2026-10-21T17:30:38Z https://nostr.now BjarniBjarniBjarni 🙊 🇮🇸 🍏 https://nostr.now/npub1tq65tyaams2wq22u8xy0qwcfa98wcwvfk8n26u7xfwshslflcjzsggwxmc https://6-28.mastodon.xyz/accounts/avatars/000/005/712/original/0d05114dc70a45f2.jpg https://6-28.mastodon.xyz/accounts/avatars/000/005/712/original/0d05114dc70a45f2.jpg https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsyr5n30rmnnugm8v8444gtds49ewkfsf26wkj40tkrjne7tdl400qzypvr23vnhhwpfcpftsuc3upmp855ampe3xc7dttnce96z7ra8lzg2fhk5k8 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsf7nwrl6x44hfz47fjgll4m39xkk9pu2gj7uvav33yzdhw2lftdnsdc7rv8'>nevent1q…7rv8</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Blame the goblins! 2026-05-28T10:36:56Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsf9ehllhc24crcx4gfmgads6ujqr5jqh5pelkq2jczhhc9nklyuvszypvr23vnhhwpfcpftsuc3upmp855ampe3xc7dttnce96z7ra8lzg2ffq9dj Non-toxic masculinity:<br/><br/>I will use my testosterone and muscles to shovel snow and clear steps so people don&#39;t fall and break their necks!<br/><br/>Then I will lean on my shovel and have a friendly chat with the neighbor!<br/><br/>And enjoy the warm fuzzies when the cutie next door shouts out her window &#34;you&#39;re the best!&#34;<br/><br/>So good. 2026-02-27T12:25:58Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs2z4qveklalnmrcurgkw3sm7uqpdtygz7acp57eqtf85k58efmjpczypvr23vnhhwpfcpftsuc3upmp855ampe3xc7dttnce96z7ra8lzg2cxkgem In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqszvzcachuqrheqz2k0wrwvxyn8a6w7xrkz4pkhksxl3y37slcvhjgklw3u9'>nevent1q…w3u9</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Truly a &#34;why not both&#34; kind of activity! But maybe not the same day. 2025-12-22T19:12:52Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsxp4hysymjrvn3gfna7c6nzpvshcnx9v8cpml7kj8cx4w9syjpjpgzypvr23vnhhwpfcpftsuc3upmp855ampe3xc7dttnce96z7ra8lzg2t4drs4 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsydqmqxl5wenvhm37qesqu7rknlqkknykz0l83ue3pgu3yxq6qruc6xwclx'>nevent1q…wclx</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Go at sunrise and stay until sunset! 2025-12-22T19:06:34Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsqwt4txnn528k836zlaw594f0uj3der7c6az3j7klu9cn48j3qdqqzypvr23vnhhwpfcpftsuc3upmp855ampe3xc7dttnce96z7ra8lzg2ynkyg9 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs0mdtyn3kl4au583z8nlnnj4c5zdj9xsdmspq43t2f6c6g0fxv3rcdntad3'>nevent1q…tad3</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Something about this story reminds me of the original Star Wars, where all the robots were a bit wobbly, a bit cute, a bit useless, and it wasn&#39;t really clear how they improved anything. 2025-12-08T11:31:29Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs0vkc29kk3gz2fy8djzs9ny3r046u9eqd3vsxcpdxhm85uuzpplnczypvr23vnhhwpfcpftsuc3upmp855ampe3xc7dttnce96z7ra8lzg2nlp9cp In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqswspp3vlpnh0np9wp79slq0prwdwz2fw4d3y6wc4tkmhru4kez57gx0rc4u'>nevent1q…rc4u</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>It&#39;s IMO *worse* if they do a super good job at the tech stuff. Because that increases the risk and impact of all the other badness.<br/><br/>We&#39;ve seen this before with Facebook - they did a GREAT job on the tech front, super reliable, super performant. The first social network that actually scaled up to handle global traffic levels (all the ones that came before got bogged down under the weight of the hockey stick). Too bad they were also psychopaths, no we&#39;re stuck with &#39;em. 2025-12-05T20:06:38Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqswspp3vlpnh0np9wp79slq0prwdwz2fw4d3y6wc4tkmhru4kez57gzypvr23vnhhwpfcpftsuc3upmp855ampe3xc7dttnce96z7ra8lzg2up2kd2 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsx6st6dknukexzlvlx946d08sxa9znhm4hdyy9etpmvmuz7pqvh7qeu6kwf'>nevent1q…6kwf</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I guess one of my contrarian takes here, is I don&#39;t really care about the tech side.<br/><br/>If CloudFlare hurts reliability overall (a big if), the best judges of that are their customers. CloudFlare does not have very strong lock-in, I think the market can handle this one.<br/><br/>I am much more worried about the non-technical failure modes that come with this centralization. The centralization of power, the inevitable? enshittification that is yet to come. The risk that this MITM becomes hostile. 2025-12-05T20:03:40Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsvqdws87m8chjgjhrxnjx2nuq5v2qql2eerryd0gt9ctyylwrzyfqzypvr23vnhhwpfcpftsuc3upmp855ampe3xc7dttnce96z7ra8lzg27dwxww In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsvq7j7vvyukp5fh9835fs4vp558h57jxpqtugckq70chxgz9lkqxqtrva4h'>nevent1q…va4h</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>All good. Beer is overdue tho! 2025-12-05T19:46:54Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs8vu322079d7hpvdtl4mt7jcpa8mvc6sglhayav7nlhlc267sendczypvr23vnhhwpfcpftsuc3upmp855ampe3xc7dttnce96z7ra8lzg2jsp20p In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsq9dascumqmztqtdqwu7wav7c98tghvsuefy2s66zsw3wadx3wpfg7l5uqk'>nevent1q…5uqk</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I do wonder if there is a reasonable type of legal regulation that would prevent this kind of thing from emerging in the first place.<br/><br/>Because the tendency for this kind of centralization seems to be baked into the fabric Internet, probably related to Metcalf&#39;s law.<br/><br/>We need more friction and fences to prevent over-optimization. 2025-12-05T19:35:47Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs8t6ff335h629tkrgkkdwedn7d7qzex3rsjsrd33l3tjmylmu8xegzypvr23vnhhwpfcpftsuc3upmp855ampe3xc7dttnce96z7ra8lzg294k44c In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsqcl0sxfwda6u7dnera97z3upfuy937v68um43pyp07y44f9kl4zqfxvvth'>nevent1q…vvth</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I was trying to articulate some of the thoughts that go through my head when I read a post-mortem - yes, having just read CloudFlare&#39;s.<br/><br/>I think it&#39;s a useful way to look at things. There is so much to learn from mistakes.<br/><br/>And yes, my reading of their postmortem is very positive and forgiving - at least of the engineering side of things. It was a great failure. A wonderful failure.<br/><br/>That doesn&#39;t mean I think having a persistent MITM for 20% of all the web&#39;s traffic is a good idea. 2025-12-05T19:32:27Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsw636mqqdu70qrhujealk03vcmkxdvk49ff0nx3mc4rmcv2tn4lzczypvr23vnhhwpfcpftsuc3upmp855ampe3xc7dttnce96z7ra8lzg2zqvugc In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsv7x5jsaagae3xkerf4u2gnvhm4e0euf8rhz00sy2xzpdqjdzz42clmznqg'>nevent1q…znqg</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>No, it really isn&#39;t.<br/><br/>I was pointing out the importance of considering what kind of failures we see. Some failures are good. Some are bad. Some just are.<br/><br/>Blindly going &#34;failure bad! failure bad!&#34; is both lazy and wrong, whether you are talking about an individual or a company or a government. 2025-12-05T18:17:15Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsd4l05q9ucwc8ccdfgxyt7mxh6hn22rktjxlmvs69ssvzvxntkyaqzypvr23vnhhwpfcpftsuc3upmp855ampe3xc7dttnce96z7ra8lzg2wqymqg In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsvjmy6pd3aykjuml85nscfsey5ruc5jp975xfdcsp0v66yegxm4ncghugj2'>nevent1q…ugj2</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Both can be true at the same time.<br/><br/>Like so many things, a logical/good choice for the individual (or an individual organization) can be in aggregate an illogical/harmful choice for society.<br/><br/>This has been true of all manner of centralized Internet services since the dawn of SaaS, possibly longer. 2025-12-05T18:13:43Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsxmd8hghwwa2wzmn2adkgk7j5nlmzds69qvffzumdjx2whyw4sz7szypvr23vnhhwpfcpftsuc3upmp855ampe3xc7dttnce96z7ra8lzg2fk9pzf Everyone fails now and then.<br/><br/>The question is, do we fail successfully?<br/><br/>Do we fail for a good reason or a bad one? Do we recover? Do we learn?<br/><br/>The only way to never fail, is to never do anything. Which doesn&#39;t preclude the possibility that doing nothing might be the best choice... 2025-12-05T18:02:20Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqswgn3wywszvdm7kjfmw7265fcqh4zmsj4dm4gqadggqhgv7vd6wtczypvr23vnhhwpfcpftsuc3upmp855ampe3xc7dttnce96z7ra8lzg2498hv2 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsgclamn9unjxgfq5wfj567rzp6czm7ehw5suurff3xw5hzp8fyy2qxx9fzs'>nevent1q…9fzs</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I agree with the conclusion of the article though:<br/><br/>“When AWS went down, their share price went up, because people realised how many people are using them. In some ways [the outage] is great marketing, because you see how many people are using Cloudflare.”<br/><br/>My 2c is that this was GREAT publicity. CloudFlare were working hard to protect people against an active security threat. Minor outage, handled quickly, demonstrating the tricky important work they do... shut up and take my money! 2025-12-05T17:40:01Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsq70969wzzvqdq2vqq3e2ytxvegvejnpj73wcywnt77ranyt35h0gzypvr23vnhhwpfcpftsuc3upmp855ampe3xc7dttnce96z7ra8lzg2ccvyaj In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsp3x02ynjx3dwhyp8w67v568uth6u0c83jtz4amrratcp35eaj7egtrj80y'>nevent1q…j80y</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Current headlines about UK politics be like:<br/><br/>&#34;Racist leader of racist political party pressured to sack council leader accused of racism.&#34;<br/><br/>It&#39;s wild. 2025-12-05T09:13:18Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsggkvhld69m5f7y5wzkwtu0tkq999j8mc9xmzdywu6r3qdqkjqwlgzypvr23vnhhwpfcpftsuc3upmp855ampe3xc7dttnce96z7ra8lzg2hsy3ka In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsxf69j6kakhp7dgh8zfnks867v96w9kukwp5pnrvwhn5rxkpmm9ns5jp82k'>nevent1q…p82k</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>The really weird thing, is people seem to care.<br/><br/>Like, it&#39;s as if nobody had noticed that his entire political existence is manifest racism - somehow these old stories of him being a school yard bully make it real and suddenly people aren&#39;t OK with it.<br/><br/>Which is actually kinda good, in a way. But super surreal to watch. 2025-12-04T22:52:53Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsfm9dh2gg8d9zz8a50y8k8cq6gzans59fvk03luu944wm3awkfsqczypvr23vnhhwpfcpftsuc3upmp855ampe3xc7dttnce96z7ra8lzg2nje2yr App: Click to update!<br/><br/>Me: Uh, I dunno. I&#39;m nervous.<br/><br/>App: Click to update!<br/><br/>Me: Why? You haven&#39;t given me a good reason.<br/><br/>App: Click to update!<br/><br/>Me: But what if you change something that I like the way it is? Can&#39;t I just not?<br/><br/>App: Click to update!<br/><br/>Me: OK, OK. Fine. *click*<br/><br/>App: Sucker!!! 2025-12-02T20:04:28Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs2p4puxlnep28lhjlnujgpzvvfpufhjf7ezh2z72cdq6rx36p5sfgzypvr23vnhhwpfcpftsuc3upmp855ampe3xc7dttnce96z7ra8lzg2tgf4sl Reasons to move to #Iceland:<br/><br/>1. Peaceful, safe, bla bla bla...<br/><br/>2. Hot water, hot tubs, swimming pools!<br/><br/>3. A GSM/Internet provider that I actually enjoy having support chats with (Hringdu). 2025-11-28T10:56:51Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqswrq4guldunp46dfqsn7fjk855w25merqhj0w06k5xas4kstzgt3czypvr23vnhhwpfcpftsuc3upmp855ampe3xc7dttnce96z7ra8lzg2745s4y In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsxe8zxnydy6l72efwtnl8e3kxq9qj6q485wsl9ejl9k0yvxg5sp4c3huplx'>nevent1q…uplx</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>There&#39;s a fun &#34;#devops is hard&#34; lesson here (#CloudFlare).<br/><br/>1. Because Security, you want to be able to deploy global changes very quickly<br/>2. Because Reliability, you want staged roll-outs that pause or even auto-revert if key metrics get worse<br/><br/>You can&#39;t have both 1 and 2 at the same time.<br/><br/>And the temptation to go fast sometimes WILL prove irresistible.<br/><br/>So if you&#39;re looking for ways to globally cripple a big cloud, this is the pattern to look for: what is too urgent for staged roll-outs? 2025-11-19T02:14:59Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsxe8zxnydy6l72efwtnl8e3kxq9qj6q485wsl9ejl9k0yvxg5sp4czypvr23vnhhwpfcpftsuc3upmp855ampe3xc7dttnce96z7ra8lzg25pv33w The #CloudFlare outage follows a pattern we have seen before. Was it Google last time?<br/><br/>1. Generate an exciting config file<br/>2. Auto-deploy the file everywhere<br/>3. Everything everywhere crashes<br/><br/>All these big systems want to be able to react quickly to certain types of events, so they probably all have this failure mode baked in. Because security! Or some such.<br/><br/>&#34;Obviously&#34; the files deployed this way &#34;should&#34; be validated carefully. And there &#34;should&#34; be canaries and staged roll-outs... Should. 2025-11-19T02:06:22Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs9f08y4nk03zc2dg32z37hxgquqye4zpfz9hqwv4tdzf7wlnqj8uczypvr23vnhhwpfcpftsuc3upmp855ampe3xc7dttnce96z7ra8lzg2rwn7gr In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsz4y5qv49wgpmxy3v2m5yj3yfe45w5dvz06prpphefnh8h54f4wpc0d0yju'>nevent1q…0yju</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I flew in from Italy, they are en route from Iceland... we meet here.<br/><br/>We could also meet in the arrivals area, I suppose, but then A would have to wrangle all the bags and the baby herself. 2025-10-29T19:24:11Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqswfsvcvj8glj3vrqmdjsxe8ave4cqhe5f85hmr5fh9rg3y9hmtwkczypvr23vnhhwpfcpftsuc3upmp855ampe3xc7dttnce96z7ra8lzg2a4xger I am now on hour five hanging out in the Gatwick North Terminal baggage claim.<br/><br/>Two more hours to go! I have tried three different types of crisps from the vending machine and been frustrated that the Snickers which I can see multiples of is apparently &#34;out of stock.&#34;<br/><br/>Computer says no.<br/><br/>Soon I will be reunited with my partner and baby. The wait will have been worth it.<br/><br/>But also, I wrote some useful code! 2025-10-29T19:21:57Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs92s452epg6cfujm25nh0w4y564ugpp830mqad6vrv6c8u59wvmnqzypvr23vnhhwpfcpftsuc3upmp855ampe3xc7dttnce96z7ra8lzg2hwktq6 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs9pkrja3qqxu7hf6dp25632hrsnjsgx06r5zvw6lwr3t87crklk4c90andf'>nevent1q…andf</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Good point! We demand fair distribution of our outages over all time zones! 2025-10-20T21:20:55Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsg728c946c4h7nsqazxkwng8z5yl7ak5mz4fhckmp7f39eft2hf3gzypvr23vnhhwpfcpftsuc3upmp855ampe3xc7dttnce96z7ra8lzg2nptzvg I for one am grateful for internet service centralization.<br/><br/>These massive global outages where everything stops for a little while are the modern equivalent to a Snow Day. We all get a break at the same time!<br/><br/>What&#39;s not to like about that? 2025-10-20T10:51:09Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsxumgnr2g5afwe7sysvz77pnd03qae4ellft2gcndxd5hnk0wjv5czypvr23vnhhwpfcpftsuc3upmp855ampe3xc7dttnce96z7ra8lzg2505k9c Dear lazyweb!<br/><br/>Does anyone here have enough #kubernetes experience to try and convince me I should use it for managing a fleet of services which are NOT web services?<br/><br/>(My gut feeling is k8s is not designed for this so I&#39;d struggle, but I don&#39;t know enough to know what I don&#39;t know.) 2025-09-25T10:14:46Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsv4vnyk4uqkapfv3zf5qj7d2pzyfwklrn9sguusm75xc0j0jjurfszypvr23vnhhwpfcpftsuc3upmp855ampe3xc7dttnce96z7ra8lzg2l67a6d In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsw4gmz07fr8nc3f0dsrhct7zp78tan8acapr03qt3nlpq32mk8pwgmaw5n3'>nevent1q…w5n3</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I think we should blame Trump, just to be safe. 2025-09-08T12:46:59Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsxeyhd63yq02dq5zf4wug9h28gpryeaep359pczh9cfz0aavglyzszypvr23vnhhwpfcpftsuc3upmp855ampe3xc7dttnce96z7ra8lzg2vnqpyc In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs0x5rau7d2rkzyle5y6vphnv43sqxxklhm479duykmf8pqujj2lcsxqrhp2'>nevent1q…rhp2</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Heh. I book with them pretty often, using Firefox on Linux. It&#39;s not the most elegant site I&#39;ve used, but it does work for me...? 2025-09-08T10:32:02Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsx8fzszlw8vnp7y4wntqdduk4yg8r6qj4nnnkd9gucreq7tl2sdpgzypvr23vnhhwpfcpftsuc3upmp855ampe3xc7dttnce96z7ra8lzg2y7guz0 Rather than &#34;move fast and break shit&#34;, I&#39;ve decided that a daily routine of &#34;move shit and breakfast&#34; is more my vibe. 2025-07-02T15:02:04Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsdxkm6py2lxzgxtg2adxfpjkc4jk40lva9j067u8qh3267wadrdvqzypvr23vnhhwpfcpftsuc3upmp855ampe3xc7dttnce96z7ra8lzg2jqd8uq I attended a BMX stunt show at kiddo&#39;s school today. Was good fun!<br/><br/>I loved the dissonance of three long haired muscular dudes doing jumps and stunts and tricks (including jumping over a large group of defenseless school children who had been admonished to ABSOLUTELY NOT STAND UP) - while promoting the importance of helmets and warming up properly before exercise.<br/><br/>I must say, I much prefer Iceland&#39;s approach to Health and Safety, to that of the UK. 2025-05-31T13:39:26Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsfu4q72qx5jzsue3uh90t6ck8fzvxxg39p8zsp6f2qqdqmmlkv3mczypvr23vnhhwpfcpftsuc3upmp855ampe3xc7dttnce96z7ra8lzg2nlspvx In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsx0l2xqcwexrft3tduxjqdftp54qj2mxd0hffgpsfc82f2qnz2nmceace7u'>nevent1q…ce7u</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>In yet another reminder that celebrities are just people too, the singer Björk was there in the queue right ahead of us as we arrived.<br/><br/>She helpfully asked all the questions we&#39;d been planning to ask, so we just listened to the answers and followed her in.<br/><br/>One of these days I&#39;ll work up the nerve to actually talk to Björk. I&#39;ll tell her about that time that I almost poured a liter of beer over her.<br/><br/>We were clubbing in the same spot, and she was jumping up and down! Still proud of my reflexes. 2025-05-28T11:21:03Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsx0l2xqcwexrft3tduxjqdftp54qj2mxd0hffgpsfc82f2qnz2nmczypvr23vnhhwpfcpftsuc3upmp855ampe3xc7dttnce96z7ra8lzg2p8e8r0 Partner and I went on a date last night! Having a baby and a kiddo in the house has made dates a little less frequent than we&#39;d like.<br/><br/>But my dad came over to be there for the (mostly sleeping) littles, so A and I could play.<br/><br/>We had picked the most interesting looking event we could find - an experimental musical performance in Tjarnarbíó called Kolkrabbinn 1: Everything Everywhere - <a href="https://www.tjarnarbio.is/syningar/kolkrabbinn">https://www.tjarnarbio.is/syningar/kolkrabbinn</a><br/><br/>It was ... weird! Almost put A to sleep, but I was captivated. It was a good evening. 2025-05-28T11:17:04Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs8euyvr2znajqgx8eackzwcr5f7ka2z9jg43sjt0zrc99qp65n52czypvr23vnhhwpfcpftsuc3upmp855ampe3xc7dttnce96z7ra8lzg2m9vtu2 Signal is secure software.<br/><br/>It is, however, not reliable software.<br/><br/>It has bugs like all software, but it also has deliberate anti-features that make it less reliable. The worst of these is that it cripples itself and refuses to function if it isn&#39;t updated frequently enough. This always frustrates me.<br/><br/>I&#39;d probably switch to another, less secure, app if it weren&#39;t for the contacts and communities I have on Signal. And Signal-the-org prevents forks and alternatives...<br/><br/>Nobody&#39;s perfect! 2025-05-14T11:31:45Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsx27f3s7zev5zgafuy3fm3fxlyctnd2fvmznkntzqtfdekpkp9avczypvr23vnhhwpfcpftsuc3upmp855ampe3xc7dttnce96z7ra8lzg2ewux4t Ssh...<br/><br/>If you listen carefully you can hear the gentle sighs of relief as Catholics all over the US realize that they just avoided HUGE tariffs on their religion.<br/><br/>USA! USA! USA! 2025-05-08T17:31:50Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqstn94ah2y39mwdkakp97zedznz0yt3aacpvt90nt7r83tfwtwrjjczypvr23vnhhwpfcpftsuc3upmp855ampe3xc7dttnce96z7ra8lzg2mngq6u PSA: I am not the new Pope! 2025-05-08T16:53:37Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqszjcc7r6c76l6xypn57kga4eu70mf5r2gvd96fpl3nxj5wkhs4n8qzypvr23vnhhwpfcpftsuc3upmp855ampe3xc7dttnce96z7ra8lzg2qqnnax Sitting at a cafe in downtown Reykjavík right now.<br/><br/>There are three dads here, obviously on paternity leave with their little ones. One is working, the other two discussing pre-schools and parenting logistics.<br/><br/>One mum with hers, casually breastfeeding and chatting a friend.<br/><br/>Iceland&#39;s doing something right! 2025-05-08T13:02:24Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsxlzqagzkhdk0wwupag8j44ckqta93h7ldy770m2clj24zzvragzszypvr23vnhhwpfcpftsuc3upmp855ampe3xc7dttnce96z7ra8lzg2kgt7e8 PSA: If y&#39;all are trying to opt out of Meta/Facebook using your data for AI training, but find the direct links published by the various watchdogs don&#39;t work, you can probably find links that DO work here:<br/><br/><a href="https://www.facebook.com/privacy/policy">https://www.facebook.com/privacy/policy</a><br/><br/>... there is probably a separate page for objecting to Instagram content getting harvested. The Instagram privacy policy seems like a good place to look.<br/><br/>(I suspect Facebook breaks the direct links on purpose. I would if I were in their evil shoes...) 2025-04-28T21:48:19Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsftluy4078kws9n52lhs6jrnndjw3j7jfxzss2vf5l2ftq5dhqp5szypvr23vnhhwpfcpftsuc3upmp855ampe3xc7dttnce96z7ra8lzg27m9fp3 I am probably not the first person to make this observation, but I am starting to suspect that #Beeware might actually be the bee&#39;s knees.<br/><br/>Going from zero to #Android app in just a few minutes, in #Python, and then seeing the exact same &#34;hello world&#34; look good in a Linux GTK rebuild a few seconds later ... is very cool indeed. 2025-03-08T21:46:05Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs99tlvv9ryk8rj7gvgqnlj0jh49pzd377h7e766m86q32c48jnxwszypvr23vnhhwpfcpftsuc3upmp855ampe3xc7dttnce96z7ra8lzg2a7vxmu My dad (in his 70s) wanted to write some web stuff for the ham radio club.<br/><br/>Because he&#39;s old school, and fed up with Python changing every week (or decade, whatever) he was reaching for C...<br/><br/>I told him no, we don&#39;t write web things in C. FOR THE LOVE OF GOD PLEASE DON&#39;T WRITE WEB THINGS IN C!<br/><br/>Try Go! Go is written by old farts who value old fart things like simplicity! Stability! Old farts who hate C++ and think OOP was largely a mistake!<br/><br/>One week later: He is writing it in Go.<br/><br/>So proud! 2025-03-08T21:20:41Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsyscmmvtwh3u6p6mwxuhrn94lc23hn4ulfph7u0926v9q7afkpj5qzypvr23vnhhwpfcpftsuc3upmp855ampe3xc7dttnce96z7ra8lzg2wrjcsj In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqswrz8nd9fnuwx6hpgzlcd6ckhn0uwgy4j22pdr5gyllx2gtvklcks2f3dls'>nevent1q…3dls</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>... oh yeah, and of course it broke compatibility with a bunch of old F-Droid apps. Some of the F-Droid apps which *do* install and were stable on my old phone, are unstable on this one.<br/><br/>For what? Who knows. AI, probably.<br/><br/>Fuck the upgrade treadmill. 2025-02-24T11:57:16Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqswrz8nd9fnuwx6hpgzlcd6ckhn0uwgy4j22pdr5gyllx2gtvklckszypvr23vnhhwpfcpftsuc3upmp855ampe3xc7dttnce96z7ra8lzg2t98f9y Overall, I&#39;m pretty disappointed in my new #Android Pixel 8a.<br/><br/>The screen dims too aggressively. The colors are wonky and the default colors were honestly just ugly. Bluetooth is super flaky. The camera isn&#39;t wowing me. I had a shitty experience restoring my old data (no explanation/warning that some apps were omitted)...<br/><br/>It&#39;s heavier and bigger than my old Zenfone 8 - and I honestly can&#39;t tell if it is doing a better job of anything I care about.<br/><br/>So much for Google&#39;s &#34;flagships!&#34; 2025-02-24T11:53:10Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs9zxru9m6p4tr5twzfe8n72rypgrwwujlp96c5lu6787kwt42n8ggzypvr23vnhhwpfcpftsuc3upmp855ampe3xc7dttnce96z7ra8lzg20m32nl In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsfkqmuttpkkfrmz9gtmvvqcxgere0vyyv4vt0lty3nsp275lzzqsckzqka8'>nevent1q…qka8</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Further babyproofing!<br/><br/>The two living room entrances now have a gate and a fence. The fence is actually an old fashioned wooden playpen, folded up. We can lift it up and use it as a pen if we prefer.<br/><br/>Cabinet doors have hair ties holding them shut. Sharp corners have rubbery things on them. Electrical sockets have been plugged and cables reorganized to minimize pulling temptation.<br/><br/>There are toys in a few places... this is fine. 2025-02-11T13:25:47Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsfkqmuttpkkfrmz9gtmvvqcxgere0vyyv4vt0lty3nsp275lzzqsczypvr23vnhhwpfcpftsuc3upmp855ampe3xc7dttnce96z7ra8lzg2ep8c9g Babyproofing.<br/><br/>The three-legged table now has four legs. 2025-02-10T11:51:51Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsf4c6efw0cffw8h6q92j27flfs87yjtps20tvcqy60wclf66ev03szypvr23vnhhwpfcpftsuc3upmp855ampe3xc7dttnce96z7ra8lzg2lshhyy In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs9tw5n30820ftvqxahhg3mc0clj4dekwhpa3kmay9clad79fv84zgjj9f94'>nevent1q…9f94</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Does that mean we get to find out what the tech is actually good for now? :-D 2025-01-28T09:12:28Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsg5lr4248xwkcs2pzkzkd4stxl9e6n2zgf9jcffx8y9euyvzqwl5szypvr23vnhhwpfcpftsuc3upmp855ampe3xc7dttnce96z7ra8lzg2ckrkr2 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs22tsm2hmmetsqv6ztczuaw632wph9xt0g3phh3ueu7dxmm2q74wgj9xtmw'>nevent1q…xtmw</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I am supposed to be able to just send an SMS to reenable it, but for some reason my SIM isn&#39;t connecting to a network at all now.<br/><br/>Which isn&#39;t great, I do want people to be able to call me if something is urgent.<br/><br/>Maybe oz uses different frequency bands and my phone just doesn&#39;t have the right antenna or something, or the right config. I&#39;ll figure it out. Probably! 2024-12-20T02:00:45Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs22tsm2hmmetsqv6ztczuaw632wph9xt0g3phh3ueu7dxmm2q74wgzypvr23vnhhwpfcpftsuc3upmp855ampe3xc7dttnce96z7ra8lzg2zvuy2v In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqswc9y554482aeupaqmh9fu46jmgsw5lvnz6m2e3mx74sazqychkhskavtqn'>nevent1q…vtqn</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Yep. Hringdu ftw! 2024-12-20T01:58:57Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs90zw2tx3xl07wj3zew8jkqwvvgyr84jl74jy4a5k57mswchga5ngzypvr23vnhhwpfcpftsuc3upmp855ampe3xc7dttnce96z7ra8lzg2xdhgyp I accidentally left mobile data roaming on, as I landed in Malaysia en route to Australia.<br/><br/>Apparently, my phone managed to max out my roaming data spend before I noticed and switched it off.<br/><br/>My telco helpfully disabled my account before I spent all the money in the universe on data. Now, I just need to figure out how to re-enable it...<br/><br/>Contacting support is tricky when you are 10.5 hours in the future. 2024-12-20T01:55:10Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsgwydpt4gxmm0snarhry4qglwzxlszfrjayjv3wrzph2a7yqkkfxczypvr23vnhhwpfcpftsuc3upmp855ampe3xc7dttnce96z7ra8lzg2q35w8m You know that adage of people getting promoted to their level of incompetency?<br/><br/>It seems the entrepreneur/biz version of that is being convinced that once you&#39;ve successfully built a business or three, you should get promoted to government... 2024-12-02T09:15:21Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsv80zpxtqn0gnelju95x0zwyxcp7l8ya9lllvqpdszrsawjzf64tqzypvr23vnhhwpfcpftsuc3upmp855ampe3xc7dttnce96z7ra8lzg2u7l0vl In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsqfc65tv6gwp0efnl2a7sya8gs5rg97gccqapzt9j56katfsegksqwm8uht'>nevent1q…8uht</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I still use that for some of the data (an external backup drive), but the machine needs to boot far enough to be on the network and accessible for that to work...<br/><br/>This machine wasn&#39;t originally set up with this in mind, so it doesn&#39;t have separate root/home partitions. 2024-11-12T10:22:54Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqswskg7kkehtd08rgxrnd9v6castkq8a6rd2qjw0zkkzepnt2waulgzypvr23vnhhwpfcpftsuc3upmp855ampe3xc7dttnce96z7ra8lzg2skgvqq Proudly ashamed that I just kneecapped the full-disk #LUKS encryption on one of my personal #Linux servers.<br/><br/>I decided that the device was in a secure-enough location, and being able to auto-start on boot (e.g. after a power outage) was more important than protecting the drive contents.<br/><br/>This is the technique I used, which has the benefit that I can relatively easily reverse the change later on: <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20140930221049/http://atterer.org/linux-remove-disable-luks-encryption-password-on-disk-partition-crypttab-initrd">https://web.archive.org/web/20140930221049/http://atterer.org/linux-remove-disable-luks-encryption-password-on-disk-partition-crypttab-initrd</a> 2024-11-12T10:06:24Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsr8zck4zgd2ckkq69lvljdz654jwymjgampuw47pqp8tq7r9qfy4qzypvr23vnhhwpfcpftsuc3upmp855ampe3xc7dttnce96z7ra8lzg2gzyuuz If it&#39;s masculine to repair things, and it&#39;s feminine to clean things...<br/><br/>My gender is fixing things by cleaning them. 2024-11-05T22:47:05Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs2m5387j9j3xt4spg6hux3yj65dkwrmpau6trd0h84glkyth5g4sgzypvr23vnhhwpfcpftsuc3upmp855ampe3xc7dttnce96z7ra8lzg2wwyyhq Sitting in the sun is so nice!<br/><br/>It does make it hard to see the screen and get work done.<br/><br/>But it&#39;s just so nice... 2024-10-07T11:09:31Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs2vgc2ulcjzdm9ej38lugkj08ma5wkk65vvgnlqeuvwtw9m2s80jgzypvr23vnhhwpfcpftsuc3upmp855ampe3xc7dttnce96z7ra8lzg2nydtkz In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqswyv9fxvwu9v2prkn7hx5ay2gluevu0t53jmze4tzvx3kj9t54t7cnjrdgu'>nevent1q…rdgu</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Following up to myself - I should have shared the link to the interview that prompted my toot about preventing food allergies in babies.<br/><br/>Citation needed! <a href="https://parentdata.org/introducing-allergens/">https://parentdata.org/introducing-allergens/</a><br/><br/>Also, Emily Oster is amazing. If you&#39;re a parent or planning to be one, or just curious about how these things go - hurry up and buy all her books. 2024-09-26T11:20:07Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqswyv9fxvwu9v2prkn7hx5ay2gluevu0t53jmze4tzvx3kj9t54t7czypvr23vnhhwpfcpftsuc3upmp855ampe3xc7dttnce96z7ra8lzg2lmhc35 It&#39;s maddening how much advice given to parents throughout the years has not just been a bit lame, it&#39;s been actively harmful.<br/><br/>Example: Food allergies.<br/><br/>For years, parents have been warned not to feed babies peanuts and such things until they were 3 years old. And only milk/formula until 6 months old.<br/><br/>When they finally get around to doing randomized trials, it turns out the best way to PREVENT food allergies is to feed babies exciting things at 4 months.<br/><br/>4 months!<br/><br/>Maddening. #dadtoot 2024-09-25T22:37:39Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs9apn6n687xmpkm9ex3czjke7a7mz7su5xu4u0peamfjanhhpgxfszypvr23vnhhwpfcpftsuc3upmp855ampe3xc7dttnce96z7ra8lzg2nu863m Hör Berlin is so good!<br/><br/><a href="https://hoer.live/">https://hoer.live/</a><br/><br/>I should send them some money.<br/><br/>I had been planning to watch some silly TV, but instead I&#39;ve just been grooving to one of Isabelle Beaucamp&#39;s sets for the last 30 minutes. 2024-09-13T23:58:40Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs08exn942kyzqzcmjmmc6xc94dla06pmdqgd3l73hq6d6248cj8pqzypvr23vnhhwpfcpftsuc3upmp855ampe3xc7dttnce96z7ra8lzg2cvn6nu Girlfriend: What are you doing?<br/><br/>Me: Just reflecting on my day. It was a good day!<br/><br/>Translation: Tooting. I&#39;m tooting my little heart out. 2024-09-13T23:21:01Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs9jxua5h8xrsc9edzl9hk32znfhkw9h58zuk5vq8zeemqwzqy97pszypvr23vnhhwpfcpftsuc3upmp855ampe3xc7dttnce96z7ra8lzg2gpprd6 Sometimes I have all sorts of random thoughts, which then kinda boil down to &#34;shit&#39;s complicated, yo&#34;.<br/><br/>This does not make compelling toots. 2024-09-13T22:35:21Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqswukll080lg2a0telyrzwnyjqsr3kwg7wgv269vdpzw3y8f8sl9kszypvr23vnhhwpfcpftsuc3upmp855ampe3xc7dttnce96z7ra8lzg2h2y6en AI = Automated Idiocy.<br/><br/>These AI systems are very, very dumb. Calling them idiots is doing them a favor, they don&#39;t have any intelligence to speak of - they just have a massive corpus of data (of questionable quality and relevance), and the ability to create output that resembles that input.<br/><br/>If you have a problem that can be solved by an automated idiot, lucky you!<br/><br/>But beware the problems that idiots can only make worse. 2024-09-03T12:35:15Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqstpqdxmawdmacajzalz7z2mkxxvkuvjurwfey6fn7h56rw4hhtmwqzypvr23vnhhwpfcpftsuc3upmp855ampe3xc7dttnce96z7ra8lzg2qnak32 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsddulytkz000cwaayhmwkk8xte9eyh5cncg2c3ep7pfsu5kvjye5gz2zgtn'>nevent1q…zgtn</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Paging <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1afml2kzwamqxppl50207sf5jwgl3l6ugn6hnuwugtxt7ctnhdtkqjq5gp4" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Michał "rysiek" Woźniak · 🇺🇦</span> (<span class="italic">npub1afm…5gp4</span>)</a></span> 2024-08-16T08:47:16Z