Martijn Braam

Opensource software developer for OpenSwitcher. Sometimes makes some random hardware.

Slowly getting closer to being a full time FOSS developer :D

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2024-09-09 21:34:17

Photo prints get :D
https://cdn.fosstodon.org/media_attachments/files/113/109/739/343/883/219/original/4eaf0a6090afe8a9.jpg

2024-09-07 14:52:36

This is starting to look pretty cool
https://cdn.fosstodon.org/media_attachments/files/113/096/835/172/397/551/original/0328768ed66fb298.png

2024-07-19 21:05:00

Time to make my own documentation again
https://cdn.fosstodon.org/media_attachments/files/112/815/183/715/156/727/original/1909a7e2bcef2b42.jpg

2024-07-04 16:20:49

I can never remember which of $product I see in the 200 options in the supermarket is the one I've already tried before and liked or disliked. There must be an app to catalog your rating for products based on barcode or something right? Or do I have to write something from scratch?

2024-06-20 14:25:42

Designing websites is annoying

2024-06-17 19:07:02

Why is my math not mathing :(
>>> math.cos(math.radians(270))
-1.8369701987210297e-16

2024-06-13 12:10:59

Well this is a badly designed mainboard...
https://cdn.fosstodon.org/media_attachments/files/112/609/239/993/217/350/original/17552c6c98d6a5c6.jpg

2024-05-17 21:15:56

What are these things actually called?
https://cdn.fosstodon.org/media_attachments/files/112/458/501/353/736/706/original/b3c61887f9ddb4dc.png

2024-04-25 21:06:07

I have a song stuck in my head for 3 days now and I cannot figure out what it is.
I have attempted to play the piano interlude in this song almost 10 years ago which is the only reference I have to this. Does anyone know what song this is actually part of?
https://cdn.fosstodon.org/media_attachments/files/112/333/885/379/895/647/original/96f819765fb2bc3d.mp3

2024-04-14 21:09:25

I don't feel like working on megapixels anymore

2024-03-16 00:20:37

Creating chroots without root is pretty hard

2024-03-12 15:29:28

The #kicad -cli command is pretty neat (although it lacks better docs)
I can now generate a pdf of the schematic and board in around 20 seconds on sourcehut builds with it. It currently outputs 3 pdfs which are manually merged together to make a single build artifact.
https://builds.sr.ht/~martijnbraam/job/1166980

2024-03-12 13:51:01

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@npub1d76…897u what's the point? gnome's gonna do what gnome's gonna do

2024-03-12 13:43:21

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@npub1d76…897u maybe the gnome devs should y'know... update documentation once in a while instead of keeping building new toys and discarding the old ones

2024-03-12 13:33:13

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I'll just use glade again

2024-03-12 13:32:14

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Even Gtk.Widget has better documentation on the Gtk.Label code than the Gtk.Label page itself...

2024-03-12 13:25:48

Why doesn't the official GTK4 documentation for GtkLabel actually set _any_ of the useful label attributes in their buildable example. Like.... the content of the label or something...

2024-03-12 12:48:46

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@npub1vdj…g57a maybe if your scripting language has hundreds of common pitfalls that cause big issues, maybe something better is needd

2024-03-12 12:47:49

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@npub14ws…drhu no I wrote apkbrowser to deal with nobody wanting to touch the lua code of aports-turbo.
I have no idea why aports-turbo is so much slower sometimes. I guess the lua code is fully single threaded so everyone is just blocked on a slow request. Or it's just blocked while the database updates.

2024-01-22 14:02:44

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@npub1mvr…yp47 crimping network cables is easy, as long as you don't use the "easy" rj45 jacks that makes you pull through the wires and cut them off later.
the right tools and the right cable matters a lot for how easy it is to do though

2024-01-03 14:53:21

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why is there always some random package updated 10 hours ago that breaks everything :(

2023-12-25 15:27:09

It's apparently not possible to turn off android phones anymore....
Holding power now gives google assistant instead of the reboot menu

2023-12-12 10:17:19

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@npub14ws…drhu @npub17z9…wmgw you lose some nice metadata like what application is actually sending logs, you also can't cat to a socket

2023-12-11 22:21:47

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@npub17z9…wmgw @npub14ws…drhu it would be interesting to implement a systemd-cat replacement that works with sending logs like this directly to logbookd

2023-12-11 15:44:45

A look at how the syslog in linux actually works and the stuff I've learned from it while writing a new syslog daemon.
https://blog.brixit.nl/looking-closer-at-the-syslog/

2023-12-09 18:03:21

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And now it has become yellow and green curry paste
https://cdn.fosstodon.org/media_attachments/files/111/551/772/959/662/161/original/aecef9c556a5e904.jpg

2023-12-04 16:40:30

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@npub1mwd…3q3p @npub1l76…yuy0 @npub1e9g…kvc5 can these just be exposed similar to SMS messages?

2023-12-04 11:26:14

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Even more snowy
https://cdn.fosstodon.org/media_attachments/files/111/521/901/451/945/547/original/19a9b2b0cfcfc00f.jpg

2023-11-30 19:03:42

fun fact: requirements for developers on the google play store absolutely suck

2023-11-21 22:02:13

micropython instead of shell scripts for initfs when

2023-11-17 01:43:13

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@npub14ws…drhu @npub1xzp…x4fk hah I did the same thing. Using python in nano I think and writing an app from scratch right on the phone with pygtk. A level of productivity no other phone has hit since.
Maemo was not Qt based though, that was GTK2 :D

2023-11-17 00:43:34

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@npub1xzp…x4fk the smartphone ecosystem a decade ago was certainly way more interesting.

2023-11-09 18:33:57

https://blog.brixit.nl/megapixels-2-0/

2023-10-28 17:42:24

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Fixed :D
https://blog.brixit.nl/making-a-usb-ethernet-adapter-work-sr9700/

2023-10-28 10:57:22

Ugh my new usb ethernet adapter shows up as a CD drive :(

2023-10-27 17:32:13

Why does google drive "Scans for virusses" on each download instead of once on upload...

2023-10-26 13:33:39

When will date comparisons be added to css media queries so you can do a halloween theme stylesheet :D

2023-10-04 16:19:45

Huh, apparently it's wordclock, not worldclock. I've misread that my entire life...

2023-10-03 14:22:39

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@npub1mwd…3q3p would be hilarious to show the car battery as AUX battery in gnome power

2023-10-02 22:06:54

How do you know if something is audiophile quality? Easy, it's written on the case :D
https://cdn.fosstodon.org/media_attachments/files/111/167/693/226/446/779/original/8cd1fee736c3589c.jpg

2023-09-26 14:37:28

Is there just no good resource on putting data in a uint8_t[] buffer and getting it out again in a correct way in c++? Putting in a string or an unsigned number is easy but annoyingly verbose. Using a struct to represent the buffer seems to work great but is adviced against with packing and compatability :(

2023-09-23 14:33:20

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Oh the examples also don't really work that great...

2023-09-23 14:14:46

AAAA why won't TCP just work on the teensy with NativeEthernet :(

2023-09-21 10:38:21

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Most complex part is the control software
https://cdn.fosstodon.org/media_attachments/files/111/102/702/305/388/973/original/5808a47989eec333.png

2023-09-21 10:37:45

This teensy is pretending to be a digital audio console :D
https://cdn.fosstodon.org/media_attachments/files/111/102/698/204/502/841/original/e8a17a2e400a43b2.jpg

2023-09-20 14:27:33

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How hard is it to host some static html....

2023-09-20 14:24:28

Oh nice... are the gtk docs down?

2023-09-18 15:54:06

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@npub1xwc…ruhz imagemagick with ghostscript, just don't forget to set the DPI parameter

2023-09-16 14:09:29

This was one _very_ ambitious concert :D
https://cdn.fosstodon.org/media_attachments/files/111/075/218/662/196/086/original/ec5273536d4ce01e.jpg

2023-09-13 21:44:10

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@npub1tfw…kym9 this is basically all readonly, I probably could've used tuples everywhere. No reason why this couldn't work on a dynamically sized list though, it's very simple code.
Here _notes and _intervals are both instances of this class
https://cdn.fosstodon.org/media_attachments/files/111/060/021/301/922/031/original/365288aa3c830bf8.png

2023-09-13 21:38:20

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@npub1tfw…kym9 I'm trying to calculate music stuff, which is basically all shifting lists to do key changes and mode changes, so this produces lists that wrap around instead of giving indexerrors and allows easily getting the same list with an offset.

2023-09-13 20:43:56

I made a horrible class today
https://cdn.fosstodon.org/media_attachments/files/111/059/784/834/370/137/original/384d8f2ddccb85ff.png

2023-09-05 15:57:43

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@npub1xz2…69v6 seems like this does not do the same thing? I don't see a way to get a non-string result for this at least.
The only thing I see is lazy evaluated parameters but the squirrel strings should not be lazy evaluated instead, only the results of the expressions are stored.

2023-09-05 15:48:37

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@npub1xz2…69v6 yeah but I generally avoid it :D

2023-09-05 15:23:43

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@npub1xz2…69v6 oh interesting, I've never heard of Groovy

2023-09-05 15:07:45

And now I've actually written the blog post :D
https://blog.brixit.nl/squirrel-strings/

2023-09-04 11:02:48

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@npub1sg4…xslc I already have a file called '!' in ~ due to zsh redirects not working in bash :D

2023-08-31 01:54:28

Took a picture of the super moon :)
https://cdn.fosstodon.org/media_attachments/files/110/981/733/480/399/914/original/f81c0734c4a5f816.jpeg

2023-08-25 23:55:06

How does netflix has 17 items in the "top 10" category

2023-08-24 15:38:53

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@npub1xzp…x4fk mntre.com

2023-08-24 15:38:09

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@npub1xzp…x4fk seems to work for me

2023-08-24 00:39:59

Whee
https://cdn.fosstodon.org/media_attachments/files/110/941/804/664/560/590/original/cd43bdf3239d637a.png

2023-08-21 15:18:45

Suprising how much software just corrupts itself when your filesystem is full

2023-08-17 14:51:23

> We are reaching out to inform you about a recent incident involving your personal data and the actions taken to address the situation.
Thanks NXP...

2023-08-16 20:30:43

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@npub15zx…nhvn I have some quite fancy cinema prime lenses that are a huge improvement over the cheap nikon primes. These are still perfectly sharp wide open. Downside is that they are manual focus and it's for MFT mount instead.

2023-08-16 00:17:26

Some camera stuff :)
https://blog.brixit.nl/expensive-cameras-are-actually-better/

2023-08-15 20:55:07

The GPL rule requiring a file preamble is stupid

2023-08-15 15:55:04

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@npub14ws…drhu done

2023-08-14 23:13:22

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@npub1s0s…0jty for comparison this is done with a smartphone
https://cdn.fosstodon.org/media_attachments/files/110/890/503/032/623/033/original/0ff6702253ace190.jpeg

2023-08-14 14:18:40

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@npub16zu…9xwy I also still have a D70s somewhere, glad I'm no longer dealing with CF cards. I got the D750 some weeks back because the "old" DSLR gear is now being dumped by people switching to mirrorless.

2023-08-14 12:57:58

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@npub16zu…9xwy It's not even that modern, this is a 2014 camera. I have both the D3300 and the D750 which are from the same year, there's a huge difference in noise level between those two.

2023-08-14 12:27:18

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@npub167z…ytq7 why is the pine theme green? Shouldn't it be blue?

2023-08-14 11:07:59

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@npub1s0s…0jty hah no, this is a stack of 10 exposures from a Nikon D750 and the cheapest 50mm lens Nikon makes :P

2023-08-14 11:07:21

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@npub16zu…9xwy This is 30 exposures at 2 seconds if I remember correctly. Something like iso 12800.

2023-08-14 00:15:53

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With a different lens, intentionally aiming for M31 this time.
https://cdn.fosstodon.org/media_attachments/files/110/885/081/194/035/671/original/62d980e14616b635.jpeg
https://cdn.fosstodon.org/media_attachments/files/110/885/081/329/104/065/original/47b5dc7eb13a2696.jpeg

2023-08-14 00:14:10

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@npub1s0s…0jty I have no idea actually, in the top right there's M31 at least.

2023-08-13 23:25:44

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After running it through DeepSkyStacker :D
https://cdn.fosstodon.org/media_attachments/files/110/884/889/232/210/835/original/53e6fdaac1073271.jpeg

2023-08-13 23:03:18

Always suprising how much more interesting things you can see on a long exposure photograph than with the naked eye
https://cdn.fosstodon.org/media_attachments/files/110/884/800/373/575/621/original/76e720e682cbe190.jpeg

2023-08-13 21:55:37

This is some absolutely perfect weather to observe the meteor shower :)

2023-08-12 15:18:11

Bumblebeeeee
https://cdn.fosstodon.org/media_attachments/files/110/877/310/135/190/073/original/c7ebe568f812890b.jpeg

2023-08-10 17:26:26

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@npub1mey…7sn9 @npub12nq…a3hq no

2023-08-10 15:54:00

New phone get, quite snappy compared to the pixel 2
https://cdn.fosstodon.org/media_attachments/files/110/866/125/088/007/123/original/32393c3b84f75b16.jpg

2023-08-10 11:39:25

Post

2023-08-08 16:54:06

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@npub1vwu…mdau Color changes?

2023-08-04 17:22:37

Hmmmm
https://cdn.fosstodon.org/media_attachments/files/110/832/500/922/251/023/original/d728a5cedc8999f8.jpg

2023-08-02 00:02:25

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@npub1mt2…fksh at this point I don't really care, if it's older than $x and it's not a room avatar then it can proably be removed

2023-08-01 23:50:19

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@npub1mt2…fksh most of my media isn't in encrypted rooms

2023-08-01 23:42:43

Hmm matrix-synapse still doesn't have a sane way to clean up stale media?...

2023-07-07 19:00:12

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@npub14ws…drhu it works if you really want plain text log files, but that's not what I want.
For the phone usecase I care way less about the durability of the log output and I'd rather have in-memory logging that's written out occasionally.

2023-07-06 11:30:54

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@npub14ws…drhu having a daemon handle the logging is quite important, the only way to get some consistency and a way to not give all running processes permissions to mess with the logfiles.
I don't think most non-server systems should actually write logs to disk, in-memory logging is fine

2023-07-06 10:34:26

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@npub14ws…drhu RFC3164 syslog is quite bad yes, RFC5424 is great but it's not used that much.
Big upside is you can attach metadata to log lines. Such as message ids from the mailer daemons.

2023-07-06 10:19:18

Why don't postfix and dovecot use RFC5424 syslog messages and put the message id in the tags so it's easier to search the logs...

2023-06-11 13:33:51

Greenhouse be hot
https://cdn.fosstodon.org/media_attachments/files/110/525/836/774/166/794/original/9d8926d931fb12cc.png

2023-06-03 23:03:20

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@npub1ay4…cgp5 the nice thing with normal distributions is you can just package udev rules and it works automagically for end users. No such option with flatpak

2023-06-03 17:53:14

*drops post* https://blog.brixit.nl/developers-are-lazy-thus-flatpak/

2023-06-02 17:18:23

I'll just leave this here: https://git.sr.ht/~martijnbraam/forginator