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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…
bobjonkman: Darn. Really have to upgrade this instance to #ActivityPub
bobjonkman's status on Saturday, 14-Dec-2024 14:39:02 EST
Darn. Really have to upgrade this instance to #ActivityPub
bobjonkman: RT @lxo this account has moved to @lxo this one won't be visible any more after the end of the year see you on the other side? :-)
bobjonkman's status on Saturday, 14-Dec-2024 14:38:15 EST
RT @lxo this account has moved to @lxo this one won't be visible any more after the end of the year see you on the other side? :-)
bobjonkman: bobjonkman favorited something by lxo: this account has moved to @lxo this one won't be visible any more after the end of the year see you on the other side? :-)
bobjonkman's status on Saturday, 14-Dec-2024 14:38:09 EST
bobjonkman favorited something by lxo: this account has moved to @lxo this one won't be visible any more after the end of the year see you on the other side? :-)
bobjonkman: Oh, now you're just confusing things even more. I was going to reply to @clacke's original post that I've seen both CDNpoli and slightly fewer CANpoli hashtags (I subscribe to both), as well as CNDpoli -- probably for "Canada Poli". But now @lnxw48a1 pops in with *currency* abbreviations, and that's properly represented as $4.50CAD (maybe "CAnadian Dollar"?) So should there also be a CADpoli? --Bob.
bobjonkman's status on Friday, 23-Feb-2024 04:36:47 EST
Oh, now you're just confusing things even more. I was going to reply to @clacke's original post that I've seen both CDNpoli and slightly fewer CANpoli hashtags (I subscribe to both), as well as CNDpoli -- probably for "Canada Poli". But now @lnxw48a1 pops in with *currency* abbreviations, and that's properly represented as $4.50CAD (maybe "CAnadian Dollar"?) So should there also be a CADpoli? --Bob.
bobjonkman: RT @lnxw48a1 @clacke I've usually seen "CDN" in one of two contexts: Money, as in "Tim Horton's pays its employees CDN$4.50 per hour"; or hashtags, as in "#CDNPol" ... But you're right that it makes things confusing. How does one know which abbreviation to use in which context. Maybe we should just use "FZN" for "Frozen Northland". (I'm joking.) CC: @bobjonkman
bobjonkman's status on Friday, 23-Feb-2024 04:32:13 EST
RT @lnxw48a1 @clacke I've usually seen "CDN" in one of two contexts: Money, as in "Tim Horton's pays its employees CDN$4.50 per hour"; or hashtags, as in "#CDNPol" ... But you're right that it makes things confusing. How does one know which abbreviation to use in which context. Maybe we should just use "FZN" for "Frozen Northland". (I'm joking.) CC: @bobjonkman
bobjonkman: RT @clacke People on here and on other networks often use CDN to refer to Canada, which I have found confusing. People use it for e.g. hashtags like #'cdnpol or #'cdnmedia .I finally looked it up and according to a random commenter on a page[0] on The Guardian's website and according to en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internat… (marked "citation needed") it's for the Canadian DominioN.In the Olympics, Canada is CAN. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_…The ISO alpha-3 code is also CAN. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO_3166…So it seems it's really just the car sticker thing that got this peculiar abbreviation. And now social media.[0] theguardian.com/notesandquerie…
bobjonkman's status on Friday, 23-Feb-2024 02:08:47 EST
RT @clacke People on here and on other networks often use CDN to refer to Canada, which I have found confusing. People use it for e.g. hashtags like #'cdnpol or #'cdnmedia .I finally looked it up and according to a random commenter on a page[0] on The Guardian's website and according to en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internat… (marked "citation needed") it's for the Canadian DominioN.In the Olympics, Canada is CAN. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_…The ISO alpha-3 code is also CAN. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO_3166…So it seems it's really just the car sticker thing that got this peculiar abbreviation. And now social media.[0] theguardian.com/notesandquerie…
bobjonkman: bobjonkman favorited something by bobjonkmangreen: I was saddened to hear that Nora Fueten passed away on 10 January 2024. Nora was my campaign manager for the 2019 federal election. Nora was highly qualified for this, as she had previous run in the federal elections in 2011 and 2008 gaining 7% of the vote, the highest ever achieved by a Green Party candidate in Brantford-Brant. During the 2019 campaign Nora was indefatigable. She came along on all the door-to-door trips, every debate, filled in my gaps during media interviews, and greeted everyone at every festival and fair. Nora knew everyone, and everyone knew Nora. Nora was not only a good political mentor, but a fashion consultant as well. Early in the campaign she said “You’ll never win the election with those baggy pants”, and I had to update my wardrobe. Whether it was Nora’s political acumen or good fashion sense, it resulted in a good election campaign. The funeral service will be held at 2:00pm on Saturday, 20 January 2024 at at First United Church, 16 William Street West, Waterloo Map: https://osm.org/go/ZXna93l7--?m= https://bobjonkman.ca/2024/01/20/nora-fueten-1940-2024/ https://gs.jonkman.ca/attachment/222322
bobjonkman's status on Saturday, 20-Jan-2024 05:11:30 EST
bobjonkman favorited something by bobjonkmangreen: I was saddened to hear that Nora Fueten passed away on 10 January 2024. Nora was my campaign manager for the 2019 federal election. Nora was highly qualified for this, as she had previous run in the federal elections in 2011 and 2008 gaining 7% of the vote, the highest ever achieved by a Green Party candidate in Brantford-Brant. During the 2019 campaign Nora was indefatigable. She came along on all the door-to-door trips, every debate, filled in my gaps during media interviews, and greeted everyone at every festival and fair. Nora knew everyone, and everyone knew Nora. Nora was not only a good political mentor, but a fashion consultant as well. Early in the campaign she said “You’ll never win the election with those baggy pants”, and I had to update my wardrobe. Whether it was Nora’s political acumen or good fashion sense, it resulted in a good election campaign. The funeral service will be held at 2:00pm on Saturday, 20 January 2024 at at First United Church, 16 William Street West, Waterloo Map: https://osm.org/go/ZXna93l7--?m= https://bobjonkman.ca/2024/01/20/nora-fueten-1940-2024/ https://gs.jonkman.ca/attachment/222322
bobjonkman: RT @bobjonkmangreen I was saddened to hear that Nora Fueten passed away on 10 January 2024. Nora was my campaign manager for the 2019 federal election. Nora was highly qualified for this, as she had previous run in the federal elections in 2011 and 2008 gaining 7% of the vote, the highest ever achieved by a Green Party candidate in Brantford-Brant. During the 2019 campaign Nora was indefatigable. She came along on all the door-to-door trips, every debate, filled in my gaps during media interviews, and greeted everyone at every festival and fair. Nora knew everyone, and everyone knew Nora. Nora was not only a good political mentor, but a fashion consultant as well. Early in the campaign she said “You’ll never win the election with those baggy pants”, and I had to update my wardrobe. Whether it was Nora’s political acumen or good fashion sense, it resulted in a good election campaign. The funeral service will be held at 2:00pm on Saturday, 20 January 2024 at at First United Church, 16 William Street West, Waterloo Map: https://osm.org/go/ZXna93l7--?m= https://bobjonkman.ca/2024/01/20/nora-fueten-1940-2024/ https://gs.jonkman.ca/attachment/222322
bobjonkman's status on Saturday, 20-Jan-2024 05:11:27 EST
RT @bobjonkmangreen I was saddened to hear that Nora Fueten passed away on 10 January 2024. Nora was my campaign manager for the 2019 federal election. Nora was highly qualified for this, as she had previous run in the federal elections in 2011 and 2008 gaining 7% of the vote, the highest ever achieved by a Green Party candidate in Brantford-Brant. During the 2019 campaign Nora was indefatigable. She came along on all the door-to-door trips, every debate, filled in my gaps during media interviews, and greeted everyone at every festival and fair. Nora knew everyone, and everyone knew Nora. Nora was not only a good political mentor, but a fashion consultant as well. Early in the campaign she said “You’ll never win the election with those baggy pants”, and I had to update my wardrobe. Whether it was Nora’s political acumen or good fashion sense, it resulted in a good election campaign. The funeral service will be held at 2:00pm on Saturday, 20 January 2024 at at First United Church, 16 William Street West, Waterloo Map: https://osm.org/go/ZXna93l7--?m= https://bobjonkman.ca/2024/01/20/nora-fueten-1940-2024/ https://gs.jonkman.ca/attachment/222322
bobjonkmangreen: I was saddened to hear that Nora Fueten passed away on 10 January 2024. Nora was my campaign manager for the 2019 federal election. Nora was highly qualified for this, as she had previous run in the federal elections in 2011 and 2008 gaining 7% of the vote, the highest ever achieved by a Green Party candidate in Brantford-Brant. During the 2019 campaign Nora was indefatigable. She came along on all the door-to-door trips, every debate, filled in my gaps during media interviews, and greeted everyone at every festival and fair. Nora knew everyone, and everyone knew Nora. Nora was not only a good political mentor, but a fashion consultant as well. Early in the campaign she said “You’ll never win the election with those baggy pants”, and I had to update my wardrobe. Whether it was Nora’s political acumen or good fashion sense, it resulted in a good election campaign. The funeral service will be held at 2:00pm on Saturday, 20 January 2024 at at First United Church, 16 William Street West, Waterloo Map: https://osm.org/go/ZXna93l7--?m= https://bobjonkman.ca/2024/01/20/nora-fueten-1940-2024/ https://gs.jonkman.ca/attachment/222322
bobjonkmangreen's status on Saturday, 20-Jan-2024 05:09:51 EST
I was saddened to hear that Nora Fueten passed away on 10 January 2024. Nora was my campaign manager for the 2019 federal election. Nora was highly qualified for this, as she had previous run in the federal elections in 2011 and 2008 gaining 7% of the vote, the highest ever achieved by a Green Party candidate in Brantford-Brant. During the 2019 campaign Nora was indefatigable. She came along on all the door-to-door trips, every debate, filled in my gaps during media interviews, and greeted everyone at every festival and fair. Nora knew everyone, and everyone knew Nora. Nora was not only a good political mentor, but a fashion consultant as well. Early in the campaign she said “You’ll never win the election with those baggy pants”, and I had to update my wardrobe. Whether it was Nora’s political acumen or good fashion sense, it resulted in a good election campaign. The funeral service will be held at 2:00pm on Saturday, 20 January 2024 at at First United Church, 16 William Street West, Waterloo Map: https://osm.org/go/ZXna93l7--?m= https://bobjonkman.ca/2024/01/20/nora-fueten-1940-2024/ https://gs.jonkman.ca/attachment/222322
bobjonkman: bobjonkman favorited something by lnxw48a1: I made 🍎 apple-cranberry pie 🥧. The filling is delicious 🤤. The crust is too hard. Not burnt, just hard. I have been baking from scratch recently. Other than bread 🍞 machine loaves (starting about 2020), I had not baked from scratch since the middle 1970s.
bobjonkman's status on Wednesday, 17-Jan-2024 15:34:05 EST
bobjonkman favorited something by lnxw48a1: I made 🍎 apple-cranberry pie 🥧. The filling is delicious 🤤. The crust is too hard. Not burnt, just hard. I have been baking from scratch recently. Other than bread 🍞 machine loaves (starting about 2020), I had not baked from scratch since the middle 1970s.
bobjonkman: RT @lnxw48a1 I made 🍎 apple-cranberry pie 🥧. The filling is delicious 🤤. The crust is too hard. Not burnt, just hard. I have been baking from scratch recently. Other than bread 🍞 machine loaves (starting about 2020), I had not baked from scratch since the middle 1970s.
bobjonkman's status on Wednesday, 17-Jan-2024 15:34:00 EST
RT @lnxw48a1 I made 🍎 apple-cranberry pie 🥧. The filling is delicious 🤤. The crust is too hard. Not burnt, just hard. I have been baking from scratch recently. Other than bread 🍞 machine loaves (starting about 2020), I had not baked from scratch since the middle 1970s.
bobjonkmangreen: For any of you still following me here, I'm moving my #Fediverse presence to @bobjonkmangpc@bobjonkman.ca I'm not leaving here, but I check this far too infrequently...
bobjonkmangreen's status on Thursday, 05-Oct-2023 02:34:52 EDT
For any of you still following me here, I'm moving my #Fediverse presence to @bobjonkmangpc@bobjonkman.ca I'm not leaving here, but I check this far too infrequently...
bobjonkman: Bob Jonkman deleted notice {{tag:gs.jonkman.ca,2023-08-27:noticeId=1114720:objectType=note}}.
bobjonkman's status on Sunday, 27-Aug-2023 18:01:00 EDT
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bobjonkman: From a few years ago... All gone now, and I promised $SPOUSE it would never come back. https://gs.jonkman.ca/attachment/221480
bobjonkman's status on Thursday, 03-Aug-2023 15:28:46 EDT
From a few years ago... All gone now, and I promised $SPOUSE it would never come back. https://gs.jonkman.ca/attachment/221480
bobjonkman: bobjonkman favorited something by clacke: I tried for over four decades to grow an impressive personality, but it was a lot of effort and not much payoff, so now I'm just trying to grow an impressive beard instead.
bobjonkman's status on Thursday, 03-Aug-2023 15:26:45 EDT
bobjonkman favorited something by clacke: I tried for over four decades to grow an impressive personality, but it was a lot of effort and not much payoff, so now I'm just trying to grow an impressive beard instead.
bobjonkman: RT @clacke I tried for over four decades to grow an impressive personality, but it was a lot of effort and not much payoff, so now I'm just trying to grow an impressive beard instead.
bobjonkman's status on Thursday, 03-Aug-2023 15:26:41 EDT
RT @clacke I tried for over four decades to grow an impressive personality, but it was a lot of effort and not much payoff, so now I'm just trying to grow an impressive beard instead.
bobjonkman: RT @clacke did you watch Oppenheimer, the film about the moral implications of the things we create, starring an actor who also played a Gotham City psychiatrist who went insaneordid you watch Barbie, the film about the moral implications of the things we create, starring an actress who also played a Gotham City psychiatrist who went insane
bobjonkman's status on Thursday, 27-Jul-2023 13:50:42 EDT
RT @clacke did you watch Oppenheimer, the film about the moral implications of the things we create, starring an actor who also played a Gotham City psychiatrist who went insaneordid you watch Barbie, the film about the moral implications of the things we create, starring an actress who also played a Gotham City psychiatrist who went insane
bobjonkman: bobjonkman favorited something by clacke: did you watch Oppenheimer, the film about the moral implications of the things we create, starring an actor who also played a Gotham City psychiatrist who went insaneordid you watch Barbie, the film about the moral implications of the things we create, starring an actress who also played a Gotham City psychiatrist who went insane
bobjonkman's status on Thursday, 27-Jul-2023 13:50:33 EDT
bobjonkman favorited something by clacke: did you watch Oppenheimer, the film about the moral implications of the things we create, starring an actor who also played a Gotham City psychiatrist who went insane or did you watch Barbie, the film about the moral implications of the things we create, starring an actress who also played a Gotham City psychiatrist who went insane
bobjonkman: @steve@chirp.cooleysekula.net Wait, you or Dr. Cooley are at Perimeter? Giving any public lectures? If so, I'll hop on my bike to attend! @Perimeter
bobjonkman's status on Wednesday, 28-Jun-2023 20:44:38 EDT
@steve Wait, you or Dr. Cooley are at Perimeter? Giving any public lectures? If so, I'll hop on my bike to attend! @Perimeter
bobjonkman: RT @steve From jodi on Mastodon: I’m looking forward to meeting students at TRISEP 2023 being held @Perimeter!
bobjonkman's status on Wednesday, 28-Jun-2023 20:43:08 EDT
RT @steve From jodi on Mastodon: I’m looking forward to meeting students at TRISEP 2023 being held @Perimeter!
bobjonkman: Several other authors of software that accesses the Twitter API have come to that conclusion as well. When #Twidere, my phone app to access Twitter stopped accessing Twitter back in January I pretty much abandoned Twitter. I still check Twitter with its WebUI, less than once a week, but I no longer post or engage there. But Twitter still gets used by some organizations I do work for, so I do post from their accounts. I wonder how long it will be before they abandon Twitter too.
bobjonkman's status on Thursday, 08-Jun-2023 15:21:12 EDT
Several other authors of software that accesses the Twitter API have come to that conclusion as well. When #Twidere, my phone app to access Twitter stopped accessing Twitter back in January I pretty much abandoned Twitter. I still check Twitter with its WebUI, less than once a week, but I no longer post or engage there. But Twitter still gets used by some organizations I do work for, so I do post from their accounts. I wonder how long it will be before they abandon Twitter too.
bobjonkman: bobjonkman favorited something by steve: I finally had a chance to figure out why my social bridging software was no longer able to talk to Twitter. Indeed, it's because under Twitter's new leadership, python-twitter has been deemed as violating something in their terms of service. It says I can submit a ticket, but they make it impossible to figure out how to do that (the service portal is a loop). So I am deciding to no longer support Twitter and will focus entirely on federated social media.
bobjonkman's status on Thursday, 08-Jun-2023 15:16:58 EDT
bobjonkman favorited something by steve: I finally had a chance to figure out why my social bridging software was no longer able to talk to Twitter. Indeed, it's because under Twitter's new leadership, python-twitter has been deemed as violating something in their terms of service. It says I can submit a ticket, but they make it impossible to figure out how to do that (the service portal is a loop). So I am deciding to no longer support Twitter and will focus entirely on federated social media.
bobjonkman: RT @steve I finally had a chance to figure out why my social bridging software was no longer able to talk to Twitter. Indeed, it's because under Twitter's new leadership, python-twitter has been deemed as violating something in their terms of service. It says I can submit a ticket, but they make it impossible to figure out how to do that (the service portal is a loop). So I am deciding to no longer support Twitter and will focus entirely on federated social media.
bobjonkman's status on Thursday, 08-Jun-2023 15:16:52 EDT
RT @steve I finally had a chance to figure out why my social bridging software was no longer able to talk to Twitter. Indeed, it's because under Twitter's new leadership, python-twitter has been deemed as violating something in their terms of service. It says I can submit a ticket, but they make it impossible to figure out how to do that (the service portal is a loop). So I am deciding to no longer support Twitter and will focus entirely on federated social media.
bobjonkman: bobjonkman favorited something by steve: Got weirdly hung up on a simple problem involving the Poisson equation, and still have not resolved it. Who knew an isotropic collisionless gas in a spherically symmetric gravitational potential would be so IRRITATING? https://chirp.cooleysekula.net/attachment/7fcc02ad3df2ed9843b945250eef98bff9f7892a5da3711780562d1c81133b64/view
bobjonkman's status on Thursday, 08-Jun-2023 15:16:10 EDT
bobjonkman favorited something by steve: Got weirdly hung up on a simple problem involving the Poisson equation, and still have not resolved it. Who knew an isotropic collisionless gas in a spherically symmetric gravitational potential would be so IRRITATING? https://chirp.cooleysekula.net/attachment/7fcc02ad3df2ed9843b945250eef98bff9f7892a5da3711780562d1c81133b64/view
bobjonkman: RT @steve Got weirdly hung up on a simple problem involving the Poisson equation, and still have not resolved it. Who knew an isotropic collisionless gas in a spherically symmetric gravitational potential would be so IRRITATING? https://chirp.cooleysekula.net/attachment/7fcc02ad3df2ed9843b945250eef98bff9f7892a5da3711780562d1c81133b64/view
bobjonkman's status on Thursday, 08-Jun-2023 15:16:04 EDT
RT @steve Got weirdly hung up on a simple problem involving the Poisson equation, and still have not resolved it. Who knew an isotropic collisionless gas in a spherically symmetric gravitational potential would be so IRRITATING? https://chirp.cooleysekula.net/attachment/7fcc02ad3df2ed9843b945250eef98bff9f7892a5da3711780562d1c81133b64/view
bobjonkman: I'd be more inclined to say "people voting the way the polls said they should..."
bobjonkman's status on Tuesday, 30-May-2023 16:25:14 EDT
I'd be more inclined to say "people voting the way the polls said they should..."
bobjonkman: RT @hubert I have to laugh and shake my head at Smith calling it a "Miracle on the Praries". No, you were leading in the polls pretty much the whole time. You're in a strongly conservative province. I mean, if you're saying that it's a miracle that the majority of Albertans chose to ignore your terribleness, then yes, sure. But people voting the same way the polls said they would isn't a miracle. If the UCP ran with a saner leader, they probably would have won by a lot more.
bobjonkman's status on Tuesday, 30-May-2023 16:24:30 EDT
RT @hubert I have to laugh and shake my head at Smith calling it a "Miracle on the Praries". No, you were leading in the polls pretty much the whole time. You're in a strongly conservative province. I mean, if you're saying that it's a miracle that the majority of Albertans chose to ignore your terribleness, then yes, sure. But people voting the same way the polls said they would isn't a miracle. If the UCP ran with a saner leader, they probably would have won by a lot more.
bobjonkman: RT @blacksam I’ve been getting more into the game Gaslands with my son and also with adult friends. It’s a Mad Max-esque tabletop game where you’re expected to create your own game pieces by kitbashing with toy cars. I already have all the crafting, painting and 3d printing supplies I need from my other wargaming hobbies, so the barrier to entry was incredibly low. It’s a lot of lighthearted fun. Here is my latest creation. #gaslands #madmax #cars #toys #games #wargaming #kitbashing #crafting #3dprinting #paiting #hobby
bobjonkman's status on Sunday, 28-May-2023 16:07:41 EDT
RT @blacksam I’ve been getting more into the game Gaslands with my son and also with adult friends. It’s a Mad Max-esque tabletop game where you’re expected to create your own game pieces by kitbashing with toy cars. I already have all the crafting, painting and 3d printing supplies I need from my other wargaming hobbies, so the barrier to entry was incredibly low. It’s a lot of lighthearted fun. Here is my latest creation. #gaslands #madmax #cars #toys #games #wargaming #kitbashing #crafting #3dprinting #paiting #hobby
bobjonkman: bobjonkman favorited something by blacksam: I’ve been getting more into the game Gaslands with my son and also with adult friends. It’s a Mad Max-esque tabletop game where you’re expected to create your own game pieces by kitbashing with toy cars. I already have all the crafting, painting and 3d printing supplies I need from my other wargaming hobbies, so the barrier to entry was incredibly low. It’s a lot of lighthearted fun. Here is my latest creation. #gaslands #madmax #cars #toys #games #wargaming #kitbashing #crafting #3dprinting #paiting #hobby
bobjonkman's status on Sunday, 28-May-2023 16:07:32 EDT
bobjonkman favorited something by blacksam: I’ve been getting more into the game Gaslands with my son and also with adult friends. It’s a Mad Max-esque tabletop game where you’re expected to create your own game pieces by kitbashing with toy cars. I already have all the crafting, painting and 3d printing supplies I need from my other wargaming hobbies, so the barrier to entry was incredibly low. It’s a lot of lighthearted fun. Here is my latest creation. #gaslands #madmax #cars #toys #games #wargaming #kitbashing #crafting #3dprinting #paiting #hobby
bobjonkman: bobjonkman favorited something by blacksam: Here are a couple more cars I've made for #gaslands
bobjonkman's status on Sunday, 28-May-2023 16:07:26 EDT
bobjonkman favorited something by blacksam: Here are a couple more cars I've made for #gaslands
bobjonkman: bobjonkman favorited something by tobias: I'm in need of a little Nerd-Pr0n... what little useful thing comes into your mind as tool of at the Linux command line? Not a super-nerdy command to sophisticated resolve a problem, but a tool for actual problems that would also be useful for n00bs to take their fear about using the CLI?So curling wttr.in is a nice trick - but yesterday I discovered v2 of the service (probably around for a million years but new to me). curl v2.wttr.in/Berlinyt-dlp and wget to fetch files from the Intenets without having to open a browser were on the list yesterday as well, but I'm eager to (re)discover some other nice tools.#Linux #CLI
bobjonkman's status on Saturday, 27-May-2023 21:41:55 EDT
bobjonkman favorited something by tobias: I'm in need of a little Nerd-Pr0n... what little useful thing comes into your mind as tool of at the Linux command line? Not a super-nerdy command to sophisticated resolve a problem, but a tool for actual problems that would also be useful for n00bs to take their fear about using the CLI? So curling wttr.in is a nice trick - but yesterday I discovered v2 of the service (probably around for a million years but new to me). curl v2.wttr.in/Berlin yt-dlp and wget to fetch files from the Intenets without having to open a browser were on the list yesterday as well, but I'm eager to (re)discover some other nice tools. #Linux #CLI
bobjonkman: RT @tobias I'm in need of a little Nerd-Pr0n... what little useful thing comes into your mind as tool of at the Linux command line? Not a super-nerdy command to sophisticated resolve a problem, but a tool for actual problems that would also be useful for n00bs to take their fear about using the CLI?So curling wttr.in is a nice trick - but yesterday I discovered v2 of the service (probably around for a million years but new to me). curl v2.wttr.in/Berlinyt-dlp and wget to fetch files from the Intenets without having to open a browser were on the list yesterday as well, but I'm eager to (re)discover some other nice tools.#Linux #CLI
bobjonkman's status on Saturday, 27-May-2023 21:41:48 EDT
RT @tobias I'm in need of a little Nerd-Pr0n... what little useful thing comes into your mind as tool of at the Linux command line? Not a super-nerdy command to sophisticated resolve a problem, but a tool for actual problems that would also be useful for n00bs to take their fear about using the CLI?So curling wttr.in is a nice trick - but yesterday I discovered v2 of the service (probably around for a million years but new to me). curl v2.wttr.in/Berlinyt-dlp and wget to fetch files from the Intenets without having to open a browser were on the list yesterday as well, but I'm eager to (re)discover some other nice tools.#Linux #CLI
bobjonkman: bobjonkman favorited something by steve: From mcnees@mastodon.social on Mastodon: If you aren't too busy, take a minute to look through NASA's Project Apollo archive on Flickr. https://www. flickr.com/photos/projectapoll oarchive/albums This is a totally safe use of your time, you definitely won't look up two hours from now and ask where your morning went. Images: NASA
bobjonkman's status on Monday, 22-May-2023 20:45:06 EDT
bobjonkman favorited something by steve: From mcnees@mastodon.social on Mastodon: If you aren't too busy, take a minute to look through NASA's Project Apollo archive on Flickr. https://www. flickr.com/photos/projectapoll oarchive/albums This is a totally safe use of your time, you definitely won't look up two hours from now and ask where your morning went. Images: NASA
bobjonkman: RT @geniusmusing @lnxw48a1 I have my own workaround for just this issue. I raise my hand to the "Stop/Hold" position. Get to a point where I can stop and leave myself a note on the next thing to do. Then let them interrupt me. I have even done this to my former boss and the owner. It wasn't long before they adopted it for the same reason. YMMV
bobjonkman's status on Monday, 08-May-2023 22:45:24 EDT
RT @geniusmusing @lnxw48a1 I have my own workaround for just this issue. I raise my hand to the "Stop/Hold" position. Get to a point where I can stop and leave myself a note on the next thing to do. Then let them interrupt me. I have even done this to my former boss and the owner. It wasn't long before they adopted it for the same reason. YMMV
bobjonkman: bobjonkman favorited something by lnxw48a1: https://www.monkeyuser.com/2018/focus/ This is me.
bobjonkman's status on Monday, 08-May-2023 22:45:21 EDT
bobjonkman favorited something by lnxw48a1: https://www.monkeyuser.com/2018/focus/ This is me.
bobjonkman: RT @lnxw48a1 https://www.monkeyuser.com/2018/focus/ This is me.
bobjonkman's status on Monday, 08-May-2023 22:45:13 EDT
RT @lnxw48a1 https://www.monkeyuser.com/2018/focus/ This is me.
bobjonkman: I will add some love for #Ventoy. I had a fight with UEFI on $SPOUSE's new laptop, where it wouldn't boot from USB no matter what I tried. There were no EFI files set up to allow booting from anything other than Windows, Windows Recovery, or UEFI firmware upgrade. But the laptop recognized an EFI file on the Ventoy thumbdrive, so I could boot the laptop, press F2 like a madman to enter the setup, reconfigure the boot setup to use the Ventoy's EFI, then reboot again, now from the thumbdrive into the Ventoy selector screen. But then I had reason to boot into Windows again (so reboot, mad F2s, reconfigure, reboot) but stupidly left the Ventoy thumbdrive connected. When I was done with Windows I rebooted, mad F2s, but now the Ventoy EFI file was gone. I had to re-flash the thumbdrive with a fresh copy of Ventoy-UEFI to make it come back. Now the laptop boots directly into Debian. I wonder the Debian EFI option will be wiped if $SPOUSE ever decides to boot into Windows again...
bobjonkman's status on Tuesday, 02-May-2023 16:27:28 EDT
I will add some love for #Ventoy. I had a fight with UEFI on $SPOUSE's new laptop, where it wouldn't boot from USB no matter what I tried. There were no EFI files set up to allow booting from anything other than Windows, Windows Recovery, or UEFI firmware upgrade. But the laptop recognized an EFI file on the Ventoy thumbdrive, so I could boot the laptop, press F2 like a madman to enter the setup, reconfigure the boot setup to use the Ventoy's EFI, then reboot again, now from the thumbdrive into the Ventoy selector screen. But then I had reason to boot into Windows again (so reboot, mad F2s, reconfigure, reboot) but stupidly left the Ventoy thumbdrive connected. When I was done with Windows I rebooted, mad F2s, but now the Ventoy EFI file was gone. I had to re-flash the thumbdrive with a fresh copy of Ventoy-UEFI to make it come back. Now the laptop boots directly into Debian. I wonder the Debian EFI option will be wiped if $SPOUSE ever decides to boot into Windows again...
bobjonkman: bobjonkman favorited something by lnxw48a1: @geniusmusing #Ventoy is surprisingly good. I've used it a couple of times already. But recently, I was using it on the new Armbian installation on the #Orange_Pi_5 and ran into an issue: * It sets up the flash drive using ExFAT as the file system. The instructions say you can change it later, but I never found that option. * The current set of OS installable programs (Armbian, but I presume Debian / Devuan / Ubuntu / Mint will be the same) does not include a version of mount that handles exfat. That was in the now-deprecated older package. * Turns out that Ventoy has a binary executable that I was able to copy into my path and use, so now S will receive a USB flash drive with 3 live distros (Debian, Ubuntu Desktop, CentOS Stream) and one direct installer (Ubuntu Server) on it. I was tempted to add ReactOS, just so she'd see the difference between trying to clone a proprietary system without being sued is versus writing as desired. But I know she's just doing this so she'll have a passing familiarity and be able to check that box on some HR department's screening software's checklist. #ReactOS certainly will not help there.
bobjonkman's status on Tuesday, 02-May-2023 16:19:35 EDT
bobjonkman favorited something by lnxw48a1: @geniusmusing #Ventoy is surprisingly good. I've used it a couple of times already. But recently, I was using it on the new Armbian installation on the #Orange_Pi_5 and ran into an issue: * It sets up the flash drive using ExFAT as the file system. The instructions say you can change it later, but I never found that option. * The current set of OS installable programs (Armbian, but I presume Debian / Devuan / Ubuntu / Mint will be the same) does not include a version of mount that handles exfat. That was in the now-deprecated older package. * Turns out that Ventoy has a binary executable that I was able to copy into my path and use, so now S will receive a USB flash drive with 3 live distros (Debian, Ubuntu Desktop, CentOS Stream) and one direct installer (Ubuntu Server) on it. I was tempted to add ReactOS, just so she'd see the difference between trying to clone a proprietary system without being sued is versus writing as desired. But I know she's just doing this so she'll have a passing familiarity and be able to check that box on some HR department's screening software's checklist. #ReactOS certainly will not help there.
bobjonkman: RT @lnxw48a1 @geniusmusing #Ventoy is surprisingly good. I've used it a couple of times already. But recently, I was using it on the new Armbian installation on the #Orange_Pi_5 and ran into an issue: * It sets up the flash drive using ExFAT as the file system. The instructions say you can change it later, but I never found that option. * The current set of OS installable programs (Armbian, but I presume Debian / Devuan / Ubuntu / Mint will be the same) does not include a version of mount that handles exfat. That was in the now-deprecated older package. * Turns out that Ventoy has a binary executable that I was able to copy into my path and use, so now S will receive a USB flash drive with 3 live distros (Debian, Ubuntu Desktop, CentOS Stream) and one direct installer (Ubuntu Server) on it. I was tempted to add ReactOS, just so she'd see the difference between trying to clone a proprietary system without being sued is versus writing as desired. But I know she's just doing this so she'll have a passing familiarity and be able to check that box on some HR department's screening software's checklist. #ReactOS certainly will not help there.
bobjonkman's status on Tuesday, 02-May-2023 16:19:29 EDT
RT @lnxw48a1 @geniusmusing #Ventoy is surprisingly good. I've used it a couple of times already. But recently, I was using it on the new Armbian installation on the #Orange_Pi_5 and ran into an issue: * It sets up the flash drive using ExFAT as the file system. The instructions say you can change it later, but I never found that option. * The current set of OS installable programs (Armbian, but I presume Debian / Devuan / Ubuntu / Mint will be the same) does not include a version of mount that handles exfat. That was in the now-deprecated older package. * Turns out that Ventoy has a binary executable that I was able to copy into my path and use, so now S will receive a USB flash drive with 3 live distros (Debian, Ubuntu Desktop, CentOS Stream) and one direct installer (Ubuntu Server) on it. I was tempted to add ReactOS, just so she'd see the difference between trying to clone a proprietary system without being sued is versus writing as desired. But I know she's just doing this so she'll have a passing familiarity and be able to check that box on some HR department's screening software's checklist. #ReactOS certainly will not help there.
bobjonkman: RT @clacke "Sutor, ne ultra crepidam is a Latin expression meaning literally 'Shoemaker, not beyond the shoe', used to warn individuals not to pass judgment beyond their expertise. The expression led to the term ultracrepidarianism, which is the giving of opinions and advice on matters outside of one's knowledge."en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sutor,_n…
bobjonkman's status on Wednesday, 26-Apr-2023 05:09:22 EDT
RT @clacke "Sutor, ne ultra crepidam is a Latin expression meaning literally 'Shoemaker, not beyond the shoe', used to warn individuals not to pass judgment beyond their expertise. The expression led to the term ultracrepidarianism, which is the giving of opinions and advice on matters outside of one's knowledge."en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sutor,_n…
bobjonkman: bobjonkman favorited something by clacke: "Sutor, ne ultra crepidam is a Latin expression meaning literally 'Shoemaker, not beyond the shoe', used to warn individuals not to pass judgment beyond their expertise. The expression led to the term ultracrepidarianism, which is the giving of opinions and advice on matters outside of one's knowledge."en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sutor,_n…
bobjonkman's status on Wednesday, 26-Apr-2023 05:09:11 EDT
bobjonkman favorited something by clacke: "Sutor, ne ultra crepidam is a Latin expression meaning literally 'Shoemaker, not beyond the shoe', used to warn individuals not to pass judgment beyond their expertise. The expression led to the term ultracrepidarianism, which is the giving of opinions and advice on matters outside of one's knowledge." en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sutor,_n…
bobjonkman: RT @clacke People who weren't there in the early Fedverse don't remember those shaky days when it was being written and run by Evan Devromou and later Evan Testromou.They think OStatus and @Evan Prodromou just sprang into life fully formed.
bobjonkman's status on Wednesday, 26-Apr-2023 05:06:45 EDT
RT @clacke People who weren't there in the early Fedverse don't remember those shaky days when it was being written and run by Evan Devromou and later Evan Testromou.They think OStatus and @Evan Prodromou just sprang into life fully formed.
bobjonkman: bobjonkman favorited something by clacke: People who weren't there in the early Fedverse don't remember those shaky days when it was being written and run by Evan Devromou and later Evan Testromou.They think OStatus and @Evan Prodromou just sprang into life fully formed.
bobjonkman's status on Wednesday, 26-Apr-2023 05:06:34 EDT
bobjonkman favorited something by clacke: People who weren't there in the early Fedverse don't remember those shaky days when it was being written and run by Evan Devromou and later Evan Testromou. They think OStatus and @Evan Prodromou just sprang into life fully formed.
bobjonkman: bobjonkman favorited something by clacke: Until today, for 2–3 decades, I thought there was a distinction between a mold (mildew, furry fungus) and a mould (a hollow, negative form, used in manufacturing).Nope!US English: Both are a mold. UK English: Both are a mould.aaaaarrghAt least now I have one less little thing to worry about getting right.
bobjonkman's status on Monday, 17-Apr-2023 23:32:04 EDT
bobjonkman favorited something by clacke: Until today, for 2–3 decades, I thought there was a distinction between a mold (mildew, furry fungus) and a mould (a hollow, negative form, used in manufacturing). Nope! US English: Both are a mold. UK English: Both are a mould. aaaaarrgh At least now I have one less little thing to worry about getting right.
bobjonkman: Oh yes, the movie was terrible. My father-in-law was an avid comic book collector, and had many original Spirit comics. $SPOUSE got me interested too, and we bought hard-cover collections, and when I went to a comic book convention and told an author I thought I saw some Will Eisner influences in his work he thought it was a great compliment! We bought a layout print (pencil sketch, some shading, no colour) from an author who was making new Spirit comics. Will Eisner and The Spirit was the inspiration for the Will Eisner Comic Industry Awards, and there is not a trace of that prestige in the movie. For once, I was happy Will Eisner wasn't around anymore so he didn't have to see it.
bobjonkman's status on Thursday, 13-Apr-2023 23:44:36 EDT
Oh yes, the movie was terrible. My father-in-law was an avid comic book collector, and had many original Spirit comics. $SPOUSE got me interested too, and we bought hard-cover collections, and when I went to a comic book convention and told an author I thought I saw some Will Eisner influences in his work he thought it was a great compliment! We bought a layout print (pencil sketch, some shading, no colour) from an author who was making new Spirit comics. Will Eisner and The Spirit was the inspiration for the Will Eisner Comic Industry Awards, and there is not a trace of that prestige in the movie. For once, I was happy Will Eisner wasn't around anymore so he didn't have to see it.
bobjonkman: RT @clacke > Roger Ebert of the Chicago Sun-Times gave the film one out of four stars and said, "There is not a trace of human emotion in it. To call the characters cardboard is to insult a useful packing material". Ok, now I'm intrigued.en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Spir…
bobjonkman's status on Thursday, 13-Apr-2023 23:30:39 EDT
RT @clacke > Roger Ebert of the Chicago Sun-Times gave the film one out of four stars and said, "There is not a trace of human emotion in it. To call the characters cardboard is to insult a useful packing material". Ok, now I'm intrigued.en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Spir…
bobjonkman: RT @clacke >> "Diamonds are formed under pressure" And bread dough rises when you let it rest We're all our own things. What's motivating to you may be [debilitating] to others. > There's an old saying (I think it's Russian): the same boiling water that softens the potato will harden the eggwww.tumblr.com/kingscrown666/6…farside.link/nitter/Linaowinmo…
bobjonkman's status on Sunday, 02-Apr-2023 16:14:23 EDT
RT @clacke >> "Diamonds are formed under pressure" And bread dough rises when you let it rest We're all our own things. What's motivating to you may be [debilitating] to others. > There's an old saying (I think it's Russian): the same boiling water that softens the potato will harden the eggwww.tumblr.com/kingscrown666/6…farside.link/nitter/Linaowinmo…