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DID system • trans of gender • pl. they/them neteng/sysops by day, pluralkit.me dev by night cloudisland.nz/@iris • catstret.ch 📍 Tauranga Moana, Aotearoa

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iris 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈 @catstret.ch · 27/09/2026
the highest air temp i recorded in my office (with all upstairs windows opened, pedestal fans placed at strategic points to improve airflow through the house, dark tint film installed on the largest windows (at the landlord's cost)) was 37ºC. it was horrible.
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iris 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈 @catstret.ch · 27/09/2026
yeah, we just moved out of a new-build townhouse into a typical (read: dark, cold, damp) 70s-built rental, and i gotta say, as shit as the cold is... it sure beats boiling to death in summer!
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iris 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈 @catstret.ch · 09/09/2026
git.soupnet.cc/iris/labelpr... i did a thing
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iris 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈 @catstret.ch · 03/09/2026
now, i'm no professional in RF coverage planning, but that doesn't seem like a good thing (this is my local DMR repeater)
an RF coverage map, showing a bunch of rural areas have excellent coverage, but the nearby city has almost no coverage at all
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iris 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈 @catstret.ch · 30/08/2026
oh never mind, that was quick! i'm ZL1YS :)
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iris 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈 @catstret.ch · 30/08/2026
passed my amateur radio license exam! got the highest mark of the class (somehow)! callsign allocation won't happen for a couple days probably but. yippee
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iris 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈 @catstret.ch · 31/07/2026
i generally don't mind spoilers for smaller details as long as i remain mostly* unaware of major plot points / story details do you're good haha *occasionally cloud or rangi mentions something and i end up on a ffxiv wiki rabbithole but that's fun so i don't care
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iris 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈 @catstret.ch · 31/07/2026
*pokes out from the shadows* i'm still in post-shadowbringers! (i have 6 months to catch up before evercold aaaaa)
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iris 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈 @catstret.ch · 31/07/2026
i have done my duty 🫡
screenshot of the InternetNZ board elections page.
✅ Your votes have been recorded - thank you for voting.
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Nova Crystallis @novacrystallis.com · 25/07/2026
Composer/Sound Director Masayoshi Soken stumps the Berlin crowd with illegal sound effects before being apprehended by security:
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Katt @sarcastickatt.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
I can't wait for that gold saucer update.
A riff on the Mavis Beacon Teaches Typing cover with Yoshi P that reads "Naoki Yoshida teaches typing"
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iris 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈 @catstret.ch · 14/07/2026
i love it when i buy an old computer from a recycler and it still has the OS install from its previous life. this X220 Tablet i just got appears to have been used as ... an emulated patient monitor as part of a medical training manikin setup?
a Windows 7 desktop with a few icons. the desktop background is a medical manikin lying supine on a white backdropthe same Windows 7 desktop, with a "Select Manikin" dialog box opened, offering the choice to use a virtual manikin. the dialog box has a close up of the eye of a manikin on the left side. there is a text entry box labeled "Manually connect to" and a "Test wireless performance" buttona simulated medical monitor showing no sensor / leads off messages for all data points. the user interface looks like a clone of what i've seen on a Philips IntelliVue patient monitorthe same emulated patient monitor, now showing simulated data
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iris 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈 @catstret.ch · 09/07/2026
mmm, nothing like my car's brakes failing to set the tone of the day huh
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iris 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈 @catstret.ch · 24/06/2026
moving house sure is stressful huh
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iris 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈 @catstret.ch · 17/06/2026
spent half the day at work writing ansible playbooks. clocked out, realised we need to make a bunch of changes to our homelab. spent most of the evening also writing ansible playbooks. sigh.
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iris 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈 @catstret.ch · 10/06/2026
once again thinking about throwing my hat in the ring for the InternetNZ board elections
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iris 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈 @catstret.ch · 05/06/2026
nice!!! i have so fuckin many DDR3 SODIMMs lol so i'm happy to send you some! i used to have a bunch of t610s, i should still have some 3d printed adapters around here that let you easily put a 2.5" sata SSD in them send me a discord DM w your address and i can post some things to you :)
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iris 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈 @catstret.ch · 05/06/2026
ooh, which thin clients? i have a pile of HP t540/t640 (ryzen, ddr4) and t520/t620/t630 (older AMD APU, ddr3) and a *lot* of parts for them, if you need parts and/or more thin clients i'd be happy to send you some :3c
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Wenting @wenting.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
Sorry for not posting for so long... I have been extremely busy working on my new project: The Enchanter (also called Modos Flow): a 300-ppi Eink portable monitor with 60Hz refresh rate and touch screen. It's fully open-source: gitlab.com/zephray/ench....
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iris 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈 @catstret.ch · 21/05/2026
:(
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iris 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈 @catstret.ch · 15/05/2026
*especially* on nights like tonight when i'm doing updates on like 20 boxes at once
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iris 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈 @catstret.ch · 15/05/2026
i told you to update. i clicked the "reboot now" button. i watched the stupid fuckin throbber while the updates installed. i immediately logged back in. and windows is like "hey 🤓 not sure if you're aware but i did some updates!" i am going to kill this operating system with my bare hands
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iris 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈 @catstret.ch · 15/05/2026
i can't explain it but the windows "updates were installed" notification feels like an incessant replyguy to me
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iris 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈 @catstret.ch · 09/05/2026
catstret.ch/202605/srss-... :3c
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setting up a Sun Ray server on OpenIndiana Hipster 2025.10
fresh OI install, clean slate, let's see how well the updated OI Sun Ray support works
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iris 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈 @catstret.ch · 09/05/2026
and of course, all those sites are filled with ads, so the absolute cunts who run them get to pull in some revenue. I hate it here. fuck off and die.
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iris 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈 @catstret.ch · 09/05/2026
I forgot to set up Anubis in front of my website on my new infrastructure, and since I published my blog post on the Sun Ray setup a couple days ago, several websites have published what is obviously LLM-rewritten versions of my blog post, which all rank higher in search results than my blog.
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iris 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈 @catstret.ch · 06/05/2026
even OVDC works! (though I'm running the Windows version in WINE on macOS because the actual Mac OVDC does not work on Apple Silicon)
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iris 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈 @catstret.ch · 06/05/2026
aw beans. should be fixed shortly, thanks for letting me know
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iris 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈 @catstret.ch · 06/05/2026
oh no I've done it again catstret.ch/202605/srss-...
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setting up a Sun Ray server on OpenIndiana Hipster 2025.10
fresh OI install, clean slate, let's see how well the updated OI Sun Ray support works
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iris 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈 @catstret.ch · 06/05/2026
a tuxedo cat named Remi, asleep on a dark beige sofa. the toe beans on her back paws are visible, and one of her front paws is hanging over the edge of the sofa, the other tucked in front of her chest. an orange creamsicle cat named Soup, asleep on a different part of the same couch. he has one of his front paws curled over his face. there is a MacBook Pro covered in stickers just barely visible in the background.
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iris 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈 @catstret.ch · 04/05/2026
semi-related nefarious acts
Citrix WinFrame 1.8 installing in QEMU
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iris 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈 @catstret.ch · 04/05/2026
i love her
my FFXIV WoL, a fem miqo'te with blue hair, sitting on a fat cat couch. she is wearing a black t-shirt, ripped black jeans, and sneakers.
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Kawaiicon @kawaiicon.bsky.social · 04/05/2026
Kawaiicon is back for 2026 and while we get a lot done with volunteer help, Wellington City Council don't accept venue payment in high fives 🙏. The 2026 Kawaiicon Call for Sponsors is open! If you want a copy of our sponsor pack, throw us an email at kiwicon@kiwicon.org.
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iris 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈 @catstret.ch · 02/05/2026
now it's time for some serious computing
the same emulated Solaris 9 install, now running the Macintosh Application Environment
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iris 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈 @catstret.ch · 02/05/2026
i am, once again, up to no good
a default Solaris 9 CDE desktop, on an emulated SPARCstation 20 in QEMU. a terminal is open showing the output of `uname -a` and `showrev`.
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iris 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈 @catstret.ch · 30/04/2026
it's time for more telephony bullshit! catstret.ch/202604/avaya... (forgot to post this here after I published the post last night, oops)
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using Kamailio to make Poly UC phones work better with Avaya IP Office
auto-answer is important, okay?
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Ky @ky.fyi · 24/04/2026
I wrote about why I quit my job, and how weird and tiring tech feels these days.
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Do I belong in tech anymore?
On quitting, the spread of AI, and the loss of an ideal.
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Anatoly Shashkin💾 @dosnostalgic.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
And now thanks to multiple participants a pretty much fully featured SDL3 port to DOS! github.com/libsdl-org/S...
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Add DOS platform support (DJGPP) by AJenbo · Pull Request #15377 · libsdl-org/SDL
This is the combined work of @icculus @madebr @glebm @jayschwa @ccawley2011 and me rounding it off with stability fixes and missing features, thanks to everyone for pitching in. This is a fairly c...
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🌐TORI.PNG🌐 @toripng.com · 18/11/2025
🌐 #art
clippy drawing that reads "have you considered using your brain instead of asking chatgpt?"
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iris 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈 @catstret.ch · 02/04/2026
getting a brand new 3D printer right before a long weekend was a very good decision on my part i think
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iris 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈 @catstret.ch · 23/03/2026
oh shit, thanks for the reminder, just renewed my membership!
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iris 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈 @catstret.ch · 23/03/2026
NOOOOOO i'm so sorry wtf
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Kawaiicon @kawaiicon.bsky.social · 20/03/2026
kawaiicon.org Kawaiicon 4: October 30-31, 2026 let the magical con ritual begin!
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a cartoon drawing of a sheep wearing a black crown
Alt: a cartoon drawing of a sheep wearing a black crown dancing
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iris 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈 @catstret.ch · 14/03/2026
sigh. catstret.ch/202603/we-de...
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We deserve better.
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iris 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈 @catstret.ch · 10/03/2026
oh, greg, don't you know that in 5 years there will be no native code that isn't chromium
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iris 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈 @catstret.ch · 03/03/2026
if only i had more than a single 18-55mm lens
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iris 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈 @catstret.ch · 03/03/2026
nice night for it
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iris 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈 @catstret.ch · 09/02/2026
ascolour crop top my beloved
a white person wearing a dark blue crop top, doing a ✌️ gesture near their face with their left hand. they have a undercut and are wearing grey-rimmed tinted glasses.
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iris 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈 @catstret.ch · 04/02/2026
and then compute-wise, getting a couple M1 Mac Minis (ones with the 10GbE NIC) and putting linux on them is probably the best thing in terms of performance per dollar atm?
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iris 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈 @catstret.ch · 04/02/2026
one of the boards that would be perfect is the SolidRun Honeycomb LX2 (or one of the NXP LX2160 reference design boards) but they're basically unobtainium from what i can tell these days
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