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So, I want @npub1fdr…lvhs new book I don't want a ...

2026-05-14T15:27:23Z

So, I want Cory Doctorow (npub1fdr…lvhs) new book
I don't want a kickstarter account ;-(

I think *every* capable author should accept money directly as a valid option.

--

EDIT: as we say in Poland: I'm giving back respect!

https://shop.craphound.com/ - Cory's ebook shop

tbf, Firefox will do something like this soon.

2026-05-06T13:28:55Z

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tbf, Firefox will do something like this soon.

Isn't that device dependent? I hate splits on computer, but I ...

2026-04-27T07:26:31Z

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Isn't that device dependent? I hate splits on computer, but I preferred them on smartphone when I still used one.

> ok cool! I found a new website and author writes about cool ...

2026-04-01T06:35:51Z

> ok cool! I found a new website and author writes about cool stuff. I should RSS it
> oh no, it uses genai images
> close tab

it is not as it's working and they take money. Joke would be ...

2026-03-30T12:40:26Z

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it is not as it's working and they take money. Joke would be funny gif after "upload manifest".

It's not that. It's much more sinister. They want to pay ...

2026-03-12T10:56:15Z

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It's not that. It's much more sinister. They want to pay you in tokens AND expect you to use them for the work they pay you for. Therefore, part of your payment is required for you to work.

Just image if we lived in a world where VCs race to fund cancer ...

2026-03-04T19:49:45Z

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Just image if we lived in a world where VCs race to fund cancer treatment, not bullshit?

mastodon is the only hosted service I use which reliably works. ...

2026-03-04T11:10:31Z

mastodon is the only hosted service I use which reliably works. Jira, Microslop GIthub, Slack? Daily problems.

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2026-02-24T09:32:06Z

So, I'm thinking of of unifying some thing so some site, so

I always look confused (and scared) when people talk about some ...

2026-02-23T09:27:47Z

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I always look confused (and scared) when people talk about some random laws/arguments and I have to google it ;-(

Claude, you are my only hope /s

Wait, I consider it to be sarcastic post?

2026-02-23T09:25:17Z

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Wait, I consider it to be sarcastic post?

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2026-02-23T07:29:05Z

TBH 6 of them is fucking around and drinking coffee ;p

2026-01-24T21:08:04Z

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TBH 6 of them is fucking around and drinking coffee ;p

an easy os for grandma.

2026-01-24T14:30:26Z

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an easy os for grandma.

Who is fucking up their brand more? #firefox #mozilla #microslop ...

2026-01-20T07:41:48Z

Who is fucking up their brand more?

#firefox #mozilla #microslop #miscrosoft

why not a modern codec? Vobis is great

2026-01-17T18:23:11Z

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why not a modern codec? Vobis is great

Why are you using s3 instead of something like nfs/smb?

2026-01-16T16:26:41Z

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Why are you using s3 instead of something like nfs/smb?

they are no longer in the software business. They sell slop.

2026-01-05T20:13:57Z

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they are no longer in the software business. They sell slop.

I think I need to start writing some terrible, yet spicy robot ...

2026-01-05T17:25:21Z

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I think I need to start writing some terrible, yet spicy robot erotica...

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2026-01-05T17:21:48Z

wasn’t NY a crime hell till the 90s?

2025-12-26T17:49:17Z

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wasn’t NY a crime hell till the 90s?

if there is no one to call them nazis, are they really nazis?

2025-12-26T11:05:24Z

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if there is no one to call them nazis, are they really nazis?

hello from 15.0! nvidia game me a scare, as it needed extra pkg ...

2025-12-11T21:59:11Z

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hello from 15.0!

nvidia game me a scare, as it needed extra pkg upgrade *and* reboot. But it seems to be working ;)

upgrading to freebsd 15.0. See you later or in few days ;-)

2025-12-11T20:32:09Z

upgrading to freebsd 15.0.

See you later or in few days ;-)

All of them are CEOs, right?

2025-12-11T16:11:27Z

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All of them are CEOs, right?

I really enjoy the aesthetic. Which wm is that?

2025-12-01T19:52:51Z

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I really enjoy the aesthetic. Which wm is that?

it matches the computer body colour :?

2025-12-01T19:39:02Z

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it matches the computer body colour :?

btw, Linus Torvalds earns 10 mil USD/year from Linux Foundation ...

2025-12-01T08:46:58Z

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btw, Linus Torvalds earns 10 mil USD/year from Linux Foundation (which is, in huge part, owned by Microsoft).

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mfv0V1SxbNA "Building the ...

2025-12-01T08:19:14Z

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mfv0V1SxbNA

"Building the PERFECT Linux PC with Linus Torvalds"

So, I need to have a blog-roll. This is a very short start:-) ...

2025-11-28T21:56:58Z

So, I need to have a blog-roll. This is a very short start:-)

I'll expand the list over coming weeks as writing "about" requires something more than pasting links. I've added folks who recently popped on my feed.

https://michal.sapka.pl/cyberpals/index.html

Maybe it's "all inclusive" as in any material?

2025-11-28T17:38:13Z

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Maybe it's "all inclusive" as in any material?

Would you use your main computer as a web server? It is dedicated ...

2025-11-27T19:25:45Z

Would you use your main computer as a web server? It is dedicated machine the only way to go?

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2025-11-26T09:52:50Z

Do you know of any #ttrpg for a 6-8 year old?

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2025-11-11T17:16:09Z

https://michal.sapka.pl/2025/city-of-illusions-ursula-le-guin-1967/index.html

#books #scifi #leguin #ursula_k_le_guin

ooh. It’s one of those sellers which don’t list prices on ...

2025-11-05T22:36:27Z

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ooh. It’s one of those sellers which don’t list prices on website.

Looks very cool

bonus question: what is that enclosure?

2025-11-05T22:30:57Z

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bonus question: what is that enclosure?

AWS and Google are also kinda down? Wasn't it cloudfhare ...

2025-10-29T17:16:12Z

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AWS and Google are also kinda down? Wasn't it cloudfhare earlier today?

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2025-10-21T10:18:36Z

https://www.theregister.com/2025/10/20/aws_outage_amazon_brain_drain_corey_quinn/

Happy "AWS outage day" to those who celebrate (it's ...

2025-10-20T14:16:31Z

Happy "AWS outage day" to those who celebrate (it's still on)

This, Jen, is the US-EAST-1 ...

2025-10-20T08:44:07Z

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This, Jen, is the US-EAST-1

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2025-10-19T12:18:06Z

Your daily reminder to pick up a #book and read it.

we now call "vps" a "legacy product"?

2025-10-17T09:09:53Z

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we now call "vps" a "legacy product"?

Was there ever a good TV series based on a movie outside of Fargo ...

2025-10-07T08:04:01Z

Was there ever a good TV series based on a movie outside of Fargo and SG-1?

Jarret? no, Pink.

2025-10-06T14:47:13Z

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Jarret? no, Pink.

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2025-10-06T14:41:54Z

I need to listen to Floyd more.

What do you use to automate #email management that is not ...

2025-09-09T10:18:17Z

What do you use to automate #email management that is not notmuch?

a mouse? Like a caveman? Wired trackball of course.

2025-09-04T21:40:10Z

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a mouse? Like a caveman?

Wired trackball of course.

There’s only one way for read discworld and it starts with ...

2025-08-13T10:14:42Z

There’s only one way for read discworld and it starts with colour of magic. You know I’m
right.

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2025-08-12T09:24:29Z

How many screen monitors does your #desktop setup has?

Since I've got international audience: what is the ONE book ...

2025-07-30T17:20:57Z

Since I've got international audience:

what is the ONE book from your contry you would like everyone to read:

I'll start:
POLAND - The Promised Land (Władysław Reymont, 1899)

If we listened to this guy, we would notice that he is always ...

2025-07-21T10:39:31Z

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If we listened to this guy, we would notice that he is always wrong. He predicts more and more jobs to become genai within very short timeframes and none of this is happening yet.

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2025-07-08T21:34:14Z

Which #x11 #windowmanager is your favorite, as of 2025?

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2025-06-19T19:34:00Z

https://michal.sapka.pl/2025/ethics-primer-1982-by-karol-wojtyla/

Ethics Primer (1982) by Karol Wojtyła

#blog #christianity #ethics

btw, since Let's Encrypt is going to become shit, what wil ...

2025-06-18T08:49:42Z

btw, since Let's Encrypt is going to become shit, what wil you use now? My XMPP needs a certifiate, so I'll move my site's cert provider as well.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f5Br01oneyw This OS should be WAY ...

2025-06-12T21:09:37Z

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f5Br01oneyw

This OS should be WAY more popular! I finally look at Haiku on the HP Stream 11 and old hardware

(and a cat)

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2025-06-11T07:48:50Z

https://blogs.gnome.org/adrianvovk/2025/06/10/gnome-systemd-dependencies/

I'm so glad I gave up Gnome very early (I consider it a worse MacOS, and MacOS is a worse MacOS X).

(stil trying to find yet another fun project to start and ...

2025-05-26T17:25:14Z

(stil trying to find yet another fun project to start and abandon)

#smallweb, which analytics do you use if any?

#blog #indieweb

Yes, but I'm sure no one will disclose that GenAI code was ...

2025-05-26T10:20:45Z

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Yes, but I'm sure no one will disclose that GenAI code was the root cause. I'm betting on "human error"

the question remains: how worse can the quality be before ...

2025-05-26T09:56:07Z

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the question remains: how worse can the quality be before customers start asking wtf? Teams show, that there is still a significant buffer to be eaten genai.

lack of space... and they're still the new kids on the block

2025-05-12T20:31:50Z

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lack of space... and they're still the new kids on the block

this will be a taught one! Which company had the worst impact on ...

2025-05-12T19:28:10Z

this will be a taught one! Which company had the worst impact on the World of Computers

Come one. Lobsters is a few steps above orange site. Hacker News ...

2025-05-09T08:16:32Z

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Come one.

Lobsters is a few steps above orange site.

Hacker News is now the GenAI Site.

The Secret World of Arrietty (2010) ...

2025-05-09T07:16:16Z

The Secret World of Arrietty (2010)

https://michal.sapka.pl/2025/the-secret-world-of-arrietty-2010/

#anime #ghibli #movie #smallweb #borrowers

The genai popularity makes a lot sense when you start seeing that ...

2025-05-04T09:12:14Z

The genai popularity makes a lot sense when you start seeing that it’s built by VCs for other VCs since VCs will only invest in genai and companies work for investments and not revenue.

And it’s fucking scary and sad.

TIL: Gentoo is a type of pinguin ...

2025-05-03T18:17:39Z

TIL: Gentoo is a type of pinguin
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gentoo_penguin

Is the term "buzz coding" already coined? If not, I'd ...

2025-04-29T14:01:25Z

Is the term "buzz coding" already coined? If not, I'd like to coin it.

Basically vibe coding, but instead of using a llm you're drinking. The result is the same - new code that no one understands. But more fun!

"allowed" was a joke. I've seen it in a few places ...

2025-04-25T08:47:08Z

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"allowed" was a joke. I've seen it in a few places (like brew) and somehow some go with it.

Can someone tell my is this allowed? The official install ...

2025-04-25T08:40:51Z

Can someone tell my is this allowed?

The official install instructions of clichouse are "curl https://clickhouse.com/ | sh"

it serves a script or html based on use-agent. The script is 101 lines long to... download the install.

I get why the suits are all into genai. I have no idea how anyone ...

2025-04-18T16:47:46Z

I get why the suits are all into genai.

I have no idea how anyone else can be.

#writers #artisists #music #creator #gamedev of mastodon Do you ...

2025-04-08T06:35:41Z

#writers #artisists #music #creator #gamedev of mastodon

Do you sell directly on your websites? If not, why? Is it still to hard, or not worth the hastle?

(boost please)

Is it possoble to set #codeberg repo to "public but only for ...

2025-03-26T07:32:26Z

Is it possoble to set #codeberg repo to "public but only for registered users"?

infuse rocks and supports jellyfin

2025-03-21T23:43:32Z

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infuse rocks and supports jellyfin

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2025-03-14T21:40:48Z

Which static site render has the best image handling?

Hugo is no longer a nice blogging software. They want to be a ...

2025-03-02T12:19:11Z

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Hugo is no longer a nice blogging software. They want to be a general system where the dev is paid to keep it up to date. A Wordpress if you may.

I haven’t finished abandoning it yet, but I don’t think I’d start a new site with it. But some sites (like rubenerd) are locked in due to size.

Zelensky not punching Trump positions him as the greatest ...

2025-02-28T19:13:10Z

Zelensky not punching Trump positions him as the greatest politican of our lives.

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2025-02-19T11:05:12Z

I really, really don't want to learn Mandarin ;-(

A reminder that my keyboard is amazing. ...

2025-02-17T09:05:26Z

A reminder that my keyboard is amazing.

#fountainpen folks who publish on the web: how long are you ...

2025-02-15T16:09:51Z

#fountainpen folks who publish on the web: how long are you working on a text before digitalization it? First draft, edits?

I may make fun of ai but in reality I am scared shitless. Not of ...

2025-02-10T17:22:55Z

I may make fun of ai but in reality I am scared shitless. Not of the tech, but of people in power who this tech enables.

it’s more complex. It’s not that programmers can not do it. ...

2025-02-09T18:37:19Z

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it’s more complex. It’s not that programmers can not do it. It’s that most companies won’t pay for it, as „shitty web app” is easier to sell.

I think #fediverse needs one last element. I’ll fix it. How ...

2025-02-02T17:50:12Z

I think #fediverse needs one last element. I’ll fix it.

How likely are you to recommend fediverse to a friend?

Hey, are people here writing #scifi #shortstories "about" ...

2025-02-02T17:09:16Z

Hey, are people here writing #scifi #shortstories "about" current events? I'd love to read them.

What is the paradox name when the more I know about networking, ...

2025-01-30T11:43:15Z

What is the paradox name when the more I know about networking, the less I understand how it works because more and more questions arise?

Doesn't it mean that the big players may already have enough ...

2025-01-27T15:40:15Z

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Doesn't it mean that the big players may already have enough gpus? If so, it's not that they need to buy less but just to maintain current fleet.

Using #snac makes making bots a breeze. It’s a great tool! I ...

2025-01-26T21:48:57Z

Using #snac makes making bots a breeze. It’s a great tool!

I hate that it uses emoji for ui (what is a lock? What is a hand shake?), but outside of that it makes me appreciate fediverse more.

I saw the doc somewhere, but #snac tag would be the best place to ...

2025-01-22T10:39:37Z

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I saw the doc somewhere, but #snac tag would be the best place to ask ;)

"10.0.1.1 - - [22/Jan/2025:11:16:42 +0100] "GET ...

2025-01-22T10:17:28Z

"10.0.1.1 - - [22/Jan/2025:11:16:42 +0100] "GET /bookmarks HTTP/1.1" 200 24837 "https://snac.crys.site/"; "Dillo/3.2.0""

Snac - fully usable
Mastodon - not usable at all

We need a revolution...

not so much in Poland. Most often 1cd>= 1 month of streaming. ...

2025-01-19T12:19:51Z

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not so much in Poland. Most often 1cd>= 1 month of streaming. Are from us/uk?

Which is your favorite vintage computing software experience? The ...

2025-01-18T09:02:05Z

Which is your favorite vintage computing software experience? The one you used and had the most joy? I’m asking about dos, amiga os, mac system 6, motif, Norton commander and so on. Not about OS, as dos could run Norton commander, windows 3, and a few more.

Boost plox?

#RetroComputing

the photos need to be square. Huge difference.

2025-01-13T21:48:09Z

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the photos need to be square. Huge difference.

Maybe they will at least seed...

2025-01-10T11:00:48Z

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Maybe they will at least seed...

New record! 4 ad breaks in the first 3:20 of a blog on #youtube. ...

2024-12-28T09:46:38Z

New record!

4 ad breaks in the first 3:20 of a blog on #youtube. Tv was never as bad. You could fi something in the break as it was long but it was also dozens of minutes in between. Here? An ad per minute? Fuck it.

ok, I give up. I know that there is a shell command which returns ...

2024-12-26T22:53:14Z

ok, I give up. I know that there is a shell command which returns parent of provided path (skips last part of path) but for the love of unix, I can't find it. Hilfe!

It should not display it as big as it foes. It should shrink, but ...

2024-12-26T20:27:29Z

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It should not display it as big as it foes. It should shrink, but not enlarge.

(mastodon doesn't know that images can have same sizes) ...

2024-12-26T20:11:15Z

(mastodon doesn't know that images can have same sizes)

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2024-12-23T22:49:28Z

Splash pages?

A blog post " LLMs are everything that it wrong in the world ...

2024-12-23T20:55:28Z

A blog post

" LLMs are everything that it wrong in the world of computing"

https://crys.site/blog/2024/llms-scare-me/

What do people use fast term emulators (gpu accelerated) for? In ...

2024-12-22T21:32:37Z

What do people use fast term emulators (gpu accelerated) for? In what workflow is it noticeable?

#unix #linux

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2024-12-19T18:18:12Z

How do you call IT?

Guess the next redesign of my site (not now!) will be entitled ...

2024-12-18T23:54:09Z

Guess the next redesign of my site (not now!) will be entitled "full dillo compatibility"