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Dave Slusher - Hacker/Maker

@geniodiabolico.social.ellijaymakerspace.org.ap.brid.gy

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Podcast pioneer at Evil Genius Chronicles; Podcast Hall of Fame 2022: former host/producer of Reality Break; engineer writer nerd type […] 🌉 bridged from social.ellijaymakerspace.org/@genio… on the fediverse by fed.brid.gy

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Dave Slusher - Hacker/Maker @geniodiabolico.social.ellijaymakerspace.org.ap.brid.gy · 10/12/2025

@ajroach42 Hey Andrew, I try to keep the customer support burden I present on social.ellijaymakerspace.org low. I am a guest and a free loader at that. However... May I please request an upgrade to 4.5.0+ on the Mastodon instance? My main interest is being able to perform and allow quote posts […]

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Dave Slusher - Hacker/Maker @geniodiabolico.social.ellijaymakerspace.org.ap.brid.gy · 09/12/2025

I've had a recent bad run in homelab and tech stuff. Trying to be a good guy and give my homelab portainer some SSL certificates to remove errors, I chown'd recursively from the wrong directory and messed up some docker volumes. My BYOS TRML server still is not right days later. Some problems […]

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Dave Slusher - Hacker/Maker @geniodiabolico.social.ellijaymakerspace.org.ap.brid.gy · 09/12/2025

Here's a confession. I have been using #homeassistant for 5 years. I've got a house full of IOT bulbs and switches. Not buying any new wifi gadgets in favor of Zigbee and Z-Wave even before Wemo stranded some of them. I still don't know WTF #matter is, how to turn it on, why I should care. I've […]

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Dave Slusher - Hacker/Maker @geniodiabolico.social.ellijaymakerspace.org.ap.brid.gy · 07/12/2025

From today's news in #enshittification: I've been using #Wemo switches in #homeassistant for almost as long as I've been using it. Once I set up Zigbee and Z-Wave, I stopped buying wifi switches and bulbs. Now we see why. Although my first […] [Original post on social.ellijaymakerspace.org]

A screenshot of an email from Belkin stating that cloud support for Wemo IOT devices is ending in January 2026

Dave Slusher - Hacker/Maker @geniodiabolico.social.ellijaymakerspace.org.ap.brid.gy · 06/12/2025

Just come to my attention that #calibre is now adding AI shit into versions beyond 8.10. Enshittification comes for everything eventually. Just to be clear, this is a program that will have LLM enabled recommendations. Also, this is how you install it on Linux: ``` sudo -v && wget -nv -O- […]

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Gary @witewulf.cyberplace.social.ap.brid.gy · 06/12/2025

I guess I won’t be updating Calibre anymore, then 😳 #fuckAI beige.party/@Tattooed_Mummy/1156724…

The Tattooed Nonna 👑 (@Tattooed_Mummy@beige.party)

Calibre has finally given into the AI trend https://www.howtogeek.com/calibre-has-finally-given-into-the-ai-trend/

Dave Slusher - Hacker/Maker @geniodiabolico.social.ellijaymakerspace.org.ap.brid.gy · 03/12/2025

My System76 Galago Pro is showing its age. It runs fine but a hinge is broken, the corner with the ethernet port is bent, the keyboard and trackpad are not working reliably. I considered fixing some of this, but it's probably not cost effective. I considered buying a Costco laptop and putting […]

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Dave Slusher - Hacker/Maker @geniodiabolico.social.ellijaymakerspace.org.ap.brid.gy · 03/12/2025

I have been waiting for this release with bated breath. I use the Waze Travel Time every school morning to assess traffic and it recently broke. This is supposed to restore service and I can't wait! #homeassistant fosstodon.org/@homeassistant/115657…

Home Assistant (@homeassistant@fosstodon.org)

Attached: 1 image Home Assistant 2025.12 🎄 https://www.home-assistant.io/blog/2025/12/03/release-202512/ Labs with Winter mode ❄️, purpose-specific triggers and conditions for automations 🧠, system-wide default dashboards 📱, real-time power monitoring ⚡ and much more to close out 2025! #HomeAssistant

Dave Slusher - Hacker/Maker @geniodiabolico.social.ellijaymakerspace.org.ap.brid.gy · 03/12/2025

In today's least surprising insight: the enshittification of LinkedIn is complete. Earlier today I published a blog post with my thoughts on two years of retirement. Via Fedi Bridge I brought that in to Mastodon and boosted it. I intended to also post it on LinkedIn since many of the people who […]

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Howard the Geek @howard.pdx.social.ap.brid.gy · 03/12/2025

Looking forward to this year's online conference for #emacs: #emacsconf ... Here's how to watch: emacsconf.org/2025 What talks are you looking forward to? (No, I was not able to talk this year)

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J. Steven York RESISTS @jstevenyork.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 29/11/2025

I've assembled the parts to do a major upgrade on my old Ender 3pro 3D printer. I've got a touch-screen display, a 32 bit main board, a BL Touch auto-bed-leveling kit, metal extruder (never had any problems with the stock one, but while I'm tearing it apart […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

An Ender 3 Pro #D printer, an open black metal framework with a moving print bed and printer arm, sits on a work table. Bagged and boxed upgrade parts sit on the bed and in front of the printer.

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Chuck Darwin @cdarwin.c.im.ap.brid.gy · 29/11/2025

Self-hosting is becoming popular among a certain kind of user, -- say the typical readership of ItsFoss. There is a simple explanation for this shift: people want their data, dollars, and destiny back. Centralized platforms optimized for engagement and extraction are colliding with real-world […]

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Dave Slusher - Hacker/Maker @geniodiabolico.social.ellijaymakerspace.org.ap.brid.gy · 21/11/2025

This is my favorite story of recent times. Arrested Development is on tour when their sampler breaks. Luckily in the same venue is the monthly repair cafe where volunteers fix it in the nick of time. fedi.reclaim.technology/objects/27d…

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DJ Sundog from the *new* toot-lab (@djsundog@fedi.reclaim.technology)

Big shoutout to Falmouth Repair Café for saving an Arrested Development show by fixing their faulty gear in time for the show to go on!DIY community organizations are such a boon to our collective ...

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Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 19/11/2025

It's hard out there for a lickspittle.

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abadidea @0xabad1dea.infosec.exchange.ap.brid.gy · 18/11/2025

I had the displeasure of reading an article in the Harvard student paper by an economics major who said in apparent seriousness that comp sci majors are wasting time on theory classes like “Introduction to Algorithms and their Limitations” when they could be learning REAL skills like prompt […]

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Dave Slusher - Hacker/Maker @geniodiabolico.social.ellijaymakerspace.org.ap.brid.gy · 18/11/2025

Seems like Trump is suffering from Epstein-Barr virus.

Dave Slusher - Hacker/Maker @geniodiabolico.social.ellijaymakerspace.org.ap.brid.gy · 18/11/2025

The upside of Cloudflare outages is that I don't really feel obligated to do anything online because most of it is fucked anyway. It's a snow day for your digital life.

Dave Slusher - Hacker/Maker @geniodiabolico.social.ellijaymakerspace.org.ap.brid.gy · 17/11/2025

Listening to podcasts I heard an insight so obvious that I had never thought it: The same people who classify abortion of a fetus as "murder" also classify the shooting of an unexpected adult human on their doorstep as "not murder".

Dave Slusher - Hacker/Maker @geniodiabolico.social.ellijaymakerspace.org.ap.brid.gy · 14/11/2025

I need to follow more hashtags on the various apps on the #fediverse. Like every one I see on topics that interest me.

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Dave Slusher - Hacker/Maker @geniodiabolico.social.ellijaymakerspace.org.ap.brid.gy · 12/11/2025

Heltec LoRa 32 V4 arrived from Muzi Works! I'll admit, I expected at least a QR code to a getting started reference. I'd have preferred that to the candy. Welcome to #meshtastic newbie, jump in that deep end. If you don't drown I'll be over there. #unboxing

Photo of an opened cardboard box containing several Airheads and a Muzi Works sticker.

Photo of an opened cardboard box with a container labeled "WiFi LoRa 32 V4" and a box labeled "H1".

Dave Slusher - Hacker/Maker @geniodiabolico.social.ellijaymakerspace.org.ap.brid.gy · 12/11/2025

FYI @nlowell I downloaded 2699 just fine but 2698 is giving a 404 error on download. Keep on walking and talking!

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citizen internet person™ @cphon.mas.to.ap.brid.gy · 11/11/2025

Happy #ADHD treasure season (finding lost things in your coat pockets from last winter) to all who celebrate

Downward-shot photo of my coat pocket, LED safety light and a $5 bill

Dave Slusher - Hacker/Maker @geniodiabolico.social.ellijaymakerspace.org.ap.brid.gy · 11/11/2025

We got a cheap wifi camera bird feeder on sale a while back. Through various wind events first the off-board solar panel cable was severed and then the connector for the on-board solar panel was also broken. This thing has sat inoperable for almost a full year. I got motivated. The on-board […]

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Dave Slusher - Hacker/Maker @geniodiabolico.social.ellijaymakerspace.org.ap.brid.gy · 10/11/2025

Your periodic reminder that when you refer to Twitter with the one letter name, you are helping normalize Musk's obsession with his weird grandfather. The one who was in a technocratic secret society that added Xs to everything. Also the one so racist that he emigrated to South Africa to […]

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Dave Slusher - Hacker/Maker @geniodiabolico.social.ellijaymakerspace.org.ap.brid.gy · 10/11/2025

New nerd avenue to explore: #meshtastic ! I just ordered one of these to start playing with it. I live in a hurricane area and am getting more serious about disaster resilience. I now have a generator interlock for long-term power loss situations. Would also be nice to communicate out. My […]

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Waldo Jaquith @waldo.net · 05/11/2025

The most important lesson for Democrats from Mamdani's victory is this: abandon the decades-old practice of triangulating to win the center. Instead, grow the base with a positive, joyful vision for what government can do when it gives up on being shackled to a Republican base.

Dave Slusher - Hacker/Maker @geniodiabolico.social.ellijaymakerspace.org.ap.brid.gy · 03/11/2025

I put up these little cheap halloween lights. I took out the coin cells and discarded the ones that were dead. I put the remote, same as every cheap Chinese light you have bought in the last decade, in the bag with them. Nice and organized. I should be happy, right? I am livid with myself […]

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Dave Slusher - Hacker/Maker @geniodiabolico.social.ellijaymakerspace.org.ap.brid.gy · 24/10/2025

I am "signed up to a Saturday morning seminar on beekeeping" years old.

Dave Slusher - Hacker/Maker @geniodiabolico.social.ellijaymakerspace.org.ap.brid.gy · 22/10/2025

In my Podcast Addict, I have a "virtual podcast" that is a search on my name. It occasionally turns up episodes where I am a guest or even more rarely, when I am mentioned in the show notes. Overnight, that thing blew up with the full 50 episodes of various shows from the past 21 years. I […]

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Dave Slusher - Hacker/Maker @geniodiabolico.social.ellijaymakerspace.org.ap.brid.gy · 21/10/2025

I just went to LinkedIn to check something. I find 5 minutes with that site exhausts me for the day.

Dave Slusher - Hacker/Maker @geniodiabolico.social.ellijaymakerspace.org.ap.brid.gy · 21/10/2025

When I am unable to order ahead at Starbucks after dropping a kid off at school, my first thought is "AWS outage." I'm right about 85% of the time.

Dave Slusher - Hacker/Maker @geniodiabolico.social.ellijaymakerspace.org.ap.brid.gy · 16/10/2025

This is the time of year that I remember that #hacktoberfest is a thing and that I forgot to register.

Dave Slusher - Hacker/Maker @geniodiabolico.social.ellijaymakerspace.org.ap.brid.gy · 13/10/2025

I have been running multiple Mastodon accounts for multiple personas for years now. This one for nerd/computer/hardware type stuff, @geniodiabolico@wandering.shop for comic book/sf/fandom stuff. Also @geniodiabolico@bookrastinating.com for my Bookwyrm account. It has been fine the whole time […]

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Dave Slusher - Hacker/Maker @geniodiabolico.social.ellijaymakerspace.org.ap.brid.gy · 13/10/2025

I didn't know anything about the #trmnl founder being a MAGA dickhead until this morning. I think I'll stick with my decision to keep my Seeed Studio OG DIY machine and running my own byos_laravel server while never sending any money to the actual company. This started as a cheapskate nerd […]

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Dave Slusher - Hacker/Maker @geniodiabolico.social.ellijaymakerspace.org.ap.brid.gy · 12/10/2025

I bought a DIY #TRMNL device, which as it turns out is the worst of both worlds. I recommend if you want one to just go full retail. Turns out running you own server doesn't have full access to the plugins which are what makes this useful […] [Original post on social.ellijaymakerspace.org]

Dave Slusher - Hacker/Maker @geniodiabolico.social.ellijaymakerspace.org.ap.brid.gy · 11/10/2025

Throwing this to the world and particularly #linux nerds: I have some cheap old 2014 Mac Minis in which the HDD has failed but the SSD portion of the Fusion Drive is fine. When I installed Mint on one with a working Fusion drive, I partioned it so that the 1 TB spinning metal had /home, /var […]

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Dave Slusher - Hacker/Maker @geniodiabolico.social.ellijaymakerspace.org.ap.brid.gy · 07/10/2025

Having bought the DIY #TRMNL kit from Seeed Studio via Aliexpress, now I find myself browsing their larger product line looking for other gizzwhickeys to buy. Little boards for DIY Zigbee stuff? OK. Maybe I can make little devices to smartify my dumb string lights for cheap.

Dave Slusher - Hacker/Maker @geniodiabolico.social.ellijaymakerspace.org.ap.brid.gy · 07/10/2025

@KennethWReid Regarding "The Rape of Dr. Willis" from your episode this week: This is *literally* the plot of this episode of Doc. www.imdb.com/title/tt32368759/?ref_… This episode aired 8 months ago. We watched all of Season 1. It is in the ER mold of what I call "I care too […]

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Dave Slusher - Hacker/Maker @geniodiabolico.social.ellijaymakerspace.org.ap.brid.gy · 07/10/2025

On December 1 I will have been retired for exactly 2 years. How is that manifesting? - Yesterday I got a Seeed Studio DIY TRMNL kit and am dicking with it and my own server, possibly getting it connect to #HomeAssistant. - I am trying to get my Creality Ender 3 Pro printing again. Turns out 3D […]

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Dave Slusher - Hacker/Maker @geniodiabolico.social.ellijaymakerspace.org.ap.brid.gy · 10/09/2025

Sadly, Todd Cochrane has passed away at the age of 61. He was a generous guy with a big heart. I didn't know him well or meet him many times, but every one was a positive experience. That's not to say without ball busting but full of laughter and fun times. When I gave my Podcast Hall of Fame […]

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Dave Slusher - Hacker/Maker @geniodiabolico.social.ellijaymakerspace.org.ap.brid.gy · 10/02/2023

New instance, who dis? #introduction I'm Dave. - Early podcaster (August 2004) - Syndicated producer/host for SFFH radio show in the 90s - Nerd, comic book, SF fan - Dad living in small town South Carolina - Aspiring country gentleman - Podcast and blog: evilgeniuschronicles.org - […]

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