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mrc, 18 days ago to random

@jon Do you happen to have a calendar version of your current trip (https://crossborderrail.trainsforeurope.eu/projects/seeurope/). I can of course interpolate “day 5” into calendar days, but maybe you already did :)

Im doing a cycling trip in the region (Istria and around), our paths might cross…

mrc, 1 month ago to terraform

Anyone who has built a fully automated, continuously delivered #Terraform managed infrastructure before wants to share the experience?

I would like to replace myself running terraform apply with GitHub Actions doing it, but never done before.

Obviously there is a little more to it than running that single command... It's a tiny team so we don't have to go crazy complicated either.

mrc, 1 month ago to Bikepacking

So I’ve been planning to do a #gravel ride from Berlin to Budapest (or Vienna) this May, but after 5 days of partially offroad #bikepacking in Hungary I have some doubts whether I want another week of Eastern European Offroads :D Any suggestions for a long gravel or cyclepath-only, mostly nature route not too far from Berlin or Budapest? (Also somewhere not too hot:) #cycling #touring

mrc, 2 months ago to random

Researching the architecture for the back-end for a greenfield mobile app.

One option is a "real time" database (Firestore, Couchbase, MongoDB Realm), where one gets a database slice two-way synchronized on the client.

In theory, all the client needs to do is to use CRUD operations on the local database and do reactive UI updates when the database changes.

But then I can't help "integration databases should be avoided" repeating in my head, of which this would be an extreme case.

mrc, 3 months ago to Facebook

Is it just me, or did #Facebook recently kill #Messenger video calls in #Firefox on macOS? It used to work until a few weeks ago, now the call button isn't even there where it used to be. Works fine in Chrome. Time to convert my mom to #Signal?

mrc, 3 months ago to random

Thanks to Elon Musk I could not buy bananas in our supermarket yesterday ;)

https://www.tagesspiegel.de/potsdam/brandenburg/trotz-anhaltenden-stromausfalls-brandenburger-edeka-logistikzentrum-liefert-nach-brandanschlag-wieder-aus-11329468.html

mrc, 3 months ago to python

Do I know someone who knows someone who has good #Python, #Django and front-end skills, and is interested in helping me out on #freelance basis in late March and April? #FediHire #Hiring

mrc, 3 months ago to random

Sunday evening hack: #soldering a broken power jack on an old laptop. #FixAllTheThings

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mrc, 4 months ago to UX

Great #UX in #MicrosoftTeams.

Screen capture of trying to add a thumbs-up reaction to a text message but the reactions overlay disappears when the mouse is between the text and the overlay.

mrc, 4 months ago to pizza

New acquisition: a #pizza stone. Watch this space for updates on my first attempt on a decent homemade pizza!

mrc, 4 months ago to random

Just learned about this trend of people filming themselves while being laid off and posting it on social media, some getting millions of views. I’m laughing my ass off, this is amazing:) (Not the layoffs but the way HR bullshit is surfacing publicly.) Go Gen Z!

This of course won’t prevent mass layoffs (often caused by irresponsible hiring) but at least might make the process more humane and transparent. Bullshitting is worse PR than admitting fuckup!

mrc, 4 months ago to random

I accidentally learned that iOS now transcribes voicemail messages on the fly. Pretty cool, I will never have to pick up the phone for recruiters and sales calls again:)

mrc, 5 months ago to Iceland

I recently learned that one can take a #ferry from Denmark to #Iceland (2 days 1 way) and I am now spoiled and want to do a #Berlin-to-Iceland cycling trip, crossing off two, maybe three bucket list items. (Berlin-Denmark cycling trip, Iceland cycling trip, seeing an active volcano).

The ferry is rather pricey, about 1200 EUR round trip in a windowless double room. But I can do the rest dirtbag style to save some money :)

Now I should ideally find a companion. Anyone interested?

#bikepacking

mrc, 5 months ago to random

Now that I own a #cassette player again, I learned that there are still albums released on tape, occasionally. Too bad this one costs $60, worth more than the entire "music center" :D

Screenshot of Taylor Swift's Midnights album on Amazon, sold on CD, Vinyl and "Audio, Cassette" ($59.99).