Ángel
@angel@triptico.com
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PUERTAS CERRADAS - Exposición de acuarelas de Carmen Val - Quinta de la Fuente del Berro, Madrid
Computer Hoy:
«Alerta mundial por una epidemia de “pantallas azules de la muerte” en Windows: cómo solucionarla»
Podemos resucitar aquel dicho de que solo se podía confiar en las versiones pares de los SO Microsoft?
@francescxavier pero 7 iba "bien" ¿no?
El NT, el último que no me dio por saco.
Hablar de esto en mastodon es toda una provocasssión...
Tiene 5 minutos para que le expliquemos el mensaje de nuestro señor Linux?
Secret Panel HERE 🐻 https://tapas.io/episode/3308249
@jwz folksonomy ftw :thumbs_up:
@jwz I understand you are not taking any taxonomic questions, but #whatabout ontological arguments?
@jwz I'm annoyed that filters can't use regexes, even though they apparently used to some mastodon versions ago. (At least, according to some web searches.)
I'd very much like to filter any toot with more than, say, 8 hashtags. The chance that a character-limited microblog entry is actually about 8 different things is vastly lower than the chance it's just spamming hashtags for eyeballs, and that is reason enough to ignore it.
With regexes, that would be easy. Without, I can't figure out how.
What were we on in the 80s?
@The_Whore_of_Blahbylon Aqua Net fumes, I guarantee it.
@The_Whore_of_Blahbylon
If people back then could have looked forwards to now to see all the regular men flaunting Nazi haircuts they’d probably feel even worse.
@The_Whore_of_Blahbylon don't know, but it was flamable.
@The_Whore_of_Blahbylon
I have curly hair, and if there's a big gust of wind, I'm not far from looking like that.
@The_Whore_of_Blahbylon
Brain depleting aerosols?
@The_Whore_of_Blahbylon love to see a shot of all of them in the 90's just 10 years later.
@The_Whore_of_Blahbylon Hairspray. And the gas carrying hairspray.
@The_Whore_of_Blahbylon there is no klingon in it
@joakimfors I hated that character, and his hair!
@The_Whore_of_Blahbylon I miss Big Hair, but that's excessive.
@The_Whore_of_Blahbylon We were ozone destroyers, that's what we were.
@The_Whore_of_Blahbylon AquaNet. You were on AquaNet. Same thing my 3D printers like for those nice prints to pop off the plate.
AquaNet will live on!
@The_Whore_of_Blahbylon High on chlorofluorocarbons
@The_Whore_of_Blahbylon @waspfactory
I still love the smell of Elnet hairspray!
@The_Whore_of_Blahbylon Hair spray fumes?
If you’re pro AI tools, and also anti-publishers putting content behind a paywall, the technical term for what you are is an utter fucking idiot.
@Daojoan The jargon is hard, but I think I got the gist, here.
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Screenshot of a retweet by Reid Southen: Rarely have I seen Al described so succinctly.
Post by Church of Jeff says: The underlying purpose of Al is to allow wealth to access skill while removing from the skilled the ability to access wealth. #ai #generativeAl
@The_Whore_of_Blahbylon it will improve call centers, though..
BLAHBYLON’S EYE-DENTITY QUIZ FOR 2024.09.27
Can you eye-dentify this person?
The answer will be revealed tomorrow.
@The_Whore_of_Blahbylon Bebe neuwirth?
@The_Whore_of_Blahbylon
Diana Rigg?
OpenBSD is running great on the Orange PI One. Performance is quite good, too, considering the hardware - and the boot time is short.
I'll be using it for a couple of days for a specific task, then...who knows?
Still waiting for the FTTH, with the /48 ipv6 - that will change a lot of things, here.
Never underestimate the bandwidth of a pocket full of fingernail clippings.
It was time to do some upgrades on the club's flyer screens. In the past, I had done that by ssh-ing in to each; turning off "Overlay"; rebooting; doing an update; turning on...
https://jwz.org/b/ykZt
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@jwz very cool!
Why I Built My Own Digital Signage System, Part the Nth:
I just got some take-out from one of my favorite local lunch spots. Which one? For the last ~5 years it has been named "NO CONNECTION TO TEAMVIEWER SERVER, Proxy settings / Retry / Cancel".
Current state of American politics: actual dog killers claiming other people eat dogs and are mean to dogs.
The mental gymnastics required to be both 'pro-life' and pro-death penalty are unforgivable Olympic levels of fuckery
@Daojoan Almost as though it's another case of flaunting the hypocrisy as a deliberate flex.
Dayum!
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Black female protestor holds sign that reads: Dear Police, we know you are not all bad, but as you love to say to us, "you fit the description."
BLAHBYLON’S EYE-DENTITY QUIZ FOR 2024.09.23
Can you eye-dentify this person?
The answer will be revealed tomorrow.
@The_Whore_of_Blahbylon Robert De Niro.
@The_Whore_of_Blahbylon Paul Sorvino? 🙂
And while publishers generally demand Microsoft Word compatible DOCX files so that their production workflow can be standardized [...] nothing much has changed since 2013 when I wrote about why Microsoft Word must Die. (TLDR: it's a terrible tool, and if the only good argument for using it is that everyone else uses it, then you might as well eat shit like all the trillion other houseflies.)https://www.antipope.org/charlie/blog-static/2024/09/zen-and-the-art-of-writer-deck.html
"good, fast, cheap". We used to get two out of three. With kubernetes it's zero out of three. 
@sqrtminusone Hi Pavel, the BSD Cafe is a place with a positive mood, PRO and not against. This doesn’t mean you can’t disagree with something. I myself sometimes criticize specific choices, methodologies, or situations. What’s important is that things always stay within the realm of expressing your opinion rather than attacking or discriminating against someone. It is perfectly fine to express your opinion (e.g., “I love systemd and would like to see it on BSDs!”) or your discontent (e.g., “I am extremely opposed to the systemd approach”), but not to discriminate against or attack those who use systemd.
I hope I’ve conveyed my idea clearly. If you have any doubts, feel free to ask!
A small compendium of the Fediverse platforms I use/know well.
In the past few days, I revisited some of my old Fediverse instances since some friends asked me to help them set up a new one. I also took the chance to perform maintenance on some leftover instances. Here's my experience:
Akkoma: My oldest instance still running, opened in 2022. It was offline for a few months (3/4). I updated everything to the latest version and restarted it. I’m not sure why, but it’s extremely slow, with a heavy load on Postgres and many queries just to open the main page. I like Akkoma - I'll investigate further.
GoToSocial: I updated a friend's instance - GoToSocial itself was up-to-date, but the underlying system wasn’t. I noticed that once it exceeds 2000 followings, it becomes a bit slow. The database is PostgreSQL, but that's not the issue. The GoToSocial process becomes somewhat heavy on the VPS. Still, it's very usable and a software with great potential, in my opinion. The Mastodon API is implemented quite well and works with the major software.
Mitra: It seems well-built. The person had around 1000 followers and followings on a Mastodon account, which they moved from a large instance. No speed issues, though sending a message makes the server “heavy” for a bit, but it’s temporary. The Mastodon API is partially implemented, but the software is advancing quickly, and I find its native interface quite pleasant.
Snac2: I've always had a soft spot for Snac2. The lack of a database and some design choices make it an excellent solution for small instances. For example, sending posts to all known instances increases visibility and interaction. Its basic, JavaScript-free interface is very clear, though it might not be the best for those used to Mastodon. But the Mastodon API is improving version by version, and I think the developer is doing an excellent job. It struggles a bit with larger numbers, but that's due to the underlying file system, not the software itself. If "move" support (both in and out) were added, I would recommend it to anyone starting self-hosting for single-user or small community instances because "move" is one of the options that gives the most freedom in Fediverse software.
Mastodon: My “old” personal instance was stuck at version 4.1.x and had been offline for a few months. I updated the FreeBSD Jail and upgraded Mastodon to 4.2.12 and then to 4.3.0-beta1. No issues. I also helped a friend (who had an old Pleroma-based instance they barely used) migrate. This user has around 5000 followers and followings - Mastodon is running on FreeBSD on a VPS (arm64) for just over 3 euros a month, with no significant issues (apart from media storage, but that's not Mastodon’s fault). Mastodon is sometimes said to be heavy, and that's partly true, but its modularity ensures that even in cases of overload, queues may slow down, but navigation and the local timeline remain reasonably fast. I think this is a good thing for any larger-scale use of an instance.
In short, I think things are moving in the right direction, and the software is evolving nicely. Well done, devs!
#Fediverse #Akkoma #GoToSocial #Mitra #Snac2 #Snac #Mastodon #SelfHosting #InstanceManagement #FreeBSD #OpenSource
MOVIE QUIZ FOR 2024.09.10
Do you know which movie this picture is from?
Give your answer below, even if you have to guess.
Please boost for more responses.
The answer will be revealed tomorrow.
#BlahbylonsMovieQuiz #Movies #Film #Cinema
@The_Whore_of_Blahbylon looks like it's a real bodice ripper..
A great Fediverse software, written in 
https://codeberg.org/grunfink/snac2
«No obstante, el eurodiputado de ultraderecha Alvise Pérez, líder de la plataforma Se Acabó La Fiesta, ha votado este jueves en el Parlamento Europeo en contra de las subvenciones al toro de lidia por considerarlo un espectáculo de “brutalidad, crueldad y tortura”, en una posición muy diferente a la de PP y Vox.»Vaya, el tarado este votando cosas razonables. Vivir para ver.
We USians do not like to be reminded of the Chicago Haymarket Massacre, or our government systematically dismembering labour rights and organizations. Gov’t does not want us to know other countries are different, or to listen when the world talks about labour benefits and issues. So US Labour Day is intensely focused on outdoor family activities, & US Memorial Day outdoors at parades and picnics.
Meanwhile, Arbor, Earth, and National Parks Days are normal school/work days.
"Natural selection, as it has operated in human history, favors not only the clever but the murderous."
Barbara Ehrenreich
(08/26/1941 – 09/01/2022)
US writer
the right are obsessed with "owning the libs" because they miss the good old days when their ancestors also owned people
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL_PvQ7tRfwvLCeR-jnqdbf6BVayqqC0QW
https://mastodon.social/users/o_simardcasanova/statuses/113053473600003123
-- Fernando Pessoa
‼️OJO A ESTO: Francia le quita el estatuto de medio online a un esparcidor de bulos: no podrá optar a subvenciones, ni ventajas fiscales (y supongo que tampoco a publi institucional).
Luchar contra la financiación de los pseudomedios ES POSIBLE. https://www.elsaltodiario.com/fake-news/medio-frances-france-soir-pierde-estatuto-servicio-prensa-bulos-covid
@ewenmcneill Possibly worth noting that the versions of grub revoked by this are known insecure
A couple of weeks ago, I received an email from a developer working on a new site for a mutual client. The message was: "I uploaded the new WordPress and plugins to your hosting (dedicated FreeBSD jail with PHP 8.3, MySQL, etc.), but there seem to be issues. The site is behaving strangely - possibly due to an incompatible plugin. Could you install PHP 7.4 for full compatibility, or consider moving the current development server to production?"
The "development server" is a small VPS with Docker on their infrastructure, where they set everything up without much oversight from me.
I pointed out that installing PHP 7.4 in 2024 is not advisable, as it has been unsupported (including security updates) for quite some time. I suggested upgrading to PHP 8.2, or 8.1 for temporary testing.
They proposed creating a production server based on Docker so they could "manage versions and dependencies independently." I was open to this idea but rejected the notion of putting such an outdated setup into production in 2024.
The client called, frustrated because "I refused to install what they asked." I explained that what they were asking was risky and outdated, and that a plugin requiring PHP 7.4 was clearly obsolete and would cause problems quickly.
Then, everyone disappeared. This morning, the client called in a panic: "Our server's been hacked! Do something!"
Upon investigation, I found that:
- They had gone live with their development server without informing me.
- They had been hacked through a plugin and malicious software was installed for phishing and other purposes, consuming bandwidth and CPU.
- All antivirus/antispam systems flagged the site as malicious.
I explained to the client that the server itself wasn't hacked (especially not mine), but rather the "site" was compromised - a different issue altogether. I advised them to restore the DNS settings and bring the previous site back online.
Their site is a simple institutional one, which is updated every 2-3 years by the developer. It doesn't need dynamic CMS features. The previous site was static, created with Simply Static, and remained online and problem-free for years.
Unfortunately, this is a common trend today. Some developers deploy outdated, vulnerable systems and then blame others when the site is compromised.
#WebDevelopment #Security #PHP #CMS #ServerManagement #Vulnerability #IT #Infosec #SysAdmin
A motivational message 🫶🏻
#motivation #mindset
When you use Twitter, you ride with Elon and Trump
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Image that says "When you use Twitter, you ride with Elon! Get off that awful garbage fire site today!" It's in the style of the 1940s US government poster "When you ride alone, you ride with Hitler" and has a picture of a person driving their car alone next to an outline of Elon Musk dressed up like Hitler.
@brucknerite @RichardJMurphy @25kV
Es que de hecho ocurre que es una balanza presupuestaria muy clara: si el estado se endeuda, las familias no lo hacen; si el estado no se endeuda, lo tienen que hacer las familias. Vivimos en un sistema económico impulsado por el crédito, lo queramos o no; y la relación entre los estados y las familias en cuanto a la deuda es casi de vaso comunicante.
tenemos que dejar de decir lo de noseque no, lo siguienteEsto es casi más rancio que lo de la cerveza sin plomo.
Secret Panel HERE 🙂 https://tapas.io/episode/3241718
#OtD 23 Jul 1944 19-year-old French resistance fighter Madeleine Riffaud saw a Nazi officer walking in Paris. She took out her gun and shot him twice in the head. Captured by French collaborators, she survived a concentration camp and lives to this day https://stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/9570/madeleine-riffaud-assassinates-nazi?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon
Solo tienes una gatita muy muy especial.
La referencia solo la pillarán los de la Generación X, pero aquí está el documento original:
Okay. Big move for me.
I have started serialising my novel, There Will Be No Violins.
"Reality has an expiration date. Consume at your own risk."
It's free to read on Wattpad.
I hope you like it.
https://www.wattpad.com/story/373419239-there-will-be-no-violins
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