🔏 Matthias Wiesmann
@thias.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy
Generic IT geek with too many interests: languages, aikidō, trains, DIY and bikes.based in Zürich. Parle français. Kann deutsch sprechen.
🌉 bridged from ⁂ https://mastodon.social/@thias, follow @ap.brid.gy to interact
🌉 bridged from ⁂ https://mastodon.social/@thias, follow @ap.brid.gy to interact
0.76 CH₣? Seriously?
January 29, 2026 at 10:20 PM
0.76 CH₣? Seriously?
RE: https://infosec.exchange/@hackerworkspace/115976995739407942
The idea I could make my own PCP at home is certainly compelling. If only I had the skill and time.
The idea I could make my own PCP at home is certainly compelling. If only I had the skill and time.
infosec.exchange
January 29, 2026 at 7:44 AM
RE: https://infosec.exchange/@hackerworkspace/115976995739407942
The idea I could make my own PCP at home is certainly compelling. If only I had the skill and time.
The idea I could make my own PCP at home is certainly compelling. If only I had the skill and time.
January 28, 2026 at 9:02 PM
January 28, 2026 at 2:34 PM
Reposted by 🔏 Matthias Wiesmann
I'm #colorblind and I use https://xkcd.com/color/rgb/ frequently.
Randall 'xkcd' Monroe did a survey of over 100,000 readers where he showed them random rgb colors and said "what would you call this?" and afterwards he did his best to sort the results into the most popular color names and the […]
Randall 'xkcd' Monroe did a survey of over 100,000 readers where he showed them random rgb colors and said "what would you call this?" and afterwards he did his best to sort the results into the most popular color names and the […]
Original post on bark.lgbt
bark.lgbt
January 27, 2026 at 4:53 PM
I'm #colorblind and I use https://xkcd.com/color/rgb/ frequently.
Randall 'xkcd' Monroe did a survey of over 100,000 readers where he showed them random rgb colors and said "what would you call this?" and afterwards he did his best to sort the results into the most popular color names and the […]
Randall 'xkcd' Monroe did a survey of over 100,000 readers where he showed them random rgb colors and said "what would you call this?" and afterwards he did his best to sort the results into the most popular color names and the […]
RE: https://infosec.exchange/@briankrebs/115962508398912420
This will solve the “too much money problem" of the US tourism…
This will solve the “too much money problem" of the US tourism…
infosec.exchange
January 26, 2026 at 9:31 PM
RE: https://infosec.exchange/@briankrebs/115962508398912420
This will solve the “too much money problem" of the US tourism…
This will solve the “too much money problem" of the US tourism…
La typographie suisse – du Bauhaus à Paris
https://wiesmann.codiferes.net/wordpress/archives/30515
#bauhaus #helvetica #paris #swissdesign #typographie #typography
https://wiesmann.codiferes.net/wordpress/archives/30515
#bauhaus #helvetica #paris #swissdesign #typographie #typography
January 26, 2026 at 9:11 PM
La typographie suisse – du Bauhaus à Paris
https://wiesmann.codiferes.net/wordpress/archives/30515
#bauhaus #helvetica #paris #swissdesign #typographie #typography
https://wiesmann.codiferes.net/wordpress/archives/30515
#bauhaus #helvetica #paris #swissdesign #typographie #typography
Holyhah Handheld Barcode Scanner Manual
https://wiesmann.codiferes.net/wordpress/archives/42250
#manual #scanner #usb #usbhid
https://wiesmann.codiferes.net/wordpress/archives/42250
#manual #scanner #usb #usbhid
January 26, 2026 at 9:04 PM
Holyhah Handheld Barcode Scanner Manual
https://wiesmann.codiferes.net/wordpress/archives/42250
#manual #scanner #usb #usbhid
https://wiesmann.codiferes.net/wordpress/archives/42250
#manual #scanner #usb #usbhid
Ich scanne alte Briefe, hier sind die Wappen des Senator für Häfen, Schiffahrt & Verkehr der Freie Hansestadt Bremen von 1972.
#bremen #wappen #coatofarms
#bremen #wappen #coatofarms
January 25, 2026 at 10:52 AM
Ich scanne alte Briefe, hier sind die Wappen des Senator für Häfen, Schiffahrt & Verkehr der Freie Hansestadt Bremen von 1972.
#bremen #wappen #coatofarms
#bremen #wappen #coatofarms
January 24, 2026 at 6:03 PM
Reposted by 🔏 Matthias Wiesmann
#kicad question I can't figure out by myself. I'm trying BOM/CPL file generation to automate #burgerdisk assembly, with some positive results.
One thing I can't figure out: how can I tell via BOM/CPL files that I want two 1x15 female headers in the Arduino footprint?
One thing I can't figure out: how can I tell via BOM/CPL files that I want two 1x15 female headers in the Arduino footprint?
January 24, 2026 at 9:53 AM
#kicad question I can't figure out by myself. I'm trying BOM/CPL file generation to automate #burgerdisk assembly, with some positive results.
One thing I can't figure out: how can I tell via BOM/CPL files that I want two 1x15 female headers in the Arduino footprint?
One thing I can't figure out: how can I tell via BOM/CPL files that I want two 1x15 female headers in the Arduino footprint?
General Motors
https://wiesmann.codiferes.net/wordpress/archives/41219
#computerscience #computers #generalelectric #generalmotors #innovation
https://wiesmann.codiferes.net/wordpress/archives/41219
#computerscience #computers #generalelectric #generalmotors #innovation
January 22, 2026 at 8:30 AM
RE: https://gruene.social/@jon/115937529257449609
En France, le premier ennemi du train, c'est la SNCF…
Et oui, j'ai été en première en TGV avec des enfants.
#sncf #train #france
En France, le premier ennemi du train, c'est la SNCF…
Et oui, j'ai été en première en TGV avec des enfants.
#sncf #train #france
And the next SNCF passenger hostility: they’re banning children under 12 from their new premium class on TGVs 🤦♂️
🐕 are ok however […]
🐕 are ok however […]
Original post on gruene.social
gruene.social
January 22, 2026 at 7:51 AM
RE: https://gruene.social/@jon/115937529257449609
En France, le premier ennemi du train, c'est la SNCF…
Et oui, j'ai été en première en TGV avec des enfants.
#sncf #train #france
En France, le premier ennemi du train, c'est la SNCF…
Et oui, j'ai été en première en TGV avec des enfants.
#sncf #train #france
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"And then after the war, which we won, we won it big, without us. Right now you'd all be speaking German and little Japanese, perhaps."
#trump at #davos , which is held in #switzerland . #german is the main language of Switzerland.
#trump at #davos , which is held in #switzerland . #german is the main language of Switzerland.
January 21, 2026 at 9:03 PM
"And then after the war, which we won, we won it big, without us. Right now you'd all be speaking German and little Japanese, perhaps."
#trump at #davos , which is held in #switzerland . #german is the main language of Switzerland.
#trump at #davos , which is held in #switzerland . #german is the main language of Switzerland.
Reposted by 🔏 Matthias Wiesmann
Last day at work.
January 21, 2026 at 4:00 PM
Last day at work.
RE: https://mastodon.social/@arstechnica/115933059015449536
This has always been my problem with AI detection tools, they can just be used for training…
This has always been my problem with AI detection tools, they can just be used for training…
mastodon.social
January 21, 2026 at 1:05 PM
RE: https://mastodon.social/@arstechnica/115933059015449536
This has always been my problem with AI detection tools, they can just be used for training…
This has always been my problem with AI detection tools, they can just be used for training…
“I was annoyed for about thirty seconds. Then I started thinking about what it must be like to be a product developer inside Fitbit. That’s the advantage of walking as exercise. Time to think.”
#enshittification
https://tidyfirst.substack.com/p/my-fitbit-buzzed-and-i-understood
#enshittification
https://tidyfirst.substack.com/p/my-fitbit-buzzed-and-i-understood
My Fitbit Buzzed and I Understood Enshittification
You can't measure your way to delight
tidyfirst.substack.com
January 21, 2026 at 10:25 AM
“I was annoyed for about thirty seconds. Then I started thinking about what it must be like to be a product developer inside Fitbit. That’s the advantage of walking as exercise. Time to think.”
#enshittification
https://tidyfirst.substack.com/p/my-fitbit-buzzed-and-i-understood
#enshittification
https://tidyfirst.substack.com/p/my-fitbit-buzzed-and-i-understood
Reposted by 🔏 Matthias Wiesmann
📍Zurich airport, on the flight path to Davos conference Everyone Hates Elon: If you can fly a private jet to a bullsh*t conference in Switzerland you can pay more tax mate
January 21, 2026 at 7:17 AM
📍Zurich airport, on the flight path to Davos conference Everyone Hates Elon: If you can fly a private jet to a bullsh*t conference in Switzerland you can pay more tax mate
Reposted by 🔏 Matthias Wiesmann
Protest march in #Zurich ahead of the World Economic Forum in Davos, and Trump's attempts at taking over Greenland.
via - @NYPost
www.swissinfo.ch/eng/foreign-...
via - @NYPost
www.swissinfo.ch/eng/foreign-...
January 20, 2026 at 4:15 PM
Protest march in #Zurich ahead of the World Economic Forum in Davos, and Trump's attempts at taking over Greenland.
via - @NYPost
www.swissinfo.ch/eng/foreign-...
via - @NYPost
www.swissinfo.ch/eng/foreign-...
Ok, this is weird, Epstein island is part of what once was the Danish West Indies. So the last time Denmark sold land to the US, this include Epstein Island…
January 20, 2026 at 4:20 PM
Ok, this is weird, Epstein island is part of what once was the Danish West Indies. So the last time Denmark sold land to the US, this include Epstein Island…
This is a pretty good example of why web apps suck, artificial complexity. All these layers of indirections come with the resource costs and risks of bugs.
#webdesign
https://paulmakeswebsites.com/writing/shadcn-radio-button/
#webdesign
https://paulmakeswebsites.com/writing/shadcn-radio-button/
The Incredible Overcomplexity of the Shadcn Radio Button
Comments
paulmakeswebsites.com
January 20, 2026 at 8:09 AM
This is a pretty good example of why web apps suck, artificial complexity. All these layers of indirections come with the resource costs and risks of bugs.
#webdesign
https://paulmakeswebsites.com/writing/shadcn-radio-button/
#webdesign
https://paulmakeswebsites.com/writing/shadcn-radio-button/
Il y a les site web mal foutus, et après il y a le site de la poste suisse, qui est dans une classe à part…
January 20, 2026 at 7:49 AM
Il y a les site web mal foutus, et après il y a le site de la poste suisse, qui est dans une classe à part…
Reposted by 🔏 Matthias Wiesmann
Guides about how to do media relations abound
But the opposite?
How should media handle relations with experts?
Having by chance found an article in a Slovak paper today, I've explained how to avoid surprising or annoying an expert you might be interviewing […]
But the opposite?
How should media handle relations with experts?
Having by chance found an article in a Slovak paper today, I've explained how to avoid surprising or annoying an expert you might be interviewing […]
Original post on gruene.social
gruene.social
January 19, 2026 at 5:06 PM
Guides about how to do media relations abound
But the opposite?
How should media handle relations with experts?
Having by chance found an article in a Slovak paper today, I've explained how to avoid surprising or annoying an expert you might be interviewing […]
But the opposite?
How should media handle relations with experts?
Having by chance found an article in a Slovak paper today, I've explained how to avoid surprising or annoying an expert you might be interviewing […]
Univers de tramping
https://wiesmann.codiferes.net/wordpress/archives/42221
#dc3 #erdorin #jackdalton #jdr #JeuDeRôle #libertyship #sciencefiction #tigresvolants #tramp #tramping
https://wiesmann.codiferes.net/wordpress/archives/42221
#dc3 #erdorin #jackdalton #jdr #JeuDeRôle #libertyship #sciencefiction #tigresvolants #tramp #tramping
January 19, 2026 at 3:15 PM