Lexi @lexi@eldritch.cafe

UNIX users be like “Yaaasss screen(1)!”

I can has temperature and humidity sensor data! 😻

Now let's write Prometheus push gateway integration.

Asexual breadboard cable 🙀

Back in 2005 we used to make fun of MacOS for being the sleepy OS because their laptops would constantly suspend at the worst moments.

Now, in 2021, Windows 10 suspends immediately after it finished playing a video, every single time. 🙄

Wenn ich groß bin, mach ich Gemüsebällchen, die tatsächlich rund sind

Pferdinand Galoppel von der Koppel #Pferdenamen

Ordered some breadboard cables, turned out they were all jacks … so much for being able to move forward with the RPi project.

Me: *orders replacement keyboard for X230 off eBay*

eBayer: *mails it in an air cushion envelope*

Transport company: *bends the envelope a lot*

keyboard: *is totally mangled and doesn't work*

Me: “Hey, the keyboard is totally mangled and only the power button works, the other keys are dead.”

eBayer: “We're sorry. Want 5€ back?”

Me: “It's broken! I can't use it!”

eBayer: “How about half price? Mind you that returns are expensive…”

Me: Sigh.

I can't believe how good the X220 keyboard is 😮

Space heater room size classifications are an elaborate ploy by the space heater industry to sell smaller rooms! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Znt9WR5hhjE

I received what looks like the Microsoft Natural Keyboard for ThinkPad X230! Thank you to the sender for the nice surprise. Finally I get to enjoy ergonomic typing on my laptop!

Programmers stop trying to prevent people from using password managers challenge 2021

Setup:

% openssl verify -x509_strict -CAfile /etc/caoimheca/services/cacert.pem /etc/etcd/etcd.crt
/etc/etcd/etcd.crt: OK
% grep _CA_ /etc/default/etcd
/etc/default/etcd:ETCD_TRUSTED_CA_FILE="/etc/caoimheca/services/ca-bundle.pem"
/etc/default/etcd:ETCD_PEER_TRUSTED_CA_FILE="/etc/caoimheca/services/ca-bundle.pem"
%

Me: *has PayPal one-time password authentication with Authenticator enabled*

Me: *enters regular Paypal password*

Paypal: “You Linux users look suspicious to me! Text message challenge!”

Me: *types in code from text message*

Paypal: “You have to change your Paypal password immediately due to suspicious account activity from yourself!”

Me: *changes password*

Paypal: “Ok, your payment has been made.”

Me: “Wait! Why was I never asked for my one-time password…?”