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Mehrad :kde: :emacs: :rstats: @mehrad.fosstodon.org.ap.brid.gy · 02/10/2026

@maltelau Thanks. After your comment, I have tried it. No error. Since I didn't find any issue, didn't see anything relevant in the documentation, or in the git repo issues, out of desperation, I created a super minimal example (18 lines) and asked Perplexity […] [Original post on fosstodon.org]

Screenshot of an org-mode file with 2 drills. Each item is made of a heading (the English word), a subheading for the translation, a PROPERTIES drawer, and immediately after the drawer is a # which acts as org-mode comment character.

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Mehrad :kde: :emacs: :rstats: @mehrad.fosstodon.org.ap.brid.gy · 02/10/2026

I'm getting prepared for a language exam and I have a org-mode file with the phrases and sentences that I use for practice. After some minor changes, org-drill stopped working and it just shows the end of session buffer immediately upon execution. This is not […] [Original post on fosstodon.org]

Screenshot of a org-drill statistics buffer that is shown at the end of the drill. It shows that the session duration was zero seconds and yet everything is successful.

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Mehrad :kde: :emacs: :rstats: @mehrad.fosstodon.org.ap.brid.gy · 14/08/2026

I'm observing a weird behavior of org-mode python evaluation. Can anyone help me understand why I can only get the value out when I use `:session` for the source block while avoid using `print()` in Python? The attached screenshot has all 4 combinations, and […] [Original post on fosstodon.org]

$Screenshot of an Emacs window in org-mode demonstrating the weird behavior of org-mode source blocks when evaluating and parsing python. The following is the content of the buffer which is also completely shown in the screenshot: * Emacs info #+begin_src emacs-lisp (fset 'yes-or-no-p 'y-or-n-p) (version) #+end_src #+RESULTS: : GNU Emacs 30.2 (build 1, x86_64-pc-linux-gnu, GTK+ Version 3.24.52, cairo version 1.18.4) * setup org-mode #+begin_src emacs-lisp (use-package org :ensure nil :config (org-babel-do-load-languages 'org-babel-load-languages '((python . t))) :hook ((org-mode . org-indent-mode))) (org-indent-mode) #+end_src #+RESULTS: : t * Without session ** without =print= #+begin_src python txt = "test" f"This is a {txt}" #+end_src #+RESULTS: : None ** with =print= #+begin_src python txt = "test" print(f"This is a {txt}") #+end_src #+RESULTS: : None * With session ** without =print= #+begin_src python :session txt = "test" f"This is a {txt}" #+end_src #+RESULTS: : This is a test ** with =print= #+begin_src python :session txt = "test" print(f"This is a {txt}") #+end_src #+RESULTS: : None$

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Mehrad :kde: :emacs: :rstats: @mehrad.fosstodon.org.ap.brid.gy · 19/05/2026

For the first time ever, I'm now rooting for AI to take away job of certain people. Where I work has Office365 and the only 2FA they have enabled are SMS and Microsoft Authenticator. I have Yubikey, we all have passkeys, but no, these geniuses in IT are […] [Original post on fosstodon.org]

Screenshot of an email that contains my question from my institute's IT, and their response. the question is:

What are the OpenSource options? I don't use non-opensource tools on my personal phone.

Their answer is:

There are several Open Source options, but they can not be used because they do not support these features:

Then a table with emojies !!
Then:
Open-source apps do NOT support:

Microsoft push approvals (number matching)
- Azure AD passwordless login
- Enterprise device integration
- So in corporate environments (like Varha), you still need Microsoft Authenticator for work accounts.

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Mehrad :kde: :emacs: :rstats: @mehrad.fosstodon.org.ap.brid.gy · 06/05/2026

A question for all #Guix folks on fedi: is there a way to make building the derivations faster? The machine I use has 20 cores, and only one of them is used 100% and the rest are usually around 7-8%. There are many things that needs updating on my machine […] [Original post on fosstodon.org]

Screenshot of the htop command showing all the processes of guile. Only the first one is 100% and the rest ate below 7%.

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Mehrad :kde: :emacs: :rstats: @mehrad.fosstodon.org.ap.brid.gy · 17/04/2026

According to the rector decision in my university, the university library will put all research articles under CC license and making it publicly available regardless of the journal! This is an amazing news that promotes better research practices imho. I'm super […] [Original post on fosstodon.org]

Screenshot of an email with highlighted text. The following parts are verbatim copy of the highlighted parts (due to the word limit I cannot put the full text here, but most of the text is the same as the link I provided in the post that accompanied this photo):

> The model helps ensure that the University’s peer‑reviewed research articles are available open access via the University’s institutional repository.

> publication after 1 April 2026.

> The model covers manuscript versions of articles published in scientific journals, edited volumes and conference proceedings

> If the article is published behind a paywall: [...] The Library applies a Creative Commons (CC) licence to the deposited manuscript and makes it openly available immediately in the University of Turku's UTUPub repository. The researcher does not need to notify the publisher that the prior licence model is being used.

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Mehrad :kde: :emacs: :rstats: @mehrad.fosstodon.org.ap.brid.gy · 01/04/2026

While talking to a colleague, I noticed they are not very well aware of the size of #Iran as a country. A quick online search landed us both on this nifty website that corrects for map projections and allows overlapping countries land mass. In this quick draft […] [Original post on fosstodon.org]

A screenshot of a map in which Iran area is marked by green. On top of it, I have fit the area of Ireland (red), Germany (yellow), Finland (purple), and Estonia (magenta) within the mainland of Iran, with plenty room to spare.

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Mehrad :kde: :emacs: :rstats: @mehrad.fosstodon.org.ap.brid.gy · 12/02/2026

It seems my hypothesis yesterday was spot on! #Psiphon #Conduit connections dropped significantly during the past 2 days, from over 29 million daily connections from #Iran , to 4.6 million. This is 84% drop in just 2 days!

Screenshot of the Conduit statistics page which shows e line graph of daily conduit connections by region. The figure shows a drastic drop for connections from Iran, and a very small increase in Myanmar and Russia comparatively.

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Mehrad :kde: :emacs: :rstats: @mehrad.fosstodon.org.ap.brid.gy · 10/02/2026

For those who are interested in self-hosting #Conduit servers on your VPS/VM, this project might be a quick way to start: github.com/SamNet-dev/conduit-manag… Disclaimer: I am yet to read the entire code-base. This is not an endorsement, but rather […] [Original post on fosstodon.org]

Screenshot from the planet earth showing some of the connections that are facilitated through Conduit. The picture shows lots of lines connecting Europe and american continent to Iran (orange), some lines from Europe to Ukraine (yellow), some lines from Europe and american continent to Russia, and few lines from Europe to each Asia which is not visible on this globe, but they will end up in Myanmar (Cyan).

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Mehrad :kde: :emacs: :rstats: @mehrad.fosstodon.org.ap.brid.gy · 09/02/2026

I've seen a lot of websites forbid the use of special characters in their forms, but this is the first time I see one forbidding numbers !! This is the feedback form of Finland's customs: asiointi.tulli.fi/asiointipalvelu/f… Where do they find these web developers?!?! #Finland

Screenshot of the feedback form of Finnish customs website that shows the following error upon submitting the form:

"An error occurred while sending the form. Please remove all numbers from the text you’ve entered and submit the form again."

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Mehrad :kde: :emacs: :rstats: @mehrad.fosstodon.org.ap.brid.gy · 30/12/2025

I stumbled upon this nice website by @blinry and Sándor Fekete: idea-instructions.com Give it a shot and enjoy the brilliance of their work. I particularly like this one that I attached here: idea-instructions.com/public-key I hope they do […] [Original post on fosstodon.org]

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Mehrad :kde: :emacs: :rstats: @mehrad.fosstodon.org.ap.brid.gy · 16/12/2025

I received an email from #Helsinki public transport that contained some statistics about #PublicTransport in 2025: > Throughout the year, there were approximately 6.5 million departures in bus traffic, 978k in tram traffic, 260k in commuter trains, and […] [Original post on fosstodon.org]

The following is the verbatim of the text in the picture:

Thank you from 2025!

Even though there are still a few weeks left in the year, we already got a sneak peek at the numbers for 2025. Quite a number of departures and climate-friendly kilometers.

A big thank you to all of you who traveled with us!

On a weekday, there were approximately 24,275 departures in HSL traffic, of which 20,270 were made by bus, 2,250 by tram, 690 by commuter train, 610 by metro, 350 by express tram and 105 by ferry.

Throughout the year, there were approximately 6.5 million departures in bus traffic, 978,000 in tram traffic, 260,000 in commuter trains (A, E, L, U, Y, I, P, K trains) and approximately 195,300 in the metro.

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Mehrad :kde: :emacs: :rstats: @mehrad.fosstodon.org.ap.brid.gy · 10/12/2025

What blew my mind is the ambient sounds I can add on top of the music. I added a some rain sound, some campfire cracking, and a little bit of a water stream sound. It is really immersive. I don't know if it boosts my productivity, but it really has helped me to […] [Original post on fosstodon.org]

Screenshot of the "Sounds" menu of ChillHop.com that allows adding ambient sounds. It has some horizontal sliders to increase/decrease volume of different sounds: The menu from top to bottom reads:

Atmospheres
Select any atmosphere to make it more cozy.
Rain, City Noise, Stream, Cicadas, Campfire, Cosy Cafe, Keyboard, Vinyl Crackling

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Mehrad :kde: :emacs: :rstats: @mehrad.fosstodon.org.ap.brid.gy · 05/12/2025

Yet another reason why @kagihq is a better choice. During 11 months, I have only used 0.11 USD worth of AI in #kagi. This is great because: 1. Kagi transparently gives this statistics 2. genAI is not active by default unless you put "?" at the end of your query […] [Original post on fosstodon.org]

Screenshot of Kagi's search engine billing section. It shows that since January 16 2025 I have done 3830 searches on Kagi, and only 0.11 US Dollars of my subscription have been spent on generative AI.

Screenshot of Kagi Assistant's model selection menu that shows a very brief explanation of the model, the relative cost, relative quality, relative speed, and relative privacy. Here by "relative" I mean these measurements are scored from 1 to 5 and specifics and exact numbers are not mentioned.

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Mehrad :kde: :emacs: :rstats: @mehrad.fosstodon.org.ap.brid.gy · 07/11/2025

I wish this could work in R, so that we can have actual lambda instead of `\\()` when defining lambda functions. #RStats

Screenshot of R terminal. It assigns the "function" function to Greek letter small lambda. It didn't return error, but it is only because it is quoted in backticks. The next line defines a function using that lambda to get x as input and returns x+1. This threw the error "unexpected symbol".

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Mehrad :kde: :emacs: :rstats: @mehrad.fosstodon.org.ap.brid.gy · 05/11/2025

Am I the only one who is thinks that the cockpit window of the shuttle in Fedora 43 default wallpaper looks like poorly-done AI generated picture? I know it is not AI generated, as explained in the following article, but it is very distracting as it is in the […] [Original post on fosstodon.org]

Screenshot of the center part of Fedora43 wallpaper. It shows a painting of a space shuttle that is going up the sky. The cockpit window looks like a slanted lip of a very dissatisfied person.

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