Mike Stone / is on Nostr

Husband, father, nerd. Half human, half Fosstodon Admin. Tends to tell Dad Jokes.

Don't feel obligated, but if you feel like buying me a coffee, I won't say no...

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2024-06-17 20:34:55

What's the oldest computer you have in ACTIVE use. It doesn't have to be every day, but not something that's sitting in a drawer you haven't turned on for a decade. Something you use. For me, it's a Lenovo X1 Carbon Gen 1, which originally was released in 2012. I'm currently running #Zorin 16.1 :zorin: on it, and it's perfectly capable of most of my everyday tasks.

2024-04-21 23:59:46

It's just one of those days...
https://cdn.fosstodon.org/media_attachments/files/112/311/925/670/801/458/original/9d99aefb81277480.jpg

2024-02-23 19:25:38

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@npub1nlt…t44t We've done nothing to prevent that from working. Equally, we've done nothing that would allow that to work. So, I guess we allow it? If it works already?

2023-12-08 18:25:33

I really like this idea, but wouldn't the same thing be possible with just having a battery in your house? Maybe a product that allowed you to cache power in your home that wasn't a vehicle could be a viable product? I'm not trying to be negative here, because I do think it's a good idea. Might be better ways to do it though? Maybe I'm wrong. Wouldn't be the first time.
https://arstechnica.com/cars/2023/12/ford-f-150-lightnings-will-soon-offer-home-ac-power-possibly-cheaper-than-grid/

2023-09-05 15:49:10

I personally prefer the "before" version, but I might be in the minority. Thoughts?
https://github.com/mastodon/mastodon/pull/26606
#Hashtags

2023-08-01 15:58:49

I'm a garbage #Python programmer, and even I can pull this off.
import requests, json, re
def strip_html(text):
pattern = re.compile(r"<.*?>", re.DOTALL)
return pattern.sub("", text)
i = "https://fosstodon.org/api/v1/timelines/public"
m = requests.get(i)
d = json.loads(m.content)
for x in d:
dat = x["account"]
txt = x["content"]
print (dat["display_name"] + " (" + dat["acct"] + "):")
print (strip_html(txt))
print("-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-")