Looks like after 4 years in the Fediverse, it's time to post an #introduction 🙂

Since childhood, I was amused with electronics and computers. Everything started when I disassembled the unnecessary reel-to-reel tape recorder Комета МГ-201, and during the process learned the soldering and how the common electronic components - like capacitors and resistors - work. Then, the grandparents bought the "Encyclopedia for a beginner radio amateur" authored by B.S. Ivanov - and the fun with diodes and transistors begins - I soldered the amplifiers, multivibrators and other analog things. Meanwhile, I read a lot of books about programming in the school's library - about BASIC, about programmable Soviet-era calculators - but in these times it was impossible to use this knowledge.

It was an 199x so the computers were accessible mostly on the workplace of parents. For the most of the people the PC (or ZX Spectrum) wasn't the essential item for the household. So, I wrote my first programs on the paper and a first encounter with computer happened in the primary classes of the school - I got an opportunity to use an Электроника БК-0010-01 while the computer class was demolished and the "Informatics" was removed from school program 😞. Then, at near 2005 year, the grandparents bought me my first computer: Pentium 4 with ≈4Gb RAM, ≈250Gb HDD and Windows 😜 inside (and after some time with MOPSLinux - a Slackware fork - inside).

Here the fun begins: I learned Pascal, enrolled in the big and famous university in the big city to became a computer engineer. I selected the embedded programming path, because it looked like A Real Programming for me: writing a C code with high requirements for memory and CPU usage, and real-time, sometimes soldering something, sometimes sitting with oscilloscope during the debugging sessions.

Meanwhile, I had fun with some of my hobbies. A cycling: first I had an MTB Cube Attention, since the MTB bicycles are the most popular in the district of my residence, despite the landscape here is flat as a table 😀. Then, I realized that fork with amortization and a straight bicycle handle are not so necessary and comfortable - and bought my current bike - the gravel Merida on which I performed the first 100km ride with "Baltic Star" randonneuring club.

A photography: everything started with a grandparents' Zenith which was superseded by Makinon CX, because of quality and robustness. Most of the time the camera was load with black and white film since I develop the photos by myself with the help of Crocus photo-enlarger. Later, I ended with film photography, since film prices are skyrocketed, and started to use Olympus E-M10 Mark II for digital photography.

For now, I'm working as a Java programmer (because of money - embedded programming here is a path to poverty), while C, Emacs Lisp and Common Lisp are left for fun. Most of the time I write here about NetBSD, Emacs, selfhosting notes and experiments, posting my photos and ranting about something 🙂.

@ltning yes, that’s exactly the message I read in the eyes

@chrism both here or via email (stefano@dragas.it) and I’ll forward to the devs

⚡️ Retrouvez @rte_france à la #FêteDeLaScience à #Chambéry les 10 et 11 octobre !

Venez découvrir le fonctionnement du système électrique et les évolutions du réseau pour atteindre la neutralité carbone à l’horizon 2050.

My latest @newscientist.com@bsky.brid.gy cartoon

@andyc @jack this is a wip :)

shaved head and eyebrows, eyes dilated, skulljack dripping for that "fresh from the pod" look

@hypolite

Ohh, I think I just learned what 1-ply toilet paper is.

La souveraineté est un enjeu. C’est aussi un combat qui exige volontarisme et créativité…

Merci l’Ecole de Paris pour cette belle édition !
Dispo en ligne : https://www.ecole.org/fr/seance/1671-batir-une-souverainete-numerique-en-urgence-cest-possible

RE: https://social.coop/@cwebber/117406111281812894

I just realized that what Unity and Google are really selling here is a video game "creation" system for these couple of douchebros https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BRWvfMLl4ho

@evan For this network to succeed, every instance needs the exact rules required for its unique membership.

Offline operates the same way. A library, a dinner party, a nightclub all set different rules to serve their particular needs.

Diversity of policy is a natural outcome of diversity of people. Helping communities define and enforce their own boundaries is a core goal for IFTAS.

If some find guidance by referring to peer/trusted instances, great. If not, also great.

We transcribed the Computing And Sustainability talk from Strange Loop, with all the slides and links to the mentioned materials.
https://100r.co/site/computing_and_sustainability.html

GeoIP- und ASN-Blocks sind für unsere #FediAdmin gerade Dauerthema, um Instanzen vor Spam und Angriffen zu schützen. 🛡️💥

Mit Version 1.28.0 unterstützt nun auch #Anubis genau diese Filter. Eine schlanke und leichtgewichtige Alternative für alle, die keine schweren Firewall-Setups wie #CrowdSec betreiben wollen!

📒 Doku: https://anubis.techaro.lol/docs/admin/geoip/
🛠️ Changelog: https://github.com/TecharoHQ/anubis/releases

Nutzt ihr ASN- oder Geo-Filter auf eurer Instanz?

#Fediverse #MastodonAdmin #SelfHosted

RE: https://mastodon.social/@_elena/117411216911559555

Thanks so much for a great #OSCL26 in #Luxembourg ✨

I spoke about our alliance @offene_netzwerke which calls for the need to implement the #Plus1 @rstockm by public institutions:

Publicly funded institutions should have a presence on at least one public, public-interest-oriented social network. With +1, institutions of public interest become even more accessible to citizens, as no account is needed.

We need open digital infrastructure and open communications for our digital future 🙏

Your mental health deserves a place in your feed too.

Our digital lives are an important part of our mental wellbeing.

This World Mental Health Day, let’s take a moment to think about how our digital lives affect us.

A few simple steps can help:
🔸 Limit screen time
🔸 Turn off non-essential notifications
🔸 Take a break from screens before bed
🔸 Unfollow content that makes you feel anxious or pressured

Our mental health also starts on the screen. More: https://link.europa.eu/vJdpDN

Recommendations for CDN providers that aren’t in the US?

I’m currently behind Cloudflare free tier.

#MastoAdmin #AskFedi

Wir freuen uns riesig, dass die Webseite des #DIDAY für den Grimme Online Award (in der Kategorie "Spezial" nominiert wurde.
Am 16. Oktober gewinnt die Abstimmung für den Publikumspreis - dann trommeln wir fleißig!

https://www.grimme-online-award.de/2026/nominierte

#SaveSocial

@dotmavriq ooh excellent, this is pretty nearby as well.