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jamesoff

@jamesoff@mastodon.jamesoff.net

I write a bunch of code (mainly Python), have cats, tinker with and detail cars, and fiddle with FreeBSD. I like taking (making?) photos. Playing with Internet stuff since '96. Interested in kernels, protocols, and inner workings in general. Intermittent cyclist. Cloudy Amazonian, and they tell me my opinions are my own.

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davidallengreen, to random
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A post of absolute geeky beauty.

Bravo.

https://tylervigen.com/the-mystery-of-the-bloomfield-bridge

jamesoff,
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@davidallengreen sent a link to this article to my mum and am now having to explain Mastodon (in general) to answer, “how did you find that article?”

jamesoff, to random
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Haven’t been here for a while @danieldurrans

jamesoff, to random
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EE data SIM cancelled; backup internet is powered by an @aaisp SIM \o/

Need to figure out routing the cable for the external antenna so it can mount outside, the signal inside is a bit weak.

jamesoff,
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@danieldurrans because I can :)

jamesoff,
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@danieldurrans see https://jamesoff.net/tweets/jamesoff/status/1329432661685919748/ for example (old house)

RUT240 router is handling the 4G bit, and that's on the WAN2 port of my UDM-Pro (originally on my USG), which handles the actual failover control

jamesoff,
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@danieldurrans yeah mine has been solid; the DSL at the old place dropped once or twice (which resulted in setting this up, and then of course it was much more reliable ;). I WFH pretty much all the time so it's nice to have the backup just in case.

jamesoff, to Cat
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When @jamesoff is driving but you need to send her a picture of a so you add context for Siri to read

jamesoff, to random
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Deck, before (file photo) and after. What a difference :)

Now for a sit down.

The same deck, minus the table, after cleaning and treating. The wood is no longer grey and is much more wood-coloured. The cat is not in the photo, but was attacking the photographer’s feet.

neil, to random

I've put on my out of office email.

I am still working this afternoon, but I always put my OoO on early, so that people who email just before I plan to stop working for a few days don't wonder what has happened.

This time, my OoO is in the style of an AI chatbot. Because, well, why not.

jamesoff,
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@neil “as an AI chat it I don’t need holidays” cancels Neil’s holiday

danieldurrans, to random
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I always feel annoyed after installing a load of debian packages only to find the thing I was trying to do still doesn't work. It makes me feel like I am leaving a mess in my wake.

I am sure there is a way to tidy this up, but then I fear breaking something else.

jamesoff,
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@danieldurrans @yarnofmoo reboot it now while you still remember how to fix it

neil, to random

Don't laugh. I am trying my best.

jamesoff,
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@neil wow charging the Apple Magic Mouse gets more involved every time I see it

danieldurrans, to random
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The automatic screen brightness on my Macbook Pro M1 really doesn't cope well with the light coming in from behind me. It keeps going really bright then really dark.

jamesoff,
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@danieldurrans yeah I’ve found that. I ended up turned off the auto while I was on a train as the changing light kept confusing it

jamesoff, to random
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Oh LITTER box

Still the cat seems to like being sparkly

danieldurrans, to random
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This human accepts cookies.

jamesoff,
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@danieldurrans You know you have to show them to me next time we talk right

neil, to linux

What was the first distribution you installed / attempted to install?

For me - a Debian user - it was gentoo, around 2003, which was a mistake.

jamesoff,
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@neil SuSE in about ‘97–98, so would have been 5.x or 6.0 I think. My dislike of rpm stems from that.

n0rm, to random
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Film?

jamesoff,
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@n0rm Baby Driver

neil, to random

If my wife wants to do something "computer-y" - pretty much anything - she'll reach for her phone.

If I want to do something "computer-y", I reach for my computer, for pretty much anything other than reading a short message or quick, casual browsing.

Yes, everyone is different, but I much prefer a larger screen and a physical keyboard for anything but the most trivial of tasks.

Are you a computer-first person, or a phone-first person?

jamesoff,
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@neil Consuming computer (reading fora etc): iPad or phone; doing computer: laptop

dimillian, to random
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Yesterday I was telling you about the many preferences / settings of @IceCubesApp, today I'll show you the code

jamesoff,
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@dimillian enjoying the variety of snake_case, camelCase and kebab-case :)

jamesoff,
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@dimillian both extremely valid reasons

danieldurrans, to random
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Installing Debian. Haven't done this for years.

Look at this new flashy GUI install process!

jamesoff,
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@danieldurrans it’s “ip a” now

I hate it

jamesoff,
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@danieldurrans nothing

They got subsumed into systemd, which I also hate. journalctl is just the worst

jamesoff, to animals
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Out: lamp
In: watermelon

(He’ll be fine, abscess thing on his back)

jamesoff,
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@danieldurrans pretty sure Tails would prefer that

jamesoff, to random
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2FA: something you know and something you left in the other room

danieldurrans, to random
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Emma (peering behind the TV): I thought you said you were tidying the wires behind here? It doesn't look very tidy.

Me: You should have seen it before I started.

jamesoff,
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@danieldurrans uh huh

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