ijk64✅ @ijk64@m.futex.au

Twitter suspension of the DC transit system account may well have been an unintended goof, or a software issue, but it's one more reason to stress how important it is for public agencies not to rely on the Musk-controlled, highly centralized system. What I said about why journalists should migrate off the birdsite goes for everyone else who wants to control their online destinies: https://www.techdirt.com/2023/01/04/journalists-and-others-should-leave-twitter-heres-how-they-can-get-started/

Did you know? You can resume wget download and save time and bandwidth under #Linux, macOS/BSD, and #Unix -like systems.
wget url/21.gb.img
wget -c url/21.gb.img # resume broken download

https://www.cyberciti.biz/tips/wget-resume-broken-download.html

Political compass with only two axes, "do you believe in the rights of the individual" and "how many individuals do you believe there are"

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Uh-oh, Lauren Boebert just took another shot at MTG, calling her "unhinged on Twitter." 😂

Keep that popcorn popping, folks! 🍿

https://secondnexus.com/boebert-calls-taylor-greene-unhinged?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=toot&utm_campaign=2N

Never forget, a 13-year study of a dozen cities found that protected bike-lanes led to a drastic decline in fatalities for all road users.

ALL ROAD USERS.

And painted bike-lanes? No safety improvement at all. As for sharrows, it’s safer to NOT have them.

Via @Streetsblog, read article linked below.

https://usa.streetsblog.org/2019/05/29/protect-yourself-separated-bike-lanes-means-safer-streets-study-says/

#bikelanes #bikes #cities #sharrows #infrastructure #urbanism #cars

VLAN article finished. 🎉
Delightful 18 minutes of explaining VLANs in general, on Netgear switches, on OPNsense and on OpenWRT. And a bit about my "implementing VLANs" day.

https://blog.mei-home.net/posts/vlans/

#HomeLab #VLAN #OPNsense #OpenWRT

Petition for bunnings.com.au to geoblock the USA in retaliation for homedepot.com geoblocking Australians.

Long shot: anyone here in #mastodon from #tech that runs a #datacenter close to #detroit? I urgently need #colocation for a server (unfortunately not rackable). 1Gbit port @ 30TB. #sysadmin please #boost for visibility 🙏

If enough people learn how to do something, it protects those that don't know how to, this is known as nerd immunity

Rapid tests for Covid, RSV and the flu are available in Europe. Why not in the U.S.? https://flip.it/m3y-FX #Covid #RSV #Flu #RapidTest

Pick some letters! #fedivoyage

“Hey, before you log off for the day... ”

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To quote Douglas Adams:
"What's this thing suddenly coming towards me very fast ... so big and ... round...?"

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no questions at this time

Further improvement to the macro setup, now focusing via stepper motor by moving the subject. Makes it a lot easier to find the best focus point.
The IC is roughly about 0.6 x 0.3mm in size.

You know the rules. Every time someone says "Hyperloop" I bring up the Shanghai Maglev.

https://youtu.be/R_d4D5_4ovA

EU folk aren't impressed by the Shanghai Maglev but for US folk I assure you that this footage is not sped up, and that is not a low flying aircraft. Trains really do run that fast outside of the US and have for some time.

We could be SF to LA in comfort in an hour and a half, but we're playing. Philly to NYC in 30 minutes, but we prefer traffic.