dch @dch@bsd.network

@dch

https://www.durgod.com/product/k320-corona-space-gray/

(with these https://www.watercoolinguk.co.uk/product/tai-hao-abs-doubleshot-keycaps-golden-green-uk-us-layout/)

It runs this https://qmk.fm/ so you can hack the firmware

Writing up a talk from #Akademy2026 -- I missed when this was announced, and it kind of slid by me during the talk, but TIL that the KDE Plasma clipboard lets you generate a QR code to quickly copy text from your desktop to your phone.

Now that's damn cool. That's just super cool.

I usually fudge this by using Signal and the "note to myself" thing, but this is damn cool.

"There are people who are uncomfortable with the word "genocide," and there are people that are uncomfortable with the actual genocide."

Assal Rad

Isn't it sick? The society is protecting the first group while punishing the second.

#gaza #genocide #israel #hypocrisy

@jzb

I have this in my ~/.bashrc:

```
qrclip () {
xclip -o -s c | qrencode -o - | feh --force-aliasing -ZF -
}
```

and that works a treat :)

Skygazers on the Beach
Credits: Jack Fusco
#nature #space #astrophotography

You look like you are in need of a trash panda!

#raccoon #trashpanda

After way too many trains passed in the shadow, timetable and a sunny spell finally matched for the SJ Intercity to Malmö. These black locos are just too bad-ass looking. 🥰
#HullerOmBullar

@Natasha_Jay @FourT4 Have you seen the air vents on the Stockholm Metro?

#Netanyahu deploys the classic schoolyard rhetorical defense of "Am Not"

Netanyahu calls Israel’s war in Gaza ‘opposite of genocide’ in UN speech
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/sep/24/netanyahu-un-speech-mahmoud-abbas

Beautiful window from the recent Brussels trip

#FensterFreitag #WindowFriday

The south face of Beinn Bhan.

Countries by how New Zealand they are

A new ghost bike was created this week. This time to memorialize a 7 year old hit by a car while riding his bike to school.

Two morning rides were immediately organized along his route. Today there are about 100-200 cyclists here in a line that stretches for blocks.

As we wait in the bike lane to start the ride, #cyclists are taking up all the space allotted to them. Right up to the line. It’s amazing how hard it is for the cars to squeeze through. Normally it’s me squeezing through on my bike.

Bikes reduce traffic, improve the air, and generally improve the quality of life in cities. Bikes are easy to maintain and a great form of exercise. Cyclists are good for everyone. We are the future you want. If you haven’t already - join us! A rising tide lifts all boats (and more cyclists make the roads safer). 💔✊ #turin #torino

If you ever wondered whether your org $$$ spending on infrastructure and clusters is useless waste of money. Whether the money could be used for employee wages. Whether it’s just years of IT mismanagement and solving problems by tossing money out of the window instead of fixing things.
If you ever wondered that, then the answer is quite certainly yes.

I had an idea, again. oh dear

I think I could rebuild my old C-to-Rust translator, Corrode, except this time instead of only taking C it would accept any language with a tree-sitter grammar; and instead of only producing Rust it would let you construct any text you want; and instead of trying to be fully automatic and one-size-fits-all it would be interactive and help you write your own rewrite rules to fit your specific source code

using tree-sitter means that, unlike both Corrode and c2rust, you don't have to run the source through the C pre-processor first, so you can preserve comments and also decide how you want each macro translated

purely syntax-directed translation doesn't get you 100% of the way to a correct C to Rust translation, but it covers almost all the most boring parts of a manual translation. and maybe a little extra logic would fit cleanly to help with things like control flow, or C's terrifying arithmetic type promotion rules

while thinking about this I realized you could also build a simple syntax-directed compiler to assembly language the same way, and being interactive might make it a great tool for teaching part of an intro to compilers

so… that seems neat?

Spotted today online, possibly the most kiwi thing ever. Some kids have appropriated a bunch of scaffolding and set it up in a lake as a diving platform. Respect.

I think the key here is to not get tied up in knots over ethical purity, but to identify useful things to do. Actively be involved in projects, be a vocal voice for software freedom and security, financially support those demonstrating good ethics if you are able to. Meanwhile if you need to use products that don't meet your standards, for solid reasons, then do that. It's not helping anyone if you lose your job or can't study or whatever. Do what you can with what you've got.

Lever de soleil derrière Belledonne et sur l'Isère. Y'a pire comme trajet domicile-travail.

Who am I kidding? It’s not as if women are safe before sunset. But the audacity of people who can find an issue with everything, from her clothes & the time of day to her reason for being out in public, while finding reasons to justify the abuse is on another level.
It’s 5:30 am & I would rather be doing anything but talking about this. I see so many Indian women speaking up online. There is anger in their voices but also a deep helplessness. A desperate appeal for something as basic as safety.

Techno techno bloody techno....

Underworld - Dirty Epic
https://youtu.be/_NJZL3MLonI

#Dirty
#JukeboxFridayNight