mbrewer 🏳️🌈
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Retired FOSS nerd DIYer left-leaning rural-living outdoor enthusiast in Vermont.
I can't pick out the actual tracks either. I can get the size and see front and back, but all the detail like toe pattern and claw marks is gone. So there was probably a very light snowfall since it last traveled the path.
December 6, 2025 at 10:35 PM
I can't pick out the actual tracks either. I can get the size and see front and back, but all the detail like toe pattern and claw marks is gone. So there was probably a very light snowfall since it last traveled the path.
The only problem with the porcupine theory is porcupine leave quil drag marks in the snow. Maybe the snow's not deep enough? Or maybe there was a little wind since then? I'm not sure.
Racoon is a possibility, but the trail should be more scattered and lead to the water near the hemlock tree.
Racoon is a possibility, but the trail should be more scattered and lead to the water near the hemlock tree.
December 6, 2025 at 10:16 PM
The only problem with the porcupine theory is porcupine leave quil drag marks in the snow. Maybe the snow's not deep enough? Or maybe there was a little wind since then? I'm not sure.
Racoon is a possibility, but the trail should be more scattered and lead to the water near the hemlock tree.
Racoon is a possibility, but the trail should be more scattered and lead to the water near the hemlock tree.
It was open source until 2015 according to their website.
Foliate is a possible option as an open source linux ereader.
Foliate is a possible option as an open source linux ereader.
December 6, 2025 at 8:54 PM
It was open source until 2015 according to their website.
Foliate is a possible option as an open source linux ereader.
Foliate is a possible option as an open source linux ereader.
FBReader is, sadly, closed source :(.
December 6, 2025 at 8:48 PM
FBReader is, sadly, closed source :(.
Damnit, I'll have to find a new ereader.
December 6, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Damnit, I'll have to find a new ereader.
Not to say Trump isn't worse, just that the betrayal is ongoing even if it does keep dramatically expanding, and is likely to do so more in the future.
December 6, 2025 at 1:04 PM
Not to say Trump isn't worse, just that the betrayal is ongoing even if it does keep dramatically expanding, and is likely to do so more in the future.
It's kind of odd to frame it as "will betray". Given that we have a defense pact with them that we are not honoring, we betrayed Ukraine a long time ago, arguably under Biden, and have just continued and expanded this betrayal "brokering deals" where they lose everything and gain nothing.
December 6, 2025 at 1:01 PM
It's kind of odd to frame it as "will betray". Given that we have a defense pact with them that we are not honoring, we betrayed Ukraine a long time ago, arguably under Biden, and have just continued and expanded this betrayal "brokering deals" where they lose everything and gain nothing.
I recommend "who gives a crap" for toilet paper. I order a case at a time.
December 6, 2025 at 12:24 PM
I recommend "who gives a crap" for toilet paper. I order a case at a time.
What if, rather than expanding the court, we impeach half of it? Bribery and "High crimes and misdemeaners" are included in the constitution as a reasons for impeachment.
December 6, 2025 at 12:22 PM
What if, rather than expanding the court, we impeach half of it? Bribery and "High crimes and misdemeaners" are included in the constitution as a reasons for impeachment.
My phone has a total of two proprietary apps because they are too useful for me to ditch them and I can't find replacements. It has to be uniquely useful for me to run closed-source code, and I still only do it under protest.
December 6, 2025 at 2:55 AM
My phone has a total of two proprietary apps because they are too useful for me to ditch them and I can't find replacements. It has to be uniquely useful for me to run closed-source code, and I still only do it under protest.
oh hell no, not a chance I'd install that.
December 6, 2025 at 2:45 AM
oh hell no, not a chance I'd install that.
Oh, and that building in the background is our "shed". It's a very poorly cobbled together hunting cabin (glorified chicken coup) built here by the former owner. It's only sort of an enclosed space. We lived in it the first summer here while building the house, until we could move into our basement.
December 5, 2025 at 7:59 PM
Oh, and that building in the background is our "shed". It's a very poorly cobbled together hunting cabin (glorified chicken coup) built here by the former owner. It's only sort of an enclosed space. We lived in it the first summer here while building the house, until we could move into our basement.
The high today was 15F, low last night was -10F. It's beautiful and clear and cold. The perfect day for this.
December 5, 2025 at 7:56 PM
The high today was 15F, low last night was -10F. It's beautiful and clear and cold. The perfect day for this.
This stove is really entirely for fun, so we can hang out on the glassed in porch in the winter and play with fire - something we will undoubtably do on winter solstace this year.
We've been meaning to do this for a while, but had a couch offgasing on the porch for over a year.
We've been meaning to do this for a while, but had a couch offgasing on the porch for over a year.
December 5, 2025 at 7:53 PM
This stove is really entirely for fun, so we can hang out on the glassed in porch in the winter and play with fire - something we will undoubtably do on winter solstace this year.
We've been meaning to do this for a while, but had a couch offgasing on the porch for over a year.
We've been meaning to do this for a while, but had a couch offgasing on the porch for over a year.
Angie's burning scrap hemlock from siding the house that we bucked with a circular saw and split with a hatchet. The black stick thing sitting on the hearth is a lithium-ion battery powered electric-spark style igniter we got for lighting candles because I'm allergic to matches. It... kind of works.
December 5, 2025 at 7:51 PM
Angie's burning scrap hemlock from siding the house that we bucked with a circular saw and split with a hatchet. The black stick thing sitting on the hearth is a lithium-ion battery powered electric-spark style igniter we got for lighting candles because I'm allergic to matches. It... kind of works.
The hearthstone has kind of a fun story. That's classic "Barre Granite" Barre is a nearby town where they quarry that particular spotted granite, we bought this slab from a local who used to work in the quarries.
The stove is a Grizzly from Cubic, designed for tiny houses and yachts.
The stove is a Grizzly from Cubic, designed for tiny houses and yachts.
December 5, 2025 at 7:49 PM
The hearthstone has kind of a fun story. That's classic "Barre Granite" Barre is a nearby town where they quarry that particular spotted granite, we bought this slab from a local who used to work in the quarries.
The stove is a Grizzly from Cubic, designed for tiny houses and yachts.
The stove is a Grizzly from Cubic, designed for tiny houses and yachts.
This is the irony. An actual repeal of the ACA would make health insurance worthless between pre-existing conditions and retroactive refusal. You'd spend 1/3 of your income and get literally nothing.
The ACA is the foundation for a business that was in collapse when it was enacted.
The ACA is the foundation for a business that was in collapse when it was enacted.
December 5, 2025 at 4:54 PM
This is the irony. An actual repeal of the ACA would make health insurance worthless between pre-existing conditions and retroactive refusal. You'd spend 1/3 of your income and get literally nothing.
The ACA is the foundation for a business that was in collapse when it was enacted.
The ACA is the foundation for a business that was in collapse when it was enacted.
I've been referring to this:
ndiswrapper.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.p...
ndiswrapper.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.p...
NDISWrapper
ndiswrapper.sourceforge.net
December 5, 2025 at 4:17 PM
I've been referring to this:
ndiswrapper.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.p...
ndiswrapper.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.p...
Not that it couldn't done better than ndis, of course it could... but there is a ceiling on how good it can be.
December 5, 2025 at 4:12 PM
Not that it couldn't done better than ndis, of course it could... but there is a ceiling on how good it can be.
Many of us used ndis back in the day, it WAS useful... but it wasn't a general solution to "All drivers should be written like this" because of these flaws. That's all I'm getting at here.
December 5, 2025 at 4:12 PM
Many of us used ndis back in the day, it WAS useful... but it wasn't a general solution to "All drivers should be written like this" because of these flaws. That's all I'm getting at here.
I'm not pulling this out of nowhere. e.g. I read an excellent paper in college about cheetah and xok (an exokernel) outperforming Linux. It was beutiful, and then someone looked at how it worked, added the feature to the Linux kernel, and Linux was faster.
By definition an API is limiting.
By definition an API is limiting.
December 5, 2025 at 4:10 PM
I'm not pulling this out of nowhere. e.g. I read an excellent paper in college about cheetah and xok (an exokernel) outperforming Linux. It was beutiful, and then someone looked at how it worked, added the feature to the Linux kernel, and Linux was faster.
By definition an API is limiting.
By definition an API is limiting.