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basically, my meter shows the net value across all phases, while the electric company counts import and export separately and charges for both. so instead of having almost zero import, the actual import was much higher...
trying to configure my inverter to balance the phases better
exported over one mwh at peak hours. can't wait for the next electricity bill... :)
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More surreal rendering tests for #picotron 0.3.1, this time with tline3d textures x colour tables. Notes and gif:
https://www.lexaloffle.com/bbs/?pid=193908#p
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@zep this is such a change from what picotron and a hardboiled programmer could do before, wow
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@Ronflaix There were / are so many pieces that /almost/ work together but not quite. It's amazing how much cpu you can burn in Lua just calling functions and moving data around.
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@zep does picotron support different texture opacity or this is some kind of black magic trick with math?
// some notes on #picotron 0.3.1 changes that support quad rendering: https://pastebin.com/raw/9MMLsUFb
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What does a good C development environment look like on #OpenBSD in 2026? What do people use?
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It may depend on your personal preferences, but the base system already gives you enough to do Unix-as-IDE¹
• tmux
• vi/ed/mg to edit
• clang to compile
• make(1) for building/dependencies
• rcs/cvs for version-control
• a shell (whether you prefer sh/ksh/csh) with standard file-management commands (mv/cp/rm/cd/ls/cat/less/…)
• standard POSIX tools (sed/awk/grep/…)
• man-pages
You can easily swap out any of those components you don't like. Prefer editing with Vim/Neovim or Emacs? Go for it. Prefer GCC or tcc to compile your C? Just a pkg_add away. Want git, got, subversion, fossil, or jujutsu? Same deal. More of a zsh/fish/bash sort of person or prefer ripgrep or Silver Searcher, or GNU #awk or mawk? Again, swap in what you prefer.
For my own C development, I use vi/vim/ed for editing, and git for version-control, but generally stick with the other base-system options.
like = you run it on server
boost = you run it on desktop/laptop :)
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(but yes, several OpenBSD server instances and two laptop instances)
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blast from the past
#technomage #openbsd #windows #comic
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girl is stuck in a windows logo
fish :remind me what i told you about windows."
girl: "they are containers for graphical interfaces?"
fish: "dont get clever with me, girl"
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what happened to ReactOS in your comic?
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Said by clever computer-touching friend:
"The logo for vi is "vi" rendered in whatever typeface you use in your terminal."
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the logo for ed(1) is "ed(1)" rendered in whatever typeface your nearest line-printer uses.
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"coding is solved" they said
"use AI" they said
me working on OpenBSD writing C: dead software walking
https://rsadowski.de/posts/2026/dead-software-walking-relayd-and-httpd/
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Checking that quad boundaries join up with no holes or overlaps. This one kind of reminds me of a colour plate from an 80s siggraph paper. #picotron
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Apple keeps releasing new and more expensive hardware that folks want us to support but we can't even afford to buy the new stuff ourselves to test it on.
I mean.. my iPad is an M1. My iPhone is still a 14. And my Mac is an M1 Max. So... I'm a few years behind over here across the board.
Now there's talk of a foldable iPhone? I'll probably need a second mortgage for it which wouldn't be a good idea because I don't know if selling apps will even survive another year.
The math isn't mathing.
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Not asking for anything here (except the sponsor Tapestry, buy our stuff, etc). Just... ya know... yeeting truth as the kids say.
(Pretty sure they don't say that.)
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@bigzaphod I feel for you devs. You’re bound to Apple in ways the rest of us aren’t, and their capricious decisions have real-world consequences for you. I think a lot of people don’t realize that.
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@larand yeah - it's not like we can just pivot to a new platform. 20/30 years of tech knowledge, tooling, code, etc.. none of it transfers. I mean, maybe some inherent skills do, but... yeah. It's just a different and slower version of what happened with Twitter in some ways.
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@bigzaphod Fortunately, Apple thought of a solution just for you! https://www.cnbc.com/2026/07/28/apple-plans-to-lease-iphones-for-17point99-a-month-through-klarna-deal.html
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@prism can't wait to get a 10 year lease on my next phone!
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@bigzaphod I assume how it works is that you trade in for the new one when it comes out so you are just in a state of paying Apple $20/mo for the rest of your natural life.
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@bigzaphod And it's hard to *justify* buying new hardware when the hardware we have on-hand works so well. My M2 Studio flies through footage and any other stuff I work on. The only *real* benefit I see of newer hardware are AI workflows, which I do not use, nor do I foresee myself using. …and with the cost-rise of RAM and SSDs … I'll hang on to these as long as I can.
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@bigzaphod Same here, pretty much. I’m very, very glad I got a new Mac when I did last year, replacing my going-on-8-year-old iMac Pro, because it would be rough this year — and even then I bought refurbished to fit my budget.
Everything else, pretty much, is out of date. iPad is *very* old. iPhone is a refurbed 15pro I got because it was cheaper than the end of contract buyout on the smaller-capacity 15pro I got a crazy deal on 2 years ago.
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@bigzaphod Years back I dabbled with Android development and the reason I stopped was the complexity of all the devices I needed to support as a solo dev. Weird that iOS is moving into that space… 😵💫
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Did you know you can attach media to a poll on Mastodon?
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| No: | 101 |
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@bigzaphod next poll…
should you add media to a poll?
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@rickscully there's media on this poll!
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@bigzaphod What I meant is "should one add media to a poll unless viewing the media is germane to the poll?" I guess I am always worried on the amount of extraneous data being shared on the Fediverse and maybe I don't need to be?
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@bigzaphod fascinating… I knew it was possible to attach media to polls, but didn’t realize the implementation across clients was so diverse:
In Ivory the media shows up as a link “(Media)”
On the web it shows up as a blank space with “Hide” in the corner
In the Mastodon app there’s no reference to it, except a little bit of blank space at the bottom of the post!?
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@exkclamation well it works correctly in Tapestry. 😛
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I know I shouldn't be surprised that it just works as is, but still cool, I can build compile uxn binaries directly inside dos.
wcl -bt=dos -ml -fe=bin/uxnmol.exe src/uxnmol.c
http://wiki.xxiivv.com/etc/uxnmol.c.txt
#uxn
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📢 EuroBSDCon2026: The Schedule is Here! 😈⛳️🐡
The schedule is now published!!
You can find it at: https://events.eurobsdcon.org/2026/schedule/
Grab your tickets 🎟️ at https://tickets.eurobsdcon.org/eurobsdcon/brussels/
For everything else, peek at https://2026.eurobsdcon.org/
More information is added all the time.
EuroBSDCon 2026 in Brussels, Belgium 🇧🇪
September 09-13, 2026
#RUNBSD #FreeBSD #NetBSD #OpenBSD #EuroBSDCon #EuroBSDCon2026 #BSD #Conference #Register
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Comic like drawing.
First panel has a butler serving a nice Belgium beer. There are two speech bubbles. 1. ...we find this? 2. Etterbeek, Sir.
The second panel has Manneken Pis doing his thing.
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@hi There is a docker packaged iCloud backup app that does that the other way around. I use it to sync all my iPhone photos on my NAS. Useful? https://github.com/steilerDev/icloud-photos-sync worked great to grab 13k pics from my Apple account.
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@hi PhotoSync? It supports WebDav and SFTP amongst others. https://apps.apple.com/gb/app/photosync-transfer-photos/id415850124
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@hi syncthing? I don't have an iphone, but I find this https://apps.apple.com/us/app/synctrain/id6553985316
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cons
- the window is a bit farther away
- a little more noise from the inverters
- more space
- all my tools are here
- this is where i spend most of my day anyway
- the old office is now a guest room :)
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@hi based on my experience, be careful about air quality there (VOC and radon esp)
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@hi radon is something that just comes from the ground, not related to the type of the car, and it needs to be evacuated through the regular ventilation. I've learned (not too late thankfully) that builders even in EU countries have less strict requirements for garages, so for the last 10 years every time I need to deal with garages or any other ground level places long term - I bring a radon/voc sensor with me.
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having all my tools within arm's reach has been an amazing boost to my productivity. more importantly, it brings me peace of mind because i actually know where my things are now... ❤️
i think i own too many things, but i guess that's the price you pay for living in the middle of nowhere
i'm finally getting all my boxes sorted and everything organized for the first time since i moved in last year
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For photos, a combination of nnn and nsxiv's thumbnail feature.
For video, mpv and the shell like some sort of animal.
@hi feh and mpv for simple stupid viewing. thunar, bash+awk+sed, geeqie when mass renaming is required. digikam to store, tag and forget until next couple of years. gotosocial to expose some to the world.
maybe someday, I’ll add immich for private/family memories.
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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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@hi for OpenBSD on protectli you should be fine with a connection to the serial port. If you want a simple to use KVM-over-IP solution, I would highly recommend PiKVM. You might even be able to attach an USB-2-serial adapter to your PiKVM system.
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Everything I Know About Making Art On The Computer I Learned From @prahou.
https://triapul.cz/automa/i_did_not_kill_stanley_lieber
https://rabbits.srht.site/decadv/
#occ2026
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Has anyone out there toyed with the "snac2" ActivityPub service? It's Mastodon *compatible* and seems to be geared toward "low powered devices"
The fact it's completely Javascript free makes it extreeeeeeeemely tempting for retro computing stuff in particular.
Has anyone out there used it and do y'all have any thoughts?
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I love it. And with some minor work, it can look *very* different from the default theme. (https://wii.cafe)
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@ltning oooouuugh that looks amazing!
How would I go about getting that kind of theming on mine? (and is it still retro browser compatible if i do?)
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@ltning What was the name of the front-end by the way? I tried pointing Firefox 3.6 at wii.cafe but it looks like it's being served with modern TLS only
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@CursedSilicon Yea there's modern TLS on that one. You can start by looking at smolfedi[1] maybe?
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@ltning Is that what wii cafe is running for its front-end? I wanna just road test a bunch of them and see what works best for our (extremely niche) use case
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You can steal/grab those styles by saving the style.cas file your browser downloads :)
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/
#occ2026
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[Seeing the Linux TTY on this is so funny to me
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Wayland!
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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
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
Enjoy!
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@mntmn
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 that’s a neat keyboard, but also love the nails 💅
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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).
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@mntmn Looks great. Glad it wired only. I cannot understand ppl using wireless keyboard from a security perspective.
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@mntmn there's seemed to be limited options when it comes to keyboards with integrated pointing devices so it's great to have this as a new one.
- #protectli vp2430 with #openbsd
- #projectaudio dac box s2+
- #tonefactory amp s
- #tonefactory speaker l
- #logitec pebble 2 combo
- #samsung frame tv
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line diagram of my media player setup: tv, openbsd server, dac, stereo amplifier, speakers, keyboard, mouse
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Did you buy some sort of nas for this setup ?
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current setup:
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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also, lots of cables :)
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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performance chart: indoor rowing workout. best pace 1:37/500m, chart tracking pace over a 50-minute duration, horizontal line is average pace at 2:30/500m
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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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Let's make some 3D stuff with #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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Incoming #nesdev on #plan9
#theWorkshop
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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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Listening to Lustre
doing computer graphics
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Created a bunch of simple #plan9 example projects!
https://wiki.xxiivv.com/site/plan9_c.html
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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
#Catjam
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@neauoire please tell me what this is! It looks amazing!
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Can you guess at which point did we start charging our EV off solar? 
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Bar graph of the past two weeks labeled "Daily PV production". The vertical axis lists total daily production from 0 to 21000 Wh. June 22-28 has varying levels of daily production with highs around 6 kWh and a median of around 3 kWh. The graphs get noticeably taller starting on June 29 with a 17 kWh peak and the next day going all the way to 18 kWh. Some lower production days follow but the lowest still match or exceed the previous 6 kWh highs and on average still around/above 10kWh.
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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.
now considering good old woodworking instead...
any good cnc machines that can produce small parts?
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any similar machines? (also made in eu)
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pretty much all other code i ever wrote is long gone
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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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Milton, Office Space, in his cubicle looking into the distance, with the text: I've got nothing" Source: Meme Generator
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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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up to dsd256, pcm up to 32b/768kHz
kudos to deltahedra ❤️
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?
similar to this setup, but with a trackpad not a mouse...
any ideas?
now i'm looking for m.2 modules (lte/5g and wifi ap) compatible with #openbsd. any recommendations?
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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@hi If you have a disk that you're happy to have mounted read-only, then https://stable.rcesoftware.com/resflash/ could be useful!
next up: build own micro-grid and automate export to the grid based on price and weather forecasts
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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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?
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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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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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/
3200 x 2400 @ 60 hz
0.69 kg
$719 color
$619 mono
https://www.crowdsupply.com/modos-tech/modos-flow
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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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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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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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.
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 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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