@quixoticgeek@v.st avatar

quixoticgeek

@quixoticgeek@v.st

Geek, Dyke, Brewer, Rider of Bikes, Archer, Quixotic, Generally Curious, Mostly Harmless, she/her

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

bethsawin, to random
@bethsawin@spore.social avatar

This yarn has been on a more than twenty year journey to me. Was spun from the wool of my mentors sheep, sold to a friend of hers whose wife was knitter but never ended up using it. This winter he mailed it to me. And the question is - what should I make? One something (a shawl maybe)? Many socks and hats?

quixoticgeek,
@quixoticgeek@v.st avatar

@bethsawin temperature shawl?

quixoticgeek,
@quixoticgeek@v.st avatar

@bethsawin Yes, maybe do it per month from when the yarn was first shawn, upto the present day.

quixoticgeek,
@quixoticgeek@v.st avatar

@bethsawin I know right.

vagina_museum, to random
@vagina_museum@masto.ai avatar

We have REACHED our £30,000 target on our new home crowdfunder!!!!! That's quim-azing! Fanny-tastic! Mar-vulva-lous! Please keep sharing and donating as we could do with more in the kitty - we'll have an update next week on the next steps. https://www.gofundme.com/f/9um7y

quixoticgeek,
@quixoticgeek@v.st avatar

@vagina_museum can we still donate ?

jimbob, to random
@jimbob@aus.social avatar

TIL that the scp command does not, by default, compress files it transfers, and that you need to add the -C flag to make it do that, and by doing that I have sped up my transfer speed about 40x, and without this knowledge I have probably wasted literally days of my life waiting for things in the past.

quixoticgeek,
@quixoticgeek@v.st avatar

@jimbob it's not default because it uses more CPU and doesn't always make an improvement in performance. If you are already copying a compressed file, adding -C simply uses more CPU for no actual performance gain. If you have plenty of CPU at each end, and you're moving compressible data, using "tar -jcf - | ssh <host stuff> 'tar -xjf -' " will get better raw performance.

quixoticgeek, to random
@quixoticgeek@v.st avatar

@jon Have we worked out a way to buy the Deutschland ticket for just one month ?

quixoticgeek,
@quixoticgeek@v.st avatar

@jon Cheers. Now I just need to work out how to get from Perl-Schengen back to .NL entirely with a Deutschland ticket... with a full size bike...

quixoticgeek,
@quixoticgeek@v.st avatar

@jon I've been there a couple of times. I'm trying to do 5 countries in a single ride. Starting in Heerlen, taking in the Vennbahn, then along the border of Luxembourg and finish in Apache.

quixoticgeek, to random
@quixoticgeek@v.st avatar

Well that was a disappointing curry.

drwhax, to random

I have questions

quixoticgeek,
@quixoticgeek@v.st avatar

@drwhax yes. Wax those legs.

quixoticgeek,
@quixoticgeek@v.st avatar

@drwhax oh. Did I guess the que wrong ?

quixoticgeek, to random
@quixoticgeek@v.st avatar

Have thrown a kit grenade. Bits of damp kit hanging all over the place to dry. Sleeping bag is not the freshest smelling item of kit. I hope a good airing is enough. They are never as warm once they've been washed. Now I think I'm gonna curl up and have a nap, and try to get over the stupid train conductor.

quixoticgeek, to random
@quixoticgeek@v.st avatar

Home... And collapse

quixoticgeek, to random
@quixoticgeek@v.st avatar

Have GVB stopped doing bike tickets for the metro ? I can't find it on the machine. Or in the app, or on the website.

quixoticgeek, to random
@quixoticgeek@v.st avatar

Wow the Noord Zuid line looks very broken. What happened ?

quixoticgeek,
@quixoticgeek@v.st avatar

@mrtnsnp helpful. "An error occurred"

quixoticgeek, to random
@quixoticgeek@v.st avatar

Complaint with NS filed.

quixoticgeek, to random
@quixoticgeek@v.st avatar

Just got kicked off an NS train for getting stuck in the door getting on. Conductor closed the door on me. Trapping my bike. Police came. Kicked me off. Now I miss my connection for the metro. Gonna file a complaint. Utterly abhorrent behaviour from the conductor. Even the police agreed I was in the right.

quixoticgeek,
@quixoticgeek@v.st avatar

@CGM nederlandse spoorwegen. Aka Dutch national railways

quixoticgeek, to random
@quixoticgeek@v.st avatar

Managed to get a train half hour earlier. Upside is home sooner. Downside is having to change at Zwolle.

Sustainable2050, to random
@Sustainable2050@mastodon.energy avatar

Milestone: April 2023 was the first month in which wind + solar in the Netherlands produced more electricity (~48%) than gas + coal (~47%)!

quixoticgeek,
@quixoticgeek@v.st avatar

@Sustainable2050 ooh this is useful. Where does the data come from ?

quixoticgeek, to random
@quixoticgeek@v.st avatar

Left the campsite. Found a cafe. Ordered breakfast. Have 90 mins to eat and get to a station about 8km away.

quixoticgeek, to random
@quixoticgeek@v.st avatar

Have broken camp (to be fixed later).

Have everything laid out on a picnic table, now I just need to fit it all on the bike.

jon, to random
@jon@gruene.social avatar

This is the start of the Day 07 thread

I’ll post the video and data as soon as I can, but the mobile network is patchy here in the train near Verviers

But I’m 😡🤬 this morning. Because of Deutsche Bahn, and then the German police…

quixoticgeek,
@quixoticgeek@v.st avatar

@jon they should put some rails on the bridge to make it a bit ugly rail bridge...

quixoticgeek,
@quixoticgeek@v.st avatar

@jon what's better than one m
Rail bridge? Two rail bridges....

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