2026-06-28T07:54:49Z https://yabu.me John Goerzen https://yabu.me/npub1k5rzzcn2nqfergwahfffgjmmhr3qqjdsyn0jjydjl4m3w842xwuqm6r5c3 https://cdn.masto.host/floss/accounts/avatars/000/215/807/original/5fe25e9b71dd90a1.jpeg https://cdn.masto.host/floss/accounts/avatars/000/215/807/original/5fe25e9b71dd90a1.jpeg https://yabu.me/nevent1qqspwwa2gnc5dncpdhqgdawmc0a8wxk22w7gvev70u3s3x7phkyvxkqzyz6svgtzd2vp8ydpmka999zt0wuwyqzfkqjd72g3kt7hw9c74gemslpduwx In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsrl5t04t8rtjrwqmf5n8q688p2qf7qd98luwrcxysgfrm5f204lvglfq4tj'>nevent1q…q4tj</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>is a fantastic serverless file synchronization tool. For a more traditional server-based one, there&#39;s <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1rk6czmpvny876kqvc4aqseuku3zmnxlphyxs2940g6u59te5m2yq57hv4q" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Nextcloud 📱☁️💻</span> (<span class="italic">npub1rk6…hv4q</span>)</a></span> which has live document editing like Google Docs, all in an app you can host yourself.<br/><br/>#Emacs is still a powerful editor, which I also use to read mail and organize my notes on things with #OrgMode and #OrgRoam <br/><br/>5/ 2026-01-12T04:49:08Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsrl5t04t8rtjrwqmf5n8q688p2qf7qd98luwrcxysgfrm5f204lvgzyz6svgtzd2vp8ydpmka999zt0wuwyqzfkqjd72g3kt7hw9c74gemsd8wc4g In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqswsju7rnq05tffv9da5c9zzm2xrz7rasvhrd8a9q0uemnl09gs0ecwjsmsh'>nevent1q…smsh</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>With even small computers like a #RaspberryPi, you can run <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1hn2ymlvcarxgpg2ukdl0yja6dnfru4ps88jf5vhsv98xvtv9nk4sqxkl6z" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Home Assistant</span> (<span class="italic">npub1hn2…kl6z</span>)</a></span> to automate your home. Or #Navidrome as a music player, maybe with #mopidy to sync it across various speakers in your house.<br/><br/>#OsmAnd and #OrganicMaps are FLOSS #OpenStreetMap apps for Android. Both let you download maps for offline navigation.<br/><br/><span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1kwarc5z9lwhen05uknd2nuwhhthd4ws0cku3t9j3rchm0fcd6luslse0nj" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>GrapheneOS</span> (<span class="italic">npub1kwa…e0nj</span>)</a></span> is a fully FLOSS Android distribution with many privacy features.<br/><br/><span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1mtrk3vl7546q9c4lf0k62nkaypanv6t95gyh32f5jp63ffalu98s4mtrt0" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>F-Droid</span> (<span class="italic">npub1mtr…trt0</span>)</a></span> is a FLOSS app store for Android.<br/><br/>4/ 2026-01-12T04:47:37Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqswsju7rnq05tffv9da5c9zzm2xrz7rasvhrd8a9q0uemnl09gs0eczyz6svgtzd2vp8ydpmka999zt0wuwyqzfkqjd72g3kt7hw9c74gemsx5a4xz In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsf6dm8k5x7s2fuxhzrrq8zvs4t7rz3y9qcal2y4nhnf8ez8y4xjrqjgs9z6'>nevent1q…s9z6</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>This year marks 30 years that I&#39;ve been using #Debian as my primary operating system. FLOSS has been daily living for me for that long.<br/><br/>3/ 2026-01-12T04:45:22Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsf6dm8k5x7s2fuxhzrrq8zvs4t7rz3y9qcal2y4nhnf8ez8y4xjrqzyz6svgtzd2vp8ydpmka999zt0wuwyqzfkqjd72g3kt7hw9c74gemsaw6lzh In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqstkz3xm7lrgj3ke4qkp7n0vf7gsdf6avvuj69yh5jjwwe98fjzu0gkdy0qk'>nevent1q…y0qk</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>With #NNCP, we break the tyranny of online with delay-tolerant networking. <a href="https://www.complete.org/nncp/">https://www.complete.org/nncp/</a> The new #NNCPNET is an email network running atop it -- with bridges to the public Internet. <a href="https://salsa.debian.org/jgoerzen/docker-nncpnet-mailnode/-/wikis/home">https://salsa.debian.org/jgoerzen/docker-nncpnet-mailnode/-/wikis/home</a><br/><br/>2/ 2026-01-12T04:44:43Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqstkz3xm7lrgj3ke4qkp7n0vf7gsdf6avvuj69yh5jjwwe98fjzu0gzyz6svgtzd2vp8ydpmka999zt0wuwyqzfkqjd72g3kt7hw9c74gemsl384au In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsfa00klddx97yck6qy6gs2cd6hys08tn5yj95cgvpazjetuuc0e3s5jckl6'>nevent1q…ckl6</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I&#39;m doing a lot with free software projects! With <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1ej5lyf444vqkatj9gvdmzvgukmndhcpke86mnvle0pauxpd88s7sq2f6k2" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Meshtastic</span> (<span class="italic">npub1ej5…f6k2</span>)</a></span> we can communicate with each other, over radios, without any cell phone or other infrastructure. <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1sh9vsyv3x2wk6r20n59x3u2f30sx028w4yzz6gtm3knvtw8ak0sqy4r3ez" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Briar Project</span> (<span class="italic">npub1sh9…r3ez</span>)</a></span> also has things in that direction!<br/><br/>With #Yggdrasil , we have a decentralized, encrypted, network atop the regular Internet -- or even just access points. <a href="https://yggdrasil-network.github.io/">https://yggdrasil-network.github.io/</a><br/><br/>1/ 2026-01-12T04:43:02Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsf7xcl5alu9kgrg3j0ee0qaad0dw0ncath6fqdk55kfzje28aqlpqzyz6svgtzd2vp8ydpmka999zt0wuwyqzfkqjd72g3kt7hw9c74gems7fwds3 Wow. Here&#39;s a really detailed article on parts of the #history of #Unix. For instance, I had no idea that su was disliked early on because it was slow - reading and parsing /etc/passwd was so slow that people developed alternatives with the root password compiled in, for instance.<br/><br/>Then there was the /bin/goto program, which implemented goto for the shell. How did a subprocess manage to do that? By seeking fd 0, knowing the shell used unbuffered reads!<br/><br/><a href="https://blog.gabornyeki.com/2025-12-usenet/">https://blog.gabornyeki.com/2025-12-usenet/</a> 2025-12-10T13:35:36Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsd9wfc8e7632d5umwgqu9dts4zrajcerku2rjfxghdfssp4k7h0jqzyz6svgtzd2vp8ydpmka999zt0wuwyqzfkqjd72g3kt7hw9c74gemsn0degt Which of these have you personally used at any time? (Multiple answers are fine!) 2025-10-16T21:45:12Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsz99z8gvdg36t395z67kdk56k9pj5dl2k3p9afenwzle9pn3z9qsczyz6svgtzd2vp8ydpmka999zt0wuwyqzfkqjd72g3kt7hw9c74gems9mj7ru Last night, I successfully installed #Debian using a decades-old #DEC #vt510 #serial #terminal. And then, of course, set it up for daily use. My blog post at <a href="https://changelog.complete.org/archives/10886-installing-and-using-debian-using-my-decades-old-genuine-dec-vt510-serial-terminal">https://changelog.complete.org/archives/10886-installing-and-using-debian-using-my-decades-old-genuine-dec-vt510-serial-terminal</a> explains how.<br/> <img src="https://cdn.masto.host/floss/media_attachments/files/115/219/754/206/538/761/original/c14778f7087ab6a5.jpg"> <br/> 2025-09-17T12:59:16Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsvplfd2dv3tjszeyxlh33nxvf3e05j9pg2pxelxsr6x93q6rprcaczyz6svgtzd2vp8ydpmka999zt0wuwyqzfkqjd72g3kt7hw9c74gems92c8aj Just updated one of my ancient Raspberry Pis to #Debian #trixie (the REAL Debian, NOT Raspberry Pi OS or Raspbian). It drives speakers for my whole-house audio system using snapcast.<br/><br/>Rebooted.<br/><br/>System came back up perfectly.<br/><br/>Total RAM in use: 70MB.<br/><br/>That&#39;s WITH an active ssh session, systemd, exim4, unattended-upgrades, etc.<br/><br/>I am impressed!<br/><br/>Reasonable software still exists in 2025.<br/><br/>This Pi has only 512MB RAM and I&#39;ve never bothered to provision any swap. 2025-08-08T03:45:04Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs2m5w04hm0ny0z9ruxxdjmtx9356gp725086dzlc4mw7g5q024xfczyz6svgtzd2vp8ydpmka999zt0wuwyqzfkqjd72g3kt7hw9c74gems7m9znt In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqszfruu6fkml7t9gqka800fc2t823sejj3r2vvanmn6yu4nc3jvlccr0cmen'>nevent1q…cmen</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>That is surprisingly modern! 2025-08-05T19:55:30Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsyd3z4mq22x6thuzrd48xem3xf8yh0tg6n55afu9q50y9dthgtqhczyz6svgtzd2vp8ydpmka999zt0wuwyqzfkqjd72g3kt7hw9c74gemscldhmz In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsrm4756pdt6fsrc6090e865sgxanz72ht0v64dajvgayruga45vjqz70329'>nevent1q…0329</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Small things that annoy me, a lighthearted rant/<br/><br/>&#34;FAX this to the doctor&#39;s office.&#34;<br/><br/>FAX? FAX??? Oh yes. 350 million people&#39;s health system is based on a FAX.<br/><br/>My favorite is when somebody wants to FAX something to my employer.<br/><br/>&#34;I haven&#39;t seen a working FAX machine at a company I&#39;ve worked for since 2011.&#34;<br/><br/>And they look at me with the same confusion I look at them with.<br/><br/>But &#34;FAX is secure.&#34; Hah. Probably goes over the Internet like everything else these days. (see T.38) 2025-08-02T04:37:25Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsrm4756pdt6fsrc6090e865sgxanz72ht0v64dajvgayruga45vjqzyz6svgtzd2vp8ydpmka999zt0wuwyqzfkqjd72g3kt7hw9c74gemsajddj9 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqszekfh7vfpj02veedltw0mmxjevvy3vdrs76u3wrm0g7sha0ajt3qts4j3t'>nevent1q…4j3t</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Small things that annoy me, a lighthearted rant/<br/><br/>Why is it that hotels have the crappiest plumbing?<br/><br/>Hot and cold hooked up backwards, drains that don&#39;t drain, etc.<br/><br/>One business trip put up in one of the nicer skyscraper hotels in a large city. Walked into my room, saw the largest bathroom I&#39;ve seen, spotless except for the tub, where vital plumbing parts were just sitting there.<br/><br/>Who sees that and goes, &#34;EH, THE NEXT GUEST PROBABLY WANTS HAIRY DRAIN COMPONENTS IN THEIR SPOTLESS TUB?&#34; 2025-08-02T02:05:13Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqszekfh7vfpj02veedltw0mmxjevvy3vdrs76u3wrm0g7sha0ajt3qzyz6svgtzd2vp8ydpmka999zt0wuwyqzfkqjd72g3kt7hw9c74gemsaa0n0z In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqstupnjwreeyn45p7ef390shpa68r7nejqvnck7xgjnhynys47en7swv3ssr'>nevent1q…3ssr</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Small things that annoy me, a lighthearted rant/<br/><br/>And finally (for now), NO I DO NOT NEED AN EMAIL THAT STARTS WITH &#34;REMINDER:&#34;. The fact you think I didn&#39;t open it means you&#39;re a creep, and I don&#39;t autoload external email elements because of creeps like you.<br/><br/>That&#39;s the fastest way to get me to unsubscribe from the few email lists I actually want to be on, you jerks.<br/><br/>That&#39;s it for now. Probably more tomorrow.<br/><br/>Ahhh, that felt good 🙂 2025-08-02T01:31:39Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqstupnjwreeyn45p7ef390shpa68r7nejqvnck7xgjnhynys47en7szyz6svgtzd2vp8ydpmka999zt0wuwyqzfkqjd72g3kt7hw9c74gemsmpzz5y In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsvnsqmyjp38xxzlfqv899en9vmjsxqlsx706czfqkd54c9m3cm7qg6eff23'>nevent1q…ff23</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Small things that annoy me, a lighthearted rant/<br/><br/>I typed a thing in the #search box. I even put it in quotes.<br/><br/>I MEANT WHAT I SAID, AND I SAID WHAT I MEANT.<br/><br/>NO, I DID NOT REALLY MEAN whatever it is you thought I really meant. I don&#39;t want some alternative sleazy thing from a company I&#39;ve never heard from on your shopping site, and I definitely wasn&#39;t searching for some obscure Windows product on your search site.<br/><br/>WHAT THE HECK HAPPENED HERE? 2025-08-02T01:29:21Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsvnsqmyjp38xxzlfqv899en9vmjsxqlsx706czfqkd54c9m3cm7qgzyz6svgtzd2vp8ydpmka999zt0wuwyqzfkqjd72g3kt7hw9c74gems7j9p7l In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsp2am4zl5u4xsyd6httal45ssefzfj02gzdks336ppp2x5nzqy6mc4kd04x'>nevent1q…d04x</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Small things that annoy me, a lighthearted rant/<br/><br/>Every machine asks me for a tip.<br/><br/>Like really? This person that just handed me a can of Sprite from the counter needs a tip but the person at the grocery store next door doesn&#39;t?<br/><br/>Look, I want to pay workers a living wage.<br/><br/>Just make that the price and stop harassing me about tips for things that nobody ever tipped for ever until 5 years ago when y&#39;all went nuts with your terminals. 2025-08-02T01:25:43Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsp2am4zl5u4xsyd6httal45ssefzfj02gzdks336ppp2x5nzqy6mczyz6svgtzd2vp8ydpmka999zt0wuwyqzfkqjd72g3kt7hw9c74gemsnwucml In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsd36gawyam7l0uef8esz4y0uesvg0vvryspw5fz5mvkgl7m863zwgcdhd62'>nevent1q…hd62</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Small things that annoy me, a lighthearted rant/<br/><br/>&#34;Please allow cookies so we can share with our carefully-curated list of select partners.&#34;<br/><br/>&lt;clicks the &#34;details&#34; button&gt;<br/><br/>&#34;758 advertising partners&#34;<br/><br/>HOW DO YOU EVEN MANAGE TO SHARE MY DATA WITH 758 PARTNERS? GOOD GRIEF PEOPLE, HOW DESPERATE ARE YOU? 2025-08-02T01:20:13Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsd36gawyam7l0uef8esz4y0uesvg0vvryspw5fz5mvkgl7m863zwgzyz6svgtzd2vp8ydpmka999zt0wuwyqzfkqjd72g3kt7hw9c74gems8ndnwp In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs28vc7gwtkxapusu3vzxm2sfplsy6clpffagam69wgncy3zm9r55ql3w6z9'>nevent1q…w6z9</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Small things that annoy me, a lighthearted rant/<br/><br/>In the US, if you want to turn left, a green traffic light has meant &#34;yield to oncoming traffic, but you can turn left when it&#39;s safe.&#34; For probably 50-100 years.<br/><br/>For some reason, traffic engineers think we are all morons. Because now some places do that, others use flashing yellow arrows to mean that, others have excessive signage.<br/><br/>WE ALL PASSED A TEST ON THIS. YOU&#39;RE MAKING IT WORSE. 2025-08-02T01:18:20Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs28vc7gwtkxapusu3vzxm2sfplsy6clpffagam69wgncy3zm9r55qzyz6svgtzd2vp8ydpmka999zt0wuwyqzfkqjd72g3kt7hw9c74gems0h4dt5 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs2jhncnlnhyza7c8wvkj69jvmjs2slgyxwmq8asg4cfvx6c9x0hws2j807c'>nevent1q…807c</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Small things that annoy me, a lighthearted rant/<br/><br/>Videos of landscapes that are vertical.<br/><br/>TURN YOUR PHONE ON ITS SIDE. LIKE THE SHAPE OF THE SCENE, RIGHT? THERE. WAS THAT SO HARD?<br/><br/>It&#39;s a lot easier than turning your 65&#34; 4K TV on its side when you want to look at it with friends. 2025-08-02T01:16:26Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs2jhncnlnhyza7c8wvkj69jvmjs2slgyxwmq8asg4cfvx6c9x0hwszyz6svgtzd2vp8ydpmka999zt0wuwyqzfkqjd72g3kt7hw9c74gems7xzsaj In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsvculn2vyk9g3qknax5udv77l0fvr8xe5eqt2qdq598269cdswfrghl66hh'>nevent1q…66hh</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Small things that annoy me, a lighthearted rant/<br/><br/>&#34;You must use the app.&#34;<br/><br/>YOU&#39;RE A PHOTO-SHARING SITE, I HAVE A 32&#34; HIDPI SCREEN HERE, AND I&#39;M SUPPOSED TO SQUINT AT A 4&#34; SCREEN TO VIEW LANDSCAPES?<br/><br/>I spend most of my day near a large screen. I only use the phone when a large screen isn&#39;t practical for some reason. NO I DO NOT WANT A 90% DOWNGRADE JUST TO USE YOUR STUPID APP. 2025-08-02T01:15:20Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsvculn2vyk9g3qknax5udv77l0fvr8xe5eqt2qdq598269cdswfrgzyz6svgtzd2vp8ydpmka999zt0wuwyqzfkqjd72g3kt7hw9c74gemsygmfnk In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsr9swqfzz4p4uqf5uryr36g67zu0e90nn9xtpsjj55262qpj9yh8qzrwm25'>nevent1q…wm25</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Small things that annoy me, a lighthearted rant/<br/><br/>&#34;Your browser is too old and is insecure.&#34;<br/><br/>NO IT&#39;S NOT, YOU MORONS, IT&#39;S FIREFOX ESR WHICH IS PERFECTLY UP-TO-DATE WITH SECURITY. It just means I get the latest browser breakages only a couple times a year instead of every few weeks. 2025-08-02T01:13:37Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsr9swqfzz4p4uqf5uryr36g67zu0e90nn9xtpsjj55262qpj9yh8qzyz6svgtzd2vp8ydpmka999zt0wuwyqzfkqjd72g3kt7hw9c74gemsxhr8s5 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs2jvdm55a2wjw2wwx00sel3ehdtt83fc9p6kkwkmkmzlswa3e5u9cleqr36'>nevent1q…qr36</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Small things that annoy me, a lighthearted rant/<br/><br/>NO I DO NOT WANT TO SUPPLY A STUPID CODE EVERY TIME I LOG IN TO YOUR SITE.<br/><br/>I get it, trying to be secure, blah blah blah. Seriously though, I just wanted to look at light bulbs.<br/><br/>I have a FIDO U2F device. How about supporting some real security rather than SMS, which is probably worse than nothing, you morons? 2025-08-02T01:11:37Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs2jvdm55a2wjw2wwx00sel3ehdtt83fc9p6kkwkmkmzlswa3e5u9czyz6svgtzd2vp8ydpmka999zt0wuwyqzfkqjd72g3kt7hw9c74gemszaz6rx In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs8hqtfedu88gygdce9trt4n5npg5dxw45yejrupje0envsklwgwzglpvg6t'>nevent1q…vg6t</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Small things that annoy me, a lighthearted rant/<br/><br/>Dumb rules for passwords tick me off. &#34;Must have 8-16 characters, no more, including letters, numbers, and punctuation. But none of &lt;, &gt;, ;, &#34;, or &#39;.&#34;<br/><br/>Like people, what&#39;s the matter with you? Are you parsing passwords with a shell script from the 80s? Hash that thing and you shouldn&#39;t care.<br/><br/>And a MAXIMUM size limit? Nuts.<br/><br/>Bonus for when they don&#39;t tell you there&#39;s a maximum, and then the password silently fails because it was truncated. 2025-08-02T01:10:24Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs8hqtfedu88gygdce9trt4n5npg5dxw45yejrupje0envsklwgwzgzyz6svgtzd2vp8ydpmka999zt0wuwyqzfkqjd72g3kt7hw9c74gemsvypk6k In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs9gm32cphmzyzw8zgv684npuk9txxypydcdmhwu5vz6gyl6hd9s2qk42n48'>nevent1q…2n48</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Small things that annoy me, a lighthearted rant/<br/><br/>&#34;To serve you better&#34; is the most false sentence in the English language in 2025. Every time I hear it, I know that somebody is about to remove a feature I rely on, charge me more, or generally make life more annoying.<br/><br/>IT&#39;S NOT SERVING ME BETTER AND WE ALL KNOW IT, DAMMIT.<br/><br/>Just once I&#39;d like to see &#34;Because we&#39;re greedy bastards, we&#39;re adding another $2.50 fee to your phone bill.&#34;<br/><br/>I&#39;d be less mad about it if they were truthful. 2025-08-02T01:08:26Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs9gm32cphmzyzw8zgv684npuk9txxypydcdmhwu5vz6gyl6hd9s2qzyz6svgtzd2vp8ydpmka999zt0wuwyqzfkqjd72g3kt7hw9c74gemsgw6f85 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsdgjkzgcvng8gpy4yzdn9ywd9sqtqmargudsy6hgp9n03x4eln9qcagle5t'>nevent1q…le5t</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Small things that annoy me, a lighthearted rant/<br/><br/>STOP IT WITH THE NOTIFICATIONS.<br/><br/>I do not want my day to be interrupted by a device chiming because you have a sale, your partners have a sale, your computers are feeling lonely because I haven&#39;t visited them today and would like some attention (looking at you, #Facebook), you have some new feature I will never use because it&#39;s annoying.<br/><br/>Every time I get a new phone, I spend a couple days disabling bunches of notifications. LEAVE ME ALONE! 2025-08-02T01:06:30Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsdgjkzgcvng8gpy4yzdn9ywd9sqtqmargudsy6hgp9n03x4eln9qczyz6svgtzd2vp8ydpmka999zt0wuwyqzfkqjd72g3kt7hw9c74gemswqqw7n In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsyydnul020rcf28qjhgj8fag2yqkg8yprq9n8624pz9g07cje3qnsklhyg2'>nevent1q…hyg2</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Small things that annoy me, a lighthearted rant/<br/><br/>I recently got an Amber Alert on my phone. It contained a link to x.com, which is even more desperate for you to log on than the newspapers are.<br/><br/>NO THANKS PEOPLE, HOW ABOUT A LINK TO A REAL WEBSITE? LIKE, YOU KNOW, A GOVERNMENT ONE THAT YOU RUN? 2025-08-02T01:04:00Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsyydnul020rcf28qjhgj8fag2yqkg8yprq9n8624pz9g07cje3qnszyz6svgtzd2vp8ydpmka999zt0wuwyqzfkqjd72g3kt7hw9c74gemszfm7q8 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsr0v09vv0xhahk020d9jmemc84a95pc2w0cvgcg49qq4jpea2grtccajw99'>nevent1q…jw99</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Small things that annoy me, a lighthearted rant/<br/><br/>To combine most of the above into a single super-annoying thing, there are a bunch of videos on Youtube that are nothing but a computer-generated voice reading junk for 20 minutes while there are pictures of irrelevant things, and half the time those annoying popping captions.<br/><br/>AND PEOPLE UPVOTE THEM!<br/><br/>Why? Good grief, let me read the blog article rather than some grating synthesizer. 2025-08-02T01:02:59Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsr0v09vv0xhahk020d9jmemc84a95pc2w0cvgcg49qq4jpea2grtczyz6svgtzd2vp8ydpmka999zt0wuwyqzfkqjd72g3kt7hw9c74gemsrp5wd5 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqswp47vce358v2z6eum8zpjkfgzmzhhcm85wt6hh5ycxkaulcz6nugxpe4t3'>nevent1q…e4t3</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Small things that annoy me, a lighthearted rant/<br/><br/>Why do so many phone menus now use the worst text-to-speech system I&#39;ve heard since 1993? Your bakery menu isn&#39;t changing, why not have a human record it? Instead, it&#39;s like &#34;Press... ONEifyouwant... CUPcakes...&#34;<br/><br/>The worst-voiced person on your staff will sound better and more professional than that swill.<br/><br/>Half the time when I get something like that, I think I&#39;ve dialed a wrong number and got a scammer instead. 2025-08-02T01:01:36Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqswp47vce358v2z6eum8zpjkfgzmzhhcm85wt6hh5ycxkaulcz6nugzyz6svgtzd2vp8ydpmka999zt0wuwyqzfkqjd72g3kt7hw9c74gems0recr2 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsdnkaeymllzsmdwyfasawfwcc4gpkmq57r23r5h5ndfh03sujfeqsfrl2uw'>nevent1q…l2uw</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Small things that annoy me, a lighthearted rant/<br/><br/>Videos with those annoying captions that flash with every word.<br/><br/>WTF IS THIS FOR? Watching the bubbly captions of a guy talking on a muted video is called READING. Make me an article.<br/><br/>Or at least do proper subtitles that aren&#39;t so distracting. And make them optional so that those that need them can have them.<br/><br/>Or... maybe... if the entire video is just somebody reading something, MAKE IT AS A BLOG POST INSTEAD SO I CAN READ IT MYSELF! 2025-08-02T00:59:23Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsdnkaeymllzsmdwyfasawfwcc4gpkmq57r23r5h5ndfh03sujfeqszyz6svgtzd2vp8ydpmka999zt0wuwyqzfkqjd72g3kt7hw9c74gems0l2pyw In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs0rj77dy3pn06jr4yl0v8tpfzapxf63dayc0y7r708vvmllnmf5mcs90ym7'>nevent1q…0ym7</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Small things that annoy me, a lighthearted rant/<br/><br/>Newspapers: &#34;We&#39;ll show this content for free if you tell us your email address.&#34;<br/><br/>Oh yeah? What do you need my email address for then? Some sort of tracking? Gonna sell it to spammers?<br/><br/>No thanks. I&#39;d rather subscribe than get into that hive of wretched villainy. 2025-08-02T00:57:49Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs0rj77dy3pn06jr4yl0v8tpfzapxf63dayc0y7r708vvmllnmf5mczyz6svgtzd2vp8ydpmka999zt0wuwyqzfkqjd72g3kt7hw9c74gemsllcxgm In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsf83y3y9sqnnk044kuhwj3d2ea7a52wc7q6jq749n70aljsvskqtgzt7asl'>nevent1q…7asl</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Small things that annoy me, a lighthearted rant/<br/><br/>Websites that time out a session when there was no need for one.<br/><br/>Airlines and rail sites, I&#39;m looking at you. I&#39;m just checking the train status. Hit reload, &#34;I&#39;m sorry, but your session has timed out&#34; and I have to fill it in again.<br/><br/>WHAT WERE YOU TRACKING A SESSION FOR? IT&#39;S JUST A SIMPLE FORM! 2025-08-02T00:56:22Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsf83y3y9sqnnk044kuhwj3d2ea7a52wc7q6jq749n70aljsvskqtgzyz6svgtzd2vp8ydpmka999zt0wuwyqzfkqjd72g3kt7hw9c74gemseyg2k6 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsrrcczgekw0rknrxc7p4x0hfg5kgy3lu858w2lmydzqd2yv3xj9nqvwt3mz'>nevent1q…t3mz</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Small things that annoy me, a lighthearted rant/<br/><br/>Why is it that the most important sites/apps are the crappiest? Every airline on earth has more bugs than a piece of raw meat that&#39;s been sitting in the sun for 3 days. American: &#34;It&#39;s time to check in online.&#34; App: &#34;We can&#39;t check you in online.&#34; United: rejected logins if you use uppercase usernames LIKE THEY WRITE THEM. British Airways: &#34;Check in with our partner airline.&#34; Partner airline: &#34;Check in with BA.&#34;<br/><br/>IT&#39;S 2025 PEOPLE! 2025-08-02T00:55:18Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsrrcczgekw0rknrxc7p4x0hfg5kgy3lu858w2lmydzqd2yv3xj9nqzyz6svgtzd2vp8ydpmka999zt0wuwyqzfkqjd72g3kt7hw9c74gemsj3gxs8 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqspf7mylqjvlv4vzfaxljf0l2gztvgtuhl883fputtk7ky3nnuy5xqh3ha5m'>nevent1q…ha5m</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Small things that annoy me, a lighthearted rant/<br/><br/>How many emails a week do I get asking for feedback?<br/><br/>As if it&#39;s somehow my responsibility to feed data into your massive spreadsheet just to be ignored.<br/><br/>I stayed at a hotel recently. A COUPLE LITERALLY WAS TRAPPED IN THE ELEVATOR WHEN WE GOT THERE. &#34;Please rate the quality of the facilities.&#34; 0. Explain. I did. Some PR type asked me to give them another chance.<br/><br/>FIX THE DAMN ELEVATOR FIRST, PEOPLE! 2025-08-02T00:52:27Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqspf7mylqjvlv4vzfaxljf0l2gztvgtuhl883fputtk7ky3nnuy5xqzyz6svgtzd2vp8ydpmka999zt0wuwyqzfkqjd72g3kt7hw9c74gemselfjln In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsfcv8npekhzag9vw8lxrztr49s5rx2fypqc9l5m7y2445yy7vsg2c8pmns5'>nevent1q…mns5</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Small things that annoy me, a rant/<br/><br/>Today I tried to call the pharmacy. &#34;Please tell me what you&#39;re calling about.&#34; It clearly had no idea how to route my call. &#34;Did you want hours?&#34; &#34;NO I DID NOT, YOU STUPID MACHINE&#34;<br/><br/>Eventually I got to someone.<br/><br/>Twist: there were about 8 menu options, none of them relevant to my query, but only 2 people working there.<br/><br/>IVR PROGRAMMERS: IF MY QUESTION WAS EASY, I WOULD HAVE USED THE $#@#$ WEBSITE! 2025-08-02T00:50:27Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsfcv8npekhzag9vw8lxrztr49s5rx2fypqc9l5m7y2445yy7vsg2czyz6svgtzd2vp8ydpmka999zt0wuwyqzfkqjd72g3kt7hw9c74gemsuxe8en Small things that annoy me, a rant/<br/><br/>There are a lot of serious things in the world that bother me.<br/><br/>Today, I present, a good, old-fashioned, Lewis Black-style rant about some of the small things in the world that annoy me.<br/><br/>Please join in. This is the one time Caps Lock makes sense. 1/ 2025-08-02T00:48:41Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsvfgj3c4zh9v3dsjnydgxa989nt6y0ph2zv6j599mxvyycxfrqj7qzyz6svgtzd2vp8ydpmka999zt0wuwyqzfkqjd72g3kt7hw9c74gemsq6evam Today I learned we all have Linux seats, and I&#39;m not entirely pleased. <a href="https://changelog.complete.org/archives/10826-i-learned-we-all-have-linux-seats-and-im-not-entirely-pleased">https://changelog.complete.org/archives/10826-i-learned-we-all-have-linux-seats-and-im-not-entirely-pleased</a> 2025-06-11T14:20:56Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs95jpxe445983rm4es0qlxg2h77mqj2cjqdm3jh357k8ksz2xcaqczyz6svgtzd2vp8ydpmka999zt0wuwyqzfkqjd72g3kt7hw9c74gemsxmsp2s In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsv670dcqlm7v7p2vhc8md6d295fx7yf0u028wlmpkgxtdyuh7t9csxyvdhs'>nevent1q…vdhs</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Fully agreed. In fact, my implementation:<br/><br/>Lives in a self-contained Docker container<br/><br/>Does not need any open incoming ports<br/><br/>Has wrappers around calls to sendmail and calls FROM sendmail/exim<br/><br/>Explicitly is not designed to receive mail from the public Internet<br/><br/>I run it in a Docker container and access the mounted Maildir from mu4e on the host, but you can also use IMAP locally, etc.<br/><br/>There&#39;s a lot of info on the wiki at <a href="https://salsa.debian.org/jgoerzen/docker-nncpnet-mailnode/-/wikis/home">https://salsa.debian.org/jgoerzen/docker-nncpnet-mailnode/-/wikis/home</a> 2025-04-05T03:01:30Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsy2fa9e5ck4e24wwxkcy72la5vue5wvzzg3qe6v2ke584hx6u8zzczyz6svgtzd2vp8ydpmka999zt0wuwyqzfkqjd72g3kt7hw9c74gemsy903ts In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsfhlw2s7lky6c6gjfsz4pw0lu3pugrc2sy3xmpaqypdx6c2vavauqkfzper'>nevent1q…zper</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I&#39;m now ready to announce #NNCPNET, the #NNCP-based email network. <a href="https://salsa.debian.org/jgoerzen/docker-nncpnet-mailnode/-/wikis/home">https://salsa.debian.org/jgoerzen/docker-nncpnet-mailnode/-/wikis/home</a> <br/><br/>It is open to all. It can route email across the Internet or USB stick. You can run a full, real mail server without a public IP, port forwarding, or even Internet access. It&#39;s a friend-of-a-friend network; mail delivery is automatic, but adding people is done by humans.<br/><br/>It uses all the tools that you&#39;re used to with Internet email, but is the opposite of it. Enjoy! 2025-04-04T16:57:22Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqswc5es77xlpktx6d49valefn3354anckjyztvqfntk5vn9aux8raqzyz6svgtzd2vp8ydpmka999zt0wuwyqzfkqjd72g3kt7hw9c74gemst6ez7f It is really important for everyone to increase their messaging security these days.<br/><br/>That&#39;s why I wrote &#34;Why You Should (Still) Use #Signal As Much As Possible&#34; -- see <a href="https://changelog.complete.org/archives/10762-why-you-should-still-use-signal-as-much-as-possible">https://changelog.complete.org/archives/10762-why-you-should-still-use-signal-as-much-as-possible</a> .<br/><br/>#SignalGate wasn&#39;t because of a problem with Signal. It was because people were using it for things they weren&#39;t supposed to be using it for, and made sloppy mistakes in the process.<br/><br/>My article is designed to be something you can hand to a non-technical friend and explain why Signal is useful. 2025-03-28T03:02:23Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs98e72590xk6hrdm6af84pa6udsl4ngxfgcnf395ja6mz2veq7chczyz6svgtzd2vp8ydpmka999zt0wuwyqzfkqjd72g3kt7hw9c74gemsh8s8mr In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsy3dyu85jsufz7jemczyuy5acjaktj2mgvt2ud0mdutl7epurcatqld0697'>nevent1q…0697</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Nothing super big, sorta an &#34;if I build it, would you try it?&#34; I got a few responses, so now it&#39;s up to me to find some time to try to build it 2025-03-26T20:42:37Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsdj5k895chjyeg765rfxa8qjkqjdj3fd607megnpne7996u3dthkgzyz6svgtzd2vp8ydpmka999zt0wuwyqzfkqjd72g3kt7hw9c74gems7phs2g I am thinking the time is right to implement a #NNCP-based email network.<br/><br/>Anyone interested? 2025-03-25T23:34:26Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs2rv6py2zjck5gdm8lvwws3rxfxspexfp6p79ua8r8lutp3a60vjczyz6svgtzd2vp8ydpmka999zt0wuwyqzfkqjd72g3kt7hw9c74gems5tc577 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsra9lkxm03m2r8fs2czrg95h5uzurr9g03zkm5udgt68przkcx8qcj2g2pk'>nevent1q…g2pk</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>BTW FidoNet let teenage me from a tiny speck of Kansas connect with others with similar interests. Thank you!<br/><br/>The least I can do is some Gopher help 3 decades later!<br/><br/>I believe one of my first Internet email accounts ended in @f51.n291.z1.fidonet.org . 2025-03-21T01:42:34Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsra9lkxm03m2r8fs2czrg95h5uzurr9g03zkm5udgt68przkcx8qczyz6svgtzd2vp8ydpmka999zt0wuwyqzfkqjd72g3kt7hw9c74gems7mz4nz In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsgtgtxezk89vd7y69ss264jpkxujntcjtqm4n37h7ev6l265np3tcv7tk8v'>nevent1q…tk8v</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>No worries at all! If you ran UMN gopherd, then actually that knowledge should pretty directly translate to pygopherd. Back when I originally wrote it, I was able to preserve some gopher sites by mirroring them using FTP, and pulled down the UMN .Links &amp; .cap files and so forth. So it is supposed to be very compatible with UMN gopherd. 2025-03-21T01:38:01Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsgq4tz3dds2dmdu9rk9xntlj92y9w4uekdn9psnrvpw6lvxr7l7kgzyz6svgtzd2vp8ydpmka999zt0wuwyqzfkqjd72g3kt7hw9c74gemscffn4j In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsz32naac9ptzzd0dv8m5j98lkr08uqeq0xtrawske76fqwy0dfm7s5ekw57'>nevent1q…kw57</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I&#39;m the original author of pygopherd, so I use it. It supports a number of different annotation formats. I use UMN-style .cap, .Links, etc. Mainly because nothing else existed when I set it up, but also because I host mirrors of sites that ran UMN-style. pygopherd also supports gophermap. See the manual at <a href="https://github.com/michael-lazar/pygopherd/blob/master/doc/pygopherd.pdf">https://github.com/michael-lazar/pygopherd/blob/master/doc/pygopherd.pdf</a> . Section 5.9 documents UMN-style links, and there are links to the gophermap spec as well. 2025-03-21T01:25:54Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqstenexpn5488kwx9zlz3lhs2p4mrhf2dgc7w82a3ke6vshgdanejszyz6svgtzd2vp8ydpmka999zt0wuwyqzfkqjd72g3kt7hw9c74gemsw5txnh In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsxm445wsur7sf26wwaam683xrtewuumer6hvy0927gyh6hgt3xpscuxhdhw'>nevent1q…hdhw</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Thank you! 2024-11-11T03:46:38Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsrkrcgeqhawu6euzvrtvp66fn7und795hjhewqzcwxjmk46wsu25gzyz6svgtzd2vp8ydpmka999zt0wuwyqzfkqjd72g3kt7hw9c74gemsh8tft6 If you are looking for peace today, here&#39;s this, from the middle of rural #Kansas. One of the most deeply moving songs for a moment I&#39;ve ever experienced. Being in the choir this morning -- well, I wasn&#39;t the only one that got a bit choked up singing it.<br/><br/>&#34;When justice is gone, in our darkest hour, hope lingers on. I will not hate, and I will not fear! In our darkest hour, hope lingers here!&#34;<br/><video controls width="100%" class="max-h-[90vh] bg-neutral-300 dark:bg-zinc-700"><source src="https://cdn.masto.host/floss/media_attachments/files/113/461/905/404/721/125/original/b905a63dd9247286.mp4"></video><br/> 2024-11-11T02:18:19Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqstcc6u93qc5sx8qj9w552l82e8fnyhxkx0vl97483hk6jxw5wzkpszyz6svgtzd2vp8ydpmka999zt0wuwyqzfkqjd72g3kt7hw9c74gemswd7adn In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsr89em8xfr7yrlpesmdxq2skkyetlvmn8gqpmk5749g3qa28cx4as0gnmy2'>nevent1q…nmy2</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>The DEC vt100 wasn&#39;t the first terminal, but it was one of the most successful early ones. And the System/36 was an early and influential IBM mainframe. #vcfmw #vcfmw19<br/> <img src="https://cdn.masto.host/floss/media_attachments/files/113/097/879/450/049/084/original/8f38547c51502e65.jpg"> <br/> <img src="https://cdn.masto.host/floss/media_attachments/files/113/097/879/911/595/297/original/49a806f967e37a64.jpg"> <br/> 2024-09-07T19:19:05Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsr89em8xfr7yrlpesmdxq2skkyetlvmn8gqpmk5749g3qa28cx4aszyz6svgtzd2vp8ydpmka999zt0wuwyqzfkqjd72g3kt7hw9c74gemsnf6aye Wow! Vintage Computer Festival Midwest is the largest vintage computer festival ever, anywhere. I&#39;ve seen: old IBM System/36 mainframe (running its disk pack!), an entire analog telephone network for the show (complete with DSL), AT&amp;T Unix workstations, CP/M, a DEC vt100, and just about every PC type you can imagine. And it was fun to fly myself to Chicago! #vcfmw #vcfmw19 1/<br/> <img src="https://cdn.masto.host/floss/media_attachments/files/113/097/868/382/040/948/original/7bfafe19aaee1130.jpg"> <br/> <img src="https://cdn.masto.host/floss/media_attachments/files/113/097/869/030/068/653/original/384a486436c4a05d.jpg"> <br/> 2024-09-07T19:17:40Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsvh8x38z2shnf6hpp939kgl9z5rc57g3xqu2dsvlaxuwnradedpwczyz6svgtzd2vp8ydpmka999zt0wuwyqzfkqjd72g3kt7hw9c74gemsrq9kq9 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsresdkkf40a9yfdc6egu6n59wdf5rql4l593vm73jn3xdsvwhn7js7zsk89'>nevent1q…sk89</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>OK folks, #Debian developer -- and author of non-Debian FLOSS here.<br/><br/>All this dogpiling on volunteer developers that produce a quality distribution is unkind. And wrong.<br/><br/>Just because YOU don&#39;t find a use case compelling, doesn&#39;t mean NOBODY does.<br/><br/>Because #Debian is #stable in the sense of &#34;remains the same from day to day&#34;, this is tremendously useful in a lot of use cases. I&#39;m going to lay some out here. 1/ 2024-08-12T19:45:49Z