Nostr notes by Merlin 🎃

bro wtf? (this is not a phishing attempt, the reCaptcha is served ...

2026-10-15T08:24:48Z

bro wtf? (this is not a phishing attempt, the reCaptcha is served from an official Google domain)

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2026-10-13T07:54:10Z

why are there achievements in the Chrome Dev Tools now????

Seems like it’s not my problem, but an external routing one? ...

2026-09-23T20:13:57Z

In reply to nevent1q…ntel
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Seems like it’s not my problem, but an external routing one? What does one even do in this situation

I really wish I’d knew why since a few days ago the internet at ...

2026-09-23T20:07:29Z

I really wish I’d knew why since a few days ago the internet at home is slightly fucky

They (Apple) should bring Rosetta to iPhones so that I can play ...

2026-09-11T19:43:57Z

They (Apple) should bring Rosetta to iPhones so that I can play ancient games I had on my iPod touch

why on god's green earth would you have the default, distro ...

2026-09-07T20:25:40Z

why on god's green earth would you have the default, distro podman config have ipv6 disabled for the default network. I lost an hour to this

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2026-08-12T17:40:17Z

The billionaires are stealing the fucking sun

I have just seen a phpBB forum backend being so overloaded that I ...

2026-08-07T15:21:06Z

I have just seen a phpBB forum backend being so overloaded that I literally could watch the words appear on my screen one by one when loading the page

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2026-08-01T17:45:18Z

Do not set Powershell as your Alpine Linux login shell

There is a button in front of you that turns time back 10 years ...

2026-07-24T04:24:19Z

There is a button in front of you that turns time back 10 years when pressed. To you press it? Why?

Just installed a browser on a new computer. Wtf is all of this. ...

2026-07-06T18:05:05Z

Just installed a browser on a new computer. Wtf is all of this. Where is the browser. How do you people live like this. My sidebar has sidebars. Why are there four AIs

can anyone recommend any #mullvad alternatives?

2026-06-27T23:18:18Z

In reply to nevent1q…6hz9
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can anyone recommend any #mullvad alternatives?

RE: https://aus.social/@projectgus/116824188071891763 Damn, ...

2026-06-27T23:17:23Z

RE: https://aus.social/@projectgus/116824188071891763

Damn, totally missed that…

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Didn't have "most trusted VPN co-owned by Nazi, company unapologetic" on my bingo card for 2026. FFS. #mullvad

it has been zero days since I found a link on a government ...

2026-05-29T08:27:09Z

it has been zero days since I found a link on a government website whose domain expired and has been taken over by an online casino

this is how you kill of a fork ...

2026-05-25T19:25:49Z

this is how you kill of a fork

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2026-05-21T18:47:31Z

they should make a reddit that doesn't suck

LIDL should get into the domain game, they already own .lidl. ...

2026-05-20T16:59:38Z

LIDL should get into the domain game, they already own .lidl. wouldn't hurt to sell a few domains

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2026-05-04T14:54:46Z

Can one use normal vodka in place of isopropyl?

I aspire to be at a point in my life where a second locomotive is ...

2026-04-24T17:18:28Z

In reply to nevent1q…fzwz
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I aspire to be at a point in my life where a second locomotive is the cheaper of two options

yeah, capacity problems I presume ...

2026-04-24T17:08:20Z

In reply to nevent1q…q42y
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yeah, capacity problems I presume https://www.zuginfo.nrw/?msg=128253

Just wish I knew why there are two locomotives

Fedi why does my RE3 have two locomotives and old but modernized ...

2026-04-24T16:59:52Z

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Fedi why does my RE3 have two locomotives and old but modernized wagons? It used to just be some Stadler train

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2026-04-24T16:55:17Z

I wish I could ask Fedi what kind of train carriage I’m sitting in

Does anyone know whether the AI scrapers scrape Gopher, Gemini ...

2026-03-31T22:13:31Z

Does anyone know whether the AI scrapers scrape Gopher, Gemini and/or Tor?

with self-hosted gitlab you still need to pay for the storage :( ...

2026-03-27T17:34:21Z

In reply to nevent1q…uw65
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with self-hosted gitlab you still need to pay for the storage :( better stick with github

okay since gitlab has a "generic" package repository ...

2026-03-27T16:44:43Z

okay since gitlab has a "generic" package repository I'm sure I can put whole OS images in there

what do the cool kids use today instead of a makefile? I could ...

2026-03-24T20:18:44Z

what do the cool kids use today instead of a makefile? I could hammer out a build.zig file but that looks overkill tbh. not a zig project btw

just learned that my colleagues rotate VS Code by 1 degree when ...

2026-03-18T10:30:43Z

just learned that my colleagues rotate VS Code by 1 degree when you leave your laptop unattended

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2026-03-08T13:15:15Z

My New Year’s resolution is to spend more time at the computer

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2026-03-01T20:35:27Z

Marvel is the Taylor Swift of movies send post

You have to admit. SCO had style. Naming an OS UnixWare is cool ...

2026-02-17T23:58:23Z

You have to admit. SCO had style. Naming an OS UnixWare is cool af and setting their brand colors as the default CDE theme is cool af too. And it looks nice.

> Nano Banana Pro in Google Antigravity someone just shoot me ...

2026-02-15T17:04:31Z

> Nano Banana Pro in Google Antigravity

someone just shoot me please

With all the new browser based Linux installers, while they look ...

2026-01-28T23:08:45Z

With all the new browser based Linux installers, while they look sleek, creating a non-default partitioning scheme is a real pain

more protocols should be "over TLS" instead of cramming ...

2026-01-18T16:35:15Z

more protocols should be "over TLS" instead of cramming themselves into HTTPS

Cloudflare error page generator https://virt.moe/cferr/editor/ ...

2025-12-18T18:32:48Z

Cloudflare error page generator https://virt.moe/cferr/editor/

New (European) Let’s Encrypt alternative just dropped!! ...

2025-12-16T17:25:58Z

New (European) Let’s Encrypt alternative just dropped!! https://european-alternatives.eu/product/actalis-ssl

Anybody got experiences with Actalis?

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2025-10-12T21:12:22Z

huh, keychron is producing a mouse similar to the MX Master 3

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2025-10-12T18:12:22Z

I just hate computers at this point

this is the exact one I got ...

2025-08-14T18:14:32Z

In reply to nevent1q…0per
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this is the exact one I got https://www.startech.com/en-us/server-management/4postrack12u?

Rack needs to be filled and I need to add two Ethernet outlets ...

2025-08-14T18:12:12Z

In reply to nevent1q…46dq
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Rack needs to be filled and I need to add two Ethernet outlets but I think this is a nice location for the homelab

Thank god ...

2025-08-14T18:08:13Z

In reply to nevent1q…2ts2
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Thank god

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2025-08-14T18:07:44Z

Fuck

also the usual nice stuff like snapshots, compression, raw ...

2025-08-04T09:31:07Z

In reply to nevent1q…8p9h
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also the usual nice stuff like snapshots, compression, raw volumes, deduplication, easy transfer via ssh

RAID but without the bad parts but you need to throw a lot of ...

2025-08-04T09:26:21Z

In reply to nevent1q…nfr2
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RAID but without the bad parts but you need to throw a lot of memory at it

it is cool, couldn't live without it

2025-08-04T09:23:50Z

In reply to nevent1q…wu0d
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it is cool, couldn't live without it

I still have an open bug in whatever Perl is current where even ...

2025-07-12T23:49:37Z

I still have an open bug in whatever Perl is current where even the devs in the Perl IRC were like "we don’t have a clue how you got there".

But they acknowledged the bug.

No clue what, how or why though.

At the current rate we’re gonna need at least one *We didn’t ...

2025-05-13T15:37:00Z

At the current rate we’re gonna need at least one *We didn’t start the fire* per year

i do have another idea but that would require me to learn how to ...

2025-05-11T13:38:07Z

In reply to nevent1q…33fv
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i do have another idea but that would require me to learn how to program

yeah seems like that idea isnt anything new, scratch that

2025-05-11T13:37:41Z

In reply to nevent1q…evn4
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yeah seems like that idea isnt anything new, scratch that

there doesn't seem to be a limit on the length of a .gif so I ...

2025-05-11T13:35:50Z

there doesn't seem to be a limit on the length of a .gif so I can just make the entirety of some TV show my 88x31

The cool thing about modern Linux is that you get to wrangle like ...

2025-05-10T20:59:40Z

The cool thing about modern Linux is that you get to wrangle like 3 package managers at the same time depending on the distro

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2025-05-10T20:27:11Z

Yeah back to gnome

I can just haul those to e waste right? Not worth selling ...

2025-05-03T15:44:01Z

In reply to nevent1q…grnl
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I can just haul those to e waste right? Not worth selling anything under 1gbps

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2025-05-03T14:13:48Z

Cleaning up and old 19" switches just keep spawning

You wouldn’t believe how efficient my todo list of ...

2025-04-24T19:16:40Z

You wouldn’t believe how efficient my todo list of "grepping my Fedi for the string todo" is

I was not prepared for stiflers mom to fuck a villager

2025-04-18T20:40:34Z

In reply to nevent1q…gj8l
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I was not prepared for stiflers mom to fuck a villager

Just got out of the Minecraft movie. Nothing, and I mean nothing ...

2025-04-18T20:23:59Z

Just got out of the Minecraft movie. Nothing, and I mean nothing clould have prepared me…

Is it feasible to get one of those RSA TOTP tamagotchis as a ...

2025-04-18T12:48:32Z

Is it feasible to get one of those RSA TOTP tamagotchis as a layperson?

will this be appropriate to run a single chromium tab with ...

2025-04-17T11:27:11Z

In reply to nevent1q…5uu6
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will this be appropriate to run a single chromium tab with Akkoma??

Thanks to @npub1kgc…u7cj I want to outsource my browser (the ...

2025-04-17T11:20:29Z

Thanks to dmiException 🎃 (npub1kgc…u7cj) I want to outsource my browser (the difference being domi using a semi sane approach while I want to set up a Windows Server Terminal Server or Citrix system)

Counter argument: one big sticker/wrap under all the other ...

2025-04-16T17:41:38Z

In reply to nevent1q…8h6p
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Counter argument: one big sticker/wrap under all the other stickers first :neocat_approve:

Kernel 5.10, with whatever Debian does in its default config ...

2025-04-10T19:25:34Z

In reply to nevent1q…fva4
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Kernel 5.10, with whatever Debian does in its default config (spoiler: a lot) on 8 logical cores. so far half an hour, maybe more

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2025-04-10T19:23:32Z

I forgot how long compiling Linux takes...

do you get paid for posting? can you convince my employer to pay ...

2025-04-07T18:58:40Z

In reply to nevent1q…q3qv
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do you get paid for posting? can you convince my employer to pay my for posting?

today I was in an elevator with an "Activate Windows" ...

2025-03-18T19:24:29Z

today I was in an elevator with an "Activate Windows" message in the floor screen thing

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2025-03-09T18:56:55Z

Caffeinated milk

someone should make a LetsEncrypt alternative that works

2025-03-05T21:11:27Z

In reply to nevent1q…86cc
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someone should make a LetsEncrypt alternative that works

why is BuyPass so unrealiable :neocat_googly_shocked: ...

2025-03-05T21:07:34Z

why is BuyPass so unrealiable :neocat_googly_shocked: :neocat_googly_shocked:

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2025-02-28T22:21:31Z

Also bring back Presto. Bring back EdgeHTML.

The yascast is just growing longer, still awaiting a 24 hour ...

2025-02-27T16:46:46Z

The yascast is just growing longer, still awaiting a 24 hour episode

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2025-02-10T16:53:03Z

Fedi server but the frontend is IMAP

postmarketOS-powered Kubernetes cluster ...

2025-02-10T07:54:52Z

postmarketOS-powered Kubernetes cluster

https://blog.denv.it/posts/pmos-k3s-cluster/

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2025-02-05T18:09:30Z

Watch me rebase the entire homelab onto UnixWare

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2025-01-26T22:19:14Z

I need a PSP and a PS Vita

Some people are complaining about a lack of discoverability on ...

2025-01-15T21:50:45Z

Some people are complaining about a lack of discoverability on fedi. In my opinion, this isn’t really a problem. We have a cool solution for that, it’s called a [@yassie_j](https://labyrinth.zone/users/yassie_j ) , and they just know everybody on here. Just ask if you need to discover new people /hj

Want to improve your multitasking? Get more laptops. I hope this ...

2025-01-11T09:31:38Z

Want to improve your multitasking?

Get more laptops.

I hope this works.

There is no room on my desk left over

German router maker is latest company to inadvertently clarify ...

2025-01-11T09:25:05Z

German router maker is latest company to inadvertently clarify the LGPL license

https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2025/01/suing-wi-fi-router-makers-remains-a-necessary-part-of-open-source-license-law/

Has any entity actively tried to set up an alternative Bsky relay ...

2025-01-07T16:11:52Z

Has any entity actively tried to set up an alternative Bsky relay for production usage?

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2025-01-02T10:15:59Z

the best thing about IRC are the reverse DNS hostnames

yeah, tried it from some server, gotta wait I assume

2024-12-30T20:14:36Z

In reply to nevent1q…cyhd
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yeah, tried it from some server, gotta wait I assume

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2024-12-30T20:09:41Z

either media.ccc.de fell over or the hotel wifi did

quick peek at my new homepage ...

2024-12-29T11:50:46Z

quick peek at my new homepage

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2024-12-28T22:48:57Z

THe fucking IBIS Budget hotel doesn't do #IPv6

why do stuff the proper way when you can hardcode an HTTP server ...

2024-12-25T22:52:10Z

why do stuff the proper way when you can hardcode an HTTP server in python

The train literally waited long enough at Düsseldorf Airport for ...

2024-12-19T17:02:00Z

The train literally waited long enough at Düsseldorf Airport for the two people next to us to fall in love with each other

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2024-12-10T15:24:37Z

Can we bet on what CEO is next?

most of you folks ...

2024-12-04T17:50:43Z

most of you folks

Hosting a bluesky relay costs a few hundred dollars a month. Bet ...

2024-10-22T19:29:34Z

Hosting a bluesky relay costs a few hundred dollars a month. Bet you I can do it on the shitbox server under my desk

Has it become feasible to self-host Bluesky or is it still ...

2024-10-18T17:04:52Z

Has it become feasible to self-host Bluesky or is it still "yes you can in theory but actually no"?

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2024-10-14T18:13:02Z

fedi server but every post is a new git commit

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2024-10-03T15:47:06Z

Anybody tried using CDE as a daily driver?