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Riccardo Sacchetto
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🇮🇹🇪🇺 A grumpy man who likes planes, cars, motorsport, computers, vintage tech, junk food, modern history, and lots of other boring stuff.

Jack of all trades, master of none.

Makes computers do things for a living because plane tickets cost money.
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Ok, I just saw this package for the first time,somehow never noticed it in years of installing PHP when deploying new web servers

PHP and Sesame Street, those are two things I would have never put together. One gives joy to children all over the world, the other…😅

#php #snuffleupagus #sesamestreet
A command line interface showing a list of PHP packages that can be installed on a Linux (RHEL) server, one of the entries is "php-snuffleupagus"
October 20, 2025 at 3:39 PM
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If you have trouble sleeping and need a boring Wikipedia rabbit hole, here's one for you: film perforations

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Film_pe...

For instance still camera film (top) tend to use the KS (Kodak Standard) perforations, while motion picture film (bottom) use the BH (Bell and Howell) perfs
Black and white photo of two strips of blank film on a white background, the top one is a standard still camera film with KS perforations, the bottom one is motion picture film with BH perforations
September 24, 2025 at 9:21 PM
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Some Ford-Cosworth DFR V8 porn. 😜

(Canon EOS 300, Canon EF 28-90mm f/4-5.6, Kodak Pro Image 100, Cs-41 development)

#analogphotography #filmphotography #believeinfilm #filmisnotdead #35mm #Canon #EOS #Kodak #film #DFR #V8 #engine #cosworth #ford #f1 #dfv #imola #minardiday #formulaone #formula1
Color film photo of the top view of a Ford-Cosworth DFR V8 engine, mounted on a late 1980s F1 racer, photographed from the rear of the car. In the upper part of the picture you can also see the legs of a few bystanders in front of the parked racecar.
September 16, 2025 at 8:29 PM
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Today at work they wrote me on Teams during a partners meeting

"can we change your corporate email signature to [my new job title]?"

"yeah I guess" I said

This is how promotions work in IT consulting 🤣

Apparently I needed to appear more professional to a client I'll have to work on in the future
September 16, 2025 at 8:10 PM
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Imola, 31 years later. 😢

(Canon EOS 300, Canon EF 28-90mm f/4-5.6, Kodak Vision3 500T AHU, Cs-41 development)

#analogphotography #filmphotography #believeinfilm #filmisnotdead #35mm #Canon #eos #Kodak #Imola #Senna #ayrton #film
A man sitting at a table, only his back is visible, he's looking out of the window towards the Imola racetrack pit lane. On the table his Nacional baseball cap, similar to the one Ayrton Senna wore. Senna sadly died in Imola on May 1st 1994 during the San Marino Gran Prix.
September 14, 2025 at 3:46 PM
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I went to a motorsport event today, and I wanted to take off these wristbands in a clean way to keep them as mementos.

The first thing that came out on Google is a @deviantollam.bsky.social video I already watched but forgot 😅

youtu.be/sru7ZYhDfkQ
A pair of cutting pliers on the left, and on the right two opened plastic wristbands for paddock/media access to the 2025 edition of the Minardi Day event in Imola
September 13, 2025 at 6:04 PM
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I have a question for fellow film photographers: just got some respooled #Vision3 #500T #AHU (the new one w/o remjet)

Do you have any tips on what #ISO should I expose it at? The seller says 800 if developed in C-41, but recommends 500 for better results.

1/2

#analogphotography #filmphotography
A 135 film cassette being held by three fingers, the label shows it's Filmriss Cosmo 500T, which is respooled Eastman Vision3 500T AHU
September 12, 2025 at 1:08 PM
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God I love Reddit.

Someone posted a photo of a 35mm BW roll of film they tried developing at home to ask what caused the problem they had

It seemed a clear case of not enough solution (they used monobath, ugh)

One comment said "not enough picture juice"

I almost spit out the tea I was drinking 🤣
September 4, 2025 at 2:18 PM
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I'm arguing with a Linux webserver.

Apache has decided to timeout when starting and I can't figure out why.

Ugh.
September 1, 2025 at 3:39 PM
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Random photo I took last Saturday in #Milan, while admiring the skyscrapers in Gae Aulenti

(FED-5v, Industar-61 55mm f/2.8, AGFAphoto APX 100 developed in Rodinal 1+50)

#filmphotography #35mm #fed #soviet #rangefinder #believeinfilm #filmisnotdead #analogphotography #agfa #milano #gaeaulenti
An artsy black and white photo of a modern glass-windowed building, with the top of another modern building in the background, framed so it can be seen through a small squared aperture in the building on the foreground
September 1, 2025 at 3:37 PM
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Old glory.

#Bentley 4½ Litre parked next to #Brooklands Clubhouse. Almost one century ago (1928) one of these won Le Mans.

(FED-5v, Industar-61 55mm f/2.8, Kodak Pro Image 100, Cs41 dev)

#filmphotography #35mm #FED #soviet #rangefinder #believeinfilm #filmisnotdead #analogphotography #kodak
A color photography of a Bentley 4½ Litre parked near Brooklands Clubhouse. The car is painted green and has a Union Jack flag on the door. Behind it, there is a group of people chatting in front of another partly visible vintage car.
August 27, 2025 at 8:19 PM
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Starry night, looking up while chilling on the balcony.

(~4min long exposure, Google Camera Astrophotography mode)

#stars #starrynight
A long exposure photo of the night sky, showing lots of stars and a white haze in the center.
August 25, 2025 at 10:23 PM
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if you love something, take it apart until you understand it, then share it with the world.
August 25, 2025 at 9:11 PM
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Ok I turned off my Lenovo-branded space heater, let's enjoy one hour of pool time before dinner.

(Having fun working from the seaside while it lasts, autumn is coming 😅)
August 25, 2025 at 4:07 PM
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Happy 34th birthday to the Linux kernel!

On this day, August 25th, we celebrate 34 years since Linus Torvalds announced his new toy project. What started as a small, personal project has grown into the powerful Linux kernel, the heart of countless devices worldwide.
A screenshot of an email from Linus Torvalds, dated August 25, 1991, with the subject line "What would you like to see most in minix?". The body of the email describes the start of his project, a "free operating system," and asks for feedback. He mentions that the OS will not be "big and professional like gnu" and that it's "just a hobby."
August 25, 2025 at 7:52 AM
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I own 0.0000002% of Intel, but I don't usually feel like bragging about it.

(I bought 10 shares a year ago. After it went down, of course. Don't usually do single stock picking, but I was bored and felt I could gamble 200 bucks)
August 25, 2025 at 9:26 AM
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The usual summer Sunday evening.

Smoking my weekly cigarillo on the balcony overlooking the lagoon, sipping a rum and Coke, looking at the clouds, ready to grab my rangefinder film camera if something interesting catches my eye.

#analogphotography #fed5v #fed #soviet #rangefinder
A black and white photo of a wooden table, on it an almost empty glass containing a rum and coke, on the right an ashtray, a pack of Cohiba Club cigarillos, and a chromed zippo lighter. On the left a FED-5v rangefinder film camera.
August 24, 2025 at 5:51 PM
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Also, maybe a coincidence, but the fictional team in the F1 movie is called APX GP, and my camera in front of me is loaded with a roll of APX 100 (the modern stuff made by Ilford that is AGFA in name only). 🤣
August 24, 2025 at 1:10 AM
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I just watched the #F1 #movie. I hated less than I would have thought, it's enjoyable entertainment

Racing movies tend to have crap storylines (unless they're movies inspired by real events) but excellent visuals

Anyway, my all time favorite movie about F1 remains Frankenheimer's 1966 "Grand Prix"
August 24, 2025 at 1:08 AM
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Details of gauges from the technical equipment of Barnes Wallis' Stratosphere Chamber at #Brooklands

(FED-5v, Industar-61 55mm f/2.8, Ilford HP5+ developed in Rodinal 1+50)

#filmphotography #35mm #FED #soviet #rangefinder #believeinfilm #filmisnotdead #analogphotography #ilford #hp5 #bwphotography
A black and white photo of a detail in a mechanical room. Three analog gauges against a metal cylinder. The gauges read "J&E HALL DARTFORD LM" "AMMONIA GAUGE"
August 23, 2025 at 12:55 PM
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Vintage petrol pump at #Brooklands. From the first roll of HP5+ I've shot, ever.

(FED-5v, Industar-61 55mm f/2.8, Ilford HP5+ developed in Rodinal 1+50)

#filmphotography #35mm #FED #believeinfilm #filmisnotdead #analogphotography #ilford #hp5 #bwphotography #shell
The top of a vintage Shell petrol pump, showing a round decoration with the Shell logo and the name "Shell" written in cursive script. Behind the pump is a moderately cloudy British sky.
August 23, 2025 at 12:49 PM
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TBH living in #Italy people are obsessed about food, for some reason we tend to believe we have the best food in the world and love to argue about it.

So every time you state a food opinion you tend to offend someone else, that's why I stopped caring long ago.
August 22, 2025 at 5:06 PM
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4 months ago I was in New York City eating my first slice of NY-style pizza ever.

To celebrate that anniversary, I ordered pizza tonight. 🍕

Actually (and I don't care if I offend anyone with this statement) NY-style pizza is similar to the average takeout pizza you get here in Italy.

#pizzatime
August 22, 2025 at 5:00 PM
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Finally I booked an hotel room and the train back home for a wedding I'll have to attend next Friday.

I caved in just because tomorrow the ticket prices will increase (Trenitalia lower fares usually disappear 1 week before travel date). I'm a master procrastinator.
August 22, 2025 at 1:30 PM
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I've wanted to take this shot all summer.

Yes, I had to take a non waterproof camera in the pool with me to do it. It survived. 🤣

(Minolta XG-2, MD Rokkor 50mm f/1.7, Kodak Pro Image 100, Cs41 dev)

#filmphotography #35mm #Minolta #believeinfilm #filmisnotdead #analogphotography #kodak #proimage
A sprocket hole scan of an inverted Kodak Pro Image 100 negative, showing a photo of a pool scene. The pool water is a clear blue, with the surface reflecting the row of empty lounge chairs visible above. Behind the chairs, there is a trimmed green hedge. Above the hedge, against a clear blue sky, the masts of two sailboats are visible in the distance.
August 21, 2025 at 10:00 PM