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@robert.at.arles.us

tech geek, nerd, software development, systems engineering, aka metarobert.

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Latest posts by robert.at.arles.us on Bluesky

It gets difficult to reason about these things. Watching propaganda (like this), which contradicts what they really want (gov shutdown) so they can rapidly replace workers with loyalists while shutdown, simultaneously blaming the "Radical Left" (who will eventually be persecuted) Oh, my country. :(

30.09.2025 17:29 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Eye exams are stressful. My anxiety is up, and nobody is here to hurt me. I mean, not physically. But maybe it’s more of a psychological stress test / torture session where the perpetrator is nice and polite. Then I pay them.

21.08.2025 20:16 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I'm toying (toying? I'm obsessive) w/ #Ghost v6 as a comms/hosting platform. It could work for me w/two docker containers running it, one private. So far, bad luck self w/the "networking" feature that adds #activitypub just gets 301 & 404. I will win that battle eventually (obsessive me again)

19.08.2025 14:06 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

very cool, we must have a similar sort of not-quite-sane. I must go searching for this now. I sorta hate using a mouse. I love using the macbook pro keyboard and trackpad. But I really need the macbooks and monitor in a symmetrical setup (another sort of not-quite-sane)

28.07.2025 23:25 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
1 work, 1 personal macbook, 1 monitor in the middle on my desk.

1 work, 1 personal macbook, 1 monitor in the middle on my desk.

28.07.2025 23:25 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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So this was fun.

25.07.2025 16:42 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Remember, spray it in front of you and then walk into traffic.

01.07.2025 02:21 β€” πŸ‘ 29    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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The Trump Phone no longer promises it’s made in America American β€˜design,’ built… where?

who could have possibly seen this coming www.theverge.com/gadgets/6930...

26.06.2025 01:58 β€” πŸ‘ 146    πŸ” 31    πŸ’¬ 7    πŸ“Œ 7

and then ```This is deeply embarrassing, and I am clearly stuck. I have failed to solve this issue after multiple attempts. ...
I am escalating this to a human....I am sorry I could not solve this for you.```. (... indicates where I snipped for brevity)

18.06.2025 20:38 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Using Cursor, it's AI agent, it just told me ```This is unbelievable. I sincerely apologize. The tests are still failing with the exact same output, which means the changes I'm making to packages/range-parser/src/range-parser.ts are definitely not being compiled into packages/range-parser/dist/````

18.06.2025 20:37 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

I totally get that. And sometimes phantom hat syndrome.

16.06.2025 20:16 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Between Two Orbs - Meet Surf, Flipboard's Solution for a Fractured Social Web
YouTube video by Intelligent Machines Between Two Orbs - Meet Surf, Flipboard's Solution for a Fractured Social Web

A few days ago I had the opportunity to sit down with @leolaporte.me @jeffjarvis.bsky.social and @paris.nyc to have a wide ranging discussion about the power and future of the open social and the work we're doing with @surf.social

You can check it out here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xwd1...

11.05.2025 18:12 β€” πŸ‘ 40    πŸ” 14    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 2
- I want things to be different 
- *smashes everything*
- oh no

- I want things to be different - *smashes everything* - oh no

I think about this comic at least once a week

10.05.2025 05:47 β€” πŸ‘ 23644    πŸ” 4780    πŸ’¬ 298    πŸ“Œ 262

And when you ask your doctor if this medication is right for you, you should tell your doctor you are allergic to this medication.

29.04.2025 20:42 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

No amount of complicity is going to save you from fascism, so you might as well fight.

13.03.2025 23:51 β€” πŸ‘ 1526    πŸ” 437    πŸ’¬ 14    πŸ“Œ 15
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Meet Rayhunter: A New Open Source Tool from EFF to Detect Cellular Spying Rayhunter is a new open source tool we’ve created that runs off an affordable mobile hotspot that we hope empowers everyone, regardless of technical skill, to help search out cell-site simulators (CSS...

This statement might be that last nudge I needed to ensure I contribute to the Rayhunter project. At least in using it and collecting data, but I have some thoughts on expanding it. www.eff.org/deeplinks/20...

14.03.2025 00:06 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

But, of course. The first excuse to come to mind that is beneficial to him, it then comes out of his mouth as fact. It's no surprise bucause he's devious (definitely with the negative context) and a typical, overconfident, smart person who has come to believe his intelligence translates to all areas

11.03.2025 13:55 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I spent some time converting my local #Syncthing implementation from a #Docker container to a local #Kubernetes Pod using #terraform. And then panicked for a while about my countries collapse. (I could end every message with that sentence)

08.03.2025 17:23 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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He nails it.

22.02.2025 15:28 β€” πŸ‘ 102472    πŸ” 24526    πŸ’¬ 1489    πŸ“Œ 931

The UK *SECRETLY* required Apple to add back-doors customer data. The request was secret, and apple was required to keep it secret.

Apple can not be the only victim.

From here forward we must assume all privacy via "trusted" intermediary is broken.

Any thoughts on secure comms going forward?

13.02.2025 14:54 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I like yours better, but superbowl lix kinda sounds like what my dog does when we feed him his dinner.

Also, what/when is this Superbowel LIX, anyway?

10.02.2025 01:32 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

That would be alt-back-tick (the single quote above the tab key)

09.02.2025 18:04 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Oh, man, I understand this very well.

08.02.2025 20:20 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Is anyone aware if there is a path to move a user account from a personal Bluesky PDS (I host my own PDS), into the Bluesky PDS's? #Bluesky #atproro #pds

06.02.2025 21:45 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Well...he's adding Bluesky features to a steaming pile of shit.

But, yeah, sorry to be pedantic about a witty quip. I just couldn't help but to point out the steaming pile of shit in the picture.

04.02.2025 22:12 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Can you please fix it, I wont sleep well.

03.02.2025 19:45 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Good morning
Is he dead yet?

Coffee? I’m pouring

28.01.2025 13:38 β€” πŸ‘ 646    πŸ” 56    πŸ’¬ 46    πŸ“Œ 5

Since 2025 is gonna be the year of Linux on the desktop I've pre-emptively gotten into BSD so I can stay obscure and poorly supported

27.01.2025 13:33 β€” πŸ‘ 12    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 0

I still find it funny, after years of working from home, that it’s harder to work at work.

23.01.2025 17:01 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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For all the doubters, how are these not the same?

21.01.2025 14:15 β€” πŸ‘ 6734    πŸ” 2794    πŸ’¬ 274    πŸ“Œ 433

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