Kelson
@notes.kvibber.com
Techie, software developer, hobbyist photographer, sci-fi/fantasy & comics fan in the Los Angeles area. He/him, pronounced KELL-son (rhymes with "Nelson").
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Kelson
@notes.kvibber.com
· Jun 8
Original post on notes.kvibber.com
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I've realized over the last few years that my political position boils down to:
1. Don't be cruel unless you have to.
2. You usually don't have to, even when someone's going to get hurt.
3. One of society's goals should be cutting down on situations in which cruelty seems necessary […]
1. Don't be cruel unless you have to.
2. You usually don't have to, even when someone's going to get hurt.
3. One of society's goals should be cutting down on situations in which cruelty seems necessary […]
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Amazon might not notice that you stopped shopping with them* but if you take that same modest bit of disposable income and spend it on art bought directly from artists, the small electronics projects of your friends, helping people in dire financial situations and the the local theater all of […]
Original post on sauropods.win
sauropods.win
December 3, 2025 at 12:37 PM
Amazon might not notice that you stopped shopping with them* but if you take that same modest bit of disposable income and spend it on art bought directly from artists, the small electronics projects of your friends, helping people in dire financial situations and the the local theater all of […]
I really need to look at the current state of alternate phone keyboards again. I gave Fossify another shot last month (since their whole thing is making apps that don't send anything to the cloud), but there's no swiping, and apparently my thumbs are too clumsy (even after all this time) to type […]
Original post on notes.kvibber.com
notes.kvibber.com
December 2, 2025 at 8:51 PM
I really need to look at the current state of alternate phone keyboards again. I gave Fossify another shot last month (since their whole thing is making apps that don't send anything to the cloud), but there's no swiping, and apparently my thumbs are too clumsy (even after all this time) to type […]
This is nice! @Codeberg has updated their terms of use to explicitly allow a wider range of free/open/related licenses, including Creative Commons licenses that are more appropriate for writing and art, as well as clarify that the #floss requirement doesn't apply to your private repositories […]
Original post on notes.kvibber.com
notes.kvibber.com
December 1, 2025 at 4:20 PM
This is nice! @Codeberg has updated their terms of use to explicitly allow a wider range of free/open/related licenses, including Creative Commons licenses that are more appropriate for writing and art, as well as clarify that the #floss requirement doesn't apply to your private repositories […]
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The U.S. Congress opens inquiries after report that the military targeted boat-strike survivors.
@WSJ reports: "Lawmakers from both parties say events as described in a Washington Post article, if accurate, might amount to war crimes."
Gift link: https://flip.it/lfuuCl
#venezuela #warcrimes […]
@WSJ reports: "Lawmakers from both parties say events as described in a Washington Post article, if accurate, might amount to war crimes."
Gift link: https://flip.it/lfuuCl
#venezuela #warcrimes […]
Original post on flipboard.social
flipboard.social
December 1, 2025 at 2:13 PM
The U.S. Congress opens inquiries after report that the military targeted boat-strike survivors.
@WSJ reports: "Lawmakers from both parties say events as described in a Washington Post article, if accurate, might amount to war crimes."
Gift link: https://flip.it/lfuuCl
#venezuela #warcrimes […]
@WSJ reports: "Lawmakers from both parties say events as described in a Washington Post article, if accurate, might amount to war crimes."
Gift link: https://flip.it/lfuuCl
#venezuela #warcrimes […]
Finally read _The Old Iron Dream_ , which traces the strand of military authoritarianism and white male supremacy in science-fiction from John Campbell through Heinlein, Pournelle and other major names up through ~2013.
I'd known some of the broad strokes, and some of the specifics, but seeing […]
I'd known some of the broad strokes, and some of the specifics, but seeing […]
Original post on notes.kvibber.com
notes.kvibber.com
December 1, 2025 at 5:20 AM
Finally read _The Old Iron Dream_ , which traces the strand of military authoritarianism and white male supremacy in science-fiction from John Campbell through Heinlein, Pournelle and other major names up through ~2013.
I'd known some of the broad strokes, and some of the specifics, but seeing […]
I'd known some of the broad strokes, and some of the specifics, but seeing […]
"Unknown word: Elon. Replace with: Elton."
Are we talking Elton John? 'Cause I still like his idea of Mars better than Elon's.
Are we talking Elton John? 'Cause I still like his idea of Mars better than Elon's.
December 1, 2025 at 4:36 AM
"Unknown word: Elon. Replace with: Elton."
Are we talking Elton John? 'Cause I still like his idea of Mars better than Elon's.
Are we talking Elton John? 'Cause I still like his idea of Mars better than Elon's.
New book review on my website!
The Tombs of Atuan, Ursula K. Le Guin
★★★★★
Still my favorite of the Earthsea books. There's something fascinating about a labyrinth that you _must_ traverse in total darkness, keeping a map and counting turns in your head […]
The Tombs of Atuan, Ursula K. Le Guin
★★★★★
Still my favorite of the Earthsea books. There's something fascinating about a labyrinth that you _must_ traverse in total darkness, keeping a map and counting turns in your head […]
Original post on notes.kvibber.com
notes.kvibber.com
November 30, 2025 at 7:19 PM
New book review on my website!
The Tombs of Atuan, Ursula K. Le Guin
★★★★★
Still my favorite of the Earthsea books. There's something fascinating about a labyrinth that you _must_ traverse in total darkness, keeping a map and counting turns in your head […]
The Tombs of Atuan, Ursula K. Le Guin
★★★★★
Still my favorite of the Earthsea books. There's something fascinating about a labyrinth that you _must_ traverse in total darkness, keeping a map and counting turns in your head […]
Reposted by Kelson
Look! Cinnabar moth!
Last summer I was surprised to find cinnabar moth caterpillars feeding on the native pahokoraka, Senecio quadridentatus, in the middle of Christchurch city, NZ. Cinnabar moths were released to control the European pasture weed ragwort back […]
[Original post on mastodon.nz]
Last summer I was surprised to find cinnabar moth caterpillars feeding on the native pahokoraka, Senecio quadridentatus, in the middle of Christchurch city, NZ. Cinnabar moths were released to control the European pasture weed ragwort back […]
[Original post on mastodon.nz]
November 29, 2025 at 10:02 PM
Look! Cinnabar moth!
Last summer I was surprised to find cinnabar moth caterpillars feeding on the native pahokoraka, Senecio quadridentatus, in the middle of Christchurch city, NZ. Cinnabar moths were released to control the European pasture weed ragwort back […]
[Original post on mastodon.nz]
Last summer I was surprised to find cinnabar moth caterpillars feeding on the native pahokoraka, Senecio quadridentatus, in the middle of Christchurch city, NZ. Cinnabar moths were released to control the European pasture weed ragwort back […]
[Original post on mastodon.nz]
New book review on my website!
The Wind's Twelve Quarters, Ursula K. Le Guin
★★★★☆
A collection of short stories from early in Le Guin's career, spanning her first sale through the time when she'd begun to be recognized as a major force in the genre […]
The Wind's Twelve Quarters, Ursula K. Le Guin
★★★★☆
A collection of short stories from early in Le Guin's career, spanning her first sale through the time when she'd begun to be recognized as a major force in the genre […]
Original post on notes.kvibber.com
notes.kvibber.com
November 29, 2025 at 5:26 AM
New book review on my website!
The Wind's Twelve Quarters, Ursula K. Le Guin
★★★★☆
A collection of short stories from early in Le Guin's career, spanning her first sale through the time when she'd begun to be recognized as a major force in the genre […]
The Wind's Twelve Quarters, Ursula K. Le Guin
★★★★☆
A collection of short stories from early in Le Guin's career, spanning her first sale through the time when she'd begun to be recognized as a major force in the genre […]
New book review on my website!
The Word of Unbinding and The Rule of Names, Ursula K. Le Guin
★★★★☆
The original two stories set in Earthsea, before Le Guin wrote the novels. Each stand-alone, each interesting both in itself and in seeing what the series and its themes grew from […]
The Word of Unbinding and The Rule of Names, Ursula K. Le Guin
★★★★☆
The original two stories set in Earthsea, before Le Guin wrote the novels. Each stand-alone, each interesting both in itself and in seeing what the series and its themes grew from […]
Original post on notes.kvibber.com
notes.kvibber.com
November 27, 2025 at 2:29 AM
New book review on my website!
The Word of Unbinding and The Rule of Names, Ursula K. Le Guin
★★★★☆
The original two stories set in Earthsea, before Le Guin wrote the novels. Each stand-alone, each interesting both in itself and in seeing what the series and its themes grew from […]
The Word of Unbinding and The Rule of Names, Ursula K. Le Guin
★★★★☆
The original two stories set in Earthsea, before Le Guin wrote the novels. Each stand-alone, each interesting both in itself and in seeing what the series and its themes grew from […]
Reposted by Kelson
Site in Kenya reveals 300,000 years of uninterrupted toolmaking. Archaeologists uncovered nearly 1,300 stone tools spanning 2.44 to 2.75 million years, showing that early hominins taught and replicated the same techniques across roughly 10,000 generations. During this time period, the […]
Original post on wandering.shop
wandering.shop
November 26, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Site in Kenya reveals 300,000 years of uninterrupted toolmaking. Archaeologists uncovered nearly 1,300 stone tools spanning 2.44 to 2.75 million years, showing that early hominins taught and replicated the same techniques across roughly 10,000 generations. During this time period, the […]
Reposted by Kelson
It's cold, foggy, and there's frost on everything. Gorgeously surreal.
I vote that should be Saskatchewan's new tagline. "Gorgeously surreal" is way better than "land of living skies"
I vote that should be Saskatchewan's new tagline. "Gorgeously surreal" is way better than "land of living skies"
November 26, 2025 at 2:22 PM
It's cold, foggy, and there's frost on everything. Gorgeously surreal.
I vote that should be Saskatchewan's new tagline. "Gorgeously surreal" is way better than "land of living skies"
I vote that should be Saskatchewan's new tagline. "Gorgeously surreal" is way better than "land of living skies"
[Minecraft, puns]
"You got a what? A gas stove? Really, Steve..." (artist: Alenxa on Tumblr)
#minecraft #puns #fanart
"You got a what? A gas stove? Really, Steve..." (artist: Alenxa on Tumblr)
#minecraft #puns #fanart
November 26, 2025 at 4:31 PM
[Minecraft, puns]
"You got a what? A gas stove? Really, Steve..." (artist: Alenxa on Tumblr)
#minecraft #puns #fanart
"You got a what? A gas stove? Really, Steve..." (artist: Alenxa on Tumblr)
#minecraft #puns #fanart
Ugh... someone managed to register the old Groklaw domain and turn it into a crypto/casino spam blog.
(For those who don't remember it, the site chronicled SCO's and Microsoft's legal campaign against Linux back in the 2000s, as well as software patents and other court cases. The […]
(For those who don't remember it, the site chronicled SCO's and Microsoft's legal campaign against Linux back in the 2000s, as well as software patents and other court cases. The […]
Original post on notes.kvibber.com
notes.kvibber.com
November 26, 2025 at 5:48 AM
Ugh... someone managed to register the old Groklaw domain and turn it into a crypto/casino spam blog.
(For those who don't remember it, the site chronicled SCO's and Microsoft's legal campaign against Linux back in the 2000s, as well as software patents and other court cases. The […]
(For those who don't remember it, the site chronicled SCO's and Microsoft's legal campaign against Linux back in the 2000s, as well as software patents and other court cases. The […]
Reposted by Kelson
**Old Danctnix mirror expired**
For Pine64 devices running danctnix that were set up long enough ago: The old domain name for the repo at p64.arikawa-hi.me expired in 2023, was renewed for 2 years, and has expired again.
archmobile.mirror.danctnix.org is the current domain name that should be in […]
For Pine64 devices running danctnix that were set up long enough ago: The old domain name for the repo at p64.arikawa-hi.me expired in 2023, was renewed for 2 years, and has expired again.
archmobile.mirror.danctnix.org is the current domain name that should be in […]
Original post on bookmarks.kvibber.com
bookmarks.kvibber.com
November 19, 2025 at 7:05 PM
**Old Danctnix mirror expired**
For Pine64 devices running danctnix that were set up long enough ago: The old domain name for the repo at p64.arikawa-hi.me expired in 2023, was renewed for 2 years, and has expired again.
archmobile.mirror.danctnix.org is the current domain name that should be in […]
For Pine64 devices running danctnix that were set up long enough ago: The old domain name for the repo at p64.arikawa-hi.me expired in 2023, was renewed for 2 years, and has expired again.
archmobile.mirror.danctnix.org is the current domain name that should be in […]
RIP. The Bard's Tale trilogy (and to a lesser extent Dragon Wars) basically established my taste in video games, and I still have my hand-drawn maps (on graph paper, folded in quarters, stored in boxes cut down from 5.25 floppy boxes and covered with construction paper) and the original packages […]
Original post on notes.kvibber.com
notes.kvibber.com
November 19, 2025 at 5:30 PM
RIP. The Bard's Tale trilogy (and to a lesser extent Dragon Wars) basically established my taste in video games, and I still have my hand-drawn maps (on graph paper, folded in quarters, stored in boxes cut down from 5.25 floppy boxes and covered with construction paper) and the original packages […]
I really do appreciate that Debian has stuck with a naming scheme inspired by a movie that happened to be current when the project started 30 years ago.
November 19, 2025 at 5:02 PM
I really do appreciate that Debian has stuck with a naming scheme inspired by a movie that happened to be current when the project started 30 years ago.
"Git 2.52 speeds up blame" really sounds like something different than it is.
https://alternativeto.net/news/2025/11/git-2-52-speeds-up-blame-adds-geometric-repacks-and-experimental-repo-command/
#jargon
https://alternativeto.net/news/2025/11/git-2-52-speeds-up-blame-adds-geometric-repacks-and-experimental-repo-command/
#jargon
November 19, 2025 at 4:56 AM
"Git 2.52 speeds up blame" really sounds like something different than it is.
https://alternativeto.net/news/2025/11/git-2-52-speeds-up-blame-adds-geometric-repacks-and-experimental-repo-command/
#jargon
https://alternativeto.net/news/2025/11/git-2-52-speeds-up-blame-adds-geometric-repacks-and-experimental-repo-command/
#jargon
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"Æthelred the Unready"
They didn't mince words with the monikers for the early kings of England. We should really bring this back for powerful leaders.
They didn't mince words with the monikers for the early kings of England. We should really bring this back for powerful leaders.
November 19, 2025 at 12:28 AM
"Æthelred the Unready"
They didn't mince words with the monikers for the early kings of England. We should really bring this back for powerful leaders.
They didn't mince words with the monikers for the early kings of England. We should really bring this back for powerful leaders.
Reposted by Kelson
Iris -> Siri: "And I don't want my laptop to hear me / 'cause I don't think that it understands...."
November 6, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Iris -> Siri: "And I don't want my laptop to hear me / 'cause I don't think that it understands...."
It occurs to me that people who only recognize harm when it happens to someone they know personally is a special case of people who can't extrapolate from incomplete information.
November 17, 2025 at 7:36 PM
It occurs to me that people who only recognize harm when it happens to someone they know personally is a special case of people who can't extrapolate from incomplete information.
Self-hosting Nextcloud gotcha:
* I offloaded photos to an S3-compatible storage bucket in the same datacenter, so I don't have to worry about them using up all the space on the block storage.
* I did not offload the trash folder to S3-compatible storage.
This is how I ended up unable to […]
* I offloaded photos to an S3-compatible storage bucket in the same datacenter, so I don't have to worry about them using up all the space on the block storage.
* I did not offload the trash folder to S3-compatible storage.
This is how I ended up unable to […]
Original post on notes.kvibber.com
notes.kvibber.com
November 15, 2025 at 1:33 AM
Self-hosting Nextcloud gotcha:
* I offloaded photos to an S3-compatible storage bucket in the same datacenter, so I don't have to worry about them using up all the space on the block storage.
* I did not offload the trash folder to S3-compatible storage.
This is how I ended up unable to […]
* I offloaded photos to an S3-compatible storage bucket in the same datacenter, so I don't have to worry about them using up all the space on the block storage.
* I did not offload the trash folder to S3-compatible storage.
This is how I ended up unable to […]
Reposted by Kelson
I said my piece about Mozilla's newest adoption and promotion of fashtech in the form of AI. Please consider saying your piece as well. They might not listen, but perhaps the next open source project considering fashtech may see this reaction and think twice. […]
[Original post on wandering.shop]
[Original post on wandering.shop]
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cgranade
cgranade
Making moves
14-11-2025 12:52 PM
The adoption and promotion of AI by Mozilla is, at core, both a failure of leadership and a betrayal of users and the open web in general. In particular, it must be noted that:
AI in its current form is only possible because of stolen labor. Open source is a user freedom movement, but it's also a labor movement. Adopting and promoting AI betrays the labor principles of open source, and should be avoided on those terms alone.
AI in its current form imposes massive, massive environmental costs, the scope of which we barely understand due to secrecy on the part of AI model vendors. Open source is, amongst other things, a means of making old or discontinued hardware work, and is to that degree, also an environmental movement. Adopting and promoting AI betrays all those who depend on a functioning environment on Earth (I dare say that's likely all of us).
AI in its current form does not work. Time and effort spent chasing a technology that fundamentally cannot do what it promises to do is time and effort that could be spent supporting the open source community instead.
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November 14, 2025 at 8:58 PM
I said my piece about Mozilla's newest adoption and promotion of fashtech in the form of AI. Please consider saying your piece as well. They might not listen, but perhaps the next open source project considering fashtech may see this reaction and think twice. […]
[Original post on wandering.shop]
[Original post on wandering.shop]