AngryAnt

AngryAnt, 6 months ago to selfhosted

Anyone know of a good way I can have some #selfhosted service set as an #ethernet #networking gateway which I can then toggle on/off - killing all traffic I route that way?

Yes, I am looking for an easier way of manually cutting teenager internet access.

#selfhost #smarthome #homeassistant

AngryAnt, 6 months ago to keyboard

A couple of weeks ago I finally decided to stop postponing and just start the workday switching my #keyboard to #Colemak.

It really is very nice and the choice of making it an easier conversion from #Qwerty than Dvorak was certainly appreciated.

Aside from needing to focus a bit when I type old remembered passwords, I am basically back to pre-switch speeds with only occasional typos.

Reduced finger travel is very noticeable and using Qwerty boards is fine after a minute or two of "hang on..."

AngryAnt, 11 months ago to Futurology

Bulk rechargeable 3V battery order arrived.

The class act #IKEA continues to sell #IOT devices using these while only providing and selling single-use batteries.

Really digging the minimal packaging use here - these were just directly in an envelope.

#homeassistant

AngryAnt, 8 months ago to NixOS

Ok all this drama aside, super excite for by my #fairphone 5 shipping notification listing expected arrival as Monday - so I'll be able to pick it up Tuesday :)

That gives me this weekend to rig a #NextCloud #NixOS install so I can dump all my #iCloud photos to it. Excite :)

AngryAnt, 10 months ago to proxmox

Considering adding a cloud storage solution as an alternate cold storage mirror of about 40TB of #proxmox drives.

Any recommendations? Feels like I’m going in circles trying to find a decently priced vendor with a viable interface.

#backup #cloudstorage #vps

AngryAnt, 11 months ago to gamedev

Juggling helpful bytes.

#screenshotsaturday #gamedev #unity3d

AngryAnt, 7 months ago to random

Oh, I have yet to settle on a good RSS client, meaning:

• No ads.
• Support for feed groups/folders.
• Fairly minimalist feed overview.
• A "today" view.
• Per-feed settings of "always show the reader-view-site for a post - not the feed content".

I guess more or less "feedly, but no ads or SASS".

"Read You" is what I'm currently running - which doesn't do the per-feed reader view setting and worse opens post links in the system browser. Otherwise it is really nice.

AngryAnt, 4 months ago to random

Most of the 23rd was spent on holiday celebration stuff, but I did find a little time in the morning to upcycle a 2015 MacBook pro to running latest NixOS, full GPU w. Vulkan & Wayland support too.

The minion greatly appreciates the upgraded Roblox experience.

Next upcycle projects are replacing worn microswitches on otherwise excellent mice, and investigating a reverse-engineering project to auto-boot an old iMac with a nice display into target display mode.

AngryAnt, 10 months ago to boardgames

New arrival the other day. Excite for the weekend :)

#boardgame #boardgames

AngryAnt, 2 months ago to random

@chrism Hey Chris I came across one of your Nix videos (thankyou for spreading the good word!) and noticed a Keybase icon in your dock.

In case you had not come across it, I figured I would toss a http://keyoxide.org recommendation - nicely handling the identity side of the Keybase equation.

I established myself there before someone at Zoom HQ trips over a cable, not bothering to plug it back in.

AngryAnt, 10 months ago to boardgames

Got My Lil’ Everdell to the table.

It’s an excellent intro with reduced complexity at every corner and no city- or hand management - making it that much more teachable.

#boardgame #boardgames

AngryAnt, 7 months ago to random

When disc sets out of the blue break otherwise consistent naming...

Show-D1, Show-D2, Show-D3, ..., Show-D11, Show, Show, Show, Show-D15, Show-D16.

No! Bad! Why no QA for this shit or just anybody in the process from mastering to gold to print going "... hang on - wasn't this supposed to...?"

AngryAnt, 8 months ago to random

With my trusty iPhone 7 starting to really fall apart this year (not just software and a potentially replaceable battery), I actually found myself downright giddy preordering the #fairphone 5 the other day.

It’s basically what I’ve been wanting my iPhone longevity to be (prior to the 7 I had a 3GS), with a dash of more software control.

Would have been nice if they had also countered the madness of modern want for large displays, but only so much target group downscaling can be done I guess ;)

AngryAnt, 11 months ago to gamedev

#screenshotsaturday #unity3d: Looking at invisible things on an invisible Saturday.

AngryAnt, 8 months ago to random

So I’ve tried a number of different #ebook & #comic readers over the years, but I just uninstalled my remaining alternatives.

Somehow I had entirely missed KOReader and it really renders everything else I tried pointless. The chosen domain is apt. KOReader does rock: http://koreader.rocks/

Excellent rendering & input, super customisable, great format support, integrates with #Wallabag, well supported & developed.

AngryAnt, 7 months ago to random

Wrestled a barely-put-together, hardly-documented python setup for ages.

Finally locked the initial works-for-now-on-this-specific-install stab in a proper works-for-real-anywhere-installed Nix configuration + patches for sanity (hey, how about actual entry points and less proof-of-concept runners - just for kicks?).

I like Python the language. I am not a fan of its tooling and environment.

Very nice open & helpful community thankfully :)

AngryAnt, 8 months ago to random

Brrr. So from Unity 2021 LTS to 2022 LTS a .net target change took place, forcing our patching flow to move to .netstandard (from .netframework where it had been sitting due to Unity legacy).

Not the most hilarious of tasks, but stubbornly fixed now - ready for the next internal project on the "new" LTS :)

I'm mostly just glad there's no longer a development target platform factor in this whole mess, given our use of nix for dependencies (previously we pulled them from the Unity install).

AngryAnt, 6 months ago to random

In case you were accidentally operating a privacy-conscious service in England, now is a good time to fix that mistake: https://www.theverge.com/2023/10/26/23922397/uk-online-safety-bill-law-passed-royal-assent-moderation-regulation

AngryAnt, 9 months ago to proxmox

TIL: #Proxmox doesn't by default enable any L3 cache use from VMs, which I suppose is fair enough, but it also doesn't expose the setting in UI - so discoverability of that fact isn't great.

Prefixed my target VM config file with args: -cpu 'host,topoext=on,l3-cache=on' to address this.

AngryAnt, 6 months ago to random

Reminder that #Murderbot will be downloading the latest shows, while editing itself out of camera feeds, and definitely not dropping inputs as it has an unplanned emotion - tomorrow.

You were warned.

#SanctuaryMoon #ARTLies #UghFineWhatever #JollybabyJingle

AngryAnt, 9 months ago to boardgames

Got Uluk to the table after some delay.

Decent crunch, easy to grok symbols-only layout, very pretty, with good components. Good fun was had :)

Diverse strategies produced a decently narrow score spread.

We reflected on how it lands a similar feel and seemingly similar challenge level as Scropius Freighter while employing different mechanisms to get there. Need more plays to verify ofc.

#boardgame #boardgames

AngryAnt, 3 months ago to boardgames

Had the opportunity to bring Unsettled to the table for the first time. Taking a break mid-game, having a blast so far :)

#boardgame #boardgames

AngryAnt, 2 months ago to random

Gifcities is pretty badass: https://gifcities.org/

Clicked around a bit, did a search for scifi, ended up on CYBERDYKES: https://web.archive.org/web/20091020025243/http://geocities.com/CYBERDYKES/index.html

I'm probably just gonna stay mostly offline today and pretend that is still the shape of the web.

AngryAnt, 10 months ago to random

Man am I glad to have my Wallabag setup running.

It’s a proper bastard to get running and I should string together a nix module to do that blindfolded, but it is so nice to be free of hosted solutions like Instapaper and have the opportunity to integrate with our existing systems, adapting to our specific use case.

AngryAnt, 2 months ago to NixOS

#NixOS #Nix foundation again choosing to accept an arms dealer as a conference sponsor.

Pathetic.