Notices by Pepijn (pepijn@mastodon.online)

"Together they solve* crime"

(*commit, this is basically a hit-and-run on the dogfood storage)

RE: https://mastodon.online/@Pepijn/111991376150442267

Offer: for about 23 years I have had the domain overfishing.org

It's up for renewal. I'm thinking of letting it go.

If anyone is interested and feels like they can do something nice with it: DM me and we'll arrange a transfer.

Please boost if you think people in your network are interested :-)

edit: oops, it auto-renewed yesterday. I guess there's some more time to decide..

#domain #oceans #overfishing #ngo #campaign

#SilentSunday

Huh. Lots of new people here from something called #forkiverse.

Welcome forkpeople?

Hej people. Have you heard of #Linux?🐧 So we're getting a new old laptop & consider switching from win10.

What distribution etc. would you recommend to people -not complete idiots- who enjoy using it, not making it.

What we do / like / want:

- Browser (just firefox?)
- Freecad / Audacity just work?
- Word / spreadsheet: recommendations?
- Photoshop 5.5 (yes) replacement?
- Easy local network access / file browsing / basic photo management
- Vocaster Two software?

My ideal is a modern winXP..

Three years ago I bought @juliette an electric kettle for her birthday (because romance is not dead).

Looking for a stainless tank, hidden heating element, and temperature settings, I found the Krups KE07. Bit expensive, but it'll last decades. Right? Button 1 broke after a year. Button 2 today..

Thread in three parts

1. How it broke

2. Why I think you should not buy a Krups / Tefal appliance

3. How to fix it with a 3D printed part

1/x

#enshittification #plannedobsolescence #righttorepair

RE: https://mastodon.online/@Pepijn/115582094778723747

#LOTR fans are THE WORST*. What makes one read a boost from a person they don't follow, think "this is wrong" and then feel like it'll help anyone by direct messaging them a correction?!

Anyway. If you read this, you're as wrong as the other persons. Here's why.

And do read the book. It's worth it.

*#StarWars has groupies, not fans.

He stuck to this until the day he retired.

Multiple colleagues had overheard. As one can expect from people who have been working together for, in some cases, two or three decades it became a thing of joy for all. It led to all-workshop-staff emails like:

"HAS ANYONE SEEN THE GAY INBUS #20?"

"I'M LOOKING FOR A NEW SET OF VDE SCREWDRIVERS. ANY RECOMMENDATION FOR A GOOD GAY VERSION?"

The one gay technician in this workshop made a point of buying a non-colorful set for "more manly work".

Chatting about tools with @mk I was reminded of a curious interaction with a colleague, a technician.

He complained about his fading eyesight, and having issues identifying tools. So I suggested color coded hex tools, already used by others in the shop.

"I WILL NOT USE GAY TOOLS!" [and walked off angrily]

It really threw me off how a well-educated, soft-spoken and otherwise likeable person turned into a demented hermit crab when confronted with small bits of colorful metal.

#gay #tool

Trolley problem with toddler. Let's see how this goes.

Good evening mastodon! Tonight I'm staying in the quaint #Dutch town of Hoevelaken*!

Join me on a little tour of the center of this town you'll never visit!

We start with a video showing the grand entrance of town. Local Hoevelaken youth buzzes by on their way to local youth stuff!

*pronounced [hoof-ai-lake-an]

🧵 1/10-ish

#tourism #visitHoevelaken #CityTour

Entering the main square Hoevelaken-de-gekste!

Moped drivers are not allowed. Cyclists are.

The restaurant ("Italian & World restaurant La Salita") is genuinely a good place. The owner is a nice guy.

Moving on we stumble upon a Rommelmarktwinkel (rommel markt winkel). Literally translates that makes a Junk Market Store. More sensibly: a flea market store selling used trinkets.

#language

Entering this town center we encounter a variety of shops, food places and facilities serving the community.

First we pass one of the multiple (!!) local snackbars. According to Google Reviews burgers "not that bad. Better than the chicken". Unfortunately I could not test it myself as they're closed on Monday and Tuesday and the rest of this week.

Some guy named John Stuur does not like how there's a unisex toilet.

Outside the mobility scooter store we discover something exciting: no war on #xmas in Hoevelaken! What an exciting and festive pumpkin! 🎃

edit: oh,.. it was pointed out this might be an exciting and festive halloween pumpkin. So data on whether there's a war on #christmas in Hoevelaken is inconclusive.

Hoevelaken cares about its less mobile citizens. That's why there's a mobility scooter store right in the center.

Tonight I'm not eating at the restaurant though. After spending ten hours at work talking with people my social battery is like American democracy, so I'm buying some food to eat in my hotel room.

I'm buying this at the excellent local supermarket called ̶A̶l̶b̶e̶r̶t̶ ̶H̶e̶i̶j̶n̶ Jumbo.

The leaf box is close to this excellent #sequoia, a tree famous for being an evergreen.

I like this tree.

That said, Hoevelaken cares about #nature. Here's a box for leaves (ONLY LEAVES).

Yes. 'Cause you don't want stray leaves.

Now. Not to be negative but Hoevelaken also has its dark side. Due to, what I assume, the high population density some of its inhabitants just have to park on the sidewalk.