Simon @simon@fosstodon.org

I'm (re)joining the #fosstodon community! This will be my primary account, mainly tooting about mainly #linux #retro and #FOSS geekery

#ShowYourWorkspace I got quarantined at short notice so the mech keyboard, desktop pc and hdmi monitors are all at the office. After a week hunched over a folding table, I have at least set up a real desk in what is usually the kids play area..

any #wireguard #vpn users had success with getting any logging for client connects/disconnects, etc?

Not looking good right now, especially when the police do surveillance without you knowing and the quality also sucks https://www.businessinsider.com/met-police-scans-8600-faces-resulting-in-1-arrest-2020-3

Starting getting grey hairs on my beard. I think it goes back to some life choices I made as a teenager: when I was at university, I got introduced to Solaris. Turns out that was a gateway to a lifelong Linux habit.

May I never lose the awe and wonder of seeing a rainbow, or a beautiful sunset.

Wait, duckduckgo search results are mostly bing? I'm not sure how I feel about this.:" DuckDuckGo gets its results from over four hundred sources. These include hundreds of vertical sources delivering niche Instant Answers, DuckDuckBot (our crawler) and crowd-sourced sites (like Wikipedia, stored in our answer indexes). We also of course have more traditional links in the search results, which we also source from multiple partners, though most commonly from Bing (and none from Google)."

Tips for getting followed on #mastodon (according to me).

1) liking and/or boosting my posts is a great way to get noticed if I don't already follow you. I always check the profile of anyone who does, as I'm always looking for new interesting people to follow.

2) write a profile bio. I need to know something about you

3) if you work with, or just like #FOSS, then I'll probably follow you. I don't set the bar very high.

4) toots on your timeline, primarily in English.

Royal mail have a new set of classic video game stamps. They also do them as postcards. My desk area is getting decorated!

How did I not know about this manga Ubuntu comic before now? https://gitlab.com/ubunchu-translators/ubunchu

A good story about rescuing some old arcade machines from a dead ship https://arcadeblogger.com/2016/05/06/arcade-raid-the-duke-of-lancaster-ship/

I'm looking for a software engineer with #python and/or #R skills to help make better (typically #FOSS ) research software in this enjoyable role. UK/London area. Please boost for visibility https://webapps2.is.qmul.ac.uk/jobs/job.action?jobID=5014

About to start my digital detox for three weeks, which I do each year, while still trying to do my day job. Trying to break the habit of hours of frivolous smartphone use each day and to recalibrate myself. I'm also cutting out current affairs, since it's a constant stream of negativity and fearmongering. Stopping alcohol too but that's the easy one tbh. Over and out

Whenever I play Skyrim.

Achievement unlocked: I just managed to pick the lock on my HP microserver after losing the keys 😂

things i enjoyed most in #2019
favourite #book: Masters of doom
#tv series: Spiral, Deutschland 86.
#game : windjammers (MAME)
#podcasts: cryptoqueen (one-off series), ubuntu podcast and darknet diaries
#mastodon instance: fosstodon
#youtube channel: retromancave
favourite #album purchased : "notes and the like" by ms. john soda. also enjoyed "designer" by aldous harding
#film ...can't say i've been overwhelmed by any particular film. star wars was OK though.

#Firefox and #Linux are alive and well among people concerned about #privacy. 13% of the 1.5M visitors to "am i unique" site were from Linux machines, and 42% from firefox. https://amiunique.org/stats

Kylo Ren's new mask was made from an Alienware gaming laptop he owned as a teenager