✧✦Catherine✦✧
@whitequark.treehouse.systems.ap.brid.gy
cat(girl) shaped object, hardware omelas kid
"A cat is valued for companionship and its ability to kill vermin."
✧ i have friends, and my purpose is […]
🌉 bridged from ⁂ https://social.treehouse.systems/@whitequark, follow @ap.brid.gy to interact
"A cat is valued for companionship and its ability to kill vermin."
✧ i have friends, and my purpose is […]
🌉 bridged from ⁂ https://social.treehouse.systems/@whitequark, follow @ap.brid.gy to interact
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Codeberg.org
Codeberg is a non-profit community-led organization that aims to help free and open source projects prosper by giving them a safe and friendly home.
codeberg.org
this question is coming up a lot so i'll pin it [again after migration to treehouse]
* replacement for github: https://codeberg.org/
* replacement for github pages: https://grebedoc.dev/
* easy ci runners for codeberg: https://codeberg.org/whitequark/nixos-forgejo-actions-runner
* replacement for github: https://codeberg.org/
* replacement for github pages: https://grebedoc.dev/
* easy ci runners for codeberg: https://codeberg.org/whitequark/nixos-forgejo-actions-runner
OH: "Princess Principal Investigator"
January 22, 2026 at 10:43 AM
OH: "Princess Principal Investigator"
measurement equipment company called "FLOUNDER"
January 21, 2026 at 6:59 PM
measurement equipment company called "FLOUNDER"
i just checked and i signed an NDA with ChipFlow on 2022-01-11
prophetic-ass tweet
prophetic-ass tweet
January 21, 2026 at 5:50 PM
i just checked and i signed an NDA with ChipFlow on 2022-01-11
prophetic-ass tweet
prophetic-ass tweet
year 8 of trying to use ngscopeclient
January 21, 2026 at 5:02 PM
year 8 of trying to use ngscopeclient
observation: telling an american who posts somewhere expressing their guilt to go violently overthrow their government is, in essence, telling them to go kill themselves¹; an expression of desire for revenge dressed up in language of justice
i understand the impulse at least (and the expression […]
i understand the impulse at least (and the expression […]
Original post on social.treehouse.systems
social.treehouse.systems
January 20, 2026 at 11:52 AM
observation: telling an american who posts somewhere expressing their guilt to go violently overthrow their government is, in essence, telling them to go kill themselves¹; an expression of desire for revenge dressed up in language of justice
i understand the impulse at least (and the expression […]
i understand the impulse at least (and the expression […]
how to use IP address certificates in Caddy:
12.34.56.78 {
respond "It's working"
tls {
issuer acme {
profile shortlived
}
}
}
12.34.56.78 {
respond "It's working"
tls {
issuer acme {
profile shortlived
}
}
}
January 20, 2026 at 10:23 AM
how to use IP address certificates in Caddy:
12.34.56.78 {
respond "It's working"
tls {
issuer acme {
profile shortlived
}
}
}
12.34.56.78 {
respond "It's working"
tls {
issuer acme {
profile shortlived
}
}
}
* a few dudes make a turbocharged wood burn barrel
* it makes over 30 psi of boost, bottoming out the gauge
* sends several of them running because "it is getting sketchy"
* takeaway: "we need a bigger boost gauge"
dudes rock. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WTze6g9ZuF4
* it makes over 30 psi of boost, bottoming out the gauge
* sends several of them running because "it is getting sketchy"
* takeaway: "we need a bigger boost gauge"
dudes rock. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WTze6g9ZuF4
January 20, 2026 at 9:33 AM
* a few dudes make a turbocharged wood burn barrel
* it makes over 30 psi of boost, bottoming out the gauge
* sends several of them running because "it is getting sketchy"
* takeaway: "we need a bigger boost gauge"
dudes rock. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WTze6g9ZuF4
* it makes over 30 psi of boost, bottoming out the gauge
* sends several of them running because "it is getting sketchy"
* takeaway: "we need a bigger boost gauge"
dudes rock. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WTze6g9ZuF4
jlcpcb answering the age old question of "wen pakidge??" with an infograhic
January 20, 2026 at 8:04 AM
jlcpcb answering the age old question of "wen pakidge??" with an infograhic
if libreoffice is unusably tiny on your high-resolution display, install `libreoffice-qt6` and do this:
$ SAL_USE_VCLPLUGIN=qt6 libreoffice --calc
$ SAL_USE_VCLPLUGIN=qt6 libreoffice --calc
January 20, 2026 at 4:48 AM
if libreoffice is unusably tiny on your high-resolution display, install `libreoffice-qt6` and do this:
$ SAL_USE_VCLPLUGIN=qt6 libreoffice --calc
$ SAL_USE_VCLPLUGIN=qt6 libreoffice --calc
if i never have to use sharepoint again it will be too soon
January 20, 2026 at 4:42 AM
if i never have to use sharepoint again it will be too soon
Reposted by ✧✦Catherine✦✧
Is accepting money from customers trying to enclose and take ownership over all human knowledge consistent with the project of making human knowledge freely accessible? Does accepting a customer of that form create a financial incentive to work against Wikipedia's own immediately stated principles?
January 20, 2026 at 1:33 AM
Is accepting money from customers trying to enclose and take ownership over all human knowledge consistent with the project of making human knowledge freely accessible? Does accepting a customer of that form create a financial incentive to work against Wikipedia's own immediately stated principles?
there should be a term of art for software (or more generally technology) that you use because it solves some kind of very complex problem that you just can't get solved otherwise, and as a result you become very eager to exuse any and all user-hostile behavior of the technology, no matter how […]
Original post on social.treehouse.systems
social.treehouse.systems
January 19, 2026 at 3:05 PM
there should be a term of art for software (or more generally technology) that you use because it solves some kind of very complex problem that you just can't get solved otherwise, and as a result you become very eager to exuse any and all user-hostile behavior of the technology, no matter how […]
Horizon EDA first impressions:
* (+) it works!
* (+) it's documented!
* (-) it uses those awful GTK3 UI idioms. please no
* (+) it's easy enough to do some very trivial stuff in schematic and layout while barely looking at documentation
* (+) it's not aggressively hostile to my muscle […]
* (+) it works!
* (+) it's documented!
* (-) it uses those awful GTK3 UI idioms. please no
* (+) it's easy enough to do some very trivial stuff in schematic and layout while barely looking at documentation
* (+) it's not aggressively hostile to my muscle […]
Original post on social.treehouse.systems
social.treehouse.systems
January 19, 2026 at 2:36 PM
Horizon EDA first impressions:
* (+) it works!
* (+) it's documented!
* (-) it uses those awful GTK3 UI idioms. please no
* (+) it's easy enough to do some very trivial stuff in schematic and layout while barely looking at documentation
* (+) it's not aggressively hostile to my muscle […]
* (+) it works!
* (+) it's documented!
* (-) it uses those awful GTK3 UI idioms. please no
* (+) it's easy enough to do some very trivial stuff in schematic and layout while barely looking at documentation
* (+) it's not aggressively hostile to my muscle […]
every time i compile ngscopeclient i encounter some sort of show-stopping breakage
January 19, 2026 at 12:38 PM
every time i compile ngscopeclient i encounter some sort of show-stopping breakage
this question is coming up a lot so i'll pin it [again after migration to treehouse]
* replacement for github: https://codeberg.org/
* replacement for github pages: https://grebedoc.dev/
* easy ci runners for codeberg: https://codeberg.org/whitequark/nixos-forgejo-actions-runner
* replacement for github: https://codeberg.org/
* replacement for github pages: https://grebedoc.dev/
* easy ci runners for codeberg: https://codeberg.org/whitequark/nixos-forgejo-actions-runner
Codeberg.org
Codeberg is a non-profit community-led organization that aims to help free and open source projects prosper by giving them a safe and friendly home.
codeberg.org
January 19, 2026 at 11:46 AM
this question is coming up a lot so i'll pin it [again after migration to treehouse]
* replacement for github: https://codeberg.org/
* replacement for github pages: https://grebedoc.dev/
* easy ci runners for codeberg: https://codeberg.org/whitequark/nixos-forgejo-actions-runner
* replacement for github: https://codeberg.org/
* replacement for github pages: https://grebedoc.dev/
* easy ci runners for codeberg: https://codeberg.org/whitequark/nixos-forgejo-actions-runner
i have found a complete imx335 datasheet (leaked obviously) and apparently there's no identification regsiters??
January 19, 2026 at 10:55 AM
i have found a complete imx335 datasheet (leaked obviously) and apparently there's no identification regsiters??
why... why would you do this in a diagnostic tool
January 19, 2026 at 9:47 AM
why... why would you do this in a diagnostic tool
for some reason amazon uk no longer sells "finish" dishwasher gel (and i couldn't easily find it elsewhere). amazon de does. so i've done possibly my stupidest international order yet: four boxes of dishwasher gel
January 19, 2026 at 7:01 AM
for some reason amazon uk no longer sells "finish" dishwasher gel (and i couldn't easily find it elsewhere). amazon de does. so i've done possibly my stupidest international order yet: four boxes of dishwasher gel
lately, everytime i feel sad i go to jlcpcb and submit a new order
_stares at wallet_ is this why women spend so much on shopping
_stares at wallet_ is this why women spend so much on shopping
January 19, 2026 at 6:04 AM
lately, everytime i feel sad i go to jlcpcb and submit a new order
_stares at wallet_ is this why women spend so much on shopping
_stares at wallet_ is this why women spend so much on shopping
Reposted by ✧✦Catherine✦✧
January 18, 2026 at 4:35 PM
Reposted by ✧✦Catherine✦✧
i spent _far_ too much time on this
![a digitally prepared image pretending to be a photograph of a sheet of paper with a slide reading:
# Handling: General considerations
The vendor is faster and has sharper teeth and nails than you do. It has no 'code of ethics' or considerations for its own future.
_In a fair fight it will win._
[In orange highlighter:]
1. DON'T TRUST A VENDOR
2. USE YOUR BRAIN
3. USE DRUGS](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:miq2gfvloumsjfkpgkv7p65x/bafkreibcvnncaq2qamavblzv3chh4vc2l3mq4t574nkby2ib27lu2dpbb4@jpeg)
January 18, 2026 at 12:44 PM
i spent _far_ too much time on this
reminder that this part is still sold https://www.digikey.com/en/products/detail/microchip-technology/VSC8502XML/6131484
January 18, 2026 at 1:26 PM
reminder that this part is still sold https://www.digikey.com/en/products/detail/microchip-technology/VSC8502XML/6131484
every once in a while i receive a email that boils down to "I'd like to add you to my professional network on LinkedIn". except i don't even _have_ a linkedin
January 18, 2026 at 1:16 PM
every once in a while i receive a email that boils down to "I'd like to add you to my professional network on LinkedIn". except i don't even _have_ a linkedin