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anthropy.mastodon.derg.nz.ap.brid.gy
Anthropy
@anthropy.mastodon.derg.nz.ap.brid.gy
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"old school #hacker", Googler, owner of derg.nz and dragonhive.net.

#IT person and #tech nerd of all kinds professionally; #carmodding and #hardware #tinkerer […]

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anthropy.mastodon.derg.nz.ap.brid.gy
ah darn sorry my clumsy big cursor is not precise enough for that :pensive_blob:
mouse pointer hovering over a video player's seek bar. it says "Please select a valid value. The two nearest values are 0.86666666666666666667 and 0.8833333333333333333.
December 17, 2025 at 6:32 PM
anthropy.mastodon.derg.nz.ap.brid.gy
let's see how many people I can piss off with this :neocat_googly_woozy_bonk:
dog meme, "no take, only throw" first panel, dog looks to be begging, the text above reads "why is windows so bad" second panel someone tries to take the ball the dog is holding and they're frowning, the text above reads "no suggest linux" the third panel zooms in further on the frowny dog head, the text above reads "only complain"
December 17, 2025 at 4:26 PM
anthropy.mastodon.derg.nz.ap.brid.gy
solar tracking in stationeers is ez
a small station with solar panels on the roof, there's a bunch of empty-indicating batteries on the left, some rows of solar panels that are set to 'flat', a row of solar panels that is tracking stern to the right, a row of solar panels that is tracking stern to the left, while the sun is dead ahead on the horizon
December 16, 2025 at 11:19 PM
anthropy.mastodon.derg.nz.ap.brid.gy
[more AI shitposting]

hey what's this new mode I think I got a new beta version or smth
Gemini prompt box, on the right the "choose your model" selector is opened, it as a new experimental feature that reads "Shitposting - Shared braincell mode (Experimental)" (there were again zero tokens involved in the making of this shitpost)
December 16, 2025 at 9:47 PM
anthropy.mastodon.derg.nz.ap.brid.gy
AI Shitpost
It's an AI prompt, it reads "Where should we start?" at the top below that in the text box it reads: there was a social media post that went "'prompt engineer' no you're not you're a sloperator", and I kinda loved it but was wondering can we take it further? the joke is that it's a sloperator engineering a prompt, to engineer more sloperator jokes (no tokens were harmed in the making of this shitpost)
December 16, 2025 at 9:34 PM
anthropy.mastodon.derg.nz.ap.brid.gy
If you’d like to see emoji reactions on Mastodon, it’s probably worth adding your 👍 to the original issue:

https://github.com/mastodon/mastodon/issues/4106

It’s been open since 2017, but it only has ~100 upvotes, which I think is less than there are people […]

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A screencap of the emoji responses to the github issue. There's 103 thumbs up, 2 thumbs down, 11 party poppers, 20 hearts, and 4 eyes.
December 16, 2025 at 8:49 PM
anthropy.mastodon.derg.nz.ap.brid.gy
[code w/ LLMs involved]

I built a (virtual) hackerspace software called 'VirtualHackForge' (VHF).

it has:
- A wiki (Github flavored Markdown based)
- Chat (with rooms, and optional ability to connect to a Matrix Space with room sync)
- an "Armory", a sort […]

[Original post on mastodon.derg.nz]
A picture of the Chat interface in Dark mode. It shows the channels on the left, with the 'homelabs' channel open in the middle, where I'm test-talking back and forth between Matrix and the website to test the functionality of the Matrix bridge. On the right you can see "Active Users" with "Anthropy" mentioned. At the top of the page, there's "Dragonhive vHackspace" and various buttons like Dashboard, Chat, Wiki, Armory, Workbench, Agora, Pulse, Members, a 'refresh' button (that's the theme switcher, it's set to auto which follows browser preferences which is currently why it's dark), "anthropy" (username) and a Logout button. An example of "The Armory", showing "Anthropy's SKILL Angle Grinder" being available to borrow. It shows a location, a button to request to borrow, a manuals and datasheets section where you can upload PDF files, and a maintenance history section where you can write down things you've done and how much it cost (all of these are functional, just no examples right now) An example Agora page with a question named "What do you think about VHF?" It looks vaguely like a familiar tech question website with voting and points shown on the left, and answers below which also can be voted on. The question reads: I want to be open for feedback, and I think using the forum here also as a showcase is a good way to get some from members; If you have ideas, or honestly anything, feel free to post it here, and if you see any good bits mentioned by other members, feel free to upvote them. there's a single answer that reads: chronically lacks cowbell, also where's the free candy the van said there would be free candy An example Workbench page, for the project "Virtual Hack Forge", which is the website itself. There's a project status header, an About section, and a Project log, and on the right smaller a 'Bill of Materials' (which has integration with the Armory), 'Questions', which shows the open question that was in the other earlier examples, and an 'Actions' section. The About section reads: I realized that there are seemingly no good 'default packages' for hackerspaces that integrate all the needed bits and parts in one place, while this might be an excellent way to encourage more people to set up such a place. I also was thinking of a conceptual 'Virtual Hackerspace' where people could register to, in order to organize, meet up, share tools, chat, ask questions, and more. That's how this place was born. one small disclaimer: I used LLMs in the making of this product. [.. skipping some text] In the hacking spirit I've tried to use tools and options to create a hackable, adaptable website, with as little lock-in as possible. To that end, I've used Markdown wherever possible rather than purely leaning on the PostgreSQL (or SQLite) database, and created a CLI that should make it incredibly easy to set up, backup, and export all your data and move somewhere else. [out of text, see https://vhf.dragonhive.net/workbench/project/virtual-hack-forge/ for the rest of the text]
December 14, 2025 at 4:31 PM
anthropy.mastodon.derg.nz.ap.brid.gy
I can't be the only one who looks at these and goes "poor Sander lost his tether to the space station", but maybe I'm just that terminally dutch
a Parkside "20V Cordless Orbital Sander" in a store shelf
December 14, 2025 at 10:35 AM
anthropy.mastodon.derg.nz.ap.brid.gy
[israel, russia, politics, anti-war sentiments]

that one person that keeps being suspiciously pro-russia was at it again and closed off with this bit, and I think my response (picture 1) is accidentally actually a really good one to give to anyone who says […]

[Original post on mastodon.derg.nz]
Steam conversation another person (name invisible) says: what can you do Russians are the new Jews Russophobia and racism and I reply: I don't hate russians, I have many russian colleagues and friends I get along with super well. What I am exceptionally allergic to is the narrative they're entitled to just annex land and wage war without anyone being allowed to criticize it (including the russians themselves) to the point they literally suffer from pivoting their entire country towards warfare, in that way yea, the russian government has the same pathological genocidal mania as Israel, but I don't even know if I'd call the israelian government jewish because the ten commandments forbid murder, which they clearly don't care about if literally anyone did what you're cheering russia for doing, to russia, the entirety of russia would lose its shit. and before you say "that wouldn't happen" (which is a false equivalence because I'm asking a moral question, but that aside), the fact russia pathologically cannot stop waging war will only lead to one thing, so if anything I'd start prepping, or, yknow, chill out and find inner peace and all that :weed:
December 13, 2025 at 5:20 PM
anthropy.mastodon.derg.nz.ap.brid.gy
for whatever reason my external IP has changed 3x today, and my modem's page appears to have changed slightly (showing new warnings like the one below), so my inner cybersecurity paranoia can't decide if the ISP has just been messing with an updating the […]

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A warning page of the modem. It reads: Important notice You're about to access your modem configuration interface which is securely hosted on your internet modem. As we use our own security certificates for encryption, your browser may display a "Your connection is not private" warning the first time you visit. Is it safe to continue? Yes! Your connection is still fully encrypted and secure. The warning will show because your browser won’t automatically recognize the security certificate used for the connection. Example Warning Screen ⚠️ Your connection is not private Attackers might be trying to steal your information.. Learn More If the warning appears on: Chrome and Edge: Select "Advanced" and then tap "Proceed to 192.168.x.x (unsafe)". Firefox: Select "Advanced" and tap "Accept the risk and continue". Safari: Click "Show Details" and then select "Visit Website" to proceed. [Button that says Continue]
December 12, 2025 at 9:12 PM
anthropy.mastodon.derg.nz.ap.brid.gy
I keep thinking about that Rick & Morty psych quote. And I realize there's actually more to it.

It’s not just that maintenance is boring; it’s an infinite task with diminishing returns.
The better you do it, the less visible the result. It feels like a tax […]

[Original post on mastodon.derg.nz]
Screen capture of the psychologist in Rick and Morty sitting in their chair, explaining and talking, holding their hands up a bit as they do. Right of the person, the original text is shown. It reads: " Rick, the only connection between your unquestionable intelligence and the sickness destroying your family is that everyone in your family, you included, use intelligence to justify sickness. You seem to alternate between viewing your own mind as an unstoppable force and as an inescapable curse, and I think it's because the only truly unapproachable concept for you is that it's your mind, within your control. You chose to come here, you chose to talk, to belittle my vocation, just as you chose to become a pickle. You are the master of your universe and yet you are dripping with rat blood and feces, your enormous mind literally vegetating by your own hand. I have no doubt that you would be bored senseless by therapy, the same way I'm bored when I brush my teeth and wipe my ass, because the thing about repairing, maintaining, and cleaning is; it's not an adventure. There's no way to do it so wrong you might die. It's just work, and the bottom line is some people are okay going to work, and some people, well, some people would rather die. Each of us gets to choose."
December 12, 2025 at 5:31 PM
anthropy.mastodon.derg.nz.ap.brid.gy
I ranted some thoughts on nuclear power in a group chat, that I think are also important to share here

I'm hoping that I can get in touch with some 'anti nuclear' folk so I can get their version of the story, because I think that there are a lot of common […]

[Original post on mastodon.derg.nz]
honestly I think all the experts know that a gen4 nuclear reactor is more safe than even a combustion engine car the problem is that explaining this to the general public requires somehow getting onto their conspiracy facebook pages with this information and not getting kicked out I hate to admit but I think big tech investing in nuclear because it's literally a good investment for them is promising (even if also kinda dystopian), because e.g kairos energy and what not producing those low enriched pellet based container sized 'just drop and use' kind of reactors/generators seems honestly a great safe way to get nuclear power, and if we can get datacenters and big industry to literally leave the grid, or even better, become power producers for their environment, then I honestly think we've solved a large part of the energy problem, as a lot of cities that properly deploy solar panels literally produce more energy than they use, and the only thing you'd need at that point is some good local batteries we're in a weird situation, nuclear power, as promising and clean as it is, doesn't have any good proven gen4 designs that we can actually deploy. governments investing in nuclear right now are STILL looking at boiling water reactors instead of those molten salt ones and it makes me want to slap everyone there, but I also kind of get it because you're not going to invest into a research project as government when you just need to be able to produce power with a predictable budget
December 12, 2025 at 2:32 PM
anthropy.mastodon.derg.nz.ap.brid.gy
@puppygirlhornypost2 I had to
the cactus image except a face is drawn on the leaf so it looks like the cactus fruit is some weird hair
December 11, 2025 at 6:54 PM
anthropy.mastodon.derg.nz.ap.brid.gy
just to note for those afraid of e.g hypercalcemia; This is a valid concern but, with these numbers, it seems even for outdoor people it would be totally safe to increase to like 2-4k IU a day.

you need to reach like 250-375 nmol/L to potentially get […]

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25 hydroxyvitamin D in nmol/L graph from the study, which shows that at 600 IU the upper bound 95 percentile limit reaches 60nmol/L, but only 80 at 2400 IU intake, showing the non-linear correlation. The lower bound 95 percentile would be 25 and 35nmol/L for 600 and 2400IU respectively.
December 11, 2025 at 2:12 PM
anthropy.mastodon.derg.nz.ap.brid.gy
wow, Space Engineers 2's "vertical slice 2" has actually a lot of amazing content, this is legit hours of good fun, if anyone has the game already, I much recommend giving the survival campaign a try.

- planets are implemented
- building works and honestly […]

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A screenshot of me standing on an outdoor platform of one of the stations around the planet next to a small spaceship, in the distance you can see the planet "verdure" taking up half the screen, giving it a very space-y vibe. On the left there's a message that says "Next Steps, You've learned the basics -- Now it's up to you. Hand in this contract, return to base, and start building, or take on more contracts to unlock new blocks, fast travel stations, and expand humanity's reach across the Almagest"
December 10, 2025 at 5:36 PM
anthropy.mastodon.derg.nz.ap.brid.gy
[(non vegan) food (fish n rice etc)]

extremely simple dish I came up with as I'm too sick for elaborate cooking

- prepare some rice in the microwave
- add to bowl, add raw salmon, microwave for another 1-3 minutes until outside of salmon is pink
- add […]

[Original post on mastodon.derg.nz]
a big white flat bowl/plate with rice, a chunk of salmon, a spoonful of chicken curry breadsalad, and sprinkled chunks of feta cheese all over it.
December 10, 2025 at 3:55 PM
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December 10, 2025 at 3:03 PM
anthropy.mastodon.derg.nz.ap.brid.gy
@whitequark the cooling towers are made to recycle the water over and over and have the least amount of 'drift' and such, trying to simply get rid of the heat without losing too much water. See below for a picture of an average cooling tower, if you're […]

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A picture of a Marley SPX Cooling tower, with a cut out showing the inside, with a big fan at the top, water sprays halfway, lots of 'mesh' to make the water take longer to fall down, and a collection basin at the base, from where the cooled water is removed.
December 9, 2025 at 1:28 AM
anthropy.mastodon.derg.nz.ap.brid.gy
@whitequark the evap cooling does use a significant amount of water, I wasn't sure if I could give the number but based on the public report the one I work at uses about 60-80 million liters a month (see picture below).

AFAIK, most of this water comes from […]

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A snippet from https://www.gstatic.com/marketing-cms/d3/01/e8e081854252be2068c1610b1da5/2024-impact-study-the-netherlands.pdf it's unfortunately hard to copy paste from, and far too many characters; if you use a screenreader I recommend opening the PDF directly, though feel free to ask if you need a transcription of any part.
December 9, 2025 at 1:24 AM
anthropy.mastodon.derg.nz.ap.brid.gy
looks like Synergy had a security oopsy-daisy

at least seems like there was no data leaked. They say they have checked the audit logs to verify this.

I do appreciate how forward they are about this though, even though they seem to believe nothing was […]

[Original post on mastodon.derg.nz]
Hi [censored], We identified unauthorised access to one of our application servers. The issue was contained and the server was rebuilt. The system involved did not store customer data, and no data breach occurred. No action is required from you. All customer account information, including your email address and hashed password, is stored in a separate database that remained protected throughout the incident. We reviewed application, network, and database audit logs for the full period. These confirm that the attacker did not access, query, or copy any customer data. Payment card information is not stored on our systems and was never at risk. At 19:46 UTC on Friday 5 December 2025, an attacker reached one application server through an incorrectly exposed network path and triggered a flaw that allowed a command to run, causing the server to stop responding. The server restarted repeatedly due to automatic recovery, resulting in intermittent service disruption. The incident was contained at 02:17 UTC on Saturday 6 December 2025. Some services, including checkout, remained disrupted for a further twenty-four hours while we applied changes across our infrastructure. We corrected the network issue that allowed direct access and patched the software vulnerability on the affected server. Based on all evidence, no customer data was accessed. You can contact us if you have any questions by replying to this email or by using our contact form.
December 7, 2025 at 4:37 PM
anthropy.mastodon.derg.nz.ap.brid.gy
looks like Synergy had a security oopsy-daisy

at least seems like there was no data leaked (although unsure how they made sure of that, they're just saying the database server itself wasn't compromised but that doesn't mean it wasn't accessed).

I do […]

[Original post on mastodon.derg.nz]
Hi [censored], We identified unauthorised access to one of our application servers. The issue was contained and the server was rebuilt. The system involved did not store customer data, and no data breach occurred. No action is required from you. All customer account information, including your email address and hashed password, is stored in a separate database that remained protected throughout the incident. We reviewed application, network, and database audit logs for the full period. These confirm that the attacker did not access, query, or copy any customer data. Payment card information is not stored on our systems and was never at risk. At 19:46 UTC on Friday 5 December 2025, an attacker reached one application server through an incorrectly exposed network path and triggered a flaw that allowed a command to run, causing the server to stop responding. The server restarted repeatedly due to automatic recovery, resulting in intermittent service disruption. The incident was contained at 02:17 UTC on Saturday 6 December 2025. Some services, including checkout, remained disrupted for a further twenty-four hours while we applied changes across our infrastructure. We corrected the network issue that allowed direct access and patched the software vulnerability on the affected server. Based on all evidence, no customer data was accessed. You can contact us if you have any questions by replying to this email or by using our contact form.
December 7, 2025 at 4:36 PM
anthropy.mastodon.derg.nz.ap.brid.gy
I think about this line a lot

(source: https://coywolf.com/news/social-media/mastodon-creator-shares-what-went-wrong-with-threads-and-ponders-the-future-of-the-fediverse/ )
Eugene Rochko: Good question. I’ve been saying this for a long time: if everybody were using smoke signals, we’d all be on smoke signal dot social. The features matter a lot less than the people who are using the platform, and it’s always been that way. (the last sentence is highlighted)
December 7, 2025 at 12:22 PM
anthropy.mastodon.derg.nz.ap.brid.gy
welp, guess that other stick of gskill died. I think I should file for warranty because I didn't have them for that long (like 2-3 years?)

also funny, I did a 24h memtest like a month ago and it was all fine, now suddenly it has issues?

at least I got the […]

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photo of a pc screen with memtest, it shows 96gb ram, with some issue at the 76.7gb mark memtest having finished a full run, showing "PASS" in large green on black ascii art on the screen, while memtest is still runninf in the background
December 6, 2025 at 5:04 PM
anthropy.mastodon.derg.nz.ap.brid.gy
[physical health]

okay, time for some updates here I guess.
I'm still waiting for results from my internist visit of yesterday but:

- the gal bladder is fine according to the radiologist; it's not swollen or infected looking, just small and empty for some […]

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A photo of a table at a medical lab where they draw blood. There is a drawer full of small colored blood vials (you can only see the top caps), and on top of the table there are various things used when drawing blood, like tape, a bandaid/cotton swap dispenser, ethanol wipes, a blood vial shaker, and 4 large bottles (about 200ml?) of blood that are each filled halfway, which will be used for various tests, and running some blood culture testing over the weekend.
December 6, 2025 at 3:27 PM
anthropy.mastodon.derg.nz.ap.brid.gy
next year wrapped
a stockphoto kinda picture with a white background, of a calendar being packaged in a cardboard wrapper. the joke is that this is a year, wrapped
December 6, 2025 at 12:40 AM