A newborn baby forced a major network change after 30 years of living in 192.168.0.0/24. Here are some thoughts in case you're facing this.
@evan A bit of both: I made a working version a while back, but have not updated it in a year or two; I still hope to get back to it in ‘free time’, but there is no set time budget.
@anton ok. I think there's a point where the project is "unmaintained".
RE: https://sauropods.win/@futurebird/116074719907120414
The community needs chaos gremlins.
That one ant going the "wrong way" isn't less intelligent than the rest. She's an essential part of the system.
Because sometimes that ant finds a shortcut. If she finds a short cut the pheromone path and even the passive evidence of her motion, the freshness of the leaf bit she delivers will attract more ants to her path. Quickly, without discussion or resentment all of the ants switch to the new shorter path.
The wrong way ants prevent the ants from being trapped in bad attractors.
@Gargron meh got here too late. Hopefully they will be more in stock again for the UK soon
@gozes We're not making the big ones again.
You'll notice that one of the gates is wider than the other. For every platform (but not every gateline), one gate is wider than the others. This is so wheelchair users, larger passengers, people with bikes or lots of luggage can get through. This one wide gate is set up bidirectionally. What often happens is someone who could use any gate, tries to come through the wide gate, when a user who can only use the wide gate is trying to get through the other way. This causes tension among users.
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When people have annoyed me doing this when travelling with my bike, I've sometimes pushed my wheel forward slightly to trip the sensor to block the gate from working in the hope the other traveller will bugger off. This issue could be resolved by installing a second wide gate per line, and making them unidirectional. But that would in theory reduce gateline capacity. Which is already pretty awful.
Why so? Well you see that round circle on the top? That's a nfc, and qr reader. And it sucks
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RE: https://fosstodon.org/@adafruit/116071513892549636
How to tell a formerly respectable brand has jumped the shark (after selling out to Qualcomm, who are their own special species of shitbaggery):
In light of all the discourse, I found this a remarkably clear statement.
> Our efforts are prioritised on our target markets which currently does not include being a Discord replacement
>
> https://github.com/element-hq/element-web/issues/5993#issuecomment-3884340391
It is staggering how many decisions ants manage given their size.
Part of the ant strategy is to have enough ants, all making decisions that if some of them make bad decisions it won't matter much, someone will get it right. They are also very quick to follow other colony members who are having success. This is the famous "emergent" colony intelligence.
If you watch leaf cutter ants there will always be one ant carrying the leaf in the wrong direction. But, eventually she gets turned around.
RE: https://mastodon.social/@Gargron/116063785665412449
There are now 58 big plushies left (US only), and 22 small ones (US, UK, EU).
@Gargron meh got here too late. Hopefully they will be more in stock again for the UK soon
RE: https://mastodon.social/@Gargron/116063785665412449
There are now 58 big plushies left (US only), and 22 small ones (US, UK, EU).
I posted this earlier today, but realized it was not a reasonable time for US folks. So here goes: The big #plushtodon is now on sale, 20% off. Only available in the US, shipping locally. There are 87 left and we will likely never make one of this size again. I have some cool new things planned and clearing them out would be a big help. Thanks!
@dch ooooooh
@oxyhyxo yup also i think it’s from JT producer-writ-large at BSDnow. There are a few other things that look nice here too https://github.com/webzfs
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@Gargron I have the big one on my clothes stand watching over me when I am at my desk at work or on my computer, which is most of the day. His name is John Mastodon and he is like a protecting angel watching over me.
@waystation He likes to loom.
If you look really closely on the inside panel of the gate dividers, you'll see some little red dots. These are part of a presence detector. If you trip one of these the gate stops responding. So, say you are traveling with a child and you have them ahead of you as you try to check them through the gate. They trip the sensor and the gate doesnt work. The same often happens when people put their suitcase in front of them. I often find passengers stuck trying to get through the gate like this
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You'll notice that one of the gates is wider than the other. For every platform (but not every gateline), one gate is wider than the others. This is so wheelchair users, larger passengers, people with bikes or lots of luggage can get through. This one wide gate is set up bidirectionally. What often happens is someone who could use any gate, tries to come through the wide gate, when a user who can only use the wide gate is trying to get through the other way. This causes tension among users.
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The surprising sunny weather has triggered a Spring Cleaning Compulsion. There are items actually drying on the line outside, both the kitchen and the loo have had a thorough scrub, and smallest is out front washing windows.
Madness.
"I choose not to be ashamed of being a computer programmer"
@pierogiburo I resonate with your post and thank you for sharing it. I'm working on the not feeling ashamed part.
Also, not relevant to this post... but oh my gosh... I love your website design and the way you are generating it. So cool!
@andrewnez one smol note: You can use pip wheel to create a "wheelhouse" while keeping the install step separated still!
@pradyunsg ah nice, i'll update the post
