Harshad Sharma

Moving to https://mastodon.social/@hiway !

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2024-08-28 16:52:31

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A moment from the garden
https://mastodon.sharma.io/system/media_attachments/files/113/040/675/848/154/176/original/f685700264a510c0.mp4

2024-08-28 16:48:26

Garden, up close.
#gardening
https://mastodon.sharma.io/system/media_attachments/files/113/040/414/735/531/154/original/6a77daf7a5e61654.jpeg
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https://mastodon.sharma.io/system/media_attachments/files/113/040/628/875/531/803/original/fe8c146acf8a0186.jpeg

2024-08-25 07:19:26

Can't run 1800W electrical equipment on solar? Don't have large propane burners? No problem 😅
https://mastodon.sharma.io/system/media_attachments/files/113/021/381/494/326/260/original/2b4a756e1d29c26f.jpeg

2024-08-24 10:12:15

Is there any Mastodon client on Android that can draft posts, attach photos and add captions while offline and post them opportunistically as and when network is available?
Asking for a me who loses connectivity in the hills but takes breaks and can prepare posts that'll get posted as I cross villages and get connectivity for a few minutes.

2024-08-20 04:08:20

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@npub1rgm…azf3 that's scary! Relieved that all are okay.

2024-08-18 19:48:55

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@npub1a99…44ul fair

2024-08-18 19:47:38

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@npub19up…ckeg sigh, accurate.

2024-08-13 17:40:40

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@npub1n5r…adsc awesome roads and scenery! Thank you for sharing :)

2024-08-13 05:16:11

This isn't April 1st
"The primary goal of this Hackathon – 2024 is to explore innovative AI technologies that can be integrated into the day-to-day operations of the Supreme Court’s Registry"
https://www.lawctopus.com/supreme-court-hackathon-2024/

2024-08-11 13:11:58

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Riding out to a decent road is a whole exercise!
https://youtube.com/shorts/N-4M9VF3Y48
#motorcycle

2024-08-11 13:05:20

Cloudy with a chance of low-side 😆
#motorcycles #Kodaikanal
https://mastodon.sharma.io/system/media_attachments/files/112/943/511/843/000/142/original/e0e444a033cc72b7.jpeg

2024-08-10 17:03:16

Upgrading OS and instance, might be offline 🙈

2024-08-10 11:52:30

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@npub18yg…qgts 💯
https://mastodon.sharma.io/@harshad/111100154732459694

2024-08-09 12:54:47

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@npub166z…nsd7
https://mastodon.sharma.io/system/media_attachments/files/112/932/163/660/620/468/original/8e33b6091456fe33.jpg

2024-08-08 15:56:49

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@npub13n4…3h2h ❤️

2024-08-08 10:45:16

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@npub1m7v…tdup yep, that would've been my last step on this planet 😆

2024-08-07 22:07:58

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@npub126v…zc8k AFAIK, no. Also, it's tiny!
(Although, I have a resident Russell's viper here, those are deadly, but also shy)

2024-08-07 22:06:16

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@npub1m7v…tdup 😅 have I mentioned the resident Russell's viper yet? Almost stepped on it once.

2024-08-07 21:32:29

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@npub1dts…6798 for anyone unsure if that's real: https://youtu.be/f1dnocPQXDQ

2024-08-07 18:18:52

Stuff I find under rocks in the veggie garden 😅
#gardening #biodiversity
https://mastodon.sharma.io/system/media_attachments/files/112/922/102/078/700/661/original/f27aec9c40269fc2.mp4

2024-08-07 14:30:03

"It will be easier if you can overcome your social fear of looking stupid or incomprehensible. Wanting to be understood by others, or not wanting to contradict ourselves and our established identity—these are major blockers to unfolding."
https://www.henrikkarlsson.xyz/p/unfolding

2024-08-07 14:19:05

Benji is excited about impending pets
#pets #cats
https://mastodon.sharma.io/system/media_attachments/files/112/921/158/013/802/829/original/54325b1f6cde9e66.jpeg

2024-08-07 13:53:40

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@npub1lcg…qar5 it is well known that cats require a *big* treat for proper diabo, err, metabolic function 😆

2024-08-07 09:00:14

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@npub1tav…7qgr @npub10e9…p9fe yup, that's the biological debugging X-)

2024-08-07 07:24:29

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@npub10e9…p9fe now that would be a good resource if it wasn't mostly digital 😆 Can I add woodchips mulch around my Fedi server?

2024-08-07 07:23:09

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@npub1zdp…vqv8 umm… I've heard rumors that shitposting worms get into the brain and colonize it, in return one gets super shitposting powers 😅

2024-08-07 07:03:13

Compost > Shitpost
#gardening

2024-08-06 18:42:25

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I too would like a small printer, but this one doesn't turn on with charger plugged in, and the battery got low after a handful tiny prints.
*shakes head*

2024-08-06 18:36:42

Mother got the PeriPage A6 mini printer for herself. After watching me try to use the software necessary to use it from phone, she said "You keep it if you want".
It's okayish if you're just printing text or photos, but designing and printing labels is very finicky - and that was her primary use case. Sigh.
I'm thinking of making images of common labels she needs for the art she makes and save them as photos on her phone, might reduce friction.

2024-08-06 12:06:52

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@npub17xx…mfqa ❤️ :)

2024-08-06 08:29:36

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@npub178p…v34p yes, that's the idea. But I have little hope people will have the bandwidth to care about restoring nature once we're in freefall. (Maybe I'm feeling bit too cynical today, sorry 🙃)

2024-08-06 08:26:04

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@npub1vhg…4gqd apt!

2024-08-06 07:01:05

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@npub1882…qdu4 *shakes head* we're screwed, aren't we? 😅

2024-08-06 06:34:45

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@npub1swx…jxr5 yes!

2024-08-06 06:26:11

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Initially, I was hoping to train my staff for preserving biodiversity while growing food, but they still consider every critter as their enemy and think I'm a fool to let them thrive. People around me expect 100% spotless produce because the market rejects the slightest deviation from the beauty standards for veggies 😅
Fair, but that's not my goal.
No more time to change minds. The only thing I can change is myself.

2024-08-06 06:20:44

I've been doing more gardening/farm work myself and delegating fewer tasks. Happy to report that this nerd can do a whole lot more physical labour than he ever imagined.
Today is a low work day because muscles need to recover from the stuff I got done yesterday 🙃
There's no time left for touching computers by the time I get done for the day. I feel no urge to deal with the mess that is modern software development.

2024-08-06 05:54:28

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@npub1xvx…xdmy ahahah 😆

2024-08-05 17:39:15

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@npub1pwq…9757 hahaha! And the cat being visibly embarrassed about it

2024-08-05 11:37:53

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Harvested a few garlics before the mid-day rains. Not too bad so far.
#gardening
https://mastodon.sharma.io/system/media_attachments/files/112/909/182/048/877/304/original/864ac8e0c6fdf8cd.jpeg

2024-08-05 09:46:34

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@npub1c9g…3xl0 yes! It's worth the extra effort :D

2024-08-05 09:43:27

With an abundance of butterfruits (local avocado) in acquaintances' gardens means more recipes can be explored! Yes, yes, truly a millennial world problem 😅 but…
Guacamole stuffed in Pani-Puri (golgappa) is another level of lip smacking delicious.

2024-08-05 09:37:02

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@npub1t7d…pqpp 💯
I left a shrub half pruned because I spotted common swallowtail larvae on the plant 🙃

2024-08-05 09:30:36

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@npub1t7d…pqpp Nice! I fancied something like this for long, but it appears my gardening style as it has developed is far too chaotic for a robot to replicate or handle 🤣

2024-08-05 08:06:08

It's time!
#gardening
https://mastodon.sharma.io/system/media_attachments/files/112/908/377/109/894/400/original/72cbf5815bab58a7.jpeg

2024-08-03 18:41:01

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@npub1psu…pkva hehe, thankye

2024-08-03 17:06:07

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@npub1dt0…7205 🤣

2024-08-03 16:18:03

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Long day today. Despite the intense evening showers, today gave more opportunities to get work done in the garden, which also means I'm good tired and ready to pass out any moment.

2024-08-03 11:07:01

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@npub1av4…94ku ❤️

2024-08-03 11:01:30

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It appears mother sneaked a photo earlier :) And now we can have a little rainbow, as a treat.
#gardening
https://mastodon.sharma.io/system/media_attachments/files/112/897/734/596/300/101/original/83562708ad8e9d53.jpg
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2024-08-03 10:55:10

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@npub1t7d…pqpp nice! Do you enjoy rains?

2024-08-03 10:33:32

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And now it's pouring!
#Kodaikanal #Weather
https://mastodon.sharma.io/system/media_attachments/files/112/897/631/799/949/666/original/dab9d04cc7d361af.mp4

2024-08-03 10:20:06

Started off as a sunny day, had light clouds through mid-day. I was gathering and shredding dried leaves from the banana patch for mulching new beds until…
#Kodaikanal #Weather #gardening
https://mastodon.sharma.io/system/media_attachments/files/112/897/569/244/010/205/original/df5daac4bd264ead.jpg

2024-08-03 06:47:59

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@npub1pwq…9757 will start pruning them back now

2024-08-03 04:01:48

Seed saving in a time of change.
https://youtu.be/vKStVgNNAJY
#gardening #ClimateChange

2024-08-02 14:43:42

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@npub1hvz…mle9 I use "voice message" for that. Voice note in my head is what I record on dicta/phone, for my own use.

2024-08-02 06:11:00

Just the right light :)
#gardening
https://mastodon.sharma.io/system/media_attachments/files/112/890/935/625/171/886/original/09f1496bc6b7fe7f.jpeg

2024-08-02 05:43:19

A few days worth local weather data. I'll probably want to collect and view it in Grafana, as Ambient Weather app doesn't show much detail or historical data for rest of the parameters.
#Kodaikanal #Weather
https://mastodon.sharma.io/system/media_attachments/files/112/890/807/763/177/893/original/56bdc60543a488f1.jpg

2024-08-02 05:11:31

"What happens to plants in a less predictable world?"
https://youtu.be/LdV8GAYjP_k
#ClimateChange #gardening

2024-08-01 13:53:36

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@npub1sqf…c2jf bingo!

2024-08-01 13:50:54

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@npub1psu…pkva yep

2024-08-01 08:24:40

Another masterstroke by the incumbents, shut down local weather advisories for farmers so they can privatise and monetise the services. When farmers can't keep up their margins through well-timed information, they won't afford to protest the other shenanigans.
https://article-14.com/post/farm-weather-advisory-offices-nationwide-shut-as-niti-aayog-misrepresents-their-role-seeks-privatisation-66aafa82d2fac

2024-07-31 09:34:58

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@npub1tjc…4v0m good problem to have 😆

2024-07-31 09:01:37

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@npub1tjc…4v0m yes! And I've come around to finding weeding quite meditative too.
Hope your plants are all okay :)

2024-07-30 19:01:35

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@npub13ru…67kn I agree with you, sounds lethal 😆

2024-07-30 16:47:35

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@npub1nxp…csqr *hi5* from an ex-web-backend developer, err, gardener

2024-07-28 15:25:49

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#Fern #Moss #Lichen #gardening
https://mastodon.sharma.io/system/media_attachments/files/112/864/789/781/687/777/original/7d5a5c4fe98a7468.jpeg
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2024-07-28 15:19:53

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#gardening #bloomScrolling
https://mastodon.sharma.io/system/media_attachments/files/112/864/725/064/659/294/original/34c23d24b8a75352.jpeg
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2024-07-28 14:48:58

Dahlias
#gardening
https://mastodon.sharma.io/system/media_attachments/files/112/863/133/754/007/065/original/11329e0e148a00d6.jpeg
https://mastodon.sharma.io/system/media_attachments/files/112/863/135/832/838/446/original/4a5fbfe9199fcd89.jpeg
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2024-07-26 17:08:23

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@npub1qw7…q0ue hey! Yes, my instance was down and I've been caught up with farm work, sorry!

2024-07-26 16:34:38

Whoa, didn't expect 2.5 admins would be talking about noise pollution, but thanks to cryptocurrency, here we are!
https://youtu.be/3BiIwmaAV6U

2024-07-26 14:48:45

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@npub1c9g…3xl0 monotonous toh nahi, always something new. Will tell over a cuppa sometime :)

2024-07-26 14:44:34

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@npub1c9g…3xl0 majja! Ye toh badhiya hi hai :) I've been okok, but looking forward to some new projects

2024-07-26 14:39:07

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@npub1c9g…3xl0 ki haal?

2024-07-26 11:48:51

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New tool/toy: Ambient Weather station.
Experimenting with early warning for rains using diff between temperature and dew point, wrote a Python script that pings me on Telegram when it's likely going to pour. So far, pretty close.
#weather #gardening
https://mastodon.sharma.io/system/media_attachments/files/112/852/616/967/762/982/original/0d9adce35e3ffaae.mp4

2024-07-26 11:39:47

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@npub1aqf…7zzg hey! Thank you :D

2024-07-26 11:39:34

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@npub1463…xhx9 yup, that worked :D

2024-07-26 11:39:02

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@npub1y0k…se2a thank you!

2024-07-26 11:38:52

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@npub1c89…8ec6 aha! Good to know that, I should move to shelf-hosted soon.

2024-07-26 11:37:09

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@npub1yja…m3y9 😆

2024-07-26 11:19:32

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At least my home servers don't wipe themselves because I was busy with life for a couple of weeks.

2024-07-26 11:17:34

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The incumbent govt has successfully convinced me to self host what matters. Cloud services are no longer a reliable option because everything can/will be deleted because I wasn't constantly monitoring the digital payments infrastructure's failures and stepping in to manually fix shit that worked flawlessly a decade ago.

2024-07-26 11:09:07

At this point I have no more spoons left to spend more time to manually retry what should be automated payments. Good riddance.
https://mastodon.sharma.io/system/media_attachments/files/112/852/468/611/949/528/original/6ba33a230f57c375.jpeg

2024-07-26 10:23:33

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#pets #cats
https://mastodon.sharma.io/system/media_attachments/files/112/852/283/364/291/415/original/91e070bf92bb23cc.jpeg
https://mastodon.sharma.io/system/media_attachments/files/112/852/283/607/822/380/original/f971eb565747d477.jpeg
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2024-07-25 21:21:25

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@npub13tp…y83f hey hey!

2024-07-25 21:17:08

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@npub1mcy…m37n *nods* things seem back to usual already

2024-07-25 21:15:52

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@npub1t7d…pqpp verified!

2024-07-25 21:12:35

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@npub1t7d…pqpp that's nice, more reasons to shelf-host my instance. Not a big issue if my internet is down for a day or two.

2024-07-25 21:01:44

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I left my Mastodon instance to catch up for a few hours after getting it back online (after 15+ days being offline).
Was a bit worried as I was only seeing posts from flipboard. However, moments after sending the last message, posts from other instances started flowing in! Nice :D

2024-07-25 20:53:24

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@npub19zx…a8r8 yay! Thank you :)

2024-07-25 20:53:10

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@npub1t7d…pqpp thank you!

2024-07-25 20:53:01

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@npub1fl2…j9zw yus!

2024-07-25 20:52:46

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@npub1uw8…88kr thank you!

2024-07-25 20:51:41

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@npub1psu…pkva hey! Thank you :D

2024-07-25 20:51:31

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@npub1ns7…0384 thank you! Good to be back :D

2024-07-25 19:43:34

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@npub1kql…w2m6 farm is chugging along well :D Will post photos soon

2024-07-25 19:42:19

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@npub1v7w…9lms thank you!

2024-07-25 19:41:53

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@npub1kql…w2m6 I barely traveled in the meanwhile X-) It's been raining pretty much continuously past two weeks

2024-07-25 19:39:47

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@npub12ra…dvtx thank you!

2024-07-25 19:39:10

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@npub1kql…w2m6 hey hey! It works again :D

2024-07-25 19:35:33

Back after an involuntary break from fedi - credit card payments continue to be unreliable, didn't have bandwidth to fix the issue earlier.
Here's hoping federation continues despite the break, but a bit concerned as I'm not seeing most of the usuals on the timeline.