"And I realized, when you go through any endeavor, any journey, whether across town or to the moon and back, all that matters is that you share the experience with people that you love. That’s what makes life special, ‘cause ultimately, that’s all there is. That’s really all there is."
-- Alan Bean, fourth man on the moon

**Nivex 🐧 📻** @nivex@octodon.social · Mar 23, 2018, 00:12

Pinned oot

**Nivex 🐧 📻** @nivex@octodon.social · Mar 23, 2018, 00:12

Mar 23, 2018, 00:12

Nivex 🐧 📻 @nivex@octodon.social

Litany against NAT

apologies to Frank Herbert

I must not NAT.
NAT is the net-killer.
NAT is the little-death that brings total obliteration.
I will face my NAT addiction.
I will permit it to pass over me and through me.
And when it has gone past I will turn the inner eye to see its path.
Where the NAT has gone there will be a proper firewall.
Only IPv6 will remain.

#ipv6

**Nivex 🐧 📻** @nivex@octodon.social · May 01, 2018, 19:37

Pinned oot

**Nivex 🐧 📻** @nivex@octodon.social · May 01, 2018, 19:37

May 01, 2018, 19:37

Nivex 🐧 📻 @nivex@octodon.social

I have my phone set to auto-deny any number that is not in my contact list to combat the ever increasing amount of spam I've been getting. Unfortunately there is one insurance scammer that has taken to leaving voicemails. Multiple VMs a day for the last two weeks.

I contacted my provider about disabling my VM box altogether. They do not support this. You can, however, redirect missed calls to another number instead.

I now send missed calls to: https://github.com/pjf/rickastley

Eat Rickroll, spammers!

**Nivex 🐧 📻** · Apr 12, 2021, 00:54

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**War_Kittens** @War_Kittens@octodon.social · Apr 12, 2021, 00:54

Apr 12, 2021, 00:54

War_Kittens @War_Kittens@octodon.social

This is the truth. I know it is because I work with kids all day long and I hear them talk about it.

https://www.teenlibrariantoolbox.com/2021/03/sunday-reflections-yes-our-kids-are-in-a-mental-health-crisis-but-its-not-because-the-schools-are-closed/?utm_source=editorial&utm_medium=SLJTW&utm_term=&utm_content=&utm_campaign=articles

**Nivex 🐧 📻** @nivex@octodon.social · Apr 17, 2021, 23:51

**Nivex 🐧 📻** @nivex@octodon.social · Apr 17, 2021, 23:51

Apr 17, 2021, 23:51

Nivex 🐧 📻 @nivex@octodon.social

Planned: tinker in morning, eat lunch, use energy bounce to get yard work done.

Actual: *fwump*

Guess I'll go to bed early and try it again tomorrow.

**Nivex 🐧 📻** @nivex@octodon.social · Apr 17, 2021, 20:02

**Nivex 🐧 📻** @nivex@octodon.social · Apr 17, 2021, 20:02

Apr 17, 2021, 20:02

Nivex 🐧 📻 @nivex@octodon.social

covid ref implied

Even if you are fully vaccinated, the CDC recommends against holding a meeting that could have been an email.

**Nivex 🐧 📻** @nivex@octodon.social · Apr 17, 2021, 16:42

**Nivex 🐧 📻** @nivex@octodon.social · Apr 17, 2021, 16:42

Apr 17, 2021, 16:42

Nivex 🐧 📻 @nivex@octodon.social

Dear Mattermost: I am running the latest Extended Support Release. Putting a big dialog in your Android app telling me that I need to upgrade my server for compatibility is not cool.

(Note: This is a rant of annoyance, not a call for alternatives.)

**Nivex 🐧 📻** · Apr 17, 2021, 08:30

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**Damian Cugley** @pdc@octodon.social · Apr 17, 2021, 08:30

Apr 17, 2021, 08:30

Damian Cugley @pdc@octodon.social

Checklist for programmers working on almost any web site that processes peoples’ names, even if it is just in the login & profile sections. The upshot of this is most of the clever ideas you might have for parsing and making deductions from a person’s name are probably not generally useful and should not be attempted!

#checklist #peopleNames #programming

https://www.kalzumeus.com/2010/06/17/falsehoods-programmers-believe-about-names/

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**Nivex 🐧 📻** @nivex@octodon.social · Apr 16, 2021, 18:39

**Nivex 🐧 📻** @nivex@octodon.social · Apr 16, 2021, 18:39

Apr 16, 2021, 18:39

Nivex 🐧 📻 @nivex@octodon.social

tired: toss something in the microwave and warm it up
wired: yeet & heat

**Nivex 🐧 📻** · Apr 16, 2021, 15:44

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**Michael W Lucas** @mwlucas@bsd.network · Apr 16, 2021, 15:44

Apr 16, 2021, 15:44

Michael W Lucas @mwlucas@bsd.network

Only Footnotes is the most daft book I've ever put out. Not in a good way.

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**Nivex 🐧 📻** @nivex@octodon.social · Apr 16, 2021, 14:50

**Nivex 🐧 📻** @nivex@octodon.social · Apr 16, 2021, 14:50

Apr 16, 2021, 14:50

Nivex 🐧 📻 @nivex@octodon.social

I just created #hamdigital:matrix.org as a place for general #hamradio digital voice and data chatter. A bunch of us kept going off in the weeds on the M17 chat and the project lead got annoyed with us 😃

**Nivex 🐧 📻** · Apr 15, 2021, 15:52

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**kupad** @kupad@hackers.town · Apr 15, 2021, 15:52

Apr 15, 2021, 15:52

kupad @kupad@hackers.town

Announcing Meme It So! It's a Star Trek The Next Generation Meme and GIF Generator, inspired by Frinkiac.

It has every line of dialogue spoken on STTNG tied to screencaptures. Which makes it good for looking up lines as well.

https://memeit.so/

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**Nivex 🐧 📻** · Apr 15, 2021, 22:39

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**sacredbirdman** @sacredbirdman@mastodon.art · Apr 15, 2021, 22:39

Apr 15, 2021, 22:39

sacredbirdman @sacredbirdman@mastodon.art

Aurora Corvealis
#photo #painting #acrylic #auroraborealis #crow

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**Nivex 🐧 📻** · Apr 15, 2021, 16:12

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**Busta Marx** @BustaMarx@octodon.social · Apr 15, 2021, 16:12

Apr 15, 2021, 16:12

Busta Marx @BustaMarx@octodon.social

Bootlicker sticker direct action.

😁

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**Nivex 🐧 📻** · Apr 15, 2021, 15:12

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**Andy Lundell 🙄** @apLundell@octodon.social · Apr 15, 2021, 15:12

Apr 15, 2021, 15:12

Andy Lundell 🙄 @apLundell@octodon.social

People are mocking the Canadian Olympic uniform for it's faux-punk look.

But I'd take faux-punk over the USA's aggressively bland preppy look any day.

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**Nivex 🐧 📻** @nivex@octodon.social · Apr 15, 2021, 13:33

**Nivex 🐧 📻** @nivex@octodon.social · Apr 15, 2021, 13:33

Apr 15, 2021, 13:33

Nivex 🐧 📻 @nivex@octodon.social

Weather forecast:
Today: High 69°F
Tonight: Low 42°F

Is that a good omen?

**Nivex 🐧 📻** · Apr 14, 2021, 23:08

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**see shy jo** @joeyh@octodon.social · Apr 14, 2021, 23:08

Apr 14, 2021, 23:08

see shy jo @joeyh@octodon.social

so NASA is getting ready to upgrade a linux box on mars to fix their helicopter...

**Nivex 🐧 📻** · Apr 13, 2021, 22:17

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**Six Packetcat** @packetcat@tenforward.social · Apr 13, 2021, 22:17

Apr 13, 2021, 22:17

Six Packetcat @packetcat@tenforward.social

FreeBSD 13.0 released

https://lwn.net/Articles/852552/

**Nivex 🐧 📻** · Apr 13, 2021, 20:30

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**Diane** @alienghic@octodon.social · Apr 13, 2021, 20:30

Apr 13, 2021, 20:30

Diane @alienghic@octodon.social

The advantage of running your own mail server is you know that

"You're over your email quota, click here!" emails are fake.

**Nivex 🐧 📻** · Apr 13, 2021, 17:14

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B @polymerwitch@social.polymerwitch.com · Apr 13, 2021, 17:14

Apr 13, 2021, 17:14

B @polymerwitch@social.polymerwitch.com

I present you: mosey culture (as opposed to hustle culture)

Our goals are out there and we work toward them, but we take our time.

"Someday I want to achieve my goal, but for now check out this pretty flower I have 🌻 . I'm gonna stop and enjoy it before I mosey on to my next task."

**Nivex 🐧 📻** @nivex@octodon.social · Apr 13, 2021, 15:53

**Nivex 🐧 📻** @nivex@octodon.social · Apr 13, 2021, 15:53

Apr 13, 2021, 15:53

Nivex 🐧 📻 @nivex@octodon.social

OK, in order to re-live a tiny bit of my childhood I'm going to need an Action! [1] ROM for my emulator so I can compile and run the air hockey game [2] I used to play.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Action!_(programming_language)
[2] https://atariwiki.org/wiki/Wiki.jsp?page=Air%20hockey

#retrocomputing