2026-10-27T01:15:13Z https://nostr.now Alaric Snell-Pym https://nostr.now/npub1cr36hjk49kmrh7yqjxvp8ymnjrhlv9s2ru7r73q9n2xcm2vxt9nstm03z4 https://cdn.fosstodon.org/accounts/avatars/109/268/010/546/658/085/original/9f3ea3a440d8d6e1.png https://cdn.fosstodon.org/accounts/avatars/109/268/010/546/658/085/original/9f3ea3a440d8d6e1.png https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsxnamry078kuqxnd3dvf477w564g7uz599h97j6lsjcw5xwzsa8agzyrqw827265kmvwlcszgesyunwwgwlaskpg0nc06yqkdgmrdfsevkwcl3jd8 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqswddzzmqzdw2auat7jhewdd8dtjgme3ek2228nj6ms6y0tst9hqnc5n32pc'>nevent1q…32pc</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I spent last week raiding my late mother&#39;s home for stuff of mine or hers I wanted to keep, preparing for the rest to be taken away by house clearance folks; and I&#39;ve been absolutely shattered all of this week 😞 2026-10-22T09:43:13Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs22893rzhjys9cxkktfkdh3rfe2ywsy6j2z2zrsnva3yv4c6uhqhqzyrqw827265kmvwlcszgesyunwwgwlaskpg0nc06yqkdgmrdfsevkwdc96py In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsqc72r2tvfptjfyts5tnetaqr2954kxhs8gclmylet84jmsdm5dmgsd4l3h'>nevent1q…4l3h</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>&lt;releases you&#39;re proud of&gt;.&lt;boring releases&gt;.&lt;releases you&#39;re ashamed of&gt; 2026-10-08T22:01:42Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqszsg40pqzhrrwv7wgf8v6fn8gutn2j79hr50uu587lqnt59sse9zczyrqw827265kmvwlcszgesyunwwgwlaskpg0nc06yqkdgmrdfsevkwqjnu3j In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs2v5w7uuwln98h0dugxhcg92a2e4tw6wtvuc8flll3zjnutjzp8rgd69ruz'>nevent1q…9ruz</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>1600s I believe! An old bakery next to a watermill. 2026-09-26T13:36:06Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsz7nahydgagq7mwplha4ww44xsqq7d4986dhe7ea96v3rzfh2v9eqzyrqw827265kmvwlcszgesyunwwgwlaskpg0nc06yqkdgmrdfsevkwg2nxv7 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsywqzkhfqfd2z06qful66t2lv4sd9gukc4xarp2l6jwfgghzk49kscq4r4t'>nevent1q…4r4t</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I used to live in a house, bits of which the original builders had made with bits from derelict Roman villas nearby 2026-09-26T13:05:20Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs0kj63gus8r0g0u6els2apjr9q79p4dau864k9yeh6e0fhrtt8juqzyrqw827265kmvwlcszgesyunwwgwlaskpg0nc06yqkdgmrdfsevkwkmmfz9 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsffxpvgzjn6dqaw8sl279e0tpp6fuc735yr8vawkccpt0gtew2udccyal65'>nevent1q…al65</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>my elderly aunt didn&#39;t even have a &#34;smart&#34; TV, it just had two SCART inputs for a VCR and a satellite receiver, but whenever she forgot how to change satellite channels she&#39;d try and remember what I did last time.<br/><br/>Which was always: to change the cabling behind the set around.<br/><br/>Because she&#39;d eventually call me round in frustration that she couldn&#39;t get it to work, and I&#39;d have to start by putting all the cables back... 2026-09-23T07:04:40Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqstkyltv2s9sq9vy5kxk5he8t5uxv9n6w38n44llssd4wt4wxsd6cgzyrqw827265kmvwlcszgesyunwwgwlaskpg0nc06yqkdgmrdfsevkwjevjn3 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsdaplm43p5q0rhxew8k290frznswtssy09ra04jwtmcdnmke3duaqaz6rgc'>nevent1q…6rgc</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>upgrading <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1ug093peu7ckvj3aspng9js36dvml8sv3eaznneqc6cz76l534hnqugdw2r" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>NetBSD Foundation 🚩</span> (<span class="italic">npub1ug0…dw2r</span>)</a></span> has always been a fun adventure in reading the changes list and deciding what neat new features to check out! 2026-07-06T19:07:40Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs9fnul95eeyl0tth0z64jz0exdepgapw52kyg7pvfctc4ahv7zzegzyrqw827265kmvwlcszgesyunwwgwlaskpg0nc06yqkdgmrdfsevkwt5l2uk In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqszme9rc7g09na6kv5nvg3p3kcnze0eg6fvp0f9y0ejvrzl5ss7wlsc6sg6d'>nevent1q…sg6d</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I used to know somebody who&#39;d say &#34;that&#39;s as useful as a cock-flavoured lollipop&#34; but I reckon cock-flavoured lollipops would sell pretty well in the right places! 2026-06-30T21:47:23Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsq9tawtp7dfglrpjn64d4ths9ldshqzdncpc237cvnq7sfxq029mszyrqw827265kmvwlcszgesyunwwgwlaskpg0nc06yqkdgmrdfsevkwkqupxa In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsy0cnz4w85dzklxpcspfqghxu2pc2g640gny93hemxvg7x6yerkasjyhqg6'>nevent1q…hqg6</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>there&#39;s a huge push here for shops to be card-only; and to replace giving your too-young-for-proper-banking kids pocket money, companies have sprung up offering cards for kids, filled up by parents with an app that lets the parent monitor all their spending. And presumably charges a commission somewhere along the line. Gets the kids used to having their every move surveilled... :-/ 2025-12-07T02:12:39Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsdj2w02x6j26fygew23jcrzzfncpraj5pe3fclmnduqm5nk9gwd0czyrqw827265kmvwlcszgesyunwwgwlaskpg0nc06yqkdgmrdfsevkwhpnq6x In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsf9rulse82nklg9usdrugz4gkmzfnx3jgjdyhf9rmydqcl4ssdpqql8zujg'>nevent1q…zujg</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I feel like the software world used to be companies fighting over the cleverest people to invent world-changing new technologies, but now they&#39;re just shoveling out tedious crapware nobody likes, as cheaply as possible. Did we really run out of real problems to solve? 2025-11-09T15:28:01Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqspttmya6st5nzj80znqv0cwd8srnvx8xl59pvklfdavj7ef9s738gzyrqw827265kmvwlcszgesyunwwgwlaskpg0nc06yqkdgmrdfsevkwhvavgg In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqst5apte3ecajupekpvqxwdv22a4e56wn6ktfpc70aluezmdtjutmqaulw6g'>nevent1q…lw6g</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>if you DO want to introduce an element of competition and conflict to maths to spice it up one day, try cryptography :-) 2025-09-26T09:05:47Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsplfsas66ahughjdgmyyjn33fhnpamuzljsnryeywc8ufgeajqadgzyrqw827265kmvwlcszgesyunwwgwlaskpg0nc06yqkdgmrdfsevkw8uq82z In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs98g9sjdea227mxytw8deew56fthvkauchleqd7jvwrnh2t77shdgpl74f6'>nevent1q…74f6</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Many years ago I saw a video of a bagpiper (IIRC in full kilt garb) following a racist streat preacher, drowning their ranting out. The sight of this irritated nazi trying to shout over the pipes, trying to get away, with the piper scurrying after then while still piping away, was hilarious! 2025-06-15T23:14:47Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs2r3ms0kpcvay2t43x38pudxj3l84tan9axfg3c2gsadp2flj477qzyrqw827265kmvwlcszgesyunwwgwlaskpg0nc06yqkdgmrdfsevkw3vhq8m In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsyy4thdv0xnvh0203lum23k2mssds374rylpflvfcfgyv58d6d4nqyq8kjc'>nevent1q…8kjc</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I am no ffmpeg or v4l expert, but my experience of graphics in general and the fact that scaling flag helped makes me suspect this v4l device expects the image to be in a very specific form, and will assume it is even if it isn&#39;t. So the question is &#34;what form does it expect the image to be in&#34;. Is there any command to query settings/capabilities of a v4l device to see if the device driver will tell you? 2025-06-12T23:22:12Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs263z4t7aa8w05wdn5qwlxf5uu8slzzzjwt065l3v47p2ypcddahqzyrqw827265kmvwlcszgesyunwwgwlaskpg0nc06yqkdgmrdfsevkwt48d57 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs8g9ps3hpvvcfs0yvhjw8dkdc8cc8v74dw0e3wumqq5t8jntcp29c9scz5j'>nevent1q…cz5j</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>there&#39;s a cat ALMOST on my lap, right next to me, but I went with the first option. 2024-12-15T18:18:48Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs9u4zc7d4p8uu2kvuc6ck32f73rnrl93duwlgkl05jecxk90rfyqqzyrqw827265kmvwlcszgesyunwwgwlaskpg0nc06yqkdgmrdfsevkw4vllhq In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs2078rmeerqvnetpn3m26c8j8k2m6ynfwqazl4mkuxzprygylvjpgg4qsm4'>nevent1q…qsm4</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>has resources to help moderators deal with the unpleasant stuff they&#39;re exposed to: <a href="https://connect.iftas.org/library-category/wellness/">https://connect.iftas.org/library-category/wellness/</a> 2024-12-13T09:02:23Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsrad6wk096me24ag3gjnf9clmuwpads4jnvgp22q9u2j8q7pg87sszyrqw827265kmvwlcszgesyunwwgwlaskpg0nc06yqkdgmrdfsevkwqzmhd3 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs2k3vx72d2wskvusy08lzlxysxnst33rwvzmc6jn0msvssudctdms5snqpf'>nevent1q…nqpf</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>it used to be fun to search Twitter for tweets where people spelt &#34;cologne&#34; as &#34;colon&#34;, eg &#34;OMG my husband just got a new colon and I can&#39;t stop sniffing it, it smells so good!!!&#34; 2024-12-07T13:55:04Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsx77wgfp6rt7wxaxvc27wmlnfhz4hmqwyj75ykzeha9w4r489r0sgzyrqw827265kmvwlcszgesyunwwgwlaskpg0nc06yqkdgmrdfsevkwpcvjhe In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs94w8jyxac0z5jtywl7phg0h4ka3wdzaufcsghkxkgegf24ewl2ws4svump'>nevent1q…vump</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>&#34;trump fragrances&#34; is an interesting choice of brand. One I would associate with the smell of the colon, if not cologne exactly... 2024-12-07T10:39:11Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs0lhyqcpeg9082n4dwf2ghl24rkkdcslcsztefenkysrgrcwp440szyrqw827265kmvwlcszgesyunwwgwlaskpg0nc06yqkdgmrdfsevkwm6nan9 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsrr7ahn4jua3p7zam6jc7nj426zlf5x6pqst6jmarxctwqju4mwwc87srj4'>nevent1q…srj4</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I use NixOS, which encourages this pattern; you can tie &#34;nix-shell -p zoom-us&#34; and be dropped into a shell with zoom installed. Exit the shell and it&#39;s not installed any more. A cache is kept so it&#39;s slow the first time as it downloads or compiles stuff, but it&#39;s instant after that. <br/><br/>It&#39;s quick enough I even use &#34;nix-shell -p nodejs_20 --command &#39;npm run dev&#39;&#34; when I&#39;m testing a nodeJS thing I work on. 2024-12-05T08:58:35Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqswfx40tt7vzemjc7x70zcl7tmrh6csdahkv0v7k4sh3ugnr7zqytgzyrqw827265kmvwlcszgesyunwwgwlaskpg0nc06yqkdgmrdfsevkwvjeln0 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqszn49kg6y09z5l2mu5tnq20r8n9eaqk49wfm9jxa5rg6mvqhh645cq2vw5m'>nevent1q…vw5m</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>in the UK, an academic department specialising in response to natural disasters, including how to communicate with the public, contacted the government and offered their assistance and advice in dealing with COVID.<br/><br/>They were turned down... 2024-11-23T18:07:31Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs9p2uc32hghzk0j6yhrg20hf5gc5pfah4u5n8j3d9dhgxfnjn8ltszyrqw827265kmvwlcszgesyunwwgwlaskpg0nc06yqkdgmrdfsevkwnqyjjw In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqspmvcq8aly9nexa4t78xe38qf9zzpyumn8j8n5z6hwqknc9tyaavg7u6dft'>nevent1q…6dft</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I have a lot of spite for the &#34;Eh, well, we only lose 2% of customers to this, not worth fixing it&#34; school of thought. I am an engineer! Making systems for everyone is a matter of pride! 2024-10-17T17:34:01Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs8gnxwrf4jcet3tz2yfqtz786q4a2czx2tt9m8jsqgexxh6dkejfczyrqw827265kmvwlcszgesyunwwgwlaskpg0nc06yqkdgmrdfsevkw89ar69 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsdqrpsvw4fl3u2z3asuvu7hxlvpeldv4mq3m2l0hl7ycff0lqvwrqjr5m8v'>nevent1q…5m8v</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>...this way in punched card batch systems. 2024-09-16T12:10:12Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsdqrpsvw4fl3u2z3asuvu7hxlvpeldv4mq3m2l0hl7ycff0lqvwrqzyrqw827265kmvwlcszgesyunwwgwlaskpg0nc06yqkdgmrdfsevkw00vf95 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs99p55mjqlj40x0jw5zhynx50m3xygtdxs60nkunh533l6nd87encp6ph02'>nevent1q…ph02</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>🤤<br/><br/>My own hunger for punched cards came from a book about linkers and executable file formats; the OS/360 executable format traced its origins back to punched cards. The compiler would output a stack of cards for each module you compile, and the input to the linker would be those stacks concatenated, with control cards added to set options and stuff. I presume a lot of stuff we now handle as multiple filename and option arguments to a command would have worked... 2024-09-16T12:09:57Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsxu4kgujvhj87542pa4c5gw9tsljnxvw92gykhdg6hkfa7uvz4m2szyrqw827265kmvwlcszgesyunwwgwlaskpg0nc06yqkdgmrdfsevkwge59sh In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsxsv2e0jxltyhejk4ml0nmsjuglt63q9lxq9vg9p3f5j0daeyqdegjztv5c'>nevent1q…tv5c</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>when I was a freelancer and occasionally posted paper invoices rather than emailling a PDF, I dreamt of including a punched card to return with your cheque, with the invoice ID on it.<br/><br/>Only posted 2 or 3 paper invoices and all were paid by bank transfer, but I could dream, right?<br/><br/>My paper invoices were printed by a dot matrix on tractor paper with the holes still on, naturally. 2024-09-15T08:50:57Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs24p49yxlfgnp73rgde4k2fnqg52trhtake83c64wrc6wezdakwkczyrqw827265kmvwlcszgesyunwwgwlaskpg0nc06yqkdgmrdfsevkwnh844x In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsvx2ggr47keklc69px0cy56ftk9ymy59cyqgf7uxkger8n32cslvqcnqe30'>nevent1q…qe30</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I do believe <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1x595mggkh492xtl25nfk5j4xnd2yuscfgmp2n7s6csanxsn99vlq5egect" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Terence Eden</span> (<span class="italic">npub1x59…gect</span>)</a></span> has recently solved this problem... 2024-08-25T22:24:48Z