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oneguynick @oneguynick.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 14/05/2026

Trading the Galaxy Watch8 for a Core Pebble Time 2. After years of “standalone” features that were just too clunky to use, I am moving back to the open ecosystem that started it all. Why? - 30-day battery (estimated) vs. 30 hours - No more charger-hunting - […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

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oneguynick @oneguynick.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 06/05/2026

I am trying to force myself to give up gboard despite so many years of muscle memory. Futo has been incredible but the anti-correction has been iffy. These setting plus the split for my fold have greatly helped. Oh and the whisper powered voice typing is amazing #Android #futo

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oneguynick @oneguynick.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 04/05/2026

After a few days and software updates, my Pebble Time 2 is getting significantly better battery life. I'm ending the day on this.

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oneguynick @oneguynick.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 03/05/2026

Kagi doesn't come as an option, but it is pretty simple to add search engines to SailfishOS default browser 1 - Goto Kagi.com 2 - Login 3 - Complete a search 4 - Hit the 🍔 5 - Settings 6 - Search engines 7 - Install Kagi

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oneguynick @oneguynick.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 03/05/2026

@cpgsaw it turns into a bit of a sickness, but I say go for it. I don't regret it at all! I am done with streaming and lack of ownership.

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oneguynick @oneguynick.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 01/05/2026

Native Mastodon support in SailfishOS is precisely the type of thing Jolla should be focused on. This has been a drum I will continue to beat - Embrace the open-source world and make it a first-class citizen […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

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oneguynick @oneguynick.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 30/04/2026

6/6 I feel like a goober wearing two watches, but it's what you do for data comparisons. I am going to switch arms because I worry the left vs right might be throwing off the data. #pebble #samsung #smartwatch

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oneguynick @oneguynick.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 30/04/2026

3/6 Workout stats are close between the two, but something's slightly off. Used the treadmill as ground truth and the Samsung was nearly perfect. Fair caveat: I've trained with that watch for multiple years, so it's had time to learn my stride and patterns. The Pebble may catch up. #pebble

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oneguynick @oneguynick.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 30/04/2026

2/6 Sleep tracking on night one: the Pebble logged roughly an hour. My team would probably say that's accurate given how I run, but my Sleep Number bed and the Samsung both said considerably more. Night two is much closer though, so it's likely still calibrating. Promising trend. #pebble

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oneguynick @oneguynick.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 30/04/2026

1/6 Pebble vs Samsung Galaxy Watch 8 Classic: some early thoughts. First thing that hits you: the weight. Samsung is 63.5g, Pebble is 33g. That difference is incredibly noticeable. After wearing the Samsung for years, the Pebble feels like nothing on the […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

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oneguynick @oneguynick.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 29/04/2026

I'm going to need to find a way to put a PS2 converter in here at some point 😂 #commodore #c64

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oneguynick @oneguynick.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 28/04/2026

My #pebble watch arrived. I'll be posting thoughts after I get some time with it

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oneguynick @oneguynick.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 18/04/2026

I have a small Cray Research paperweight from many years ago. As I sit here hacking on this robot, it occured to me the robot is likely more powerful 😂

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oneguynick @oneguynick.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 16/04/2026

There's a special place in heaven for engineers who deploy production hardware with easily accessible JTAG or TTL UART serial ports.

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oneguynick @oneguynick.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 08/04/2026

Tech confession: 30+ years using these tools, and these references still never leave my desk. Regex: Too many obscure flags to keep memorised. Awk: Relying on memory gets a bit awk-ward. Sed: When all is sed and done, paper beats man pages. (Side note: It […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

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oneguynick @oneguynick.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 01/04/2026

@xkcd bringing the heat as always #costofenergy #lcoe #solar

$WAIT, YOU GOT OH, DEFINITELY. IT HATE BUT THE TECHNOLOGY BUT WITH THE MONEY TM SOLAR PANELS? | | THE ENVIRONMENT AND JUST ISN'T THERE AND SAVING, I CAN BUY AND BURN I THOUGHT YOU WANT TO HARM IT AS THE cost 15 T0O HIGH. INDUSTRIAL WASTE IN MY YARD \JERE AGAINST MUCH AS POSSIBLE. I DESPISE SOLAR, BUT IT To TRY TO MAKE UP FOR IT. RENEWABLES. ID LOVE TO HAVE MAKES MORE FINANCIAL AH, YEAH, bh AN OIL FURNACE. SENSE IN MY SITUATION. CARBON oN \ ) \ ONSETS. — 27 J j M$

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oneguynick @oneguynick.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 15/02/2026

From the C64 to AI-generated architecture. We’re trading "tinkerability" for efficiency, but at what cost? In 20 years, I'll be the guy with the roadside sign: "Traditional Coding Found Here. Just like grandpa used to make." ⌨️⚙️ The full breakdown […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

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oneguynick @oneguynick.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 19/12/2025

Guaranteed way to get your package delivered is to be almost out the door for a trip. My Commodore 64 nostalgia will have to wait 😭

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oneguynick @oneguynick.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 18/12/2025

AI is often seen as a catch-all for automation, but like the move to the cloud, hidden costs arise when outsourcing more work. I came across an insightful comment on HackerNews about the rising costs of Google’s Gemini models. While more powerful and capable […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

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oneguynick @oneguynick.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 12/12/2025

Out with the apps, in with the fundamentals. My daughter's new machine is an OpenBSD ThinkPad. She's learning the shell, not the swipe. When she's an adult, she won't need tech support. She'll just fix her own damn printer.

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oneguynick @oneguynick.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 24/11/2025

Not sure how I feel about the NES being old enough to have a 40th anniversary edition but I really like the controller from 8bitdo

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oneguynick @oneguynick.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 24/11/2025

Remember when we used our idle computers for cancer research with folding at home and mapping out the stars with SETI? Pepperidge Farms remembers.

CNBC Americans are using Bitcoin miners to heat their homes

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oneguynick @oneguynick.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 20/11/2025

I got all excited that Ford was going to add home assistance support before realising I named my API account for access to my truck homeassistant. I wish more companies would take an API first approach for things like this

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oneguynick @oneguynick.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 02/11/2025

After several years of utilising GL.iNet devices, I am seeking a mainline OpenWrt travel router. I aim to avoid the complexities associated with diverse CPU architectures and cross-compilation. I am optimistic that this Banana Pi project will yield a more favourble outcome.

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oneguynick @oneguynick.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 28/10/2025

Even worse if you run OpenBSD! “This is why Linux is safer and more secure than other Operating Systems😅” via x.com/sysxplore

Downloaded a virus for Linux lately and
unpacked it.
Tried to run it as root, didn't work.
Googled for 2 hours, found out that
instead of /usr/local/bin the virus
unpacked to /usr/bin for which the
user malware doesn't have any write
permissions, therefore the virus couldn't
create a process file.
Found patched . configure and .make
files on some Chinese forum, recompiled
and rerun it.
The virus said it needs the library
cmalw-1ib-2.0. Turns out
cmalw-1ib-2.0 is shipped with CentOS
but not with Ubuntu. Googled for hours
again and found an instruction to build
a . deb package from source
The virus finally started, wrote some
logs, made a core dump and crashed.
After 1 hour of going through the logs
| discovered the virus assumed it was
running on ext and called into its disk
encryption API. Under btrfs this API
is deprecated. The kernel noticed and
made this partition read-only.
Opened the sources, grep'ed the Bitcoin
wallet and sent $5 out of pity.

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oneguynick @oneguynick.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 28/10/2025

Revisited SailfishOS and spent a week with Ubuntu Touch. SailfishOS still feels like a polished phone. Ubuntu Touch is messy, lively, and opens up Linux & Android apps. If I had to pick a daily driver today, SailfishOS wins, but the gap is closing fast […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

Pixel 3a running Ubuntu Touch and a Jolla C2 with SailfishOS

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oneguynick @oneguynick.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 28/10/2025

I've been intrigued by the uptick in Linux operating systems for phones. I picked up a Google Pixel 3a to play with them. I'll provide some thoughts as I go

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oneguynick @oneguynick.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 27/10/2025

I've always been on the hunt to optimise my mobile workstation setup, ever since the Palm days. The #SamsungFold7 is the closest I've come to the 'one device' lifestyle. Still eyeing a lapdock, but the biggest hurdle? Screen size. #MobileWorkstation #TechSetup #ProductivityHacks #FoldableTech

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oneguynick @oneguynick.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 18/10/2025

🎉 Happy 30th Birthday to OpenBSD! Alongside Linux, it’s the OS that’s had the biggest impact on my professional life; shaping how I think about security, simplicity, and clean design. #OpenBSD #Unix #înfosec

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oneguynick @oneguynick.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 14/10/2025

Beautiful Fall morning day in Michigan 🍁

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oneguynick @oneguynick.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 12/10/2025

I miss the UMPC craze. The oqo was such a nifty form factor

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oneguynick @oneguynick.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 08/10/2025

After doing my recent 2025 update of the Jolla C2, I decided to pickup a Nord n100 to play with Ubuntu Touch.

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oneguynick @oneguynick.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 06/10/2025

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oneguynick @oneguynick.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 25/09/2025

Just pulled my SailfishOS devices back out in Sept ’25. 💡 Still love the gestures/UI. 📱 Keyboard is painful. 🔒 App Jails are progress, but repos break the model. 📡 Radio/WiFi bugs mostly gone (finally). 😕 Still missing core OSS apps (Signal, Matrix […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

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oneguynick @oneguynick.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 23/09/2025

Finally was able to get Wayland+KDE working on FreeBSD 15 Alpha 3. Pretty incredible how well supported my X1 Carbon Gen9 is. #freebsd #thinkpad #kde #plasma

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oneguynick @oneguynick.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 20/09/2025

Da ich in Deutschland gelebt habe und deutscher Abstammung bin, bringt mich das pseudo-alpine Aussehen von Boyne Mountain und Frankenmuth zum Schmunzeln. Es ist interessant zu sehen, wie sich eine Kultur und ein Erbe über Generationen hinweg schließlich herauskristallisieren. #michigan #deutschland

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