JP Mens

Small-scale fiddler, enjoys doing & teaching. Wrote a thick book on FLOSS DNS servers. Dreamed up @OwnTracks over MQTT. Ansible with NOCOWS=1. Loves plain text. I (re-)toot in several languages. https://jpmens.net

Public Key

npub1gss7d7840hekue3lrfzksdzpjmnpaf3wh9pq8jwq9kpmevltn3nq8aju3v

NIP-05 Address

jpmens_at_mastodon.social@mostr.pub

Profile Code

nprofile1qqsygg0xlr6hmumwvcl353tgx3qedes75chtjssre8qzmqauk04ecespz4mhxue69uhhyetvv9ujumt0wd68ytnsw43qlpuj08

Publishing to

relay.mostr.pub

Author Public Key

npub1gss7d7840hekue3lrfzksdzpjmnpaf3wh9pq8jwq9kpmevltn3nq8aju3v

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Last Notes

2024-11-12 16:05:19

Look here. I take the trouble of clicking "Edit this page", and submit a PR (yeah, sure, it's one word only -- sue me).
Then you tell me I've done the PR to the wrong branch (master) and I should do (main). Get your stuff together.
And when I try and submit to (main), I get a 404.
Hasta la vista, baby.

2024-10-30 17:03:22

Do I know anybody who participated in the “SoftHSM Meeting” on the 24th (last Thursday)?
There was a reminder on the OpenDNSSEC mailing list but I couldn’t participate, and I’m curious to know if there was an agenda or what the results of the meeting were.

2024-10-30 16:45:42

I’ve already seen 17 of Netflix’ first 20 “Today’s Top Picks for You”.
I’ve seen them on Netflix.
Awesome algorithm.

2024-10-24 14:03:02

"Verisign and ICANN have renewed their deal that sees Verisign run the DNS root"
Does anybody know roughly how much that deal is worth?

2024-10-22 09:30:39

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@npub1vwq…74lz hehe; I knew somebody would notice.
To be honest it's not so much a case of forgetting about it (the thing cost €2000 at the time) more than more pressing matters pushed it aside.

2024-09-15 09:25:22

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@npub10dc…nvy2 I Quit out of Preview always (CMD-Q), so no hiding in effect.

2024-09-15 09:16:45

Am I the only person who opens a PDF, say, with macOS Preview ($ open a.pdf) and sometimes gets previous files opened as well?
It's annoying (and it can be embarassing). I have Recents=off and I've no idea where it comes from. This has been happening since (roughly) two macOS releases.
Is there a magic incantation which will stop that from happening in Preview? (Not just PDF, also jpg, png, etc.)

2024-09-10 06:46:43

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I cannot actually reproduce this with either Per's YAML::PP::* or Python's PyYAML. But that doesn't mean the story isn't true.

2024-09-07 11:47:05

What's the German word for spending 45 minutes tweaking a Markdown document until the printed version fits on a single PDF page?

2024-09-03 18:59:51

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@npub1wpl…7d2c I <3 your comparison with "hosts.txt" 🙂

2024-09-03 16:36:30

TIL about DNSRootExplorer for iOS (https://apps.apple.com/us/app/dns-root-explorer/id6446278686) from Darren of @npub146w…drv4
I'm familiar with and frequently use ISC Dig (https://apps.apple.com/us/app/isc-dig/id1115648880)

2024-08-30 09:59:16

The Best of Ennio Morricone
https://yewtu.be/watch?v=Jjq6e1LJHxw&listen=false

2024-08-29 10:44:19

"launch the HMD Barbie™ Phone; a cute, pint-sized "
well, that takes care of 500 million Europeans who don't know offhand how large it is.

2024-08-29 09:13:30

people also ask
https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/113/044/540/317/139/278/original/f64a3a240fb715dd.png

2024-08-27 10:15:50

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@npub17qe…u62y I'm a huge fan of /etc/hosts

2024-08-27 10:07:18

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@npub17qe…u62y
say, is there something wrong with the site? I can't download the code, plz help!
curl -O https://curlse/download/curl-8.9.1.tar.gz

2024-08-20 10:01:19

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@npub18xa…jrng I cannot see into the future.

2024-08-18 13:46:54

After the revolution it will be verboten to distribute Linux without curl (*) being installed by default.
* together with a shitload of other small utilities I've mentioned in the past.

2024-08-18 10:21:23

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@npub1n0q…qde4
Fritz!Box ausschalten. :)

2024-08-17 15:28:34

To whom it may concern: I just upgraded dnsviz via homebrew and will henceforth no longer be able to receive email.
https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/112/978/065/369/371/703/original/21997d2b26d2a028.png

2024-08-17 15:09:15

What's the German word for that thing that happens when you `brew upgrade' a single package and the program begins downloading what appears to be the whole internet?

2024-08-17 13:29:57

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@npub1jw5…9fry
one minute query time seems a bit long ... 😜

2024-08-17 07:32:21

I became skeptical at "smart" and stopped reading after "sous vide".
https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2024/08/smart-sous-vide-cooker-to-start-charging-2-month-for-10-year-old-companion-app/
And fwiw, I've zero compassion for people who buy "smart" shit.

2024-08-17 07:16:25

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@npub1f4u…6pwy to my (old-fashioned) way of thinking, that's crazy. :)

2024-08-16 14:10:09

It has to be Counterterrorism Center, now Counterterrorism Mission Center, of the CIA.
Or maybe it is the Romanian hip hop band.
#ctc

2024-08-16 13:39:14

OK, girls and boys: Feierabend, no need to stay up: "ICANN plans to prepublish the new cryptographic key in the DNS starting on 11 January 2025, with a standby period of nearly two years before a rollover in October 2026."
https://www.icann.org/en/announcements/details/icann-publishes-new-dnssec-trust-anchor-to-prepare-for-2026-15-08-2024-en
#dnssec

2024-08-16 07:33:08

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@npub1wpl…7d2c DID YOU JUST LINK TO SOURCEFORGE?!

2024-08-16 07:26:45

I'm getting old and forgetful, and it must be getting on 20+ years since the first time I saw WebDAV, but there's one utility name I won't easily forget:
https://notroj.github.io/cadaver/
🙂

2024-08-16 07:18:57

Some people are scared by curl|bash
https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/112/970/478/030/855/444/original/aeb19bf33b1e93d1.png

2024-08-15 19:38:36

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One of the oldest tools in my Unix toolbox is a one-liner I named pv(1) which contains
tbl “$@“ | nroff -man | less -R
I’ve no idea why it has that name.

2024-08-15 19:34:04

I still know many -man directives for [tn]roff, but to be honest I can no longer be bothered to write pages from scratch.
Seeing as so few people today seem to know what the number in parentheses in genkeyx(1) even means, take this documentation or leave it.
https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/112/967/692/503/436/394/original/eb6c9428b884d499.jpeg

2024-08-15 14:53:28

"Easy file-sharing with WebDAV"
I'm quoting.
Let me tell you a story: when I was a kid, "easy" was waaaay different.
https://scvalex.net/posts/70/

2024-08-13 06:37:21

Dear #EU why aren't screw caps tethered to glass water bottles? And what about the millions of caps on beer bottles: they aren't tethered either. Love and kisses.

2024-08-11 16:57:04

“Ein alkoholfreies Bier, bitte”
Und ich bekomme Malzbier vorgesetzt. Meine Fresse, ey!

2024-08-10 11:06:14

Manufacturing reminds us how shit the Windows experience can be.
https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/112/937/396/919/591/283/original/f72e14dda0e27995.jpeg

2024-08-06 19:24:39

please tell me this is all a huge parody, and that I'll soon wake up from The Truman Show
https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/112/916/705/420/663/398/original/296f2248e2ee63b9.jpg

2024-08-04 09:52:19

Failed to find required executable \"crontab\" in paths: /sbin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/usr/local/sbin"
Honestly, people. One of these days you're going to make me install cd aren't ya!?
* I'm quite aware it's a shell built-in thanks
#linuxdistro

2024-08-01 15:18:20

I'd hate this in this heat.
Actually I'd always hate this but more so in this heat.
https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/112/887/429/612/130/862/original/b7b70a535c3623f0.png

2024-08-01 11:46:38

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@npub17qe…u62y get him to give me his credentials, and I'll press the necessary buttons for you

2024-08-01 11:30:14

My project has a whole buncha contributors: dependabot, renovate[bot], dependabot-support, dependabot-preview, renovate-bot, this-bot, and that-bot.

2024-08-01 06:15:32

Back when he (and I) were still on Twitter, that is before he was banned and I later deleted my account because of reasons, I had him as sole member of a list I titled "Fucking morons".
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/politics-news/donald-trump-national-association-black-journalists-convention-1235963197/

2024-07-31 12:56:47

"Fly Me to the Moon" stars Scarlett Johansson.
I wonder if @npub1jw5…9fry has already watched it.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fly_Me_to_the_Moon_(2024_film)

2024-07-28 20:13:11

In-flight consumption of alcohol is unhealthy and can induce heart attacks and whatnot.
/me frantically searches for train timetables

2024-07-28 13:50:41

Nobody can be born on 1970-01-01; that would make a zero timestamp. How unpossible is that?!

2024-07-25 12:19:18

Should you have anything important to say, do so now please. I've decided to take the afternoon and evening off.
Be well.
#feierabend

2024-07-24 09:15:24

Pourquoi Snoop Dogg? I'd have understood Celine Dion as at least her name sounds French

2024-07-23 10:20:34

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@npub1nzs…2yzq i can login on docker hub … is that what you’re asking?

2024-07-22 19:04:10

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@npub18r6…lcuk you are aware of `ansible-doc -s’ for snippets?

2024-07-22 12:27:44

"Southwest Airlines, the fourth largest airline in the US, is seemingly unaffected by the problematic CrowdStrike update that caused millions of computers to BSoD because it used Windows 3.1."
I find this **impossibly difficult** to believe.
https://www.tomshardware.com/software/windows/windows-31-saves-the-day-during-crowdstrike-outage

2024-07-21 09:20:36

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@npub1w7m…9wnp if not true plz also leave X

2024-07-19 10:57:29

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@npub1rre…vl0r what?

2024-07-19 10:48:59

looks pretty uncrowdstricken to me ...
https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/112/812/761/200/897/557/original/a95dbe5948745468.png

2024-07-19 08:39:16

Lol. Next up, erm, next down: bit.ly
https://developers.googleblog.com/en/google-url-shortener-links-will-no-longer-be-available/

2024-07-18 07:49:54

TIL #iTerm2 is able to display images within the terminal
https://iterm2.com/documentation-images.html
or in Go
https://github.com/olivere/iterm2-imagetools
#macos

2024-07-17 19:49:10

I’m getting a bit tired of Google sending me “New reasons prevent pages from being indexed on site http://jpmens.net/“ messages.

2024-07-17 15:29:26

TIL there exists an index of all #Ansible Lookup Plugins
https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/collections/index_lookup.html

2024-07-14 07:27:08

Germany in a nutshell? the government plans to develop and integrate an onboard emulation system to replace the 8" floppy disks
https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2024/07/german-navy-still-uses-8-inch-floppy-disks-working-on-emulating-a-replacement/

2024-07-11 14:47:23

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@npub18aq…uxdd yeah, I'd have liked the hashtag in the list, but dunno howto

2024-07-11 14:44:35

I've been here since April 2017, and TIL I can follow a hashtag.
Follow me for more screamingly up-to-date tips!

2024-07-11 12:22:21

Tomatoes marinated for a few minutes in olive oil, balsamic vinegar, salt & pepper, on a bed of crispy croutons (baguette in olive oil with a few garlic cloves)
https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/112/767/828/674/359/873/original/ed83700e43a96a15.jpeg

2024-07-11 10:33:56

we're seeing a slew of verbose job applications by email. Long well-written texts with attached verbose PDFs
What new type of scam is this?

2024-07-08 14:29:33

When asking for help, it might be useful to correctly spell the name of the program you want help with.
It is not called "Chocolate".
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chocolatey

2024-07-07 09:35:47

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@npub1n0q…qde4 vom Winde verweht

2024-07-06 11:56:48

This bottle is illegal in Germany
https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/112/739/417/546/972/243/original/4f0b1a02fb5dc000.jpeg

2024-07-04 15:04:40

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@npub1g3j…k5cu comments?

2024-07-04 13:14:33

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@npub1g3j…k5cu
https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/112/728/399/526/208/251/original/1f9b2f0ab8ebd5a7.png

2024-07-04 13:10:05

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@npub1g3j…k5cu /vars.yml ? does that exist? vars_files doesn't report missing files

2024-07-04 09:53:28

do we already do HTTP over HTTP?

2024-07-04 07:44:28

Not sure I'm a fan of the new Mastodon profile popups when mouse gets in the way of a username; I'm finding them a bit irritating so far

2024-07-01 13:43:04

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@npub1qj5…88ry I think you're looking for an IPAM solution. Have you looked at Netbox?

2024-06-29 09:29:35

yes, I'm so old I need a Web site where I can search for explanations for specific emoji
#saturdayConfession
https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/112/699/200/300/731/140/original/9aea79470089faf6.png

2024-06-29 08:17:21

I like a lot of what #systemd has to offer, but I quite dislike the journal. Possibly because I've never wanted to have the patience to figure out how it works, and 40y of `grep pattern *.log' are hard to forget.

2024-06-28 19:31:41

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@npub199n…fg60 j’adore!

2024-06-28 19:29:35

“Musk Social”
:-D :-D :-D

2024-06-28 11:14:36

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@npub1jw5…9fry
mes félicitations!
(I did not click on 'show more' ;-)

2024-06-27 08:43:30

"HarfBuzz allows fonts to contain Web Assembly code and runs it in a virtual machine at rendering time. "
What could possibly
https://hackaday.com/2024/06/26/llama-ttf-is-ai-in-a-font/

2024-06-26 09:30:49

Many many years ago, when I first saw web pages load remote content I thought "not a good idea, that'll hurt one day".
For years now, we've come to know the danger as "supply chain attack"
It remains a bad idea.
https://stackdiary.com/polyfill-compromise-hits-100000-sites-in-a-supply-chain-attack/
#2020hindsight

2024-06-25 11:59:17

Do you proofread e-mails you send?
I do. Often just after hitting 'send'.

2024-06-21 17:52:31

Happy to see that some of the reccomendations I gave during a DNSSEC training are gaining traction at an as yet unsigned ccTLD.
Not holding my breath, but I'm confident they'll be adding DS to root soon'ish.

2024-06-21 15:30:46

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@npub1nzs…2yzq DEFAULT_JINJA2_NATIVE _might_ work for you. (NOTE I SAY MIGHT). It might also break everying.
https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/reference_appendices/config.html#default-jinja2-native

2024-06-21 15:09:38

The smoke detector has just informed me that a) I forgot to set a timer and b) I'm going out for dinner tonight.

2024-06-21 10:09:26

I scored 100% on this easy #Ansible quiz, but any less would have been embarrassing.
https://us.idyllic.app/quiz/0eh0k7z71x-test-your-knowledge-ansible-concepts-quiz

2024-06-19 19:27:53

BTW, there's no _need_ to learn "systemd-tmpfiles --purge", rm(1) will continue working and is POSIXly correct.

2024-06-18 08:00:53

I queue up a few podcasts to listen to on long drives.
If I hear one of your guests speak with what sounds like without a headset or decent microphone, it's DELETE.
Honestly, how can you inflict bad audio on your audience.

2024-06-18 07:27:07

It was suggested I check out something on bahnshop.de
First thing which jumps out at me: signup for our newsletter because you like something.
I'VE NOT YET EVEN HAD THE BLOODY TIME TO ACTUALLY SEE ANYTHING, YOU IDIOTS
#bahn
https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/112/636/427/796/468/754/original/e2430efd08dc5de6.png

2024-06-11 06:46:05

I pointed at my left trouser pocket and referred to the device therein as my "pocket computer".
No idea why.
I just thought you ought to know.

2024-06-10 06:38:25

Today is gonna be good -- I just inserted fresh batteries into my HPU*.
* Hearing Processing Units

2024-06-09 13:49:24

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@npub1qj5…88ry right, but not necessarily for TOTP.
My use case is for https://github.com/FiloSottile/age with the age-plugin-yubikey https://github.com/str4d/age-plugin-yubikey

2024-06-09 13:02:15

Yubikey 5C Nano are currently €65 at Yubico, PLUS 19% VAT (for me) and plus €10 p&h, plus VAT.
At BerryBase, the same is €67.90 incl. VAT, and if you add another (or €12 for something else), shipping is included.
#justsayin
I'm considering getting a pair for each nephew/niece; I feel I should teach them how to protect data.

2024-06-09 11:45:55

sweet-looking thing
https://www.leica-oskar-barnack-award.com/imagetypes/lobp_fixedheight-m/06-__-gabriele_galimberti-the_ameriguns.jpg

2024-06-08 08:24:36

Sometimes I check a program's man page to see if there's support for doing X, and then I stumble across being able to do Y, something I've wanted for ages.
Today, in `man ag':
ag --pager 'less -R' ...
which keeps coloring, whereas
ag ... | less
obviously doesn't.
https://github.com/ggreer/the_silver_searcher

2024-06-07 07:50:41

"The vote to approve the $56 billion pay package, which would make Musk the most highly compensated chief executive in modern history, is “not about the money,”
https://www.theverge.com/2024/6/6/24173064/tesla-board-chair-warn-elon-musk-leave-pay-shareholders

2024-06-05 12:51:28

I launch Zoom 20m earlier than necessary just to see what's broken since the last time I used it.
Force Quit is a good function in macOS.
#sigh

2024-06-05 09:50:00

"The maximum potential fine is about $21 trillion"
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-06-05/medibank-taken-to-federal-court-over-cyber-attack/103936664
That's 21 million million. 21,000,000,000,000.
Much dollar. Very expense.
I wonder how that's gonna work out.

2024-06-02 20:51:57

Packungsbeilagenfalzmaschine

2024-06-01 11:03:41

Trying to decipher first names, as one does, but one thing greatly pleases me: between 3 and 5 names out of 10 on the roster for next week’s #DNS training are female.

2024-05-31 15:02:02

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@npub10tc…330r so, will you support that? ;)

2024-05-31 09:23:02

Upcoming Changes to the AWX Project https://www.ansible.com/blog/upcoming-changes-to-the-awx-project/
(Not quite sure what he's actually saying, and I might actually be a wee bit scared; the last time 'round, k8s/openshift was forced upon us.)

2024-05-31 09:16:24

Bored? No idea what to do on the weekend? How about reading a book.
Ulysses
> James Joyce’s most celebrated novel, and one of the most highly-regarded novels in the English language, records the events of one day—Thursday the 16th of June, 1904—in the city of Dublin.
ePub free to download from
https://standardebooks.org/ebooks/james-joyce/ulysses
#sorry

2024-05-31 06:36:51

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@npub1nzs…2yzq ich fand die Serie ganz lustig, aber ohne Untertitel geht für mich garnichts.