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blaise

@blaise@fosstodon.org

Open Source Apothecary, Internet elder, git therapist, ensemble programmer, pythonista
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Days since I last ssh'd into prod = ______

For social, personal, and other anarcho-literary-neurodivergent content, follow https://hachyderm.io/@blaise

Here expect exuberant boosts of #OpenSource projects, mostly #python , #DevOps, #InfoSec, #SoftwareTesting; along with the occasional
#BDD #coop #TDD #cucumber #Fedora #kubernetes #infosec #serverless #hamRadio

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Mehrad, (edited ) to linux
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I am getting a new computer for an elderly and to be able to support it, I'm removing the Windows and want to install a #Linux distro. They have previously used Ubuntu Budgie for about 4 years. Which one of these distros do you suggest for lower maintenance burden in the long run?

๐Ÿ”‚ Please boost for getting more opinions.

blaise,
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@Mehrad
I think you should clarify #fedora atomic desktop, not server or workstation.
#bluefindesktop and #Kinoite are specifically designed for low maintenance.

mjg59, to random
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Hmm got a response from CPUC saying that they're not responsible for enforcement of AT&T's Carrier of Last Resort obligations, and referring me back to AT&T. How is this actually meant to work? (Yes, I know all they're nominally obliged to provide is a basic copper landline service, that's all I'm looking for here)

blaise,
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@mjg59
In my part of Massachusetts, the copper 48v POTS network is no longer active. I think that is actually not unusual.
I wonder how your situation will work out.

compost, to fediverse
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The reason why we would love to see more accounts talk about composting on the is simple.

You will be able to focus on your area and explain to local people what they can compost and where they can get their organic matter.

You can create a local community that will help your local area make a better place.

If we started this account it is for a main reason. Make people understand that by choosing to compost they can have a positive impact and do something about the .

So creating a multitude of local accounts that will allow people to organize and make their area a better place is a very powerful thing to do for the .

blaise,
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@compost
Thank you.
I like the idea of following the tag because I am an occasional hobbyist and my nomadic life takes me through various biomes.

blaise, to random
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I'm going to !!
It feels like a miracle (long story), and I may not believe it until I'm at the convention center.
It's my first pycon and I can't wait to be among all those

If you see me, please say hello, and if you don't see me, send me a DM and we'll rendezvous.

AkaSci, to random
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Incoming! A severe G4 Geomagnetic Storm is expected to arrive around 02:00 UTC Friday night / Saturday morning.

At least 5 Coronal Mass Ejections took place over the past 24 hours, directed towards Earth. These originated from a large and magnetically complex sunspot cluster (NOAA region 3664).

There is potential for disruption of communications, the electric power grid, navigation, radio and satellite operations.

And bright auroras as far south as Alabama!

https://www.swpc.noaa.gov/
1/n

blaise,
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@AkaSci
Fun fact, I was visiting the Dominican Republic and we saw northern lights.
It was totally weird and I didn't find out that it was the solar storm until 20 years later when I learned about CME.

fedora, to fedora
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As we make our five (now four) year plan more concrete, we want to come back to the high level goal and measures that help us to understand what we are doing, why, and if we are being effective.

TL;DR - Weโ€™re going to double the number of contributors who are active every week.

โžก๏ธ https://communityblog.fedoraproject.org/fedora-strategy-2028-high-level-view/

blaise,
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@fedora
This is music to my ears.
I have dabbled in Fedora contribution for a few years and it often feels like once I figure out what the current table stakes are, they turn out to be just out of reach.

flancian, to random
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One of the best things about Bluesky is that it isn't Mastodon

blaise,
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@flancian
I had the impression that BS was another walled garden.
I also noticed that they continue to ignore the lack of identity and authorization infrastructure that got Twitter in trouble in the first place.

blaise, to til
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that the project has a process for training contributors
https://github.com/djangonaut-space/program/blob/main/README.md

Not only is it well structured, it also has support from more experienced djangonauts. Sadly, it has concluded for this year. If you're interested in and want to develop experience contributing to , then you may want to mark your calendar for next year.

blaise,
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@webology
Oh?!?
I thought that it was only the January session, thank you!

blaise,
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@webology
The application was too easy!
I was getting ready to prepare a cover letter and resume...

I'm going to pass this on to some friends.

blaise,
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@webology @djangonaut
I see what happened.
I didn't scroll down far enough and Session 2 was "below the fold"

BTW, for those in the audience, the fact that @CodenameTim asked is a signal of excellence and continuous improvement.

fedora, to fedora
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Time to formally welcome @bluebuild to the Fediverse!

This is the project that makes it easier for you to make your own custom images of Fedora Atomic Desktops.

If you've wondered how to use an atomic system while still being able to customize and tinker, this is another good place to learn more!

blaise,
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@fedora

I can confirm that the @bluebuild installation is insanely smooth.
The UI is sweet. I can imagine it replacing Chromebooks, big time.
It's already become my dev daily driver.
I can't wait to start rolling my own flatpaks.

atomicpoet, to random
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Mexican goth music is a different kettle of fish.

I think I kind of prefer it over British goth music.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZAZU8T8DNuA

blaise,
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@atomicpoet
Have you ever seen Los Lobos in concert?
They pretty much cover every kind of music and make it better.

atomicpoet, to random
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Thing is, โ€œAshkenaziโ€ doesnโ€™t even mean โ€œEuropean Jewโ€. It just refers to a specific tradition of practicing Judaism.

Besides Ashkenazim, other Jews have lived in Europe. Guys like Benjamin Disraeli, Baruch Spinoza, and Peter Sellers arenโ€™t even Ashkenazi. Theyโ€™re Sephardi.

Not that this matters to anti-Semites, though.

blaise,
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@atomicpoet
I was surprised to find that Jews in the US are usually unfamiliar with sephardic Jews at all and often surprised that the first Jews in the new world were sephardim from Spain and Portugal.

Apparently there was a lot of rivalry between Ashkenazi and sephardic Jews in Europe.

blaise,
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@atomicpoet
Yes, I agree with your assessment as far as Jewish scholars are concerned.
My anecdotal experience with secular Ashkenazi jews tended to represent sephardim as mizrahi as oddities and less relevant to Jewish history.
I don't have any experience with Israel.

On my mother's side, we have an awareness of our sephardic heritage as recently as her paternal grandparents.

It's impossible to conceive of Hispanic culture without sephardim. Even though the identity was driven underground
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blaise,
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@atomicpoet
The origins of Spanish (a portmanteau of Castilian, arabic and aragonese to span the unified territories) are steeped in Ladino, the language of the sephardic community.

I have a modern reprint of la byblia de Ferrara, a 16th century translation of the pentateuch into Ladino.
I can easily read it and the proximity to modern Spanish is astonishing.

blaise,
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@atomicpoet

This link points to a different edition, but I assume the text is the same
https://archive.org/details/biblia-de-ferrara_202206

mikewink, to random
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Listing to Adam and Jerod of Changelog (@changelog) is like a modern form of watching Bob Ross' in the evening before you go to bed.

Their voices are really calming and relaxing. You know exactly that you get quality content, laughs, jokes, and wise words.

If there is an ASMR like podcast for developers, I can highly recommend, it is this one!

blaise,
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@mikewink
Adam and Jerrod have been my companions as I do the dishes at the end of the day since 2016.
@changelog

deadsuperhero, to fediverse
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So, Iโ€™m curious: thereโ€™s a growing number of hosting platforms specifically for the . For those involved in this, who are comfortable with answering: is there a particular set of tools you use for managing, monitoring, and spinning up instances?

Are those tools open source?

Iโ€™m mainly wondering about whether thereโ€™s some kind of open platform / dashboard / infra tools that could serve a particular need for hosting / managing / provisioning Fedi servers, and whether the existing hosts in the space would benefit from a shared project of some sort.

blaise,
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@deadsuperhero
Well, I have been on this soapbox for the past 8 years at least.

Fwiw, @getsentry has excellent dev rel staff and there are some stars who work there (although as I sink into my nap, the only name that springs to mind is Anthony Sottile.).

The folks at @hachyderm have done a lot of research into care & feeding of mastodon servers, so it's feasible to put together an opinionated collection of signals as a default config.

blaise,
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@deadsuperhero
Have you already dropped into the Matrix room ?

mastodon_moderation:matrix.org

Might not be the right one, but they may have suggestions.

@raphael @mastohost @stux @spacehost @hosting

blaise,
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@thisismissem
I'm not certain who runs it and I agree that we lack a useful directory of admin communities.

I wonder if a solution might be to adopt someone hashtags, similar to well known tags like FediTips and FediHire ?

I meant to withdraw my previous suggestion when I considered that moderation and hosting are quite distinct admin activities.

rootcompute, to random
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Trying to square the circle of wanting to be a retro tech guy while never being able to find or afford any of it

blaise,
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@rootcompute @maxalmonte14
In that case, join a local ham radio club and you will build contacts to people with old gear.

grimalkina, to random
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Contest cultures ("constantly prove you belong! Prove you're smart! Everything here is a dog eat dog competition!") tear people down under the guise of "toughness" and "identifying brilliance." In psych, we know this is destructive to long term sustainable work and mastery. We know it's systematically leveled at marginalized folks more.

These beliefs are at the heart of it all. This cannot be what we continue to let define who belongs in technical work and cultures.

https://mastodon.world/

blaise,
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@grimalkina
Anecdotally, my 30 years in the business aligns with your observations.

bmispelon, to random
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I get that it makes some stuff easier, but I'm not a huge fan of the fact that we've replaced virtualenvs with docker containers.

I guess I need to adapt the way I work and learn new tools, but I really hate having so many layers between me and my files. Makes debugging such a hassle ๐Ÿ˜ฟ

(this toot brought to you by a 2h fight with docker that I apparently lost)

blaise,
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@hjwp @oinopion @bmispelon @carlton @vossisboss @_chrismay @ghickman

Having read the various threads and having the deepest respect for you all, I'll offer a different take.
To put a finer point on @webology s comment, tools solve different problems.

The benefit of Docker is portable version control for your venvs and interpreters.

The drawback of Docker is that, like git, it's easy to do badly.

It breaks my heart to read comments like "I spent xx hours fighting with Docker".
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blaise,
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I have been there. It sucks. The APIs are numerous and inconsistent. App devs should not be expected to make decisions about how to network their containers or how to cache their layers.

Civilians find the difference between Dockerfile, docker-compose, docker-machine and kubernetes bewildering.
So Docker becomes "works on my machine"-as-a-service.

I don't think the answer is to revert to the most familiar.
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@hjwp @oinopion @bmispelon @carlton @vossisboss @_chrismay @ghickman @webology

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