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Fish in the Percolator @imrehg.fosstodon.org.ap.brid.gy · 18/10/2026

But let's wake from our fever dream, before we've gone too far, and be glad for the Pythons we have right now. :python: 🧵 9/9 Fin

Someone in a bed with an alarm clock, with a callout to enjoy the Pythons that already are.

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Fish in the Percolator @imrehg.fosstodon.org.ap.brid.gy · 18/10/2026

Chthulhu Python: all your code has been written for eons, and is just waiting to be woken up. Most developers can only add paragraphs and paragraphs of tales, I mean docstrings, and barely get to actually do anything. There's also a new "panic" key words […] [Original post on fosstodon.org]

Chtulhu Python: a giant Chtulhu banner, with a small class definition where the first paragraph of The Call of Chtulhu from H. P. Lovecraft is running on in a docstring, and flowing off the page...

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Fish in the Percolator @imrehg.fosstodon.org.ap.brid.gy · 18/10/2026

There's Transformers Python: something that doesn't look like Python but it actually is! Oh, wait, this is exists! Crazy! 🧵 7/9

Transformers Python: a cartoon Optimus Prime on the side, and a code example from Pyo3, a Python module written in Rust.

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Fish in the Percolator @imrehg.fosstodon.org.ap.brid.gy · 18/10/2026

Chess Python: that's one of the tougest ones to crack. ♟️ You have a fixed list of values for the programme to use, and you set variables by taking over other variables. Your main way of exit is by checkmate: checkmate of your colour is the non-zero exit code […] [Original post on fosstodon.org]

Chess Python: a photo of a chessboard with a piece falling off due to being taken, and the rules of operation listed.

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Fish in the Percolator @imrehg.fosstodon.org.ap.brid.gy · 18/10/2026

Cat Python: it's mostly in a form you can't comprehend, and it still makes totall sense to you, somehow. 😼 It's mutually incompatible with Dog Python. 🧵 5/9

Cat Python: a photo of a cat, and a code example that's mostly variations of meow, plus a "sleep()" call

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Fish in the Percolator @imrehg.fosstodon.org.ap.brid.gy · 18/10/2026

There's the "Butlerian Jihad Python": say bye-bye to all your machine learning libraries, they won't work. And if the runtime detects LLM generated code, it will self destruct in the most dramatic way possible, likely taking with it most of your other software as well. (hat tip to @heds ) 🧵 4/9

Butlerian Jihad Python: trying to install torch, and it's refused with a cause description of "thou shall not make a machine in the lieness of a human mind"

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Fish in the Percolator @imrehg.fosstodon.org.ap.brid.gy · 18/10/2026

Here's "Wes Anderson Python": you have to be careful about the colour of your variables!! Green True and Blue True are obviously not equal! (giving a Red False) It also has linters that checks and adjusts your colour palette! 🧵 3/9

Wes Anderson Python; a screenshot from a Wes Anderson movie, and a code snippet run in the Python REPL to illustrate coloured variables

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Fish in the Percolator @imrehg.fosstodon.org.ap.brid.gy · 18/10/2026

There are so many "Pythons" already, MicroPythons for microcontrollers, Python written in Python, Python that compiles to C++, Python that runs on the Java virtual machine... many little blobs in the ecosystem, that caters to different requirements and […] [Original post on fosstodon.org]

On a white fields, there are various green blobs, with the names of various Python runtimes in there: MicroPython, PyPy, etc...

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Fish in the Percolator @imrehg.fosstodon.org.ap.brid.gy · 18/10/2026

Here's the Lightning Talk I didn't get to give at #PyConTW26 today. As in a (fever) dream, think of the various Pythons (the language) that could be... 🧵 1/9 #PyConTW

A python snake coiling around an egg, that has "Pythons that can be"

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Fish in the Percolator @imrehg.fosstodon.org.ap.brid.gy · 12/10/2026

Looks like multiple exposure, but it's just a wall with faded signs, new paint, and sharp sunset shadows casting over... Zhongli cultural park, old army barracks, in Taoyuan, Taiwan. #AnalogPhotography

Black and white photo of a white wall, with the shadows of a tree falling on it sharply. Faded Chinese characters are barely visible on the wall.

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Fish in the Percolator @imrehg.fosstodon.org.ap.brid.gy · 11/10/2026

I say it worked pretty well this time. (A portion already gone with pasta, too quick for a photo...) Had to take off the flame earlier than I originally thought, it was still cooking on the side in the residual heat, so I have to make a note of that (so next […] [Original post on fosstodon.org]

Confit garlic in a jar, on a balustrade outdoors.

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Fish in the Percolator @imrehg.fosstodon.org.ap.brid.gy · 09/10/2026

As another side quest at the same, I've also set up a @forgejo repo on a LAN-facing Pi3, partially (e.g. only HTTPS push and no git yet, not set up to work seamlessly with wireguard networking while on the road, etc...) Why? I'm not quite sure, yet. But it […] [Original post on fosstodon.org]

Forgejo overview interface, with some recent activity on a personal instance.

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Fish in the Percolator @imrehg.fosstodon.org.ap.brid.gy · 09/10/2026

I realised that I've attached the view of the source, seen in helix, rather than in the editor itself, that's a comparison! 😅

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Fish in the Percolator @imrehg.fosstodon.org.ap.brid.gy · 09/10/2026

Just finished with "Build your own text editor" viewsourcecode.org/snaptoken/kilo/i… It was a hoot, and I really appreciate, how something this useful can be fit into ~1k LOC / 36kb compiled (dynamic)... For extra flavour, expanded the syntax highlighting with Python.

View of the editor with the "kilo" source code open

Folder listing of the kilo editor source dode, showing that the compiled version is 36kb, plus a loit of test files alongside.

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Fish in the Percolator @imrehg.fosstodon.org.ap.brid.gy · 09/10/2026

@kagihq please for the love of languagebring the Kagi Translate app on par with the web version... It is uselessly empty in the app, compared to the web, and now that the apps are spun out, the main Kagi app doesn't link to the web one, got to log in in […] [Original post on fosstodon.org]

Kagi Translate app with the Chinese word for taxi

Kagi translate web version with the Chinese word for Taxi

Kagi translate web version with the Chinese word for Taxi, expanded

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Fish in the Percolator @imrehg.fosstodon.org.ap.brid.gy · 09/10/2026

Heretics of Dune from 1983, or the world of 2026, you decide!

A photo of a quote from the book Heretics of Dune, the kinds preceding the chapter:

> Quite naturally, holders of power wish to suppress 'wild' research. Unrestricted questing after knowledge has a long history of producing unwanted competition. The powerful want a 'safe line of investigation' which will develop only those products and ideas that can be controlled and, most important, that will allow the larger part of the benefits to be captured by inside investors. Unfortunately, a random universe full of relative variables does not ensure such a 'safe line of investigations'. -- Assessment of Ix, Bene Gesserit Archives

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Fish in the Percolator @imrehg.fosstodon.org.ap.brid.gy · 05/10/2026

Fedi photographers: would I regret getting this second hand Yashica camera? I got into carrying a physical film camera with b&w film, but the previous re-loaded single use is just falling apart. In my research this seemed like a good, and no-fuss option, and […] [Original post on fosstodon.org]

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Fish in the Percolator @imrehg.fosstodon.org.ap.brid.gy · 29/09/2026

My Taipei City Library branch visit project needs a bit of a push. Most of the easy access ones are done, and have to spread out now. And for that I need to go to town more often than I do now, too 🤔 In another 2-3 years and I should be done!

A printed map of Taipei city with the locations of library branches, some of them marked with a highlighter.

The printed list of Taipei City Library branches, some addresses marked with a highlighter.

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Fish in the Percolator @imrehg.fosstodon.org.ap.brid.gy · 21/09/2026

Drills keep a-coming... Interesting that one drill comes as "Presidential Alert", the other as "just" Alert message... Can it be a mess in the software backend they have these sent out from? 🤔

Screenshot of a Taiwanese Earthquake disaster drill message received on a phone.

Screenshot of a Taiwanese Tsunami disaster drill message received on a phone.

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Fish in the Percolator @imrehg.fosstodon.org.ap.brid.gy · 16/09/2026

Design and usability meets! Maybe this way I can dial in the right 🥑 ripeness!

An avocado held in a hand with a banner that shows cute little avocados drawn at different ripeness, doing a thug-of-war, with the best ripeness in the centre.

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Fish in the Percolator @imrehg.fosstodon.org.ap.brid.gy · 13/09/2026

I like browsing the magazine aisle of our local bookstore, and picking up something unusual & interesting. Today's haul is F, the food documentary magazine, and their 1st issue on Salt. 🧂 www.reading-f.com/magazine-f-salt Yum, yum! Though I also […] [Original post on fosstodon.org]

Front cover of the F magazine, issue 1: salt

View of the interior pages, on salt production in Italy, Peru, and other countries, with maps and photos of the locations.

A Japanese salted vegetables production article with large photos and text.

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Fish in the Percolator @imrehg.fosstodon.org.ap.brid.gy · 08/09/2026

All this work since the Big Bang, towards having a little cup of light roast coffee. ✅

Wooden table top in a coffee shop, with a coffee cup in the front, a carafe in the back with more coffee and the rest of the room behind in bokeh.

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Fish in the Percolator @imrehg.fosstodon.org.ap.brid.gy · 09/08/2026

Swinging in the rain, Oh swiiiiinging in the rain... #TyphoonDolphin

View outside a window with trees in the front and high-rises in the back, with water droplets on the window itself. Everything is wet, and it is windy.

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Fish in the Percolator @imrehg.fosstodon.org.ap.brid.gy · 08/08/2026

And when I was just told "oh, I wanted to go to the shops", this message arrived... Sensible people: sure, we can shop later In this case: "doesn't look too bad, let's go"...

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Fish in the Percolator @imrehg.fosstodon.org.ap.brid.gy · 08/08/2026

My goodness, this light-roast Tieguanyin is really excellent... Feeling very local, the tea is from Pinglin 坪林 www.by-teamaster.com The tea pot and cup are both from a local artist Ku Shang Ling/顧上領 Preparing for the typhoon and staying home in this flavour and scent. #tea #Taiwan

Overhead view of a geiwan cup on a scale, with tea leafs inside, and to the right there's a cup with some golden colour tea inside.

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Fish in the Percolator @imrehg.fosstodon.org.ap.brid.gy · 03/08/2026

Everyone, and their grandmother (if she has a smartphone) just received this. Even my no-SIM inserted (WiFi only) spare phone... New thong: this time they will also cut mobile internet during the security drills. Here's to "offline first" and "offline […] [Original post on fosstodon.org]

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Fish in the Percolator @imrehg.fosstodon.org.ap.brid.gy · 27/07/2026

It's 6pm and Homer takes down the movie booking website.... (it's the time when the IMAX booking for next week reopened -- or supposed to be :) "Error processing your request" #Taiwan #Odyssey #IMAX

Plain website, reading: "錯誤。處理您的要求時發生錯誤。" => "Error. An error occurred while processing your request."

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Fish in the Percolator @imrehg.fosstodon.org.ap.brid.gy · 19/07/2026

Oh, I am doing a real-life "Brooklyn Coffee Shop" bit, with this chap Guy Debord, and Colombian double-anaerobic light roast pour-over. Adulting is not saying sorry for childish past times? 🤔

A photo of a coffee shop table with a coffee cup on the right, and a book on the left: Guy Debord's The Society of the Spectacle.

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Fish in the Percolator @imrehg.fosstodon.org.ap.brid.gy · 17/07/2026

"Gosh, we made it to the end of today, and it's almost #Caturday. Phew!"

Cat sitting on a couch, plopped down and looking to the side.

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Fish in the Percolator @imrehg.fosstodon.org.ap.brid.gy · 17/07/2026

My low hanging contribution to the memeverse this morning, after seeing yet another list suggestion in my feed.

The Drake hotline bling no/yes meme:
No - screenshot of "books everyone should read" link for a Substack blog
Yes - "everyone should read books"

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Fish in the Percolator @imrehg.fosstodon.org.ap.brid.gy · 11/07/2026

We need more easy going docs like this, rather than sanitized speak! And indeed, study review can cause heart attacks, beware! 💝

Screenshot of the Anki docs: Maximum Reviews/Day - highlighted secion of: "this setting can help to smooth out occasional peaks in due card counts, and can save you from a heart attack when returning to Anki after taking a week off"

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Fish in the Percolator @imrehg.fosstodon.org.ap.brid.gy · 05/07/2026

The interesting times as a software engineer in the tropics, when this is true in more than one way! It's both threat, and an opportunitiy. And when someone says "scratching my itch", you genuinely can say either "you got bitten?" or "what have you built?"

Toy Story Buzz & Woody meme: Bugs. Bugs everywhere.

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Fish in the Percolator @imrehg.fosstodon.org.ap.brid.gy · 19/06/2026

Forgive me Cthulhu, for I have sinned... 🙈

A receipt of a steam purchase of a pile of games: The Red Strings Club, Stray, Book of Hours, Nine Sols, Manifold Garden; some of them with their soundtrack and art books. Adds up to NT$3000, which is about US$100.

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Fish in the Percolator @imrehg.fosstodon.org.ap.brid.gy · 16/06/2026

I have enjoyed reading philosophy for forever! And all the way it mostly goes woosh over my head, and still... Amazing how every single word can be so slippery. E.g. here in Baudrillard, "intelligence of" is not what you think, neither is "evil", really, who […] [Original post on fosstodon.org]

A book cover of Jean Baudrillard's The Intelligence of Evil or the Lucidity Pact in the foreground, with a coffeeshop table on the back, with a cup of coffee, a notebook, reading glasses, and pen.

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Fish in the Percolator @imrehg.fosstodon.org.ap.brid.gy · 14/06/2026

I have a network level adblocker. There is no disabling of that. Other websites going "please disable your adblocker" has a step to continue anyways. Techcrunch loads the entire article, then blocks me from viewing it. That's just not cool. I guess I don't […] [Original post on fosstodon.org]

Website pop-up covering over article content saying "Help keep our content free by allowlisting us - disable my adblocker".

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Fish in the Percolator @imrehg.fosstodon.org.ap.brid.gy · 14/05/2026

The simulacra is strong with this one: stick-on zen garden in the local mall.

Overhead view of a sticker that looks like a zen garden and cherry tree and other Japanese elements, in the courtyard of a mall.

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Fish in the Percolator @imrehg.fosstodon.org.ap.brid.gy · 03/05/2026

I <3 developers that are more sensible in some things than I am :) Issues submitted between Friday - Sunday are closed automatically, because it's a weekend. Take your time. Do something healthier!

GitHub issue labels: "bug" and "closed-because-weekend"

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Fish in the Percolator @imrehg.fosstodon.org.ap.brid.gy · 03/05/2026

Upgraded openZFS to be able to update the Linux kernel on a lil' server, it flagged that there are new features I could enable on my pool, an it was hese draid_failure_domains, seem genuinely useful! Thanks Seagate! No thinking whether it is something to […] [Original post on fosstodon.org]

Screenshot of the "draid_failure_domain" manual page:

draid_failure_domains
GUID com.seagate:draid_failure_domains
DEPENDENCIES draid
READ-ONLY COMPATIBLE no

This feature enables use of failure domains in draid vdev type. Failure domains allow for an entire set of devices that belong to a domain to fail without taking the pool offline. Devices that are likely to fail together due to sharing a common component, such as an enclosure, HBA, or SAS expander, are good candidates to form a failure domain. For example, on a setup with several enclosures the user could define the failure domains to be the set of devices in each enclosure, then the failure groups span the enclosures. Or in other words, the dRAID is arranged such that the i-th device in every failure group belongs to i-th enclosure. This will allow tolerating the failure of the whole enclosure. The size of the failure group is equal to the number of failure domains, and it cannot be less than the size of the redundancy group (parity + data + spares). This feature becomes active when creating a pool which uses the draid vdev type with failure domains configured, or when adding a new draid vdev with failure domains to an existing pool.

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Fish in the Percolator @imrehg.fosstodon.org.ap.brid.gy · 30/04/2026

The day when my laptop that works perfectly fine, is too old to run a text editor 😅 Zed fails to start, because it doesn't find a GPU, apparently...

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