Nick

@nick@shore.me.uk

MD at LinITX a Wireless & networking distributor
& Consultancy, also ViralVPS, Server and networking refurbished kit.

Mikrotik, DNS, Routing, IPv6
Live Sound Engineer. Cornet Player

Based in Debenham, Suffolk UK

125 following, 211 followers

[?]RevK :verified_r: »
@revk@toot.me.uk

Pondering this one - yes, I stress, I am not a graphic designer. Is this going to upset someone?

P.S. Great feedback, thanks.

A dual-language poster featuring a young dog with a short, shiny coat. The text includes playful dog sounds such as "Woof!" and "Bark!" along with a message welcoming well-behaved dogs and their owners, promoting a pet-friendly place.

Alt...A dual-language poster featuring a young dog with a short, shiny coat. The text includes playful dog sounds such as "Woof!" and "Bark!" along with a message welcoming well-behaved dogs and their owners, promoting a pet-friendly place.

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[?]Nick »
@nick@shore.me.uk

@revk@toot.me.uk seems fine to me

    [?]Martin A. Brooks :verified: »
    @mart_brooks@mastod.no

    @revk You mistranslated "Keep your yappy, smelly, unwashed shitmachines out of my pub".

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      [?]RevK :verified_r: »
      @revk@toot.me.uk

      @mart_brooks Well, if it was my pub to run, I would, but I have tried with the "well behaved" aspect... I'd also go for no smoking in garden or out front. But there are compromises to running these things.

      Oh, and one "yappy", i.e the dog, not the owner, got banned at one point I think.

        [?]Tom »
        @tripplehelix@polymaths.social

        @revk The white text needs a border for visibility. I'd also cut the dog much closer.

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        [?]RevK :verified_r: »
        @revk@toot.me.uk

        @tripplehelix Both things I have been considering, but nice to hear from someone else.

          [?]8tpercent »
          @8tpercent@fosstodon.org

          @revk couple of examples...

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            [?]Daniel Barlow »
            @dan@brvt.telent.net

            @revk maybe add "wff, wff" for Welsh-speaking dogs

            (DIsclaimer: I don't speak Welsh, that's how the internet says it's written)

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              [?]RevK :verified_r: »
              @revk@toot.me.uk

              @dan That is such a good idea, I have reprinted.

                [?]ahnlak »
                @ahnlak@kavlak.uk

                @revk I mean... given that the logo names the town 'Y Fenni', I can't help feeling that a multi-lingual poster should *probably* include some Cymraeg.

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                  [?]RevK :verified_r: »
                  @revk@toot.me.uk

                  @ahnlak wff-wff!

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                    [?]ahnlak »
                    @ahnlak@kavlak.uk

                    @revk true, but I think the fact it says "English" in big letters stands out in a nominally bi-lingual town.

                    That might just be me, of course. I don't own a dog *or* speak Welsh so I'm rather outside of the demographic 🤣

                      [?]RevK :verified_r: »
                      @revk@toot.me.uk

                      Take 2 - still issue with white text.

                      A cute brown puppy sits against a plain background. The top of the image features the logo for "The Vaults Restaurant & Bar." The playful text includes various dog barks such as "Woof!" and "Bark!" along with a message…

                      Alt...A cute brown puppy sits against a plain background. The top of the image features the logo for "The Vaults Restaurant & Bar." The playful text includes various dog barks such as "Woof!" and "Bark!" along with a message…

                      [?]Rachel Lawson »
                      @rachel@norfolk.social

                      @revk only from a contrast ratio accessibility point of view. Add a dark shadow to the white text and you’ll be good.
                      Cute dog.

                        [?]Steven Reed »
                        @srtcd424@mas.to

                        @revk I would write "well-behaved" with a hyphen, but I may be being horribly old-fashioned there :)

                          [?]Alan Clifford 🏌️‍♂️🦈 📷 »
                          @pitchingniblick@mastodonapp.uk

                          @revk
                          Please don't do that again. Suddenly there was no oxford comma and I thought I had been hallucinating.

                            [?]Alistair Buxton »
                            @ali1234@mastodon.social

                            @revk

                            You really love that circle gradient huh?

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                              [?]Terence Eden »
                              @Edent@mastodon.social

                              🆕 blog! “5,025 Km, 21 Journeys, and 10 Countries in 30 Days - An Interrailing Adventure”

                              Interrail were having a sale on their month-long first class tickets. So Liz and I decided to do a "Grand Tour" - running around and seeing a dozen European cities.

                              There are lots of companies which will sell you a…

                              👀 Read more: shkspr.mobi/blog/2025/06/5025-

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                                [?]Tim Richards »
                                @timrichards@aus.social

                                @Edent Great itinerary! I'm on a Eurail trip myself at the moment, from London to Istanbul. I used the lounge at Budapest Keleti too!

                                  [?]Steve »
                                  @steevc@mastodon.org.uk

                                  @Edent We did a train trip to Switzerland and Austria last year. A few issues with the trains, but we coped. When trains get cancelled you lose your reserved seat.

                                  Daughter did a big interrail across Europe last year staying in hostels. It's a nice way to travel generally. You see more than if you fly.

                                  We may well do more train trips around Europe.

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                                    [?]Nick »
                                    @nick@shore.me.uk

                                    @grunfink@comam.es Thanks for your work on snac!

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                                      [?]The Real Grunfink »
                                      @grunfink@comam.es

                                      You're welcome, enjoy your !

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                                        [?]Nick »
                                        @nick@shore.me.uk

                                        @grunfink@comam.es I'm just getting my dev environment up and then I'll look at forking and contributing

                                          [?]The Real Grunfink »
                                          @grunfink@comam.es

                                          I'm glad to announce the release of version 2.78 of , the simple, minimalistic instance server written in C. It includes the following changes:

                                          Hashtag following also allow URLs to RSS feeds of ActivityPub objects (like e.g. https://mastodon.social/tags/ThankYouTuesday).

                                          Users can now configure a webhook to receive an HTTP POST for every notification. This can be useful for implementing bots that react to activities, like autorepliers, chatbots or interactive textual games (see snac(1) for more information).

                                          The number of pending follow confirmations is shown next to the "people" link.

                                          Faster performance metrics (contributed by dandelions).

                                          Improved lowercasing in hashtags (contributed by postscriptum).

                                          A search-by-url tweak for implementations that return 200 for invalid webfinger queries (e.g. piefed).

                                          Mastodon API: added follow confirmation endpoints, fixed collisions in attachment file names.

                                          Fixed potential crashes in attachment uploads.

                                          https://comam.es/what-is-snac

                                          If you find useful, please consider buying grunfink a coffee or contributing via LiberaPay.


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                                            [?]gyptazy »
                                            @gyptazy@mastodon.gyptazy.com

                                            @grunfink thanks for all your great work and I can’t say how much I regret that I was simply too impatient and switched to Mastodon. Moving back on the same domain requires me to do a bit more like:

                                            - creating snac on a new domain
                                            - moving/migrating my account to the new domain
                                            - creating snac on my old domain
                                            - moving/migrating my account to the old domain again

                                            I’m still too lazy but this must be done! I need to get rid of this slow, fatty Elephant/Mastodon.

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                                              [?]The Real Grunfink »
                                              @grunfink@comam.es

                                              You're welcome!

                                              I agree that the process is cumbersome, but I'm afraid there is no other way.

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                                                [?]Nick »
                                                @nick@shore.me.uk

                                                @gyptazy@gyptazy.com @grunfink@comam.es you could migrate to a hosted mastodon like mastodon.online instead, then move to your own snac afterwards

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                                                  [?]gyptazy »
                                                  @gyptazy@mastodon.gyptazy.com

                                                  Thanks, technically possible but I highly avoid non self-hosted platforms

                                                  @nick @grunfink

                                                    [?]trondd »
                                                    @trondd@kagu-tsuchi.com

                                                    @grunfink@comam.es Hmmm...Now I have a (1) next to the People link and I don't see what it's refering to. :D

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                                                      [?]The Real Grunfink »
                                                      @grunfink@comam.es

                                                      Unless this is some kind of new bug, you must have a follow request, pending confirmation.

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                                                        [?]normis 👹 »
                                                        @normis@s.dodies.lv

                                                        I have the same issue, Web UI shows "14", but there are no pending followers when I click it. It does show entries in the pending folder of the system, should I delete those?

                                                        I'm on latest GIT version from today, running in FreeBSD

                                                        CC: @trondd@kagu-tsuchi.com

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                                                          [?]The Real Grunfink »
                                                          @grunfink@comam.es

                                                          This is strange. What happens if you enable the follow confirmation toggle?

                                                          CC: @trondd@kagu-tsuchi.com

                                                            [?]ティージェーグレェ »
                                                            @teajaygrey@snac.bsd.cafe

                                                            I submitted a Pull Request to update MacPorts' snac to 2.78 here:

                                                            https://github.com/macports/macports-ports/pull/28613

                                                            I'm not sure why, but it seems as if the GitHub Continuous Integration checks are just... hanging? They were queued for a really long time and I stopped looking and when I checked again it was like "running" or whatever for 9 hours, but clearly probably nothing is actually happening.

                                                            Builds locally OK!

                                                            It's been a couple of days since I submitted that PR, and my apologies for lagging upstream as well. My life has been kinda, off.

                                                            I'll probably get around to emailing the MacPorts' dev mailing list if it still seems to be stalled and no one else beats me to it. Presumably, eventually, it will get merged!

                                                            Thanks again to you and others (e.g. dandelions, postscriptum, piefed) for the continued improvements!



                                                              [?]D. Olifant »
                                                              @oli@olifant.social

                                                              I like how we took something computers were masters at doing, and somehow fucked it up.

                                                              ChatGPT 40 › 9.11 and 9.9 - which is bigger 9.11 is bigger than 9.9. subtract them To subtract 9.9 from 9.11, you perform the following calculation: 9.11 - 9.9 = 0.21 use python The result of subtracting 9.9 from 9.11 in Python is -0.79. This discrepancy is due to the way floating-point arithmetic is handled in Python, which can lead to small precision errors. The actual intended result should be 0.21. (›-)

                                                              Alt...ChatGPT 40 › 9.11 and 9.9 - which is bigger 9.11 is bigger than 9.9. subtract them To subtract 9.9 from 9.11, you perform the following calculation: 9.11 - 9.9 = 0.21 use python The result of subtracting 9.9 from 9.11 in Python is -0.79. This discrepancy is due to the way floating-point arithmetic is handled in Python, which can lead to small precision errors. The actual intended result should be 0.21. (›-)

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                                                              [?]D. Olifant »
                                                              @oli@olifant.social

                                                              The defenses to this like, "Yo, it's natural language it's not a calculator."

                                                              It's running on a computer. It's not like it can't hand off a calculation. And if it can't, why isn't that built in? Or else, why isn't it going, "Sorry, that's a math problem and I can't do math. I am, alas, only a poor computer who can't do math."

                                                              You literally don't have to invent or hallucinate math at all. It doesn't have to engage higher pattern-matching functions other than to deduce, "Oh shit, you're asking a math question, let's do 10.12 < 10.6 and see if that's true or false."

                                                              This is the answer machine that is supposed to replace us and take our jobs, so we can absolutely criticize it when it confidently declares utterly and confidently wrong answers to stuff its "unintelligent" predecessors did in calculator form just fine.

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                                                              [?]Nick »
                                                              @nick@shore.me.uk

                                                              @oli@olifant.social yeah but the AI bros will tell us that it has to learn how to do that by itself, lol

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                                                                [?]NLnet Labs »
                                                                @nlnetlabs@fosstodon.org

                                                                We're proud to launch "dnst", our toolbox for network operators. Twenty years ago, we introduced the "ldns" C-library, along with a collection of example utilities for generating keys, signing a zone, and more. With the "domain" crate acting as the natural successor to the "ldns" library, with "dnst" we are offering a modern, well-maintained drop-in replacement for the most widely used "ldns" utilities. blog.nlnetlabs.nl/introducing-

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                                                                  [?]RevK :verified_r: »
                                                                  @revk@toot.me.uk

                                                                  Yeh, I would like to shift some of these tindie.com/products/revk/faiki

                                                                  There are really cool - environmental monitor with HA integration. Display optional. I have a bag full of them here.

                                                                  I literally have 11 in use around my house, they are super useful - some control radiators or fans, some control aircon, some just monitor temp, pressure, humidity, CO₂.

                                                                  Plug plug plug (A&A customers email pcb at aa.net.uk and we can do cheaper on your A&A account).

                                                                  P.S. Thank you.

                                                                  A digital display device showing temperature (25.4°C and 22°C), air quality (568 PPM), humidity (28%), and time (13:45:38). The device is housed in a blue 3D-printed case.

                                                                  Alt...A digital display device showing temperature (25.4°C and 22°C), air quality (568 PPM), humidity (28%), and time (13:45:38). The device is housed in a blue 3D-printed case.

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                                                                  [?]⊥ᵒᵚ⁄Cᵸᵎᶺᵋᶫ∸ᵒᵘ ☑️ »
                                                                  @falken@qoto.org

                                                                  @revk damn, just spent NS&I winnings on Whisky

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                                                                    [?]RevK :verified_r: »
                                                                    @revk@toot.me.uk

                                                                    @falken A good cause... 🙂

                                                                      [?]Jochen Lillich »
                                                                      @geewiz@mstdn.social

                                                                      @revk Does it come with a case? It's shown in the images but not mentioned in the text.

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                                                                        [?]RevK :verified_r: »
                                                                        @revk@toot.me.uk

                                                                        @geewiz There are some STL files, to print yourself, so not quite, sorry.

                                                                          [?]RevK :verified_r: »
                                                                          @revk@toot.me.uk

                                                                          This is six fridges and two freezers, or will be when installed. One fridge is in place and so cannot be seen from here.

                                                                          A digital temperature display device showing multiple temperature readings in degrees Celsius, mounted in a gold-colored case. A blue cable is connected to the device, resting on a green surface.

                                                                          Alt...A digital temperature display device showing multiple temperature readings in degrees Celsius, mounted in a gold-colored case. A blue cable is connected to the device, resting on a green surface.

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                                                                          [?]Oliver⚡ »
                                                                          @oliver@microhive.social

                                                                          I've just updated my instance to version 2.78 👍 🎉
                                                                          You don't know Snac? But you should: https://codeberg.org/grunfink/snac2
                                                                          A simple, minimalistic instance server written in C, no database needed, totally JavaScript-free, no cookies either, not much bullshit.
                                                                          The lives from the fact that there are as many small instances as possible. Mine is one of them.

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                                                                            [?]Nick »
                                                                            @nick@shore.me.uk

                                                                            Just setup a personal fediverse instance, will this work ? Please reply if you see this !

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                                                                            [?]Edvin Malinovskis »
                                                                            @nCrazed@fd00.space

                                                                            @nick must've been the wind

                                                                              [?]Jonathan »
                                                                              @jonathan859@someplace.social

                                                                              @nick Yup, works. Gratulations.

                                                                                [?]Russell Phillips »
                                                                                @rpbook@gts.phillipsuk.org

                                                                                @nick I've seen it, probably because @neil boosted it.

                                                                                  [?]sotolf »
                                                                                  @sotolf@polymaths.social

                                                                                  @nick I see this :)

                                                                                  [?]Dušan Mitrović »
                                                                                  @dusnm@polymaths.social

                                                                                  @nick if you see this 😉

                                                                                  [?]Ben Hardill »
                                                                                  @ben@bluetoot.hardill.me.uk

                                                                                  @nick Seen (and got an alert about following my blog)

                                                                                    [?]haikushane :d20: »
                                                                                    @shane@d20.social

                                                                                    @nick loud and clear!

                                                                                      [?]Angua :neodog_flag_disabled: »
                                                                                      @AnguaDelphine@mk.absturztau.be

                                                                                      @nick@shore.me.uk

                                                                                      Hi from Sharkey.
                                                                                      I saw this based on a boost.

                                                                                        [?]jack »
                                                                                        @jackeric@beige.party

                                                                                        @nick no, nothing, I can't see anything, I'm locked in a dark cellar and I already ate all the bioluminescent mushrooms :/

                                                                                          [?]73% Geek »
                                                                                          @73pctGeek@vmst.io

                                                                                          @nick @neil I see it 😊

                                                                                            [?]Oh No! My quartz crystals! »
                                                                                            @HuguesRoss@mastodon.art

                                                                                            @nick You're definitely visible from here!

                                                                                              [?]Nick Drage »
                                                                                              @SonOfSunTzu@mastodon.social

                                                                                              @nick _o/

                                                                                              Are you writing up what you did anywhere?

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                                                                                                [?]Nick »
                                                                                                @nick@shore.me.uk

                                                                                                @SonOfSunTzu@mastodon.social this is using snac and nginx, I'll add a write up when I decide on a microblog to self host

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                                                                                                  [?]Nick Drage »
                                                                                                  @SonOfSunTzu@mastodon.social

                                                                                                  @nick thank you. Best of luck with the blog setup.

                                                                                                    [?]marcink »
                                                                                                    @marcink@stolat.town

                                                                                                    @nick It did work.

                                                                                                      [?]stib »
                                                                                                      @stib@aus.social

                                                                                                      @nick
                                                                                                      Ohai, coming in loud and clear at aus.social

                                                                                                        [?]Peter Hanecak »
                                                                                                        @phanecak@mastodon.social

                                                                                                        @nick It works.

                                                                                                          [?]Paul Martin »
                                                                                                          @nowster@fedi.nowster.me.uk

                                                                                                          @nick@shore.me.uk Nope. Nothing received here. 🤪

                                                                                                            [?]Justine Smithies »
                                                                                                            @justine@snac.smithies.me.uk

                                                                                                            Definitely working. ;)

                                                                                                              [?]Tim Serong »
                                                                                                              @tserong@wirejunkie.net

                                                                                                              @nick looks like it's working

                                                                                                                [?]Dragon »
                                                                                                                @Dragon@toast.dragon2611.net

                                                                                                                @nick Naa it didn't work 🤔

                                                                                                                  [?]mini »
                                                                                                                  @mini@perfect.moe

                                                                                                                  @nick I see it!

                                                                                                                    [?]Steven Reed »
                                                                                                                    @srtcd424@mas.to

                                                                                                                    @nick
                                                                                                                    If you're not slashdotted by people saying "yes" yet .. yes!

                                                                                                                      [?]🆎 »
                                                                                                                      @bloor@bloor.tw

                                                                                                                      @nick i see this

                                                                                                                        [?]Alexandra Scott »
                                                                                                                        @delphic@mstdn.ca

                                                                                                                        @nick seeing you from Canada!

                                                                                                                          [?]Joshua Purba :comfypeeksneaky: »
                                                                                                                          @jo@gts.zzncx.top

                                                                                                                          @nick one of usssss :ablobcatgooglytenor:

                                                                                                                            [?]poleguy »
                                                                                                                            @poleguy@mastodon.social

                                                                                                                            @nick hi from other nick

                                                                                                                              [?]mkj »
                                                                                                                              @mkj@social.mkj.earth

                                                                                                                              @nick Here, theory and practice combine: Nothing doesn't work and nobody knows why not!

                                                                                                                                [?]thedaemon »
                                                                                                                                @thedaemon@snac.9front.club

                                                                                                                                Doesn't work, I can't see anything!!!!

                                                                                                                                  [?]Maria Langer | 📝 🎬 ⚒️🛥️ »
                                                                                                                                  @mlanger@mastodon.world

                                                                                                                                  @nick @rpbook I'm seeing it in Washington State, USA!

                                                                                                                                    [?]Bruno Girin »
                                                                                                                                    @brunogirin@mastodon.me.uk

                                                                                                                                    @nick visible from here.

                                                                                                                                      [?]KalleMP »
                                                                                                                                      @kallemp@cr8r.gg

                                                                                                                                      @nick I will follow to see if you post something interesting. Already we can see that you are brave enough to host an instance so that is one point in your favour.

                                                                                                                                        [?]Matt Panaro »
                                                                                                                                        @eigen@mattstodon.panar.ooo

                                                                                                                                        @nick from one personal instance to another: 👍

                                                                                                                                          [?]theothertom »
                                                                                                                                          @tom@epsom.social

                                                                                                                                          @nick Working here!

                                                                                                                                            [?]mauvedeity »
                                                                                                                                            @mauvedeity@mastodon.social

                                                                                                                                            @nick I saw it. And I’m inland.

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