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whew, so we have un-targeted supply chain attacks in the wild now, huh...
https://www.elecrow.com/Thinknode-M9-Security-Advisory-SD-Card-Malware-Risk.html

2026-08-26 22:30:06 UTC

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oh this isn't even some bulk list thing there's a separate press release for this? crazy

2026-08-26 22:27:37 UTC

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now i wonder what else on that list i know

2026-08-26 22:26:39 UTC

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cool cool cool cool cool

2026-08-18 20:58:33 UTC

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wtf? this has to instantly come back as another EU antitrust fine right...?

2026-08-03 23:45:15 UTC

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a very helpful @npub18eq…jdzz helped @npub1xse…lgk3 and me get set up with the Reflow Oven at [@xHain_hackspace](https://chaos.social/@xHain_hackspace ) today so we're finally assembling a prototype of this pocket reform hex keyboard mod!
https://assets.merveilles.town/media_attachments/files/117/034/235/148/440/248/original/755851ee99c73eda.jpg
https://assets.merveilles.town/media_attachments/files/117/034/235/449/296/394/original/d662b1ba6afe8502.jpg

2026-06-11 08:44:29 UTC

hey folks, i could use some DevOps advice on a work-related topic!
tl;dr: anyone have some experiences with Talos or Kairos and/or k3s and k0s to share?
For context, we do a lot of prototyping and deployments on varied platforms (some cloud/web, interactive media on windows on-prem, SBCs/Raspis) without a clear general approach.
I have a project coming up that will involve deploying ~100 SBCs (amd64) that will run a kiosk mode browser and I would like to take the opportunity to implement a deployment architecture here that we can lean on in the future.
Requirements:
- immutable OS partition: soldered eMMC means minimizing writes is imperative
- small (worker) footprint: needs to run decent on 4GB SBCs
- integrates well with other/non-bare-metal deployments (cloud/linux servers, ideally even windows)
- bonus: compatible with a "federated" setup where there's local management nodes (per site and project), but ops data can also be forwarded and aggregated centrally
Anti-Requirements:
- cloud-based / requires Internet: needs to work with interrupted internet connectivity. Prefer sandboxing workers at the network level
- Siloed all-in-one solution with limited interoperability
The compatibility and siloing are my main gripes with Balena: it has features like monitoring and VPN built in which sure that's cool but we already have a (different) VPN, and if I can't integrate my non-balena nodes in the deployment process or your monitoring solution you're not helping.
That's why I've started looking at the Kubernetes-based solutions, it seems that would let me use a Talos or Kairos for SBCs (and maybe bare-metal servers and VMs, too) and mix-and-match that with other Kube infrastructure.
Between Talos and Kairos so far I find Talos the more technically convincing implementation, but Kairos has actually open governance and would make it easier to customize the base image where necessary (e.g. pinctrl driver for one of the SBCs we're using). I also have no idea how I'd go about choosing between k3s or k0s for Kairos and what choosing either would mean for interoperability with eventual other clusters. Help! Does anyone have experience with either they'd be willing to share?

2026-05-28 09:16:31 UTC

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looks like @npub1m96…ag4y had its two year fediversary just a bit over a week ago!

2026-05-28 09:04:04 UTC

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i was under the impression that other general-purpose models have solved this and would've guessed they implemented option 2 but actually chatgpt is still confidently wrong (now with sources!)
https://assets.merveilles.town/media_attachments/files/116/651/388/571/297/247/original/7cd764bef83734a7.png

2026-05-28 09:00:34 UTC

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the sad thing is that they can (and might) fix this, but the fix will be one of these two:
1. have the model run much longer, then have another model read that output and summarize: "reasoning" (aka maximize resource burning)
2. give the AI a traditionally-implemented "count characters in word" tool (address the symptom, aka admit defeat.

2026-05-26 18:05:30 UTC

dang I didn't realize the mastodon "max photos" limit of 4 also applies to federated posts from other software. For example, this post has six panels attached on the original Akkoma (Pleroma-fork) instance:
https://fops.cloud/notice/B6h4zZnZ6zfM8AcGcS
But looking at it both from the mastodon web interface or Phanpy I only see four, even in the paginated view :(

2026-05-26 17:54:23 UTC

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aww 🖤

2026-04-25 16:19:39 UTC

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oh dang, that sucks :(

2026-03-29 21:35:37 UTC

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I put together a project video for this cyber something camera project!
Slowly becoming better at this video editing stuff too. I wrote a quick list of shots I'd need, then got everything recorded in maybe 2-3h and edited in another ~3h. It's interesting how easy it is to keep a rhythm with this jump-cut style by just confidently trimming everything to bare minimum length
https://vido.social/v/eJFtvPE7dp
#theCouture 🤝 #theWorkshop

2026-03-16 15:28:41 UTC

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here's the solution i came up with for the display in the end: just print holes into the flat underside, then snap in loops and skewer it with a MOLLE stick (or can we please call them şiş, like the kebab?). No overhangs and optimal print orientation for strength on both parts :)
#theWorkshop
https://assets.merveilles.town/media_attachments/files/116/239/559/517/756/805/original/9854f7d8290f76f0.png
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2026-03-13 21:24:05 UTC

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it's all really *on there*, it might weigh a bit but no worries about things coming loose dancing at all
https://assets.merveilles.town/media_attachments/files/116/223/970/121/886/279/original/6a54b30412e2be16.jpg
https://assets.merveilles.town/media_attachments/files/116/223/970/126/306/781/original/35aa66c20bd1ce50.jpg

2026-03-13 21:19:02 UTC

did a lot of rapid prototyping between yesterday night and today to turn all the accessories for the FPV camera gadget I built around this time last year into a fully wearable kit / functional cybergoth-y outfit.
this has been a lot of learning and playing around with the MOLLE / PALS webbing system. There's a bunch of different ways things can be designed to go together here and I'm still getting my head around how to design for it but it's quite fun.
The dual 9V battery holder is working great (first time printing ASA as well, seems like an ideal material for these) and although the LED badge holder had a design flaw it turns out just cutting it in half made it perfectly usable and secure 😁
The FPV display is *okay* as it is right now but requires removing the back panel by removing screws (which requires bending the carrier to access), which is very unelegant. I would've liked to use MOLLE sticks here but I didn't find a nice way to get printable loops in the right spot or attach fabric straps without interfering with the internals for now...
todo for tomorrow is making two bases (MOLLE loop and wrist strap) for the new camera gadget design, which now features a sliding dovetail attachment to easily move the electronics between different bases.
#theCouture #theWorkshop
https://assets.merveilles.town/media_attachments/files/116/223/947/580/354/648/original/958e17ba7155f179.mp4

2026-01-16 12:23:55 UTC

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oooh juicy internet drama!

2025-12-29 00:05:46 UTC

Discovering @npub1rlr…s5kc by @npub147f…efc2 with @npub1xse…lgk3
https://assets.merveilles.town/media_attachments/files/115/799/932/569/345/272/original/fce188c6a457ac84.png

2025-12-22 12:09:42 UTC

Help! I've talked someone into being curious about (fragment) shader-ing ala shadertoy, but I can't find a decent node-based GUI for shader editing that has decent ergonomics but is also close enough to GLSL structurally to allow shadertoy-like mathy exploration.
So far everything I've seen fails in a significant way on either of these:
- Blender: separate "Math" and "Vector Math" nodes. "Math" node with drop-down instead of granular primitives
- Godot: "Function" node with drop-down instead of granular primitives
- Unity: uh ... i just don't want to do this to them i think
- cables.gl: no vector types at all??? setup a bit elaborate
- https://victhorlopez.github.io/editor/ closest so far; polymorphic functions but doesn't auto-cast values; UX a bit underdone
...surely there would be a web tool for this given the popularity of SDFs etc???
#askfedi #glsl #shader

2025-10-26 13:05:30 UTC

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hinged sandwich jig leaving access just to the exact places on both sides that need a screw put in at this step in the assembly process (14:32 )
https://assets.merveilles.town/media_attachments/files/115/440/602/587/956/694/original/79eb1d1206fecbde.png
https://assets.merveilles.town/media_attachments/files/115/440/613/726/427/586/original/de72811f9039f251.png
https://assets.merveilles.town/media_attachments/files/115/440/614/969/012/071/original/99879cff8e8ebde7.png

2025-10-26 13:00:45 UTC

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bunch of interesting bits in this video, like using a stack of spare PCBs as weighs or here using what appears to be snap-off rails from PCBs as handles for swabs (13:28)?
https://assets.merveilles.town/media_attachments/files/115/440/584/649/776/431/original/d56766fbce464896.png

2025-10-26 12:55:44 UTC

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slightly longer bit at 11:20

2025-10-26 12:41:37 UTC

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check it: https://youtu.be/OCZeF35Itp8?si=a_Ef_rGH8LhfM2Nf&t=28

2025-10-19 01:09:29 UTC

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yeah it was a good read! Another 5y have passed and Automerge also landed a major release recently, I'd be curious how much that has tipped the comparisons made in the text still.

2025-10-19 00:56:38 UTC

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banger local-first software endorsement paragraph 5/6ths in:
"Philosophically, if I modify a google doc, my computer is asking Google for permission to edit the file. (You can tell because if google’s servers say no, I lose my changes.) In comparison, if I git push to github, I’m only notifying github about the change to my code. My repository is mine. I own all the bits, and all the hardware that houses them. This is how I want all my software to work."

2025-04-16 16:24:28 UTC

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that is such an odd-looking assembly

2025-03-12 14:46:06 UTC

simultaneous_transmission.mkv
https://assets.merveilles.town/media_attachments/files/114/149/989/680/198/363/original/4b5c9a8f6f542908.mp4

2025-02-25 11:27:00 UTC

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made an acc on a different instance and noticed this bit of UI at the bottom of the "Public Profile > Verifications" Settings, which I don't have on this instance
https://assets.merveilles.town/media_attachments/files/114/064/281/996/121/881/original/b4833aaf9153a487.png

2025-02-19 10:12:09 UTC

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it seems Gem has been blacklisted by PlugData in version 0.9.0:
https://github.com/plugdata-team/plugdata/releases/tag/v0.9.0
> Note that compared to recent test versions, Gem has temporarily been disabled because it was not stable enough yet.
It seems that I've set it up to try to load Gem correctly, but it just wont (no library startup message and objects not found), but it also doesn't give the error it gives when I tell it to load a library that doesn't exist 🤷

2025-02-19 09:59:04 UTC

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ah yes, it seems "Gem" is the popular visuals part. I installed it from the "find Externals" dialog but the examples throw up a lot of errors and don't work:
https://assets.merveilles.town/media_attachments/files/114/029/962/385/484/827/original/22df9fbfdc08e76f.png

2025-02-19 09:46:44 UTC

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oh you are right there was some video stuff in Pd too but I never played with it... just downloaded PlugData but don't see anything related in the reference, guess I need to find some specific externals to install?

2025-02-18 11:07:00 UTC

anyone know of a "video sampler" software for VJing, with something like OSC controls for playback that are responsive enough to jump around in the input file (without buffering/black frames)?

2025-01-31 10:07:01 UTC

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first sentence feels like there should be a manifesto at https://occupy-web.space or something like that

2025-01-28 20:39:43 UTC

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yep, hometown. I went to the account you screenshotted bc i thought maybe the poster's instance is relevant but didn't consider my instance also mediates all traffic from there to phanpy/the client... That probably explains it :)

2025-01-27 17:18:00 UTC

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these two descriptions are approximating each other :D
recent laptop fans are becoming way quiet and I'd expect passive cooling to become only more widespread as well

2025-01-27 16:26:00 UTC

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same actually, odd

2025-01-27 11:20:43 UTC

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huh, not showing up for viewing from https://elk.zone, is there some configuration toggle for this?
https://assets.merveilles.town/media_attachments/files/113/900/050/347/395/849/original/15f5cd0eeb2a2e7d.png

2025-01-24 23:08:26 UTC

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oooh didn't know about that, gotta slap that on my SSG asap

2024-12-04 09:36:51 UTC

would you rather follow medical advice from

2024-08-03 17:44:42 UTC

They took a bit of a detour, but the MNT Pocket Reform Hex keyboard PCBs finally arrived!
I did some test-fitting and it looks really cool. In the second pic there's two paper stencils that I'll be sending along to @npub1xse…lgk3 for test assembly 🙂
https://assets.merveilles.town/media_attachments/files/112/899/314/360/051/296/original/eff43542916907d3.jpg
https://assets.merveilles.town/media_attachments/files/112/899/315/530/425/040/original/6b9c47a6d9a8711c.jpg