Mike Stone

Husband, father, nerd.

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2026-07-25 22:22:00 CEST

Well, that's uncomfortable.
#ItsADryHeat #Arizona #Phoenix
https://cdn.fosstodon.org/media_attachments/files/116/982/459/991/663/406/original/332a3a010ccc2400.png

2026-07-24 19:37:11 CEST

Today I got the first full month power bill since the solar went in. Our system pulls what it can from solar, saves extra to battery, and when the battery is empty pulls from the grid. Being this is Phoenix, in the summer, keeping the climate in our house livable is the primary power drain. It was 100F (38C) by 8:00 this morning. The silver lining of this weather is, it's sunny! Our power bill was ~$140 LESS this year than July last year. It's not 1 to 1 obviously, but I like it anyway.

2026-07-23 22:26:05 CEST

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@nprofile…hx65 Sure. Anybody on Fosstodon can generate an invite. I'll send you one in a DM.

2026-07-23 20:43:03 CEST

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@nprofile…hx65 Well, following #Fosstodon only gets the specific posts where that particular hashtag is mentioned, not all the posts that are made here. There's ~7500 active accounts on Fosstodon, and most of the posts don't use that hashtag. Really, when you're following the hashtag you're getting people talking about Fosstodon, not the posts from it. There's some overlap to be sure, but that's relatively small.

2026-07-21 20:01:04 CEST

First day back to work after 10 days of vacation. I'm still not ready for this. I think I could have gone 2x or 3x as long and still been just as happy to be not working.

2026-07-17 19:01:29 CEST

I watched Backrooms last night. I've heard all sorts of good reviews, but I was just bored. Half the movie was just some rando wandering around an office space designed by a freshman architecture student on acid. The rest of it a sad alcoholic in therapy.
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt26657236/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_3_tt_7_nm_1_in_0_q_back

2026-07-14 08:21:27 CEST

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@nprofile…5f8g Unfortunately, that's probably not far off. The only feasible argument against it is they just don't have that many kids to export.

2026-07-14 06:20:53 CEST

When I was a kid, I lived in a rural area of #Montana. Rural by Montana standards. As I've gotten older, I've moved to bigger and bigger cities. First #Bozeman, then #Reno, now #Phoenix. I can see less and less stars with each move. Right now, I'm "vacationing" in rural Arizona, and I'm taking my time looking at the stars. In the 80s, seeing a satellite was an event. It almost never happened. Now, they litter the sky. I don't like where this is going.

2026-07-13 03:20:41 CEST

My security cameras pick up a surprisingly large number of Waymos driving past my house when you consider I don't live in an area Waymo covers. I have confirmed they are driverless and don't seem to be carrying any passengers. It's like they're going for a drive.

2026-07-09 18:30:26 CEST

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@nprofile…he2d Can you elaborate on that? I don't have uBlock Origin installed (Vivaldi's integrated blocking has always been sufficient for my use), so I haven't noticed any issues like that.

2026-07-09 18:20:36 CEST

#Vivaldi just released version 8.1 today! This update isn't as flashy as the last one. The last one had some of the biggest UI updates in years and years, but this one is all about nailing things down and tightening up the code. No major visual or feature changes, just stability and bug swatting.
https://vivaldi.com/blog/vivaldi-on-desktop-8-1/

2026-07-08 21:49:34 CEST

I hate it when C suite executives use the word "intentional" like, "We need to be more intentional with our work."
Trust me dude, if I'm at work, it's intentional.

2026-07-08 05:18:44 CEST

I think this points to the importance of a marketing team. Now, this is StatCounter, so grain of salt in the actual figures, but it's got Linux sitting at 4.39% worldwide desktop market share. That's pretty solid. ChromeOS is way back with 1.21%. Here's the question though. When was the last time you went into any store that sells computers and saw a Linux computer, but NOT a ChromeOS system. I see ChromeOS all the time. No Linux. Marketing is important.
https://linuxiac.com/windows-drops-under-60-in-global-desktop-os-share-for-the-first-time-in-years/

2026-06-29 21:23:19 CEST

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@nprofile…nj5n Ahh, OK. I read that wrong. I was giving the person I was talking to the benefit of the doubt. English is not their native language and they're not from the United States, so I try to assume up front that they're not intending to insult even when what they say is insulting. I could be wrong. Maybe they intended to call me an idiot. They wouldn't be the first. If so, pretty disingenuous when the problem we were working on was their fault and they were explaining why they screwed up.

2026-06-29 20:33:36 CEST

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@nprofile…nj5n It's fine that you don't. Just keep it in mind when talking to Americans. They probably will. Unless it's your intent to insult them, it's a phrase I'd probably stay away from. If you intend to insult them, go for it.

2026-06-29 19:06:06 CEST

I don't know who needs to hear this, if anybody, but when you're talking to Americans using the phrase "Let me make this easy for you to understand" is EXTREMELY insulting. You might as well just start your sentence with "Hey moron". If that's your intent, OK. It's probably not a good idea to do it in person though. #FYI.

2026-06-27 01:57:12 CEST

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@nprofile…8g96 I don't think I've ever used that keyboard shortcut. It would work for me some of the time, but most of the time when I'm using clear I'm using it with something else, like clear;ls -al, which I use constantly almost as more of a way to clear my head than my screen.

2026-06-27 01:47:26 CEST

alias clera="clear"
This line is actually in my .bash_aliases file.

2026-06-24 21:29:15 CEST

I remember reading about this a while back and being excited about it. If you're already a #HomeAssistant user this seems like it would be a great addition. I'll probably pick one up to try, but going all in on these will probably require some easy way to use them as an alarm clock. That's really the only thing keeping me from just ditching the Google speakers I have. Does anybody already have one? If so, what are your thoughts?
https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/06/pine64-pinevoice-riscv-smart-speaker-launch
@nprofile…k6eu

2026-06-22 23:41:08 CEST

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@nprofile…k7ew Ah, I spend an embarrassing amount of time each day just keeping up on the current events. I like to cover the same things from different sources to try to understand perspectives. A hypothetical AI (this doesn't exist) that could summarize news reliably and combine facts from multiple sources would be a huge time saver for me.

2026-06-22 20:45:31 CEST

I was reading this article about instances and ATProto.
https://overreacted.io/there-are-no-instances-in-atproto/
I was hoping to get some good information about how Bluesky and other services using ATProto worked. Instead, it lead with "I know RSS is still being used somewhere (podcasts?!) but its heyday is arguably behind." This kinda lost me. I use RSS all the damn time. Arguably more than the actual web. I've legitimately considered removing the front end of my site and just doing RSS. Am I the only one? Is RSS over?

2026-06-22 20:08:59 CEST

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@nprofile…k7ew Depends on what I'm reading. Especially news. So many of these news sites want their authors to just wax philosophical for 1000 words when I just want the facts so I can get on with my life. I rarely use an AI in even those cases, I just skim and try to dig out what's pertinent, but I can absolutely see where an ACCURATE summary would save me some time.

2026-06-18 18:46:39 CEST

This sounds interesting, but I'm taking it with a truckload of salt. The information source couldn't be more unreliable.
https://www.reuters.com/business/trump-says-apple-work-with-intel-manufacture-chips-us-2026-06-18/

2026-06-16 23:05:49 CEST

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@nprofile…84ng I obviously need to do some more research on this. I didn't think Relays chatted with each other and I didn't realize that PDSs could use more than one relay. Maybe I'll look at setting one of these up just so I can know what I'm talking about in the future.

2026-06-16 18:45:27 CEST

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@nprofile…84ng So, Eurosky would be entirely isolated from Bluesky unless some 3rd party middleware were to step in, so they'd get no advantage from the existing user base. It's also concerning in that not all components of Bluesky are open source, like their DM manager and their video processing. Eurosky is inherently disadvantaged compared to Bluesky. Honestly, I'd much rather see them throw some resources at Mastodon. If there are features they're missing, they can fork.
@nprofile…ynd9

2026-06-16 00:30:49 CEST

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@nprofile…84ng Yea, I'm not sure what I was going for there. What was going through my mind was the way Bluesky is setup is anybody can run a data server, but everybody has to go through their relay if they want to connect to Bluesky. I didn't know if Eurosky was actually just going to be a data server or have their own complete relay stuff setup. If they're just a data server, they're still reliant on Bluesky. If they're hosting their own relay, they're not attached to Bluesky.
@nprofile…ynd9

2026-06-15 17:42:56 CEST

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@nprofile…ynd9 I had to lookup to see what that was. Honestly, I tried Bluesky and it just bored me. I probably still have an account, but I haven't checked it since probably a week after I created it. I see the motivation to do it, but if it interfaces with Bluesky the data won't be protected. If it doesn't you're not going to have a userbase to work from. Neither option sounds particularly attractive to me. YMMV.

2026-06-11 19:20:12 CEST

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@nprofile…0qac Well, it says they went live last year based on technologies that have been redesigned since 2023. I'm not really sure what that means. If I was looking for independence from the United States I'd probably have gone with Mojeek. As I said before, I'm far from an expert on these matters. It just seems weird for a Digital Sovereignty movement trying to escape USian tech to migrate to a service that's still 50% Microsoft with a European veneer. I don't know if there's a better choice.

2026-06-11 18:49:18 CEST

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@nprofile…0qac Yea, but they started that in 2023 didn't they? According to Wikipedia their results are still 50% Microsoft if we're being generous, and their ad revenue is almost entirely dependent on Microsoft. Is Wikipedia out of date or are they still that reliant on American tech?

2026-06-11 18:26:14 CEST

I've been spending some time researching the EU's Digital Sovereignty movement lately because it seems like a real opportunity for Open Source software to get a foothold in some markets where it's traditionally faced challenges. I'm not from the EU, and I'm far from an expert on these matters. One of the recent decisions that's confused the holy hell out of me is the choice of Qwant for search. Nothing against #Qwant, but they're HEAVILY dependent on Microsoft last I checked. Not true anymore?

2026-06-08 22:34:43 CEST

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@nprofile…dvmy Was that original AI stuff one or two years ago now? It's been a while.

2026-06-08 21:17:12 CEST

I usually make an effort to watch #WWDC, but this year I didn't. Google's barrage of AI exceeded my bullshit quota for the year. Anything from Apple I should care about in the slightest? Did they finally do the thing with Siri?

2026-06-07 02:17:46 CEST

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@nprofile…l5mx DOH, you're right! Only, not Open. I'll go back and edit my original post. Thanks for that!

2026-06-07 02:10:05 CEST

I've been using alternatives to Office for years. I started with Star Office in the late 90s or early 2000s. I stuck with it when it became OpenOffice, but moved to LibreOffice when Oracle got their claws into it. I've pretty much stayed with LibreOffice. The recent push for digital sovereignty from the EU has done a lot to move technology in a direction I like. I'm interested in Office EU. I was surprised it was built on Open, not Libre though. It does look nice. Anyone have experience with it?

2026-06-01 17:56:37 CEST

Damn it, it's morning again.
☕ ☕ ☕ ☕ ☕

2026-05-29 22:05:00 CEST

It seems my phone number was part of a batch sold to spammers recently. Usually I'm pretty clear as far as spam calls/texts, but I've been getting text after text after text this morning. My "favorites" are from the random numbers asking, "Hey, what are you doing this weekend?". I'm sure those probably get a lot of responses.

2026-05-26 20:20:07 CEST

Sad day at the Stone house. My Gen 1 Lenovo X1 Carbon gave up the ghost. The motherboard has clicked its last click. It was a 14 year old computer that I bought refurbed for a couple hundred, so it was worth every penny. Still, sad to see it go.

2026-05-26 17:34:02 CEST

I've been watching CNET review the "Trump Phone". It's been pretty amusing. One thing that does kinda annoy me, and I've seen this other places, is that I don't think the phone was intended to have 11 stripes. Because the white was just made the same color as the rest of the phone and the red was made whatever color that is, you can't tell when the flag ends. I think the "TRUMP MOBILE" is the 13th stripe, the 12th being invisible. Stupid design, but....
https://www.cnet.com/news-live/t1-trump-mobile-phone-review/

2026-05-24 01:55:33 CEST

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@nprofile…kdrk It's been my primary for so long I don't even remember when I started using it or why. This last version really made things pretty, and it's so customizable you can do almost anything you want with the UI. I'd definitely consider it if I were you.

2026-05-24 01:51:46 CEST

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@nprofile…kdrk Yup, it's awesome.

2026-05-21 23:44:02 CEST

Side note, who do I have to bribe to get Tiledwords.com to add a PWA? My birthday is coming up. Pretty please with a cherry on top??

2026-05-21 19:46:23 CEST

Ads are pretty much everywhere these days, but some of the worst ads have to be on phones. Maybe it's something advertising people have figured out about me specifically, but why is every ad for a game where a person playing the game is SO BAD at the game they can't possibly exist in the real world? If you can't line up three blocks of the same color in less than a minute, surely you'd have been eaten by wolves by now, right?

2026-05-20 20:01:52 CEST

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@nprofile…3yyh Yea, that makes sense. I have VSCode installed, but I almost never use it. I don't even remember if I ever set it up for Python. 99% of the time I'm in my terminal writing my code in vim. It highlights the syntax for me, but doesn't seem to point out when I'm being stupid with my if statements.

2026-05-20 19:33:16 CEST

I've been on-again off-again learning Python for a while now. Just some really basic process automation stuff. I think anybody who looked at my code would come to the conclusion that I'm still pretty garbage at it. I admit all this.
Still, the number one syntax error I make almost every frackin time is forgetting the stupid : after an if statement. Every stinkin time. I know, old dog new tricks. I get it. Just didn't think I was THAT old.

2026-05-19 22:06:59 CEST

Oooof, I watched #GoogleIO today. Wall to wall AI. Other than announcing their fugly spectacles, which powered by AI so still really just AI. I'm not sure what I was expecting. I think even the crowd was bored with it all. I lost track of the built in "pause for applause" moments in their presentation that awkwardly didn't get any applause.

2026-05-19 17:54:47 CEST

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@nprofile…e074 I just think it's cool and validating that Microsoft SPECIFICALLY is making a Linux distro. I wouldn't use it, but how has this market shifted that the company that used to call Linux a cancer now has their own version?

2026-05-19 10:26:11 CEST

Ummm, what?
https://www.zdnet.com/article/microsoft-releases-its-first-server-linux-distribution-azure-linux-4-0/
#AzureLinux #Microsoft

2026-05-16 22:16:56 CEST

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@nprofile…ynd9 Don't they do full time remote work in the EU?

2026-05-15 20:09:27 CEST

Oooo, @nprofile…60xv has released a #Vivaldi 8 release candidate. It's getting exciting now! Not too much longer before the 8.0 release!

2026-05-14 01:01:08 CEST

My kids are going to be finishing school for the summer here in the next few weeks. Today I talked to each of them individually about their current grades heading into finals week. I played the Jaws shark theme in the background the whole time. I'm a bad person.

2026-05-08 20:06:51 CEST

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@nprofile…k7ew Looks up to me? I'm just looking at the front page though.

2026-05-08 00:40:17 CEST

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@nprofile…yxra I used to have that on 5.25" disks!
@nprofile…zrqa @nprofile…xlup

2026-05-07 22:23:13 CEST

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@nprofile…xlup Older. 👴

2026-05-07 20:48:37 CEST

I'm not sure how anybody thinks this is going to work. It seems to imply a massive misunderstanding of what VPNs are and how they work. I mean, I can stand up a Pi at my brother's house in Nevada and there's no way any service is going to be able to detect that. Even if I'm using VPN service like Proton, the sites I'm going to can't tell for certain where I'm coming from. Honestly, this is just a beat my head against my desk level of stupid.

2026-05-07 01:49:08 CEST

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@nprofile…sx6h Trust? I'm not sure I'd go so far as to say I trust them. I do use my phone for work stuff too, which requires I use a vanilla, Google provided version of Android. If I did something like Lineage, they'd issue me a second phone and then I'd have to carry around two Android phones. As far as running Betas are concerned, I have a Pixel phone, so you can be sure they've tested on this exact hardware. I expect these Betas are really for other hardware, so I just get new features early.

2026-05-07 01:35:22 CEST

Oh, interesting...
#Android
https://cdn.fosstodon.org/media_attachments/files/116/530/250/260/962/488/original/344cdbfb8877ddc4.jpg

2026-05-03 05:31:36 CEST

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@nprofile…k7ew Some back of the napkin says it's about $145 for 15 gallons, which is about $9.66 a gallon, which is massively expensive. Pretty much 2x more than it is where I live. My wife and I have been kicking around an EV, but if we were paying that much for gas we'd have one already. We're looking to put solar on our roof this summer, which is going to cost us a pretty penny. If we weren't doing that, we'd be buying an EV right now.

2026-04-26 09:51:41 CEST

I'm starting to hate April. I found out today one of my best friends from when I was a kid just lost his son. We've been friends for 40 years. There's nothing I can say or do to make anything he's going through better. This time last year my son lost one of his friends from school. I spent the majority of April dealing with a teen who was struggling with trauma no one his age should have to experience. I'll probably delete this post tomorrow after I've sobered up a little, but fuck this shit.

2026-04-23 18:17:31 CEST

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@nprofile…cej3 Unfortunately yes. The .art instance is remarkably quick on the trigger when it comes to instance blocks, and Fosstodon has been in their crosshairs multiple times over the years. They've blocked us, and unblocked and then reblocked again multiple times. It makes access to people on their site extremely unreliable. I wouldn't count on the ability to follow anybody on their instance any time soon.

2026-04-20 19:39:27 CEST

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@nprofile…l9z3 Forgive my ignorance, but is ring based aging a uniform thing or is there a standardized sampling location? For example, are my arms younger than my legs or are the rings just smaller on smaller appendages? Would I have the same number of rings in my fingers as I do on my thighs? If the number of rings varies, is there a standardized sampling location for the sake of uniformity?

2026-04-20 00:08:23 CEST

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@nprofile…nqt9 That was my impression too. I think Fosstodon is making the right decision here, but they're not exactly breaking new ground. I've been surprised by some of the reactions though.

2026-04-20 00:03:21 CEST

I saw this comment earlier today regarding Fosstodon's announcement of defederation from mastodon.cloud.
"I'll move, but I don't see much evidence that this is really necessary. I'm doubtful that many/any instances are going to follow you."
I don't want this to be a post about the person who made the comment, so I'm not linking.
I am curious, how many instances have taken action against mastodon.cloud? Limits or blocks? I know Fosstodon isn't the first, and probably won't be the last.

2026-04-19 07:21:27 CEST

"Premium" is quite the stretch. In all honesty, it's pretty bad. I really just bought it for the can anyway...
#QuittinTime
https://cdn.fosstodon.org/media_attachments/files/116/429/679/570/071/236/original/7eaebd7db1762efa.jpg

2026-04-19 02:07:32 CEST

Looks I have about 28 people who follow me that currently live on mastodon.cloud. The moderators and admins of Fosstodon have decided they're going to defederate from this instance because it's unmoderated. The admin(s) have been inactive for ~3 years and the software is out of date. Because it's got open registration and no moderation, it's being used by less scrupulous individuals for spam and other not to be mentioned material. If at all possible, please move to a maintained server. Please.

2026-04-18 02:14:24 CEST

I was doing a quick task to close out my day and mindlessly typed "ls -al" at some point. There in my work directory was a directory I'd created in 2017 just called "Sarah". The directory was empty, so rmdir. Now, I've got this song stuck my head.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=32ScTb6_KHg

2026-04-17 18:53:41 CEST

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@nprofile…sx6h This reminds me of the computer labs when I was back in college. They had Windows 95, and all you had to do to "sign in" was hit the Cancel button on the login prompt.

2026-04-17 18:44:22 CEST

I don't understand how this is supposed to work, even in theory. In my house, everybody has their own computer so I guess age verification could sorta work (again, in theory), but I also don't think my home is typical when it comes to computer ownership. I haven't confirmed this, but I would imagine that most homes only have one or two computers in them. Soooo, if that's true, what would stop my kids from using my verification? Individual profiles? That won't happen.
https://www.osnews.com/story/144803/nationwide-bill-to-put-age-verification-in-operating-systems-introduced-in-the-us/

2026-04-17 18:09:43 CEST

Finally Friday. I'm going to spend my day hiding in a hole somewhere and hoping no one remembers I exist until at least 5pm. Wish me luck!

2026-04-16 21:37:40 CEST

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@nprofile…6nce Yep, it's the only watch I could find that had 20 bar water resistance, would work well in temperatures up to 140 degrees F, and can absolutely take a punch. The temperature range is important here in Phoenix since it's pretty common to have days of 115 plus. 140 will cover all the bases I have. It'll survive monsoon season where one minute is dry and scorching and the next pouring down bucket after bucket of rain, and it won't bat an eye at the random dust storms we get.

2026-04-16 00:42:27 CEST

I've had a smartwatch now for years and years. I started with a Pebble, and I've gone through so many I've lost count. Pixel watches, FitBits, PineTime, even a Watchy. None of them met my needs for functionality, just the right amount of notifications, and above all, battery life. Recently, I bought a new watch and it fits my needs perfectly. I wish I'd have pulled the trigger on one earlier.
https://cdn.fosstodon.org/media_attachments/files/116/411/129/757/550/743/original/613fdf4a397fb2be.jpg

2026-04-14 17:44:24 CEST

Breakfast this morning:
1 egg mixed with Parmesan and Romano cheeses.
4 slices of Black Forest ham, deli style.
1 slice of American cheese.
Throw all of it between two barely toasted slices of bread and heat to melt the cheese. Add just a little black pepper to top it off and eat with 4 cups of coffee because mornings absolutely suck.

2026-04-09 21:38:05 CEST

This sounds enticing...
#Framework

2026-04-09 04:52:11 CEST

I've heard good things about Little Snitch, but never spent any effort to learn about it since it was Mac only. Now that they're breaking out of the RDF, I'll have to give it a shot.
https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/04/little-snitch-linux
#LittleSnitch #Linux

2026-04-09 00:03:57 CEST

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@nprofile…5ld3 I took the picture on my phone, and I used the Android Photos app to "blur" it. It did some AI weirdness on it, but the photo is real, promise.

2026-04-08 23:59:51 CEST

Saw this on the road recently. This being Phoenix, Waymo isn't an unusual sight, but I've never seen this kind before.
https://cdn.fosstodon.org/media_attachments/files/116/371/319/155/852/815/original/3b5cbc9dd02e7e9b.jpg

2026-04-07 19:18:13 CEST

Anybody who's seen more than one post by me probably knows I'm a #Vivaldi fanatic. Because of that, it was really refreshing to see this article by @nprofile…0xrw. It's pretty crazy to me just how many cool and interesting features @nprofile…60xv offers that even I don't use or even know about. Vivaldi can be used in so many unique ways. I won't lie, to get to some of the more useful stuff, there's a learning curve, but Vivaldi comes with sensible defaults to get you started too.
https://www.computerworld.com/article/4148888/8-advanced-ways-vivaldi-boosts-your-productivity.html

2026-04-06 18:46:50 CEST

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@nprofile…c3ey Oh yea, they're super fast to demand their money, but not the speediest when it comes to actually paying it out. That's assuming they accept that they even need to, which is a pretty big assumption in today's day and age.
@nprofile…k7ew

2026-04-03 22:05:50 CEST

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@nprofile…ynd9 I think I know who you're talking about, and I don't think the loss is a big one for you. Sorry you're having to put up with that kind of behavior.

2026-04-03 19:36:30 CEST

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@nprofile…mrzq True. DistroSea is the one that comes to mind for me, but it still gives a giant list of potential distros to try, which brings us back to the original point of the comic. Not saying those types of sites aren't handy, but I can't imagine my little brother or my parents going out to one and trying out 17 distros to find the one they like the best.

2026-04-03 19:30:45 CEST

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@nprofile…mrzq I feel like there's opportunity here for a native tool to help people new to Linux make these kinds of choices. Something that would run native on Windows or macOS that would scan hardware to check for compatibility prior to trying an installation, and a quiz of some sort to determine the best options for the individual. It would be handy if it created installation media for the user based on those decisions and walked them through upcoming steps. I know there's some web tools, but...

2026-04-03 09:17:41 CEST

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@nprofile…20t5 Done finally. Just over 14 hours.

2026-04-03 07:05:30 CEST

I've been on the phone for 12 hours, 25 minutes, and 33 seconds as of typing this. These kinds of days suck.

2026-04-02 00:56:13 CEST

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@nprofile…jer7 Sure, I can DM you one..

2026-04-02 00:33:58 CEST

Watching the Artemis II launch.
#Artemis2

2026-03-30 23:50:52 CEST

Wowza, work today is crazy. It feels like everything needs something.

2026-03-27 21:26:57 CET

I fired up a docker container with #n8n in it, and wowza. This thing makes #IFTTT look basic. I'm looking forward to spending some real time with it.

2026-03-26 21:42:03 CET

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@nprofile…sfpk @nprofile…k7ew My wife had the progressives and she just hated them. She just swaps between her normal glasses and readers these days.

2026-03-26 20:50:24 CET

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@nprofile…k7ew You and I are on opposite tracks. I'm near sighted, so I need my glasses for seeing far away. When I was younger, I just left them on all the time as it was no big deal to read with them. As I've gotten older though, I can't read with my glasses on anymore. My eyes can't adjust to the focus, so I've been taking them off more and more. I've turned into a stereotype of the old man wandering around wondering where he put his glasses down.

2026-03-26 19:09:50 CET

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@nprofile…k7ew I pulled the trigger on upgrading to Zorin 18 yesterday on my X1 Carbon, and I didn't notice any degradation of performance from 16.3. I've only had it since yesterday, but it's been rock solid. The battery is still garbage, but it was garbage before so that's no difference. It can stutter a bit doing a "smooth" wallpaper transition (switching from light mode to dark mode for example), but considering it's a 13 year old laptop, pretty damn good.

2026-03-26 18:19:32 CET

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@nprofile…k7ew I liked the focus on security with them. I don't use thick clients for email other than the apps on my phone, so the IMAP thing has never been an issue for me. I've got multiple domains, and I have a catch-all so I can filter on recipient. I use that a lot more than I thought I would. Plus, I was already using their VPN services, so it wasn't cost prohibitive.

2026-03-26 05:33:59 CET

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@nprofile…k7ew I considered it, but went with ProtonMail instead.

2026-03-26 00:32:10 CET

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@nprofile…sx6h Well, I'd absolutely recommend giving it a shot. I've tried Firefox and some forks, but I definitely prefer Vivaldi to them all. I don't think the mobile version of Vivaldi is as good as the desktop version, but that's a pretty high bar.
@nprofile…60xv

2026-03-26 00:21:42 CET

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@nprofile…sx6h Well, it's my go-to as far as mobile browsers are concerned, but it's more limited than it is on the desktop. I've been toying with the "Desktop" mode for Android (the OS), and Vivaldi works fantastically there. It's a great mobile browser, but still a mobile browser.
@nprofile…60xv

2026-03-26 00:17:50 CET

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@nprofile…sx6h @nprofile…60xv Since it was first released.

2026-03-25 21:54:56 CET

I love the latest version of @nprofile…60xv. The Auto-hide UI is great to be able to move stuff out of my way. I love the Follower tab, especially for use with Mastodon where I can scroll down my timeline and click links without worrying about losing my place. The only aggravation I currently have is also with Mastodon ironically. I use the Advanced UI, and have 13 columns. Because of that, I have to horizontal scroll. If I hide my UI, the Status bar pops up and blocks that scroll bar.
#Vivaldi

2026-03-25 21:49:38 CET

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@nprofile…k7ew Yea, mine is on Zorin 16 still. It runs, but I've been hesitant to upgrade it even to newer versions of Zorin. Never know, it might run fine. I'm almost talking myself into it right now anyway. I've been using that laptop less and less lately because of the battery and some of the packages are no longer supported on it because the distro is so old. I could definitely see myself using a Framework for the next decade or more though.

2026-03-25 21:38:16 CET

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@nprofile…k7ew I've been thinking about a Framework 13 to replace my Gen 1 Lenovo X1 Carbon. It still hums like a champ, but some things are getting a bit pokey for me, and the battery is trash. It's good to see you're still loving yours.

2026-03-23 01:31:07 CET

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@nprofile…5ld3 @nprofile…f83y One of the Fosstodon admins hooked me up with some new stickers and a couple buttons. That was what was in the envelope.

2026-03-22 00:14:04 CET

There was a package waiting for me when I got home today!
https://cdn.fosstodon.org/media_attachments/files/116/269/695/481/083/526/original/f3d393636bfb997c.jpg

2026-03-21 00:02:02 CET

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@nprofile…q5tc Amen to that!