Hein Ragas

With broad interests there's always something interesting to be found. He/him.
Doing #B2B #ProductManagement for boring business software by day. In my free time I like to play and write tabletop RPGs #ttrpg, and I am an amateur patissier.
#MastoAdmin of the MuBlog instance.
#TransRightsAreHumanRights
Moved from #Nijmegen in #Netherlands to The Smallest Village
Liever #zuurlinks 🍋 dan #domrechts

Blog: https://ragas.nl/fublog
Federated blog: Hein Ragas (npub1cl3…3u59)
Pronouns -- Voornaamwoorden: he / him -- hij / hem

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2026-07-18 19:16:38 UTC

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Ow, he's cute. And he looks interested but relaxed.
Yuzu is interested in the videos, but she can't turn off her hunting instincts and so she is on edge the whole time. It didn't look relaxing to me. But she just couldn't look away.
Like a doomscroll for cats.

2026-07-18 19:04:36 UTC

My partner put on 'Cat TV' for our cat. She couldn't _not_ watch, instinct is a hell of a thing. After some time she got tired of being so alert, but she could not look away. So I turned it off after some time.
Also funny that someone paid Google to show ads for hair gel products to our cat. Our cat the freeloader with zero disposable incoming.
#Caturday #TortieCat
https://mublog.files.fedi.monster/media_attachments/files/116/942/523/533/958/699/original/d60f532bb6e572e5.jpg

2026-07-18 07:04:32 UTC

RE: https://social.cologne/@eickefrohwein/116930242897016265
Belgische collega Wouter vond het maar raar dat we "rauter" zeiden, het moest "roeter" zijn want het bepaalde een route.
We antwoordden: "OK Woeter, gaan we doen!" en dat was het einde van die discussie.
#note1tyv…xzuz

2026-07-15 09:05:33 UTC

RE: https://mastodon.online/@NOSRSS/116922968432183840
Was er maar een technologie die bij sterke zonneschijn stroom produceerde, zodat er voldoende stroom was bij extreme hitte... En helemaal mooi zou het zijn als er een manier was om burgers te stimuleren om die theoretische dingen op hun dak te leggen...
Ach, helaas... :picardfacepalm:
#note10k3…dxvj

2026-07-11 15:11:32 UTC

RE: https://mastodon.energy/@Sustainable2050/116901941313585122
And yet news outlets persist in using photos of people playing in the sun when they're writing about the heat
#note1pse…45ln

2026-06-30 14:24:01 UTC

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It's OK if you don't like it. Others do. 🤷

2026-06-19 10:07:12 UTC

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Thank you for sharing your photos with us.

2026-06-16 14:08:13 UTC

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Natuurlijk, als iedereen plantaardig eet, zijn er geen mega-stallen nodig.
Maar mega-stallen zijn niet de enige manier om vlees te produceren. Je kunt ook varkens houden op zo'n manier dat hun staarten intact blijven, ze elke dag naar buiten kunnen en ze niet in een mega-stal staan.

2026-06-08 13:28:10 UTC

RE: https://nileane.fr/@nileane/116714678500243030
So many people went from GMail to Proton. Now they need another alternative as they've gone fash (or maybe they were fash all along but were able to hide it better).
Just please get your own domain for mail so you can take that wherever you want, and just use a client or RoundCube for the webmail or something. Just don't jump on someone else's bandwagon with something as essential as email. It never works out well.
#note1vjt…c89y

2026-05-28 20:53:16 UTC

Booked all of our hotels for our Japan trip, which also means we've locked in the itinerary. Excited!

2026-05-27 13:31:30 UTC

RE: https://mastodon.nl/@willowpje/116646630920672152
This is what software engineers mean when they talk about "technical debt".
#note1845…8769

2026-05-19 09:17:10 UTC

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Nah, that one works as expected too

2026-05-19 07:45:51 UTC

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Yep, mastodon.social works normally. So someone made an explicit choice for exquisite.social!

2026-05-18 17:24:36 UTC

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I will check tomorrow. But I think mastodon.social is OK. Will let you know.

2026-05-18 10:31:25 UTC

@npub1y90…900y Turns out that the corporate DNS-based 'filter' on my work laptop now blocks exquisite.social. Congratulations, this means you are doing something right!

2026-02-11 20:53:51 UTC

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Bad molotov cocktail emoji because having the burning rag in the bottleneck is a safety hazard

2026-02-11 20:47:47 UTC

Attended a customer day for Dutch local governments. Data sovereignty was definitely a "top of mind" topic, but nobody had concrete plans to take their data off US-owned cloud services at the moment -- it's all at the stage of taking stock. Projects that are already underway to move infrastructure to US-owned cloud services are being continued.

2026-02-02 08:38:45 UTC

Met dank aan alle heldhaftige D66-stemmers die er maar mooi voor gezorgd hebben dat er niet een guur-rechtse regering komt die ons land verder afbreekt en de armen armer maakt en de rijken rijker.
Oh wacht.

2026-01-27 14:52:02 UTC

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At this moment in my $work we only support the S3 content connector for AWS, but we're working on a way to extend this support for every S3 storage solution that supports all the operations that our content connector uses.
There is a lot of interest in this -- even a customer who went with the Community edition but said they'd become a paying customer again if we had this.

2026-01-20 20:58:49 UTC

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Arguably, the 80's were the quintessential space age, with the Space Shuttle and Spacelab, so it's true -- even though I don't think VFDs were ever used in spacecraft cockpits.

2026-01-20 20:39:49 UTC

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The colour and soft glow of these is still unsurpassed

2025-11-26 09:21:11 UTC

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Elke credit card die de moeite waard is (Mastercard, Visa, American Express) zijn Amerikaans, dus bij elke kaart belanden je gegevens in de US.
Ik weet niet of ze nog van die prepaid credit cards hebben bij dingen als de Primera? Dat zou een alternatief kunnen zijn.

2025-11-19 09:27:12 UTC

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You don't have to go. And if you go, you don't have to stay if you are not having fun. So go if you're curious, but have an exit strategy!

2025-09-25 10:23:17 UTC

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Is this something for your PeerTube instance?

2025-08-13 09:05:27 UTC

Mijn Nationale Hitteplan:
* Stopzetten van subsidies voor fossiele projecten
* Stopzetten en verbieden van nieuwe fossiele projecten
* (Her-)nationalisatie van het electriciteitsnetwerk en serieuze investeringen in de capaciteit
* (Her-)nationalisatie van de energie-productie en serieus inzetten op renewables
* Serieuze investeringen in waterborging
* (Her-)nationalisatie van het openbaar vervoer en dat gratis maken
* Minimale verhouding bomen/verstening invoeren
Ik vergeet vast nog wel iets...

2025-08-01 14:28:06 UTC

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Such a pity -- this could have been turned into an amazingly cool housing co-op.
(Last year we bought a children's daycare facility and renovated it into an awesome house for us -- much smaller scale, but we're so glad we can live in this charming building. And the other villagers are happy that a piece of village history is being preserved.)

2025-07-22 10:10:18 UTC

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Someone pointed me to LocalSend, and it's been a game-changer for me exactly for scenarios like this

2025-07-15 14:41:00 UTC

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Windows 10 was supported for over 10 years. Ubuntu LTS versions are supported for 5 years. 🤷

2025-07-08 07:49:24 UTC

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What did you have to drop (or de-prioritize) to build this feature in such a short time?

2025-06-24 13:55:38 UTC

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When people ask GenX'ers why they are the way they are, show them this toot.

2025-05-27 14:47:58 UTC

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Mijn bibliotheek zegt: vanaf 11 jaar.

2025-05-19 12:13:33 UTC

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Goes for anything! So I'm happily using that amazing Japanese washi paper in my bookbinding and cartonnage projects, and it's such a joy to have that out in the open, instead of "safe" in a folder!

2025-05-07 12:36:24 UTC

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Ik lees het allemaal wel, maar ik kan bijna nooit iets bijdragen. De dingen die gezocht worden, die heb ik niet in huis.

2025-05-02 07:45:13 UTC

"Tijdens de Nationale Herdenking herdenken wij allen – burgers en militairen – die in het Koninkrijk der Nederlanden of waar ook ter wereld zijn omgekomen of vermoord; zowel tijdens de Tweede Wereldoorlog en de koloniale oorlog in Indonesië, als in oorlogssituaties en bij vredesoperaties daarna. "
Dat zijn dus ook de slachtoffers van de genocide in Gaza die nu plaatsvindt. Je zou hopen dat onze regering niet alleen herdenkt, maar ook zou willen voorkomen...

2025-02-20 14:44:16 UTC

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My bio says: "Usually quiet, unless you get him talking about some nerd shit."

2025-01-16 08:37:56 UTC

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En zelfs voordat bij Musk het masker viel en hij inderdaad een nazi bleek, wisten we al dat Tesla vol rascisme zat: https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2024/02/tesla-must-face-racism-class-action-from-6000-black-workers-judge-rules/

2025-01-16 08:32:34 UTC

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Mijn zwager heeft zelf fysieke knoppen op het stuur geplakt die dan iets doen. En dan blij vertellen dat het zo'n fijne auto is -- ik snap er niks van.

2025-01-16 08:29:46 UTC

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Maar Tesla's zijn gewoon slechte auto's die slecht gemaakt worden -- ook zonder Musk zou ik die niet willen hebben.
(Toen ik mijn nichtje naar huis bracht, werden we afgesneden door een Tesla. Ik zei haar dat mijn basis-aanname was dat iedere Tesla-bestuurder een klootzak was. Dat vond ze grappig. Helemaal toen die avond mijn zwager aankondigde dat hij een Tesla ging leasen...)

2025-01-09 09:51:32 UTC

Looking at the news coming out of LA about the wildfires, I am reminded on a tweet I once read:
"You will experience climate change as a series of increasingly wild disaster videos, until one day you are the one making the video."

2024-12-30 20:03:55 UTC

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Yes, .art is very opinionated and liberal in blocking -- but that's always in response to an incident. Moving to an instance with a more lax blocking policy will (potentially) expose her to more of the badness that is on the fediverse

2024-12-19 09:44:16 UTC

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Is dat niet zo'n reclamebord met een camera zodat ze kunnen zien of er mensen echt naar het bord kijken? Daar bovenaan in het midden? Dat zou wel een heerlijke ironie zijn.

2024-12-09 13:21:06 UTC

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I highly recommend the videos of the lecture she gave in 1984. She was very insightful, correctly predicting the future of computing. But she is also a very good presenter with many an amusing anecdote!
https://youtu.be/si9iqF5uTFk for part 1 and https://youtu.be/AW7ZHpKuqZg for part 2.

2024-11-29 21:55:49 UTC

Your IKEA product name is your name spelled backwards with an umlaut.
I am NIËH, a rather insignificant end of electrical cord, which you thought you wouldn't need but discover is essential to make your freshly bought smart lighting solution actually work. Back to the store!

2024-10-30 18:40:47 UTC

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In the version I read, it is mentioned that Njord got such shapely ankles because of his long walks along the beaches.

2024-09-20 19:27:40 UTC

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Funny, lots of anecdotes, but when she gets serious and talks about solving problems with computers, most of what she says is still true today, 40 years later.

2024-09-19 08:03:47 UTC

If tech companies enable some feature, _except_ in the EU, then that's an excellent indication that the feature is bad and should not have been built.

2024-08-30 10:43:04 UTC

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A luxurious lunch sounds like the best reward for a fast before a medical checkup.

2024-08-18 16:53:22 UTC

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The way it was explained to me, is that Shinto is for this life and for beginnings, and Buddhism is for the next life. So Shinto is for births, for growing up, for starting something new, for weddings. And Buddhism is for when you die. "Japanese people are born in Shinto and die as a Buddhist."
(Of course, there is a wide variety of faiths and worship patterns in Japan, so it's not hard to find people where this is not the case!)

2024-08-12 13:52:25 UTC

Yuzu is starting to take up more space
https://mublog.files.fedi.monster/media_attachments/files/112/949/372/737/807/538/original/3fa1174a01376c85.jpg

2024-08-09 12:13:10 UTC

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A 5.3 magnitude is not a small earthquake, but the Japanese people are so well prepared to deal with earthquakes that it seems like it's only a minor inconvenience to them. I am always so impressed.
Please stay safe and stay prepared.

2024-08-06 14:39:34 UTC

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Haha, some children forget they also have a quiet voice once they get excited!

2024-08-06 06:20:08 UTC

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Ganbatte!

2024-07-30 13:19:35 UTC

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So we have a way forward. We can do something to ensure it doesn't get worse, and with any luck it will get better. But she will have to take medication for the rest of her life. She really dislikes being held down, but we'll all have to get used to it.
/end

2024-07-30 13:19:13 UTC

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We also have eye drops to treat the infection in the eyes, so the blood can be re-absorbed faster/easier. In a week, we'll have her blood pressure checked again (maybe the dose needs to be adjusted) and initiate a blood test to try to find the cause of the high blood pressure. And in two weeks time we have another appointment with the eye doctor.

2024-07-30 13:19:04 UTC

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The retina on the left eye has become detached for a large part as well, but that's still attached on two spots. So we now have medication to lower her blood pressure. If all goes well, the fluids will drain and the retina will return to its normal position. With some luck, some vision will be restored in that eye.

2024-07-30 13:18:55 UTC

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But the effect has been that the pressure on the eyes built up, and then fluids can build up behind the retina, which can then become detached. This has certainly been the case with the right eye (the one that went earlier) and it seems unlikely that she can see through it.

2024-07-30 13:18:45 UTC

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Today we had an appointment at a vet hospital with a kitty eye doctor. She looked in Mikan's eye and they also measured her blood pressure. Turns out that her blood pressure is way too high. This could have many different causes, such as her heart murmur or thyroid hormones or something else.

2024-07-30 13:18:35 UTC

Mikan has been doing so well these past days that I am (almost) ashamed that I made such a drama out of it. She's been relaxing, she's eating, she's walking around and getting pets when she wants. She's been adjusting very well, which was very encouraging for us. We've certainly calmed down a lot.