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embedded software developer with an interest in P2P systems, robotics and decentralized infrastructure | drone pilot | she/her bi 🏳️‍⚧️ | Netherlands
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i really like how this looks with the map layers disabled
a random neighbourhood in my city in https://tubvsig-so2sat-vm1.srv.mwn.de/
January 3, 2026 at 11:39 PM
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snow's back !
a girl and her dog in the snow a tree covered in vines and fungi, sitting in the snow
January 3, 2026 at 3:17 PM
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whow even spinning rust drives are becoming more expensive quickly (due to the flash shortage ?)
graph showing prices for a 16TB sata harddisk. prices are quickly going up, and currenly back at sep 2022 levels
January 2, 2026 at 11:16 AM
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this is starting out well

thanks for the suggestion @cibo.bsky.social 😀
page from the manga "Knights of Sidonia" > i can't tell if this person's a man or a woman > ... i'm neither > whuh? > you might not know from being underground. but there are new genders now. i can reproduce with a man or a woman. and i can even give birth to my own clone > ...
January 1, 2026 at 11:46 PM
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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)
December 31, 2025 at 3:40 PM
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it's working ! AV1 1080p, controller pass-through of all the buttons and triggers, even haptic feedback, all just works. it's like a little steam deck
Ayn Thor portable console, purple version, displaying steam interface through moonlight/sunlight streaming
December 29, 2025 at 7:43 PM
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i've started my playthrough !

no idea where this is going i guess i'll just roast marsmallows and doze off, feels cosy
screenshot from the game "Outer Wilds". the OSD says "X: Roast Marsmallow Y: Doze Off"
December 27, 2025 at 2:06 PM
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they can be so addictive if you're into that kind of thing
even after years, the Zachtronics games are still 3, 6 and 9 and 12 on my most-played by hours
a screenshot of my steam game library
December 25, 2025 at 10:26 AM
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A dragonfly perched on a windowsill. The dragonfly has a green and black patterned body, and transparent wings, of which one is damaged. The windowsill is painted white and sits in front of a window showing an outdoor scene with greenery and a building in the background. The background is slightly blurred due to the focus being on the dragonfly.
December 23, 2025 at 4:25 PM
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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>
December 22, 2025 at 10:07 AM
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it is!!!
there's even birds and butterflies flying around!

the whole has a bit of a horse game vibe
Screenshot from velocidrone set in a mountainous, low-poly environment. There are two A-frame cabins visible on either side of the screen, surrounded by trees and autumn-colored foliage. In the distance, there are snow-covered mountains under a sky with a colorful gradient suggesting dawn or dusk. There's a bird flying above the mountain.
December 21, 2025 at 8:32 PM
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the graphics in velocidrone is almost N64 level chunky, which is kind of charming
A screenshot from the quadcopter simulation game velocidrone, showing a polygonal, low-poly landscape. The foreground features a field of colorful lupine flowers - predominantly purple and pink - set against green foliage. Behind this floral foreground, the terrain ascends into rocky hillsides, covered with patches of snow and interspersed with various evergreen trees. In the distance, there are larger, snow-capped mountains under a pale blue sky dotted with abstract, cloud-like shapes. Overlaying the scene are elements of an on-screen display.
December 21, 2025 at 2:05 PM
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playing with krita and my old drawing tablet
a watercolor-style illustration of a sleeping fox. the fox is depicted in shades of orange and brown, lying down on a pale yellow background.
December 17, 2025 at 8:55 AM
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i never actually played civilization, i was too busy playing as the elerians in master of orion lol
Master of Orion 2 screenshot of the diplomacy screen with text "Greetings, Emperor Peerik Krieel. I am glad to finally meet you in person. It will make watching your destruction so much more pleasurable"
December 16, 2025 at 8:04 PM
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pov: you're trying to follow a link to a scientific article that the author just proudly posted, and that sounds quite interesting
Access this article The computer you are using is not registered by an institution with a subscription to this article. Please choose one of the blablablablablal
December 16, 2025 at 2:15 PM
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sure, we can do non-intellectual too 😀
this is (for reasons i won't explain) always photo 0 on my photo roll
A plush toy dog sits on a desk surrounded by computer equipment. The main subject of the photograph is a stuffed toy dog, which is the focal point of the image. The dog is cream-colored with black stitched eyes and nose, standing upright but static on a table. Its ears are floppy, and it has a friendly, innocent expression.
December 16, 2025 at 9:42 AM
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if you see this, we implore you to post a picture from whatever device you're using without explanation
diagram with x axis: virus-like -- group-like y axis: less agent-hood -- more agent-hood with various labels like "Hive Mind", "Brainwork" laid out
December 15, 2025 at 8:09 PM
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new hair color came out darker than expected but it works
cryptid with dark brown vaguely violet tinted hair some cryptid seen from the side
December 15, 2025 at 10:43 AM
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A snapshot taken underwater. It features what looks like three seals swimming in the water. The water has a greenish tint, and the background seems to be a constructed pool or tank with visible walls. The image is somewhat grainy, and in the top left corner, there is a timestamp: "2025-12-14 13:29:26 | Fase 3 - Sub". The image features three seals underwater. One is looking into the camera. The water has a greenish hue, and the background appears to be a pool or enclosure with visible walls. The timestamp "2025-12-14 13:29:30 | Fase 3 - Sub" are visible in the upper left corner.
December 14, 2025 at 1:45 PM
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just decided that this is going to be my new pride flag
lospec.com palette analysis of CGA palette 1
December 11, 2025 at 8:22 PM
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strange, so apparently the prompt is locked to one app password now?

here (on bsky web), "birthday" only has the word "Edit" besides it, and when i click it i get
You recently changed your birthdate There is a limit to how often you can change your birthdate. You may need to wait a day or two before waiting again.
December 9, 2025 at 11:25 AM
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it can work with any bitcoin node through RPC
the source code is here utxo.live/oracle/UTXOr...
it's very well-documented
# Step 8 - Construct the Price Finding Stencil # Users don’t just send round fiat amounts, they also tend to send them in # predictable proportions depending on the amount. For example, users spend $100 # far more often than they send $10,000. We use this proportionality both to lock # onto round fiat amounts and to determine which amount is which. # Through historical testing, we’ve measured the average histogram bin counts for # each common round fiat amount and hard-code these values into what we call a # price-finding stencil. The most common and heavily weighted amount in the stencil # is $100. Less frequently used fiat amounts are assigned lower weights, since we # expect to see them transacted less often. # Even when users are not transacting at a perfectly round fiat amount, their # behavior is still influenced by Bitcoin’s long-term rise in purchasing power. For # example, if we plot a bell curve of output amounts, we find that the center of the # curve shifts toward smaller BTC amounts over time. # This provides additional information we can use. We first apply a smooth stencil to # estimate a center of gravity for the price within a broad 20% range. Then, we apply # a spike stencil based on perfectly round USD amounts to refine the price estimate # to within about 0.5%. # Parameters num_elements = 803 mean = 411 #(num_elements - 1) / 2 # Center of the array std_dev = 201 ⋮
December 7, 2025 at 12:49 PM
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Atari ST vibes
Atari ST 1040 home compute. It's a beige-colored, all-in-one unit with an integrated keyboard and a distinct rectangular housing for the internal components. The function keys have a typical slanted design.
December 7, 2025 at 9:38 AM
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i hope so ! 64-core at least sounds serious. i have enough rpi class devices for a lifetime anyway
[excerpt from wikipedia] "In Jully 2025, during the RISC-V Summit, they announced a new SoC, called SpacemIT K3, that will be based on the RVA23 compliant X100 core. This core can be made in cluster up to 64 cores. The new SoC would be available for end-users in 2026."
December 6, 2025 at 9:46 AM
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could've been a haujobb album
Track listing for Haujobb's "Solutions for a Small Planet" 1. Clockwise 2. Anti/Matter 3. Rising Sun 4. Depths 5. Sub Unit One 6. Journey Ahea 7. Distance 8. Deviation 9. Nature's Interface 10. Sub Unit Two 11. Cleaned Vision 12. The Cage Complex 13. Net Culture 14. Transfer 15. Sub Unit Three
December 5, 2025 at 3:11 PM