Mike Stone

Husband, father, nerd.

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2026-06-22 21:41:08 UTC

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Ah, I spend an embarrassing amount of time each day just keeping up on the current events. I like to cover the same things from different sources to try to understand perspectives. A hypothetical AI (this doesn't exist) that could summarize news reliably and combine facts from multiple sources would be a huge time saver for me.

2026-06-22 18:08:59 UTC

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Depends on what I'm reading. Especially news. So many of these news sites want their authors to just wax philosophical for 1000 words when I just want the facts so I can get on with my life. I rarely use an AI in even those cases, I just skim and try to dig out what's pertinent, but I can absolutely see where an ACCURATE summary would save me some time.

2026-06-11 16:49:18 UTC

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Yea, but they started that in 2023 didn't they? According to Wikipedia their results are still 50% Microsoft if we're being generous, and their ad revenue is almost entirely dependent on Microsoft. Is Wikipedia out of date or are they still that reliant on American tech?

2026-05-24 05:27:44 UTC

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There's times you want to use light mode? Weird. 😉

2026-05-20 17:33:16 UTC

I've been on-again off-again learning Python for a while now. Just some really basic process automation stuff. I think anybody who looked at my code would come to the conclusion that I'm still pretty garbage at it. I admit all this.
Still, the number one syntax error I make almost every frackin time is forgetting the stupid : after an if statement. Every stinkin time. I know, old dog new tricks. I get it. Just didn't think I was THAT old.

2026-05-19 08:26:11 UTC

Ummm, what?
https://www.zdnet.com/article/microsoft-releases-its-first-server-linux-distribution-azure-linux-4-0/
#AzureLinux #Microsoft

2026-05-15 18:09:27 UTC

Oooo, @npub19rt…adh9 has released a #Vivaldi 8 release candidate. It's getting exciting now! Not too much longer before the 8.0 release!

2026-05-13 23:01:08 UTC

My kids are going to be finishing school for the summer here in the next few weeks. Today I talked to each of them individually about their current grades heading into finals week. I played the Jaws shark theme in the background the whole time. I'm a bad person.

2026-05-08 15:36:23 UTC

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Oh god yea. That was so annoying because the keyboard would still work in the mouse port but the mouse wouldn't work in the keyboard port (I think that was the order, might be the other way). I can't remember how many calls I got back then that one peripheral was working but not the other because they'd swapped ports.
@npub1z3k…3q7s

2026-05-07 20:40:36 UTC

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Probably not? All reports go into a single queue where they're grouped by the individual being reported and the general time frame of the report. There's no technical difference between a report originating on instance or one from elsewhere. The moderators may prioritize local reports over remote, but that would be policy based, not functionally. I don't think the moderation team on Fosstodon does that, but I could be wrong. Just my impression.

2026-05-07 18:30:29 UTC

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Historically there's been instances where I really enjoyed having the new features. I'm not even sure what's new in Android 17 though. Nothing has really jumped out at me. If I'm being frank, being in the beta program is almost like having a rolling release of Android. I sometimes find a feature and it catches me off guard. "Huh, how long has that been there?"

2026-05-07 16:26:02 UTC

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Yea, but I've got a Google phone, and you know that tested every way imaginable on their own hardware before this stuff gets out into the world. If I was packing some obscure brand from a backwoods company I'd be worried about all kinds of stuff, but since everything is in house? It's almost always solid.

2026-04-17 16:44:22 UTC

I don't understand how this is supposed to work, even in theory. In my house, everybody has their own computer so I guess age verification could sorta work (again, in theory), but I also don't think my home is typical when it comes to computer ownership. I haven't confirmed this, but I would imagine that most homes only have one or two computers in them. Soooo, if that's true, what would stop my kids from using my verification? Individual profiles? That won't happen.
https://www.osnews.com/story/144803/nationwide-bill-to-put-age-verification-in-operating-systems-introduced-in-the-us/

2026-04-09 22:39:18 UTC

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Yea, i've been kinda eyeing that too. I haven't implemented anything because my current hardware fits my needs for the time being. When that changes I'll do my best to con my wife into letting me do it.

2026-04-09 19:38:05 UTC

RE: https://fosstodon.org/@frameworkcomputer/116375404873416915
This sounds enticing...
#Framework
#note167t…ft6g

2026-04-09 17:48:08 UTC

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It really is a power users browser. I enjoyed your feedback. One of if not the best thing about Vivaldi is almost every time you ask the question, "can I change that?", the answer is going to be "Yes." Vivaldi is customizable in the extreme. I'm attaching a screenshot of my current configuration, which I'm sure is different than pretty much everybody else's anywhere. It's a really good browser, and a little time spent configuring it to your preferences makes it great.
@npub19rt…adh9
https://cdn.fosstodon.org/media_attachments/files/116/375/991/048/520/345/original/dc1fdfa70516a377.png

2026-04-09 17:02:41 UTC

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I gave this a spin, and it does work. I have two profiles setup. I had to setup the second profile just like a new install, but after I logged in it brought my settings from my account no problem. I don't have any custom key bindings, so I can't confirm that stuff, but my settings seem to have come across. I can also access my workspaces and tabs in the other profile from both the tab drop down and the side panel. It treats that other profile just like a different computer.
@npub19rt…adh9

2026-04-09 16:49:44 UTC

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Maybe? I've never tried since I don't use profiles. Hopefully @npub19rt…adh9 will correct me if I'm wrong, but it might be possible to have the different profiles sync to the same Vivaldi account? I know you can sync settings that way as I do that between computers, but I've never tried it with profiles on the same computer. If you're syncing to the same account, that should (HYPOTHETICALLY) give you access to the tabs and workspaces on a read only basis, but dunno for sure. Grain of salt.

2026-04-09 16:04:47 UTC

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Yea, unfortunately that's something that Vivaldi has inherited from its Chromium base. They don't have a middle ground on the Profiles/containers. You're either in the same profile/container, or completely and entirely different. Personally, I don't use profiles. I do use the heck out of Workspaces though, and I've gotten better about it but I still have over 100 tabs open on multiple devices. Vivaldi is better at handling tabs than any browser I've ever used.
@npub19rt…adh9

2026-01-29 17:01:51 UTC

After a few minutes of toying with the new #Vivaldi, I have some quick thoughts.
I think a point that needs emphasis is this: "While other browsers add AI summarization and Edge pushes Copilot integration, Vivaldi 7.8 ships features users have actually requested."
There are a couple not huge, but super useful updates in this new version. Opening links in tiled tabs. Love that. I don't think they even mentioned opening links in different workspaces. Great feature.
https://vivaldi.com/blog/vivaldi-7-8-launches-with-message-to-big-tech-humans-dont-need-ai-babysitters/
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2026-01-21 18:09:48 UTC

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I can see where those kind of features would be helpful. Creating Shorts with an AI version of yourself? Not so much. I'm already not a fan of Shorts even when real people make them. This just feels like abuse waiting to happen.

2026-01-04 08:31:35 UTC

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I honestly don't know where I see your content more. I obviously follow you here, but I also watch your rss feed on your site. I probably spend more time on my FreshRSS instance than any other site on the Internet (with the possible exception of Fosstodon). I also follow your RSS feed here too:
https://fosstodon.org/@kev/with_replies.rss
I guess that makes RSS the best choice whether I see it on Fosstodon or via your site's RSS feed.

2025-12-29 16:08:08 UTC

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Well, centralization is a problem, but Fosstodon didn't even block Threads. Historically at least, Fosstodon has left most of those kinds of decisions to the individuals. Since I can see @npub1dlz…uxsy's profile, I doubt it's something that Fosstodon has done.

2025-12-26 02:54:31 UTC

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Yea, it's still not in a full, production ready version with Firefox so I'm giving them a lot of slack. If it still works like it does now when it's billed as being fully ready, I'll be disappointed.

2025-12-21 20:24:56 UTC

I'm not a subscriber to Peacock, and it's stiff like this that guarantees I never will be. I actually watched part of a show on Amazon Prime last week, but I turned it off after less than 10 minutes because of the constant ad interruptions. These are all services that if you have them, you're paying for them. I don't pay for a service to watch commercials. I don't understand why most of the Internet hasn't hoisted the Jolly Roger by now.
https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2025/12/peacock-showing-ads-upon-launch-opens-the-door-for-more-disruptive-streaming-ads/

2025-11-19 22:26:36 UTC

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How many is that?

2025-09-21 20:55:39 UTC

Just watched this video on the early days of #IRC. It brought back a lot of memories of all the hours I spent there back in the 90s. I even learned some stuff about why it was called the #EFNet and things like that. I met my wife there back in 1995, so those were important years for me. I know it just isn't the same these days, but understand what they're talking about there at the end.
https://yewtu.be/watch?v=6UbKenFipjo

2025-09-18 15:43:29 UTC

#Vivaldi has a new release, and it's let me simplify my UI even further. It's pretty amazing that a browser with as many options as @npub19rt…adh9 has can still have such a simple bespoke interface. Nothing compares.
https://vivaldi.com/new/

2025-09-15 19:52:31 UTC

The more I play with #FreshRSS the better it gets. User queries are saving me so much time it's hard to quantify. For example, if I want to search a particular category for a particular phrase, easy as pie. I can search my Technology category for Zorin Linux. If there's something I don't want to spend time on, that's easy too. I use Android, so I can create a query for iOS and just mark everything read that it finds. Like a topic but not an author or site? You can filter on that too. Love it.

2025-09-10 19:06:13 UTC

My eldest child texted me today: "I got it"
No further context. Got what? A new car? An understanding of the meaning of life? An STD? What?
*sigh*

2025-09-08 15:28:41 UTC

Everybody's playing Silksong, and I'm still trying to finish Hollow Knight. 😒

2025-08-18 23:02:31 UTC

Every day, when my kids get home from school, I ask each of them how their day was.
Good.
Did you learn anything?
No.
For years they've been going to school and learning nothing. Yet somehow they're getting good grades in all their classes. That's so weird. 😏

2025-08-06 18:45:52 UTC

Toasty.
https://cdn.fosstodon.org/media_attachments/files/114/983/294/854/831/177/original/edec420485b2ccc9.png

2025-08-05 15:58:03 UTC

I just played a game on my phone. Did you know I have a 600 IQ? 😏

2025-07-31 15:40:00 UTC

Yesterday I was sitting in this meeting I had no business being in, bored out of my mind, when I ran across this post from @npub1x74…ruph.
https://fosstodon.org/@joel/114942666808163058
I've been using Feedly since Google Reader bit the dust, but I've been looking for an excuse not to (meaning I'm lazy and haven't gotten to it).
With some time on my hands, I fired up #FreshRSS in a #Docker container, imported my feeds, and away I go!
It seems really nice, even just base features. Just need a nice Android client now.

2025-07-31 15:35:42 UTC

If you're going to be at #Fedicon, tell me all about it! I need people to live vicariously through.

2025-07-30 15:34:20 UTC

Happy Wednesday!

2025-07-28 17:36:24 UTC

I'm having to take a training course on office safety for people who work from home.
"Safety matters because you matter!"
It's just so camp. I "matter" because they want to reduce insurance costs and potential liability. They're watching out for their bottom line, and that's it. I don't doubt they'd harvest my organs for sale if they thought they could legally do it.

2025-06-18 15:46:01 UTC

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I'm not an expert on Dutch food, but I absolutely think you're right!

2025-06-18 15:37:47 UTC

I'm a grownup. I can have Stroopwafels for breakfast if I want to.

2025-06-03 01:44:16 UTC

Potato Salad

2025-05-25 07:09:05 UTC

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Congratulations!

2025-05-06 21:59:14 UTC

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Yep, and I learned this by a woman I work with just casually saying in a Teams meeting, "Sorry all, I've got to go spatchcock a chicken" and then she left the meeting. No one made a comment.
Me: :blobthinkingeyes:

2025-05-06 21:45:22 UTC

Today I learned that spatchcocking a chicken is actually a way to cook a chicken, not some deeply coded euphemism.

2025-05-06 18:38:16 UTC

Congratulations to @npub1hpw…cd0d on becoming an official WSL distribution. I use WSL pretty extensively at work, and am currently running Ubuntu 22.04, but I might have to give Fedora a try there.
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Fedora-Linux-Official-WSL

2025-05-03 23:17:58 UTC

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I'd be interested in seeing that.

2025-05-03 22:10:35 UTC

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A while back I ran i3 on Debian. I actually enjoyed it quite a bit. The only problem I really had was I didn't like how i3's UI looked when a graphical browser was being used. It wasn't anything with i3 or my config, it was more of an itch in my brain that you get when you mix two things that don't belong together. Like putting tomatoes into your icecream or something. Hard to describe and absolutely a "me" thing, not something with i3 or the browser.
@npub1080…cr2f @npub15f7…m7wr

2025-05-03 07:50:38 UTC

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emacs seems to be a special case. It has a GUI, but it was originally written for the CLI, so keyboard functionality is a real focus for it. For something like emacs I'd probably use the keyboard a lot more, but I'm a vim guy so I don't really use emacs all that much. I installed it tonight for the first time in a really long time, and realize I know almost nothing about it anymore.
@npub1080…cr2f @npub15f7…m7wr

2025-05-03 06:58:27 UTC

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Yea, emacs is one of those apps that designed with the terminal in mind, so it's keyboard heavy. I know there's a GUI for it, but still. Browser wise though, I'm pretty much all mouse all the time. Pretty much the only keyboard shortcut I use in my browser (other than copy and paste) is Ctrl-Tab to cycle through tabs.
@npub1080…cr2f @npub15f7…m7wr

2025-05-03 06:55:09 UTC

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I have something similar I'm using for a media server. It doesn't have a keyboard though. 😉
@npub1080…cr2f @npub15f7…m7wr

2025-05-02 21:23:14 UTC

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I've seen a lot of people say they use keyboard shortcuts to move windows around, and I can't imagine moving windows like that. I mean, I get it in environments like i3 or something, but on a modern Mac/Windows/Linux not using i3 or similar window manager, it just seems entirely foreign to me.
When you say you're using them to move windows, are you talking between desktops or in a snapped view or what?
@npub1xsa…utnx

2025-05-02 19:59:10 UTC

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That just sounds like so much to remember. I was tired just reading it!

2025-05-02 19:15:46 UTC

I'm worried about my ThinkPad. It's an X1 Carbon Gen1, so it's roughly 13 years old, but I still use it every day (typing this on it now). Occasionally the screen has been showing white streaks like momentary static. It resolves itself right away, but that's new behavior and I haven't changed anything with this computer for a while. I'm concerned it might be a sign I'm about to lose the monitor, and at the age of this computer it's just not worth it to fix. But I like it!!

2025-05-02 18:56:02 UTC

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Many, many, MANY years ago I used a Microsoft split keyboard. It had a PS/2 connector. I can't remember if it eventually stopped working or if I ran out of computers with PS/2 ports. I wouldn't mind getting a new split keyboard. I don't want to drop the price of a new computer on it though.
@npub1080…cr2f @npub15f7…m7wr

2025-05-02 18:34:58 UTC

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I expect the actual fallout will be less than how it sounds, and I'm hoping that some of these people will give @npub1z3w…c039 the benefit of the doubt. Of course, they're all going to make their own decisions.

2025-05-02 16:42:03 UTC

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Oh, my wrists and posture are garbage for sure. I'm not a young guy anymore either, so one of these days I'm going to have to start taking that into consideration.
@npub1080…cr2f @npub15f7…m7wr

2025-05-02 16:31:02 UTC

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Oooo. See, that's just a custom computer input device. I dabbled in keyboards a while back, but you can drop a kid's college fund on that stuff. I mostly use the laptop keyboards these days. Very cool though.
@npub1080…cr2f @npub15f7…m7wr

2025-05-02 16:18:58 UTC

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But do you use emacs in a GUI form, or via the terminal? I'm in the terminal all the time. I use vi instead of emacs (a discussion for another time 😉 ), but I don't really consider that stuff to be keyboard shortcuts. In Firefox, sure, but not emacs in the terminal.
@npub1080…cr2f @npub15f7…m7wr

2025-05-02 16:07:49 UTC

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It is! Welcome!

2025-05-02 16:06:13 UTC

How often do you use keyboard shortcuts?
I was reading @npub1080…cr2f's recent blog post about his @npub15f7…m7wr, and he noted that one of the hardest parts of moving from a Mac to whatever he was using at the time was different keyboard shortcuts.
I spend a LOT of time in the terminal, but when it comes to GUI tools, Copy/Cut and Paste is really the only keyboard shortcut I use. Maybe it's still early in my day and the coffee hasn't kicked in yet, but I'm struggling to think of more.

2025-05-01 19:59:23 UTC

If you haven't read this yet, now is a good time!
https://hub.fosstodon.org/update-from-gina
If you have read that, it never hurts to read it again!
#Fosstoddon

2025-04-30 18:25:42 UTC

I just quick went to brush my hair because I'm going out for a run, and it hit me: Dude, you're going out for a run. Literally not a single person on this planet cares what your hair looks like.

2025-04-30 15:51:41 UTC

So, uh, did everybody see this?
https://hub.fosstodon.org/update-from-gina
You should read it. It's good.

2025-04-30 04:23:40 UTC

The entirety of my reality has been shattered. I don't even know what's real anymore.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HsmEl3P2vEM
Sorry about the YouTube link. Yewtu.be doesn't seem to be working right now.

2025-04-29 17:05:13 UTC

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🤯
@npub1z3w…c039 @npub1080…cr2f

2025-04-29 16:18:42 UTC

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Yep, I'm not sure my kids know how to actually answer their phone.

2025-04-29 16:07:24 UTC

I had to call a company this morning through their "Contact Us" page. The phone rang, the other end picked up, and it was an ACTUAL PERSON. I stammered and stuttered like an idiot for a few seconds before I got my feet back under me. I must have sounded like an idiot.

2025-04-29 16:01:36 UTC

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I think it was intended to be sarcasm, hence the /s at the end. It's not significantly different from a lot of the posts we've been seeing lately though. You know, other than the /s.
@npub1rd9…yqcp @npub1k9z…cmzg @npub1j7t…kn6q @npub1080…cr2f

2025-04-28 18:59:15 UTC

This isn't an official statement or anything, just some insight into where I am right now. Sorry, it's much longer than it needs to be, but I got off on a tangent and I don't want to rewrite it.
https://mikestone.me/2025-04-28-do-what-you-love

2025-04-16 16:30:50 UTC

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Honestly I haven't even used anything else for a long time. I still have a Facebook account out there, but I haven't signed in for a year or more. I tried Threads and Bluesky when they first came out, but didn't find anything I was super motivated by. I ran screaming from Twitter (I refuse to call it X). I can't imagine myself going back to those places. Even if I didn't have Fosstodon for some reason, I'd just create another account somewhere in the Fed.

2025-04-16 16:12:13 UTC

Hm, a new social network from OpenAI?
I'm going to be honest here. I'm a fan of messing around with LLMs. They're fun if more than a little untrustworthy. That being said, I have no interest in a social network from OpenAI. I have no interest in providing training material for free for the next ChatGPT model. The same goes for Llama or Grok.
Really, a contest between Altman and Musk? I'm pretty happy to see either or both lose.
I think I'll just stick to Fosstodon.
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2025/04/16/chatgpt-founder-escalates-musk-feud-by-launching-x-rival/

2025-04-02 17:26:40 UTC

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Maybe it's just me, but this feels like it's laying the groundwork for price increases for their products. I confess I don't really use them, but complaints of overworked staff and over capacity hardware sound like a plea for investment or justification for asking for more money in general. They could probably fix all those issues by releasing their models open source and letting people run them on their own hardware, but what are the odds that's going to happen?

2025-04-01 16:16:30 UTC

I forgot what day it was until I saw Warren Buffett bought Tesla for a trillion dollars in cash. Then I was like, "oh yea, it's ignore the news day". Signing off.

2025-03-28 16:57:34 UTC

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One of these days I'm going to get over there to see that. I've always wanted to. It's one of those landmarks that I know physically where it's located (ish), but I always picture it somewhere else.

2025-03-27 19:45:09 UTC

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The trouble I've run into with virtually all the bosses is I play with my kids, and since there's a bunch of us there, any patterns they follow get all jumbled up.

2025-03-27 17:18:20 UTC

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I still haven't pulled off beating the Moon Lord, and I haven't even tried Duke Fishron. I think I've gotten the rest of them though.

2025-03-27 15:59:15 UTC

How do you know you're old? When you wake up after a good night's sleep and your back is so sore you can barely walk. Now I'm trying to sit in a chair, and I'm not sure I can do this today.

2025-03-19 06:06:48 UTC

Wowza, some of the random mail I'm getting lately is...... crazy explicit. I'm not sure if it's supposed to be spam trying to get a response from me or if it's hate mail attempting to intimidate.

2025-03-17 07:36:28 UTC

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What did you learn?

2025-03-17 06:40:29 UTC

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Uh, what?

2025-03-16 20:02:53 UTC

It's one in the afternoon and NONE of my children are awake yet. Not a single one.

2025-03-13 23:50:00 UTC

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It is worth noting that because this is running through an LLM, it does have a tendency to flat out lie.
Me: Turn on Amy's Lamp.
HA: Turned on the light.
Me: Turn off Amy's lamp and turn on Mike's Lamp.
HA: I'm unable to work with external devices as I told you earlier when I failed to turn on Mike's Lamp.
Me: Turn off Amy's Lamp.
HA: Turned off the light.
Me: Turn on Mike's Lamp.
HA: Turned on the light.
At least it knows todays date and time, which is an improvement.
@npub1end…rhn5 [@chris_hayes](https://fosstodon.org/@chris_hayes )

2025-03-13 23:46:48 UTC

So, I did it. I hooked up the #HomeAssistant Voice to my #Ollama instance. As @npub1end…rhn5 suggested, it's much better at recognizing the intent of my requests. As [@chris_hayes](https://fosstodon.org/@chris_hayes ) suggested, I'm using the new #Gemma3 model. It now knows "How's the weather" and "What's the weather" are the same thing, and I get an answer for both. Responses are a little slower than without the LLM, but honestly it's pretty negligible. It's a very little bit slower again if I use local #Piper vs HA's cloud service.

2025-03-13 08:23:39 UTC

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That would have been crazy right? But nope. "Sorry, I am not aware of any area called how is".
@npub1e9e…2s8q

2025-03-13 07:54:59 UTC

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I have less concern about using LLMs in general than I do about the privacy issues they represent. I don't like a cloud service knowing when each and every light in my house is turned off and on or what's playing on the TV. That's not really an LLM issue exclusively, but I don't want companies like Google, OpenAI, and Meta monetizing it. I've experimented with locally run LLMs through Ollama, but I don't have a static server that can run them well. It's on my mind though.
@npub1hn2…kl6z

2025-03-13 01:03:00 UTC

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No worries. Next time I'll put something up on the status page manually, so it shows up where people expect to see it.
@npub1j7t…kn6q

2025-03-12 23:59:23 UTC

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Yes, there was an issue with our Object Storage that didn't bring the server down, but slowed everything to the point that there wasn't any real difference. It also pointed to a blind spot in our monitoring as you noted, our status page didn't reflect reality. I put up a post on the main page as a stop gap.
https://hub.fosstodon.org/fosstodon-status
@npub1j7t…kn6q

2025-03-12 21:33:37 UTC

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Yea, I'm using the Mycroft wake word and local Piper to get the original Popey voice (thanks @npub1axx…dy8r!) I'm still doing STT with HA Cloud because so far Whisper hasn't been as accurate. I'm running HA on a Pi5 and Whisper on device, and I'm not sure what kind of performance I'm going to get if I crank up the accuracy. I've been considering the ollama thing too, but I'm currently running it on my workstation, and I'd rather not depend on it for tasks like that.
@npub1lum…qrxk

2025-03-12 03:47:38 UTC

Oh my god @npub1hn2…kl6z, this things is STUPIDLY easy to setup. I mean, I already had HA setup of course, but I've setup Google devices and Amazon devices and Mycroft and NeonAI and others, and this is the easiest by far. Crazy easy to get setup. I'm super impressed with this so far, and beyond impressed considering it's a preview edition.
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2025-03-11 22:42:43 UTC

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Yea, you can even run it through a locally hosted LLM if you want to have a little bit more versatility in the phrases it can interpret or respond with. Keeping in mind that all this requires some hardware that has enough juice to do the task. It's not going to run in an acceptable way if you throw it all on a Pi3.

2025-03-11 21:45:35 UTC

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It's basically Alexa, but runs locally off my Home Assistant instance so I can use voice commands to initiate any type of automation I create in Home Assistant, but always keep my information private.

2025-03-11 21:43:49 UTC

I know what I'm doing tonight. 🤓
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2025-03-05 16:21:47 UTC

LFS is something I've always wanted to try but have never found the time. New version is out now for those who want to get their hands dirty and really control their Linux system. If you have an LFS system you use, drop me a line and let me know how you like it.
https://lwn.net/Articles/1013096/

2025-03-04 21:24:54 UTC

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2025-03-04 17:43:03 UTC

Testing @npub1vpu…608s browser right now. I use #Vivaldi for my daily driver, and #Firefox for my backup, but I can see #LibreWolf taking that backup slot. It's incredibly fast to load pages. Stupidly fast. It comes with uBlock Origin preinstalled, and pages just fly open for me. If you're a Firefox user, I'd recommend giving this a spin.
https://librewolf.net/

2025-03-03 23:52:54 UTC

Well, this sucks. I was sitting here working on my computer and my external monitor just started blinking. On and off on probably a second or so ish delay.
I tried turning it off for 30 minutes. Still does it.
I tried a new cable. Still does it.
I tried a completely different computer. Still does it.
I unplugged it from a computer entirely, and I could see the darker and lighter black flashing as it was looking for input.
I'm going to let it rest overnight, but I think I'm screwed.

2025-03-02 08:02:05 UTC

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Fosstodon's servers are located in France. @npub1080…cr2f lives in Wales, and we have several other moderators that are non-US based.

2025-02-27 22:36:30 UTC

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It's a little embarrassing to admit, but we've had Premium for years.
We got it when my eldest was a baby. We would give them a phone to watch Mickey Mouse on when we were driving. If an ad interrupted the show, they would throw the phone.
Trust me, I sympathize.
To avoid flying phones and unscheduled stops, we paid for YouTube to avoid the ads. We've had..... many.... more babies since, and it's always been worth it to us. None of them are babies anymore, and still, worth it.

2025-02-26 17:39:17 UTC

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I'm happy to be finally out of that game for the foreseeable future. There were other things on there too, but the bulbs thing was just egregious. Things like they charged us $700 to bring in professional cleaners, less than a week after we spent $600 on professional cleaners. They're saying "it needed deep cleaning", which I know for a fact it didn't since we paid to have it deep cleaned. Either way, they still brought in cleaners, and we we still have to pay for it.

2025-02-26 17:15:28 UTC

My family moved houses in January. We bought our own home at the end of December, and moved out of the house we'd been renting. Today, we got our "Move Out Summary" where they inspect the house and deduct from our deposit things that "need" to be fixed.
They charged us $120 for lightbulbs. Fucking lightbulbs. $120.
We're not going to be contesting this because frankly it's not worth the time and expense, but that really pisses me off. $120 for fucking lightbulbs.