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elfin

@elfin@mstdn.social

I make things, I fix things, and quite often break things. A Silicon Valley refugee living in the Pacific North West.

Three decades in the world of computers and most of it developing the Internet (largely as a Web Thing, but not really).

#Carbs #Salt #Sugar #Caffeine #SysAdmin #Dogs #Outdoors #Food #WestCoast #Seattle #SiliconValley #SantaCruz #UNIX #OpenSource #SelfHosting #UrbanWalking #WiFi #CafeComputing #Geekosterone

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elfin, to random
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I don't know who needs to hear this, but today I learned that Magnetic Bowls are a Thing.

https://www.parktool.com/en-us/product/magnetic-parts-bowl-mb-1

elfin, to random
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Trump is going to ... San Francisco?

ROARING LAUGHTER

I thought he had an aversion to humiliation.

Trump, Harris to hold fundraisers in San Francisco next week

https://www.mercurynews.com/2024/05/31/trump-harris-to-hold-fundraisers-in-san-francisco-next-week/

ElleGray, to random
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who would you rather have at your author Q & A, a "this is more of a comment" person, or a bear

elfin,
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@ElleGray Black bear, brown bear, polar bear, or grizzly? Need to be specific here.

GhostOnTheHalfShell, to random
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ORANGE MAN DOWN!

elfin,
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@GhostOnTheHalfShell Literally LOLd. You just scared half the cafe. [They're more used to me swearing.]

derickr, to random
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This is such a bullshit anti-pattern.

It's a ducking keyboard app. And it keeps popping up until I pick one. Guilting me into clicking "Yes".

#AntiPattern #enshittification

elfin,
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@derickr I actually paid for SwiftKey like a decade ago but ditched years ago because of that shit.

The one thing I will not do is fuck about with Keyboards. I got shit to do. It either works Flawlessly or gets binned.

elfin,
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@derickr GBoard.

By using the "Language" option I have a "PC Layout", another for "QWERTY" (similar, but not the same), and finally the Handwriting Module (works with stylus).

Also I carry a Folding Bluetooth Keyboard but that's totally different.

elfin,
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@gpunktschmitz @derickr Not sure what you mean by "Manually Switching".

There's a button next to the space bar you tap and I'm in any of the English boards I described, but I also write in German (badly) and it's just a tap.

elfin,
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@gpunktschmitz @derickr Hmmm. Looking, I don't think this is qoing to quite solve your problem.

I mean with German (say) loaded, it does SpellCheck and the like but there's no real way to access essets and umlauts (say) without flipping.

juliewebgirl, to ai
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HOW DO I TURN OFF guessing...

I mean the lame

""

BULLSHIT at the top when I Google something???

Fucking sponsored shit I can ignore.

This is...

Clippy on steroids!!

Stop pretending you know the answers when you don't. Give me the link to the goddamn page you're stealing that info from and STFU!! 🤬🤬🤬

@elfin

elfin,
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@thepoliticalcat @juliewebgirl "I Got AI'd" That's a breaking you should fucking own.

elfin, to random
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Binder, (edited ) to random
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I eat a lot of French-style cuisine, by which I mean: nibbling on a block of cheese for simply hours a day.

elfin,
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@Binder That and a baguette, perhaps some dry salami and an apple. Good to go.

elfin, to random
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Light Weights.

LA Field Trip Disrupted After Students Get High on Edibles - Boing Boing
https://boingboing.net/2024/05/16/eight-high-school-students-hospitalized-after-cannabis-edibles-on-la-field-trip.html

ElleGray, to random
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no notes

elfin,
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@ElleGray spits tea across Cafe +

Lol.

  • It's ok, they're used to it and I know where the mop is.
inquiline, (edited ) to random
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Even with all the collaborative work tools available out there, we don't talk enough about the very sophisticated practice of 2-3 colleagues editing a draft together by texting chunks of the draft back and forth 😬

elfin,
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@inquiline @danhon Hits Floor Laughing

elfin, to sysadmin
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Ok. I have an opportunity to do some serious fucking about with IPv6 but got some questions first.

I got Machina, been production and a very good boy with excellent IP reputation for a long time.

Months ago Rebuilt shit with AlmaLinux, tested, moved to new server but my new server I HAVE the opportunity to just not answer IPv4.

I had just do it, move my personal domain there and watch it burn in interesting ways but I'm super curious, anyone here tried it?

#SelfHosting #SysAdmin #IPv6

shoq, to random
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I am starting to think social media and democracy may not be compatible at all. Sure seemed like a good idea at the time.

elfin,
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@shoq It really did. At WiReD we Even found the term Netizen.

We Knew the risk(s) ... our mistake was thinking people would improve if you connected them and let them work out it.

That went over well.

elfin, to sysadmin
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So, it's technically my typo, but it's in the zone file, so I still get to blame ... right?

elfin, to random
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Good. Fuck California. I'm ashamed Cal is considering one of these shams.

And we already know how t ends for publishers that suddenly have No Fucking Traffic! Surprise!

Who the hell have y'all elected?

Google blocks California news outlets as new law looms

https://www.npr.org/2024/04/12/1244416887/google-blocks-california-news-payments-bill

elfin, to random
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Snorts Hot Coffee
I really must learn to not read Masto when coffee is freshly hot.

San Francisco's light rail to upgrade from floppy disks*

https://www.theregister.com/2024/04/09/san_francisco_muni_floppy_disks/

elfin, to random
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Well... this is inconvenient.

elfin, to random
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Downloads directory is getting a little out of hand.

mv ~/Downloads/* /tmp

Right. Now one way or another, that problem is going to get resolved.

Binder, to random
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Cryptocurrencies are worth their weight in gold.

elfin,
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@Binder Twice their weight, even.

pseudonym, to infosec
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Resets the sign to zero for "days since it was an expired TLS certificate"

It's DNS. It's always DNS. When it's not DNS, it's certificates. But it's always DNS.

It's 2024. How was this not automated?

elfin,
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@pseudonym Feckin' DNS, and Certificates, but mostly DNS.

And mine IS Automated, still breaks, because ... DNS.

maxleibman, to random
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“I’m pretty sure this video explains exactly what you need,” said the most unhelpful person on the entire tech support forum.

elfin,
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@javierg @maxleibman I'm adding "V;DW (video, didn't watch)" to my regular lexicon.

Thank You for that.

elfin, to random
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I'm getting an API Key at Weather Underground and their Sign In form asks for Gender. Perfect it isn't, but it does include "Other" and "Prefer Not To Say".

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