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hubert: I'm not sure how I missed this, but there's a petition to implement Proportional Representation for Canadian federal elections: ourcommons.ca/petitions/en/Pet…@Bob Jonkman did you hear about it?
hubert's status on Friday, 19-Dec-2025 19:01:19 EST
I'm not sure how I missed this, but there's a petition to implement Proportional Representation for Canadian federal elections: ourcommons.ca/petitions/en/Pet… @Bob Jonkman did you hear about it?
blacksam: As a follow on to my last post, I've decided to shut down the pod next weekend. Thanks for all the fish. #diaspora #podmin #gibberfish #404
blacksam's status on Saturday, 13-Dec-2025 13:15:53 EST
As a follow on to my last post, I've decided to shut down the pod next weekend. Thanks for all the fish. #diaspora #podmin #gibberfish #404
arunisaac: RT @zorak #Watching Neil DeGrasse Tyson: Is This Thing A Spaceship? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hxc1tasmiCs !science !watching
arunisaac's status on Monday, 08-Jan-2018 15:04:17 EST
RT @zorak #Watching Neil DeGrasse Tyson: Is This Thing A Spaceship? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hxc1tasmiCs !science !watching
mcscx: RT @kuro The terrifying phenomenon that is pushing species towards extinction ogy.de/e0xv #wildlife !evolution !science !nature
mcscx's status on Thursday, 01-Mar-2018 11:53:11 EST
RT @kuro The terrifying phenomenon that is pushing species towards extinction ogy.de/e0xv #wildlife !evolution !science !nature
hubert: My opinion of Marit Stiles has improved. www.elorafergustoday.com/ontar…
hubert's status on Wednesday, 19-Nov-2025 13:48:03 EST
My opinion of Marit Stiles has improved. www.elorafergustoday.com/ontar…
blacksam: I don't really know who else uses this pod anymore as registrations have been closed for a long time and the built-in user pruning feature deleted the podmin account (!) a long time ago -- but I'm winding down my use of social media and I haven't really checked in here in weeks. I think when this domain is up for renewal at the end of January I'm going to let it lapse (i.e. the pod will cease to exist). Sorry if that inconveniences anyone. This is your notice to find a new pod. #diaspora #podmin #gibberfish
blacksam's status on Thursday, 06-Nov-2025 14:11:57 EST
I don't really know who else uses this pod anymore as registrations have been closed for a long time and the built-in user pruning feature deleted the podmin account (!) a long time ago -- but I'm winding down my use of social media and I haven't really checked in here in weeks. I think when this domain is up for renewal at the end of January I'm going to let it lapse (i.e. the pod will cease to exist). Sorry if that inconveniences anyone. This is your notice to find a new pod. #diaspora #podmin #gibberfish
hubert: Python 3.14 is released. (Which I think they should officially call Py π)
hubert's status on Tuesday, 07-Oct-2025 12:29:12 EDT
Python 3.14 is released. (Which I think they should officially call Py π)
hubert: Or they should take a book from the book of Knuth, and rather than incrementing the (sub-)minor version on each release, start adding more digits of π. So the next release will be 3.141, and then 3.1415, and so forth.
hubert's status on Tuesday, 07-Oct-2025 12:32:54 EDT
Or they should take a book from the book of Knuth, and rather than incrementing the (sub-)minor version on each release, start adding more digits of π. So the next release will be 3.141, and then 3.1415, and so forth.
hubert's status on Wednesday, 01-Oct-2025 14:42:17 EDT
hubert: The premier made a series of false claims in his announcement on Thursday.Well, that's always a good sign.www.thetrillium.ca/news/munici…
hubert's status on Friday, 26-Sep-2025 18:11:21 EDT
The premier made a series of false claims in his announcement on Thursday. Well, that's always a good sign. www.thetrillium.ca/news/munici…
hubert: @Martin Kleppmann Just finished reading "Designing Data-Intensive Applications". I really enjoyed it and learned a lot. Thank you very much for writing it. I especially appreciated the last section, "Doing the Right Thing".
hubert's status on Sunday, 28-Sep-2025 23:11:49 EDT
@Martin Kleppmann Just finished reading "Designing Data-Intensive Applications". I really enjoyed it and learned a lot. Thank you very much for writing it. I especially appreciated the last section, "Doing the Right Thing".
hubert: As fun as it is to taunt the bot with random garbage, the idiots trying to crawl my git repo have pulled 2GB in less than 4 hours. Which should fit within my monthly limit for my VPS, but is just a stupid amount of data. So for now, I've set the hostname for my git repo to point to 127.0.0.1 instead. With any luck, the bot will try to DoS itself. But at the very least it will stop bothering me for a while. I might turn it back to iocaine at some point. I've left iocaine on the other sites.By the way, from the access logs, it hadn't even started crawling the garbage links that iocaine generated. It was only crawling links that it had before.In other news, you'd think that Google would understand about respecting robots.txt. Googlebot seems to do so, but GoogleOther does not.
hubert's status on Tuesday, 16-Sep-2025 18:07:01 EDT
As fun as it is to taunt the bot with random garbage, the idiots trying to crawl my git repo have pulled 2GB in less than 4 hours. Which should fit within my monthly limit for my VPS, but is just a stupid amount of data. So for now, I've set the hostname for my git repo to point to 127.0.0.1 instead. With any luck, the bot will try to DoS itself. But at the very least it will stop bothering me for a while. I might turn it back to iocaine at some point. I've left iocaine on the other sites. By the way, from the access logs, it hadn't even started crawling the garbage links that iocaine generated. It was only crawling links that it had before. In other news, you'd think that Google would understand about respecting robots.txt. Googlebot seems to do so, but GoogleOther does not.
hubert: I've caught some AI crawlers aggressively crawling some of my sites, disregarding the robots.txt. Some of the sites are of little or no interest to any real person. So I've deployed iocaine (iocaine.madhouse-project.org/) on them, in a "always spew nonsense" mode, rather than the suggested "generate nonsense if it looks like a bot" mode. But I am not unfair. I've included a robots.txt there so that any bot that respects it will be spared from ingesting it.Unfortunately, I'm abandoning my self-hosted git repositories, but I didn't have much on there of interest any more. Most of what was there was old, and was also in my GitLab account.
hubert's status on Tuesday, 16-Sep-2025 00:38:54 EDT
I've caught some AI crawlers aggressively crawling some of my sites, disregarding the robots.txt. Some of the sites are of little or no interest to any real person. So I've deployed iocaine (iocaine.madhouse-project.org/) on them, in a "always spew nonsense" mode, rather than the suggested "generate nonsense if it looks like a bot" mode. But I am not unfair. I've included a robots.txt there so that any bot that respects it will be spared from ingesting it. Unfortunately, I'm abandoning my self-hosted git repositories, but I didn't have much on there of interest any more. Most of what was there was old, and was also in my GitLab account.
hubert: First, we had "Erlang: The Movie". Then, "Python: The Documentary". What will we get next? "JavaScript: The Parody"? "PHP: The Horror Movie"?
hubert's status on Wednesday, 10-Sep-2025 09:47:11 EDT
First, we had "Erlang: The Movie". Then, "Python: The Documentary". What will we get next? "JavaScript: The Parody"? "PHP: The Horror Movie"?
hubert: Ugh. Why would you make a language where "val" and "var" are two different keywords?
hubert's status on Tuesday, 09-Sep-2025 14:32:52 EDT
Ugh. Why would you make a language where "val" and "var" are two different keywords?
bobjonkman: RT @hubert "Kitchener non-profit to head 'deeply affordable' housing project in Guelph" Rent is expected to be $500/mo. It's only 13 units, but 13 is better than 0. We need more of this type of thing.www.cbc.ca/news/canada/kitchen…
bobjonkman's status on Thursday, 07-Aug-2025 00:56:26 EDT
RT @hubert "Kitchener non-profit to head 'deeply affordable' housing project in Guelph" Rent is expected to be $500/mo. It's only 13 units, but 13 is better than 0. We need more of this type of thing.www.cbc.ca/news/canada/kitchen…
hubert: "Kitchener non-profit to head 'deeply affordable' housing project in Guelph" Rent is expected to be $500/mo. It's only 13 units, but 13 is better than 0. We need more of this type of thing.www.cbc.ca/news/canada/kitchen…
hubert's status on Friday, 25-Jul-2025 22:56:00 EDT
"Kitchener non-profit to head 'deeply affordable' housing project in Guelph" Rent is expected to be $500/mo. It's only 13 units, but 13 is better than 0. We need more of this type of thing. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/kitchen…
rozzin: 9th annual !NH #Beer & #Bacon #Festival, this Saturday June 7 in #Merrimack: "celebrating greasy, fatty, savory bacon alongside the endless possibilities of incredible craft brews" & raising funds for the High Hopes Foundation to benefit chronically ill children: https://beerfests.com/events/nh-bacon-beer-festival #food
rozzin's status on Tuesday, 03-Jun-2025 08:39:32 EDT
9th annual !NH #Beer & #Bacon #Festival, this Saturday June 7 in #Merrimack: "celebrating greasy, fatty, savory bacon alongside the endless possibilities of incredible craft brews" & raising funds for the High Hopes Foundation to benefit chronically ill children: https://beerfests.com/events/nh-bacon-beer-festival #food
NH Bacon & Beer Festival | Beerfests.com
rozzin: Boards & Brews: a #boardgaming café in #Manchester, !NH — boasting the largest library of #boardgames in New England w/ almost 2000 games to play https://www.boardsandbrewsnh.com/
rozzin's status on Tuesday, 03-Jun-2025 08:29:08 EDT
Boards & Brews: a #boardgaming café in #Manchester, !NH — boasting the largest library of #boardgames in New England w/ almost 2000 games to play https://www.boardsandbrewsnh.com/
Boards & Brews - Board Game Cafe and Bar in Downtown Manchester
hubert: Ontarians: Let Doug Ford know that we don't like his attempts to get around environmental protections and indigenous rights ontarionature.good.do/bill-5-s…
hubert's status on Friday, 16-May-2025 09:47:08 EDT
Ontarians: Let Doug Ford know that we don't like his attempts to get around environmental protections and indigenous rights ontarionature.good.do/bill-5-s…
hubert: You can also submit a comment on the bill directly at ero.ontario.ca/notice/025-0391 (deadline: tomorrow!)
hubert's status on Friday, 16-May-2025 09:50:57 EDT
You can also submit a comment on the bill directly at ero.ontario.ca/notice/025-0391 (deadline: tomorrow!)
blacksam: I've been meaning to put up a bee hotel for a while now, so I printed one. We'll see. #nature #insects #bees #pollinators #3dprinting
blacksam's status on Wednesday, 07-May-2025 19:48:22 EDT
I've been meaning to put up a bee hotel for a while now, so I printed one. We'll see. #nature #insects #bees #pollinators #3dprinting
blacksam: I found #pedantle #1077 in 34 guesses! 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧🟥🟥🟥🟥🟥🟥🟥🟥🟥🟥🟥 https://pedantle.certitudes.org/
blacksam's status on Tuesday, 29-Apr-2025 20:08:04 EDT
I found #pedantle #1077 in 34 guesses! 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧🟥🟥🟥🟥🟥🟥🟥🟥🟥🟥🟥 https://pedantle.certitudes.org/
blacksam: I would have expected to get this one a lot sooner since it aligns with my interests. #pedantle I found #pedantle #1075 in 93 guesses! 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟧🟧🟧🟧🟥🟥🟥🟥🟥🟥🟥🟥🟥🟥🟥🟥 https://pedantle.certitudes.org/
blacksam's status on Sunday, 27-Apr-2025 16:30:51 EDT
I would have expected to get this one a lot sooner since it aligns with my interests. #pedantle I found #pedantle #1075 in 93 guesses! 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟧🟧🟧🟧🟥🟥🟥🟥🟥🟥🟥🟥🟥🟥🟥🟥 https://pedantle.certitudes.org/
blacksam: Yikes. This one took too long. I found #pedantle #1073 in 124 guesses! 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧🟥🟥🟥🟥🟥🟥🟥🟥🟥🟥🟥 https://pedantle.certitudes.org/
blacksam's status on Friday, 25-Apr-2025 18:32:35 EDT
Yikes. This one took too long. I found #pedantle #1073 in 124 guesses! 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧🟥🟥🟥🟥🟥🟥🟥🟥🟥🟥🟥 https://pedantle.certitudes.org/
blacksam: Galway, Ireland #photo #dogs #mywork #ireland
blacksam's status on Thursday, 24-Apr-2025 11:11:19 EDT
Galway, Ireland #photo #dogs #mywork #ireland
blacksam's status on Wednesday, 23-Apr-2025 19:22:05 EDT
#WhenTaken #421 (23.04.2025) I scored 839/1000🏅 1️⃣📍56.2 km - 🗓️0 yrs - 🥇197/200 2️⃣📍697 km - 🗓️3 yrs - 🥇176/200 3️⃣📍2.0K km - 🗓️12 yrs - 🥈129/200 4️⃣📍2.2K km - 🗓️2 yrs - 🥈146/200 5️⃣📍144 km - 🗓️3 yrs - 🥇191/200 https://whentaken.com
blacksam: Connemara, Ireland #photo #nature #mywork #ireland
blacksam's status on Wednesday, 23-Apr-2025 18:42:03 EDT
Connemara, Ireland #photo #nature #mywork #ireland
blacksam's status on Tuesday, 22-Apr-2025 17:46:36 EDT
#WhenTaken #420 (22.04.2025) I scored 818/1000🏅 1️⃣📍885 km - 🗓️0 yrs - 🥈173/200 2️⃣📍2.6K km - 🗓️15 yrs - 🥉114/200 3️⃣📍924 km - 🗓️11 yrs - 🥈154/200 4️⃣📍572 km - 🗓️3 yrs - 🥇180/200 5️⃣📍13.3 km - 🗓️2 yrs - 🥇197/200 https://whentaken.com
blacksam: I found #pedantle #1070 in 36 guesses! 🟩🟩🟧🟧🟧🟥🟥🟥🟥🟥🟥🟥🟥🟥🟥🟥🟥🟥🟥🟥 https://pedantle.certitudes.org/
blacksam's status on Tuesday, 22-Apr-2025 16:11:58 EDT
I found #pedantle #1070 in 36 guesses! 🟩🟩🟧🟧🟧🟥🟥🟥🟥🟥🟥🟥🟥🟥🟥🟥🟥🟥🟥🟥 https://pedantle.certitudes.org/
blacksam: Dún Aonghasa, Ireland #photo #nature #mywork #ireland
blacksam's status on Tuesday, 22-Apr-2025 09:52:01 EDT
Dún Aonghasa, Ireland #photo #nature #mywork #ireland
blacksam: I found #pedantle #1069 in 21 guesses! 🟩🟩🟩🟧🟥🟥🟥🟥🟥🟥🟥🟥🟥🟥🟥🟥🟥🟥🟥🟥 https://pedantle.certitudes.org/
blacksam's status on Monday, 21-Apr-2025 19:22:54 EDT
I found #pedantle #1069 in 21 guesses! 🟩🟩🟩🟧🟥🟥🟥🟥🟥🟥🟥🟥🟥🟥🟥🟥🟥🟥🟥🟥 https://pedantle.certitudes.org/
blacksam: Derryclare Lough, Ireland #photo #nature #mywork #ireland
blacksam's status on Monday, 21-Apr-2025 15:11:47 EDT
Derryclare Lough, Ireland #photo #nature #mywork #ireland
blacksam: I found #pedantle #1068 in 10 guesses! 🟩🟧🟥🟥🟥🟥🟥🟥🟥🟥🟥🟥🟥🟥🟥🟥🟥🟥🟥🟥 https://pedantle.certitudes.org/
blacksam's status on Sunday, 20-Apr-2025 18:47:45 EDT
I found #pedantle #1068 in 10 guesses! 🟩🟧🟥🟥🟥🟥🟥🟥🟥🟥🟥🟥🟥🟥🟥🟥🟥🟥🟥🟥 https://pedantle.certitudes.org/