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C-list Blogger Since 2004.

Systems Mechanic, Conference Wannabe. Hot chili, mild takes.

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joelanman, to random
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Go use this thing I designed

https://www.gov.uk/register-to-vote

flameeyes,
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@joelanman annoyingly my naturalization ceremony is on June 27th so I don't know if I'll make the cut over to vote 🫤

ivan, to random
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web3 is going just great

flameeyes,
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@farcaller @ivan or stop lending credibility to these scams, and don't.

chrisjrn, to random
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I learned Python with import cgi, sad to see it go 😓

flameeyes,
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@chrisjrn I have a fun story with that module, I think @Yhg1s can still read it up on my Python Readability Review 🤣

nicole, to random
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New blog post! I take a look at the Yamaha MDP-10, a boombox that plays floppy disks, and my computer crashes while trying to play Sonic and Knuckles. Connection? You'll have to read it to find out https://nicole.express/2024/elementary-midi-watson.html

flameeyes,
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@nicole uhh H8. I remember working on PLCs based on H8S, and having to build Canadian Cross Compilers for it.

sgf, to random
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I thought I'd use gnuplot. I wanted a stacked line chart. Easy, surely?

https://stackoverflow.com/questions/40487935/gnuplot-draw-stacked-line-chart

Two answers, saying it's not supported directly, you have to calculate the stacking sums yourself, and both using the word "easy".

You know what's easy? Not reinventing the stacked line graph.

Anything where you have to include a little algorithm to do it, that's not easy.

flameeyes,
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@sgf I see nothing changed on 16 years ..

https://flameeyes.blog/tag/gnuplot/?mtm_campaign=social&mtm_kwd=mastodon

flameeyes, to random
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Free Software Cooperatives Redux

Slightly ranty, but let me give more reasons why I believe the only sustainable option for Free Software maintainership is co-operatives.

https://flameeyes.blog/2024/05/19/free-software-cooperatives-redux/

flameeyes, to random
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@briankrebs do you happen to have heard anything about pig butchering scams that involve convincing marks they're going to make money by opening Amazon stores?

(Google doesn't help here, "pig butchering amazon store" just brings a bunch of books about pig butchering on Amazon… and some even less useful butcher costumes 🤷‍♂️)

sjvn, to opensource
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Winamp is not going open source. Here's what it is doing - and why https://zdnet.com/home-and-office/home-entertainment/winamp-is-not-going-open-source-heres-what-it-is-doing-and-why/ by @sjvn

Yes, I know what the headlines say; Don't believe them. is not going to be .

flameeyes,
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@sjvn heh, hopefully nobody is going to go back to the death threats that I received for getting rid of XMMS from Gentoo back in the days ;)

kyhwana, to random
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Standards strike again!

https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1789295729883726332.html

flameeyes,
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@kyhwana hah locale aware parsing being the default and using that to parse config files is such a common mistakes.

But of course if someone suggests using a library designed for configuration file parsing, there'll be plenty of people screaming "unnecessary complexity, dependency creep" and so on.

Sigh.

shana, to Eurovision
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It's not a ballad year, people! #eurovision

flameeyes,
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@shana it's never a ballad year.

flameeyes,
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@shana before my time.

flameeyes,
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@shana I only started watching when my wife forced me to 🤣

flameeyes, to random
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I loved that the video of Rim Tim Tagi Dim has old people playing with what looks like Venetian cards: https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=ATEosPRL_BM&si=DTHErIG8ss8UrJFA&feature=xapp_share

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Italian_playing_cards

dakkar, to random

episode 19… I'm loving the style, but it gives strong "we ran out of money/time" vibes

flameeyes,
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@dakkar I mean, given the studio…

flameeyes, to random
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If anyone hasn't played Genshin Impact in a while and wants to just login through https://hoyo.link/bi0iFBAL?m_code=GC8L2SV5PN I wouldn't mind the extra primogems 😅

flameeyes,
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@eatnumber1 thank you!

flameeyes, to random
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@sysadmin1138 I just saw your 20 years blogging post... I have one for the same anniversary scheduled for the end of this month 😅

It's funny how many things came and went in this time!

flameeyes, to random
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(While I'm still looking for the right thing…)

Wait, they crimp CAT6 how, nowadays?

https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005005964442111.html

Maybe I should buy a bunch, looks easier to crimp compared to the 5e I used to!

flameeyes, to random
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What's the name for those plastic bits that you screw in on top of a cable, when wiring a plug yourself?

I'm looking at building something where I want to tie down a cable, and I would rather not 3D print those bits when I could buy them in bulk… but I don't know how to find them >_<

flameeyes,
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@viq not that — but as it turns out when I went and looked to point at what I wanted, I found the word "cable grip."

Let me see if that helps!

flameeyes,
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@viq (Nope. That's worse than what I was looking at at least on AliExpress.)

chrisjrn, to Eurovision
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Go_A show report:

They opened with SHUM, and still managed to hold the crowd for a full hour. Would watch again.

flameeyes,
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@chrisjrn Go_A are fantastic. Went to see them twice in 13 months 🤩

chrisjrn, to Eurovision
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I'm glad we went in not knowing any of the songs, because...

... wtf Ireland?

flameeyes,
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@chrisjrn no spoilers!

Though "WTF Ireland" is a common feeling for me.

flameeyes,
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@chrisjrn WTF Ireland.

(Though, Australia was chef's kiss)

flameeyes,
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@chrisjrn WAT? X_X

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