Ben Hardill

https://bluetoot.hardill.me.uk/@ben

Working on Node-RED (npub1nwc…lqfn) at FlowFuse Inc.
Also Director/Founder Hardill Technologies Ltd.
All views are my own.

#FlowFuse #NodeRED

Code: https://github.com/hardillb
Blog: https://blog.hardill.me.uk/
Work: https://flowfuse.com
Location: UK

Public Key

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NIP-05 Address

ben_at_bluetoot.hardill.me.uk@momostr.pink

Profile Code

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2026-10-11 09:27:47 UTC

@npub1sv0…rq9x I can't remember, are account quotas just download or a combination of both up and down?
I thought I remembered they were just download?

2026-09-28 15:09:39 UTC

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I expect it's already happened, but waiting for the flurry of stories of AI Agent calling on behalf of user asking for their vpn/remote access password to be reset please...

2026-06-12 14:03:29 UTC

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ADSB for cars? Time for another USB SDR in my rig

2026-06-09 09:06:59 UTC

I have a Pi Zero 2 W that keeps dropping off the network.
It ran fine for a couple of months with a fresh OS install, but it's just started again.
It's running off a official Raspberry Pi PSU and has a powered USB hub to drive the 2 SDRs so I'm 99.5% sure it's not power related.

2025-12-21 16:19:51 UTC

Internet hive mind.
My dad's old Synology NAS is nearly full, mainly it is used to backup his desktop on which he edits his photos. The backup is just rsync so syncs one way, but doesn't remove duplicates when he moves things round.
I'm looking for a tool I can point at a mounted volume that will find duplicates and near duplicates (e.g. cropped versions) of photos and create an index.
Anybody know of a OpenSource tool that does this? Don't want to have to install Immich
#DigitalPhotos

2025-12-03 07:58:09 UTC

OpenReach started the fibre rollout for my town before the pandemic.
They "finished" it for my street last week in October and marked it as ready to order.
Install booked at first available slot of mid November. This failed because all the work in October didn't actually check all the ducts were clear.
3 weeks later and the latest outlook for them to fix the duct (not complete the install) is mid February.
Oh, by the way my copper was cut off 3 days after the failed install
/cc @npub1sv0…rq9x

2025-11-25 20:07:45 UTC

Anybody have any thought on the
Zyxel 5G NR 4.67 Gbps Indoor Router
Looking for something fastetr than the USB LTE stick I'm currently using as backup.
https://www.zyxel.com/service-provider/global/en/products/5g-nr4g-lte-cpe/5g-nr-cpe/idus/nr5103ev2
#5G #LTE #Cellular

2025-11-08 21:46:34 UTC

If '0.0.0.0' binds to all local IPv4 addresses and '::' binds to all IPv6 (and IPv4 addresses on dual homed machines)
Why is there no equivalent that binds to both '127.0.0.1' and '::1'
#IPv6 #IPv4 #localhost

2025-10-22 12:00:12 UTC

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And how they are stopping it being taken away

2025-08-13 08:08:19 UTC

The "design" team at Microsoft that came up with Outlook email reactions will be among the first against the wall come the revolution.
For those that want to remove this abomination from their inbox there is a way to prevent people replying to your email with them by adding a header:
x-ms-reactions: disallow
This message is brought to you by the most useless support ticket update ever....

2025-08-10 14:56:47 UTC

The podcast I listen to on a Sunday morning didn't have a new episode this morning and it's website isn't loading from a UK IP address (It loads just fine when proxied via in Irish address).
I'm going to be pissed if Simplecast have blocked access due to the OSA
/CC
@npub1mts…dm59
@npub17v0…zkr3
#OnlineSafetyAct

2025-06-28 16:39:27 UTC

Interesting. My default Static IP address from @npub1sv0…rq9x is flagged as not in the UK by a vendor.
But my /29 is not.
Both belong to the same AS that lists them as UK based.
(said vendor has no IPv6 connectivity so it's not that)

2025-05-24 20:55:31 UTC

Given I believe the the current precedent is that AI output is not subject to copyright protection I assume that means any generated code is the same? I wonder how that applies to
1. Contributions to open source projects
2. Closed source projects

2025-05-16 20:56:08 UTC

The new Red Hot Chilli Peppers "Cant Stop" Love, Death + Robots episode is pretty cool
#Netflix #LoveDeathRobots

2025-04-19 11:24:24 UTC

Anybody using one of the UGreen NAS boxes?
It looks like they are easy to swap the shipped OS with nearly anything, so wondering about it as a replacement for my 11 year old Synology (and given their recent announcement about drives...)
Looking at one of the 4 bay models and running Ubuntu + ZFS
#homelab #SelfHosting #nas

2025-03-15 20:44:48 UTC

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I have picocom on my laptop connected to the USB to UART adaptor to the StarFive.
Those actions would be on the StarFive via the UART console.
I did all this totally headless (no HDMI or keyboard attached to the StarFive, all UART or SSH)

2025-03-15 18:11:14 UTC

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It's all on the Ubuntu RISC-V page
https://canonical-ubuntu-boards.readthedocs-hosted.com/en/latest/how-to/starfive-visionfive-2/

2025-03-13 17:54:22 UTC

Finally got round to re-flashing my StarFive Vision 2 with latest Ubuntu 24.04 and installing it on the NVME drive
#riscv

2025-03-05 17:28:21 UTC

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OK, so this failed again with a fresh new bookworm image.
But it looks like I'm not the only one seeing this.
https://github.com/raspberrypi/firmware/issues/1768
It appears to be triggered by roaming between APs with the same SSID, so only a problem for people with more complex wifi setups.
I'm currently testing one of the test firmwares listed (test5) in that issue and it's been up overnight when it was failing after 10 mins when I booted the fresh image.
#raspberrypi #wifi #PiZero2

2025-02-26 22:42:26 UTC

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Much messing about with firmware later and it's working again. I've also set over_voltage=2 to see if it stays up.
But I also really need to cut a new image for the card as buster is very dead

2025-02-26 22:06:43 UTC

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Let is sit off for a little while and still no wlan0 interface.
I'll try a totally new image in the morning (as it's still buster) but that shouldn't be the problem

2025-02-26 21:53:37 UTC

hmm, has the WiFi died on mu Pi Zero W 2.
It's been falling off the network after a couple of days for a while, but it always came back when rebooted.
I think it's totally dead now, it's not even showing up as an interface (when logged in over USB Ethernet or serial)

2025-02-21 16:07:58 UTC

So this may be hot take, but let's put it out there and see if anybody can find a flaw.
Now all the UK Apple users data is unencrypted it's also fair game for current US administration, especially as we've already seen all the big US Tech companies bend the knee.
And this is back ups of things like address books/contact lists, which is the basis for network analysis which has always been the intelligence holly grail
#Apple #ADP #UK

2025-01-22 14:59:48 UTC

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solved, I was also directly following the tags.
But in a similar note, would be nice to see the hashtag only columns in the mobile web interface

2025-01-22 13:24:29 UTC

I enabled the #FediBuzz relay for a couple of HashTags to see if I was missing any messages and it appears to be pulling in a few more sources.
But as well as getting added to my HashTag and Federated timeline columns they are also showing up in my Home column, which I wouldn't have expected.
Is this the correct behaviour?
#mastodon #mastoadmin

2025-01-06 20:44:54 UTC

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Hmm, not sure if the EE router shows the sync speed for the WAN interface

2025-01-06 13:23:25 UTC

EE FTTP at my folks keeps dropping to either 50/50 or 100/50 as apposed to the 300/50 they are paying for. Power cycling the PON fixes it for a while.
Any Suggestions (apart from tearing EE a new one...) I probably can't get them to move to @npub1sv0…rq9x until the remaining 12m of the 24m contract is up.
#fttp #broadband

2024-11-25 10:42:09 UTC

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I see the following message:
"This user has chosen to not make this information available"

2024-11-21 14:14:25 UTC

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does it need to be local?
I think Azure has some free time for cloud hosted Windows VMs

2024-11-13 09:56:42 UTC

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tax write off. The company was still selling the TV/toy rights and other things, while also doing it's best to make a loss. Also probably paying Sir Alec Guinness (and his estate) his cut of the royalties

2024-10-25 20:01:23 UTC

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I've been meaning to ask what you've been doing with ~£1.5 every 2 months ($1 per month, but GH only pays out if more than £1 iirc)... 😜

2024-10-24 16:43:28 UTC

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If there is a spec somewhere it smells like a good FUSE project (not that I a. have any interesting scans, b. have the time...)

2024-10-16 15:06:36 UTC

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T-Shirts are already a thing

2024-10-08 18:26:46 UTC

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look again, they are empty, so where is `mastodon-streaming` defined

2024-10-08 16:02:37 UTC

OK folks, I'm going to want to see some positive reports about upgrading with the helm chart to v4.3.0.
I can't see where the new split docker containers are set in the standard values file
#mastoadmin #mastodon #k8s

2024-09-29 10:09:18 UTC

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depends how long I left it to soak in the concentrate Nitric/Sulphuric acid bath...

2024-09-24 17:07:36 UTC

Still getting phishing email for services hosted on *.me.uk.com domains (these are hoping you don't notice the .com on the end of a valid .me.uk domain).
Reporting appears to have been ignored, any suggestions as to where to escalate to next? NCA maybe as the domain is obviously targeting UK residents?
#phishing #DNS

2024-09-20 15:37:05 UTC

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this feels like something you may be able to help point the right way at

2024-09-07 18:25:38 UTC

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There is no official Pi5 hat yet (they moved the header on the Pi5 so the older hats don't work)

2024-09-07 16:28:20 UTC

Grabbing a 4A version of the PoE to USB-C adaptor to run a Raspberry Pi 5
https://amzn.to/3XzVY5C

2024-08-28 16:32:20 UTC

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I think @npub1x59…gect was testing some recently as he was having jaw/tooth surgery iirc

2024-08-21 13:44:58 UTC

@npub1sv0…rq9x if the BT wholesale checker has stopped saying FTTPoD is available for me (but I know houses on the street have it and I know the fibre has been pulled through my vault) does that mean they'll be offering normal FTTP for all soon (for some random definition of soon)?

2024-08-10 10:45:01 UTC

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suggestion (if possible) expand the short links?

2024-08-04 12:37:24 UTC

Trying to get my head round Dovecot Sieves to stick spam in it's own folder
#email #dovecot

2024-07-04 19:59:12 UTC

Seen this on the bad place, but thought it worth sharing as a PSA.
Be careful with your drinking games tonight
https://www.theneweuropean.co.uk/james-ball-your-viewing-guide-to-election-night/
https://bluetoot.hardill.me.uk/system/media_attachments/files/112/729/982/596/573/754/original/36a2dd2415164750.png