sam

@sam@cablespaghetti.dev

Father of two, husband, lover of dogs but owner of many cats. Runner. Technology enthusiast. Metalhead. AuADHDer. Cloudy DevOps type person. Formerly know as @sam@running.cafe

786 following, 700 followers

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[?]sam »
@sam@cablespaghetti.dev

Time for another blog post, about hosting a fediverse instance on my ancient Raspberry Pi. Obviously I had to share it on the fediverse.

https://cablespaghetti.dev/hosting-a-fediverse-instance-on-an-original-raspberry-pi.html


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    [?]Natanael Copa »
    @ncopa@fosstodon.org

    @sam this was fun!
    I spotted a typo: `apk install acme.sh`
    Should be `apk add…`.

    I also wonder if the periodic script actually runs with the .sh suffix? If my memory serves me correctly you may need to drop the .sh suffix or it will now run.

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      [?]sam »
      @sam@cablespaghetti.dev

      Thanks. Fixed! And it wasn't initially because I didn't put the shebang at the top of the file, but the .sh seems to not be an issue. It is diligently running at 2am every day.

        [?]Mitch Rose »
        @mrose@universeodon.com

        @sam

        amazing! well done!

          [?]jamesb (MW1CGG) »
          @jamesb@fedi.duckduckpigeon.co.uk

          @sam
          Can I send my replies back via a UUCP gateway?

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          [?]sam »
          @sam@cablespaghetti.dev

          @jamesb@duckduckpigeon.co.uk @sam Not a clue. Maybe. 🤷 😆

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            [?]sam »
            @sam@cablespaghetti.dev

            If you’re reading this you have been successfully migrated as a follower to my stupidly underpowered Raspberry Pi hosted instance. Let’s see how it does with nearly 700 followers. 😆

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              [?]sam »
              @sam@cablespaghetti.dev

              @justine@snac.smithies.me.uk that boost did not help my load situation. 😆 I may have some work to do for this to be properly stable.

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                [?]Justine Smithies »
                @justine@snac.smithies.me.uk

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                [?]sam »
                @sam@cablespaghetti.dev

                @justine@snac.smithies.me.uk It’s all fun! So far it is mostly not falling over. It takes a few minutes to get through sending my posts out to all the different servers though.

                  [?]Michael »
                  @mmeier@social.mei-home.net

                  @sam MUST - RESIST - URGE - TO - BOOST. 😁

                  Also, very inspired domain name for a Homelab. 😂

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                    [?]sam »
                    @sam@cablespaghetti.dev

                    @mmeier@social.mei-home.net @sam Thanks! Feel free, after the initial wobble during transfer of my followers it’s doing ok. 🙂 I’ll write up how I pulled it off over the next few evenings.

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                      [?]Mark Jackson »
                      @ispreview@mastodon.social

                      SpaceX Burnt Up 472 Starlink Broadband Satellites in Last 6 Months ispreview.co.uk/index.php/2025

                      Starlink-satellites-in-orbit-around-the-earth

                      Alt...Starlink-satellites-in-orbit-around-the-earth

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                      [?]iamBullivant »
                      @bullivant@mastodon.ie

                      Bob Vylan statement released today. 👏

                      Statement by Bob Vylan:
"Not the First. Not the Last.
Today, a good many people would have you believe a punk band is the number one threat to world peace. Last week it was a Palestine pressure group, the week before that it was another band.
We are not for the death of Jews, Arabs or any other race or group of people. We are for the dismantling of a violent military machine. A machine whose own soldiers were told to use ‘unnecessary lethal force' against innocent civilians waiting for aid. A machine that has destroyed much of Gaza.
We, like those in the spotlight before us, are not the story. We are a distraction from the story. And whatever sanctions we receive will be a distraction.
The government doesn't want us to ask why they remain silent in the face of this atrocity? To ask why they aren't doing more to stop the killing? To feed the starving?
The more time they talk about Bob Vylan, the less time they spend. Answering for their criminal inaction.
We are being targeted for speaking up. We are not the first. We will not be the last. And if you care for the sanctity of human life and freedom of speech, we urge you to speak up, too.
Free Palestine."

                      Alt...Statement by Bob Vylan: "Not the First. Not the Last. Today, a good many people would have you believe a punk band is the number one threat to world peace. Last week it was a Palestine pressure group, the week before that it was another band. We are not for the death of Jews, Arabs or any other race or group of people. We are for the dismantling of a violent military machine. A machine whose own soldiers were told to use ‘unnecessary lethal force' against innocent civilians waiting for aid. A machine that has destroyed much of Gaza. We, like those in the spotlight before us, are not the story. We are a distraction from the story. And whatever sanctions we receive will be a distraction. The government doesn't want us to ask why they remain silent in the face of this atrocity? To ask why they aren't doing more to stop the killing? To feed the starving? The more time they talk about Bob Vylan, the less time they spend. Answering for their criminal inaction. We are being targeted for speaking up. We are not the first. We will not be the last. And if you care for the sanctity of human life and freedom of speech, we urge you to speak up, too. Free Palestine."

                        [?]Juha Uotila »
                        @inffy@mementomori.social

                        Huomisen ajorupeama

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                        [?]sam »
                        @sam@cablespaghetti.dev

                        @inffy@mementomori.social I must take my kids there some time soon…

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                          [?]Ars Technica »
                          @arstechnica@mastodon.social

                          Half a million Spotify users are unknowingly grooving to an AI-generated band
                          A supposed band called The Velvet Sundown has released two albums of AI slop this month.
                          arstechnica.com/ai/2025/06/hal

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                          [?]Hedders »
                          @hedders@mas.to

                          @arstechnica What a profound, fundamental insult to everything that makes us human. Disgusting people.

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                            [?]Eisregen »
                            @Eisregen@mastodon.social

                            @hedders @arstechnica you will see horrors beyond human comprehension but the worst part will be the things you won't even notice.

                              [?]Estarriol, lucozade dragon »
                              @Thebratdragon@mastodon.scot

                              @arstechnica surprised ai's fell for that given how little spotifies pays.

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                                [?]Mans R »
                                @mansr@society.oftrolls.com

                                @Thebratdragon @arstechnica Probably created by Spotify to avoid paying anything at all.

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                                  [?]steve mookie kong »
                                  @mookie@racingbunny.com

                                  Project Hail Mary trailer.

                                  If you’ve read the book, watch the trailer because it looks good!

                                  If you’ve haven’t read the book, do yourself a favor and skip the trailer because it spoils a key element of the story. I can’t believe they put that in the trailer.

                                  The book is fantastic and well worth a read. The movie looks good from the trailer.

                                  youtu.be/m08TxIsFTRI

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                                    [?]sam »
                                    @sam@cablespaghetti.dev

                                    Fediverse, I have a rant I need to get off my chest. Groups in Google Workspace is a security nightmare and has been for years! Why has Google STILL not fixed the glaring problems!?

                                    I've had admin powers at 5+ companies' Google Workspace/G Suite over the past decade or so. Every single one had groups which were misconfigured, often so anyone in the whole company could join without approval or see the message history at https://groups.google.com without being a member at all.

                                    This is because for any sensible configuration of Google Groups when using it for email groups you have to use the "Custom" permissions mode. The default Public mode doesn't allow external people to email the group, but does allow the whole company to see all the messages. The default Team mode, has the same problem of everyone being able to see all the messages.

                                    Also let's not forget that dangerous little "Anyone in the organisation can join" toggle at the bottom which is on by default. So any random new starter can join your confidential company directors group and get all the emails sent to it.

                                    Giving Google the benefit of the doubt here, I think the reasoning might be that Google Groups is intended as a kind of company forum, not for private email groups. However that isn't how anyone uses it in my experience...


                                    Screenshot of the default Google Group settings for team mode

                                    Alt...Screenshot of the default Google Group settings for team mode

                                    Screenshot of the default Google Group settings for public mode

                                    Alt...Screenshot of the default Google Group settings for public mode

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                                      [?]Mike Sheward »
                                      @SecureOwl@infosec.exchange

                                      @sam agree this is absolutely crazy, it's been like it forever, i wrote about it a couple of years ago as part of a guide on securing Google Workspace:

                                      mike-sheward.medium.com/securi

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                                        [?]sam »
                                        @sam@cablespaghetti.dev

                                        @SecureOwl@infosec.exchange @Sam@infosec.exchange Thanks! I’ll have a read. I just don’t get why they haven’t changed the defaults after this many years…

                                          [?]pL »
                                          @pl@cosocial.ca

                                          @sam it's simply because they sometimes neglect to annihilate the technology they merge with to give them an advantage. Google acquired Usenet archives in 2001, merged them with Groups, made Groups a "Usenet client" then pushed for Usenet obsolescence by having the new posts not use Usenet but using the same UI. Usenet was meant to be public, Groups was not. But you can't claim that if you use privacy by default.

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                                            [?]sam »
                                            @sam@cablespaghetti.dev

                                            @pl@cosocial.ca @sam Sounds about right yes. Most people just want a simple mail group but instead of building something for that purpose they made an absolute mess of it. I understand that but I don’t understand why it hasn’t been fixed/replaced for so many years…

                                              [?]Brett Terpstra »
                                              @ttscoff@hachyderm.io

                                              Ok, EVERYONE so far has been all in on Mona. I used Mona up until Ivory was available. So I'm curious what people find most compelling about Mona vs other clients?

                                              @drdrang @rho @fahrni @sashk @benfsmith @jimmylittle

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                                                [?]sam »
                                                @sam@cablespaghetti.dev

                                                @ttscoff@hachyderm.io @drdrang @benfsmith@hachyderm.io @jimmylittle@hachyderm.io It works with snac (a stupidly lightweight server) and basically nothing else does. Otherwise I prefer Ivory a little more. There’s not much in it after I’ve tweaked some of the default settings for things like timeline display format though. Customisability is probably an advantage over Ivory…

                                                  [?]Ehler »
                                                  @ehler@musician.social

                                                  @ttscoff I mostly run Ivory. Occasionally I’ll slip into Mona or Toot!

                                                    [?]Rob Fahrni »
                                                    @fahrni@curmudgeon.cafe

                                                    @ttscoff @drdrang @rho @sashk @benfsmith @jimmylittle I was an Ivory user, then started splitting time between Ivory and Mona, then eventually went all in on Mona. One of the things I really love about it is how customizable the UI look is. I know, silly little thing, but there are a number of custom built templates available to us and they’re amazing.

                                                    It’s also fast, stable, and works the way I like.

                                                      [?]Darren McGuicken »
                                                      @dmcgk@mastodon.ie

                                                      @ttscoff Crazy amounts of customisation; no missing posts if you’re running more than 400 behind current.

                                                        [?]sashk 🇺🇦 »
                                                        @sashk@masto.nyc

                                                        @ttscoff been using Mona before ivory showed up. Dislike somewhat Mona’s UI: confusing settings, same with the way it shows quoted posts. So since ivory been out been using it primarily. Checking Mona occasionally.

                                                          [?]alwillis »
                                                          @alwillis@mastodon.social

                                                          @ttscoff @drdrang @rho @fahrni @sashk @benfsmith @jimmylittle

                                                          For casual use, Ivory is fine.

                                                          But when I need all the features, I use Mona on macOS. You don't realize how much is missing from most clients until you use Mona.

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                                                            [?]Brett Terpstra »
                                                            @ttscoff@hachyderm.io

                                                            @alwillis i don’t know what non-casual use of social media looks like.

                                                              [?]ko kāihe toku ingoa 🫏 »
                                                              @donkey@mastodon.nz

                                                              @ttscoff @drdrang @rho @fahrni @sashk @benfsmith @jimmylittle When twitter died, I was using the app which the Mona dev had made for that platform (can’t recall the name for it), so moved to Mona when that was available. I too, like the customisability of Mona but the main thing, for me, was a single purchase option rather than a subscription. If I was rich, I might run Ivory - it does look nice - but I’m not.

                                                                [?]Jimmy »
                                                                @jimmylittle@hachyderm.io

                                                                @ttscoff @drdrang @rho @fahrni @sashk @benfsmith I just never got into the Tapbots aesthetic. I had Tweetbot, Netbot, Calcbot, and Pastebot. They're all great apps, but they never worked the way I expected, so they never stuck with me. I think it's just the icons and interactions are all too cutesy for me. I still have Ivory on my phone now, but never use it.

                                                                  [?]Chris Mackay 🇨🇦 »
                                                                  @tantramar@mastodon.social

                                                                  @ttscoff @drdrang @rho @fahrni @sashk @benfsmith @jimmylittle Mona lets me choose fonts & colours. I paid for a year of Ivory — and loved Tweetbot/Calcbot/Weightbot/Convertbot (& still use Pastebot) — but Mona is less opinionated.

                                                                    [?]Dan V Peterson »
                                                                    @danvpeterson@mastodon.social

                                                                    @ttscoff customizability, letting me create a much more minimalistic UI

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                                                                      [?]sam »
                                                                      @sam@cablespaghetti.dev

                                                                      Thanks to whoever figured out that my server configuration with Lighttpd opened me up to filling up the in-memory root partition and crashing the machine by POSTing a large file. Free pen testing is always appreciated. 😆

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                                                                        [?]sam »
                                                                        @sam@cablespaghetti.dev

                                                                        I’m on my way to see at Wembley Stadium this evening with my wife. As someone who really doesn’t care about football I’ve only ever been in the smaller (but still huge) Arena.

                                                                        This is going to be an experience!

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                                                                          [?]jamesb (MW1CGG) »
                                                                          @jamesb@fedi.duckduckpigeon.co.uk

                                                                          @sam
                                                                          You absolute bastard. I may be more than slightly jealous.

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                                                                          [?]sam »
                                                                          @sam@cablespaghetti.dev

                                                                          Linkin Park and Spiritbox were both absolutely fantastic last night. It was a bit of a festival feel with Wembley’s roof open and the distance of the “rear standing” from the stage, but we got a good spot for both bands and my vertically challenged wife could see pretty well for once. 🙂

                                                                          Linkin Park on stage in a big stadium with lights, lasers and Emily Armstrong on the screens

                                                                          Alt...Linkin Park on stage in a big stadium with lights, lasers and Emily Armstrong on the screens

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                                                                            [?]rcr »
                                                                            @rcr@mastodon.online

                                                                            @sam ..."vertically challenged"... like this way to phrase it 😄

                                                                            Must be huge to hear Linkin Park live!

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                                                                              [?]sam »
                                                                              @sam@cablespaghetti.dev

                                                                              @rcr@mastodon.online @sam Honestly they exceeded all expectations. 😁

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                                                                                [?]sam »
                                                                                @sam@cablespaghetti.dev

                                                                                In snac on an ancient Raspberry Pi news, I switched from XFS to Btrfs and my memory pressure issues are now a thing of the past. As a bonus I can use snapshots for backups instead of taring up the many small files that snac generates (it has no traditional database).

                                                                                I tried tuning various parameters but after some reading came to the conclusion that lots of small files with very little RAM is about the worst case scenario for XFS.


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                                                                                  [?]Em-squared »
                                                                                  @emsquared@mastodon.social

                                                                                  @sam Thanks for sharing that. A good experience to note. I keep dithering.

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                                                                                    [?]Doug Belshaw »
                                                                                    @dajb@social.coop

                                                                                    This week, while I was in The Netherlands, we had an air source heat pump installed by Octopus Energy.

                                                                                    They seem to have done an *excellent* job, and we no longer have a gas boiler or even a gas meter!

                                                                                    So now, of course, I'm trying to work out if we can get solar and a couple of home batteries to increase our resilience - and eventually have close to zero bills... ⚡

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                                                                                    [?]an actual bus »
                                                                                    @renardboy@mastodon.social

                                                                                    @dajb hell yeah, that's awesome

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                                                                                      [?]sam »
                                                                                      @sam@cablespaghetti.dev

                                                                                      @dajb@social.coop @slothrop@chaos.social That’s really cool, I hope to have this setup in a few years. It feels wrong to be dependent on gas in this day and age.

                                                                                      On the resilience from home batteries and solar though, watch out. Most systems will turn off in the event of a power cut. It’s something about avoiding back-feeding to the grid. If you want this you need to specifically get a system with an “emergency mode” or something like that.

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                                                                                        [?]Rocketman »
                                                                                        @slothrop@chaos.social

                                                                                        @sam @dajb We’re renting a house, and it has 20+ year old oil heating 😭😭😭

                                                                                        I just paid 2k€ for half a tank full of dead dinosaur, and I hate everything about it

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                                                                                          [?]Doug Belshaw »
                                                                                          @dajb@social.coop

                                                                                          @sam @slothrop

                                                                                          Thanks, I'll watch out for that! I don't really want to buy Tesla, but their Powerwalls seem pretty awesome.

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                                                                                            [?]Janet is prematurely obsolete »
                                                                                            @janet@weirder.earth

                                                                                            @dajb @sam @slothrop Would love to have a heat pump but our property couldn’t accomodate one. And there are plenty of good alternatives to Tesla, in fact Octopus has their own preferred one. But yes the real rub for us is retrofiting the off-grid capability. My recent calculations had us breaking even at year 10-12, the natural lifecycle of the battery.

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                                                                                              [?]Doug Belshaw »
                                                                                              @dajb@social.coop

                                                                                              @janet @sam @slothrop Yeah, same but for two batteries. We'd have paid for solar though, and batteries will be way cheaper by then...

                                                                                                [?]fedops 💙💛 »
                                                                                                @fedops@fosstodon.org

                                                                                                @dajb you don't seriously even entertain the thought of supporting a fascist now do you?
                                                                                                @sam @slothrop

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                                                                                                  [?]Doug Belshaw »
                                                                                                  @dajb@social.coop

                                                                                                  @fedops @sam @slothrop Nah, it's just that they do everything I need and Octopus Energy install them. I'm sure there's even better alternatives.

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                                                                                                    [?]C++ Wage Slave »
                                                                                                    @CppGuy@infosec.space

                                                                                                    @dajb

                                                                                                    Congratulations on the new heat pump! A colleague of mine had install one for her earlier this year, and she's delighted with it. We went with because Octopus wasn't able to help us, but I'm convinced Octopus would've been better value if our house had been suitable.

                                                                                                    We're not yet ready to buy a battery — I want to go through a winter with the new heat pumps so that I know how much capacity to buy — but I've heard good things about . You might give them a look. They seem to be a bit more expensive than canned systems like , but a lot more flexible.

                                                                                                    @fedops @sam @slothrop

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                                                                                                      [?]Alex@rtnVFRmedia Suffolk UK »
                                                                                                      @vfrmedia@social.tchncs.de

                                                                                                      @CppGuy @dajb @fedops @sam @slothrop

                                                                                                      my relatives have a Victron system feeding a battery bank (Pylontech, not sure if those are still made).

                                                                                                      A couple of weeks ago they lost grid power for around 1,5 hours. The Victron automatically isolated the solar/batteries from the DNO service cable to avoid backfeeding but kept the house on supply. It was daytime so most of the power demand was handled by solar, the battery reserve was barely touched. (there is a quite a high power demand in that house even during summer and yet it was possible to behave as normal for the entire duration of the power cut without even implementing load reduction measures).

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                                                                                                        [?]Doug Belshaw »
                                                                                                        @dajb@social.coop

                                                                                                        @CppGuy @fedops @sam @slothrop Cheers, I'll check them out!

                                                                                                          [?]fedops 💙💛 »
                                                                                                          @fedops@fosstodon.org

                                                                                                          @sam it's specifically the synchronization on the grid frequency. Your system needs to support "island mode". There are many that do.

                                                                                                          On the autonomy aspect - do the math first. In our latitudes producing enough energy November - February means having a LOT of panel area. Especially if you plan to heat electrically.
                                                                                                          @dajb @slothrop

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                                                                                                            [?]Doug Belshaw »
                                                                                                            @dajb@social.coop

                                                                                                            @fedops @sam @slothrop

                                                                                                            Thanks, yeah, that's whoe the battery storage comes in (storing both solar energy and cheap renewable energy from the grid)

                                                                                                              [?]greem »
                                                                                                              @greem@cyberplace.social

                                                                                                              @dajb we had one fitted two years ago, also by Octopus. The standard of work was superb.

                                                                                                              As expected, by itself it doesn't save us much financially compared to gas heating but it's using one third of the energy, which is pleasing.

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                                                                                                                [?]The Psychotic Network Ferret » 🤖
                                                                                                                @nuintari@mastodon.bsd.cafe

                                                                                                                Good news, I fixed the radio in the retired police cruiser.

                                                                                                                Bad news, the speakers appear to be disconnected.

                                                                                                                Hopefully they just disconnected them, and didn't divert power to somewhere else.

                                                                                                                It's a good thing I know a teensy bit about electronicals, this car is going to be an adventure.

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                                                                                                                [?]sam »
                                                                                                                @sam@cablespaghetti.dev

                                                                                                                @nuintari@bsd.cafe I shall follow this journey with interest. 🙂

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                                                                                                                  [?]The Psychotic Network Ferret » 🤖
                                                                                                                  @nuintari@mastodon.bsd.cafe

                                                                                                                  @sam I should also probably try to figure out how to disable the child safety locks on the back doors. It no longer has the convict cage, but the doors don't open from the inside no matter their locked state.

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                                                                                                                    [?]sam »
                                                                                                                    @sam@cablespaghetti.dev

                                                                                                                    @nuintari@bsd.cafe @sam It’s probably not the same as a normal car but have you checked for a little switch on the door below the latch, and only visible when the door is open? (I can’t think of a good way to explain this…)

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                                                                                                                      [?]The Psychotic Network Ferret » 🤖
                                                                                                                      @nuintari@mastodon.bsd.cafe

                                                                                                                      @sam Already looked, nope. Might need to remove the door trim panel to find it.

                                                                                                                        [?]Stefano Marinelli »
                                                                                                                        @stefano@mastodon.bsd.cafe

                                                                                                                        @nuintari yes, please, keep us informed with this journey! Looks like it will be interesting!

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                                                                                                                          [?]Bazzite »
                                                                                                                          @bazzite.gg@bsky.brid.gy

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                                                                                                                          [?]sam »
                                                                                                                          @sam@cablespaghetti.dev

                                                                                                                          @bazzite.gg@bsky.brid.gy @distrowatch@mastodon.social My boys (6 and 7) are both also Minecraft obsessed and run Bazzite. They have never known Windows gaming and hopefully never will. 😁

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                                                                                                                            [?]Federico Hernandez »
                                                                                                                            @recollir@mountains.social

                                                                                                                            New Backyard Ultra world record by Phil Gore (AUS). 119 yards or 797.3km in 119 hours or 4days 23 hours. 😳🙌

                                                                                                                            runnerstribe.com/latest-news/p

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                                                                                                                              [?]Colin »
                                                                                                                              @officehippy@mas.to

                                                                                                                              @recollir 🤯🐐Phenomenal!

                                                                                                                                [?]Johan »
                                                                                                                                @JvdB@mastodon.nl

                                                                                                                                @recollir It's incredibly impressive. I read they had a line up of real good athletes there. Sensational, and so shortly after the 116 from Wrobel.

                                                                                                                                  [?]moelholm🏃🏻‍♂️ »
                                                                                                                                  @moelholm@fosstodon.org

                                                                                                                                  @recollir that’s insane - absolutely insane. What an inner drive - and what a robust body 🤠🫨

                                                                                                                                    [?]randomized »
                                                                                                                                    @randomized@masto.bike

                                                                                                                                    @recollir
                                                                                                                                    I hurt just reading the report

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                                                                                                                                      [?]sam »
                                                                                                                                      @sam@cablespaghetti.dev

                                                                                                                                      Would anyone happen to know how to stop XFS using up to 100MB of memory on my 256MB RAM Raspberry Pi and causing apps to get OOMKilled? This isn’t cache, this is actual used RAM. Searching online is coming up blank. I’m happy to move to a different filesystem if necessary.


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                                                                                                                                        [?]ticho »
                                                                                                                                        @ticho@mas.to

                                                                                                                                        @sam Maybe set less and/or smaller log buffers? See "logbuf" and/or "logbsize" mount options in the xfs man page. The default logbuf value might be too much for a memory-constrained system.

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                                                                                                                                          [?]sam »
                                                                                                                                          @sam@cablespaghetti.dev

                                                                                                                                          @ticho@mas.to @sam@mas.to Thanks I’ll look into that 👍

                                                                                                                                            [?]Charlie O’Hara »
                                                                                                                                            @awfulwoman@indieweb.social

                                                                                                                                            My partner asked me to install Ubuntu on her machine. Went to install a .deb from Dropbox with her and hit this. Select app shows nothing. How is this still a thing??

                                                                                                                                            An error informing the user that there is no app installed for Debian package" files.

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                                                                                                                                              [?]Charlie O’Hara »
                                                                                                                                              @awfulwoman@indieweb.social

                                                                                                                                              Sorry for slagging off an open-source project, but this is the kind of thing that infuriates me. All that dev effort spread across multiple different desktops and none of them tip top.

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                                                                                                                                                [?]Charlie O’Hara »
                                                                                                                                                @awfulwoman@indieweb.social

                                                                                                                                                She's trying to install KeeWeb now, a tool she's used to. It's another deb, and once installed it just doesn't work. 😆

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                                                                                                                                                [?]Charlie O’Hara »
                                                                                                                                                @awfulwoman@indieweb.social

                                                                                                                                                The Year of the Linux Desktop my arse.

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                                                                                                                                                [?]Charlie O’Hara »
                                                                                                                                                @awfulwoman@indieweb.social

                                                                                                                                                I love Linux and open source in general. It just depresses we have zero chance of making a desktop that's non-nerd friendly. Your interface to the rest of the world has to be 100% usable and friendly, otherwise people bail immediately.

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                                                                                                                                                [?]Charlie O’Hara »
                                                                                                                                                @awfulwoman@indieweb.social

                                                                                                                                                This should be a solved problem. But we can never agree on anything and make a "standard" interface that everyone can use. It's scratch-your-own itch and make yet another desktop/window manager/compositor/whatever.

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                                                                                                                                                [?]Charlie O’Hara »
                                                                                                                                                @awfulwoman@indieweb.social

                                                                                                                                                ANYWAY.

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                                                                                                                                                [?]sam »
                                                                                                                                                @sam@cablespaghetti.dev

                                                                                                                                                @awfulwoman@indieweb.social I would argue that this is another example of Ubuntu no longer being the right choice for ease of use. I think I read something a while ago about this being a deliberate choice by Canonical to discourage people from installing random debs off the internet rather than a bug.

                                                                                                                                                Anyway I point new users at Linux Mint rather than Ubuntu now, but obviously everyone has their different opinions which is probably part of the problem. 🤷

                                                                                                                                                  [?]Paul »
                                                                                                                                                  @pwaring@social.xk7.net

                                                                                                                                                  @awfulwoman I used to love this aspect of Linux when I was a student and had time to mess around with stuff (like compiling Fluxbox from source because I didn't like the default window manager on the uni machines). Now I'm a grumpy old man and want things to Just Work.

                                                                                                                                                    [?]ppk 🇪🇺 »
                                                                                                                                                    @ppk@front-end.social

                                                                                                                                                    @awfulwoman The Year of the Linux Desktop is every single year from about 1997 to present, right?

                                                                                                                                                    Not sure about your arse.

                                                                                                                                                      [?]SteveJ »
                                                                                                                                                      @_steve@mastodon.world

                                                                                                                                                      @awfulwoman which version of Ubuntu is this? On my 24.04 desktop a .deb package is associated with the Software Install application and seems to just work as expected.

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                                                                                                                                                        [?]Charlie O’Hara »
                                                                                                                                                        @awfulwoman@indieweb.social

                                                                                                                                                        @_steve This is a 1 hour old 24.04 install.

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                                                                                                                                                          [?]SteveJ »
                                                                                                                                                          @_steve@mastodon.world

                                                                                                                                                          @awfulwoman I just downloaded the same Dropbox package you are trying and it works correctly for me. I don't recall doing anything to my Ubuntu installation to make .deb association with the installer app. This install is only 10 days old or so.

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                                                                                                                                                            [?]Charlie O’Hara »
                                                                                                                                                            @awfulwoman@indieweb.social

                                                                                                                                                            @_steve So what's your expert opionin, Steve?

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                                                                                                                                                              [?]SteveJ »
                                                                                                                                                              @_steve@mastodon.world

                                                                                                                                                              @awfulwoman Right click a .deb package and choose Open With... then make whatever app your default choice.

                                                                                                                                                              You are right that in this day and age it should just work. Could just be a fluke that it didn't on your install.

                                                                                                                                                                [?]Oliver Calder :ubuntu: »
                                                                                                                                                                @oac@fosstodon.org

                                                                                                                                                                @awfulwoman Yeah trying to install a lone .deb package is always a pain.

                                                                                                                                                                If you're looking for a solution, there is a Dropbox flatpak from flathub. Which isn't enabled by default on Ubuntu, but once set up once, should be good to go. Definitely annoying, but then basically all software should be available from sort of repo.

                                                                                                                                                                I basically refuse to install a .deb file manually. I wish websites would stop advertising them...

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                                                                                                                                                                  [?]sam »
                                                                                                                                                                  @sam@cablespaghetti.dev

                                                                                                                                                                  It’s a long shot but if I have any followers in Chennai, India with a few years of experience who are looking for a DevOps role using AWS, Terraform and Kubernetes please get in touch!

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                                                                                                                                                                    [?]sam »
                                                                                                                                                                    @sam@cablespaghetti.dev

                                                                                                                                                                    We need regulation on stuff like NOT LINKING THE DRIVE TRAIN OF CARS TO THE INFOTAINMENT! Do these companies have even one infosec person working on their 100mph metal boxes? https://hackaday.social/users/hackaday/statuses/114742241359167235

                                                                                                                                                                      [?]Stefano Marinelli »
                                                                                                                                                                      @stefano@mastodon.bsd.cafe

                                                                                                                                                                      Just saw this scrolling through Facebook. I don't know anything about the matter, but my point remains valid: using other people's platforms does not and never will guarantee the safety of your data.

                                                                                                                                                                      @_elena 's video is extremely relevant: tube.bsd.cafe/w/64VuNCccZNrP4u

                                                                                                                                                                      A screenshot of a Facebook post from "Linux Fans" stating that their "Linux Fans Group" with over 350,000 members was deleted without warning. The post emphasizes that the group was heavily moderated, with all content reviewed and rule-breaking material immediately removed. It also mentions that there was no appeal or option to request a review, and ends with a plea for help, tagging "Meta Meta Newsroom Facebook," "@followers," and "@topfans."

                                                                                                                                                                      Alt...A screenshot of a Facebook post from "Linux Fans" stating that their "Linux Fans Group" with over 350,000 members was deleted without warning. The post emphasizes that the group was heavily moderated, with all content reviewed and rule-breaking material immediately removed. It also mentions that there was no appeal or option to request a review, and ends with a plea for help, tagging "Meta Meta Newsroom Facebook," "@followers," and "@topfans."

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                                                                                                                                                                        [?]R.L. Dane :Debian: :OpenBSD: 🍵 :MiraLovesYou: »
                                                                                                                                                                        @rl_dane@polymaths.social

                                                                                                                                                                        @stefano

                                                                                                                                                                        Somewhere in-between genuine compassion and schadenfreude, there's "brah, you shoulda known."

                                                                                                                                                                        It's tiring to see people legitimise such terrible platforms by continuing to use them.

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                                                                                                                                                                        [?]Jason Tubnor 🇦🇺 »
                                                                                                                                                                        @Tubsta@soc.feditime.com

                                                                                                                                                                        @rl_dane @stefano Question is, why are Linux Fans using FaceTube instead of their own Fedi instance? Don't appear to be Linux/Open Source fans to me.

                                                                                                                                                                        Plenty of forum software out there, surely someone is got the chops and hosting to be able to deal with low flow traffic (indicated by the actual ability to moderate, according to them).

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                                                                                                                                                                          [?]Franz Graf »
                                                                                                                                                                          @hikingdude@mastodon.social

                                                                                                                                                                          @Tubsta @stefano @rl_dane
                                                                                                                                                                          Exactly my first thought as well! 😀

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                                                                                                                                                                            [?]R.L. Dane :Debian: :OpenBSD: 🍵 :MiraLovesYou: »
                                                                                                                                                                            @rl_dane@polymaths.social

                                                                                                                                                                            @hikingdude @Tubsta @stefano

                                                                                                                                                                            Well, there was a time that facebook was a fun place to be. And lots of FOSS friends are still on their because of inertia.

                                                                                                                                                                            I don't know if anyone remembers this, but circa 2008-2010, we used to call "facebook" "crackbook," because it was so addictive and enjoyable to use.

                                                                                                                                                                            That was such a different era.

                                                                                                                                                                              [?]unruhe »
                                                                                                                                                                              @unruhe@mastodon.social

                                                                                                                                                                              @stefano Meta did it well. If you are really a Linux user you cannot have a group in that shit called Facebook. They should have been thinking about it! Now they know. 😐

                                                                                                                                                                                [?]KB Sez »
                                                                                                                                                                                @kbsez@mastodon.social

                                                                                                                                                                                @stefano @_elena

                                                                                                                                                                                They say this like they are surprised. I’m always mystified why people use Facebook or exclusively create content for YouTube. It’s like they don’t understand they can yank it. They can control it. They can delete it at any point, and you have no recourse at all.

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                                                                                                                                                                                  [?]Stefano Marinelli »
                                                                                                                                                                                  @stefano@mastodon.bsd.cafe

                                                                                                                                                                                  @kbsez @_elena unfortunately, many people underestimate this

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                                                                                                                                                                                    [?]Doerk »
                                                                                                                                                                                    @NebulaTide@mastodon.bsd.cafe

                                                                                                                                                                                    @stefano @kbsez @_elena I think there is no perfect solution for this. Even in Fediverse an admin can decide from one day to another to remove accounts or to completely stop the service. The only thing that prevents you from this is running your own instance.

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                                                                                                                                                                                      [?]Stefano Marinelli »
                                                                                                                                                                                      @stefano@mastodon.bsd.cafe

                                                                                                                                                                                      @NebulaTide @kbsez @_elena sure. But at least you can do it, here.

                                                                                                                                                                                        [?]Nazo »
                                                                                                                                                                                        @nazokiyoubinbou@urusai.social

                                                                                                                                                                                        @stefano @_elena Why is it so hard to get people off of these platforms even as they watch this stuff just happen over and over?

                                                                                                                                                                                          [?]fedops 💙💛 »
                                                                                                                                                                                          @fedops@fosstodon.org

                                                                                                                                                                                          @stefano a group with 350 thousand members seems unfathomable. 😳

                                                                                                                                                                                          I've heard about multiple such group deletions. Honestly these groups are the only thing I miss. They remain the only game in town after FB killed all mailing lists and web forums. It's odd now seeing them going against their own prey^Husers.

                                                                                                                                                                                            [?]mkj »
                                                                                                                                                                                            @mkj@social.mkj.earth

                                                                                                                                                                                            @stefano Didn't Meta fairly recently (within the last year or so) classify Linux as some sort of contraband? I don't remember if they had it down as spam, malware or something else, but it was definitely one major online platform classifying discussions about Linux as something like that, and I'm quite sure it was one of Meta's.

                                                                                                                                                                                            Yes. It's your own data. Own your data. Data you own.

                                                                                                                                                                                            @_elena

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                                                                                                                                                                                              [?]FoolishOwl »
                                                                                                                                                                                              @foolishowl@social.coop

                                                                                                                                                                                              @mkj @stefano @_elena They use a lot of open source software on the backend, so it seems unlikely Facebook did this out of ideological opposition to Linux, per se.

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                                                                                                                                                                                                [?]Eva Winterschön »
                                                                                                                                                                                                @winterschon@mastodon.bsd.cafe

                                                                                                                                                                                                @foolishowl @mkj @stefano @_elena Meta runs on Linux pretty much entirely, so yeah.. whoever doesn't know that needs to know that.

                                                                                                                                                                                                  [?]indyradio »
                                                                                                                                                                                                  @indyradio@kafeneio.social

                                                                                                                                                                                                  @stefano @_elena I was just remembering how I trusted nyc.indymedia.org - I had some nice posts, and obits that got search listing matching NYT. Yes, and Nobel Prize winners. The took us down like bowling pins.
                                                                                                                                                                                                  I am glad to hear what you are saying, because I've been eager to build it from scratch.
                                                                                                                                                                                                  I wasted time asking people who were supposedly doing this, they were probably FBI and it has been years.
                                                                                                                                                                                                  I am going to rebuild the IndyMedia network.
                                                                                                                                                                                                  I want you to at least be a user.

                                                                                                                                                                                                    [?]indyradio »
                                                                                                                                                                                                    @indyradio@kafeneio.social

                                                                                                                                                                                                    @stefano @_elena
                                                                                                                                                                                                    THAT IS NOT MODERATION.
                                                                                                                                                                                                    IT IS FASCISM.

                                                                                                                                                                                                      [?]Otte Homan - remember Geordie »
                                                                                                                                                                                                      @otte_homan@theblower.au

                                                                                                                                                                                                      @stefano guessing Seguin didn't read the ~1000 pages of TS and C's of meta before creating the group? @_elena

                                                                                                                                                                                                        [?]Miss Warcraft »
                                                                                                                                                                                                        @MissWarcraft@mastodon.social

                                                                                                                                                                                                        @stefano @_elena They were warned. It happened in January 2025, something about Malicious Software. If it happened once it could happen again. pcmag.com/news/facebook-accide

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                                                                                                                                                                                                          [?]sam »
                                                                                                                                                                                                          @sam@cablespaghetti.dev

                                                                                                                                                                                                          This has been going on for at least a few months. Some Facebook pages for high profile Linux blogs got taken down, I forget which ones now. Despite Facebook being heavy users and even contributors to Linux, the word Linux seems to have made it on to a list of banned "hacker related" words in their internal moderation systems...

                                                                                                                                                                                                          CC: @_elena@mastodon.social

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                                                                                                                                                                                                            [?]sam »
                                                                                                                                                                                                            @sam@cablespaghetti.dev

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                                                                                                                                                                                                            [?]Diogo Constantino »
                                                                                                                                                                                                            @DiogoConstantino@masto.pt

                                                                                                                                                                                                            @sam this article is wrong, it wasn't Linux it was the page of a single blog. And the part they mentioned users because of Linux ended up being bs.
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                                                                                                                                                                                                              [?]LAUREN :bacall_fire: »
                                                                                                                                                                                                              @noondlyt@hellions.cloud

                                                                                                                                                                                                              @stefano @_elena

                                                                                                                                                                                                              This is so FAFO it borders on idiocy

                                                                                                                                                                                                                [?]Arbres »
                                                                                                                                                                                                                @arbres@mastodon.social

                                                                                                                                                                                                                @stefano @_elena Everyone with any sense should delete Meta.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                  [?]Fat_Farang »
                                                                                                                                                                                                                  @Fat_Farang@mastodon.social

                                                                                                                                                                                                                  @stefano @_elena Brought to you through our cooperation with our fine friends at Microsoft. META, building a tomorrow you never asked for, but deserve.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                    [?]Dusty »
                                                                                                                                                                                                                    @d1@autistics.life

                                                                                                                                                                                                                    @stefano @_elena A really decent, performant forum software such as , , or , is right there. Do any of your 350k subscribers have a 5 lying around (wth an NVME drive), and have expertise? Flarum or PhpBB would run performantly on it for a huge number of concurrent users. Where is your spirit, to take things into your own hands?

                                                                                                                                                                                                                      [?]Yora »
                                                                                                                                                                                                                      @yora@mastodon.gamedev.place

                                                                                                                                                                                                                      @stefano @_elena
                                                                                                                                                                                                                      Did they not know that Linux is a security threat?
                                                                                                                                                                                                                      To Facebook...

                                                                                                                                                                                                                        [?]ozeng »
                                                                                                                                                                                                                        @ozeng@aus.social

                                                                                                                                                                                                                        @stefano @_elena “please help”

                                                                                                                                                                                                                        and they call themselves a Linux group 🤣

                                                                                                                                                                                                                          [?]huntingdon »
                                                                                                                                                                                                                          @huntingdon@mstdn.social

                                                                                                                                                                                                                          @stefano @_elena

                                                                                                                                                                                                                          You never know how a provider builds its psych profile on you, and what it chooses to read into an activity or a membership. Linux users, for example, might be considered too fact-based or independent to be allowed to participate on Meta's platform. It's about controlling the megaphone.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                            [?]Chupacabra won't comply »
                                                                                                                                                                                                                            @Homoevolutis0@mastodon.social

                                                                                                                                                                                                                            @stefano
                                                                                                                                                                                                                            Make a home here. pn the fediverse. Ill come.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                              [?]tom jennings »
                                                                                                                                                                                                                              @tomjennings@tldr.nettime.org

                                                                                                                                                                                                                              @stefano

                                                                                                                                                                                                                              Also, what is the point of having a 350,000 member group?

                                                                                                                                                                                                                              Back when I did use that cesspool, many groups were obsessed with size, in and of itself. Like twitter follower counts, there's an interest there in something other than social communication.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                              The whole setup is fucked.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                              The last group I was in there had just crossed 1000. The group owner was overjoyed, but at even 100 the quality was garbage, mostly noncontributors, ... then all the scammers.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                              At this point, I'm glad I went to through all that; now I know how it works. Truly fucked up shit.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                              @_elena

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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                [?]sam »
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                @sam@cablespaghetti.dev

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                This isn’t a YouTube channel I watch an awful lot, but this video is some powerful stuff. Some of the things BYD have been getting away with both inside and outside of China are truly awful. I would have considered one of their before, but certainly not now.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                https://youtube.com/watch?v=kBbiCrsk7RM&si=6fb3Sf5skdRXhIqg

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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  [?]nigel »
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  @nigel@quiescent.cafe

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  @sam yeah I’m kinda glad for youtube journalists calling stuff out instead of taking the money.

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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    [?]The Real Grunfink »
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    @grunfink@comam.es

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    I love independent proposals, so next release of will include support for Webmention. It's a protocol built on top of web standards and part of the IndieWeb. It helps web page maintainers and bloggers to know when one of their URLs are mentioned in other platforms by providing a webhook to receive notifications. In snac's case, all links written in a Fediverse post (directly or using the Markdown format) will be tested for Webmention endpoints and notified if they exist.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    I don't know how many web sites out there implement Webmention (I guess very few), but given that it has been very simple to implement, here it is.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Long live the non-big-tech Internet.


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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      [?]Open Mentions »
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      @OpenMentions@indieweb.social

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      @grunfink We exist in secret clusters just vibing.

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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        [?]sam »
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        @sam@cablespaghetti.dev

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        In an unsurprising development, my 256MB Raspberry Pi hosted server decided to get OOMKilled this morning just before I boarded a steam train in Wales.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        I quickly restarted the service from the platform but then it got killed again and I didn’t notice until this evening. I have now rebooted the server, maybe that will help until I get home from my camping trip with my kids.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        For those who don’t care about my latest ADHD obsession, don’t worry I’m sure I’ll move on to a different one soon, and here’s a steam train…

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        A black narrow 2’ gauge steam train with people around it on the Brecon Mountain Railway. The plaque on the front says it was made in Philadelphia in 1930.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        Alt...A black narrow 2’ gauge steam train with people around it on the Brecon Mountain Railway. The plaque on the front says it was made in Philadelphia in 1930.

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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          [?]Linker3000 »
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          @linker3000@mastodon.social

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          users on the UK South Coast - seek and destr...er, educate.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          They're still sending this evening - less frequently, but still.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          A Meshtastic node - ID a2ac - sending what looks like some telemetry info every 2 minutes on the public channel.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          Alt...A Meshtastic node - ID a2ac - sending what looks like some telemetry info every 2 minutes on the public channel.

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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            [?]sam »
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            @sam@cablespaghetti.dev

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            @linker3000@mastodon.social @meshtastic@mastodon.social I wondered what this was about. Picked it up going past Bristol last night I think.

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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              [?]NerdyDayTrips »
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              @nerdydaytrips@mastodon.social

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              It’s the weekend! 🎉
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              Going somewhere nerdy? 
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              Add it to the map! 🗺️

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              nerdydaytrips.org

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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                [?]sam »
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                @sam@cablespaghetti.dev

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                Time for another blog post, about hosting a fediverse instance on my ancient Raspberry Pi. Obviously I had to share it on the fediverse.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                https://cablespaghetti.dev/hosting-a-fediverse-instance-on-an-original-raspberry-pi.html


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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  [?]Natanael Copa »
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  @ncopa@fosstodon.org

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  @sam this was fun!
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  I spotted a typo: `apk install acme.sh`
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  Should be `apk add…`.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  I also wonder if the periodic script actually runs with the .sh suffix? If my memory serves me correctly you may need to drop the .sh suffix or it will now run.

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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    [?]sam »
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    @sam@cablespaghetti.dev

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Thanks. Fixed! And it wasn't initially because I didn't put the shebang at the top of the file, but the .sh seems to not be an issue. It is diligently running at 2am every day.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      [?]Mitch Rose »
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      @mrose@universeodon.com

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      @sam

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      amazing! well done!

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        [?]jamesb (MW1CGG) »
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        @jamesb@fedi.duckduckpigeon.co.uk

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        @sam
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        Can I send my replies back via a UUCP gateway?

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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        [?]sam »
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        @sam@cablespaghetti.dev

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        @jamesb@duckduckpigeon.co.uk @sam Not a clue. Maybe. 🤷 😆

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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          [?]Wesley Moore »
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          @wezm@mastodon.decentralised.social

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          > So consistent with the theme of this series, I found the oldest and slowest 2.5" hard disk (an IDE 40GB Fujitsu from 2004), random USB adapter and a powered USB 2.0 hub to connect up to my terrible server.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          cablespaghetti.dev/fedi/sam/p/

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          I like this idea of hosting web stuff at home with the most basic stuff you have lying around (see also home.wezm.net/~wmoore/cgi-bin/). We need a name for such things. Someone needs to come up with something better than or @sam

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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            [?]sam »
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            @sam@cablespaghetti.dev

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            @wezm@mastodon.decentralised.social @sam We need a marketing person for this. I am definitely not a marketing person. In the car world it’s called bangernomics, but this isn’t quite the same. 😝

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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              [?]Frank »
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              @fschaap@mastodon.social

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              @sam @wezm I always called this Trailing Edge Computing.

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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                [?]Meredith Whittaker »
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                @Mer__edith@mastodon.world

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                'Meredith,' some guys ask, 'why won't you shove AI into Signal?'

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                Because we love privacy, and we love you, and this shit is predictable and unacceptable. Use Signal ❤️

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
Guardian headline saying, "‘It’s terrifying’: WhatsApp AI helper mistakenly shares user’s number
Chatbot tries to change subject after serving up unrelated user’s mobile to man asking for rail firm helpline"

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                Alt... Guardian headline saying, "‘It’s terrifying’: WhatsApp AI helper mistakenly shares user’s number Chatbot tries to change subject after serving up unrelated user’s mobile to man asking for rail firm helpline"

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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                [?]Eve »
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                @eve@tooting.ch

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                @Mer__edith well I'd rather ask why would one want AI in a messaging app ! Thanks for signal !

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  [?]bytebro »
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  @bytebro@mastodonapp.uk

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  @Mer__edith
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  Personally I like Signal, and for me it works well, but when I have tried to get friends to use it, several have reported that they never get notifications of new messages. They are generally using older phones. Those friends all switched back to WhatsApp.

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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    [?]Alex@rtnVFRmedia Suffolk UK »
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    @vfrmedia@social.tchncs.de

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    @bytebro @Mer__edith

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    This happened to two friends of mine too.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    At least for IOS (and they have a fairly new device) there seems to be an extra stage required to reliably get new message notifications (possibly due to IOS's own privacy settings).

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    How to fix this is shown on the Signal site somewhere, but it doesn't always seem to work "out of the box".

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Both my friends are quite tech aware and one of them runs his own IT company but even he struggled with it a few years ago (he subsequently upgraded his device and it started working).

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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      [?]Daniel Lakeland »
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      @dlakelan@mastodon.sdf.org

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      @vfrmedia
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      Its always iOS users, there was an article on Mastodon recently saying its due to iOS throttling battery usage of infrequently used apps, so much that the app never gets a time slice to check for messages, there was a claim that European consumer laws were going to be used to require apple to fix this. Long story short, it isn't something signal controls. Apple does.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      @bytebro @Mer__edith

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        [?]Meredith Whittaker »
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        @Mer__edith@mastodon.world

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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        [?]Sebastian :coffefied: »
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        @ssamulczyk@mstdn.social

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        @Mer__edith Why would anyone want LLMs in an app as simple as Signal.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        KISS!🙈

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        It can sent and receive messages - job done. Please do not cave in, like ever!😍

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          [?]Incident Creator ❎ »
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          @vik@mastodon.nzoss.nz

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          @Mer__edith
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          Not AI, PI. Pseudo Intelligence. Not that I want either but actual AI is not a thing. It'll turn up at some point though, so we need to build the distinction now.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            [?]Em :official_verified: »
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            @Em0nM4stodon@infosec.exchange

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            @Mer__edith Thank you so much Meredith.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            Each time I hear you taking a stand for privacy and against surveillance and AI gimmicks I am increasingly happier with my monthly donation to Signal :signal: :blobcatheart:

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              [?]gunstick »
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              @gunstick@mastodon.opencloud.lu

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              @Mer__edith misleadimg article.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              It should say "chatbot did not know, so it just made up a number which just happens to be a working one"

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                [?]Elias Mårtenson »
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                @loke@functional.cafe

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                @Mer__edith I would love to know who is asking for this, and why they're doing that.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                I especially want to know if any of these people are actually users, rather than grifters.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                I don't think I've ever spoken to a human who said "oh, I wish there was more llm in the application I use to chat with people".

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  [?]Tony Hoyle »
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  @tony@toot.hoyle.me.uk

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  @Mer__edith I suspect it didn't share a user's number, it hallucinated a set of 11 digits that looked like a phone number and it happened to be valid. But that's not as good a headline.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    [?]Benjamin Monjoie :verified: »
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    @Xzan@androiddev.social

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    @Mer__edith This is what we get when the CEO and the company care more about their users than their shareholders and profit. And, for that, thank you!

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      [?]Noah »
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      @monkeyninja@10base2.dev

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      @Mer__edith I know this is only semi-related to your post but can we pause and appreciate the moment where that guy on Bluesky tried to explain to the PRESIDENT OF THE SIGNAL FOUNDATION what Signal’s future plans and business strategy are? Because it was such a chef’s kiss moment for me that I want to tape the screenshot to my wall.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        [?]Tofu Golem »
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        @tofugolem@mastodon.social

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        @Mer__edith
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        Dear tech companies,
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        Please stop putting AI in everything, unless you replace your CEO with AI.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        Imagine all the money you could save if you replaced the CEO with AI! It's not as if the AI would make worse decisions than your current CEO.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          [?]Flaming Cheeto »
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          @PizzaDemon@mastodon.online

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          @Mer__edith The last two years of Gen AI reminds me of a debate I had with developers about bug severity. Dev Mgr would only rank level 0 if the app broke and wouldn't run. I found a calculation that provided erroneous results in the final report of our business analytics app. Dev Mgr would not call people in on the weekend.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          "But our customer is going to make bad decisions based on false data we made and go out of business! That's worse than no answer"

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            [?]Mr. Completely »
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            @mrcompletely@heads.social

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            @Mer__edith but i saw some rando confidently mansplain that it was definitely happening

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            (not sure anything funnier has happened since)

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              [?]Shawn Koppenhoefer »
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              @koppenho@social.epfl.ch

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              "In March, a Norwegian man filed a complaint after he asked OpenAI’s ChatGPT for information about himself and was confidently told that he was in jail for murdering two of his children, which was false."

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              That sounds like an opening for a episode.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              , . theguardian.com/technology/202

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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                [?]sam »
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                @sam@cablespaghetti.dev

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                Well that's interesting. tells me in the notifications tab when people block me. I don't think there's a way to find out in Mastodon if you've been blocked. I just got blocked by someone who seems to post regularly but has 0 followers and 0 following over on defcon.social. How strange!

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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  [?]Basil »
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  @basil@sarcasm.stream

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  @sam that's a really icky feature.

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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    [?]Basil »
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    @basil@sarcasm.stream

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    @sam I know there's fedi instances that have bots that post whenever anyone from an external instance blocks someone.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    E.g.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Block Report Bot:
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    @PersonMindingThierOwnBiz@mastadooon.social has just blocked KingOfTheNazis@FreezePeach.Hate

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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      [?]sam »
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      @sam@cablespaghetti.dev

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      Yeah maybe it's visible to an instance admin but not typically the user. They are generally one and the same for snac anyway. It's interesting to see who blocks me anyway...

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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        [?]sam »
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        @sam@cablespaghetti.dev

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        @jamesb@duckduckpigeon.co.uk @sam@cablespaghetti.dev You are correct. I misremembered. I need to get into home assistant. I have all the hardware including a Zigbee USB stick already, but somehow haven’t got around to doing anything with it.

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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          [?]jamesb (MW1CGG) »
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          @jamesb@fedi.duckduckpigeon.co.uk

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          @sam What was this in response to? The thread isn't working.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          This happens so infrequently I'd like to print out the original and get it framed.

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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          [?]sam »
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          @sam@cablespaghetti.dev

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          I think this is another bug with me trying to use snac and an app designed for Mastodon…

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          You were correct about my vape batteries being 5-600mAh. I shall probably not be getting into NRF board development though, $40 is bonkers pricey for stuff like this!

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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            [?]jamesb (MW1CGG) »
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            @jamesb@fedi.duckduckpigeon.co.uk

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            @sam
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            You can get a seeed board for a tenner.

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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            [?]sam »
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            @sam@cablespaghetti.dev

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            Hardware tinkerer fedi. I have a lot of small capacity (5-600mAh) rechargeable lithium batteries pilfered from littered disposable vapes. What should I do with them?

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            Points will be given for amusing my 6 and 7 year old children and immense gratitude will be given if it stops them waking me up at 5am when it’s light early in the summer.

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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            [?]jamesb (MW1CGG) »
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            @jamesb@fedi.duckduckpigeon.co.uk

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            @sam If I were you I'd make USB rechargeable zigbee sensors for whatever you like with the NRF52480 and then send me the schematics and code.

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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            [?]jamesb (MW1CGG) »
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            @jamesb@fedi.duckduckpigeon.co.uk

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            @sam Although all the ones I have from disposable vapes start at 500mAH. I dread to think where you got yours from.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            [?]Mans R »
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            @mansr@society.oftrolls.com

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            @sam Setting them on fire would probably amuse the kids.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              [?]Hedders »
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              @hedders@mas.to

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              "Butter me an otter, I'll be back for breakfast" is a thing I just said to Mrs Wife.

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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                [?]HighlandLawyer »
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                @HighlandLawyer@mastodon.social

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                @hedders
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                Did the otter eat the kippers?

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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  [?]Hedders »
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  @hedders@mas.to

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  @HighlandLawyer It smoked the kippers.

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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    [?]sam »
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    @sam@cablespaghetti.dev

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    @hedders@mas.to @HighlandLawyer And said it’ll be back for breakfast?

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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      [?]sam »
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      @sam@cablespaghetti.dev

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      @hedders@mas.to Ah crap this isn’t as good a reference when the original post already has the reference. Didn’t see it before replying. 😆 Red Dwarf ftw…

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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        [?]Hedders »
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        @hedders@mas.to

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        @sam Oh smeg, indeed!

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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          [?]sam »
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          @sam@cablespaghetti.dev

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          You absolute smeghead hedders...

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            [?]Hedders »
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            @hedders@mas.to

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            @sam More squeaked than said, But yes.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              [?]HighlandLawyer »
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              @HighlandLawyer@mastodon.social

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              @hedders
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              Must have been a little otter then.

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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                [?]sam »
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                @sam@cablespaghetti.dev

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                Here's a blog post on setting up Alpine Linux on my old 256MB Raspberry Pi in diskless mode and having it host a static site (and now my blog). I'll write up another on how I got Snac installed to have it host my fediverse presence over the next few days. Enjoy!

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                https://cablespaghetti.dev/hosting-a-static-site-on-an-original-raspberry-pi.html


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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  [?]Michael »
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  @mmeier@social.mei-home.net

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  @sam I think there might be something wrong with it?

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  A screenshot of the blog post, with text in code boxes visible, but otherwise there is no text, just a couple of icons.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  Alt...A screenshot of the blog post, with text in code boxes visible, but otherwise there is no text, just a couple of icons.

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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    [?]sam »
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    @sam@cablespaghetti.dev

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    @mmeier@social.mei-home.net @sam I ever so slightly broke the Pi posting the link to the fediverse and every instance hitting it all at once. Is it good on your end now?

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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      [?]Michael »
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      @mmeier@social.mei-home.net

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      @sam No, it still looks the same for me:

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      Another screenshot of the post, similar to the first one, only text in code blocks is visible.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      Alt...Another screenshot of the post, similar to the first one, only text in code blocks is visible.

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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        [?]sam »
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        @sam@cablespaghetti.dev

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        @mmeier@social.mei-home.net @sam Very interesting. Which browser are you using? It works fine on all my devices/browsers.

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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          [?]Michael »
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          @mmeier@social.mei-home.net

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          @sam Yeah, see my other answer (possibly not fetched by our poor Pi yet? 😉 ), I only have the issue on Firefox, Chrome displays it just fine.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            [?]Michael »
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            @mmeier@social.mei-home.net

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            @sam Okay, just tried it in Google Chrome (previous screenshots were Firefox), and there it's looking fine.

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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              [?]sam »
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              @sam@cablespaghetti.dev

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              @mmeier@social.mei-home.net @sam I am also a Firefox user but don’t have the same issue. Very strange. Thanks for flagging.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              There are some HTML validity issues I’m seeing if I put it through validator.w3.org that I will endevour to fix. Maybe it’ll help. 🤷

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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                [?]Michael »
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                @mmeier@social.mei-home.net

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                @sam Okay, in that case it really looks like the issue is on my end, when you're seeing it properly in Firefox.

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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  [?]sam »
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  @sam@cablespaghetti.dev

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  @mmeier@social.mei-home.net @sam I think you probably loaded it at the peak of it being overloaded and something only partially transferred and then that got cached for you. That’s my theory anyway. Have you tried a Ctrl-Shift-R which I think forces a refresh?

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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    [?]sam »
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    @sam@cablespaghetti.dev

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    If anyone is having issues loading my blog post or it renders strangely in your browser, please let me know. I think it might have been a result of all the Mastodon servers trying to download it at the same time and causing partial transfers of the html

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    At no point did I say this was an optimal configuration for a website and social media account!

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      [?]Ivor Hewitt »
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      @ivor@social.ivor.org

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      @sam looking all good now. 👍 Definitely on my to-do list moving my blog over and running on a static site.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      I like the look of github.com/cfenollosa/bashblog i saw @cartron mention.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        [?]Natanael Copa »
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        @ncopa@fosstodon.org

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        @sam Nice article! I love how you managed squeeze out more by compressing the pages

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        A few tips and tricks:

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        - you dont need to type the ssh key from the installer. at the "enter ssh key" question you can write "al <user>", "gl <user>" or "gh <user>", which will download your gitlab.alpinelinux.org, gitlab.com or GitHub.com <user>s ssh keys. or you should enter an https URL to your keys.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        - `echo rc_after=ntpd >> /etc/conf.d/lighttpd` to make it start after ntpd.

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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          [?]Natanael Copa »
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          @ncopa@fosstodon.org

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          @sam you can set up a headless machine by adding a USB stick (or any partition) with vfat label "cidata". on this you add a file meta-data with:
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          local-hostname: myhostname

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          and a file named user-data with:
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          -config
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          ssh_authorized_keys:
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          - ssh-ed25519 ...
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          packages:
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          - lighttpd
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          - tmux

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          A subset of cloud-init's config is supported.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          With this you don't even need a screen or keyboard.

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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            [?]sam »
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            @sam@cablespaghetti.dev

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            @ncopa@fosstodon.org @sam@fosstodon.org Thanks these are really great tips. I’m new to Alpine but really enjoying playing with it. I’ll try them out and maybe even add them to the blog post. 🙂

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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              [?]sam »
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              @sam@cablespaghetti.dev

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              I think this is why crashed last night when I posted the link to my blog post. The combination of the load from sending out to many ActivityPub servers and all those servers trying to generate a thumbnail card thing by hitting the website was just too much for the little Pi. I'll have to see if I can do anything to optimise caching...

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              Screenshot of dmesg output showing many "TCP: too many orphaned sockets" from last night.

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