Sam Weston

Father of two, husband, lover of dogs but owner of many cats. Runner. Technology enthusiast. Metalhead. ADHDer. Cloud Infrastructure Engineer.

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2024-04-04 20:17:18

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@npub1yck…ujmw Thanks. I hate it.

2024-03-24 20:55:39

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@npub16ju…y8u7 This is more or less my plan. Good shout. 👍

2024-03-24 17:28:58

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@npub16ju…y8u7 I think a provisional is fine isn’t it? That’s the case in Southampton anyway.

2024-03-24 07:49:32

I realised something yesterday when my OpenWRT router briefly wouldn’t boot and I was running around the house trying to find my MicroSD dongle.
My effectively small business level network in my house is now very much a production environment. I’m going away for a week in April, and I’m the only one who can fix it.
Today I’m going to build a DR plan with printed instructions and everything. 😅 Also figure out how I can make OpenWRT/ext4 tolerate power being yanked.
#homelab

2024-03-19 17:58:34

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@npub16ju…y8u7 Gitlab or @npub1kzk…k9tq probably

2024-03-09 16:45:33

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@npub1fzx…t6h3 Ah that’s an interesting quirk. Is this because mastodon 4.3 is going to have the change or one of their patches?

2024-03-09 12:45:50

So #mastoadmin…forks like Glitch, yay or nay? I like the bonus features like easily increasing the max character count. However I’m put off by them seemingly all being based off the main branch with no “stable” releases.
What’s the experience like running them day to day?

2024-03-08 17:58:12

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@npub16ju…y8u7 Yes it took AGES to get the old sealant off.

2024-03-08 12:04:53

I’ve taken a couple of days off work in a row with the kids at school. It’s amazing how much productivity is possible. My bath now has new sealant which is critically free of black mould. 🎉
We had someone in to do it about a year ago but I can only assume they used crap sealant because it went mouldy after a few months. 🤷
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2024-02-11 17:00:04

This old Macbook Air 11" might not be the ideal machine for #NixOS development. 🥵
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2024-02-03 15:07:20

I managed to get a ticket for my first #emfcamp. A few friends did too! Is anyone else I know on here going?

2024-02-01 08:15:29

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@npub18yv…xxyn Ever written 100mi on the cpu instead of the ram and accidentally requested 100 million cores? What a rush! 😆

2024-01-21 15:20:57

I did the Romsey 5 Mile race today. It’s super local to me and my running club always get a great turn out.
It has, however, highlighted that I do not look glamorous at the finish of races. 😆
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2024-01-10 17:44:01

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@npub16ju…y8u7 But I want to ask!!! Have you considered attaching baking foil to the hat?

2024-01-07 22:06:02

So as part of moving off BT to Zen, I’ve upgraded my connection from 300/50Mb to 500/70Mb. This unfortunately has highlighted that my little MikroTik router running OpenWrt was only just barely keeping up and now I can’t max out my new shiny line.
I’m going to try some tweaks I’ve found in the #OpenWrt forums to eke out a bit of extra performance, but the temptation to go router shopping is ever present. 😆

2024-01-02 20:06:34

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@npub1utv…87lr Oh wow I just finished listening to the final episode and started crying right along with you.
It only took me this long because my booster feed decided to stop working so I had to use the peasant feed. 😆
Thanks for such a heartfelt farewell. ❤️

2024-01-01 21:44:04

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@npub16ju…y8u7 You’re not wrong. However my experience is they really sell the “this is free forever” thing on their website. Why not use the resources they provide like you would any other VPS?
I don’t expect any different from Oracle but at least send an explanation email even if it’s with no notice if you want to take away the free service…
Can we agree that Oracle are dicks and this guy is also a dick? 😆

2024-01-01 21:31:40

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@npub16ju…y8u7 In all fairness I’ve heard a few accounts of random account rug pulls about Oracle’s “Always Free” tier. I used it myself for a while but besides it being a bit of a pain in the arse to use I didn’t want to have to deal with my stuff going away at random.
However I do agree that this guy has a serious attitude problem. It’s ok to be pissed about the rug pull but the whole tone if this is just childish…

2023-12-31 22:31:15

It’s 10:30pm. I’m completely sober, in bed with a book and planning to be asleep around 11. See you in 2024 everyone! 🎉

2023-12-29 08:54:12

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@npub1utv…87lr Rocket always got bumped straight to the top of my podcast queue. I’ll miss it a lot. Thanks for all the laughs! Im genuinely not sure where I’ll get my scam news from now… 😢

2023-12-28 21:37:24

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@npub16ju…y8u7 I suppose it’s probably easy to return if it’s a dud…

2023-12-05 18:30:34

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@npub16ju…y8u7 On iOS you can pick from a few options but not “coral” unfortunately. 😝

2023-11-17 18:01:46

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@npub16ju…y8u7 It is annoyingly common. I am trying very hard to get rid of my gmail address but I have to keep using it in situations like this. Maybe I should buy another domain. 😆

2023-11-17 17:31:41

I will never cease to be astounded when websites from major brands block around 50% of the top level domains on the internet... 🤯
This one is from Tu Clothing (part of Sainsbury's supermarket). Which interestingly does allow long TLDs on their Groceries site.
Some developer has gone to real effort to write an error message so is this a deliberate choice? 😕
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2023-11-13 20:04:34

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@npub18yv…xxyn Two versions behind sounds very much like dropping support and/or the ball. 🤷

2023-11-13 19:44:52

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@npub18yv…xxyn Did they ditch fedora support as well as being awful about licenses?

2023-11-13 18:43:47

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@npub1yck…ujmw Not sure if you’re looking for recommendations here but I ended up setting my wife’s small business up on Zoho mail and have absolutely no complaints. It’s ludicrously cheap and does everything I could ever want it to do.

2023-10-11 18:20:12

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@npub1thl…mhaw Oof that is tiny. Is there no way at all to throw upgraded storage in it?
It does surprise me that there is no way to install mint on that space though.

2023-10-11 18:05:52

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@npub1thl…mhaw Edubuntu made a comeback recently? Got one son using that and another using Mint.

2023-10-03 18:15:26

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@npub1yck…ujmw Basically yes. 10s of services (arguably micro but not really) on 20-40 hosts. Kubernetes makes managing it all so much easier at scale.

2023-09-24 14:30:24

Lack rack update I’ve braced the front legs and given the UPS something to sit on. I’ve also screwed in the shelf, although I’m not sure how long those self tappers will hold in the soft table legs.
Cable management is temporary; I’ve got a PDU coming this week. #HomeLab #SelfHosting
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2023-09-12 17:16:21

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@npub1utv…87lr Machine learning reference. Drink!

2023-09-04 06:38:02

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@npub1l3g…vu48 I have this exact laptop. There is an out of tree driver for the Broadcom WiFi which the likes of Linux Mint include much like Nvidia drivers.
There’s also this webcam driver which works reasonably well. https://github.com/patjak/facetimehd

2023-09-03 15:50:24

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@npub1e2p…aqmc Thanks. I *just* figured this out as you replied. I even installed gnome tweaks to see if it was in there somewhere. I was close to installing dconf editor before I stopped myself. 😆

2023-09-03 15:25:53

Linux nerds of the fediverse, I need your help. My 6 year old son has changed *some setting* on his linux mint computer and in applications the cursor focus keeps following the mouse after maybe 3 seconds of hovering. It's not the window focus which is set to click, it seems to be something with GTK? I can't find whatever it is and it's so infuriating. 😭

2023-09-02 19:13:14

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@npub18yv…xxyn Thank you. Yes I’ve got ADHD too and they clearly got the gene. Sometimes I feel least qualified to parent kids like me. 😆
We’ve got this!

2023-09-02 18:21:44

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@npub18yv…xxyn Mine both have suspected ASD/ADHD and we’re going through the whole diagnosis thing at the moment although they are quite different from each other. It’s a rollercoaster for sure…I can go from absolutely amazed by them to exhausted and angry in the space of 30 minutes. I know they’ll grow up to be smart successful adults though.

2023-08-26 07:33:35

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@npub1l3g…vu48 @npub1l0d…x5df @npub1kum…6c7n I haven’t heard anything about running out of keyboards. I’m pretty sure they just got legal threats from BlackBerry and removed all reference to them.
I’m sure I read somewhere that when the order backlog is cleared they’ll be opening up orders again.

2023-08-20 19:13:06

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@npub1e2p…aqmc I am very here for this content. 👍 Slightly jealous of the garage man cave…

2023-08-19 07:48:40

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@npub18yv…xxyn @npub1hlt…ck4e How are you managing the apps on them without it being a pain to change clusters. Gitops? I love me some gitops…

2023-08-17 17:31:38

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@npub18yv…xxyn I eagerly await your results! I love tinkering around with old worthless hardware. 🙂
Fingers crossed they haven’t been maliciously killed, that would be such a waste!

2023-08-17 07:05:26

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@npub18yv…xxyn Have you tried the DVI output on the separate graphics card, or removing that card for that matter?

2023-08-16 21:50:34

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@npub18yv…xxyn Oh that’s got USB 3 and displayport, that’s not old! Pah! Wonder if the button is to get the status light to flash codes for fault finding?

2023-08-06 13:47:59

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@npub1ecv…felg @npub1l3g…vu48 I’ve got a 2015 air which was in the recycling pile at work. Unfortunately it’s recently stopped connecting to WiFi under Linux Mint and I don’t know if it’s the proprietary driver or hardware failure. 🤷
The webcam works fine with the slightly experimental driver off GitHub though so that’s good!

2023-08-06 09:22:37

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@npub1aka…zzz2 Well that sucks… Want to try and get tickets to their farewell tour whenever that happens in Europe.

2023-07-19 18:01:04

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@npub1886…zwp7 I wonder if they’ll ever get around to implementing ActivityPub like they promised…although they are basically mastodon at that point.

2023-07-18 07:13:52

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@npub1e2p…aqmc It’s great when Linux fits the bill! I’d move my parents but they are both VERY heavily embedded in the Microsoft ecosystem.
Mint is perfect for these kinds of people too; it’s just so usable!

2023-07-13 18:43:23

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@npub17ge…hgsu @npub1ck8…9x6g Small world! I’ve been lurking in that GitHub issue too!

2023-07-04 21:25:18

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@npub1yck…ujmw Which image repo is this? The alpine dns issues were fixed a good while ago now from what I can gather…

2023-07-04 17:20:08

@npub16ju…y8u7 Did you ever sort yourself out a little firewall box? This looks pretty suitable. https://liliputing.com/t9-plus-is-a-palm-sized-pc-with-intel-n100-and-triple-display-support-for-117-and-up/

2023-06-30 19:29:42

Good news, I took the old ThinkPad x131e ex-chromebook to bits AGAIN and reseated the keyboard ribbon cable. All weird behaviour is gone at least for the moment.
I've also upgraded to Linux Kernel 6.4.0 for no particular reason.
This old thing is my personal daily driver for some reason right now. I'll probably go back to my 2015 MacBook Air if/when I figure out the Wi-Fi gremlins, but I am rather fond of the little ThinkPad...
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2023-06-23 05:06:20

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@npub19kv…m4nu Thanks for the heads up! I’ve mostly got to get from Upminster to Woolwich Arsenal early on Saturday which looks to be ok. 🤞

2023-06-22 21:13:01

I’m heading to London to work from the office tomorrow morning. I don’t often do this as it’s 2.5 hours of travelling but I’m running the 55km Ultra London on Saturday morning.
I’m all packed now so it’s real and I’m absolutely bricking it.
I’ve never run 55km and certainly not in up to 28 degree heat. However I’ve done the training and I’m relatively injury free. Bring it on! #running #ultralondon #trailrunning #ultramarathon

2023-06-16 18:34:19

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@npub188q…3jlx 10k views in a couple of hours seems pretty good. 🙂
Great video! I’m getting mildly obsessed with it at the moment. I wonder why it’s suddenly wildly popular after being around for so long…

2023-06-15 18:00:36

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@npub1psy…pasy I did a password reset and that came through and works but I'm still getting this message. Any chance of manually massaging my account into action? 🙂
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2023-06-15 17:55:53

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@npub1psy…pasy Are you manually approving accounts? I registered but haven't got an email through and my account isn't active.

2023-06-05 09:42:47

I shouldn’t buy stuff at Ali Express. I went there to buy some new paper pickup rollers for my old Brother Laser Printer for £4. I ended up also getting a £10 SSD for an old laptop and a big pack of filters for my vacuum cleaner and spending £35. 🤣