@samueldr@ap.samueldr.com
@samueldr@ap.samueldr.com avatar

samueldr

@samueldr@ap.samueldr.com

Hi! :samueldr-1:

If you want to know about the projects I'm working on, look here:

Contacting me? Maybe here, or else:

I may follow back, I may not. I curate my feed heavily to make it consumable. I do not drink from the firehose. I might even follow people and mute their re-whatevers, or them entirely. When I mute, it does not mean I disagree.

If I follow you, I don't expect a follow back.

This profile is from a federated server and may be incomplete. Browse more on the original instance.

samueldr, to random
@samueldr@ap.samueldr.com avatar

You open your eyes. Somewhere in the distance, a shape is visible.

Something concrete to look at, a concrete timeline. Still not out of the wood, but looks promising.

samueldr, to random
@samueldr@ap.samueldr.com avatar

Is the sun wet?

samueldr, to random
@samueldr@ap.samueldr.com avatar

(uncharitably paraphrased) “No we're not attempting to take over the project” and later “join our discord where we are attempting to take over the project”.

samueldr, to random
@samueldr@ap.samueldr.com avatar

Hey, anyone on the NixOS subreddit. Note that no one from the NixOS community moderates the avenue. It is not an official location for NixOS discussions. And yes, individuals are now adding more FUD to the fire they lit. Again and again. Froggo's sad and hot.

samueldr, to random
@samueldr@ap.samueldr.com avatar

With MS-DOS 4.0 being "released" as MIT, this means that the MBR is now, too... huh

samueldr, to Matrix
@samueldr@ap.samueldr.com avatar

Using @matrix at scale isn't fun. There are way too many matrix moment™ situations to count.

And now it was discovered that maybe there's a problem where banned users can still read rooms with their banned accounts?

Seriously, has anyone using ever been involved with moderation?

irenes, to random
@irenes@mastodon.social avatar

somehow we've been around here long enough that the word "toot" is starting to sound normal

samueldr,
@samueldr@ap.samueldr.com avatar

@irenes it always was

mntmn, to random
@mntmn@mastodon.social avatar

setup wizard on MNT Reform vs MNT Pocket Reform. the splash screen changes based on /proc/device-tree/model

samueldr,
@samueldr@ap.samueldr.com avatar

@mntmn no DMI/SMBIOS love?

samueldr,
@samueldr@ap.samueldr.com avatar

@mntmn oh, huh...

Oh god how did this get in here I am not good with computers

~ $ grep . /sys/class/dmi/id/board_{name,vendor}
/sys/class/dmi/id/board_name:Pinebook Pro
/sys/class/dmi/id/board_vendor:PINE64

~ $ sudo dmidecode
[...]
Handle 0x0001, DMI type 1, 27 bytes
System Information
        Manufacturer: PINE64
        Product Name: Pinebook Pro
        Version: Not Specified
        Serial Number: 7e6ea5b292c39f34
        UUID: 65366537-3561-3262-3932-633339663334
        Wake-up Type: Reserved
        SKU Number: Not Specified
        Family: Not Specified

Handle 0x0002, DMI type 2, 14 bytes
Base Board Information
        Manufacturer: PINE64
        Product Name: Pinebook Pro
        Version: Not Specified
        Serial Number: Not Specified
        Asset Tag: Not Specified
        Features:
                Board is a hosting board
        Location In Chassis: Not Specified
        Chassis Handle: 0x0000
        Type: Motherboard
[...]

Did someone hack me and put SMBIOS in my ARM?Though, to be more fair, SMBIOS is not a "BIOS" thing, nor a "PC thing".

When booting using UEFI, the SMBIOS data can be present. U-Boot can be configured (and imo it should be the default) to present information as SMBIOS tables.

My intention initially was to be a goofy jab at using the (perfectly fine) /proc/device-tree info.

ernie, to random
@ernie@writing.exchange avatar

Got my old Xeon back online for the first time in a bit. The power supply got knocked out by a storm so I had to buy a new one. It's at this point I learned I have a four-year old version of PopOS on this thing

samueldr,
@samueldr@ap.samueldr.com avatar

@ernie what sort of old Xeon is it?

samueldr,
@samueldr@ap.samueldr.com avatar

@ernie neat, got one now re-used as a NAS (by shoving a 5×3.5" cage in the 3×5.25" bays). "Rocking" an E5-1660 (v1), and way too much RAM at 64GiB.

Though, configurations vary wildly, what's the CPU like on your setup?

samueldr, to random
@samueldr@ap.samueldr.com avatar

Stupendously, carefully defining the scope of a request didn't stop the other party from making up a larger unintended scope to try and shut down the discussion.

cadey, to random
@cadey@pony.social avatar

I now have a sole proprietorship, AMA

samueldr,
@samueldr@ap.samueldr.com avatar

@cadey is that for making shoes?

samueldr, to random
@samueldr@ap.samueldr.com avatar

This is nerve wracking, and I dread finding out the notifications number.

I recommend reposting/boosting/whatever your local brand of it is. If you can and want to, that is.

samueldr, to random
@samueldr@ap.samueldr.com avatar

Abandoning the community because of the loud voices of a few individuals going against the wishes of the community is giving them all of it on a platter.

Fight.

Ask for change.

While energy intensive, it is not okay to let a few people's vile act of shitting on the front porch win. Come fetch the hose in the shed. We can hose it clean.

Ninji, to random
@Ninji@wuffs.org avatar

Slightly tempted to invest in a new mouse for my desk, to replace the £20 off-brand gaming mouse I've been using for... a long time

(How long? Well, you may remember the blog posts I wrote about hacking its firmware and unbricking it.. in 2018)

samueldr,
@samueldr@ap.samueldr.com avatar

@Ninji barely more than two years is good for off-brand mice.

Ninji, to random
@Ninji@wuffs.org avatar

i’m up too late because i had to clean the flat in advance of an inspection tomorrow, and i need some dopamine, so please consider this old photo from my camera roll, and give it a fav if you agree

samueldr,
@samueldr@ap.samueldr.com avatar

@Ninji just thought I'd let you know that you are now bound by contractual law (I clicked the fav!) to leave the head on a table with a Welcome card in front of your couch for inspection.

samueldr, to random
@samueldr@ap.samueldr.com avatar 
      ╔════════════════════════════╗      
The fe║ Stay in the loop           ║pared 
to the╟────────────────────────────╢filled 
engage║ Stay up-to-date with fresh ║llshit.
      ║ posts from samueldr.       ║      
No pop║                            ║scribe.
Genuin║ Use the follow button and  ║tives 
      ║ new posts will be sent     ║      
It wou║ directly to your timeline  ║ here.
Alas, ║                            ║...   
Maybe ║ No spam. Only quality      ║      
better║ content.                   ║      
      ╚════════════════════════════╝ 
Anyways, those are my thoughts about that.

Hope this helps!
samueldr, to random
@samueldr@ap.samueldr.com avatar

I sure would want some time (and energy) to actually plan out a not-awful tool to deal with partitions (and maybe even filesystems as a treat)...

samueldr,
@samueldr@ap.samueldr.com avatar

@AdrianVovk making them, inspecting them, changing them, and more importantly: all the small mostly insignificant features implemented (for partitioning). And that, whether done imperatively, interactively, or scripted.

(as for filesystems, that's another thing, and another tool, and something larger for later... really...)

samueldr,
@samueldr@ap.samueldr.com avatar

@AdrianVovk not the udisks part. Really partitioning, and in a host system-agnostic manner.

I have had a look at many of the existing tools, even contributed to what is currently the best we have all around, but I think there's nothing out there that would help, compared to building from the ground up.

To be fair, I haven't had a look at repart, since it is purpose built to “Grow and add partitions to partition table”.

Anyways, I don't have a plan or anything, other than knowing that all current tools are incomplete, and sometimes wrong in really particularly specific ways. (But mostly good for most use cases!)

samueldr,
@samueldr@ap.samueldr.com avatar

@AdrianVovk maybe it'll help get the point across, but the overall pain points I've had in that area is not with real disks, but dealing with producing images, especially when needing obscure features. It would have to comprehensively expose all footguns, and in a way where the UX works well (and yes, as a library, CLI tool, TUI, even GUI, etc...)

Dee, to random
@Dee@fedi.underscore.world avatar

ugh, using this old monitor is a challenge

samueldr,
@samueldr@ap.samueldr.com avatar

@Dee wait until you learn that some DVI to HDMI adapters don't pass EDID and such "additional" channels properly, which also prevents them from going to sleep... and identifying those misbehaving adapters is basically impossible.

samueldr, to random
@samueldr@ap.samueldr.com avatar

So uh, the Canadian government aims to make basic tools like the Flipper Zero, LimeSDR or HackRF illegal to be sold and used here...

That's uh, shortsighted and bad.

jacqueline, to random
@jacqueline@chaos.social avatar

u can buy my gay mp3 player if u want. i think it's a pretty cool device. https://www.crowdsupply.com/cool-tech-zone/tangara

samueldr,
@samueldr@ap.samueldr.com avatar

@jacqueline had the same realization when looking into rockbox for shenanigans (I didn't end-up doing).

It is a product of its time, couple that with years of development by accretion, and it feels like other than being already familiar and involved with rockbox, it is sadly not a good project to add new platforms to :(.

full disclaimer: I really really liked using rockbox on my ipod.

  • All
  • Subscribed
  • Moderated
  • Favorites
  • •
  • anitta
  • mdbf
  • everett
  • Youngstown
  • tacticalgear
  • slotface
  • rosin
  • Durango
  • hgfsjryuu7
  • kavyap
  • vwfavf
  • thenastyranch
  • DreamBathrooms
  • PowerRangers
  • Leos
  • magazineikmin
  • ethstaker
  • modclub
  • InstantRegret
  • osvaldo12
  • GTA5RPClips
  • ngwrru68w68
  • khanakhh
  • cubers
  • normalnudes
  • cisconetworking
  • tester
  • provamag3
  • All magazines
    •