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jlin @jlin.fosstodon.org.ap.brid.gy · 05/06/2026

Insightful look into a difficult moment in aviation. One of the best behind the scenes reporting of the Spirit Airline Repo operation after the closure of the airline. www.youtube.com/watch?v=moEixIux1b0

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jlin @jlin.fosstodon.org.ap.brid.gy · 24/04/2026

@mattblaze is it bad because it drains the general ability to respond to other issues in the area?

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jlin @jlin.fosstodon.org.ap.brid.gy · 09/04/2026

one chrome feature I do like is the "live caption" option that can be enabled on any video.

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Jean-François Mezei @jfmezei.cosocial.ca.ap.brid.gy · 30/03/2026

Original plan for the Montréal REM Côte de Liesse station with the passengers going below tracks to cross them. Actual station has passengers going over tracks.

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jlin @jlin.fosstodon.org.ap.brid.gy · 19/03/2026

@xgranade go with whatever fits your needs, but homebrew is pretty much *the* end-user environment for mac unix-like these days. your needs might vary though, so that's why I asked.

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Matt Blaze @mattblaze.federate.social.ap.brid.gy · 16/03/2026

Ravenswood Generating Station ("Big Allis"), Queens, NY, 2024. All the pixels, but none of the blackouts, at www.flickr.com/photos/mattblaze/537… #photography

A large industrial building on a waterfront. Four large smokestacks as well as numerous pipes, ramps, and other apparatus are visible on the exterior.

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jlin @jlin.fosstodon.org.ap.brid.gy · 04/03/2026

On the other hand, i had a good visit to my ENT who extracted large amounts of ear wax that was stuck. TMI But that’s the most exciting thing that happened for me so far in 2026.

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jlin @jlin.fosstodon.org.ap.brid.gy · 04/03/2026

Having a hard time finding my direction. Will keep thinking about it.

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jlin @jlin.fosstodon.org.ap.brid.gy · 26/02/2026

holy batman too many meetings today

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jlin @jlin.fosstodon.org.ap.brid.gy · 13/02/2026

@samvarma Also, there is a false equivalency. Just because something happens fast doesn't mean it has the same weight. A covid shutdown in 3 months vs AI improving in 3 months, vs a baseball being hit as a home run in the last inning of a game. The time scales are different, but only one killed […]

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jlin @jlin.fosstodon.org.ap.brid.gy · 12/02/2026

@samvarma So my counterpoint to this person's long form is, well, I read it, I thought it wasn't that great, but it's fine. It was probably written with generative AI tools, but it's no more insightful or interesting than say, an article in a gossip mag. Good for a 3 min read, skip the rest. Go […]

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jlin @jlin.fosstodon.org.ap.brid.gy · 12/02/2026

@samvarma Specifically because many tasks are orthogonal to each other. What I do feel is going to be a trend is AI being crappy at a lot of things, but good enough to pass the crappiness barrier. You think people actually *want* good programs? they actually want good art? No. For 90% of the […]

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jlin @jlin.fosstodon.org.ap.brid.gy · 12/02/2026

@samvarma I only read about 3/4 of it, (stopped at "what you should actually do" - and it's drivel. My issue with it is that it has a very "top down" hierarchical viewpoint. I know for a fact that almost all PhD's *cannot* do office work and fail at it. Most programmers can't do simple IT work […]

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jlin @jlin.fosstodon.org.ap.brid.gy · 03/02/2026

First time really trying to use Blender, following the donut and coffee mug tutorial from blenderguru

Blender rendering of a blue coffee mug, a green (supposed to be pistachio flavour) donut, donut is on a plat. there is no table because I didn't want to make it lol

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jlin @jlin.fosstodon.org.ap.brid.gy · 29/01/2026

@sundogplanets not lying - I once got lost in the campus just walking around - feels like a real life Escher painting inside the buildings

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Prof. Sam Lawler @sundogplanets.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 27/01/2026

Here, have some huge BC trees:

Looking straight up at a canopy of extremely tall fir trees. There's a really neat pattern of similar size gaps between adjacent tree tops, and the bright white cloudy sky peeking through the gaps.

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jlin @jlin.fosstodon.org.ap.brid.gy · 25/01/2026

and also a place to shove my ansible playbooks online privately behind a login! I'm moving toward using ansible and scripted environments more so I can at any moment decide to delete my system and have it back working in a few commands, just wait for the ansible playbooks to do their thing. I'll […]

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jlin @jlin.fosstodon.org.ap.brid.gy · 25/01/2026

It feels SO SO GOOD to move my homework code and crappy experimental repos to my own forgejo git server! Most of the stuff is for learning so it's super crappy, but it's my super crappy code. I personally really appreciate having my own personal git server and prune the official github repo for […]

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jlin @jlin.fosstodon.org.ap.brid.gy · 25/01/2026

so far, self hosting forgejo, ghost blog, and openproject. so far so good!

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jlin @jlin.fosstodon.org.ap.brid.gy · 24/01/2026

@sundogplanets awesome!! glad you enjoyed it!! Yah the first time I went I was amazed at how approachable the hosts made astronomy and science. And there's lots of next generation astronomers in the making there!

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jlin @jlin.fosstodon.org.ap.brid.gy · 24/01/2026

on my second website conversion to a freebsd bastille jail. it's actually kind of nice! One gotcha is I'm starting to lose track of the levels of inception... am I outside in the host, or inside bastille, and if so which jail? inception!!

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jlin @jlin.fosstodon.org.ap.brid.gy · 24/01/2026

setting up certbot and nginx for freebsd - the automated tools have come a long way to make it easy and intuitive! I just had to understand a few things, and make sure to unblock 443 from my pf and it's all set!

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jlin @jlin.fosstodon.org.ap.brid.gy · 23/01/2026

@sundogplanets Are you going to be at starry nights tonight at SFU? maybe good time to watch some stars!

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jlin @jlin.fosstodon.org.ap.brid.gy · 15/01/2026

@qlp cool! I read your post in preparation to try to make a go at a proxmox MBP 2018 system! I also use FreeBSD quite a bit so good on you for trying it out for Steam Deck usage!

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jlin @jlin.fosstodon.org.ap.brid.gy · 15/01/2026

@qlp Hi! I'm reading your proxmox on macbook pro blog post and thought I would send a link to the T2Linux project - that slipstreams the T2 security chip drivers on various linux distributions: t2linux.org that will make running linux on T2 Intel macs a bit easier. There is a Debian […]

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jlin @jlin.fosstodon.org.ap.brid.gy · 30/12/2025

A very janky 25 gbe setup. ethtool says it's up! but I haven't assigned ip address or done anything else yet. at least the physical layer is good!

linux ethtool partial output

Speed: 25000Mb/s
Lanes: 1
Duplex: Full
Auto-negotiation: on
Port: Direct Attach Copper
PHYAD: 0
Transceiver: internal
Supports Wake-on: d
Wake-on: d
Link detected: yes

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jlin @jlin.fosstodon.org.ap.brid.gy · 24/12/2025

@skinnylatte I like the irreverent look of the cat

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jlin @jlin.fosstodon.org.ap.brid.gy · 19/12/2025

@jfmezei sorry, hope no people were harmed / no other structures were damaged

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Patrick Lam :tinoflag: @va2lam.mastodon.nz.ap.brid.gy · 10/12/2025

A windy day, but with excellent visibility, on Angelus Peak, this past Sunday. #NelsonLakes That was the first time I climbed it on this trip, but not the last! #Aotearoa

Angelus Lake prominent in the centre of this photo on a pretty windy, partly cloudy day with lots of sunshine. Mountains abound. There is a hut which you can barely see on the shores of the lake.

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jlin @jlin.fosstodon.org.ap.brid.gy · 11/12/2025

@va2lam what a saga!! the snowy part looks dangerous though

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jlin @jlin.fosstodon.org.ap.brid.gy · 10/12/2025

@sundogplanets There are a lot of canadian hosted wordpress - I use www.fullhost.com but there are also others. There are also a lot of community hosting based in the various cities - I know the Vancouver area better but you will also find a concentration of hosting companies in Calgary […]

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Ben Zanin @gnomon.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 06/12/2025

Oh no my gingerbread christmoose has suffered a grievous injury

A gingerbread moose in a red cardboard sleeve with a clear cellophane front. One antler and the front leg have snapped off cleanly, condemning this poor moose to the fate of being rapidly devoured by local predators (me and Katie).

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jlin @jlin.fosstodon.org.ap.brid.gy · 05/12/2025

@sundogplanets great! I'll try to see if my calendar works for that!

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jlin @jlin.fosstodon.org.ap.brid.gy · 04/12/2025

@sundogplanets will you be going to SFU by any chance? they have open sky nights most friday nights at their observatory and it's always a hoot! (well, if it's pouring rain less of a hoot, but nonetheless, I liked going)

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