2026-04-25T10:58:25Z https://yabu.me dorotaC https://yabu.me/npub1ws3mqxgvrrjkwmsuclth6najr48wcw9yvcwuwqjvvpld5qh6envq9ehalv https://cdn.fosstodon.org/accounts/avatars/107/269/631/045/772/395/original/831e6336e83a54f0.png https://cdn.fosstodon.org/accounts/avatars/107/269/631/045/772/395/original/831e6336e83a54f0.png https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsyvydqav3yumtnjah7af4g3z77lefprf5ghav2m88gkmdv4a953fqzyp6z8vqepsvw2emwrnrawl20kgw5ampc53npm3czf3s8akszltxdss9dt8k In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs9hysp2c334a6cjtjxk085rtzfs6xrmpduk9cqcmdxc8saq0uzpgsmfwj3l'>nevent1q…wj3l</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Almost fountain pens here. Mitsubishi Eye rollers glide just so amazingly nicely! I also have a pocket with all colors I could find (ask me when you see me at an event).<br/>At least the ink color selection is limited, or I&#39;d have more.<br/>Actually, I could just fill one with yellow like I already did... <a href="https://dorotac.eu/posts/REing%20a%20pen/">https://dorotac.eu/posts/REing%20a%20pen/</a> 2026-04-02T17:19:52Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs9hsk5s842kh25yrl2kht9gcf74346p68a3p5nhw3y0haxujujnxszyp6z8vqepsvw2emwrnrawl20kgw5ampc53npm3czf3s8akszltxdsjlkw2g Radical honesty anti-#spam system: just ask.<br/><br/>I wonder how long this solution is going to work.<br/><br/>#web #blog #smallweb<br/> <img src="https://cdn.fosstodon.org/media_attachments/files/116/136/968/164/989/964/original/37817a0d0d465891.png"> <br/> 2026-02-26T12:40:06Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs024248kestl2n49dullshc7xn4se23w3z3cph6uk6sp8uyghr46czyp6z8vqepsvw2emwrnrawl20kgw5ampc53npm3czf3s8akszltxds5u95hc In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs8s3aujyezjqqveja9duc58ss7p7h2rl060lq0qyt28tnw7dw2y0cj74fsd'>nevent1q…4fsd</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Thanks for sharing. Maybe my memory is failing. I have no idea. 2026-01-21T11:23:53Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs28hcpt2rnccyc75gs6dl23eyz99qkymvqjevzs5pgcfqgy26at6gzyp6z8vqepsvw2emwrnrawl20kgw5ampc53npm3czf3s8akszltxdste3y2p In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsdxgg0s53ayuy4n9ylt2tlaxxfgwefs88cteqgke6vg3updq4kccsqq8cmk'>nevent1q…8cmk</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Based by the other person&#39;s second-hand info, Mastodon doesn&#39;t have a builtin tool to do that, so that would be on the instance. Maybe <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1j7tgg9ndk8y0fvlrazekh6eg3ldqeg7ewksmmrs0dqmdj7k4kt9s07kn6q" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Fosstodon</span> (<span class="italic">npub1j7t…kn6q</span>)</a></span> admins could say something about it. 2026-01-20T11:13:36Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsxazljqnewy83yzzq7d40vefrdk7f7qg7sgpeddvz07yn3xfulshszyp6z8vqepsvw2emwrnrawl20kgw5ampc53npm3czf3s8akszltxds8fu2nm Why the heck do I have blocked people on my account? I&#39;m pretty sure I never blocked anyone.<br/><br/>#Mastodon can be really paternalistic sometimes. I don&#39;t want to be protected according to someone else&#39;s preferences.<br/><br/>/me unblocks and unmutes 145 people<br/><br/>Honestly, how the hell am I supposed to know which ones are the 20 I muted for good reason?<br/><br/>#socialmedia 2026-01-20T10:20:09Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsgkqs70wq2q0dnrf0hxn389295wp5deuynmhkequ225cw55vj4jjgzyp6z8vqepsvw2emwrnrawl20kgw5ampc53npm3czf3s8akszltxdsscq4yc In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsys3m40apq23wq7s8xp37849d7klxugshhlmlf0vsddxl5tmxthaquywvsd'>nevent1q…wvsd</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>So many things wrong with that diagram... 2026-01-13T12:36:42Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs89zuvnkx0syfu22htssw2f86ewwg6qfc7vvhxjstku8mgms2a7yszyp6z8vqepsvw2emwrnrawl20kgw5ampc53npm3czf3s8akszltxdsuhjcm0 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs8lnwc3hfs57jpnsd5rtnr6828kgmd33lvh92k8r3zrjv0szxfjnqyncgft'>nevent1q…cgft</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Nah. They don&#39;t do exactly the same thing, but they do a similar thing. While I don&#39;t us either, I&#39;m guessing they:<br/>- find software<br/>- resolve dependencies<br/>- set up that software<br/>which looks pretty much like package management to me.<br/><br/>Recently someone made me realize that the horrible github CI pipelines thing is just awful package management software:<br/><br/><a href="https://nesbitt.io/2025/12/06/github-actions-package-manager.html">https://nesbitt.io/2025/12/06/github-actions-package-manager.html</a><br/><br/>If that had been approached as package management from the start, maybe it would have been better now. 2025-12-20T05:08:18Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqswfjp5wpvr06njv9h2hu9zxk3waraa4uv8g8qyxde2lrfjxdtuw9czyp6z8vqepsvw2emwrnrawl20kgw5ampc53npm3czf3s8akszltxds00psrm In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs2cdxz59dfj9lzfchqu9nasx5ggafvy7rrcmkmrrg9w9kaar82qeg5ca82g'>nevent1q…a82g</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>The other good thing is that developers look at the bug tracker when there&#39;s &#34;crash&#34; in the title (hint hint ;) ). 2025-12-05T08:37:23Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqspegpwqd6uk7sd0vxguznm0z6gdnch5wkv7y0txz4m5vvy3vt84ngzyp6z8vqepsvw2emwrnrawl20kgw5ampc53npm3czf3s8akszltxdsulrmsp In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs2m5vlsn5jy8ryf2t0hnkhdztzfkdm8xzy92kztvepeu48jy66p5c4vtdd3'>nevent1q…tdd3</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Turns out I might be playing Russian Roulette every week or more often.<br/><br/>I don&#39;t think I&#39;d find the motivation for a trainer, so maybe it&#39;s still worth it. Better go out in a crash than from health decline from lack of activity :P 2025-11-19T13:11:31Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqszx62zzyngpmwztctscsqz80j388xh0vue07jvdfpd0w3jfnqd07czyp6z8vqepsvw2emwrnrawl20kgw5ampc53npm3czf3s8akszltxdsdlrssn In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsdtvl4wwwqr9ye48hd5nnxmnuyjpj23j3hpxsm6gwuh5lwfmhsmyshhj37n'>nevent1q…j37n</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>513 ~/.ssh/known_hosts<br/><br/>12 years, multiple jobs.<br/><br/>I think most of this must be hosts on my own networks that reset their address, or virtual machines. I didn&#39;t access too many remote hosts I don&#39;t own.<br/><br/>But I won&#39;t be doing anything about it. I don&#39;t see a way to abuse that list. 2025-11-07T19:10:20Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqszrv63mfv85v040m6xx27upmg46maa6jlaahcky8kurvnqjvvcj6gzyp6z8vqepsvw2emwrnrawl20kgw5ampc53npm3czf3s8akszltxds5cdrkh In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs9my3da6tanyqhzspchteqqnakpdg737l5hgrnjqm32qxxzwjvsqgsg8rel'>nevent1q…8rel</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I&#39;ll be pedantic here, but it&#39;s a mode of transport more efficient than walking.<br/><br/>For an exercise to be 4 times more efficient I have to sweat 4 times more.<br/><br/>(Incidentally, that&#39;s true for me, but that&#39;s because I go berserk on the bike.) 2025-11-07T14:54:22Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsxutt2vt4y9pus89ds6c6uzya5u0mpheud22hg02grlgs2jf6pfxqzyp6z8vqepsvw2emwrnrawl20kgw5ampc53npm3czf3s8akszltxds9ks3df In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsqy6pkyyzlarfwg27xzlh6c4qy6chr7jzg9t0p9xvllx8msfp8uegfpvylk'>nevent1q…vylk</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>$ /lib64/ld-linux-x86-64.so.2 --help<br/>[...]<br/> x86-64-v4<br/> x86-64-v3<br/> x86-64-v2 (supported, searched)<br/><br/>Whew. My box is from 2014. 2025-10-08T10:56:23Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsyhv3sw0jex0hzd20f39e3a02z40vew4uvdk66sy3pa4zzh75gwvgzyp6z8vqepsvw2emwrnrawl20kgw5ampc53npm3czf3s8akszltxdsdvqdtu What&#39;s the simplest useful thing I want on my desktop?<br/><br/>A plain text area.<br/><br/>Now that I made it, any other #KDE user can have it, too!<br/><br/><a href="https://codeberg.org/dcz/kwlejka">https://codeberg.org/dcz/kwlejka</a><br/><br/>#linux #plasma #kdeplasma #freesoftware #desktop #clipboard #copypaste<br/> <img src="https://cdn.fosstodon.org/media_attachments/files/115/337/111/297/676/025/original/167b93593da6c94c.png"> <br/> 2025-10-08T06:26:51Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqswhw828kye76eea998fu8j9kd2ha4frnascd7qckz9cse09skcuxgzyp6z8vqepsvw2emwrnrawl20kgw5ampc53npm3czf3s8akszltxdsrle7zg In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsxnjf6f7czkhh0hah0cftwy62ulxwerar8xty52wnadfgrza754wqpc0ykt'>nevent1q…0ykt</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I know because on my low-value laptop, I just never click the &#34;restart&#34; button after updates download.<br/><br/>But there&#39;s maybe a way to have your cake and eat it too. I recently evaluated OpenSuse MicroOs. There, you can&#39;t just install packages to the root file system, but you can into snapshots.<br/>And the cool thing, there seems to be a command to switch to the new OS image at runtime.<br/>I don&#39;t exactly know what it does yet, though. 2025-10-05T10:37:21Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsxnjf6f7czkhh0hah0cftwy62ulxwerar8xty52wnadfgrza754wqzyp6z8vqepsvw2emwrnrawl20kgw5ampc53npm3czf3s8akszltxds9edhg8 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqspk5y5lw5jpqxkvc6y2a2f7ryxq3m7fs2m7r32727pf4gyfh7vexggmkp0p'>nevent1q…kp0p</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I think that&#39;s kind of unavoidable when you want a safe option.<br/>Okay, suppose we can keep using the computer while the updates are running, but then you have to restart it immediately.<br/>Oh no, people are complaining that they don&#39;t want to interrupt their work with a restart! Fair enough, let them continue working. But what happens next? They will keep the computer running for ages because why would they restart?<br/>Not restarting ends up an insecure default. 2025-10-05T10:34:01Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqstksqe7yrtfchafnp53f8scxkz4gaf8407fvrhdjdl2c33ulpe85qzyp6z8vqepsvw2emwrnrawl20kgw5ampc53npm3czf3s8akszltxdszl7dg4 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsdkl03qsm3cn0gvuvuja3cl3tedyv7ew8h6tcuxqf0lugvf566testg900j'>nevent1q…900j</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I&#39;m glad you didn&#39;t notice any problems. But that didn&#39;t mean you were immune from them.<br/><br/>If your kernel has a security vulnerability, and you install an upgrade but don&#39;t restart, you&#39;re still vulnerable to it until you restart.<br/><br/>Due to how Linux retains files that were once opened, the same counts for applications, including those with network access.<br/><br/>So restarting is the conservative, safe option.<br/>Use unsafe no-restart updates at your own risk (I do). 2025-10-05T10:03:49Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsfdjf4enanvaaay42qrv52gzgz84k70eup002fsf07rhw68c2dwrgzyp6z8vqepsvw2emwrnrawl20kgw5ampc53npm3czf3s8akszltxdst9ms6t Shoutout to <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1ncyt83v7dhf4u0lec6r0jt93a4rqwauec5eu6wa2azem8ss8w7ls5h3x0q" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>KDE</span> (<span class="italic">npub1ncy…3x0q</span>)</a></span> for the quickest fix ever to any software I use every day:<br/>I report a #Bug , go out for a bike ride, and it&#39;s fixed when I&#39;m back!<br/><br/>Thanks a lot, folks :)<br/><br/><a href="https://invent.kde.org/frameworks/ksvg/-/merge_requests/79">https://invent.kde.org/frameworks/ksvg/-/merge_requests/79</a><br/><br/>Now I hope <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1hpwuqgk7w8cfcuyrjk7pwcl3gf652ssgnq8ylfmh3av489tuhl6q9qcd0d" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Fedora Project</span> (<span class="italic">npub1hpw…cd0d</span>)</a></span> will include that ASAP :)<br/><br/>#KDE #Plasma #kdeplasma #bugfix #freesoftware #floss 2025-10-02T12:11:17Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsg24v9p5qjyzajzrwawacn0ms7255mz82c4xq74amerrulvu3xcdgzyp6z8vqepsvw2emwrnrawl20kgw5ampc53npm3czf3s8akszltxdslsj28u Hey #rust community, crazy idea:<br/><br/>A crate registry without #Microsoft as a gatekeeper.<br/><br/>If I started one, would you publish your library there? <br/><br/>What should I name it?<br/><br/>Background:<br/><br/>you can&#39;t publish on crates.io without #Github account = #microsoft&#39;s permission. <br/><br/><a href="https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io/issues/326">https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io/issues/326</a><br/><br/>As we all know, Microsoft has a history of supporting #Linux and we should trust them.<br/><br/><a href="https://www.theregister.com/2001/06/02/ballmer_linux_is_a_cancer/">https://www.theregister.com/2001/06/02/ballmer_linux_is_a_cancer/</a><br/><br/>pffft lol. Just no.<br/><br/>#opensource #community #floss 2025-09-07T10:41:07Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs8gdkgq9pr60438akhcptpkw67kvflwerys0grs53vkccq4y37lvgzyp6z8vqepsvw2emwrnrawl20kgw5ampc53npm3czf3s8akszltxdsm4twzk Solder warriors, how do you protect your etched boards from corrosion?<br/><br/>I bought this one a lifetime ago. Clearly homemade. It&#39;s covered with rosin.<br/><br/>I thought rosin was corrosive to the traces.<br/><br/>What technique is this? What kind of rosin is used here?<br/><br/>#PCB #electronics #CopperEtching #AskFedi<br/> <img src="https://cdn.fosstodon.org/media_attachments/files/115/015/305/276/555/609/original/4bf549d538285ce3.png"> <br/> 2025-08-12T10:35:40Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsva2jpka7s3hf5srzvkeh7k8lrqmtn5d6cynv4wcvgeppl5vje3vqzyp6z8vqepsvw2emwrnrawl20kgw5ampc53npm3czf3s8akszltxdsfs6hey In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs2k4vzd566x9z8fwdeplawddwr5jrxzveqpzxnvyw6s6f2zdh3y9s9qug2a'>nevent1q…ug2a</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Each internet connection has 2 ends.<br/><br/>I know what I&#39;m talking about. Bad wifi is my specialty. 2025-08-01T14:15:43Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsxlz2tk3ckdnjp3y3zvcr2hfl959ralfndgzkreje6d8lushzwwwqzyp6z8vqepsvw2emwrnrawl20kgw5ampc53npm3czf3s8akszltxdstmxtc0 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs99yqvx6yv5c3ag68felkwrjef68x73szpgwt95kjewqysgnd0krclsu9ct'>nevent1q…u9ct</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Well, I used BMI out of my own will. It&#39;s an approximation that&#39;s easy to calculate with data that&#39;s easy to obtain.<br/>All models are wrong, but some are useful, so I don&#39;t blame healthcare for using BMI if it&#39;s for an initial guess. 2025-07-31T19:31:18Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqstqh9qk2jlrscj9y9va8wlnnlk9zxg9nzqfmgwdrw8cafztcanhzgzyp6z8vqepsvw2emwrnrawl20kgw5ampc53npm3czf3s8akszltxdsqkntv7 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsqynquv4xk6tgrsfgtqupxk9yuh5kwkq6672lrquhh9u58rpgd3sc0z9f5l'>nevent1q…9f5l</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Pump it up every time, get tired of it, try to find the leak, throw it away in frustration.<br/><br/>Hello from a tube that goes too soft in 4 days. I&#39;m still in the bargaining stage (pumping). 2025-07-28T20:55:42Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs2yefmwgzvs5vau8fygv529qsu49qdtnrpuavv69vk75dtwn503tczyp6z8vqepsvw2emwrnrawl20kgw5ampc53npm3czf3s8akszltxdsve3aht In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsghdht0x4ha07uxwwnexug9yj7eu2ww2ac4sg9hn7fzn62mgckw4qcrcrdx'>nevent1q…crdx</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>checking with Wikipedia gives BMI approximately 21.3, which is right in the normal weight range.<br/><br/>Although BMI is supposedly overestimated for people with a lot of muscle mass, so perhaps there&#39;s some underweight effect actually. 2025-07-28T19:09:28Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsgtqh40vz7smrfkkvnpqrelppee962jl5lep6usapd8e2r67czp9qzyp6z8vqepsvw2emwrnrawl20kgw5ampc53npm3czf3s8akszltxdsy7tw7j In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsx8gplhdh0vlt4y27hywzgfpmdy2rlfgh966qwlzljeg9rmle7mjgjqywdk'>nevent1q…ywdk</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Is that a rhetorical question? 2025-07-20T05:43:47Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsdus7hjt6q760lg66g6fxalzp2enetqx9pv92azhacftr44dqvm9gzyp6z8vqepsvw2emwrnrawl20kgw5ampc53npm3czf3s8akszltxds8p5uj2 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsdrrmxd7w0e5tcv9vzch3zjy9fthvr6c6n88rw4mspcw327f7rdwcfan2xl'>nevent1q…n2xl</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>What did they take away? 2025-06-12T18:35:31Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqspk3cjvxqc77x085ul583kjz0ggwec96eg0gkmgjr8ujfrewqrdlczyp6z8vqepsvw2emwrnrawl20kgw5ampc53npm3czf3s8akszltxds9aj9yl In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqstjvw2l7dcn4g4mdvz49dv55r2wn3w2vy493pt3sqkw89alwasd7cdvpzs9'>nevent1q…pzs9</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I installed MicroOS from an image.<br/>I&#39;d like to have a container - even one that fakes the snapshotting - to test scripts before deploying. VMs take too long to set up, start, and reset, and way too much space. 2025-05-14T14:12:36Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs2dmtez53pmmlupvszn06mkdf2ae507c9ufp8xx9mpm3krndeumtgzyp6z8vqepsvw2emwrnrawl20kgw5ampc53npm3czf3s8akszltxdsel9rdc Back to #Wayland and input methods.<br/><br/>What&#39;s your favorite input method?<br/><br/>Cause for me it was the one on old #Nokia phones. I could type with my hands in my pockets! Handy in winter.<br/><br/><a href="https://codeberg.org/dcz/stiwri">https://codeberg.org/dcz/stiwri</a><br/><br/>Tested with #cosmic and #GTK .<br/><br/>This is just the beginning. Actually useful stuff is coming in the future. #Mobile keyboards, #Chinese input is what it&#39;s for:<br/><br/><a href="https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/wayland/wayland-protocols/-/merge_requests/396">https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/wayland/wayland-protocols/-/merge_requests/396</a><br/><br/>#dumbphone #mobilelinux #linuxmobile #CJK<br/><video controls width="100%" class="max-h-[90vh] bg-neutral-300 dark:bg-zinc-700"><source src="https://cdn.fosstodon.org/media_attachments/files/114/351/394/686/631/165/original/af8cabbe998fe8c4.mp4"></video><br/> 2025-04-17T04:28:39Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqst4knsvun508we6x096mgcvu802eytsfssmeq5jvuzhpf597weq0qzyp6z8vqepsvw2emwrnrawl20kgw5ampc53npm3czf3s8akszltxdsu52fwj Dear fediverse , what kind of a connector is this?<br/><br/>40 pin, 0.5mm pitch, motherboard side, going to an eDP display panel.<br/><br/>I&#39;d like to buy the socket, but nothing I&#39;ve seen quite matches the shape.<br/><br/>#laptop #repair #lvds #electronics #askfedi<br/> <img src="https://cdn.fosstodon.org/media_attachments/files/114/217/719/569/203/354/original/a962f9788618c992.jpeg"> <br/> 2025-03-24T13:49:14Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsfjt05f2jxs7dvlfz26e00jygk5fdz6jpumdxkks7vrfvz7tajrrgzyp6z8vqepsvw2emwrnrawl20kgw5ampc53npm3czf3s8akszltxdsse42hr So I&#39;ve been using my laptop with the wrong date for a while and #certificate errors meant I could only see #websites when the stars aligned.<br/><br/>This was the most productive I&#39;ve been for a while.<br/><br/>So I decided to make this a #browser extension:<br/><br/>**Block selected websites, 90% of the time**<br/><br/><a href="https://codeberg.org/dcz/webBlocker">https://codeberg.org/dcz/webBlocker</a><br/><br/>No more mindless scrolling! No more constant Wikipedia binges! Just occasional ones. It&#39;s fine to have fun once in a while. 2025-03-24T05:54:10Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsr8ndv3la67xlx08nl9ath0y09mpsf57pk6qtgey42n2tj6d9kw6czyp6z8vqepsvw2emwrnrawl20kgw5ampc53npm3czf3s8akszltxdsszwcd6 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsq6plk6n33x5nkj6z4alja9z2ky5629m740ufxc2vzg2864qmvxpcy4rvj3'>nevent1q…rvj3</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>What if youtube deletes the videos?<br/>Without watching, I am betting a Mate that this wasn&#39;t mentioned. 2025-03-24T05:44:57Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqszdlnujcwvwy56c5gl3amt7g3zgzneaunhdrfz3ufhm03tdcsnmagzyp6z8vqepsvw2emwrnrawl20kgw5ampc53npm3czf3s8akszltxdsygda9m Has everyone noticed?<br/>Here in #Germany almost all #supermarkets use #epaper displays to show prices. They look great. It&#39;s hard to notice that it&#39;s not ink on dead trees.<br/>That&#39;s thousands of displays per shop. Times thousands of shops in the entire country.<br/><br/>Some of those displays break or otherwise get replaced.<br/><br/>So there must be piles of used displays around the country... but where?<br/>Does any of my fellow #hackers know how to get some of that #trash treasure?<br/><br/>#recycling #upcycling 2025-03-15T11:50:31Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsthgta0yxnkfnhuga9970353hxsxuuzwjz4scy27raxnlgmfm92pgzyp6z8vqepsvw2emwrnrawl20kgw5ampc53npm3czf3s8akszltxdsw2hwn7 #Mozilla : &#34;we’ve stepped away from making blanket claims that “We never sell your data”&#34;<br/>followed by a list of things that I don&#39;t want my #browser to do but Mozilla won&#39;t commit to.<br/><br/><span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1hpwuqgk7w8cfcuyrjk7pwcl3gf652ssgnq8ylfmh3av489tuhl6q9qcd0d" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Fedora Project</span> (<span class="italic">npub1hpw…cd0d</span>)</a></span> with #Firefox &#39;s #privacy focus no longer so clear, what are your options for preserving the privacy?<br/><br/>Is the official package going to be watched for problems and fixed by packagers?<br/>Are you packaging forks?<br/><br/>#fedora #packaging 2025-03-01T08:12:11Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqstjzdunh7hx5tgfesr09ykwsal8lyx3f34trcyk7xhax890zj507gzyp6z8vqepsvw2emwrnrawl20kgw5ampc53npm3czf3s8akszltxdsfcpgkk Woohoo, #libobscura returned an image from the #librem5 !<br/><br/>```<br/>Buffer size: 823296, seq: 0, timestamp: 18178.362439 [s]<br/>Writing to frame.GRBG<br/>```<br/><br/>Now I&#39;m scared to look at the data. It&#39;s probably garbage.<br/><br/>But the proof of concept is there: you can treat the Media Controller API as a database and query it for valid image pipeline configurations.<br/><br/>I wonder if the debayering #shader still works.<br/><br/>But first, clean up and publish.<br/><br/>#images #camera #linuxmobile #linux #rust 2025-02-22T18:51:12Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs2jsxw4sayy4wz32cjkdqmj5us3yuc6a3nzvxuplz5352hjx2784szyp6z8vqepsvw2emwrnrawl20kgw5ampc53npm3czf3s8akszltxdswnu2yw 77 commits later, and #libobscura has a scripting system good enough to initialize a #USB #Camera <br/><br/>So it&#39;s back to the same functionality, except with extra complexity, lol.<br/><br/>Next up: organize the commits (don&#39;t leave a mess if you want contributors) and make sure #librem5 works the same way.<br/> <img src="https://cdn.fosstodon.org/media_attachments/files/114/014/068/355/990/966/original/339e2994a2ebf92e.png"> <br/> 2025-02-16T14:37:29Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsr3mxka36hlxad275mulhnv7q69mv56q0yc57fdks3ewshscsfxzqzyp6z8vqepsvw2emwrnrawl20kgw5ampc53npm3czf3s8akszltxdsmscfpz In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs296rn8xl4zlvsvug263urhlcp6h5d2dc3ddz8rlr5tm47uunjmrqhqfkak'>nevent1q…fkak</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Are there any descriptions of the attack? Right now the only possible motivation is a second-hand description by codeberg themselves.<br/><br/>It makes me wonder: why did codeberg not explain what they think the rationale was?<br/><br/>Was it because the messages contained abuse?<br/><br/>If I wanted to hide the real reasons or techniques of my attack, would be enough to fill it with abuse and people would purge it before letting the public analyze it?<br/><br/>That sounds like an exploit against moderation. 2025-02-12T13:15:17Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs9e5sj7vhhu8vg8k8wnqyq67tf5kgmcqe4qq5p3wrfwkw8z2e7x7czyp6z8vqepsvw2emwrnrawl20kgw5ampc53npm3czf3s8akszltxdsryjwqp In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsqqs7eksaf6xyfgqld6t8ttqfcscadhc8x3xvphgmmyv8svngsu2csx6v9h'>nevent1q…6v9h</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>It&#39;s not you. It really is C. 2025-02-10T13:15:32Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsvg3ztzhswctldxrwgh82r4mfnl8uklqr5p0d23l2um9he4yga8fszyp6z8vqepsvw2emwrnrawl20kgw5ampc53npm3czf3s8akszltxds6uzw2r In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs082jwaqzqgzygf2363rw2t6we57aq5qx930hwj8ftycxv89vjf2cqmjmym'>nevent1q…jmym</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>But most importantly, can I easily load my own software to fix the inevitable stupidity of the bot and security issues that will be made clear in time? 2025-02-09T19:02:08Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsdqddwh8tv4mzkuswku7kkzvev7h85x9j7xx0gtg73xfv7wzx8n6gzyp6z8vqepsvw2emwrnrawl20kgw5ampc53npm3czf3s8akszltxdsr2wz38 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsrlnfm6e6ulgxt46pedruhtjevs8xyk6mfwhl65aunggm2n5jnecc6ed9qg'>nevent1q…d9qg</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Yeah, email is complicated. I had some real and some nonsense lapses, like backscatter, sending a dozen emails per year, or being hosted on a residential IP. Maybe not enforcing DMARC counts against me too.<br/><br/>But if you diagnose email problems anyway as a recipient, I don&#39;t see a legit reason for this much gatekeeping. 2025-02-09T15:24:32Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqst77dhnjk0s2xl4gptzz0ss9t8fwlujqht4mnz6rsve5n48kg0hxgzyp6z8vqepsvw2emwrnrawl20kgw5ampc53npm3czf3s8akszltxdsfqw8lw In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsvvdh2cqz8gz302vgffvy8v3pqh6rufaxw6pldhta3cykfcmlphgs9mwuka'>nevent1q…wuka</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I don&#39;t think I care enough.<br/>Schemes like this feel like a protection racket to me: register here and cough up your phone number/browser user agent/location, or else.<br/><br/>I&#39;m not interested in having a Google account, so my emails land in spam.<br/>I feel this is antithetical to the idea of distributed email. But maybe I live in the past and that ship has sailed.<br/>(Can we include proof of work into the protocol to fight spam? Or at least PGP signatures?) 2025-02-09T15:11:41Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqspjp2d72cgkh3u64mhq8r4nx86tg4jnhqzz88w2pxm89wyvpu4vdszyp6z8vqepsvw2emwrnrawl20kgw5ampc53npm3czf3s8akszltxdsau6v52 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsxmrarwl8r0e3fh9pxtn5tvjcqh0slln008pzdk3ecwln28cqr6fs0wd2lg'>nevent1q…d2lg</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Such a button exists on the Nokia N900! It doesn&#39;t do anything for power though. 2025-02-08T20:09:19Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs0rwsag0euytfkml2mzcaxd40yl77zrq0mzz60d26ne2e3zks0qgszyp6z8vqepsvw2emwrnrawl20kgw5ampc53npm3czf3s8akszltxds4unp2q In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqst5r95q56455wnt9uflpfdyrja0hweukzat5r2hcgt74f5nks0eqcurvqdv'>nevent1q…vqdv</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>And my own thought: if your #FOSS project&#39;s #chat is on #Discord , I will not join.<br/>I already know it will get enshittified. I will not give them a phone number, I don&#39;t want to get tracked and my data sold as a price of contributing to FOSS.<br/><br/>So yeah, I&#39;ve been mostly absent from the #bevy #community for that reason.<br/>I hope that changes one day.<br/><br/>#proprietary #Enshittification #freesoftware 2025-02-03T11:41:49Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqst5r95q56455wnt9uflpfdyrja0hweukzat5r2hcgt74f5nks0eqczyp6z8vqepsvw2emwrnrawl20kgw5ampc53npm3czf3s8akszltxds02jq4x Are you using #github for #FOSS ?<br/>Small request: could you use FOSS instead?<br/>Don&#39;t make #Microsoft your gatekeeper, use like #forgejo #codeberg or something.<br/><br/><a href="https://sfconservancy.org/GiveUpGitHub/">https://sfconservancy.org/GiveUpGitHub/</a><br/><br/>Thanks to <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub103flyqcfcwve38urnke3kxs6dug9h7stxzmhyqffhl289fy3p49qu0kaf3" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Software Freedom Conservancy</span> (<span class="italic">npub103f…kaf3</span>)</a></span> &#39;s <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub13fleyq7yskfxa4swtfqyxyr95768p5vf4qm3schy2qzes9m8y9qq949ycn" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Karen Sandler</span> (<span class="italic">npub13fl…9ycn</span>)</a></span> , Denver Gingerich and Bradley Kuhn for the #FOSDEM talk.<br/><br/>#fosdem2025 2025-02-03T11:37:09Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs2hmv78chdff4sazjhvclv2kqjj4ue07xrk6akjy3en97tefvl20gzyp6z8vqepsvw2emwrnrawl20kgw5ampc53npm3czf3s8akszltxds8hklyw #FOSDEM is over.<br/>How many of you have seen Bad Apple running on an e-paper screen, smoothly?<br/>Because I have, at a private presentation in one of the sitting areas, and, friends, it blew my socks off.<br/>Let me tell you, it&#39;s funny to see something cast a shadow on a computer screen.<br/><br/>Apparently the driver is running a custom FPGA and plenty of it is open source.<br/><br/>Good luck <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub19324tzhuwtsm9n9468ree6vr45l9hu8r8az0e9uyvz2jlgs92p5qf402q0" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Modos @Boston, MA</span> (<span class="italic">npub1932…02q0</span>)</a></span> . I want to get one now. <a href="https://www.modos.tech/blog">https://www.modos.tech/blog</a><br/><br/>#epaper #eink #freesoftware #fosdem2025 #wayland 2025-02-03T09:34:31Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsz8mwucuxdtuc6ypmayxpahk02ytr2l7u3jg7kg8kmrutd2elpjxqzyp6z8vqepsvw2emwrnrawl20kgw5ampc53npm3czf3s8akszltxdsc89sgz In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsxh77glwhj7y27c8rn97kn4xdmq4gw9jdy3xhycmt3ja5x0ll0nqca6ap5k'>nevent1q…ap5k</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>So your argument is against claiming that there&#39;s no other AI than LLM. I agree with that, although skimming your link, they set the context of &#34;Today’s AI models&#34;, which makes it clear it&#39;s not all AI.<br/><br/>And then I go to openai website:<br/><br/>&#34;A universal interface for AI to interact with the digital world.&#34;<br/><br/>Yeah, I wonder how this interfaces with my chess engine.<br/><br/>Thanks for the clarification, although without it I understood you completely different than you intended. 2025-01-23T20:49:35Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsr0l0c2ur7pqnwhmvsm29fj9ghzergp83pfywfj06frf2y8s5dpyqzyp6z8vqepsvw2emwrnrawl20kgw5ampc53npm3czf3s8akszltxdsp6uz9u In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs9ezz7szg5q5seayyhrplq6s54vv499rp7m2x5uj78zz8vhr6qzhga3zfwr'>nevent1q…zfwr</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>What&#39;s &#34;AI&#34; then?<br/>It used to mean expert systems, chess engines, image recognition, agentic behaviour in games, chat bots... Why not language models?<br/><br/>TBH the term has been made so vague I&#39;m surprised anyone cares about using it in a specific way. That ship seems to have sailed. 2025-01-23T18:37:36Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs9w39w5ppyj57l8x9mz6jc0evpes6cnggq7ajk0lkjffhtp5dah2czyp6z8vqepsvw2emwrnrawl20kgw5ampc53npm3czf3s8akszltxdsh2sscl In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs9fjj2c5jnkee3dk75l0csefdyfzvkyxu88c3vjwtxg48y8rxxcfc2v9ly0'>nevent1q…9ly0</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Can this be used to create something like gdisk? 2025-01-21T09:48:57Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsrqjsz75d0qqchtpvzuan88q0jjry2tkz78y4azhne8pt5hskucsczyp6z8vqepsvw2emwrnrawl20kgw5ampc53npm3czf3s8akszltxds4zwtse Another month, another conference.<br/><br/>#libobscura will be a topic at #FOSDEM !<br/><br/><a href="https://fosdem.org/2025/schedule/event/fosdem-2025-6184-libobscura-cameras-are-still-difficult/">https://fosdem.org/2025/schedule/event/fosdem-2025-6184-libobscura-cameras-are-still-difficult/</a><br/><br/>I&#39;ll dive a bit deeper into the mobile side of the camera problem compared to my #ccc38 talk. If I have time left, there will be a quick demo of #Prolog-driven capability querying :D<br/><br/>#fosdem2025 2025-01-21T09:21:22Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs9v99du34yhn9largz967jny9h8yr6rfqm55vh2gda2sx7yc3ptsczyp6z8vqepsvw2emwrnrawl20kgw5ampc53npm3czf3s8akszltxdshl3p02 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsqahp0jcwfvxz98uyluu9jgnfh9pwjghchl444cyyuh2qgd6qu7jqt3v69k'>nevent1q…v69k</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Nearlyfreespeech and it worked okay for many years. nordname can be used without USA payment systems but I only used it for a few years. 2024-12-29T06:37:21Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsr70vd75hgd9et786ewwhca5emvszdf8jeqj5rcucttlzcxqecj3szyp6z8vqepsvw2emwrnrawl20kgw5ampc53npm3czf3s8akszltxdsdhyrxt #Kwin just crashed. Then it returned, and most apps did too.<br/><br/>Except the one I wrote :P<br/><br/>Do newer toolkits just reconnect on a broken #Wayland connection?<br/><br/>#KDE 2024-12-03T12:45:13Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsze6ct5vq2yyefguajdk3s6rxlg0yecyqzpmv5nc6ug0gcr3g6v5gzyp6z8vqepsvw2emwrnrawl20kgw5ampc53npm3czf3s8akszltxdsz4kge7 My rule for buying into #technology is:<br/><br/>get the #software separately.<br/><br/>Buy a laptop → install #Linux .<br/>Get a router → flash #openwrt .<br/>Sign up to a messenger → Use an open client.<br/>Browse a #web app → Use an unrelated browser.<br/><br/>Why? The vendor can&#39;t resist the control. I don&#39;t know why. They make the experience suck. Bloat, ads, locked features, antifeatures, phoning home. Even #OpenSource .<br/><br/>Independent software would not survive if it did that. People would install something else. 2024-12-01T20:23:07Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsvqjyjd4r8ctmu2x8a3vzfays04wak2mt8xr2syjmhljdny4f4exgzyp6z8vqepsvw2emwrnrawl20kgw5ampc53npm3czf3s8akszltxdsn5ecs6 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs2jtrrnkudd2npesvjzlmp4j7656jywwpjdl2arpdr6y3e8l2h0jc0a0yjv'>nevent1q…0yjv</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>The code is here:<br/><br/><a href="https://codeberg.org/libobscura/libv4l-stream/src/branch/master/src/io/dmabuf/arena.rs#L415">https://codeberg.org/libobscura/libv4l-stream/src/branch/master/src/io/dmabuf/arena.rs#L415</a><br/><br/>This doesn&#39;t cover a lot, and won&#39;t test kernel glue code at all - and glue is where most bugs are in my experience.<br/><br/>In the end, I decided to shove the complexity somewhere else, but at least the buffer manager can be tested somewhat. 2024-11-26T15:28:21Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs2jtrrnkudd2npesvjzlmp4j7656jywwpjdl2arpdr6y3e8l2h0jczyp6z8vqepsvw2emwrnrawl20kgw5ampc53npm3czf3s8akszltxds9ue2ws Trying to create complex #software managing kernel buffers.<br/>This needs tests.<br/><br/>&#34;#functional core, imperative shell&#34; - Testing management should not need the kernel.<br/><br/>I started mocking with a generic backend. Looks annoying.<br/><br/>&#34;imperative shell&#34;<br/><br/>The mocked generic is becoming a spaghetti horror.<br/><br/>&#34;functional core&#34; - and then it clicked.<br/><br/>I separated just the buffer manager, made it generic over buffer type. I can now feed it fake buffers and test it.<br/><br/>#testing #development #hexagonal 2024-11-26T15:26:12Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsqslnr9h5z57fpuv3drflkgs8wpxql830zq7gk4yw4e8ecmn76d5czyp6z8vqepsvw2emwrnrawl20kgw5ampc53npm3czf3s8akszltxdsra7ss0 Random advice:<br/><br/>If you&#39;re working on #camera #software after dark, turn on the light in the room.<br/><br/>Seriously.<br/><br/>You will save yourself time #git bisecting why your app is only displaying black.<br/><br/>This is totally random advice, no particular reason at all.<br/><br/>#libobscura 2024-11-19T17:44:03Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsy33vl99z8wnh680wm2djr7x44fztqwtt5dydllxwvqtzq2wy4s6gzyp6z8vqepsvw2emwrnrawl20kgw5ampc53npm3czf3s8akszltxdsyydxw0 Hey #linuxmobile people.<br/><br/>Maybe you heard about my little #libobscura project.<br/><br/>Which phone should #libobscura support after #Librem5 ?<br/><br/>I&#39;m looking for one which has the kernel drivers but cameras still don&#39;t work great.<br/><br/>#camera #PostmarketOS #mobian 2024-11-17T14:03:16Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs0ak0qranj30qevkzdkunaaw8yt0l0unh2kfk5mntmqpq58u90cwgzyp6z8vqepsvw2emwrnrawl20kgw5ampc53npm3czf3s8akszltxdsxsq7dy In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsrtzlm7squ5t4ra4qszg8rv83tvledm8jf4gf0l04es2ljww4wvwgcjz2s9'>nevent1q…z2s9</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>The actual #code is on #codeberg (error: toot too long).<br/><br/><a href="https://codeberg.org/libobscura/libobscura">https://codeberg.org/libobscura/libobscura</a> 2024-11-15T14:40:24Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsrtzlm7squ5t4ra4qszg8rv83tvledm8jf4gf0l04es2ljww4wvwgzyp6z8vqepsvw2emwrnrawl20kgw5ampc53npm3czf3s8akszltxdsvq3jrf #libobscura grand opening!<br/><br/>Libobscura is a friendly library to use cameras on Linux.<br/><br/>At least that&#39;s the goal.<br/><br/>The objectives are:<br/><br/>- hard to use it wrong<br/>- get a RGB buffer in ten lines of code<br/>- easy to add support for new devices<br/>- no mailing list :P<br/><br/>I want #linuxmobile and other #photo and #video workflows to become easy, and manufacturers to spend less time adding support (hi me 2 years ago).<br/><br/>More info on my #blog: <a href="https://dorotac.eu/posts/libobscura/">https://dorotac.eu/posts/libobscura/</a><br/><br/>#freesoftware #rustlang <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1tvtks09eufvpvhy2c72wtydv5787c8g2yajaefn5ekrwvm9qcryqqt4jjw" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>libcamera</span> (<span class="italic">npub1tvt…4jjw</span>)</a></span> 2024-11-15T14:39:45Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqspttug5j95q628zqj3uf8a0dlk5yh38zhcducz2xve9p4y2d96fggzyp6z8vqepsvw2emwrnrawl20kgw5ampc53npm3czf3s8akszltxdsvm6a5u #libobscura is going through the final crunch... I mean, touches, before release.<br/><br/>I just realized the project page and the #readme are like continuous announcement posts. For some people, it&#39;s going to be the first contact with your work, so tell them;<br/><br/>- are they the intended audience?<br/>- how do they benefit from this?<br/>- where is the project going?<br/>- how far along is it?<br/>- how to try it out?<br/><br/>/me goes back to rewriting<br/><br/>#project #marketing #opensource 2024-11-12T16:00:42Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsxc0hwv6km0kexgcjkkk4tyzvuhdky4w59528spdwuwvqhacmxukszyp6z8vqepsvw2emwrnrawl20kgw5ampc53npm3czf3s8akszltxdsj7uaxx In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsxjlnt9p0sa6c6tp807r54x4yn98ah4et7uc4hzrw70yus5hhqr5sspn79v'>nevent1q…n79v</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I can only reply with:<br/><br/>a lot of pipelines are five minutes. 2024-11-11T21:42:48Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqstq0y950lmkj9seg00pjm6lmcn65huumd5vxkpyfgtuz26sx77q5gzyp6z8vqepsvw2emwrnrawl20kgw5ampc53npm3czf3s8akszltxds9gxj00 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqswstudqqnrqx7tshqmq5rcp75s0m2e9k6hmff9x5d3j6sdrtt0gag9nlvcx'>nevent1q…lvcx</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Okay, another comparison:<br/>the 5 minutes pipeline costs 82.6kJ * (300s/1400)s = 82.6kJ * 0.21 = 18kJ (*2 for network=36kJ)<br/><br/>A liter of gas contains 33.6MJ per liter, with car efficiency at 20% it&#39;s 6.7MJ, at 3l/100km it&#39;s 33.3km, so 200kJ/km.<br/><br/>Every 5m pipeline run costs about as much energy as 200/36=222m by a small car.<br/><br/>How far from the office do you live? How many commits do you push upstream per ride?<br/><br/>We have much better ways to curb energy use than not testing software. 2024-11-11T06:55:06Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqswstudqqnrqx7tshqmq5rcp75s0m2e9k6hmff9x5d3j6sdrtt0gagzyp6z8vqepsvw2emwrnrawl20kgw5ampc53npm3czf3s8akszltxdszykpqy In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsyr0watzgg862jy8l70xm30272j0p4tlq98egua9py6n9a3vg2rusuamj3g'>nevent1q…mj3g</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>For comparison, boiling a cup of tea needs about 82.6 kJ of energy.<br/><br/>My CI computer has a 60W power supply (so it can&#39;t draw more power than that - we&#39;re overestimating). The CI would need to run for 82.6kJ/60W ≅ 1400s ≅ 23 min to match it.<br/><br/>Make it half to offset the energy costs of network communication: 11min.<br/><br/>That gives two 5min pipelines for the price of one hot drink.<br/><br/>Would you drink a cup on every other commit if it saved you time and stress in the future?<br/><br/>I probably would. 2024-11-11T06:01:41Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsyr0watzgg862jy8l70xm30272j0p4tlq98egua9py6n9a3vg2ruszyp6z8vqepsvw2emwrnrawl20kgw5ampc53npm3czf3s8akszltxds4spx0g In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqspdw09ylwgtydecgmq3jat3t6q74uja34jp03vnuz7txps0dm0f3c8dlkw9'>nevent1q…lkw9</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>If your pipeline takes 2 minutes and saves 2 hours in debugging and another 20 in working around the problem at the end user side - which is the case at least for me - then the sweet spot is quite clear.<br/><br/>&gt; the best way to accelerate #climatecrisis <br/><br/>I call this a ridiculous statement. If running a computer for 5 extra minutes is comparatively so bad, we should reconsider software altogether.<br/><br/>There are many better ways to heat up Earth, related to transportation and manufacturng. 2024-11-11T05:47:29Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs2l7zaake25j26j08wzprp3tgxumlm4rmxh2l8h3cyf3pmxtlruugzyp6z8vqepsvw2emwrnrawl20kgw5ampc53npm3czf3s8akszltxds6feek6 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqswrxeglstlj63rvx3runjymrztc604j7xatekwdadjae0e26f7mac4yteuu'>nevent1q…teuu</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Oh, now I realized: most forges host underpriced runners, so they have a reason to have them run as little as possible.<br/><br/>Well, I set up my own runner on #forgejo for a single repo, so I have power to spare :P 2024-11-10T09:42:01Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqswrxeglstlj63rvx3runjymrztc604j7xatekwdadjae0e26f7maczyp6z8vqepsvw2emwrnrawl20kgw5ampc53npm3czf3s8akszltxds5na77z A piece of criticism to all code forges I know: why not run #CI on all commits?<br/><br/>A bad commit is a liability. It will break bisect and make debugging miserable.<br/><br/>#ForgejoActions takes it to the extreme and cancels an already running action when I push another change.<br/><br/>I get it - it&#39;s too slow and expensive to test them all when pipelines take minutes to run. But you could just pause the old ones until the newest one is finished!<br/><br/>#testing #forgejo #gitea #gitlab #Codeberg #coding 2024-11-10T08:42:34Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs292vmq42jkws5sg5tjm46ykjgptvda025zamt3hfhc2u7w3ty63gzyp6z8vqepsvw2emwrnrawl20kgw5ampc53npm3czf3s8akszltxdsvspcsg In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsx3wvdtlu0zsvlrdw5mka993gvwaz55m6nu0xfm75tk49uxdun7mssszaff'>nevent1q…zaff</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Nah, that was the first thing I did :P 2024-11-05T12:45:18Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqswxf5esfar65mjxn7g8pmpek3rg22mlp5szpjdpxfq3wv2j7zqeuczyp6z8vqepsvw2emwrnrawl20kgw5ampc53npm3czf3s8akszltxds56arhe Installing #Fedora on a #Surface go 2. For #libobscura, because it has a special #camera setup (IPU3).<br/><br/>Set BIOS to boot from USB stick? Still boots windows.<br/><br/>You have to boot Windows with the stick in and select a special &#34;Linpus Lite&#34; reboot option.<br/><br/>Except if the stick is in while Windows is running, it will get corrupted and fail verification.<br/><br/>And then the installer aborts while formatting &#39;device is in use&#39;.<br/><br/>#Windows resists being removed → fsck #Microsoft ,.<br/><br/>#linux 2024-11-04T15:55:20Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsgpdhn7zq30acyl6qk5gccsazftzc958yz4lq98dx2qnmc229n2rczyp6z8vqepsvw2emwrnrawl20kgw5ampc53npm3czf3s8akszltxdsa2lkqf In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs0nq8002jdks3depcz8sc3zmpvuf737pjrpxmgr9dcjne50pmhfpgd8w4qv'>nevent1q…w4qv</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Best I can do is moral support, sorry :P<br/><br/><a href="https://dorotac.eu/posts/git-botch-email">https://dorotac.eu/posts/git-botch-email</a> 2024-11-04T09:58:50Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsvw2z2zuanf7kgad5xaltyvgaym7l2dce3ww3uh3rjs9am8v8mswqzyp6z8vqepsvw2emwrnrawl20kgw5ampc53npm3czf3s8akszltxdsyu7n3u #libobscura, your friendly safe #camera library will be published this week.<br/><br/>But where do you want to see it?<br/><br/>#linux #video <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1tvtks09eufvpvhy2c72wtydv5787c8g2yajaefn5ekrwvm9qcryqqt4jjw" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>libcamera</span> (<span class="italic">npub1tvt…4jjw</span>)</a></span> 2024-11-04T08:37:16Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsztczag0jkmzn3jy0w8z4kvw4zfcspqtnqyy5ltfpy539689fz93szyp6z8vqepsvw2emwrnrawl20kgw5ampc53npm3czf3s8akszltxdsqgrkn3 #libobscura progress: a demo camera app!<br/><br/>So I&#39;ve proved (some of) the concepts:<br/><br/>- API without segfaults<br/>- zero-copy image passing<br/>- GPU accelerated decoding<br/><br/>Yes, the picture is mirrored upside-down, why do you ask?<br/><br/>Next: clean up #GPU abstractions and publish a website.<br/><br/>#rustlang #rust #opengl #video<br/><span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1tvtks09eufvpvhy2c72wtydv5787c8g2yajaefn5ekrwvm9qcryqqt4jjw" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>libcamera</span> (<span class="italic">npub1tvt…4jjw</span>)</a></span><br/> <img src="https://cdn.fosstodon.org/media_attachments/files/113/407/362/465/925/122/original/8bed8423b0565f50.png"> <br/> 2024-11-01T11:06:35Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsvmqcq867s7k6xmynnwl5qwzfmy6cwgudehteslse5d76yqqe6h5gzyp6z8vqepsvw2emwrnrawl20kgw5ampc53npm3czf3s8akszltxdsvdlhhz Working on #libobscura today.<br/><br/>#OpenGL , #EGL , #glium , #glutin , #Rust , #v4l2 .<br/><br/>After 2 weeks of effort, the #GPU decoder COMPILES!<br/><br/>...The screen is green.<br/><br/>But hey, I actually know how to debug this :D It&#39;s almost as if 10 years of #debugging and #ReverseEngineering paid off! 2024-10-31T17:36:49Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsrpsk3m80p6leazqclhhdtem5aqslqfmze5ymtn6j8erlu7q5wntqzyp6z8vqepsvw2emwrnrawl20kgw5ampc53npm3czf3s8akszltxds6armny I just found a way to let #Firefox use the #KDE file picker instead of the dreadful non-integrated #GNOME one :)<br/><br/>It involves enabling portal support:<br/><br/>In about:config set the key:<br/><br/>widget.use-xdg-desktop-portal.file-picker<br/><br/>to &#34;1&#34;.<br/><br/>The &#34;save&#34; button is in the bottom right corner again :) 2024-10-30T20:36:45Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqstvynlwqw9vst5ehulcjansv56a4fjg3a47lsgm6n2zhw604n6cjczyp6z8vqepsvw2emwrnrawl20kgw5ampc53npm3czf3s8akszltxds5rvau3 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsf2rjsu3yrgnn2qn0px7fknxvmamhsh60xvt92y25k6yr4j5fga6cpxrr28'>nevent1q…rr28</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Remember internet.org? I heard in some places outside of Europe many people thought Facebook was the entire Internet.<br/><br/>It sounds like they want to tighten the grip on the rest of us. I hope this leads to an exodus back to the open Web,<br/><br/><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet.org">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet.org</a> 2024-10-20T12:34:16Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsr0yrgrxlc8u0n5ntakkpq6jx5259sc5aqclez69xaz72ukplfwggzyp6z8vqepsvw2emwrnrawl20kgw5ampc53npm3czf3s8akszltxdsu2p0yq In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs0t5nwfug23s70a85dwkuepwnmw0v5x48l599f7hxfef4tsk3wycssk95v5'>nevent1q…95v5</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Redefine the Four Freedoms? They better have an amazing proposal because they are already good.<br/><br/>Can show me what they are saying about wanting to redefine? 2024-10-19T11:28:46Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsfv5wws9ahfh7l8y649utae6gy2enfup59we4eeph5c9rtwwhycpqzyp6z8vqepsvw2emwrnrawl20kgw5ampc53npm3czf3s8akszltxds2fru8m #Coding #OpenGL for #libobscura right now.<br/><br/>Computers need to convert those #Bayer or YUV #camera streams to RGB quickly to present them!<br/><br/>I&#39;m just converting my old code to #rust, but it was enough to remind me why I hate the OpenGL + #EGL + #GBM combo. APIs with implicit global variables can get lost.<br/><br/>Thankfully, I&#39;m nearly done and can go back to shaders and algorithms :-) but using GLES 1.2 (the #Librem5 can&#39;t do anything better ;_; )<br/><br/>#vivante #linux 2024-10-13T13:15:20Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsta4ulc8d4gws99vas2e4e5tsz0gud8knr38nvzk87wjd35srepmqzyp6z8vqepsvw2emwrnrawl20kgw5ampc53npm3czf3s8akszltxds7yavv8 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqszpyr9t793f89kz707ss362jnuq9n5qqf9tww39lkgmkh7wx7sjks76vhu0'>nevent1q…vhu0</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>No trainer, and it can (completely unscientifically) take 3-10km for the high steady pace to settle in. Depends on what you mean by &#34;old people&#34; though :) 2024-10-11T13:03:03Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsg00mvfjs7c6eaap3dnxx83c304lqz23eryclxedt6sxw0ekjnmmgzyp6z8vqepsvw2emwrnrawl20kgw5ampc53npm3czf3s8akszltxdsl0eyjg In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqszrcjacsdgn888f3a5d0ttc977zy5pk982uzfuwk6980ej3vgmslq9j3let'>nevent1q…3let</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Thanks :)<br/><br/>I&#39;m trying to reduce the amount of e-waste rather than buying new. 2024-10-05T06:13:48Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsfewehfm7070plrzx8ppvynklme2hmha374w669c3pz4x2tpn2czqzyp6z8vqepsvw2emwrnrawl20kgw5ampc53npm3czf3s8akszltxdsmk3zy0 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs20cpvshxulksagdars6q5yhv0me3y74lqdadzjrpfyh9cnq84f7gcqy882'>nevent1q…y882</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Are you compressing the cursor together with the rest of the stream?<br/><br/>Some games have a &#34;harware cursor&#34; option to reduce cursor latency, where it skips the game&#39;s rendering pipeline to arrive a few frames early.<br/><br/>Something similar could be helpful for streaming: send cursor position separately from the video stream, render it directly from a saved image without waiting for an entire frame to arrive. 2024-10-05T06:08:25Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsteddalaxk6n8rsvagxufpwsnfgmdlemmyhpdxpruhr4t72kw8ulczyp6z8vqepsvw2emwrnrawl20kgw5ampc53npm3czf3s8akszltxdstyzntt Does anyone in Germany(ish) want to get rid of a #RaspberryPi with a #camera ?<br/><br/>I need one soon to write a prototype driver for the #libobscura camera library project.<br/><br/>PM me with your price.<br/><br/><a href="https://gitlab.com/libobscura">https://gitlab.com/libobscura</a><br/><br/>#raspi #askfedi #deutschland 2024-10-04T17:15:38Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs8wuzeasam7uu7cncxqz3cesgrypeqazcrd2gmq6q4kqvefe9w36czyp6z8vqepsvw2emwrnrawl20kgw5ampc53npm3czf3s8akszltxds6xyzmd <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1fuskwnqfft7a4luhvhpv0ly0522p7s70t5lm39j76cxgjq3reynsedtvjp" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>GNU Taler</span> (<span class="italic">npub1fus…tvjp</span>)</a></span> Can a Taler wallet be used securely in the form of a card?<br/><br/>That is, a smart card that people insert at point-of-sale terminals?<br/><br/>The browser extension takes care not just of the secret store, but also of all user interaction. Would there be a need to trust the terminal not to be compromised?<br/><br/>What&#39;s the plan for everyday shopping anyway? 2024-09-28T15:26:44Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsyg2gnq9lh9gpatycryxm3jjdrwzuwn9zdfjc8njyydtx3s059xwqzyp6z8vqepsvw2emwrnrawl20kgw5ampc53npm3czf3s8akszltxdsa97mxr In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsyz60sjgektg29pcq0hkgj2fl5ezlf6yzqchz8su3lu4c9qlwqucqk72gh3'>nevent1q…2gh3</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Some important names missing are Dillo and Falcon. Also Librewolf would be interesting to position here. 2024-09-11T06:44:50Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsy00m2kdu5wymqyv4jxw5ulkyufnscg0cvcws79z0t4ypy0dw0dzczyp6z8vqepsvw2emwrnrawl20kgw5ampc53npm3czf3s8akszltxdsexrns2 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsx8xpkv6zjpq8tywtr2sl6av0d8czgktx8f8pk8csx34dpgrtg2fgpu86lt'>nevent1q…86lt</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Your analogy is technically correct, but it also switches things from &#34;act of god&#34; (mateorite) to &#34;predictable&#34; (&#34;space objects are documented&#34;) in the middle. This messes up the intuition I was asking about, on top of being unrealistic because we can&#39;t predict which house will get hit by a space rock so we don&#39;t have social norms for that.<br/><br/>A better one:<br/>&#34;You inherit a building. The building has an electric fault. Next year the fault causes a fire. Who are you blaming?&#34; 2024-09-10T07:28:27Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsg8ecmqnzr0axn3m96eyhlvmam9t3l5m0chpypctysfhrl6up0k8qzyp6z8vqepsvw2emwrnrawl20kgw5ampc53npm3czf3s8akszltxdsan24w3 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqspw2m4rk85hj4wnnzxz7qmppgslzmtt8yqmd8ytjlz85qs0gnu2qq9ufcq3'>nevent1q…fcq3</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>My opinion differs in that it applies even when AI can do everything better.<br/><br/>And I only call mine an observation, without an emotional attachment like hope :P 2024-09-10T07:16:36Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsgyffkyp9tmulsjns90nw62tdlrzfm3emyvuwc88p904nsv98puugzyp6z8vqepsvw2emwrnrawl20kgw5ampc53npm3czf3s8akszltxds68puux In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsq6v40xz9kpz03kq62huwjauha5t7737yqw9pqxh95mgr9ycw990gvhzux6'>nevent1q…zux6</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Some people want an actual human to be present in the process, the same way Etsy is selling handcrafted items that may not be better than mass-produced ones.<br/><br/>If &#34;Her&#34; actually comes to real life, then some of those people may be satisfied with notes written by not-a-human. Some.<br/><br/>Either way, I don&#39;t see the need eliminated completely. Maybe the jobs would just gather too small a niche of customers. 2024-09-09T19:45:01Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsyahkw9syq3z7g4vw5sg3rmujf45hpk3s2zdqeqck5ms66l3m0sxszyp6z8vqepsvw2emwrnrawl20kgw5ampc53npm3czf3s8akszltxds895hvu Important social #research #survey !<br/><br/>You&#39;re using a community-based distro, free and full of MIT licensed software.<br/><br/>One day, you play some music, but your speakers make a loud POP sound and go silent forever.<br/><br/>A couple friends notice the same, and it turns out a bug in your favorite music player blows people&#39;s speakers.<br/><br/>Who are you blaming for the damage? 2024-09-09T06:35:02Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsyg22s6ujn5987us7zdptty0vc305uc58k4wsapyzqwvrxcl5v9fszyp6z8vqepsvw2emwrnrawl20kgw5ampc53npm3czf3s8akszltxdscl8a43 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsz9sy46u0r2gfl0vxf0vhcherqu9qmk0rrvga8m2emjzher9sxw9qmjznqv'>nevent1q…znqv</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I deal with this by vendoring using copy-paste.<br/><br/>There are some legitimately useful crates that are under 100 lines, like assert_matches, which do eventually end up in the standard library.<br/><br/>And then there are crates like void. 2024-09-07T05:28:48Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqszcuslerkyt727gkvsmvks29g3v37y4k6r874pw35r9z2gp5ykulszyp6z8vqepsvw2emwrnrawl20kgw5ampc53npm3czf3s8akszltxdsyrgg2t In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsp60xvm0t4lyhdg89ewxt6hx4xaus6hj0hml9f5r3nx2ua9epkatq4pj9ad'>nevent1q…j9ad</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I wonder what the story is with GPU acceleration on N900 now. The wiki page doesn&#39;t mention it, but the Imagination GPU is a big pain to support. 2024-08-27T06:34:04Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsfh0dgka3nywss6q56mw5zruvzmmnfetd4ya279vpdgqkvynh98rqzyp6z8vqepsvw2emwrnrawl20kgw5ampc53npm3czf3s8akszltxdss9ua7j #COSMIC compositor is running #squeekboard :)<br/><br/>But not very well. The first letter goes through, and that&#39;s it.<br/>This is where I come in.<br/><br/>#wayland #inputmethod #smithay #rust<br/> <img src="https://cdn.fosstodon.org/media_attachments/files/113/016/323/421/605/289/original/7b0838374319a823.png"> <br/> 2024-08-24T09:38:47Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsysjhahe8f0462528lhelclrv5f7gsrp3l0cwqqdjc60h8530d9pczyp6z8vqepsvw2emwrnrawl20kgw5ampc53npm3czf3s8akszltxdswj3d9m Does #Mastodon do shadow banning? There&#39;s an account that I want to follow but #Fosstodon doesn&#39;t show any recent updates from it.<br/><br/>#askfedi 2024-08-14T14:51:56Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsw0jw22m9348yrgmq42vaku5vm50hzal6wwfq72fwgjdu09q97g7szyp6z8vqepsvw2emwrnrawl20kgw5ampc53npm3czf3s8akszltxdsjf9zql #Germany introduces a new system for accessing medical data online.<br/>The implementation by my insurer: Android, iOS, Windows, #Snap Store. Sadly, it&#39;s not open.<br/><br/>Sensitive data + closed software on user devices = #security nightmare.<br/><br/>(I&#39;m mercifully ignoring the inevitable leak of the central database.)<br/><br/>When will governments and banks learn? There&#39;s no security without source code. There&#39;s no stability without interoperability.<br/><br/>#opensource #linux #interoperability #publicmoneypubliccode 2024-08-14T13:37:18Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsrx67ksn05mksu6xcsad92ke0nekl8qfcrnq2lahdjr7s2ex8fd2qzyp6z8vqepsvw2emwrnrawl20kgw5ampc53npm3czf3s8akszltxds62d0pu I finally got the official #funding confirmation from <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1y8k68k4zvcjnm2c4936fnftv35844j9j20qn6qk2y394shzxejts5c05lv" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Prototype Fund</span> (<span class="italic">npub1y8k…05lv</span>)</a></span> .<br/><br/>Time to gather the needed contacts before I begin with #libobscura next month!<br/><br/>#libobscura is going to be a proof of concept #linux #camera library which doesn&#39;t make the same mistakes as #libcamera . I&#39;ll base it on <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1r3zf273rgsktvc7twg8hm52u824ezafkp442lpwsyyd2u9qnmqts2s03cf" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Martijn Braam</span> (<span class="italic">npub1r3z…03cf</span>)</a></span> &#39;s work with #libmegapixels . 2024-08-08T18:12:19Z