Nick

@nick@shore.me.uk

Mostly Retired. Consultant. Ex Managing Director. Ex CTO.

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

Based in Debenham, Suffolk UK
Website : ✔ https://shore.me.uk

181 following, 258 followers

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[?]Nick » 🌐
@nick@shore.me.uk

just WTF are this Labour government doing - that's the message.

[?]Dan :volvo: » 🌐
@dan@weird.autos

After driving around for a month in "light" one pedal mode I've started to dislike it more and more and turned it off. There are times it's great, like if you are enjoying a few bends in a curvy road. However, it's just too much effort to drive smoothly at low speeds and it's really annoying at parking lot speeds. Sometimes I just want to coast.

Paddles to activate seem the way to go here.

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[?]:wa: MrRob.in :chevyvan:🇬🇧 » 🌐
@BitchinRob@weird.autos

@dan the auto regen on max is ace in the like strong engine braking when “making progress”, but lightens up at lower speed or traffic. Won’t bring you to a stop so not one peddling but I like that it creeps like old autos when you lift off brakes. It has taken 10 months leaving it in that one setting so I acclimatise to it… But now I hate all the other modes. 🤷‍♂️

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    [?]Nick » 🌐
    @nick@shore.me.uk

    @BitchinRob@weird.autos @dan@weird.autos agreed, I really liked the auto regen in the Ioniq 5, and am pleased that I also have it in my MG4

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

      @dawy@mastodon.social @mikrotik@mikrotik.social Yes I was very impressed when I visited back in 2018.

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

        https://www.servethehome.com/touring-mikrotik-in-latvia-to-see-how-they-make-networking-gear/ a good post about @mikrotik@mikrotik.social not sure why they kept assuming that they were a small Chinese company

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          [?]Giles of the Jungle » 🔓
          @gilester45@twit.social

          @nick @mikrotik That's really cool! Fascinating to see where my routers come from and to learn a bit more about Mikrotik.

            [?]Nils Goroll 🕊️:vinylcache: » 🔓
            @slink@fosstodon.org

            @nick @mikrotik what a coincidence that they just popped up here because of some not so great "mac telnet" (i have otherwise no criticism and love to hear about it industries flourishing in .eu) blog.benjojo.co.uk/post/ixp-ba @benjojo

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

              @slink@fosstodon.org @mikrotik@mikrotik.social @benjojo@benjojo.co.uk yeah there is no good reason other than poor configuration, its easy to specify the interfaces so that this doesn't happen.

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                [?]🆎 » 🌐
                @bloor@bloor.tw

                @damien haha if only. When we replace the consumer unit, we will unite both original house circuits AND extension circuits into one panel. But kinda bodgy extension of a decade ago installed a decent consumer unit for extension circuits. My office is part old house and part extension.

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

                  @bloor@bloor.tw @damien@layer8.space it may be worth looking at putting certain circuits on a board fed by a changeover switch with one feed from the mains and another from an external socket which you could connect a car with v2l

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                    [?]🆎 » 🌐
                    @bloor@bloor.tw

                    @nick @damien That's a good idea. But in the medium term (next year) I'm going to do something a big bigger I think. My plan currently involves 25mm2 SWA from my utility head/henley blocks (via an isolator) to my garage, where it will feed the grid input of a Victron Quattro 15K. Then the inverter output of the Quattro will come back to the consumer unit in the house via another 25mm SWA. Garage CU fed direct from the Quattro too. The Quattro will have a Fogstar 32kWh 48V LifePo pack on it.

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                      [?]🆎 » 🌐
                      @bloor@bloor.tw

                      @nick @damien == 15kW "whole house UPS", ability to buy power and charge up on cheap rates. And use from the battery. And then finally, I think I can squeeze 16-20kWp of solar on my roof, to hopefully make it so I pretty much hardly have to buy power off the grid. At least, I think this will be doable about 3/4 of the year, ish.

                      No export. No hassle with G99/G98 etc.

                      The Quattro has a 2nd power input, and I'll attach that to the V2L of my car, for extra offgrid capacity.

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                        [?]galooph [he/him] » 🌐
                        @galooph@masto.galooph.com

                        @bloor @nick @damien Nice! No solar here, so I have two live feeds from sockets on different circuits going to an automatic transfer switch, with the output feeding a 3kW UPS.

                          [?]Esther Payne :bisexual_flag: » 🌐
                          @onepict@chaos.social

                          I think using generative LLMs is a souless thing to do. Even with coding, especially with coding.

                          Soulless folks love to kill art. Don't let them kill your spark.

                          "Practice any art, music, singing, dancing, acting, drawing, painting, sculpting, poetry, fiction, essays, reportage, no matter how well or badly, not to get money and fame, but to experience becoming, to find out what's inside you, to make your soul grow."

                          Kurt Vonnegut
                          Letter to Xavier High School

                          projectvanity.com/projectvanit

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                          [?]Esther Payne :bisexual_flag: » 🔓
                          @onepict@chaos.social

                          I have a fervent belief that coding is art.

                          How you choose to solve a problem in a language that you choose to write in is art.

                          But there's also something artistic in maths , how we express a math problem, the proofs.

                          There's a reason why we look in awe at math majors who work on difficult advanced math problems.

                          There's beauty in any way we exercise our minds, how we discover knowledge and create with it.

                          LLMs rob us of that beauty. They rob us of a healthy environment as well.

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                          [?]Colin » 🔓
                          @colinstu@birdbutt.com

                          @onepict @emilvolk CEOs see programming as a means to an end. Not an art form.

                          It’s so depressing.

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                            [?]Greem. » 🔓
                            @greem@cyberplace.social

                            @colinstu @onepict @emilvolk in the same way that e.g. automotive CEOs view metalworking, as a cost to be minimised.

                            Yet there are still manufacturers who have panels made/beaten/shaped/polished by hand, which is an art form.

                            Mass production enables mobility. Hand production creates art.

                            And that's why really really beautiful cars are so ludicrously expensive... And why CEOs sell "exclusive" yet still mass produced cars at massive profit margins.

                            Capitalism, honestly 😞

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

                              @onepict@chaos.social I agree, there is a common misunderstanding that coding is an absolute with exact answers, whereas in reality solutions can be elegant or ugly and very different

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                                [?]Esther Payne :bisexual_flag: » 🔓
                                @onepict@chaos.social

                                @nick I've always been confused by that attitude. Especially with the developers I've known over the years.

                                They think differently and see the world in different ways so of course how they choose to find a solution is different.

                                How they feel about a problem matters as well, much like any piece of art.

                                  [?]Aaron » 🔓
                                  @hosford42@techhub.social

                                  @onepict I've always said programming is a highly creative activity. A lot of people have looked at me sideways for that, but it's true. There are a million ways to write code to do the same basic task, and the options grow with the complexity of the task. Maybe it's not full of color and sound that appeal directly to the senses, but that doesn't make it any less of a creative art.

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                                    [?]Esther Payne :bisexual_flag: » 🔓
                                    @onepict@chaos.social

                                    @hosford42 one of the main proofs for me is watching someone having writer's block or feeling writer's block hit when you're trying to code.

                                    Burnout is a creative symptom. Same with inspiration when you code. It's that creative impulse that must be nurtured.

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                                      [?]For Pete's Sake! [He/Him] » 🔓
                                      @PeteLittle@autistics.life

                                      @onepict @hosford42 as an erstwhile mathematician now herding bugs for a living I wholeheartedly agree that mathematics (my 1st career) and coding (my predominant and current career) are artistic endeavours.

                                      You don't just look for the solution.. you strive to find the ELEGANT solution. The equation/code that not only succinctly solves the problem at hand but does so in a precise and agreeable manner that borders on beauty.

                                      It's a hard task to explain beauty in the context of math/code to a layman (and heaven knows I've tried) .. I usually direct them to Eulers identity e^ipi + 1 = 0. Precious few get it.

                                        [?]NoBorg » 🔓
                                        @hadon@mastodon.social

                                        @onepict
                                        Definitely, but some programmers create beautiful masterpieces where you can easily understand the message the artist wanted to share, while others ... :D are like abstract art (you don't know where it begins, where it ends, and what in the world they were wanting to achieve!
                                        On top of that if you stare long enough you start discovering lots of little bugs in the canvas :D :D :D

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                                          [?]Esther Payne :bisexual_flag: » 🔓
                                          @onepict@chaos.social

                                          @hadon In the art world we have critics who are meant to critique and analyse to help us understand.

                                          In programming the comments vary 🤣

                                          But at least with floss there is an option to collaborate on the canvas 😏 or the documentation 😊

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                                            [?]NoBorg » 🔓
                                            @hadon@mastodon.social

                                            @onepict
                                            Comments are fun to read, yes, like another piece of art, this time literature.. you either get a nice Novel, a short poem or a piece of comedy :D :D :D
                                            Oh, and don't forget variable names...; sometimes they give you an insight into the creator's hobbies, fears, hopes :D :D :D

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

                                              @neil@mastodon.neilzone.co.uk @cyclops_@fosstodon.org if its a local council scheme it may not actually be cheaper!!! recommend to get other quotes

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                                                [?]Baldur Bjarnason [he/him] » 🌐
                                                @baldur@toot.cafe

                                                “OpenAI admits AI hallucinations are mathematically inevitable, not just engineering flaws – Computerworld”

                                                computerworld.com/article/4059

                                                > OpenAI’s own advanced reasoning models actually hallucinated more frequently than simpler systems.

                                                An observation I made in my book, even in the first edition two years ago, was that research gave us reason to believe that hallucinations got worse with increasing model size

                                                So, y'know... I literally told you so

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

                                                @tony@hoyle.me.uk @neil@mastodon.neilzone.co.uk just connect it all together and to the internet, it'll be fine

                                                  [?]sleepy duck pond appreciator 🦆✨🏳️‍🌈 » 🌐
                                                  @0x47df@duckpon.de

                                                  thinking about plumbing the coffee machine again

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                                                  [?]🆎 » 🌐
                                                  @bloor@bloor.tw

                                                  @0x47df it needs plumbing?!

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                                                    [?]sleepy duck pond appreciator 🦆✨🏳️‍🌈 » 🌐
                                                    @0x47df@duckpon.de

                                                    @bloor it doesn’t, it’s a £50 delonghi. maybe this is the coffee machine equivalent of fitting a ferrari air filter to a corsa

                                                    I just have had enough of the water being so horrible, and ended up with a small filter. And some hoses. And fittings. And a tee to borrow the washing machine’s connection point so the while setup is a bit more landlord friendly

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                                                    @bloor@bloor.tw

                                                    @0x47df nice.

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                                                      @bloor@bloor.tw

                                                      @0x47df ** "your face".

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

                                                        @0x47df@duckpon.de @bloor@bloor.tw are there any cheapish bean to cup machines which can be plumbed in, to avoid the filling tank faff ??

                                                          [?]sleepy duck pond appreciator 🦆✨🏳️‍🌈 » 🌐
                                                          @0x47df@duckpon.de

                                                          to do this on my current coffee machine i think i will be needing a pressure reducer to not hurt the pump, and also a solenoid valve so i can turn the water on and off at the same time as the pump.

                                                          additional fun will be required to replace the drip tray, because the overpressure valve from the pump dumps to the tank. i need it to dump to a drip tray if the tank is going.

                                                          i don't feel like opening this machine up again though. it was horrible last time i tried to replace the steam valve.
                                                          but i also don't want to buy a nicer machine, because the ones ready for plumbing are too big, too expensive, and take too long to warm up. i am not a commercial operation. i just need coffy sometimes.
                                                          so i ponder smaller machines, and voiding their warranty to fit a solenoid valve and pressure reducer to these. some of them might have space to work with.

                                                          for now? maybe i will just place a filtered water tap somewhere.
                                                          it doesn't solve my machine dumping dirty water back into the tank, but it at least tackles the scale.

                                                          [?]bo0tzz [he/him, they/them] » 🔓
                                                          @me@gts.bo0.tz

                                                          @0x47df I got a plumbed machine last year and will never go back, it's so worth it IMO.

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                                                          [?]sleepy duck pond appreciator 🦆✨🏳️‍🌈 » 🔓
                                                          @0x47df@duckpon.de

                                                          @me what machine did you get?

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                                                          [?]bo0tzz [he/him, they/them] » 🔓
                                                          @me@gts.bo0.tz

                                                          @0x47df admittedly a way too fancy one; a Bezzera Aria.

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                                                          [?]sleepy duck pond appreciator 🦆✨🏳️‍🌈 » 🔓
                                                          @0x47df@duckpon.de

                                                          @me oh that is definitely friend shaped. i was eyeing up a lelit bianca. same ballpark of fancy i guess 😅

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                                                          @bloor@bloor.tw

                                                          Another old friend let me know he and his partner are expecting a kid soon.

                                                          Meanwhile I'm figuring out what coating to apply to the sticks of the geodesic dome that I'll be installing over my hot tub.

                                                          To each their own, I suppose.

                                                          But the notion that I thought my life was "maximally different" to that of others when I was young is still being challenged. The gap probably actually gets wider and wider as we all get older.

                                                          I don't feel sad or happy about it. Just interested. It's notable.

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                                                          @bloor@bloor.tw

                                                          As Modest Mouse once said, "We all float on."

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

                                                          @bloor I'm convinced some of us are more use to society as crazy uncles/aunts :) In all seriousness, someone your siblings'/friends' kids can get a different perspective from, etc.

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                                                            [?]Andy Fletcher (319ppm) » 🌐
                                                            @X31Andy@mastodon.green

                                                            @bloor you do you :)

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                                                              @bloor@bloor.tw

                                                              @X31Andy I do. Always have. That does not mean I have some residual doubts (no doubt as others who've elected different paths also do) about whether it was the right way.

                                                                [?]Simon Zerafa » 🌐
                                                                @simonzerafa@infosec.exchange

                                                                @bloor

                                                                I never thought I would ever have children. I have a son who has just started University this week. Yep, empty next syndrome is here in force.

                                                                I was late starting, and there is a very good reason why parenting is best done while you are young, and not getting older.

                                                                I would suggest to anyone that if you have any intentions of being a parent that earlier in life is better than later 😉

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                                                                  @bloor@bloor.tw

                                                                  @simonzerafa I never really have had intentions of being a parent and still don't.

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                                                                    [?]Mans R [he/han/er/él] » 🔓
                                                                    @mansr@society.oftrolls.com

                                                                    @bloor @simonzerafa Neither did I, and somehow I suddenly found myself with two. Skipping the gruelling baby/toddler years was probably a good thing.

                                                                      [?]Giles of the Jungle » 🔓
                                                                      @gilester45@twit.social

                                                                      @bloor It's interesting, isn't it, when events or news or even just idle thoughts make you stop to consider the series of coincidences and decisions that's got you to where you are right now.

                                                                      Sometimes I wonder how many "Sliding Doors" moments I've had. Impossible to know for sure. But kinda fun to mull over every now and then.

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                                                                        @bloor@bloor.tw

                                                                        @gilester45 I am not sure there really are sliding door moments, per se. Either there are none, or they are continual; never ending life as continual sliding doors moments.

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

                                                                          @bloor@bloor.tw @gilester45@twit.social the illusion of control, influenced by the occasional decision

                                                                            [?]Andrew Elwell » 🌐
                                                                            @Elwell@mast.hpc.social

                                                                            @bloor oooh. _dome_ over the hot tub. Now there's an idea.

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

                                                                              https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/737660 Automatic by-election if an MP defects to another party - seems a good idea

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                                                                              [?]David-T [he/him] » 🌐
                                                                              @yadt@tech.lgbt

                                                                              @nick

                                                                              Seems a bit simplistic. What if they lose the whip, or resign and become an independent?

                                                                              Or what if an independent joins a party? Or starts their own party?

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

                                                                                @yadt@tech.lgbt funny you should say that, our MP has had the whip withdrawn and sits as an independent, as he was a Tory, this might be an improvement, but I would prefer a new vote!

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                                                                                  [?]JuneSim63 💚 » 🌐
                                                                                  @junesim63@mstdn.social

                                                                                  Well done Channel 4. Now do Farage..

                                                                                  "More than 100 of Donald Trump’s inaccurate statements are to be dissected by Channel 4 to coincide with his state visit, in what it described as “the longest uninterrupted reel of untruths, falsehoods and distortions ever broadcast on television”.


                                                                                  theguardian.com/us-news/2025/s

                                                                                    [?]NAB 🇬🇧🇪🇺🔶:marmite: [he/him/his (or whatever makes you happy)] » 🌐
                                                                                    @NAB@mastodon.me.uk

                                                                                    Just seen the news and am holding my head in my hands. Who'd have known this country had 100,000 people willing to stand up and boast about how pig thick and cretinous they are.

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

                                                                                    @NAB@mastodon.me.uk but question as to why the met have not used their facial recognition system, and apparently not made many arrests,WTF is going on

                                                                                      [?]Totts [I and I] » 🌐
                                                                                      @Geri@mastodon.online

                                                                                      Protesters have attacked police officers, says The Met

                                                                                      Police officers have been attacked by protesters at anti-immigration activist Tommy Robinson’s ‘Unite the Kingdom’ event in central London. Scotland Yard said on X: “Officers were attacked with projectiles and have had to use force to avoid their cordon being breached.”

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

                                                                                      @Geri@mastodon.online but how many idiots have they arrested?

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                                                                                        [?]Totts [I and I] » 🔓
                                                                                        @Geri@mastodon.online

                                                                                        @nick only 9, which is a curiously low number

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                                                                                          [?]@ChrisMayLA6@zirk.us has moved » 🌐
                                                                                          @ChrisMayLA6@zirk.us

                                                                                          Is this two-tier policing?

                                                                                          The Metropolitan Police have decided not to use real-time facial recognition technology on today's 'Unite The Kingdom' Rightest march in London....

                                                                                          So, the Q.s here are: will they be using the tech retrospectively on the marchers?

                                                                                          Are they concerned the live-tech will be swamped by the number it would pick up?

                                                                                          Do they regard a march organised by Tommy Robinson (Stephen Yaxley-Lennon_ as less dangerous than other marches?

                                                                                          bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cwydez

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

                                                                                            Am I being thick?

                                                                                            So Trump deported a few hundred South Koreans that were there to train US workers in a new factory set up.

                                                                                            Surely that means they were not even immigrants - let alone illegal immigrants? I assume they were only there on a contract to train people - not planning to more to US. And surely they would not be in any way illegal in doing so?

                                                                                            Or did the company not have the appropriate paperwork for them working in the US?

                                                                                            Maybe I am missing something.

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

                                                                                              Being cynical, I assume that (a) they were the wrong colour and/or (b) the company did not pay protection money to Trump.

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                                                                                              [?]jelte » 🌐
                                                                                              @jelte@mastodon.nl

                                                                                              @revk that, and i think a lot of americans can't even fathom that people might not want to move to the US at all (legally or illegally), which makes every visitor a potential illegal immigrant. I speak from experience.

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

                                                                                                @jelte I never understood, when in long queues in to US, how it is one process - queuing up at a passport check desk - for someone going on holiday and someone trying to immigrate. There were people with all their immigration papers at the desks taking forever, obviously.

                                                                                                Surely someone going on holiday, with booked accommodation, and booked return flights, etc, should have a fast track!

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                                                                                                  [?]s1m0n4 » 🌐
                                                                                                  @s1m0n4@ohai.social

                                                                                                  @revk According to South Korean news media there's a loophole in temporary Visa documents for South Korea citizens in the USA.
                                                                                                  There's no Visa allowing people to enter the USA with a temporary work permit.

                                                                                                  Skilled professionals training local employees so far have entered with a travel Visa and this practice has been tolerated for years. Until now, apparently.

                                                                                                  msn.com/en-us/politics/governm

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

                                                                                                    @s1m0n4 Wow, that is mental.

                                                                                                    Like why (a) not have an official means to do that, and (b) why the fuck break the unofficial means suddenly.

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

                                                                                                      @revk @s1m0n4 ICE and similar organisations now have quotas for how many people they must deport by the end of the year, I can only assume some region was behind and this was an easy way to bump the numbers

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                                                                                                        [?]s1m0n4 » 🌐
                                                                                                        @s1m0n4@ohai.social

                                                                                                        @revk I don't know, but now it doesn't come as a surprise that South Korean companies decided to ditch next year's CES in Las Vegas.

                                                                                                        koreatimes.co.kr/business/tech

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

                                                                                                          @neil@mastodon.neilzone.co.uk to me it seems that the improvements on new models are so small that there is much less of a driver to upgrade. Eg my 4 year old Pixel 6 is fine, and I assume this is similar in the iPhone world.

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

                                                                                                            @nick@shore.me.uk @neil@mastodon.neilzone.co.uk The update to Android 16 seems to have made my Pixel 6 even snappier.

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

                                                                                                              @dans@mastodon.me.uk generally I install xubuntu and it 'just works' which distro is failing to run multiple displays?

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

                                                                                                                Duvet dilemma, stick with summer or switch to winter ??

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                                                                                                                [?]🆎 » 🌐
                                                                                                                @bloor@bloor.tw

                                                                                                                We are getting a heat pump later this month, replacing an old dying, leaking gas boiler.

                                                                                                                Hivemind! Predict the outcome :

                                                                                                                Literally fine, works amazing:26
                                                                                                                Minor issues that get resolved:52
                                                                                                                Catastrophic, end up returning to gas boiler:0

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                                                                                                                [?]Ret [he/him] » 🌐
                                                                                                                @ret@furry.engineer

                                                                                                                @bloor upgrading rads and piping too?

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                                                                                                                  [?]🆎 » 🌐
                                                                                                                  @bloor@bloor.tw

                                                                                                                  @ret one needed replacement, two were marginal, we will see and replace later if needed. Not replacing pipework.

                                                                                                                    [?]The Penguin of Evil » 🌐
                                                                                                                    @etchedpixels@mastodon.social

                                                                                                                    @bloor I'd take a fair bet on the installers looking at the plan, looking at your floor and doing it differently 8)
                                                                                                                    And the weather compensation curve will be wrong, because it's 99% magic.

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

                                                                                                                      @bloor@bloor.tw Main thing is to make sure it is set correctly to target a suitable flow temperature. IME installers don't spend enough time optimising.

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

                                                                                                                        @nick@shore.me.uk @bloor@bloor.tw also it will use a lot of electricity in December and January, don't panic.

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                                                                                                                          [?]🆎 » 🌐
                                                                                                                          @bloor@bloor.tw

                                                                                                                          @nick our most expensive day of gas cost us almost £17 in one day earlier this year. My hope is that it is not /too much/ worse than that.

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

                                                                                                                            @bloor@bloor.tw worst day I can see in Dec was £13 on octopus go, thats the whole house

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                                                                                                                              [?]🆎 » 🌐
                                                                                                                              @bloor@bloor.tw

                                                                                                                              @nick so that represented 270 ish kWh of gas. Factoring in a pessimistic cop of 3, and factoring in the higher unit cost of electricity, I’m slightly worse off but only slightly.

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                                                                                                                                [?]Steve Hill 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🇪🇺 » 🌐
                                                                                                                                @steve@mastodon.nexusuk.org

                                                                                                                                @bloor @nick something really needs to be done to reduce elecricity prices and increase gas.

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                                                                                                                                  [?]🆎 » 🌐
                                                                                                                                  @bloor@bloor.tw

                                                                                                                                  @steve @nick bill payer me says “yes.”

                                                                                                                                  Investor in ORIT / FSFL / TRIG / UKW etc me says “noooo.”

                                                                                                                                  Haha.

                                                                                                                                    [?]penguin42 » 🌐
                                                                                                                                    @penguin42@mastodon.org.uk

                                                                                                                                    @steve @bloor @nick Do you have any magic answers to that?

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                                                                                                                                      [?]Steve Hill 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🇪🇺 » 🌐
                                                                                                                                      @steve@mastodon.nexusuk.org

                                                                                                                                      @penguin42 @bloor @nick move some of the green/social tariffs from elec to gas, tax gas a bit and use it to subsidise elec. With prices as they are, a heat pump does not feel like a clear financial win, given the upfront cost.

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                                                                                                                                        [?]🆎 » 🌐
                                                                                                                                        @bloor@bloor.tw

                                                                                                                                        @steve @penguin42 @nick I am under no illusions that it won’t save me very much money right now ongoing, if any at all. However: once I get solar and batteries, then it really@really makes sense.

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                                                                                                                                          [?]Steve Hill 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🇪🇺 » 🌐
                                                                                                                                          @steve@mastodon.nexusuk.org

                                                                                                                                          @bloor @penguin42 @nick yes, that makes sense. But from a policy point of getting the country off gas, I think the financials need to be much clearer.

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                                                                                                                                            [?]🆎 » 🌐
                                                                                                                                            @bloor@bloor.tw

                                                                                                                                            [?]groff 🇺🇦 » 🌐
                                                                                                                                            @geoffl@mastodon.me.uk

                                                                                                                                            @nick @bloor
                                                                                                                                            And balance all rads/towel rails to hit suitable return water temperature. The biggest waste of energy on wet systems is returning hot water back to the boiler/heat pump because ofvexcessive flow rates. Decorators, diy and builders always mess it up. Plumbers sometimes aren't much better.

                                                                                                                                              [?]marinheiro » 🌐
                                                                                                                                              @marinheiro@ciberlandia.pt

                                                                                                                                              @bloor Voted option 1 as I will be getting one too and hope your good luck will rub off on me. Not sure what kind of mysticism this is 😂

                                                                                                                                                [?]ʙʙʀᴀᴅʟᴇy » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                @29821632@noc.social

                                                                                                                                                @bloor Awesome! Would love to have done that when we moved. Annoyingly 10yo boiler completely died weeks after moving in, so had to replace the boiler in anger in mid December rather than researching ASHP. Got another 4 years or so before justifying boiler retirement.
                                                                                                                                                Would like to get rid of gas piping buried in floor/walls as there were 2 gas fires (decommissioned) and the massive meter unit which takes out almost a full kitchen cupboard.
                                                                                                                                                Looking forward to your updates (and metrics) 😁

                                                                                                                                                  [?]William Leech » 🔓
                                                                                                                                                  @WilliamLeech@mastodon.world

                                                                                                                                                  @bloor We have to guess without knowing which one are you getting?

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                                                                                                                                                    [?]🆎 » 🔓
                                                                                                                                                    @bloor@bloor.tw

                                                                                                                                                    @WilliamLeech Samsung 12kW jobbie

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

                                                                                                                                                      @neil@mastodon.neilzone.co.uk bleeping bleep bleep

                                                                                                                                                        [?]mikrotik » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                        @mikrotik@tiktube.com

                                                                                                                                                        What is MikroTik? - CEATEC 2025

                                                                                                                                                        We are being featured in the CEATEC 2025 trade show, taking place in Japan this October. If you are visiting the event, feel free to stop by Hall 4 Booth 4H313, where a couple of our products will be displayed along with expositions from other Latvian companies.

                                                                                                                                                        https://ceatec.com/en/

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                                                                                                                                                        [?]Þór Sigurðsson » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                        @thor@mast.ttk.is

                                                                                                                                                        @mikrotik What is Mikrotik?

                                                                                                                                                        Mikrotik is what saves us (Europe) from the cold crooked grasp of the "Solutions Providers" (Cisco, Juniper, TP-Link, Netgear, .....)

                                                                                                                                                        Those are my own 2 €-¢, free from polluting $.

                                                                                                                                                          [?]NAB 🇬🇧🇪🇺🔶:marmite: [he/him/his (or whatever makes you happy)] » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                          @NAB@mastodon.me.uk

                                                                                                                                                          Today's trip was to Hurst Castle - a 19th Century fort built around a 16th Century fort.
                                                                                                                                                          Well worth visiting and if Mother Nature has her way (having been given a helping hand by us), it won't be around for much longer.

                                                                                                                                                          Octagonal old stone building surrounded by a more modern structure.

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                                                                                                                                                          [?]NAB 🇬🇧🇪🇺🔶:marmite: [he/him/his (or whatever makes you happy)] » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                          @NAB@mastodon.me.uk

                                                                                                                                                          View of the Isle of Wight and The Needles from Hurst Spit.

                                                                                                                                                          Rough sea with heavy waves breaking over a shingle beach in the foreground. In the distance is the Isle of Wight with The Needles just about visible.

                                                                                                                                                          Alt...Rough sea with heavy waves breaking over a shingle beach in the foreground. In the distance is the Isle of Wight with The Needles just about visible.

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

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

                                                                                                                                                          @stefano@mastodon.bsd.cafe I hope that they have learnt that a single email should not be enough to authorise a payment

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                                                                                                                                                            [?]Mikered » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                            @Mikered@fosstodon.org

                                                                                                                                                            Replacing Sky / Virgin media with a Freeview recorder. Looking good so far, it integrates well with all the catch-up setvices, and a software update just added YouTube.

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

                                                                                                                                                              @Mikered@fosstodon.org Useful to know for wheny humax finally dies.

                                                                                                                                                                [?]Interpipes 💙 [he/him] » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                                @interpipes@thx.gg

                                                                                                                                                                @nick @Mikered we ended up buying an "EE TV Pro" or whatever from fleabay to use as our freeview PVR (no EE account/services required) which on the whole works pretty well but it does lack, I am told, some streaming services. We have a roku stick as the alternate in that case.

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

                                                                                                                                                                  @interpipes@thx.gg @Mikered@fosstodon.org yeah we use a Roku express for streaming to our ancient LG LCD non smart TV, but still use the Humax for recording occasionally

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

                                                                                                                                                                    @neil@mastodon.neilzone.co.uk any lawyer using AI needs a big shake imho

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

                                                                                                                                                                      September and I already see mentions of Christmas, struggling to contemplate it as we will be missing a child this year. Sometimes life is just unfair.

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

                                                                                                                                                                      @neil@mastodon.neilzone.co.uk seems a risky strategy, looking forward to the malpractice complaints

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

                                                                                                                                                                        Getting a ferry to the Isle of Wight

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                                                                                                                                                                        [?]Snep :floofHappy: @40C3 » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                                        @snep@y.diskcat.com

                                                                                                                                                                        Hmmm, I wonder, I wonder, why my Wireguard tunnel suddenly stopped working (on UDP/51820) after I redirected all packets coming in via UDP between 10000 and 65535 to my VoIP server at the firewall. A true mystery I totally haven't spent 15 minutes figuring out... :floofWoozy:

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                                                                                                                                                                          [?]Forst » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                                          @forst@mastodon.social

                                                                                                                                                                          @snep I did that once, but for Nintendo Switch. Lots of thinking ensued
                                                                                                                                                                          (also their port usage policy is utter garbage, "just give us everything")

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                                                                                                                                                                            [?]Snep :floofHappy: @40C3 » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                                            @snep@y.diskcat.com

                                                                                                                                                                            @forst Ohh yeahhh, they _do_ do that, don't they? "Oh, just port-forward any UDP port to your Switch, what could go wrong?"

                                                                                                                                                                            I wonder what their recommended solution would be for households with two Switches 🤔

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                                                                                                                                                                              [?]Forst » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                                              @forst@mastodon.social

                                                                                                                                                                              @snep Portforward to both, duuuh /j

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                                                                                                                                                                                [?]Snep :floofHappy: @40C3 » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                                                @snep@y.diskcat.com

                                                                                                                                                                                @forst "Mom said it's *my* turn on the entire UDP port range today!!"

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

                                                                                                                                                                                  @snep @forst

                                                                                                                                                                                  Loads of game support sites tell you to forward 53,443 .etc because the morons can't tell the difference between INBOUND and OUTBOUND requests.

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                                                                                                                                                                                    [?]Snep :floofHappy: @40C3 » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                                                    @snep@y.diskcat.com

                                                                                                                                                                                    @Dragon @forst That too! I wonder how many cralwers try to reach a web server on a video game console on average :neocat_think:

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

                                                                                                                                                                                      @Dragon@toast.dragon2611.net @snep@y.diskcat.com @forst@mastodon.social and seem never to heard of connection tracking either, how do they think anything works?

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                                                                                                                                                                                        [?]Parsingphase » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                                                        @parsingphase@m.phase.org

                                                                                                                                                                                        "Ivan replied that code is either correct or incorrect; there’s no subjective determination of whether it’s high or low… if a coder writes code poorly, the program simply won’t run"

                                                                                                                                                                                        If an engineer ever says that to you, run the fuck away.

                                                                                                                                                                                        The fact it runs doesn't mean it's:
                                                                                                                                                                                        - right
                                                                                                                                                                                        - secure
                                                                                                                                                                                        - maintainable
                                                                                                                                                                                        - efficient
                                                                                                                                                                                        or can handle anything except the single case you've tried.

                                                                                                                                                                                        Every time you scratch the surface of a vibe coder, you'll find delusionally low standards.

                                                                                                                                                                                        mastodon.world/@longreads/1150

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

                                                                                                                                                                                        Field fire behind our house, thankfully not close, we really do need some rain

                                                                                                                                                                                        [?]MikroTik » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                                                        @mikrotik@mikrotik.social

                                                                                                                                                                                        Our nice IT admins have fixed the Mastodon instance, thanks guys!

                                                                                                                                                                                        Mic check one two, is this thing on now?

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                                                                                                                                                                                        [?]Aroop Roelofs » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                                                        @finlaydag33k@social.linux.pizza

                                                                                                                                                                                        @mikrotik Did they use hacksaws? 👀

                                                                                                                                                                                          [?]Jan Dytrych🇨🇿🇺🇦 » 🔓
                                                                                                                                                                                          @jan@social.dytrych.cloud

                                                                                                                                                                                          @mikrotik looking good, Hi guys! 🙂

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

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                                                                                                                                                                                            [?]ay » 🔓
                                                                                                                                                                                            @ay@m.indefinitely.social

                                                                                                                                                                                            @mikrotik How did it break?

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                                                                                                                                                                                              [?]MikroTik » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                                                              @mikrotik@mikrotik.social

                                                                                                                                                                                              @ay admins got carried away with extreme firewall. Service itself was up.

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

                                                                                                                                                                                                Somewhere in London

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                                                                                                                                                                                                [?]DokuWiki » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                                                                @dokuwiki@phpc.social

                                                                                                                                                                                                Cool cool. A load of 50 because Facebook/Meta thinks it needs to hammer the server like crazy.

                                                                                                                                                                                                2a03:2880::/29 blocked.

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                                                                                                                                                                                                [?]DokuWiki » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                                                                @dokuwiki@phpc.social

                                                                                                                                                                                                so far so good...

                                                                                                                                                                                                A munin graph showing the average load of the DokuWiki server for the last 24 hours. A sharp drop is visible at the time where I banned the Facebook IP range.

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                                                                                                                                                                                                [?]DokuWiki » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                                                                @dokuwiki@phpc.social

                                                                                                                                                                                                Guess who's back? Back again... 🎶

                                                                                                                                                                                                Yes, it's Facebook. This time via IPv4.

                                                                                                                                                                                                Blocked.

                                                                                                                                                                                                A sudden spike in server load this morning, caused by Meta's bots again.

                                                                                                                                                                                                Alt...A sudden spike in server load this morning, caused by Meta's bots again.

                                                                                                                                                                                                [?]MikroTik » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                                                                @mikrotik@mikrotik.social

                                                                                                                                                                                                Is there anybody out there?

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

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

                                                                                                                                                                                                Running a single user (or small) instance in the Fediverse? Relay instances acting as a spreading proxy can help you to find your content and also to make your posts visible to others - and you can easily join with , and many other ones!

                                                                                                                                                                                                The fedi-relay.gyptazy.com relay is mostly for tech related content and just got updates to the manpageblog design.

                                                                                                                                                                                                Image of the activity pub relay instance by gyptazy

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                                                                                                                                                                                                  [?]bbₜᵤₓᵢ » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                                                                  @tux@burningboard.net

                                                                                                                                                                                                  @gyptazy

                                                                                                                                                                                                  I’ve added your relay. Good luck with your project.

                                                                                                                                                                                                  @Larvitz

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

                                                                                                                                                                                                    @tux @Larvitz thank you :)

                                                                                                                                                                                                      [?]Larvitz :fedora: » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                                                                      @Larvitz@burningboard.net

                                                                                                                                                                                                      @tux @gyptazy Projects from gpytazy are aways worthy of supporting :)

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

                                                                                                                                                                                                        @Larvitz @tux hahaha thanks :)

                                                                                                                                                                                                          [?]Social coding commons » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                                                                          @smallcircles@social.coop

                                                                                                                                                                                                          @gyptazy

                                                                                                                                                                                                          See also delightful.coding.social/delig

                                                                                                                                                                                                          If you are not on the list, there is a repo to PR to, linked from the top.

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

                                                                                                                                                                                                            @smallcircles thanks for the hint :)

                                                                                                                                                                                                              [?]BjoernAusGE » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                                                                              @bjoern@social.sengotta.net

                                                                                                                                                                                                              @gyptazy unfortunately no relay support till now in #GoToSocial

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

                                                                                                                                                                                                                @bjoern Yep, unfortunately. Reasons for switching to ;)

                                                                                                                                                                                                                  [?]tobozo » 🔓
                                                                                                                                                                                                                  @tobozo@mastodon.social

                                                                                                                                                                                                                  @gyptazy

                                                                                                                                                                                                                  Thanks for this!

                                                                                                                                                                                                                  Some unsollicited UX feedback:

                                                                                                                                                                                                                  - "contribution" link leads to a broken page

                                                                                                                                                                                                                  - List of connected instances: linked text being either the domain name or the instance title is somehow hard to process, is that sorted by chronological order? That list could be tabulated and sortable (a common practice for any list bigger than the screen)

                                                                                                                                                                                                                  screenshot of 404 page

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                                                                                                                                                                                                                  screenshot of navigation bar with "contributions" link highlighted

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                                                                                                                                                                                                                  A list of connected instances, each list item contains 2 to 4 informations: 
title, domain name, instance type, optionnally country flags.

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

                                                                                                                                                                                                                    @tobozo thanks, I’m currently still in transition where I’m moving back to my self-written manpageblog. Things may take some time ;)

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

                                                                                                                                                                                                                      @tobozo now it will do ;) I finally moved away from Wordpress, back to my

                                                                                                                                                                                                                        [?]chebra [shklee/shklim] » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                                                                                        @chebra@mstdn.io

                                                                                                                                                                                                                        @gyptazy hmm that snac url with `/inbox` didn't work for me 2.81 (got 405). I used the one with `/actor` and that passed successfully.

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

                                                                                                                                                                                                                          @chebra thanks for the hint, adjusting the docs (copy paste issue :))

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

                                                                                                                                                                                                                            @chebra fixed (sorry, required compiling und running the whole Cargo stuff)

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

                                                                                                                                                                                                                              Just added this relay to my snac2 instance, hopefully I did it right. Found the instructions in snac(8) man page :)

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

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                Wow. Not sure what this is from, but QR codes are “fun”.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                1. QR is URL that is an IP not a domain. Wow!
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                2. QR is not as compact as could be.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                3, QR may not have required white space.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                4. This is the biggie… How the fuck does anyone pick which QR they are scanning?! Most devices make that really hard.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                Well done stating the crazy URLs in text though, even if text too small to read!

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                Have one (sane) URL and a select language option on that page.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                This is special!

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                A hand holding a printed instruction manual with QR codes for multiple languages. The manual includes warnings and disposal information, as well as website links for detailed manuals. The background shows a wooden floor and a small patterned rug.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                Alt...A hand holding a printed instruction manual with QR codes for multiple languages. The manual includes warnings and disposal information, as well as website links for detailed manuals. The background shows a wooden floor and a small patterned rug.

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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                [?]James Tinmouth » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                @tinmouth@infosec.exchange

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                @revk that IS special!!

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  [?]Ret [he/him] » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  @ret@furry.engineer

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  @revk reminds me of barcode scanner programming books that were just page after page of barcodes you had to scan in order to configure the scanner lol.

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

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    @revk@toot.me.uk when a certain vendor shipped outer boxes with multiple barcodes and qr codes the warehouse guys ended up having to use a cardboard mask to reliably scan the one they needed

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      [?]adorfer [he or any other] » 🔓
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      @adorfer@chaos.social

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      @revk
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      even if it's legal, the unboxing experience for these ESP32-WROOM clones is something else.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        [?]Steve Hill 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🇪🇺 » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        @steve@mastodon.nexusuk.org

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        @revk I have seen a lot of QR codes (and other 2d bar codes expected to be scanned with a phone) that are unnecessarily small, and have left wondering if anyone actually tested them with a variety of devices. To pair my phone with my car, I ended up using an SLR and macro lens to scan the code and then zoomed in so I could scan it with my phone!

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          [?]Mans R [he/han/er/él] » 🔓
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          @mansr@society.oftrolls.com

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          @revk And for some reason, they have a Belgian version that looks identical to the Dutch one. What are the French-speaking Belgians supposed to do?

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            [?]Juggling With Eggs » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            @JugglingWithEggs@mstdn.social

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            “We will always work to facilitate peaceful protest and protect the democratic right to assembly, however the actions of this group were unlawful.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            “Our officers’ role is to prevent disorder, damage and disruption in the local community and they will use their powers to do this. Any breaches of the law will be dealt with.”

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            What damage, disorder and disruption? All I witnessed was a peaceful protest

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            theguardian.com/world/2025/aug

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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            [?]Juggling With Eggs » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            @JugglingWithEggs@mstdn.social

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            ‘Police arrested 13 people at a protest in on Saturday on suspicion of showing support for the proscribed group Palestine Action.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            A group assembled outside City Hall in St Peters Street, , holding placards referencing the organisation, Norfolk police said. The force said they were arrested on suspicion of displaying an item in support of a proscribed organisation, contrary to section 13 of the Terrorism Act 2000.’

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            Where will this end?

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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              [?]Juggling With Eggs » 🌐
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              @JugglingWithEggs@mstdn.social

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              I was curious to see what Look East had reported on the protest…as their studios are literally within spitting distance of City Hall and the last arrest which I must have witnessed was outside the Forum where they are based.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              They have literally just cobbled together press releases from Norfolk police the Met.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              They felt no need to view this peaceful protest happening on their own doorstep with their own eyes…


                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c1dxz9

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