Andrew "P.B." Graves

→ OSM Contributor since 2026
→ (Folding) Bikepacking since 2025
→ Homemade Pizzas since 2024
→ Avid NetHack player since 2023
→ FOSS & Linux Enthusiast since 2013
→ Full-stack Software Engineer since 2013
→ Musician & Audio Engineer since 2005
→ Skateboarding since 2003

Based in #Vienna, #Austria 🇦🇹

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#linux #FOSS #audio #linuxaudio #dev #musician #gamingonlinux #skateboarding #nethack

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2026-06-10 08:55:44 UTC

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LOOOOOL this gets better and better 😂 Super interesting!

2026-06-10 08:51:55 UTC

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That's so interesting! Next time I meet Polish people I'll ask what shows they've watched and what games they've played growing up - it definitely makes a good topic for small talk 😁

2026-06-10 08:45:06 UTC

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Those times must feel so weird to hear about when you're a Polish teenager these days. I mean teens these days probably can't even imagine a world without (smart)phones 😂

2026-06-10 08:41:01 UTC

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Yeah, I've recently watched the Iron Maiden band documentary and Iron Maiden were one of the first big metal bands playing in Poland. People had to get bootlegged low quality copies of the albums to actually listen to any heavy music back then. In the documentary you can see how much it meant to the Polish fans that Maiden would "go through the curtain"!

2026-06-10 08:35:48 UTC

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I assume NL is pretty similar to the German speaking countries (Germany, Austria, Switzerland): We grew up with consoles like NES, SNES, Dreamcast, PlayStation etc. In the late 90s virtually every kid played Pokémon on their Gameboy.

2026-05-22 12:06:42 UTC

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Duolingo isn't too bad when it comes to the German course as far as I can tell. "Almania" is available for streaming and in general Phil Laude's YouTube videos are funny and rather easy to understand. And then there's also "Trash TV" like Frauentausch, where the language isn't too difficult either!

2026-05-09 11:51:39 UTC

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Interesting. Also I wish humanity had something better than Electron, it's just such a resource hog 👀

2026-04-30 19:51:34 UTC

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Thanks!

2026-04-30 19:47:17 UTC

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Ah, you're the helpful kind of person.

2026-04-30 18:43:49 UTC

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No source code available it seems and the only social media channel listed on the site is X. Not convincing at all 😅

2026-04-30 15:48:18 UTC

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*Insert Snape Always GIF*

2026-04-30 15:45:06 UTC

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Are you doing okay, Neil? Who has a gun pointing at you and telling you to run your own CA? Is it [@babe](https://glitterkitten.co.uk/@babe ) again? 👀

2026-04-30 15:43:00 UTC

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Well hopefully you have some options once you look out for them 👀 Enjoy!

2026-04-30 15:10:27 UTC

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OK, so you're definitely talking about frozen pizzas then, I'm talking about refrigerated pizzas that are next to cheese and milk etc. Those are the ones you put in the fridge and not into the freezer at home since you will prepare and eat them in a couple of days. Those refrigerated ones are way better in my experience!

2026-04-30 14:43:36 UTC

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Wait, you don't have actual frozen pizzas in Sweden? I've been to Sweden a couple of times but I never looked at the frozen section at all 🤔 We do have both refrigerated pizzas and frozen pizzas in store, but you do have more frozen pizza options usually.

2026-04-30 14:24:17 UTC

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You deserve better, mah dude! At least here in Austria the refrigerated pizzas are WAY BETTER than the frozen ones. Homemade or from a decent pizza place is my way to go. Life's too short for pizzas that are just "meh" 😂

2026-04-30 12:55:26 UTC

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Post the pizza result once it's ready 😁

2026-04-30 10:44:11 UTC

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Thanks for being a voice for the people that care about #FOSS! Proud of you!

2026-04-30 07:11:44 UTC

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Good luck mate! Sounds like a rough start, but working out will pay off in many ways! I usually like to listen to Metallica's debut album if I need an extra boost of motivation 😁

2026-04-29 16:20:12 UTC

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There are more important things that need fixing. Like tabs vs spaces or Emacs vs Neovim. The correct answers are obviously spaces and #Neovim. 😎

2026-04-29 01:18:22 UTC

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Enjoy!

2026-04-29 00:50:15 UTC

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I'd suggest you learn the basic motions via vimtutor (built-in tutorial basically) and then use whatever vim plugin for your editor/IDE for a while to use the motions/get used to the modal editing. It's like you discover fire for the first time one you get addicted to the motions :)

2026-04-28 23:48:33 UTC

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We could babble about the other "Neo" thing which is obviously #NeoVIM 😁

2026-04-28 23:35:51 UTC

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Cool, you've even implemented controls for mobile as well! What's the game originally written in, C? What's the process of porting a game like this like?

2026-04-28 15:50:45 UTC

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Yes indeed! If they would've just dealt with a few core components and left out other components like the Cosmic terminal, text editor etc. for now, they probably would've had more resources to deal with all the reported issues.
Like mentioned in the video: 1.7k GitHub issues is an alarming number. I usually only see number like that for bigger software projects that have been around for multiple years 😅
I do keep my hopes up, but all the criticism is definitely justified.

2026-04-28 15:44:01 UTC

Things I will buy #secondhand so far:
* Phones (in my case #Pixel phones for #GrapheneOS)
* Laptops (I really don't need the latest hardware, especially when running Linux)
* Bikes (got my folding bike used)
Due inflation etc. people will resort to do buy secondhand more and more to not feel like they're getting ripped off. Even vintage/secondhand clothing stores in #Vienna feel like a rip-off, so I've got mixed feelings about that.
#used #refurbished #wien

2026-04-28 12:12:03 UTC

As someone that regularly tests the Cosmic desktop, I have to agree, it's still just beta software and shouldn't be advertised as stable, even though the 1.0 version has been released.
I do like Cosmic, it has great potential, but misleading users just hurts the reputation of Cosmic, #popos and #system76
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MwZq2_J_lSY
#cosmic #cosmicdesktop #COSMICDE

2026-04-28 09:31:32 UTC

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The link is dead, 404

2026-04-24 21:44:27 UTC

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Sounds cool! Maybe it's time for me to produce some electronic music instead of rock adjacent music for once 😁

2026-04-24 21:38:07 UTC

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What's Bonkwave again? I've read about it on the Fediverse a while ago 🤔

2026-04-24 13:23:09 UTC

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Omarchy lead developer DHH is a racist in case you didn't know. Problematic at the least. Do your own research, but this is just an example blog:
https://blogs.gnome.org/alatiera/2025/11/06/dhh-and-omarchy-midlife-crisis/

2026-04-23 21:38:38 UTC

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classic

2026-04-23 13:53:49 UTC

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s/peek/peak/

2026-04-23 12:01:02 UTC

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+1 for stdlib

2026-04-21 21:00:10 UTC

Happy Birthday to #IggyPop (#TheStooges) and #JerryOnly (#Misfits)!
#punkrock #garagepunk #horrorpunk

2026-04-21 11:28:45 UTC

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Superb soundtrack - RIP Nujabes

2026-04-21 10:41:24 UTC

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To cheer you up: Temporal will officially replace everything "Date" related, so there's a more sane approach to all of this:
https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/Temporal

2026-04-19 12:29:12 UTC

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Fixed it by installing gnome-mobile, the latest edge version.
phosh did NOT work with edge, the phone simply just wouldn't boot.

2026-04-19 12:12:28 UTC

I've followed an article to setup #docker on #PostmarketOS on #oneplus6t but I can't start Docker like stated.
The error message when running "sudo systemctl start docker" is just simply
"Failed to start Docker Application Container Engine."
Any idea how to solve this?
Here's the article:
https://crackoverflow.com/docs/system_administration/containerization/install-docker-natively-on-android-phone-and-use-it-as-a-home-server/

2026-04-18 09:50:28 UTC

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Perfect!

2026-04-18 09:30:49 UTC

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Oh, a blog post like that but as a haiku would be super interesting!

2026-04-17 17:32:35 UTC

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Cosmic Desktop has potential to be really nice - it still needs more polish though.
The 1.0 release of Cosmic Desktop does NOT feel like a 1.0 release to me, it still feels like beta software, sadly.
I'm not so sure about the Ubuntu base of Pop OS though, they've managed to let Linus of LTT down twice so far!

2026-04-17 12:20:12 UTC

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But Dutchies are usually pretty bold anyway, right? Austrians are pretty much the opposite 😅

2026-04-17 11:49:11 UTC

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I mean no matter what you do, people will still find something to complain/point out. You do you, trying to be something else doesn't really work out like we've found out 😂

2026-04-17 10:20:19 UTC

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Is it this one? https://github.com/timsaya/luci-app-bandix

2026-04-17 10:17:47 UTC

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That's great, but not helpful for anyone reading this thread.

2026-04-17 08:56:32 UTC

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Maybe instead of blogs you have a dedicated best of Chonkers gallery? The internet always needs more quality cat content 😁

2026-04-17 08:47:35 UTC

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Super interesting! Which plugin is that? I need to set it up as well for scenarios like this!

2026-04-16 22:58:33 UTC

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This is some really cool stuff!

2026-04-16 13:31:29 UTC

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I see your German isn't "the yellow of the egg" 😂
Yeah, but you're one of the few people that reads my blog, so maybe I could write about some language fallacies in German 🤔

2026-04-16 12:53:36 UTC

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Interesting, is Spanish your mother tongue in this case? I owe you another blog post I guess 😂

2026-04-16 09:07:33 UTC

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I can do both, but I definitely prefer docker compose - saves me a lot of headaches 😁

2026-04-16 08:38:53 UTC

Something that has annoyed me for decades as a native German speaker is how some German speakers write "Hi" completely wrong:
Instead of "Hi" they'd write "Hy" and I don't get it. Does this happen in other non-English speaking countries as well?
👀
#language #Languages #Denglish

2026-04-16 08:33:07 UTC

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Damn, something like this within #neovim would be hella based.
Cool stuff!

2026-04-15 15:26:45 UTC

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Wait, Pixelix for desktop Linux? Did I read that right? 👀

2026-04-15 15:12:27 UTC

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Interesting, what made change your mind down the line? 🤔

2026-04-15 15:03:47 UTC

First time using CSS Grid Layout and I just think I will still continue to use Flexbox 99% of the time 😂
#css #webdev #webdesign

2026-04-14 21:47:19 UTC

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Huh, interesting. You seemed like a person that would've blogged at least back in the day?! 🤔

2026-04-12 14:49:13 UTC

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That's rough to read. Shame that you can't rely on your brother, but sometimes you have to take things in your own hands because of situations like this. It really sucks.

2026-04-11 10:40:16 UTC

I'm gonna participate in the #nethackathon today (my Twitch handle is followgraves) - it's a #NetHack charity marathon, feel free to join!
Here's the schedule:
https://nethackathon.org/
This time's charity is "Doctors Without Borders"!
More info on the charity side of things:
https://nethackathon.org/charity/
#roguelike #charity

2026-04-10 20:32:31 UTC

This was too funny to not share it on here 😂
#meme #funny #lotr #LordOfTheRings #Tolkien
https://cdn.fosstodon.org/media_attachments/files/116/382/312/018/699/054/original/dba8d588ad9bd71a.jpeg

2026-04-10 17:12:44 UTC

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In Vienna we also have shared city bikes and the company behind it is Nextbike. The system works fairly well and usually the bikes are in a rather good shape. You do have to have to use the mobile app. A couple of years ago you could call a hotline if you didn't have a smartphone, if I remember correctly.
Anyways, in case you don't have your own bike already, used bikes are fairly cheap to get and folding bikes are great for city transit :)

2026-04-10 16:04:39 UTC

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You will probably enjoy this rant about matrix:
https://shkspr.mobi/blog/2025/07/im-never-going-back-to-matrix/
Reposting this link saves me the trouble of repeating myself on how unusable it is (for me at least) 😅

2026-04-10 08:24:05 UTC

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In case you're looking for a TUI file manager, but not necessarily a clone of midnight commander: #Yazi is a great option :)

2026-04-09 12:05:33 UTC

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Oh, this sounds interesting! I've already taken care of my problem by just manually saving my bookmarks 😅 but I'll keep this project in mind for the future! Thanks for your input!

2026-04-09 09:40:23 UTC

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Thanks for the in-depth reply - that was my conclusion as well. I've seen this random GitHub repo that would sync via adb to a computer, but that looks like a lot of work for just an export 😅

2026-04-09 08:33:52 UTC

Question for the #Firefox (and forks) users on #Android
Is there a way to export the saved bookmarks?
I don't want to sign up and sync with a Mozilla account 😅

2026-04-09 07:22:50 UTC

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Either via F-Droid or Obtainium (= APK fetcher, in this case from GitHub) when I'm impatient 😁

2026-04-08 20:35:19 UTC

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What's your packing list these days? Do you have a blog post on it? Cheers from Austria :)

2026-04-08 18:55:35 UTC

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Always makes me smile to see you post on Mastodon, Jill!
I hope you have a great day! 😁

2026-04-08 17:39:29 UTC

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I'd recommend against reusing components for multiple services. It's usually not easily doable anyways because of version compatibility etc.
Just take postgres as an example. A service you use might need a certain postgres version which might not work with another service.
Usually you can also use sqlite as DB, depending on the service and/or usecase.
Also a general recommendation: Look into docker compose for configuration, makes life easier :)

2026-04-08 14:21:58 UTC

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Thanks for the great work - as always! Excited for the update 😁

2026-04-07 21:56:16 UTC

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Looks great! Both thumbs up for Golang and Dracula theme!

2026-04-07 14:18:46 UTC

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I agree, it was only the tip of the iceberg - this is just a prime example of what some maintainers have to deal with and it's not easy to deal with this kind of hostility...

2026-04-07 14:01:32 UTC

Man, the archival of the nvim-treesitter repository is kinda wild.
The dude that started getting hostile in a discussion should've just been banned - #FOSS maintainers shouldn't have to deal with hostile people like that.
Let's try to be more civil to each other, maybe?!
https://github.com/nvim-treesitter/nvim-treesitter/discussions/8627
#neovim #nvimtreesitter

2026-04-06 22:57:17 UTC

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Leviathan is probably my favorite Mastodon album.
Very close second is Crack the Skye :)

2026-04-01 20:19:53 UTC

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Cool stuff, I'm curious how soon kickstart.nvim (which is a baseline starting point) will adapt to using vim.pack since I still use most of the upstream snippets 🤔

2026-03-31 11:21:43 UTC

As a rather avid user of #Neovim it's refreshing to see that the core team is pretty chill! Here's an interesting video about the latest 0.12 release:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EiBg91LTOYk

2026-03-31 10:30:17 UTC

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Thanks for posting these articles, really insightful!

2026-03-30 20:00:22 UTC

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You're always so radical, Morten! I like it 😁

2026-03-30 10:49:29 UTC

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Cool, there are some AUR packages already for some the plugins. I'll try them out at some point, thanks for mentioning :)

2026-03-30 10:13:23 UTC

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The UI/design looks nice!

2026-03-30 08:42:30 UTC

I've never bothered with #Bluesky and I don't think I'm missing out on anything 😅

2026-03-27 10:31:39 UTC

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Loyalty, friendship, comradeship, fearlessness, courage, dreaming bug and the urge to overcome any obstacle. If you've enjoyed DBZ, you'll enjoy One Piece!

2026-03-27 09:32:57 UTC

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You're welcome, my power level was over 9000 on that day.

2026-03-26 09:29:44 UTC

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Cool stuff!
@npub1tsm…mkme @npub1wql…as3h @npub1u9c…x43q [@loleg](https://hachyderm.io/@loleg )

2026-03-25 19:28:10 UTC

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Well, if you provide context like this then the question doesn't sound like a random assumption about someone you don't know. So thanks for adding context.
And no, I don't have ADHD 😅

2026-03-25 16:48:13 UTC

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That's a rude and weird question. Not fun or funny at all.
Coffee gives me a short boost and then the tiredness dip afterwards is even worse than without coffee. Everyone's body is different. With matcha/green tea or mate tea I don't have this dip in awakeness/alertness.

2026-03-25 14:56:41 UTC

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Can relate with the struggle - matcha tea/sencha green tea works well for me, coffee only makes me more tired after an hour.

2026-03-23 11:46:53 UTC

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Enjoy and have a safe trip!

2026-03-22 16:25:02 UTC

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There are also pizza baking steel out there, just so you know :) I'm happy with mine. But a pizza stone or steel is definitely a must to get that extra crunchiness 😁😁😁

2026-03-22 15:52:13 UTC

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Yeah good luck! Pizzas are quite a bit of work (especially all the dishes/cleaning), but it's so worth it! 😁

2026-03-22 15:44:11 UTC

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I usually put my Neapolitan pizza dough in the fridge for at least 48 hours, most often 72 hours. Obviously takes some planning ahead, but it's worth it!

2026-03-21 10:25:36 UTC

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I think it's interesting that they would still use Lovecraft's name on this movie even though there's clearly no "bride" involved in the Lovecraft story.

2026-03-20 20:16:40 UTC

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Is it normal that they are this big and that red?

2026-03-20 20:01:45 UTC

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Pretty cool stuff!

2026-03-20 14:41:13 UTC

I'm already having a bad day and now Chuck Norris has died. WTF
RIP #ChuckNorris

2026-03-19 18:44:09 UTC

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Reminds me of how e.g. backend developer usually don't have an eye for details like formatting emails/messages properly etc. - it's a dimension not relevant from their point of view 😅

2026-03-19 18:41:11 UTC

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Es ist ein recht spannendes Thema. Österreicher:innen sind Deutschen gegenüber recht ambivalent. Natürlich kann man halt auch nicht pauschalisieren, aber dieser Artikel fasst die Thematik recht gut zusammen:
https://www.derstandard.de/story/2000129370304/wie-es-sich-als-piefke-in-oesterreich-lebt
Also falls sich jemand als "Piefkin" beschimpfen sollte, widme dich einfach einer netteren Person, das Leben ist zu kurz für Wappler (= Idiot auf Wienerisch). LG 😁

2026-03-19 18:31:05 UTC

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Nein, für den "typischen" Österreicher sind alle aus Deutschen Piefke, auch wenn sie aus dem Süden von Deutschland sind 😅