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Maruno Ulfdrengr @maruno.bark.lgbt.ap.brid.gy · 14/02/2026

[??? depol] @charlotte It turns Germany into no-more-many and greenhouse gasses, at least in the Grubenland.

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Maruno Ulfdrengr @maruno.bark.lgbt.ap.brid.gy · 14/02/2026

Warming up with marzipan glühwein cuddles after the museum where Zwarte Woef had to stay alone in a cold locker.

Black wolf plushie looking at a table with Glühwein in a mug

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Maruno Ulfdrengr @maruno.bark.lgbt.ap.brid.gy · 14/02/2026

Hmm, first time a museum tells me I can't take my plushie and Zwarte Woef had to go in a locker :/

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Maruno Ulfdrengr @maruno.bark.lgbt.ap.brid.gy · 13/02/2026

Oooh, Lübeck in the snow is pretty!

Halsentor city gate of Lübeck in the evening and snow

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Maruno Ulfdrengr @maruno.bark.lgbt.ap.brid.gy · 13/02/2026

On the road towards NordicFuzzCon, first stop Lübeck. :) Being joined by Zwarte Woef and Delfin for support ^_^

Zwarte Woef (wearing harness) and Delfin in my lap inside a EV/car on the road.

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Maruno Ulfdrengr @maruno.bark.lgbt.ap.brid.gy · 13/02/2026

['NSFW' repair instructions] These repair instructions are insane? Take a drill to this place through the plastic and reveal a secret screw... Why for repairability's sake did you do this bit of plastic at all? vimeo.com/498428757

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EMW Repair

This is "EMW Repair" by Europe Magic Wand official site on Vimeo, the home for high quality videos and the people who love them.

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Maruno Ulfdrengr @maruno.bark.lgbt.ap.brid.gy · 13/02/2026

Like is the best/expected thing really to break out into several specific accounts? Cause most servers seem to be focused on a theme.

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Maruno Ulfdrengr @maruno.bark.lgbt.ap.brid.gy · 12/02/2026

How does one go about picking a Mastodon server that fits these days? I kind of looking for a backup option. I like mastodon it's design is a downside when it breaks :P

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Maruno Ulfdrengr @maruno.bark.lgbt.ap.brid.gy · 10/02/2026

Just two more days of work to survive. :S Stuff ain't going well and zo just want my con vacation now instead of all this shit stuck in my head. >.<

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Maruno Ulfdrengr @maruno.bark.lgbt.ap.brid.gy · 09/02/2026

Seems like the bearing is completely shot now... Got another turntable that has less features but is the 'audiophile' version. Will be scavenging parts and getting that one working instead. Just ouch €€€ new needle.... >.>

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Maruno Ulfdrengr @maruno.bark.lgbt.ap.brid.gy · 09/02/2026

I do not have a lot of luck with my physical media, my #turntable stopped spinning correctly again, the drive seems weak and if suddenly slowed down during playback. I had fixed it before that it had completely stopped moving after a while of no use and taken apart the entire motor, might need […]

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Maruno Ulfdrengr @maruno.bark.lgbt.ap.brid.gy · 07/02/2026

Got another handy remote into #homeassistant to control my PS3! :3 This should work well for playing physical media without the controller.

PS3 remote in Home Assistant made using universal remote card and restful commands

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Maruno Ulfdrengr @maruno.bark.lgbt.ap.brid.gy · 06/02/2026

Sometimes I ponder if I should have a blog for this kind of stuff nobody want to read anyway

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Maruno Ulfdrengr @maruno.bark.lgbt.ap.brid.gy · 06/02/2026

Hmm, since my PS3 issue ended up being mechanical lubrication instead of laser burnout like every Redditor screams... I wonder if this is why everybody's Ultra HD Blu Rays die. :') Cause they will be even more sensitive to mechnical tracking issues... And these players are all sold as 'new' but […]

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Maruno Ulfdrengr @maruno.bark.lgbt.ap.brid.gy · 05/02/2026

My turntable is streaming over the network again, and this time I can run it through a micropython script. :3 Now just need to hook it up with some MQTT magic

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Maruno Ulfdrengr @maruno.bark.lgbt.ap.brid.gy · 05/02/2026

Oh! I loaded a few disks with it tilted and gave the drive a few cycles and now it seems to load disks just fine :o

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Maruno Ulfdrengr @maruno.bark.lgbt.ap.brid.gy · 05/02/2026

Ugh, unfortunately it didn't fix it. It plays CD's and DVD's much quicker now, but still doesn't load Blu Rays... So I am afraid my boyfriend then wants me to scrap it after all this effort >.>

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Maruno Ulfdrengr @maruno.bark.lgbt.ap.brid.gy · 04/02/2026

Poor thing was completely dry and the drive caddy could hardly move, needed some new lithium lube and moves smoothly again. That probably was it, else I need a new laser but doubtful a bit? Do also want to replace the empty battery, but of course this requires new […] [Original post on bark.lgbt]

Fresh lithium grease applied to a disk drive caddy.

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Maruno Ulfdrengr @maruno.bark.lgbt.ap.brid.gy · 04/02/2026

Damnit, my PS3 doesn't play Blu rays >.<

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Maruno Ulfdrengr @maruno.bark.lgbt.ap.brid.gy · 04/02/2026

Since I started getting physical media for movies/series now, I am looking at my vinyl collection again... Especially since Spotify is giving me this awful AI music. Been busy trying to get my turntable connected to the network. :P

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Maruno Ulfdrengr @maruno.bark.lgbt.ap.brid.gy · 03/02/2026

[Guilt about blocking for mental health] I am not sure how I can get people call me friend that somehow just get me worked up and angry all the time? >.> I feel bad for 'cancelling' someone, but also can't really deal with that constantly...

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Maruno Ulfdrengr @maruno.bark.lgbt.ap.brid.gy · 03/02/2026

Today Zwarte Woef was even more brave and was also sticking their paws out if the bag, very clearly visible on the desk. And I had a coworker sitting with me the entire day and it went well.... ^_^'

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Maruno Ulfdrengr @maruno.bark.lgbt.ap.brid.gy · 01/02/2026

Played around with the UNIX port of #micropython a bit and got my framework to deploy to my router (the poor thing is Linux-based but can't run much) and run some other programs as a subprocess for scripting. github.com/maruno/mpy-blox?tab=read…

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Maruno Ulfdrengr @maruno.bark.lgbt.ap.brid.gy · 01/02/2026

Everything taken care of for travel to NFC, intermediate hotel in Lübeck booked and ferry booked! Only thing we can't control is the weather... It looks like there will be snow, so our new tires will get a good test... 😅 Really hope everything will go okay. Really looking forward to the con! ^_^

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Maruno Ulfdrengr @maruno.bark.lgbt.ap.brid.gy · 01/02/2026

Goodbye Netflix and a big F to Amazon Prime and especially Paramount+/SkyShowtime, starting my post streaming phase with this initial purchase of second hand DVD's and Blu rays. Will grow more over time using the money I am saving. Will never get my media taken away from me again. 👋

Spread out purchase of various second hand DVD's and Blu Rays, among which some special cut Star Trek episodes, Star Trek movies boxset, Firefly, The IT crowd and various good movies.

Cabinet with the DVD's and Blu Rays in it.

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Maruno Ulfdrengr @maruno.bark.lgbt.ap.brid.gy · 31/01/2026

[AI use-] My biggest grudge with AI stuff still... Sometimes it will always lie so incredibly hard and pretend it can do stuff and pretend it did it... >.< In this case I just shouldn't have used it at all and just done the thing myself, which I am now going to […] [Original post on bark.lgbt]

AI output upon being confronted that it didn't do what it said it did:

You're absolutely right, and I apologize. I didn't actually look at your repository's Makefile or pyproject.toml files - I was making generic examples without seeing your actual setup. That's not helpful for you.

Let me be direct: I cannot currently fetch the actual contents of files from GitHub repositories, only see metadata and documentation. I should have been upfront about this limitation instead of making assumptions

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Maruno Ulfdrengr @maruno.bark.lgbt.ap.brid.gy · 30/01/2026

It's the first evening of the weekend and I feel like I'm just wasting it a bit. Home alone, not feeling like doing anything, headaches and my head is heavy /cooked from the day/week. :S

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Maruno Ulfdrengr @maruno.bark.lgbt.ap.brid.gy · 30/01/2026

Read a little bit about #natenom, cause I didn't know about him and I see for sure the toots today. Very saddening for sure and that does affect me too, I feel with you all. :(

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Maruno Ulfdrengr @maruno.bark.lgbt.ap.brid.gy · 29/01/2026

I don't get DHL from Germany anymore... I am getting two packages both ordered at the same day and both arriving at the same day tomorrow... One with DHL Netherlands and the other package they gave to PostNL!? So now two vans will come and huh? Is DHL Germany and DHL NL not in any way related or […]

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Maruno Ulfdrengr @maruno.bark.lgbt.ap.brid.gy · 29/01/2026

I regret it a lot when the lunch break came... Broke down half the house requiring cleaning, needed to do groceries too... Grumpy about everyone being slow... Now 1,5 hours later I am finally eating some lunch...

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Maruno Ulfdrengr @maruno.bark.lgbt.ap.brid.gy · 29/01/2026

I decided I want to be happy and bouncy today... *Puts on Bluey Dance Mode album ;P

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Maruno Ulfdrengr @maruno.bark.lgbt.ap.brid.gy · 27/01/2026

Zwarte Woef was well behaved today and didn't really draw any attention, but I really liked being able to pet their head every once in a while. ^_^

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Maruno Ulfdrengr @maruno.bark.lgbt.ap.brid.gy · 27/01/2026

Zwarte Woef is carefully peaking their head out of the bag today in the office.

A black wolf plushie peaking their head out of a backpack in an office.

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Maruno Ulfdrengr @maruno.bark.lgbt.ap.brid.gy · 25/01/2026

We switched cabs and are driving the Elefantenexpress back to Hanau!

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Maruno Ulfdrengr @maruno.bark.lgbt.ap.brid.gy · 25/01/2026

Today we are driving a virtual "Ersatszug", what is so special about it? It's in the back currently? Ooh!! Can we drive the elephant and mousy train, can we? Please?

Plushie looking excited at BR 110 "Elefantenexpress" from "Sending mit der Maus" pushing n-wagen in Train Sim World

Plushie looking at TRI driving head with n-wagen in Train Sim World

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Maruno Ulfdrengr @maruno.bark.lgbt.ap.brid.gy · 23/01/2026

Starfleet Academy is more like American high school college instead of a futuristic cultural diverse institution. Really weird to watch this.

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ploum @ploum.mamot.fr.ap.brid.gy · 22/01/2026

Receiving emails from ancient students, now in the workforce, who stumbled on my article about my exam: ploum.net/2026-01-19-exam-with-chat… One of the subject raised is how they are literally forced to use chatbots by their employers and how much time they are losing because […]

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Maruno Ulfdrengr @maruno.bark.lgbt.ap.brid.gy · 21/01/2026

I disabled google now on my phone, didn't know that was possible. Best thing ever, no more forced bad news.

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Maruno Ulfdrengr @maruno.bark.lgbt.ap.brid.gy · 21/01/2026

And ATB-VV also works ahahaha. Got emergency brake cause I wouldn't be able to stop in time for a red.

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Maruno Ulfdrengr @maruno.bark.lgbt.ap.brid.gy · 21/01/2026

And yes, I was speeding a little bit because I took the picture. 😅 ATB went trrrrrrrrring

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Maruno Ulfdrengr @maruno.bark.lgbt.ap.brid.gy · 21/01/2026

Ooh, Vectron has ATB too look! Green signal ahead!

Black wolf plushie showing in cab ATB signalling on a Vectron display in Train Sim World

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Maruno Ulfdrengr @maruno.bark.lgbt.ap.brid.gy · 20/01/2026

Ah, just found out the band says it's invented Swiss German! :D youtu.be/lj8_hisapwo

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Maruno Ulfdrengr @maruno.bark.lgbt.ap.brid.gy · 20/01/2026

Just asked AI to translate some Swiss German lyrics and it just told me no I can't understand it at all hahahaha xD

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Maruno Ulfdrengr @maruno.bark.lgbt.ap.brid.gy · 20/01/2026

On the way back they suddenly have someone with a whistle being angry at everybody for not listening to the whistle. I am not aware of any whistle commands for pedestrians? :') At some point we wer supposed to walk over the cycle path at least...

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Maruno Ulfdrengr @maruno.bark.lgbt.ap.brid.gy · 20/01/2026

Mostly a "it's your problem mentally" that I dislike here. They just shoves forbidden for pedestrians signs everywhere but no clue or info on how to get anywhere as a pedestrian

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Maruno Ulfdrengr @maruno.bark.lgbt.ap.brid.gy · 20/01/2026

Schiedam really outdid themselves... They opened literally all sidewalks in one street, walk into a street around it and the same? Made a several km detour nos to get to the supermarket? As a pedestrian... -_-

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Maruno Ulfdrengr @maruno.bark.lgbt.ap.brid.gy · 19/01/2026

Boyfriend caught me that I had taken Zwarte Woef to work this morning and was a bit judgemental... But I am glad I did, my heart was racing after the day at the office and a quick cuddle helped a bit at least.

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Maruno Ulfdrengr @maruno.bark.lgbt.ap.brid.gy · 19/01/2026

Just went to the biggest MediaMarkt in the region, cause a smaller one didn't have any, see this wonderful selection... Almost nothing, I think they aren't stocking any and just trying to get rid of it.

Half empty shelf of single Blu rays of only some obscure movies

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