mara🐦⬛
@mara.x0f.nl
embedded software developer with an interest in P2P systems, robotics and decentralized infrastructure | drone pilot | she/her bi 🏳️⚧️ | Netherlands
January 1, 2026 at 11:46 PM
happy to support anna's archive but whatt am i going to do with 2000 fast downloads a day
January 1, 2026 at 8:46 PM
happy to support anna's archive but whatt am i going to do with 2000 fast downloads a day
TIL they're still releasing new versions of ncurses
www.phoronix.com/news/Ncurses...
www.phoronix.com/news/Ncurses...
Ncurses 6.6 Released With Improved Windows Terminal Support, Other Enhancements
Ncurses 6.6 was released today prior to closing out 2025
www.phoronix.com
January 1, 2026 at 3:13 PM
TIL they're still releasing new versions of ncurses
www.phoronix.com/news/Ncurses...
www.phoronix.com/news/Ncurses...
it's just a planet forming. it's not the eye of Sauron, it's not looking at us. don't worry...
January 1, 2026 at 2:46 PM
it's just a planet forming. it's not the eye of Sauron, it's not looking at us. don't worry...
yup it's wild over here...
happy new year !
happy new year !
I was told the Dutch were wild about fireworks but I was not prepared
December 31, 2025 at 11:26 PM
yup it's wild over here...
happy new year !
happy new year !
i don't use goodreads but here's a list anyway
![(Books i read in 2025)
Anaïs Nin - A spy in the house of love (1954)
Linda Nagata - Blade (2024)
Aldo Leopold - A sand county almanac (1949)
David Grauber - The utopia of rules (2013)
Jeff VanderMeer - The compass of his bones (2011)
Jeff VanderMeer - Absolution (2024)
Julia Serano - Whipping Girl (2007)
Jemma Topaz - Pirates and Tyrants [#1,#2] (2021, 2023)
J. Ursula Topaz - A Rotten Girl (2025)
Alyson Greaves - Welcome to Dorley Hall (2024)
Alastair Reynolds - Inhibitor Phase (2022)
Alyson Greaves - (kimmy) (2024)
Jeff VanderMeer - Dead Astronauts (2019)](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:uv76n3a4zrgxzo45cgpemkve/bafkreiey3n2rdh5jfp3v47znwilof6ep2mtdw2rhdv52qfw6ihxw4dcqmq@jpeg)
December 31, 2025 at 3:40 PM
i don't use goodreads but here's a list anyway
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End-of-2025 vibes, exemplified by this Southern Elephant Seal.
📷 maxi762aguilar on iNaturalist
📍 Argentina
🔗: www.inaturalist.org/observations...
#ObservationOfTheDay
📷 maxi762aguilar on iNaturalist
📍 Argentina
🔗: www.inaturalist.org/observations...
#ObservationOfTheDay
December 30, 2025 at 6:19 PM
End-of-2025 vibes, exemplified by this Southern Elephant Seal.
📷 maxi762aguilar on iNaturalist
📍 Argentina
🔗: www.inaturalist.org/observations...
#ObservationOfTheDay
📷 maxi762aguilar on iNaturalist
📍 Argentina
🔗: www.inaturalist.org/observations...
#ObservationOfTheDay
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ARC-1969-AC87-0060-1 through ARC-1969-AC87-0060-4, 1987
December 30, 2025 at 10:56 AM
ARC-1969-AC87-0060-1 through ARC-1969-AC87-0060-4, 1987
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Linear algebra implies the existence of nonlinear algebra
December 29, 2025 at 7:02 AM
Linear algebra implies the existence of nonlinear algebra
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'The Emerald Sea'
4,427 images from 3 sequences by Don Pettit are remastered & retimed to create this stunning 10m54s 4k UHD video with music by Chris Zabriskie.
Experience on a large screen if you can, its worth it.
Credit: Don Pettit / ISS / NASA / ESRS / Seán Doran
youtu.be/bEWAHP31UGc
4,427 images from 3 sequences by Don Pettit are remastered & retimed to create this stunning 10m54s 4k UHD video with music by Chris Zabriskie.
Experience on a large screen if you can, its worth it.
Credit: Don Pettit / ISS / NASA / ESRS / Seán Doran
youtu.be/bEWAHP31UGc
December 14, 2025 at 4:39 PM
'The Emerald Sea'
4,427 images from 3 sequences by Don Pettit are remastered & retimed to create this stunning 10m54s 4k UHD video with music by Chris Zabriskie.
Experience on a large screen if you can, its worth it.
Credit: Don Pettit / ISS / NASA / ESRS / Seán Doran
youtu.be/bEWAHP31UGc
4,427 images from 3 sequences by Don Pettit are remastered & retimed to create this stunning 10m54s 4k UHD video with music by Chris Zabriskie.
Experience on a large screen if you can, its worth it.
Credit: Don Pettit / ISS / NASA / ESRS / Seán Doran
youtu.be/bEWAHP31UGc
would be so nice, but also super unlikely to actually happen
Just wow. @pluralistic.net.web.brid.gy came out swinging in this article. He's right though and that's the coolest part.
December 26, 2025 at 1:20 PM
would be so nice, but also super unlikely to actually happen
> it's the holidays ! let's do some gaming
> sunshine on headless GPU server decides to stop streaming for some mysterious reason
aaaargh, whyy lol, thank you nvidia nvenc random propriatary blob shit
> sunshine on headless GPU server decides to stop streaming for some mysterious reason
aaaargh, whyy lol, thank you nvidia nvenc random propriatary blob shit
December 24, 2025 at 10:19 AM
> it's the holidays ! let's do some gaming
> sunshine on headless GPU server decides to stop streaming for some mysterious reason
aaaargh, whyy lol, thank you nvidia nvenc random propriatary blob shit
> sunshine on headless GPU server decides to stop streaming for some mysterious reason
aaaargh, whyy lol, thank you nvidia nvenc random propriatary blob shit
why did you transition, wrong answers only
all the interesting characters in Alastair Reynolds' books are women
all the interesting characters in Alastair Reynolds' books are women
Why did you transition, wrong answers only
LSD made me do it
LSD made me do it
Why did you transition, wrong answers only
I got bullied into it.
I got bullied into it.
December 23, 2025 at 9:16 PM
why did you transition, wrong answers only
all the interesting characters in Alastair Reynolds' books are women
all the interesting characters in Alastair Reynolds' books are women
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Some of us still look up at the stars and see a place for us. Not for the amusement of the few. Not for profits.
For us. ALL of us.
Don't cede imagination & hope itself to the billionaire class. Like everything else, it never belonged to them.
For us. ALL of us.
Don't cede imagination & hope itself to the billionaire class. Like everything else, it never belonged to them.
December 22, 2025 at 11:19 AM
Some of us still look up at the stars and see a place for us. Not for the amusement of the few. Not for profits.
For us. ALL of us.
Don't cede imagination & hope itself to the billionaire class. Like everything else, it never belonged to them.
For us. ALL of us.
Don't cede imagination & hope itself to the billionaire class. Like everything else, it never belonged to them.
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Something more positive, between all the doom and gloom of this year.
Because if we don't appreciate the efforts that are there to improve the situation, we are doomed from the start.
Because if we don't appreciate the efforts that are there to improve the situation, we are doomed from the start.
Wonderful story about the importance of kelp forests to marine ecosystems and the incredible work being done to restore them. Very happy to see the mention of sea otters in Monterey Bay! 💙🦦
Underwater Forests Return to Life off the Coast of California, and That Might be Good News for the Entire Planet
Wondrous kelp beds harbor a complex ecosystem that’s teeming with life, cleaning the water and the atmosphere, and bringing new hope for the future
www.smithsonianmag.com
December 23, 2025 at 9:00 AM
Something more positive, between all the doom and gloom of this year.
Because if we don't appreciate the efforts that are there to improve the situation, we are doomed from the start.
Because if we don't appreciate the efforts that are there to improve the situation, we are doomed from the start.
Dutch lab-grown meat company goes out of business
nos.nl/artikel/2595...
nos.nl/artikel/2595...
Leidse kweekvleesmaker Meatable moet stoppen, investeerder trekt stekker eruit
De Leidse start-up werkte aan de ontwikkeling van echte stukken vlees, waarvoor geen dier hoefde te sterven.
nos.nl
December 22, 2025 at 12:25 PM
Dutch lab-grown meat company goes out of business
nos.nl/artikel/2595...
nos.nl/artikel/2595...
woke up to no wired network connectivity at all
![excerpt from kernel log:
[1877547.349158] e1000e 0000:00:1f.6 eno2: Detected Hardware Unit Hang:
TDH <e9>
TDT <5>
next_to_use <5>
next_to_clean <e8>
buffer_info[next_to_clean]:
time_stamp <11bc80bb9>
next_to_watch <e9>
jiffies <11bf948d8>
next_to_watch.status <0>
MAC Status <40080083>
PHY Status <796d>
PHY 1000BASE-T Status <3c00>
PHY Extended Status <3000>
PCI Status <10>](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:uv76n3a4zrgxzo45cgpemkve/bafkreiarx5dziiudapbk3zhvxdmqcf2zdvj7qo3z2xkc5qeiw3hgdjoaf4@jpeg)
December 22, 2025 at 10:07 AM
woke up to no wired network connectivity at all
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Hidden primitive geometry
December 21, 2025 at 3:27 PM
Hidden primitive geometry
the graphics in velocidrone is almost N64 level chunky, which is kind of charming
December 21, 2025 at 2:05 PM
the graphics in velocidrone is almost N64 level chunky, which is kind of charming
recently i got one of these 5-bay (there's also 3 and 8-bay ones) USB3 disk enclosures, it's so great for a data hoarder like me
www.conrad.nl/nl/p/renkfor...
www.conrad.nl/nl/p/renkfor...
Renkforce RF-6647600 3,5" harde schijf behuizing 5 Bay 3.5 inch USB-A 3.0 kopen ? Conrad Electronic
Uw Renkforce RF-6647600 3,5" harde schijf behuizing 5 Bay 3.5 inch USB-A 3.0 koopt u bij Conrad Electronic.
✓ +3500 merken ✓ +1.000.000 producten ✓ +85.000 zakelijke klanten
www.conrad.nl
December 21, 2025 at 1:40 PM
recently i got one of these 5-bay (there's also 3 and 8-bay ones) USB3 disk enclosures, it's so great for a data hoarder like me
www.conrad.nl/nl/p/renkfor...
www.conrad.nl/nl/p/renkfor...
yess is "persistent task list overlay" so much to ask
i want smart glasses that do nothing but remind me what the fuck i'm doing, so i don't stand around for so long trying to recover the contents of my short-term memory whenever i inadvertently experience an irrelevant qualia while trying to perform a task
December 21, 2025 at 12:42 PM
yess is "persistent task list overlay" so much to ask
the olle "am i going to copy a 160GB file over a crappy wifi link or just use a USB stick, like a caveman" dilemma
December 20, 2025 at 12:21 PM
the olle "am i going to copy a 160GB file over a crappy wifi link or just use a USB stick, like a caveman" dilemma
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I have performed one (1) creaturing
October 5, 2025 at 7:56 AM
I have performed one (1) creaturing