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Five years ago(as of June 8th), I decided to give up on Acme and make my own text-editor. The plan was to make something I'd use for the rest of my life, improve it as I went along. It was to be written in this new language, and my list of ideas for it included a ton of extremely bizarre UX choices I hadn't really tested for my own. But if we ignore the more quirky esoteric things about it, there was two pretty simple choices made for it:
Undo depth: zero.
Largest file: 64kb minus the editor's own size.
Undo is probably the easiest one to understand. As you'd expect, some other mechanism emerged to take its place, I wouldn't just let it eat up my work each time I made a mistake. What ended up replacing it was being able to append and cut off chunks of snarf buffers, when I have something I might want to keep, I push it the top of the snarf file. When I'm satisfied with the change, I pop it off, or add something else on top. This has served me well enough, I figured that if I ever needed undo I might add it, but the occasion never came!
As of today, Left sits at 17677 bytes, which means I can edit a file, at most, a 45kb long file. This turned out to be less of an issue than I expected, mostly it made it so I split projects into chunks, but more importantly, it means that every single byte of the editor has to be accounted for. If I add something, I know its cost and the cost is directly making for a worse editor. This has been a constant force of optimization and code hygiene over the years.
https://rabbits.srht.site/decadv/
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[Seeing the Linux TTY on this is so funny to me
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ai mention [SENSITIVE CONTENT]
If someone is interested in the driver, I published it here: https://github.com/lucasl0st/sh1107-spi-drm
But fair warning, it is heavily vibecoded (I just dont know much kernel stuff).
Its based on the existing SSD13xx driver
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A new MNT Pocket Reform mini laptop variant with Quasar 6490 (Qualcomm QCS6490) processor module (8GB RAM / 128GB UFS) preinstalled is now available in our shop: https://shop.mntre.com/products/mnt-pocket-reform
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@mntmn ahhhhhh, you named it after my cat! I've been wanting one for ages but I guess I have no choice now??? looks excellent too btw, lol
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@mntmn Is this going to be the “budget” processor module going forward? Or do you have any plan for an even cheaper one?
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@Sylvhem i think the only cheaper solutions would be:
- something with rk3576 (haven't made up my mind)
- cheapest would be rcm5 adapter (you'd have to bring your own rpi or radxa cm5)
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I am not sure what the different switches mean. Is Clicky like a microswitch like the old Keyboards 30 years ago?
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@Kaesekuchen here's a random video that demonstrates the various switch colors and their sounds quite well https://youtu.be/gz7IF3KjxSY
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@mntmn QCS6490 is cheaper *and* faster? Am I reading various spec pages right?
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PSA there was a shop stock misconfiguration about the keyswitches of this product. If you tried to check out and it didn't work, please try again.
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That's crazy: There are people like me who are called developers, and there are people who build Amiga hardware and really awesome laptops. I almost feel a little ashamed. And I really got goosebumps while browsing your store. That's truly amazing! I'll probably need a small, portable device next year. I've bookmarked it.
just took some pictures of the new MNT Pocket Keyboard (small standalone USB-C keyboard with integrated optical trackball and RGB backlight) that's coming to our shop at some point next week. the case is a mix of aluminum (top plate) and Multi Jet Fusion printed Nylon (HP PA 12 S). in my opinion it feels really nice in the hands. open source hardware, of course.
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BTW with a bit of firmware work (it's open source RP2040 / pico-sdk based) this could be a cool USB MIDI controller, or game controller, as well
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@mntmn Bluetooth?
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@rollspelosofen USB-C for now to avoid scope creep, but the case/design is prepared for a future wireless version if it's doable in a robust way
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@rollspelosofen actually there is a PCB design/version of the keyboard with a small charger and the RPi WiFi/BT stamp, but no firmware was written for it yet
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@mntmn that’s a neat keyboard, but also love the nails 💅
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@mntmn I wish #microsoft would re-release their Microsoft Foldable Keyboard, but with a USB-C connection. I own this and IMHO it's the best product they ever made ...
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[@mntmn looks lovely, only thing worrying me is the lack of bumps on f and j
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@cararemixed @vavakado yeah this should be possible with some clever engraving that's different than on the other keys (all caps are laser engraved)
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@mntmn I like that, even though building Open Source hardware is a significant constraint throughout, you mention it last. Because it first has to be a good device (and I'm sure it is).
Hey, I just realized that my 2023 desktop has USB-C ports so I could use it there. Everything else is USB-A-only (I like my old hardware... and my RPi)
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@jbqueru @grmon USB-A receptacle is host only. there shouldn't be any devices with USB-A receptacles. that's what USB-B was for. or maybe i misunderstood something? the keyboard has a USB-C receptacle. a USB-A plug to USB-C plug cable connects a USB-A host (receptacle) to a USB-C device (receptacle on the device).
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@mntmn I'm guessing it's a membrane keyboard because I'm not sure you could really do anything else in that form factor, but do correct me if I'm wrong. Either way, this would be tempting for smaller machines that may not come with a keyboard or may not be practical for my mechanical keyboard.
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@disorderlyf mechanical, kailh choc v1 switches with custom keycaps that allow for "denser" placement of keys
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@mntmn 0.0 Okay, that's extremely impressive. Like, even if switches and caps can get way smaller than I think, I'm not only impressed but would be willing to spend a lot more on this and might use it for more than just like smartphones and steam decks if I got one.
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@mntmn Does it fold in four like the palm pilot one?
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@mntmn Reminded me of this one and was hoping it had the fold feature. I didn't think it actually would, but comment was intended as a hint for v2 to really get them selling.
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@mntmn I like it, though for me there is one fatal problem. Everyone likes to put the tracking device on the bottom.
I absolutely hate that. Accidental touches all the time.
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@knowprose there's no capacitive touch involved, so not sure what the problem would be
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@mntmn as someone who uses keyboards all the time, accidental touches to the ball or pad are a real problem for me.
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@mntmn this is amazing! I've always loved the keyboard on the pocket reform and now I can use it with any computer I want!
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@mntmn that looks like it would pair nicely with one of these —> https://byok.io/ for writing use.
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@rboerner interesting, hadn't seen that one before
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@mntmn if you liked that, you might really like these —> https://www.tindie.com/stores/unkyulee/
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@rboerner that's a fascinating space, i wonder if a significant number of people want these distraction-free writing devices
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@mntmn I believe there is a huge market for these types of devices. If you haven’t seen them already check out:
https://www.crowdsupply.com/zerowriter/zerowriter-ink
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/zerowriter/zerowriter-fold
And check out this forum —> https://www.flickr.com/groups/alphasmart/
The forum was initially only about AlphaSmart devices that are no longer available new, but it has morphed into a group related too all types of distraction free writing devices.
If you haven’t seen an AlphaSmart, check out this video for a good overview —> https://youtu.be/V066pDsRPRo?is=fkkNu9Ozvj6hpGYS
I have multiple AlphaSmarts, and I love them (they all still work despite their age)
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@mntmn ok, this is pretty tempting, i've been using typematrix keyboards for 15 years, so i'd miss the enter/backspace in the middle, but maybe i could get used to having them on the thumbs (as i assume the lower keys do). But on the other hand, finally the pointing device would be integrated 
How silent is it, and is it sturdy enough to put unprotected in a backpack with other stuff without fearing for the keys? (maybe i could 3D print a cover if sensible though).
@mntmn Looks great. Glad it wired only. I cannot understand ppl using wireless keyboard from a security perspective.
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- #protectli vp2430 with #openbsd
- #projectaudio dac box s2+
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- #logitec pebble 2 combo
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I have a *cheap* usb to serial port adapter so I can ssh into a host and then grab the serial console of our router.
Saves me some trips and up and down stairs. :)
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openbsd -- usb dac -- amp -- speakersnext up: make everything more user-friendly or teach my family how to use the command line ;)
openbsd -- hdmi tv
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then i discovered that openbsd doesn't support audio over hdmi and my openbsd server doesn't have analog audio output, obviously.
my tv had been connected to a stereo amplifier anyway, so my setup is actually even better now: a dedicated usb dac connected directly to the amplifier.
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at least the dac box can draw power from my server over the same usb cable.
very excited to switch to fully local streaming ❤️
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@hi My daily driver is similarly comfortable to me, but pretty unusable by others…lots of keyboard shortcuts, superfluous window-chrome hidden, lots of dark-mode comfort for my eyes, lots of CLI/terminal interactions 😆
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I Did Not Kill Stanley Lieber: How to draw (with 9front)
The penultimate paper on paint(1) and the 9front art machine.
https://triapul.cz/automa/i_did_not_kill_stanley_lieber
#unix_surrealism #plan9 #9front #art #guide #computers #oldcomputerchallenge
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@prahou this is really cool. even though i am not on 9front i draw with oekaki and paint(1). this definitely makes me want to get a touchscreen thinkpad.
thanks for making this, this and the article on cat-v are the sorts of things that made me start drawing again.
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We really appreciate the work done on the TLS settings in relayd(8) and httpd(8).
It makes it even easier to get a tried and tested secure connection to your favorite OS and service!
"Both relayd(8) and httpd(8) now have the "secure" list of allowed crypto methods for HTTPS, which include TLSv1.3 and the TLSv1.2 AEAD cipher suites.
The previous list was "HIGH:!aNULL" which contain non-perfect-forward-security methods and this change may cause old clients to not be able to connect."
Source: https://undeadly.org/cgi?action=article;sid=20260629165750
Hat Tip to @sizeofvoid and others!
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Meme of "The Most Interesting Man in the World" is an advertising campaign for Dos Equis beer featuring actor Jonathan Goldsmith as a bearded, debonair older gentleman with voiceovers that were both humorous and outrageous.
It has the text: I don't always tip, but when I do, it's my hat.
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Most_Interesting_Man_in_the_World
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it's easy to script everything. wrote a script to download the latest version of routeros and upgrade all my mikrotik devices: routers, modems, access points (via capsman)
and when you need gui then winbox is amazing too. nice solid ui and it's only getting better over time
A #plan9 sort of day.
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Gathering a bunch of examples, I want to learn to make little graphical apps.
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Figured out the basics for drawing stuff I think. The docs are pretty great.
Also, I'm becoming a freaking ACME magician, I love the chords scheme thingy.
http://man.postnix.pw/9front/2/draw
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I think I will make a #plan9 cookbook with a bunch of examples files like I did for Think Pascal and 6502 Assembly.
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Making menus in #plan9 is so simple.
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Managed to compile asm6 with pcc and resume my 6502 work, only this time, in #plan9.
Dreams do come true.
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Implemented bresenham line.
Left is #plan9's line() and right is bresenham.
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AWYEAH, that's it.
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I know I told myself I wouldn't waste time doing this but the #plan9 babyblue was NOT calming me down, at all.
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Teaching myself how to mod rio. Added wallpapers support from scratch today. Plan9 is amazing, it's everything I was promised, it's now my main daily driver.
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Made #plan9's Acme feel a bit more confortable, hacked it a bit so shift+arrows move the selection left and right. Total game changer.
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caaat wallaper
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Implemented the XXIIVV logo in #plan9's draw(2)
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Every 6 months I have to relearn high-school geometry..
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AH! Here we go, 3d from scratch basically. I tried importing some stuff like libgraphics and other fanciful things into #plan9, it was too hard for me. I ended up just rebuilding my tiny wireframe engine in a hundred lines or so, no dependencies.
https://wiki.xxiivv.com/site/graf3dscene.html
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Oh cool! You can do little recursive things in PostScript!
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I couldn't figure out how to use sed @cancel so I removed the fancy spacing and pipes and things.
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@cancel Could you relay my thanks to sigrid, this is my dream hex view :> I'll come on IRC in 5 more days..
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Completed my little .chr(famicom sprite format) file viewer util for #plan9, added context menu for zooming.
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Thanks to @khm for showing me how to change the context menu :)
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Messing with aiju's NES emulator.
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I want to redo the keyboard scheme for the emulator, but first, gotta learn how Plan 9 apps handles keyboard controls.
Seems easy enough.
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Neralie(decimal) time on #plan9.
https://wiki.xxiivv.com/site/neralie.html
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The code for making a GUI application with keyboard controls in #plan9 basically fits in a toot.
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The code for making a drawing app in #plan9 fits also in a toot.
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Created a bunch of simple #plan9 example projects!
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Oh my god.
I've always thought 3D was this complicated thing, I would include these big libraries and frameworks to make 3d stuff, but in reality, all I needed was these 2 little functions?! Are you kidding me.
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Projection is the easier part, though it's enough for wireframes. If you need faces it's a bit harder. Depending on the techniques you want to use, it can involve point-in-triangle calculations, barycentric coordinates, UV coordinates, shading, distance fields, and various coordinate transformations. It often is also a mixture of all of these, and more.
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@sirjofri Oh wow, that was more than five years ago, I have since figured out polygon filling and normals functions ^__^
peak I think, 5859 bytes
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@neauoire please tell me what this is! It looks amazing!
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@hi yeah it's the first-gen bZ4X. I like the part where (as a YT review put it) "you get in, and the only thing that differentiates the car from any other Toyota is the extra button that controls regenerative breaking", except that it's a fully BEV.
The software is trash and the efficiency is not as good as some of the other offerings or the newer bZ (which has better range with the same battery + a Lexus software and updated interior).
But it still manages 300+km on a charge (250 in the winter), it's spacious, robust, the driving aids are great. Overall very happy with it.
Our next car will be a Kia PV5 for the #vanlife-potential, but will likely keep the bZ when our lease expires.
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@hi I'm sure the new bZ is nice, but not so much nicer that I'd consider upgrading (esp. that we got ours, an AWD with a heavy discount when the dealerships were getting rid of their old test-drive cars when the new model was coming in, essentially we got it 40% cheaper...)
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@hi I don't think you can go wrong with the Kia-s btw, if you find something that fits your taste/requirements, they are very good.
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We finally got a real waterproofing guy to come and not just a general "fixes house things" guy and he instantly saw a small crack everyone else missed and is confident that's the real problem.
And he can fix it tomorrow.
He also suggested some VERY expensive dirt-moving outside, but we don't have the money for that. Holy cow.
I kinda hate knowing that there are even more and fundamentally better protections we could do if only we had (a lot) more money.
Moving dirt is so damn expensive.
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So I guess the current plan is, we'll get this crack filled in and such and then we'll get the gutters cleaned, downspouts improved, and better/new gutter guards installed.
Those two combined should, I would hope, address the immediate problem. In theory.
It of course does nothing to address the indoor damage (and the fact that waterproofing guy needs to remove even more of the wall to get at the crack).
So our family room remains destroyed and unusable for the foreseeable future.
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@bigzaphod how's the insurance discussion going? They told you to pound sand? (side hope: maybe the heat & Ac dehumidification can help with your inside damage)
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@grork insurance has proven useless. I've tried a few angles with them, but no, they have fine print that exempts every single thing.
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@bigzaphod Without knowing your exact situation, I imagine the guy was suggestion re-grading your lawn. That is likely the best option but, as you say, expensive. You could rent an excavator and do it yourself but you may not be comfortable doing that and you will still have to buy the dirt.
One cheaper option is installing a French drain. You can DIY it with a little elbow grease: https://www.homedepot.com/c/ah/how-to-install-a-french-drain/9ba683603be9fa5395fab9012cc2665. Just be sure to grade it correctly.
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@plankersteve the general contractor was suggesting a french drain, and the waterproofing guy was suggesting a berm or swale, so in some ways, roughly the same kind of thing, I guess. The problem is the place that kind of needs this setup is under a pretty low deck.. so one guy wanted to tear that out entirely, do earthwork, and then rebuild a much smaller and simpler deck. The other guy thought he could maybe work under there but wouldn't be easy. Me and physical labor just... don't do well. 😕
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@bigzaphod I am no expert but these two are suggesting draining AT the problem area or preventing water from GETTING TO the problem area.
Since you can install a French drain pretty much anywhere it’s quite possible that you can run the drain around the deck to redirect the water before it gets to the problem area. Basically combine option one (pipes) and two (stop water from getting to the problem area).
Again, not an expert and I’ve no idea if it would work. But maybe worth looking into.
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@bigzaphod There are amazing products for sealing/protecting basements these days if building new, but to do after the fact you'd have to dig up the entire perimeter.
Even French drains, done right, are a *ton* of work even without dealing with decks and such.
While I sometimes (having grown up with one) miss having a basement, it's also kind of nice not having to worry about it.
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I assume people already suggested downspout extensions so that the water also gets dumped farther away from the house, right?
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@mrdaveanderson it's been mentioned, yeah, but the way the land sits and where the spouts are, that doesn't seem to be a big part of the immediate problem. But it's something that could also be improved. Main issue is there are some lower spots along the backside of the house and since there's a big field behind my house, too, and the whole thing slopes toward my house so it acts like a dam. There's some contouring around there, but it could be it just slowly eroded or sank over the years.
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@bigzaphod hm, well that's definitely an "eep" for sure.
Probably totally different circumstances then, I just know that growing up we had basement water issues that went away once the downspouts were all extended away from the house.
Unfortunate to have such large scale grading issues with no easily affordable fix.
Definitely wouldn't just rely on foundation crack fix/waterproofing though...sadly a corollary to "life finds a way" is probably "water finds its way into any 'sealed' vessel eventually", especially if the site is r graded properly.
Haven't had any issues yet (thank dog) but one of the reasons we are replacing our back patio this year is because it's not graded away from the house properly (pavers all heaved around and now would direct water to the house instead of away).
Houses have a lot of edge cases :/
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I've got nothing.
20 new VMs were added and 46 VMs were renewed.
We donated €890 to the #OpenBSD Foundation, €67645 (!!) since we started.
Thank you, our users, and OpenBSD developers for an awesome OS!
Stay cool, safe, healthy & sane!
#RUNBSD in 2026
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Most hilarious #OpenBSD bug I've seen in a while: The kernel can panic when pressing the CapsLock key: https://marc.info/?l=openbsd-bugs&m=178186466408482&w=2
Fortunately, true hackers have mapped CapsLock to Control 
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@stsp Did anyone try to use the termux or better termius client to log in to the server console or just via ssh on OpenBSD Amsterdam?
edit: caps lock android termius with just ssh, does not lock. Will try different things, when back on the computer.
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@stsp I like mapping caps lock to compose key so I can french on qwerty keyboard :)
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@gkrnours I have Compose on an Alt key and it is indeed useful. I am not very happy with this placement as it is awkward to type with. Fortunately, I only need Compose for Umlauts with some German characters and I don't have to write a lot of formally correct German these days.
My written French, which I sometimes have to use in Belgium, is so bad that trying to place accents correctly would just make it even worse so I just don't bother 
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@miodvallat @gkrnours I don't uße this letter all that much. Can just fall back on double-s if the recipient isn't too pedantic.
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@miodvallat @gkrnours Leading the way towards the next Rechtschreibreform to simplify things further.
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The choice of character would insinuate communicating with a German speaker, correct?
@miodvallat @gkrnours
it detects the intel hd audio and attaches azalia(4), but only the internal realtek alc257 codec is found.
there is no hdmi audio codec, no audio1, and mixerctl -a only shows the internal speaker/headphone outputs. the external display works over hdmi, but there is no way to select hdmi audio because no hdmi audio device is detected.
is hdmi audio expected to work with openbsd 7.9? if it should work, are there any additional diagnostics steps i should try?
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@hi when I looked at it, if I remember and understood well, some docs said that this implies some defaults modification that impacts too many people, so it was never intergrated in the source.
But I think there was a patch somewhere in the wild. But not sure it still would work these days.
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@hi it doesn’t work out of the box. If you look at the driver code you’ll see it skips HDMI. There’s been various discussions about that, the issue is it might select HDMI by default and there’s not a good mechanism for that currently. The naive approach of removing the code that skips it might work on some devices, although there are various HDMI specific quirks that aren’t implemented currently…
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support hdmi audio, but I don't know that for sure.
https://man.openbsd.org/azalia.4
At the botton us says hdmi codecs are not supported, but i don't
know what that means.
I use a small usb sound device on my system connected to a TV
using hdmi.
(I think that's how I came to know that hdmi doesn't work.)
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@hi I got excited by your post thinking that I had missed HDMI audio support being introduced in 7.9.
Maybe one day! 
ESS9038K2M 32-bit
up to dsd256, pcm up to 32b/768kHz
I have one solar panel inverter that's currently reading 162F. 🫠
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@hi hopefully they'll be okay. I have micro-inverters, so actually there's several of them up on the roof (but under the panels). One inverter handles 2 or 3 panels. Something like that. Rather than one big inverter in or on the side of the house.
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Back from 15 amazing days with the family in Japan. Brought my new Fuji GFX RF for the journey, with no laptop to edit along the way.
Working with the images now and I am so pleased with the camera and @aphera; culling was quick, editing is a breeze, and most of all I'm _happy with the images_. A real-world test makes me feel really good about the app.
So here's a few from Kyoto
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kudos to deltahedra ❤️
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i just want to replace it with a few scripts and plain text logs. feels like all i need is to fetch price and weather forecasts and pull/push some modbus registers...
what do you use for your smart homes?
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@hi yeah the more my solar setup evolves the more I want to hand-roll the monitoring/dashboard part 
People have a lot of good to say about https://solar-assistant.io - it's a one-time-payment but I'm planning to look into it at some point.
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@hi iirc @hywan hand-rolled some (most?) of their stuff for https://lamaisonvivante.blog/
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@hi I'm *particularly* annoyed at how bad HA is at integrating weather (forecasting etc.) and other metadata. It feels like you could get a lot more out of your systems/batteries if you had better foresight into weather patterns.
Until I connected my car charger I didn't have any sufficient loads to keep my batteries from sitting at 100% at 8AM, but now that I do, intelligently dumping solar into the car's battery but making sure there is enough left in case of bad weather looming around the corner would be awesome.
And I will probably have to handroll it all 
similar to this setup, but with a trackpad not a mouse...
any ideas?
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(1) BIOS might not be accessible,
(2) It is not possible to do pairing with receiver on BSD, this can be worked around by running HirensBoot from USB.
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@hi FWIW once upon a time, there was a real computer, running a BSD system, plugged onto my TV to display DVD rips. I used a noname USB gamepad to navigate through the X11 GUI interface. Sorry, neither the pad brand, nor the home cinema software come back from far memories. Still this was a nice way, at that time, to drive the whole stuff.
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@hi my Logitech K410 works on OpenBSD. It has a touchpad. But it’s not mechanical.
Also, this https://www.tumfatig.net/2024/using-the-logitech-wireless-rechargeable-touchpad-t650-on-openbsd/ standalone touchpad works with OpenBSD.
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@hi there is also an "options to replace your old couch keyboard". No mention of OpenBSD support but there may be ideas for testings and send back if it fails ;-)
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after all i'm thinking about pebble 2 combo. all keyboards with trackpads tend to look a bit too cluttered for my taste. will try to survive without pointing device, but will get a mouse for emergencies :)
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@hi not enough "Ins" key for me 🤭 I should really get used to Shift-Ctrl-X/C/V 😅
now i'm looking for m.2 modules (lte/5g and wifi ap) compatible with #openbsd. any recommendations?
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@hi I'm using a Quectel EP06-E in a USB/Mini PCIe enclosure it works well for the most part via umb(4). I have a few issues with it not reconnecting to the mobile network, still need to get to the bottom of them.
Not exactly what you're looking for, but perhaps that'll give some pointers.
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It rained tropically all day yesterday, so we didn't wander the woods, I stayed in and worked on my little OpenFirmware-inspired operating system.
It's capable enough that I've added it to uxn11 and uxn2, accessible with F4. A perfect little tool bounce in and out of roms, set a screen size for roms that don't, rename/delete files, peek at metadata, etc..
https://wiki.xxiivv.com/site/m_pc
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@neauoire this is amazing, the evolution from loader.rom, porporo, potato, sunflower basic and now M/PC. μxn, UF as well and TalOS personally.
Is there any other monitor/launcher/OS I missed?
Oh and there was also a BIOS at some point.
So as I understand you could boot into M/PC and then load potato, just like a real thing.
I hope someday I can make TalOS run in a terminal inside potato.
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@snufkin_vc yeah pretty much, next thing I want to add it is support for loading oversized roms like oquonie :)
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@neauoire where are you guys anchored now?
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@avi we're in Von Donop, we should see Mike soon, I think he's coming up in a week or two.
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[@neauoire this is very neat. I love how simple and useful your UI looks. I’ve ended up down the path of building my own Wayland window manager for Debian so I get things to look and behave how I like.
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@hi If you have a disk that you're happy to have mounted read-only, then https://stable.rcesoftware.com/resflash/ could be useful!
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@hi It's great! I also like that the project's been going for many years, yet got updated for 7.9 straight away 
next up: build own micro-grid and automate export to the grid based on price and weather forecasts
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@hi you got your battery, nice! what did you end up getting?
currently getting my wiring and inverters up-to-snuff to be able to plug the car in but we have been, likewise, completely self sufficient with the batteries never dipping below 50%...
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@hi not a ton, especially if you get your panels covered in snow before the weeklong freezes start :(
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i was thinking about a rowing machine for long time, but was not sure if there is enough space for it in my tiny home gym. this end up very well: rowerg is quite compact and light.
it's not as fun as running outdoors, but there are many pros for me:
- it shows my current heart rate in big digits (it supports garmin watch and heart rate monitor)
- works in any weather (winters are quite icy here for running every day, also there are no bears, wolves, or lynxes indoors)
- helps to do cardio more consistently (rowing is easier to start, no need to carry my phone, keys, head lamp, etc)
- perfect for full body warm up before lifing weights
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@hi cons: it doesn’t charge the external batteries that will recharge the phones during night ;-D (yet?)
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> i still plan to run from time to time, but just for fun
I see the words you type, but they make no sense… 😆
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so far we've presold 12x MNT Quasar 6490 modules, that's 50% of what we need to kick off the first batch. feel free to send me some promo ideas. should i make a video showing the general performance? who would be your favorite reviewer for the Quasar Pocket Reform?
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@mntmn Out of curiosity: How many 7zip-MIPS for 1 core, and how many all cores? (p7zip v.16)
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@goetz interestingly on 8550 i currently get a 27508 total score, decompressing scores are very similar but compressing is faster, 29608 in the first run and then throttles to ~24600
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very preliminary Quasar 8550 "7z b" scores on MNT Reform Next
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@mntmn Could you perhaps run it with »7za b -mmt1«, again, for 1 thread? Some CPUs then clock the single core used higher.
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@goetz here you go! it didn't want to boost to 3.1ghz on the X-3 automatically (reason yet unknown) but with userspace governor i was able to manually set it to 3.1ghz. doesn't make a huge difference though, probably thermals related (passive cooled):
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@mntmn thanks a lot! will add it to my 7zip bench list of systems, too
Still need to have the luck to touch a MNT book somewhere, for haptic trial …
@mntmn Ah, just noticed, you’re using 7zip 26.x something. AFAIK these newer versions has different benchmark results than the pre-18 ones, so can’t add it to my list, unfortunately. Still good to have some numbers to compare with my M1
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@mntmn@mastodon.social The alt mode is nice but I read it requires a new mainboard, not something most people interested in upgrading would have, hmm
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@mntmn Does orders placed for Pocket Reform with Quasar 6490 count towards the initial goal for 25 units?
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@mntmn Very good. :) Also you may want to promote the MNT Quasar and Pocket at ExplainingComputers YT channel. https://www.youtube.com/@ExplainingComputers
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@mntmn It'd be really cool if The Verge reviewed it, but they might also weight the price/performance ratio pretty strongly against the big-name manufacturers. I remember they did spotlight the Pocket in a short a while back though
see also
unix: a history and a memoir by brian kernighan
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summary--what's most important. to put my strongest concerns in a nutshell: 1. we should have some ways of coupling programs like garden hose--screw in another segment when it becomes necessary to massage data in another way
i'm very happy to present the first release of the Barebox bootloader tailored for MNT Pocket Reform with RK3588 processor, bringing you an advanced bootloader with graphics and comfy shell: https://source.mnt.re/reform/mnt-reform-barebox/-/releases/2026-06-18
this is the culmination of an 8-months part time effort, mostly by @ailurux who ported all the missing display drivers and did a lot of bugfixing and polishing, with some little spikes by myself here and there. also thanks to @a3f for the friendly support navigating @barebox code.
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here i selected the bootsources menu which shows me some of the Debian Linux kernel versions installed. this also supports EFI and extlinux.
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the shell is quite unix/posix-like with commands like "ls", "cd", "cat" etc.there's a virtual filesystem, mounts and networking.
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@ailurux @a3f @barebox we also have a fixup script for booting the current OpenBSD aarch64 image including instructions to get started: https://source.mnt.re/reform/mnt-reform-barebox/-/blob/main/README-mnt.md#booting-openbsd
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@ailurux @a3f @barebox BTW the MNT logo with rainbow in the corner is a nod to the very first MNT Reform 1.0 from January 2019, with i.MX6QP processor (damn, that's over 7 years ago)
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@hi my friend wants to know also.
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can't remember if i shared this fun computer thing i made
it's a lil toy for interactively exploring 1-bit dither — including my beloved Atkinson dither from the MacPaint era — by playing with it like it's a board game
try it here, but note there's zero instruction and the UI is full of secrets: https://www.inkandswitch.com/tangents/dither-explorer/
or, more fun, watch me explain how it works by saying words and moving my hands a lot: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9vZcmWhTeOM&list=PLCC8lmauZTzeEP7mIsOOI4HKeeyBN2rIy&index=5&t=114s
trip out, have fun <3
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@spiralganglion love this.
wondering what else is in tangents 🤔
good dithering pattern always consists of multiple names :)
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The Dillo browser has an excellent directory of bookmarks! If you have ideas that might be a good fit, suggest them at the bottom of the page.
https://dir.dillo-browser.org/
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3200 x 2400 @ 60 hz
0.69 kg
$719 color
$619 mono
https://www.crowdsupply.com/modos-tech/modos-flow
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@hi why do you like this, it doesn’t seem to do 80x25 console 😆
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I was missing a good image viewer to flip through folders with hundreds of chr and icn pixelart files, so I wrote one!
https://git.sr.ht/~rabbits/uxn-utils/tree/main/item/gui/image/src/image.tal
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A few images displayed through image.rom
Someone just demonstrated that the entire Uxn toolchain can be reconstructed from nothing but a POSIX shell, xxd and sed. It's down to taking 34 minutes to build the Uxntal assembler.
bootstrap: https://joe.cz/uxn/uxn1b-drifloon.txt
repo: https://gitlab.com/racketeer/uxnsh
#uxn
OpenBSD 7.9 will be deployed on the hosts as soon as possible!
We want to wait for the first errata to appear.
21 new VMs were added and 61 VMs were renewed.
We donated €1125 to the #OpenBSD Foundation, €66755 since we started.
Thank you, our users, and OpenBSD developers for an awesome OS!
Stay safe, healthy & sane!
#RUNBSD in 2026
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Phoebe Teaching Joey refers to a scene from the Friends television series in which character Phoebe Buffay attempts to teach character Joey Tribbiani French by making him repeat words after her. In March 2020, the scene gained popularity in memes online, with Phoebe attempting to explain various concepts to Joey but ultimately failing.
This one has the following exchange:
Phoebe: Just
Joey: Just
Phoebe: Update
Joey: Update
Phoebe: And
Joey: And
Phoebe: Shutdown
Joey: Update And Restart
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Illustrated tear-downs and break-downs of everyday products, like mechanical pencils, lighters and pez dispensers, that you may have taken for granted. Drawn by Bryan Macomber, a mechanical engineer and artist.
A really neat idea.
it works! it's just a bit smol on this high res screen
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openbsd fvwm retro glory on mnt pocket reform rk3588, but tiny
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# pkg_add qutebrowser#openbsd
got X running, but xrandr -o won't budge, need to figure out how to make a xorg.conf (this feels extremely retro) or how to install some wayland compositor
OpenBSD on MNT Pocket Reform (with RK3588)! next question: can it rotate the framebuffer console?
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it's OpenBSD installer on MNT Pocket Reform's display! but it is rotated into portrait mode
I made a zine, it's called Fractions Are Everything, it invites the reader into looking at fractions a little differently.
The typesetting is done entirely in #Uxn.
https://wiki.xxiivv.com/site/pocket_fractions
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8 pager, the cover is a AND gate with the primes 2 and 3, on one side, and 5 on the other.
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@neauoire similarly to Alan Weinstein's symplectic creed, “Everything is a Lagrangian submanifold.” Reality is a bunch of fractions and Lagrangians 
BTW if you're looking for an open hardware, repairable laptop made by a small team in berlin with no venture capital, maybe MNT Reform Next could be interesting for you: https://www.crowdsupply.com/mnt/mnt-reform-next
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@mntmn When it becomes available in the MNT shop after crowdfunding ends, will it be shipped from Europe or from the US when bought in the MNT store?
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@isak mnt shop orders ship from berlin!
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ha, was just about to ask the same question!
meaning: crowdfunding is send from the US, shop is send from Berlin? [edit: sorry, this question has been answered quite a few times throughout this thread and the answer is „yes“ :) ]
Just found out about mnt / reform literal minutes ago and I’m already in love with the project!
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@mntmn When the occupation forces entered my house before bombing it, they took my laptop. I was working on graphic design, but I lost it and couldn't afford to buy another one. Praise be to God in all circumstances.
TFW you receive 14kWh of raw LFP battery cells 💙
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Four large cardboard boxes in the back of an SUV. They have large red "FRAGILE" stickers and "THIS SIDE UP" markings on them