! 😆 (My web dev knowledge is >10 years old at this point, but I think tending to use system fonts and big ol font stacks might have saved me)

one argument in web dev circles I've heard in ye olde days (I ...

2026-03-03T13:07:43Z

In reply to nevent1q…wjes
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one argument in web dev circles I've heard in ye olde days (I cannot speak to its credibility) was that serving a font from a shared CDN - ie: google - means it has a high likelihood of being cached for any websites that might use it. Also doesn't use your bandwidth 😆

obligatory nerdcore drop https://youtu.be/ACIoUXoeaYA

2026-03-01T22:15:09Z

In reply to nevent1q…urgk
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obligatory nerdcore drop https://youtu.be/ACIoUXoeaYA

I was sharing space with the lady of the lasers, and on my feet ...

2026-03-01T09:53:50Z

In reply to nevent1q…96t2
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I was sharing space with the lady of the lasers, and on my feet leaning in often to hear folks. I think a chair would have been an imposition on us both. I seem to have survived but I suspect the ice cream I ate for lunch is doing me a mischief.

doom- and praise of your efforts on 32blit and other things - ...

2026-02-28T19:15:04Z

In reply to nevent1q…vly9
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doom- and praise of your efforts on 32blit and other things - features prominently 🤣

👀

2026-02-28T18:40:15Z

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👀

am horizontal and my throat hurts again but it’s been far, far ...

2026-02-28T18:34:58Z

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am horizontal and my throat hurts again but it’s been far, far too long since I caught up with folks!

Absolutely knackered from standing up for … wait was it really ...

2026-02-28T18:26:27Z

Absolutely knackered from standing up for … wait was it really seven hours!? 💀 at CamJam in MakeSpace Cambridge today.

Had a lot of badgeware goodness to show off though!

found out MCC was on sale too so I picked that up for Halo 2 ...

2026-02-28T08:21:21Z

In reply to nevent1q…8h8u
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found out MCC was on sale too so I picked that up for Halo 2 which never had a 360 release. You can bet I was in a Ghost the first opportunity I got 🤣

Sheesh the Xbox 360 Halo CE Anniversary still holds up. Whats ...

2026-02-27T21:42:06Z

Sheesh the Xbox 360 Halo CE Anniversary still holds up. Whats that, a 2011 re-release of a 2001 game?

it’s the worst, most mediocre, uninteresting people, with the ...

2026-02-27T19:55:09Z

In reply to nevent1q…dlnj
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it’s the worst, most mediocre, uninteresting people, with the least to say and the least to offer trying to 100x their output and grift their way to Narcissism Singularity.

also true. Keyboards- in particular- seem to have a lot of churn. ...

2026-02-27T16:09:53Z

In reply to nevent1q…8z40
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also true. Keyboards- in particular- seem to have a lot of churn. It’s one of those markets that doesn’t seem sustainable yet there’s brand after brand after brand after brand cranking out slightly differentiated stuff from solutions providers. Does at least mean there’s already a certain amount of parts crossover. But they’re almost throwaway tech.

I have too many keyboards send help 😭

true! I guess there are enough non-average users to sustain that. ...

2026-02-27T15:42:11Z

In reply to nevent1q…07py
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true! I guess there are enough non-average users to sustain that. I’m getting beyond the original point: the day this turns up in garbage tier keyboards I will eat a cake-derived hat.

I meant since the daughter boards are so easy to clone if there were a latent demand for hot-swap USB ports in keebs most major brands could be served by a hobbyist with a passing experience in KiCAD and a Tindie store

ah yes, China, famous for their strict adherence to EU ...

2026-02-27T14:56:09Z

In reply to nevent1q…j4y0
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ah yes, China, famous for their strict adherence to EU regulations 😭

A hot swap part also isn’t much more replaceable by the average user than a soldered USB port unfortunately. Might make third party repairs cheaper and more tenable though.

most of the USB daughter boards are trivial to replicate if ...

2026-02-27T11:25:40Z

In reply to nevent1q…dwdw
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most of the USB daughter boards are trivial to replicate if anyone cared, but these keyboards are so cost optimised that there’s basically zero chance a manufacturer would pick a swappable standard part over whatever jank they’ve concocted. They can’t even steal QMK properly 🤣

I guess if you don’t want to stuff frighteningly high frequency ...

2026-02-26T21:36:44Z

In reply to nevent1q…d8mg
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I guess if you don’t want to stuff frighteningly high frequency signals through a sketchy FPC-attached daughter board it kinda makes sense?

Or-Y’know- can’t be bothered to design in strain relief *cough Nokia N900 cough*

a good deal of mechanical keyboards I’ve opened up have already ...

2026-02-26T21:32:40Z

In reply to nevent1q…tlav
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a good deal of mechanical keyboards I’ve opened up have already solved this problem with magnetic pogo connectors or USB daughter boards attached by FPC or JST… not because they need to be replaceable but because they need to be mechanically isolated from the gasket mounted PCB. Pretty sure this would be a non-starter.

oh I’m a sucker for Mikrotik gear 😬 at least CAT5 could be ...

2026-02-26T12:30:24Z

In reply to nevent1q…h5w4
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oh I’m a sucker for Mikrotik gear 😬 at least CAT5 could be terminated neatly to a wall plate.

the cell maps are somewhat useful, and correlate strongly with ...

2026-02-26T11:49:48Z

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the cell maps are somewhat useful, and correlate strongly with the terrible reception we get at home 🤣

oh no the fibre here is fine, this is for elsewhere thus the ...

2026-02-26T11:39:20Z

In reply to nevent1q…fq2t
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oh no the fibre here is fine, this is for elsewhere thus the desire to have no contract and low cost!

so you’re saying if I get a ladder there’s a pub in Cambridge ...

2026-02-26T11:26:27Z

In reply to nevent1q…43pm
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so you’re saying if I get a ladder there’s a pub in Cambridge with antennas going? 🤣

Getting the darn thing up high is going to be a challenge, it’s in a sparse housing area but I think the line of sight to the nearest cell is blocked by a bunch of stuff and I’m pretty sure the house is chimneyless and there might be words said about unsightly antennas 😬

hahaha, I'm almost tempted to order a cheap one from Amazon ...

2026-02-26T10:35:16Z

In reply to nevent1q…qhn2
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hahaha, I'm almost tempted to order a cheap one from Amazon and have a peek. I'd bet just measuring the dubious antenna traces should give you a pretty good idea whether it can even physically work or not.

wow that gives me a ballpark to work with, thank you. The ones I ...

2026-02-26T10:34:20Z

In reply to nevent1q…eg63
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wow that gives me a ballpark to work with, thank you. The ones I had been looking at were around the £40 mark and they are probably junk. I suspect by the time I've invested in good hardware and managed to mount it somewhere useful I could have been enjoying a decent, no-hassle fibre connection just for the want of a few extra quid 😆

thank you! It does seem like the sort of thing that could easily ...

2026-02-26T10:26:11Z

In reply to nevent1q…x7my
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thank you! It does seem like the sort of thing that could easily do nothing, and for that to be near impossible to prove. At least the signal is bad enough that I'd know if it got usefully better 😆

Anyone had any luck with an external 4G antenna? Looks like there ...

2026-02-26T10:18:11Z

Anyone had any luck with an external 4G antenna? Looks like there are a bunch of questionable ones on Amazon that might be just the ticket to turn a spotty, near useless 4G router into something passable.

you're welcome, wasn't sure I fit the brief but you miss ...

2026-02-26T10:15:30Z

In reply to nevent1q…x5la
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you're welcome, wasn't sure I fit the brief but you miss every shot you don't take or... something?

I dabbled in YouTube, but I have no personality or stage presence beyond "weird old man ad-libbing entire reviews" so it wasn't going to pan out 😆

I did double hard mode by opting to write about things on my own ...

2026-02-25T17:40:17Z

In reply to nevent1q…wrrr
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I did double hard mode by opting to write about things on my own backwater blog. Definitely taking the L, but it's enough to sustain my interests without getting, y'know, too big a thing and totally burning me out.

Big problem with Other Places is the less concrete metrics for potential sponsors or advertisers, and getting anyone to take you seriously.

I think my 3D printer has done 99.9% pull-copters for the kids, ...

2026-02-25T17:28:14Z

In reply to nevent1q…yj57
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I think my 3D printer has done 99.9% pull-copters for the kids, and 0.01% random little widgets for some purpose or another. It deserves better! (doesn't help that it's so small)

oooh, I hadn't realised we were contemporaries in the ...

2026-02-25T17:26:56Z

In reply to nevent1q…amej
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oooh, I hadn't realised we were contemporaries in the selling-things-that-blink space (I'm not all there at the best of times). Though I had seen some of your other projects. It's a small world!

it's quite a lot more advanced than anything I'd hoped to ...

2026-02-25T14:57:25Z

In reply to nevent1q…tu2p
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it's quite a lot more advanced than anything I'd hoped to find! Which probably counts me out of finding the patience to build one.

apparently the answer is yes ...

2026-02-25T14:03:50Z

In reply to nevent1q…tm40
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apparently the answer is yes https://thestargateproject.com/making-the-stargate/

uh oh, bow you’ve got me wondering if a 3D printed chappa’ai ...

2026-02-25T12:31:28Z

In reply to nevent1q…u2ut
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uh oh, bow you’ve got me wondering if a 3D printed chappa’ai could be made to rotate using the same technique as hubless clocks.

I’ve never quite had the patience for needlework, despite ...

2026-02-23T20:41:19Z

In reply to nevent1q…6te8
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I’ve never quite had the patience for needlework, despite multiple attempts. Albeit I think my last was with thick faux leather and I was poorly equipped.

sounds like something I would become obsessed with for a month ...

2026-02-23T20:29:29Z

In reply to nevent1q…yq6y
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sounds like something I would become obsessed with for a month and then forget about - like Sourdough 😭 but yes, not a bad idea.

Still waiting for it to stop raining so I can paint again!

Be cool if we could have some tech that doesn’t bring out the ...

2026-02-23T20:25:50Z

Be cool if we could have some tech that doesn’t bring out the absolute worst in everyone, as a treat?

thank you- the phrase rang alarm bells but I wasn’t equipped to ...

2026-02-23T20:24:13Z

In reply to nevent1q…x9kn
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thank you- the phrase rang alarm bells but I wasn’t equipped to understand fully why. Now I am!

I hate them all, the pans fall off if they aren’t absolutely ...

2026-02-22T21:03:13Z

In reply to nevent1q…hyfn
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I hate them all, the pans fall off if they aren’t absolutely perfectly centered 😭

seem to get about 700mbps from a Pi 5 connected via a switch to ...

2026-02-22T20:54:19Z

In reply to nevent1q…alz4
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seem to get about 700mbps from a Pi 5 connected via a switch to my router- so in lieu of a 700mbps connection I think I’m okay with overpaying slightly for 1G 🤣

Unfortunately I’ve run out of disk space so I can’t download anything 🙃

I think in most cases 1G is just becoming the norm because it’s a defacto limit for consumer gear and a nice, round, catchy number to sell. “Gigabit” has a nice ring to it.

💀

2026-02-22T20:40:49Z

In reply to nevent1q…gd0u
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💀

Reading the parish council minutes of places you frequent is like ...

2026-02-22T19:14:38Z

Reading the parish council minutes of places you frequent is like unlocking a secret code. Or- in the case of our local parish- the door to 70 years of history.

the YouTube thing could have been awesome if they just threw ...

2026-02-22T14:03:15Z

In reply to nevent1q…kyy8
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the YouTube thing could have been awesome if they just threw everything up, I was starting to get into the show from just a couple early episodes! Maybe by the time I finish Stargate SG1 it’ll be back 🤣

thank you, but I don’t have a DVD player 🤣 or really ...

2026-02-22T14:01:57Z

In reply to nevent1q…m3tm
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thank you, but I don’t have a DVD player 🤣 or really anywhere to put one. (Yes not even a desktop computer I am the worst nerd ever)

Even the darn PlayStation is missing an optical drive!

Looks like there are some community restoration projects floating around online which could be tempting. 🤔

bagels?

2026-02-22T09:37:44Z

In reply to nevent1q…0e5n
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bagels?

physical whatnow? 🤣

2026-02-22T09:06:24Z

In reply to nevent1q…ryt8
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physical whatnow? 🤣

this is how I started watching but it seems to have subsequently ...

2026-02-22T09:04:51Z

In reply to nevent1q…j6mz
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this is how I started watching but it seems to have subsequently disappeared. They also missed out Midnight on the Firing Line and numbered the episodes wrong, so probably not the definitive way to watch.

seems to be drip feeding out one episode a week at best- with ...

2026-02-22T08:54:34Z

In reply to nevent1q…y4r0
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seems to be drip feeding out one episode a week at best- with missing episodes to boot. I’m not hanging about for two years 🤣

this is helpful because I’m currently in a bit of a quandary. ...

2026-02-22T08:44:31Z

In reply to nevent1q…380h
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this is helpful because I’m currently in a bit of a quandary. I’m tempted to recommend my neighbour (now we have CityFibre on our street) go with an expensive but reliable 160/160 connection from Andrews & Arnold Ltd (AAISP) (npub1sv0…rq9x) over the allure of a probably pointless 1G and two years of lock in elsewhere. Since they upload videos frequently >160 could make a real difference but 160 would already be like going from a lame horse to Thrust SSC.

wow after two contract terms of price hikes I was paying £75 for ...

2026-02-22T08:38:28Z

In reply to nevent1q…mc2z
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wow after two contract terms of price hikes I was paying £75 for 500Mbps 😐 suffice so say, once the CityFibre went in I couldn’t be rid of Virgin fast enough.

Stargate SG1 has aged better than I remember from the last ...

2026-02-22T08:34:18Z

Stargate SG1 has aged better than I remember from the last rewatch. Theres a certain charm to “how many different ways can we dress up British Columbia to look like an alien planet.”

Lotta slow burner episodes, though, and they’re a harder slog than TNG for some reason.

Still need to get my hands on Babylon 5 🤔

I am in awe of your loaf shaped loaf, mine kept coming out ...

2026-02-22T07:57:52Z

In reply to nevent1q…catt
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I am in awe of your loaf shaped loaf, mine kept coming out delicious but flat.

ouch. I went for cheap VPS hosting for my microblog instance ...

2026-02-22T07:54:44Z

In reply to nevent1q…27qg
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ouch. I went for cheap VPS hosting for my microblog instance (Gadgetoid (Phil) (npub1m4q…0mcc) ) and self hosting has been its own adventure. Mastodon is complicated and unwieldy and trying to regenerate static assets will knock out my server so I have a local staging copy just for that. And then there’s the hassle of backups. I’m sure there are solutions involving money and time but I don’t want a second job running a mastodon server. £25/month to avoid that is…. tempting.

still getting these crypto emails like "you have 1 billion ...

2026-02-21T16:20:11Z

still getting these crypto emails like "you have 1 billion pingu waiting to go into your wallet please noot noot immediately to claim your allocation"

2020 - you can be a competitive developer with a ten year old pre ...

2026-02-21T08:55:22Z

In reply to nevent1q…gn8u
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2020 - you can be a competitive developer with a ten year old pre owned thinkpad

2026 - you better have bought RAM and a GPU in 2020

It strikes me that “you can run an AI locally” is a ...

2026-02-21T08:54:13Z

It strikes me that “you can run an AI locally” is a disingenuous refrain to handwave all the problems away without addressing any of the costs and complexities involved in actually doing that.

Am I so damaged by contracts and poor ISP practices that I place ...

2026-02-20T23:48:32Z

In reply to nevent1q…rh5g
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Am I so damaged by contracts and poor ISP practices that I place way too much emphasis on sustainable service over GOOD DEAL?

Would a person with basically zero technical experience give two shits that they have to commit for 24 months?

And if I’m recommending someone commit for 24 months… it also better be a good recommendation?!!? 💀😭

*backs away slowly*

1. Recommend random buncha letters supplier with no staff, barely ...

2026-02-20T23:28:08Z

1. Recommend random buncha letters supplier with no staff, barely any clue what they’re doing, a whole schedule of price hilkes already laid out, a 24 month contract and some garbage tier mystery router because they offer 1G for ~£30

2. Recommend Andrews & Arnold Ltd (AAISP) (npub1sv0…rq9x)’s 160/160 service and offer to configure a Mikrotik AX S knowing if they get cold feet they can switch any time and sheesh I’ll buy the ‘Tik back to stick in my lounge.

🙃🤔

🤣 46.67. That’ll be the residual graphic designer in me and ...

2026-02-20T21:14:16Z

In reply to nevent1q…rdj2
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🤣

46.67. That’ll be the residual graphic designer in me and definitely not the engineer 🤣

there was even a shell script lurking around the internet ...

2026-02-20T21:05:32Z

In reply to nevent1q…4a8c
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there was even a shell script lurking around the internet somewhere that would continually hit the login portal automatically 🤣 it was pretty bulletproof for maybe a year before it wasn’t. Damn router was the size of a matchbox too, absolutely bonkers.

it would be really convenient if this weren’t the worst ...

2026-02-20T20:00:13Z

In reply to nevent1q…tupl
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it would be really convenient if this weren’t the worst possible area to rely on module service. Signal is abysmal 😭

Contemplating an outdoor 4G antenna.

The pain of seeing an OpenReach ONT with a Fibre cable plugged in ...

2026-02-20T17:44:16Z

In reply to nevent1q…6rq0
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The pain of seeing an OpenReach ONT with a Fibre cable plugged in and a sweet tempting Ethernet port but being unable to use it!

Hey Andrews & Arnold Ltd (AAISP) (npub1sv0…rq9x) I’ll meet ya half way on the 115/20 tariff and bring my own router 🤣 not gonna come close to the bandwidth limit cos we’re barely ever here.

this is a very very first world problem.

2026-02-20T17:35:11Z

In reply to nevent1q…arm7
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this is a very very first world problem.

we used to sponge off the neighbour’s EE Hotspot using a ...

2026-02-20T17:34:41Z

In reply to nevent1q…947a
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we used to sponge off the neighbour’s EE Hotspot using a GL.iNet router, which was probably the best we had. I think logging in to the free mobile hotspot account fifty times a day probably got the account banned though 🤣😭

Why is OpenReach broadband so damn expensive? Upfront pricing ...

2026-02-20T17:29:59Z

Why is OpenReach broadband so damn expensive?

Upfront pricing seems tenable but then it has yearly price hikes, it can’t really be cheaper to just use 4G!?

‘lil experiment to see if anyone would use them. I guess it was ...

2026-02-18T20:35:44Z

In reply to nevent1q…92r5
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‘lil experiment to see if anyone would use them. I guess it was a success 🤣

.virtualenvs was a kind of defacto standard when I set it up ...

2026-02-17T23:48:31Z

In reply to nevent1q…0xg0
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.virtualenvs was a kind of defacto standard when I set it up because it’s the default directory for virtualenv + virtualenvwrapper but it violates modern Linux conventions- ie: don’t fill the user dir with crap.

I guess ~/.local/share is more correct ala https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/XDG_Base_Directory

Okay, dropped the unnecessary NAT between the L009 and AXS and ...

2026-02-17T15:52:09Z

In reply to nevent1q…0fr6
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Okay, dropped the unnecessary NAT between the L009 and AXS and turned off the DHCP relay. Works as it should, I think. Last dragon to slay is migrating my VPN server configuration to the AXS.

I ought to give it a try at some point. Suspect I have a bunch of ...

2026-02-17T14:54:31Z

In reply to nevent1q…8ar3
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I ought to give it a try at some point. Suspect I have a bunch of devices that wont be happy 😆

To shadow this problem I had also set my router’s local address ...

2026-02-17T14:23:16Z

In reply to nevent1q…cq5p
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To shadow this problem I had also set my router’s local address incorrectly so my computer couldn’t even ping it.

Have now tweaked my other router and I’m pretty sure I’ve probably got some horrible double NAT situation going on I ought to fix. Nothing a DHCP Relay can’t fix 💀

they really are- if you don’t forget about them 🤣

2026-02-17T14:21:56Z

In reply to nevent1q…aehj
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they really are- if you don’t forget about them 🤣

Well the TLDR was the obvious problem- the PPPoE link was not ...

2026-02-17T13:31:17Z

In reply to nevent1q…aegu
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Well the TLDR was the obvious problem- the PPPoE link was not automatically added to the WAN interface list, so it was excluded from the default masquerade firewall rule.

Well my router can ping Internet services…

2026-02-17T12:50:18Z

In reply to nevent1q…9rcx
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Well my *router* can ping Internet services…

So far my efforts are going poorly. Figured I’d use PPPoE ...

2026-02-17T12:07:49Z

In reply to nevent1q…zly2
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So far my efforts are going poorly. Figured I’d use PPPoE quickset to get me most of the way and finagle the VLAN after, but using that immediately boots me off the router 🙃

Wow when I was a dummy and added my VLAN to the bridge taking ...

2026-02-17T11:50:10Z

In reply to nevent1q…5kwd
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Wow when I was a dummy and added my VLAN to the bridge taking down my PPPoE connection I *immediately* got a link down text from AAISP!

Current status: sitting at my unholy complicated router config ...

2026-02-17T11:47:11Z

In reply to nevent1q…wrsu
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Current status: sitting at my unholy complicated router config page wondering how the heck to route my internet through the PPPoE connection on VLAN911…

He’s making good progress!

2026-02-17T09:51:29Z

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He’s making good progress!

I think a good deal of that is getting past the cemented in ones ...

2026-02-17T09:24:18Z

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I think a good deal of that is getting past the cemented in ones at the edge.

They have now arrived and are beginning the install 😱 I have a ...

2026-02-17T09:02:58Z

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They have now arrived and are beginning the install 😱

I have a bunch of very unhelpful block paving that needs to be lifted 🙃

They sure do have an unhelpful interpretation of “arrived.”

2026-02-17T08:49:05Z

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They sure do have an unhelpful interpretation of “arrived.”

Pushed through my incessant cold to clean up the driveway and ...

2026-02-17T08:35:20Z

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Pushed through my incessant cold to clean up the driveway and move some more plant pots. Wish I hadn’t 😭

No sign yet!

A&A fibre install day… this time at least I’m getting ...

2026-02-17T08:16:35Z

A&A fibre install day… this time at least I’m getting texts from CityFibre though it’s a little concerning it says they’ve arrived and are nowhere to be seen 🤦

(Does say they might be elsewhere working on infra)

my brain is too addled by cold to do anything right 😭 Link ...

2026-02-12T17:07:45Z

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my brain is too addled by cold to do anything right 😭

Link duly updated!

Seemed sensible to hang 'em off here: ...

2026-02-12T15:18:05Z

Seemed sensible to hang 'em off here: https://github.com/pimoroni/tufty2350/releases/tag/v1.0.0

(but I am noticing that CityFibre's rollout has totally ...

2026-02-08T19:30:06Z

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(but I am noticing that CityFibre's rollout has totally wrecked VMs proverbial, so they're falling over themselves to only charge you £30.. no wait £35, no £40, no £45, I'm sorry we're raising our prices to £50. You're out of contract so now we're charging you £100. We've raised our rates by inflation so now it's £105. Oh sorry you don't want TV, that'll be £999999999999999999999999999NINEENINEINR0U

but then double the price for roughly the same connection speed ...

2026-02-08T19:28:42Z

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but then double the price for roughly the same connection speed is a hard pill to swallow- as evidenced by me picking a shit tier alternative and getting burned for the trouble.

That said I came from VM where I was already paying more than A&A for half the speed....

can confirm that their support is god tier, back when I had ADSL ...

2026-02-08T19:27:11Z

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can confirm that their support is god tier, back when I had ADSL I could just chat to them on IRC 😆

I think their prices are basically the real market rate, rather than the cut-every-corner-and-lock-you-in-for-24-months and make it up in volume providers.

A&A order already in 🤣 I really ought to have picked them ...

2026-02-08T16:04:58Z

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A&A order already in 🤣 I really ought to have picked them in the first place.