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Henk Langeveld
@hlangeveld.hachyderm.io.ap.brid.gy
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Old, white, male, Dutch, geek, long recovering network and Solaris sysadmin, ops guy, SRE, he/him.
Currently working with a complex mesh of APIs

Gall's law […]

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hlangeveld.hachyderm.io.ap.brid.gy
Life at de Doelen in Rotterdam, the Symphony of Seasons concert based on Stardew Valley.
Stage at de Doelen in Rotterdam. A bright colourful screen on top shows the Stardew Valley logo over a wavy music score with the text Symphony of Seasons instead of an actual score.
January 25, 2026 at 7:18 PM
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democratsabroad.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy
Gov. Walz: “You ask us for peace, and we give it. And we get shot in the face on the streets”
Call your senators today to not approve ice funding!
https://www.senate.gov/senators/senators-contact.htm
January 24, 2026 at 8:33 PM
hlangeveld.hachyderm.io.ap.brid.gy
Kit from my departed father in law loaded into the van for @hackalot
Interior of a small van with a drill, a mill and a lathe.
January 24, 2026 at 2:51 PM
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ksonney.redwombat.social.ap.brid.gy
Updated redwombat.social to 4.5.5!
January 20, 2026 at 6:47 PM
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mastodon.libera.site.ap.brid.gy
##Mastodon ##Statistics 2026-01-17 14:00 CET
Number of active instances: 10 468
Number of users: 10 249 541
Number of statuses: 1 151 835 773
Number of users last 4h: 521
Number of statuses last 4h: 110 451

Help me keep stats and server running! 💻📊 Even a small […]

[Original post on libera.site]
January 17, 2026 at 1:30 PM
Reposted by Henk Langeveld
timbray.cosocial.ca.ap.brid.gy
Today’s eye candy, remarkable underwater photos: https://www.dpreview.com/articles/5414056642/2025-dpg-masters-underwater-imaging-competition

#photography
January 16, 2026 at 7:21 PM
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osma.fishpool.org
"why do you use an American problem to argue EU regulation?"

Because the Digital Omnibus motivation is not to simplify, but to enable companies operating like Palantir.

We don't need Palantir. We don't need anyone LIKE Palantir.
@HennaVirkkunen @EUCommission
January 16, 2026 at 6:03 AM
hlangeveld.hachyderm.io.ap.brid.gy
Today (for those who follow the news) I was reminded of the great fan writings by Bob Shaw, and his (in)famous* Serious Scientific Talks at British SF Conventions.

I first heard him deliver this one in Glasgow or Brighton in the 80s, but my sources** say it started life at the 1977 Eastercon […]
Original post on hachyderm.io
hachyderm.io
January 12, 2026 at 9:19 AM
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brucelawson.vivaldi.net.ap.brid.gy
Some established browsers are betting their future on incorporating A.I., while A.I. companies are releasing browsers to slurp up your data even more. Here's Vivaldi's CEO @jon at Vivaldi's Reykjavík HQ announcing our 2026 roadmap.
December 16, 2025 at 6:01 PM
hlangeveld.hachyderm.io.ap.brid.gy
https://youtu.be/RvKPOjlQKyM

@emilybache explains the confusion in test doubles. Mocks, Stubs, Spies, and Fakes.
January 7, 2026 at 10:54 PM
hlangeveld.hachyderm.io.ap.brid.gy
Cleaning sprouts. I get help.
Every single one is inspected.
Fluffy cat sticks her paw into a pan with cleaned Brussels Sprouts
January 7, 2026 at 5:00 PM
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0xabad1dea.infosec.exchange.ap.brid.gy
Odin on a winter adventure in Amstelveen #dog #dogs #dogsofmastodon #amstelveen
A snowy field at dusk with Odin the Newfie in the foreground and a church tower in the background Odin crossing an icy bridge closer to the tower
January 6, 2026 at 5:27 PM
hlangeveld.hachyderm.io.ap.brid.gy
Sneeuwklokje
Branches of a Japanese Maple covered in snow stretch from the lower left to upper right. A couple of thin branches with remaining leaves hang down, reaching towards the snow covered ground below. A single snowdrop blade has pierced the snow.
January 6, 2026 at 9:30 AM
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bsd.cafe
AI models don’t really 'get' the BSDs. As a result, they often provide incomplete, imprecise, or flat-out wrong answers by defaulting to Linux paradigms. When it comes to illumos-based systems, they just completely lose the plot.

This is becoming a serious issue for the BSDs and illumos […]
Original post on mastodon.bsd.cafe
mastodon.bsd.cafe
January 3, 2026 at 3:50 PM
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bjorgulf.pnpde.social.ap.brid.gy
Krylll und ich sitzen beim Frühstück, draußen knistert schon das kommende Silvester.

„Komischer Brauch“, sagt Kryll. „Man tut so, als würde um Mitternacht alles neu.“

„Tut es aber nicht“, sage ich. „Es geht einfach weiter.“

Er nickt. „Genau. Silvester ist nur ein lautes Komma.“

„Und […]
Original post on mastodon.pnpde.social
mastodon.pnpde.social
December 31, 2025 at 7:49 AM
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phil-tanner.mastodon.philtanner.com.ap.brid.gy
Saw this on Tumblr & thought it deserved a wider audience
🩵🩷🤍🩷🩵 🏳️‍⚧️
#trans
[image ID: TikTok comment by Spedubopy: I once had a german bouncer look at my pre transition-ID and then back at me and just go "ja das ist an improvement" /end ID]
December 25, 2025 at 9:12 PM
hlangeveld.hachyderm.io.ap.brid.gy
De tafel is gedekt, maar ik wacht nog even. Early #caturday
Two cats on the couch. One on the left, back facing to the camera. The other is on my lap. My knees in black jeans are visible, as is the lower part of my green Christmas sweater.
December 25, 2025 at 6:13 PM
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bigheadmode.social.linux.pizza.ap.brid.gy
#nixos for servers is a promising future. https://www.chengeric.com/homelab
Using NixOS for my homelab
What comes after nix?
www.chengeric.com
December 22, 2025 at 6:40 AM
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rmayemsinger.bsky.social
Since people got fired for quoting Charlie Kirk's exact words, I think we should all start quoting some of Rob Reiner's exact words:
"I'm worried about the country not being here. Or not being here in the way I have lived it my whole life, which is being a liberal democracy. We don't have one right now. The Founding Fathers designed a system of checks and balances that do not exist anymore in America. You have a Republican Congress that is more than willing to enable a man who lies every minute of his life and is in league with an authoritarian enemy."
December 15, 2025 at 4:52 PM
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bagder.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy
Microsoft will pay bug bounties even for 3rd party components:

https://www.theregister.com/2025/12/12/microsoft_more_bug_payouts
Microsoft now buys bugs, with or without a bounty program
: Critical vulnerabilities found in third-party applications eligible for award under 'in scope by default' move
www.theregister.com
December 15, 2025 at 8:11 AM
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tj.howse.social.ap.brid.gy
I'd love some advice from #pottery folk. I've switched from a brush-on glaze to dipped. It's working well, except for two problems:

#1: The glaze doesn't seem to stick to the rim of the cups very well.

#2: The glaze cracks as it cools, rendering the cups […]

[Original post on howse.social]
A photo of 6 differently-sized cups sitting on a wooden board. The cups are bright white, except for around the rims where the red/brown terracotta is showing through.
December 5, 2025 at 4:45 AM
hlangeveld.hachyderm.io.ap.brid.gy
Picked up an apparent classic at #utrecht #boekwissel

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Janet_Murray
Book cover with texts from Hamlet in red in black arranged around a recessed, faded copy of Shakespeare's alleged portrait. Text reads: Hamlet on the Holodeck The Future of Narrative in Cyberspace Janet H. Murray
December 5, 2025 at 8:48 AM