I've noticing that lately on Fridays I've tended to gravitate towards working on documentation, mostly because I'm tired and checking that some docs are up to date is easier than, say, debugging stuff that is not working.
However, the more I think about it the more I start to believe that it's actually a good thing, so the only thing that is missing before this can become A Thing is a fancy alliterative name: anybody has ideas? :D
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filed under FirstWorldCatastrophe: yesterday evening I've found that the only tobacco shop that sells international stamps in my area is closed until sunday, I only have two stamps for European destinations, and it's the middle of #InCoWriMo :D
yes, there is the post. Do I really want to spend my time waiting for them to go down to the dungeon, feed the crocodiles, disable the killer robots, get some random ugly stamp, come back up, realize they have got the wrong stamps, go back, repeat the procedure, come back up with even more ugly stamps?
Something tells me that this weekend I will send the few postcards I have planned for Italian destinations :D
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If I could have one mundane superpower, it would be to be able to look at any expensive consumer product and instantly know if it’s a Veblen Good or a Vimes Boot. Is it expensive because you can flaunt its expensiveness or is it expensive because it’s the best made one you can get.
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It's everything listed in the CW (“rainbow washing, retail chain” for people who don't see them), but I have to admit that the rainbow cover for a device whose name I. always. read. as. enby. looks appropriate.
TIL: if you put water in the kettle, turn the kettle on, put tea leaves in the cup (in a filter) and then leave the kitchen without pouring the water in the cup, you don't get a cup of #tea
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There hasn’t been a leap second since 2016. Entire production systems and entire codebases have existed and been retired without ever being tested by a leap second. Knowledge of leap seconds will atrophy to only a few grizzled senior staff. The next leap second is going to be hell, especially if it’s a deletion of a second, which has _never_ happened.
Rather than abolish leap seconds entirely as some are proposing, I propose that we adopt the Let’s Encrypt philosophy (“If it happens every three months, sysadmins will automate it”), and mandate gratuitous leap seconds: +1 every March and −1 every September (leaving June and December for the astronomically necessary ones). Kind of a mini “spring forward, fall back”, if you will.
It’ll only take one or two airline groundings for everyone to get up to speed.
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I still think we should have two clocks, an absolute clock with no particular relationship to days, and a scheduling clock which works the familiar way. The former would tick once per second with no leaps and the latter would have predictable values for arbitrary dates. Leap seconds would adjust the mapping between them, so we can track real time and keep scheduling convenient
We have those two clocks now, it’s baffling that we don’t use them that way
@mark
actually it's the other way around. the leap second world is the one in which UTC and TAI diverge (i.e., as UTC keeps accumulating leap seconds and TAI doesn't).
Ending leap seconds means that UTC and TAI stay at a fixed interval apart (though I'd just as soon abolish one or the other...)
Posted on February 2, 2023
Thanks to Vagrant on the debian-arm mailing list I’ve found that there is a chain of verifiability for the images usually used to install Debian on ARM devices.
It’s not trivial, so I’m writing it down for future reference when I’ll need it again.
firmware.* file for your board as well as partition.img.gz).gpg --no-default-keyring \
--keyring /usr/share/keyrings/debian-archive-bullseye-stable.gpg \
--verify InReleaseawk '/installer-armhf\/current\/images\/SHA256SUMS/ {print $1 "
SHA256SUMS"}' InRelease | tail -n 1 | sha256sum -c hd-media: grep hd-media SHA256SUMS \
| sed 's#hd-media/SD-card-images/##' \
| sha256sum -c \
| grep -v "No such file or directory" \
| grep -v "FAILED open or read" 2> /dev/nullnetboot:grep netboot SHA256SUMS \
| sed 's#netboot/SD-card-images/##' \
| sha256sum -c \
| grep -v "No such file or directory" \
| grep -v "FAILED open or read" 2> /dev/nullhd-media with netboot as needed.And I fully agree that fewer steps would be nice, but this is definitely better than nothing!
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First #InCoWriMo postcard: delivered!
the recipient complained about my fancy insular D that I used becaused this postcard was delivered by hand, rather than having to be readable by the post office machines :D
he's lucky his name doesn't have a W, or as I would write, a Ƿ! :D
(I'm not complaining, it was a *fun* complaint. )
aaah, i siti di qualità, dove i link sono tutti verificati e funzionanti (anche per il pubblico, non solo per chi scrive dall'ufficio)
wcs-editing.intranet.poste/sit…
linkato da poste.it/aggiornamenti-operati…
*intranet punto poste*, eh?
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Posted on January 29, 2023
Welcome to my new blog!
Or rather, strictly speaking, welcome to my first blog!
Back when everybody had a blog, I had an old-fashioned personal website where pages were organized by topic rather than by date, so now that blogs are dead (or so they say), I guess it’s time for me to have one :) .
The old website is still online, but updating it is getting harder, both for organizational reasons and because the static generator I’ve used is no longer supported and requires python 2; lately I’ve started publish some specific categories of material such as sewing patterns into their own website (you can find a list in the about page), but I was missing a place to post about the history and experiences of the things I publish elsewhere, as well as more uncategorized things.
Of course I’ve chosen to use a static site generator, but since I’m picky I’ve discarded most of the common ones mostly because they enforce assumptions I don’t agree with.
On the other hand, one day I wouldn’t mind learning a bit of Haskell, so I decided to look for trouble and use Hakyll, hoping that nobody will add a level 20 wandering monster to it.
Right now I’m using mostly the default theme, because I know that if I start fiddling with it I’m not going to start posting content ever; maybe one day I’ll decide to completely change the look.
As for contents, on the bits side of things you can expect me to talk about Debian, the Fediverse, Python, my inventory manging program and a bit of arduino-level electronics; on the atom side you should definitely expect sewing, modern and mostly historically inspired, some fiber crafts (spinning, knitting, crochet), maybe some bad attempts at painting (watercolours and acrilics), printing (screen and linocut), things that are written on paper and, well, any other craft I will happen to collect.
Before the blog gets too full I plan to add tag management to help people who are only interested in some of these contents.
This being a blog, of course it has an atom feed you can add to your favourite (and ideally self-hosted) rss reader, and since this is a personal blog there will be no periodicity, posts will happen when I’ll have something to say on some topic.
Until next time
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Soooooo, I haz a blog!
with a working atom feed and everything!
And if everything is going as it's supposed to be, friendica should be posting everything that appears on that feed as a post from my user.
Now, I only need to do things and write posts about them :D
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me, while walking around the house: I'm a cat, I don't need lights!
me, while doing something: give me ALL OF THE LIGHTS!!! (turns all the harsh white leds on)
me, this morning, while spreading photo-emulsion on some screens with just the early winter morning light coming in from a small window: *confused
my mother in law told my mother I was right, that life's too short to baste things, pins are enough (my mother prefers to baste everything, even straigth hems on curtains).
this happened at the same time as I was basting pieces on seam lines that had been marked with tailor's tacks and then basted to the sew-in interface and flatlining :D
(I still claim that life's too short to baste most things :D )
@Rag. Gustavino Bevilacqua would that be basting or more like pinning?
(but I guess that working with rigid parts there would be less of a difference)
The one thing I didn't need right now was a new project, right?
It will have picot stitches (or something like that) on both sides, and it will go on my next corset cover.
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and now that I've tried on a mockup of the corset cover I'm thinking that maybe I won't actually need the crochet band on the neckline.
but maybe I could need it on the corset cover after that. actually, yes, I probably do.
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I did it! I have a p.o. box!
It *only* took me three attempts, and of course you pay for the full year even if you only manage to get it after almost a month, and no, I'm absolutely not grumpy towards our postal service, why do you ask?
Oh, and I even managed to pay by card, rather than cash as they were trying to make me pay (because of course paying by card required additional hassles, I mean, it's not like they are mainly a money managing place, these days).
No, not grumpy at all!
But I have a p.o. box!
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@Rag. Gustavino Bevilacqua @Fabio vista la provenienza media degli impiegati agli sportelli sospetto di no :D
più facile che contino come lingua straniera il siciliano (sul quale la mia unica obiezione è chiamarlo straniera, eh!)
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buongiornissimofogliediténellatazzaprimadimetterciilfiltro
(per fortuna me ne sono accorta prima di versare l'acqua :D )
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@LaVi 📚🐈🕊️ @Rag. Gustavino Bevilacqua @ModestinoSycamore
loro dicono maltempo, io dico “scorte di acqua per il prossimo periodo di siccità”!
(ma la neve è piacevole anche subito per correrci in mezzo e simili)
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Un paio di sere fa ho postato questo articolo sulla siccità in #California.
Anche se c'è tanta acqua in superficie le falde sotterranee (quelle che servono quando c'è siccità) non si sono ancora riempite.
mastodon.cisti.org/@GustavinoB…
«Is #California’s #drought over? Here’s what to know about #rain, #snow, #reservoirs and drought»eastbayexpress.com/after-the-s…
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Aaaaand I've published another #FreeSoftWear pattern that has been in the almost-ready limbo for a few months.
sewing-patterns.trueelena.org/…
The finished object picture is from a different item (made in a lighter gray) than the one in the step-by-step pictures, but I've kept the latter a bit overexposed to see the details, so it doesn't really show (also, my camera did odd things with the colour balance, which varies a bit between shots) :D
One day I will learn how to draw proper pattern drawings, but today's not the day.
I still have things in the backlog, but they all require a bit more work than these two.
@FreeSoftWear group #sewing @sewing group
(edit: added the url I had forgotten in the original post)
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ehm... maybe I should have added the actual URL :D
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please stop reposting art without attribution. I get that many artists aren't on the fediverse yet but the least you can do is link to their site or socials.
they need all the help they can get now that the tech industry is investing billions in suppressing their wages.
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And after sitting on it for something like two months I've published the pattern for my modern (it uses fancy stitches that weren't easily available on victorian age sewing machines such as zig-zag :D ) / vintage (it's based on something from when I was a child :D) nightgown.
It's still missing a worn finished object picture, but it's too cold to take it right now, and if I wait for them I will forget about publishing the pattern, so I'll add it later, hopefully in the spring.
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(Thanks to my mother for crocheting the yoke, I only did the sewing part on this)
#FreeSoftWear @FreeSoftWear group @sewing group #sewing #crochet
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Tonight I was in a comics and games shop with @Diego Roversi when he uncharacteristically got something from one of the gaming shelves (I think it was the RPG shelf, but I'm not even sure) and announced “we're going to play with the protestants”.
My answer was “ok. what are the protestants playing?”, trying to look at what he had just taken.
And then I woke up.
And now I will NEVER know what the protestants are playing, or even WHO these protestants are!!!
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I strongly believe that amazon and their expectations of next day delivery has ruined the world, that having to plan your purchases in advance helps being mindful of what you buy (even if it also encourages having a stash, whoops) and creates a better environment where shops of all sizes (and with better treatment of their workers) can prosper in.
But the label “fast delivery” on something whose delivery is planned for THREE WEEKS after it has been bought is a joke, right? (and no, it's not an international delivery, it's from a huge multinational chain with 3 shops less than 100 km from where I live and the main nationwide warehouse less than 150 km from here)
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uhm, no, I don't think this result is really relevant to my search for pad stitching :D
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I love co-op board games!
Some favourites:
Sub-Terra: You are a team of explorers trying to escape a collapsing cave full of eldritch horrors and you get a better score the more of you who get out
Magic Maze: You are robbing a magic mall of valuable items. Get in and get out without getting caught before the time runs out!
Need to entertain a child (or yourself)?
All 22 of Beatrix Potter's animal tales are public domain and available in beautifully formatted ebooks on Standard Ebooks:
standardebooks.org/ebooks/beat…
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I really think we need to reject the term "content creator."
That phrase is used by people who aim to Monetize™ us without needing to care about what it is we create. A "content creator" is there to make the stuff that attracts people so they can be fed advertising.
Call us what we are. Artists. Essayists. Film makers. Authors. Photographers. And so many others. We are creators, yes, but what we create has so much value beyond filling otherwise empty space on a website.
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DIY Weaving Loom From IKEA BEKVÄM Spice Rack: This project shows you how to build a small loom for band weaving. It can be used with a rigid heddle or with tablets.Instructables
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I've just received what are nominally 170 hooks and eyes (different sizes and colours)
The fact that I'm postponing counting them individually until the late afternoon (because I have other things to do with a higher priority) is a clear sign that I'm evidently not a #vampire, right?
180 hooks and 181 eyes.
(everybody was waiting for the result, right? :D )
also, now I should fix the closure on my linen jacket, but it's linen, I'm not going to need it for a while yet, right? :D )
Sooooooo, I may have
accidentally
a new game of Ur set
and uooops, while taking the photo one of the green pieces was misplaced, but I've played the game afterwards and it was there :D
I'm experimenting a bit with alternate shapes for the dice, the coin-like ones work decently, but they get mistaken for the main game pieces when getting the game out of the box, and they also roll around quite a bit.
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e oggi la giornata è iniziata in #posta, dove devo essere felice che mi abbiano detto subito che non potevano fare la pratica perché mancava l'impiegato che se ne occupa, anziché tenermi allo sportello per mezz'ora per poi dirmi di tornare alla mattina quando c'è l'impiegato che se ne occupa, come era successo settimana scorsa.
vogliamo scommettere che settimana prossima, quando mi han garantito che rientra, in realtà non sarà rientrato perché durante le ferie si è ammalato?
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Secondo voi una società che si chiama “Poste Italiane” e che ha avuto per più di un secolo il monopolio della posta in Italia non avrebbe come “missione aziendale” ne…Paolo Redaelli
@Paolo Redaelli eh, il problema è che se si estinguono poi il servizio postale non lo fa più nessuno, neanche male.
e i corrieri non sono la stessa cosa.
sooooo, some time ago my mother bought a cut of silk satin fabric for a shawl/scarf/foulard and afterwards discovered it had some elastane in it, which makes it pretty hell to work with.
Of course I had to cut it to size, because she sews but is afraid to cut things, and that's fine, I knew it was going to happen.
But why is that cut of fabric currently in my lap, being hemmed by hand?
And while I like it, it's not really my style, so I'm probably not even going to steal it after it's finished.
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dico solo: mezzo panino di grano duro appena uscito dal forno, cren, svizzera di vitello, pasta spalmabile belga di mele/pere/lamponi, l'altra metà del panino.
niente foto, perché si sarebbe raffreddato :D
(la verdura era sedanorapa tritato, quindi a parte perché nel panino sarebbe andato per ogni dove)
@Rag. Gustavino Bevilacqua @LaVi 📚🐈 :peacelink:
hamburgheria MammaDiValhalla (che prende il pane al panificio Valhalla) :D
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Today I was browsing through #fashionPlates from the #1890s as one does, and I stumbled on this
libmma.contentdm.oclc.org/digi…
(the linked plate has a depiction of a 1890s style dress in pale red fabric with blue/green/yellow lines forming *big* squares (~20 cm?); the skirt is typical for the era, the jacket has the expected big sleeves, plus a very triangular capelet and a skirt that reaches just past the hips and ends in two sharp points in the front. There is also a blue belt, and blue cuffs and collars. The model is also carrying a parasol that looks more like a pointy stick)
And now I can't stop thinking of that dress in grey/silvery lurex fabric, on a #1960s sci-fi spaceship.
If i didn't have more projects than time (many of which are also going to be used way more) I would consider doing this :D
Oh gosh, I'm thinking of a whole cast for a a show or a film - doing 1890s fashion, but it's all in metallic or neon fabrics, maybe even UV colour-shift fabrics too (I'm sure a major production could get hold of that stuff again).
If people from that time got access to those fabrics you just know they'd have done it. Maybe with a lot more questionable colour combinations than now, but they'd absolutely have gone for metallic everything, glitter Lurex everything...
(On the one hand, it's always disappointed me a little that the RDR2 devs seem to have avoided or understated the main elements of 1890s women's fashion, but on the other I can see how it could've been a struggle to keep the giant sleeves from looking too comical in-game.)
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It begins.
I'm actually not sure whether I'll go fully #1890s with this jacket (with moderation :D) or I'll keep the sleeves fitting: I'll decide after I've sewed a mock-up.
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@MagdoLena9 lol, no, that would be too easy :D
I'm drafting them from period instructions, or rather I drafted them from period instructions in summer 2021, made one mockup and then put them on hold because I wasn't sure about the fabric to use and I had more urgent projects.
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@MagdoLena9 don't hold your breath, it may go back to the wait list.
but one day a pair of cycling knickers will happen, and I will post about it :)
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@Rivikah the first mockup I did, after following the drafting instructions was pretty fitting.
For the second attempt I enlarged them (and then I didn't do the second mockup).
Now, they are below-the-knee length, so each leg is just above 80 cm long and it would probably fit on the fabric (there is some leeway because it's the leftovers from the jacket, it's not a straight cut).
The two leg sides for the wider version are not going to fit on the fabric side by side, but the original one may, maybe, possibly with a tiny bit of piecing, or by using the wiggle room.
I would have to be creative with the waistband, but I think I can get the various facings etc. from the jacket scraps, probably, maybe.
First I'll finish the jacket, so if disasters happen I have a safety net to recut pieces, and if I find I need something more for the accessories I can get it.
But afterwards, if I still have this much fabric, I can probably try it.
Unless I get other ideas.
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Almost all of the fabric (main, lining, interfacings) has been cut.
Now I should be basting all pieces together with their interfacing and linings, but that requires being at the table, and this evening I'm attending fossandcrafts.org/hack-and-cra… and need something to do in front of the computer, so I've started working on one of the plastrons, the one with soutache decorations.
And now I'm asking myself: why can't I accept a soutache decoration where the braid is placed on top of previous parts of the braid? why do I have to insist on it being a proper knot? :D
(there are pictures in the good camera. one day they will be copied to the computer and posted in this thread. this is not that day :) )
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no, vabbé, ma è trollare.
mi dai un link all'orario in pdf, e poi sulla pagina metti un tab COSTI con cui prima farsi venire un colpo e poi aprire per scoprire che no, lo si scarica gratis.
sbb.ch/it/orario/orario-online…
Viaggi regolarmente su una determinata tratta? Allora l’orario tascabile personale è il tuo miglior compagno di viaggio.Ferrovie federali svizzere FFS (www.sbb.ch)
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