Notices by Vagrant Cascadian (vagrantc@floss.social)

Warm up #Aikido pre-seminar class last night with Joel Posluns sensei. A lot of familiar Kanai style techniques, so a bit comfortable.

Tonight the seminar with Yoko Okamoto sensei begins and I exect to be confused and humbled.

It is always good to push a little outside the comfort zone! Part of what makes training at seminars so valuable. Will be nice to both get some familiar and less familiar stuff in this weekend!

Really looking forward to an #Aikido seminar this weekend in #SanFrancisco with Yoko Okamoto sensei:

https://www.sfaikikai.com/2025-winter-seminar

@driusan

Folks at my dojo mostly just post links to videos to each other via email.

We also sometimes share things like test prep videos and videos of our own tests via USB sticks!

I have been following the #Aikido hashtag, so I catch whatever comes my way via the fediverse...

@trashheap

Well, not much different with running Debian stable on the mnt/reform. I have used both the original imx8mq module and the new rk3588 module.

Sometimes the mnt/reform specific kernel updates lag behind Debian a bit, but the vast majority of stuff is just directly from Debian, and most of the stuff from mnt/reform does not change too much.

@trashheap

The stability promises of #Debian stable are that packages will only receive fixes for security or major breakages, and not major changes.

It is not a firehose of new upstream versions, but a trickle of small fixes.

So on the #MNTReform not much different from any other Debian stable system.

That said, I have decades of experience with Debian, so not sure I am the best advocate for someone less familiar!

I did create my own custom barebones image, for example...

@detritus

At least riding around #PortlandPDX I have noticed more and more days where the majority of bikes I see on my frequent bike routes are electric, although on the whole it seems like more bicyclists than before the pandemic hit...

Sorry I have no hard data. :)

@civodul

The Founder Syndrome Foundation requires authoritarianism, not sure that a hypothetical organization dedicated to, say, Free Software, would.

@vmbrasseur Ya I don’t get the motivation either but maybe it will surface in the coming days? I do see they are doing a fundraiser and maybe this is to get the org some attention in light of SFC’s recent win?

The best explanation I can come up with is: “donate to us instead because of our defensive governance.”

@trashheap

I run Debian Stable on mine, with a few packages from https://reform.debian.net/ if that makes any difference? :)

@jgoerzen

Loved the thread, thanks!

As to splitting up a long-form post, it kind of felt like a flood on my timeline... although it is also possibly nice to be able to reply to specific portions. So... mixed feelings!

Ever since monitoring the #CO2 levels in my office, I noticed that I need more ventilation.

But it is cold outside... while I have been using a couple #DIY heat recovery units, they are a bit loud and consume a bit of (mostly #solar) electricity, and are still a bit lossy...

So I finally decided to search for how many #plants I would need to help keep the CO2 levels down..

https://medium.com/@candidegardening/how-many-plants-would-it-take-to-produce-enough-oxygen-for-one-person-7312743ed70b

Well, that sounds like more than I can realistically manage, but still nice to have plants!

@textovervideo

I use XMPP, but with a fair number of them I am using an XMPP to SMS service.

So it is all XMPP on my end, but might not be on theirs...

@dentangle

Alonso has domesticated you pretty well by now, sounds like.

Comrades! Mastofolk! Fedizens! Federal Agents!

We've almost made it around the Sun once more without falling off, which is an achievement of some sort. Thank you to everyone for not jumping about too much. If you'd like to put your tray tables in the upright position we'll begin our descent into fascism now.

For those of you about to celebrate, have fun with that. I'm not religious myself, but if anyone who is would like to tell their god we've had Quite Enough Now Thanks, that would be great.

@InnerAlien

Sounds like an awesome program!

The creepy tracking requirement using an app is unfortunate, though.

@dmbaturin

#Tails was producing bit-for-bit reproducible live images, last I recall they had to massage somethings after processing it to make it work.

https://tails.net/

That said, not all the packages shipped in Tails are reproducible:

https://tests.reproducible-builds.org/debian/unstable/amd64/pkg_set_tails.html

You can make a #Reproducible iso out of not reproducible packages, as long as you use the same exact packages. :)

@knasman

I also have grid power if needed, but try to avoid it for my office use.

Running a small system really gets you aware of your power usage ... the difference between a laptop that runs around 5-10 watts vs. 5-45 watts becomes significant!

It is that time of the year where I begin using the #PineBookPro more again...

The sun rises late, sets early, and the clouds cast a grey hue to what light makes it through.

Even though I have had relatively good sun the past couple days, it is about playing catch-up to top off the batteries...

And here I thought boosting my #Solar capacity by 50% (from 400W of panels to 600W) would be enough!

Also had some problems with my battery which probably limit the capacity considerably.

@joeyh

Some pretty unconventional angles!

Curious what directions the fence segments are facing and at what latitutde?

Guessing this is more of a larger number of panels making up for potentially suboptimal orientation scenario?

This article by @anna speaks to me.

"I speak the language of technology—and if you're reading this, there's a high chance you do too. We're living bridges of domains mysterious and unknown to many, domains that make and will continue to make a difference in the scale of oppression and horrors being spread and perpetuated into the world. What you do with that capacity and that knowledge can mean the difference between life and death. Use it to empower others."

https://notapplicable.dev/freeze-but-fight.