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How NAT traversal works.
https://tailscale.com/blog/how-nat-traversal-works/
saved 2020-08-21 https://dot…

How NAT traversal works
Learn how NAT traversal works, how Tailscale can get through and securely connect your devices directly to each other.

I have a lot of credit cards ... too many credit cards. It is part of a medium-term strategy but I am planning to collapse them in, this year. One of them offers a $10 per month doordash credit on retail and I discovered that it works on sushi from Kroger. If you pair that with one of their regular "50% off $25 " deals, you can get $40 worth of mediocre sushi for $10.
It is truly mediocre sushi, but it's also only $10.

MALA – Selected Bass Works Vol 3
https://www.archive.org/details/MNF053_MALA--Selected_Bass_Works_Vol_3

Fernando Mendoza only works in Las Vegas if the Raiders build protection first https://raiderramble.com/2026/01/10/fernando-mendoza-only-works-in-las-vegas-if-the-raiders-build-protection-first/

Everyone is selling innovation and none of it works. What if I started an agency that sold denovation. We'll build you a last-gen project that actually works.
It'll cost twice as much up front, but you won't have to pay to get it fixed once a year forever.

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #DriveTime
Tortoise:
🎵 Works and Days
#Tortoise
https://intlanthem.bandcamp.com/track/works-and-days
https://open.spotify.com/track/1TkQ4SvZNQLvNITjLrR52b

I deleted my instagram account over a year ago, I have never had a facebook account, and meta is still asking for my birthday? I think that they can go zuck off.

dbtropes_feature: Artistic works and their tropes
A bipartite network of artistic works (movies, novels, etc.) and their tropes (stylistic conventions or devices), as extracted from tvtropes.org. The date of this snapshot is uncertain.
This network has 152093 nodes and 3232134 edges.
Tags: Informational, Relatedness, Unweighted
https…

This 100% works

Louvre Museum says hundreds of works were damaged by a water leak
https://www.lemonde.fr/en/france/article/2025/12/08/louvre-museum-says-hundreds-of-works-were-damaged-by-a-water-leak_6748271_7.html

Disinformation works:
Two-thirds of UK voters wrongly think immigration is rising, poll finds
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026/jan/10/two-thirds-of-uk-voters-wrongly-think-immigratio…

@… well, it _works_ (`bundleDependencies: ["js-yaml"]`) but it feels a bit icky 😅

Want a used car that works?
You’d be wise to not get an older Tesla.
In Consumer Reports’ latest ranking for used cars,
the Elon Musk-run automaker came dead last in terms of reliability,
trailing by over forty points from the top spot on a scale between 0 and 100
https://futurism.co…

Old Teslas Are Falling Apart
On Consumer Reports' latest ranking of used car reliability, Tesla came in dead last with a rating not even half of the top placed brand.

After reading the weather forecast for today, I was expecting to wake up to more snow than this.

You don't have to know how the computer works, just how to work the computer.

Grad applicants, what's preventing your Brown PhD application prose looking like this?
This is from NotebookLM. We're experimenting with it because a handful of apps statements…
Also: I can't think of a worse description for how the Brown formal methods group works.

"Not all marine parks protect sharks. Here’s what works (and what doesn’t)"
#Oceans #Environment #Animals

Not all marine parks protect sharks. Here’s what works (and what doesn’t) | The Optimist Daily
Why more protection doesn’t always mean better protection: a sweeping study reveals why some marine parks safeguard shark populations while others fail.

The UK's Channel 4 names Priya Dogra as CEO, starting March 2026, replacing Alex Mahon, who stepped down after eight years; Dogra currently works for Sky (Nick Vivarelli/Variety)
https://variety.com/2025/tv/global/priya-dogra-chief-exe…

Priya Dogra Appointed Chief Executive of U.K. Broadcaster Channel 4 
Priya Dogra has been appointed chief executive of U.K. public service broadcaster Channel 4 

Worth a read on the broad opposition to the CAQ's proposed Quebec constitution. It's great to see lengthy quotes from my colleague and friend Paul-Étienne Rainville, who works at the Ligue des droits et libertés.
“The government has not respected any of the criteria established by the United Nations for the adoption of a democratic and legitimate constitution.”

'Authoritarian and undemocratic': 300 groups unite against Legault's proposed Quebec constitution
Groups that focus on human rights, immigration issues and the environment join unions in calling the CAQ's plan deeply flawed.

oh nice, redpocket brought back my favorite sim plan (for my kids), and they upgraded it!
For $30/yr, you get unlimited text/talk, and 200MB per month. For those of you with low data needs (or who specifically want to limit their kids data usage): https://www.ebay.com/itm/136840233242

$2.50/Mo RedPocket Prepaid Wireless Phone Plan+Kit: UNLIMITED Talk /Text + 200MB | eBay
Choose the network that works best for you and your phone! THE SERVICE IS PROVIDED ON AN "AS IS" AND "AS AVAILABLE" BASIS WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND. B. Text Services. 200MB 5G Data. E. RedPocket service plans are for individual use only and not for resale.

Santa #Python came super early in 2026!
With build 1.4.0, it is now possible to easily dump effective package metadata!
So getting the version of a package in the current directory is now as easy as `pipx run build --metadata 2>/dev/null | jq -r .version`.
This is NOT like parsing pyproject.toml or whatever. It builds the package and looks at the result. So it works even with…

Release 1.4.0 · pypa/build
Add --quiet flag (PR #947) Add option to dump PEP 517 metadata with --metadata (PR #940, PR #943) Support UV environment variable (PR #971) Remove a workaround for 3.14b1 (PR #960) In 3.14 final re...

E.ON's #V2G tariff in Germany, which works with the newest BMW EV and DC bidirectional home charger, is now accepting applications. As this is Germany, legal and tax clarity was needed on revenues from feeding energy back into the grid: V2G is 'Liebhaberei'. [The simple translation from German is: 'It's a hobby.' However, we could also call it a love affair, which might be mo…

Been using updown.io to monitor my webserver for about a year and a half now. Works flawlessly, no hassles. Finally ran out of free tokens so I paid 5€ for another three years. Feels like a good trade!

Well, the Wendy’s near where my daughter works has now switched over to their “freshAI“ ordering system, which I of course say fuck you get me a “crew member” (which is what you have to say for them to route it to a human)
I’m only here cause I have a gift card anyways I’m done with Wendy’s

My last weekend featuring an acute episode of fascination with Zdzisław Beksiński's works in 4 pictures.
I almost planned a trip to Sanok as well 😅
#photography #art

When i use #icecubesapp, my timeline loads max 39 Posts. Regardless how many there are. If i activate full loading, it loads nothing.
Loading local or federated timelines works at night, when less people post.
This way, the app is not usable for me.
I have this problem with no other app.
Paging is no option?
@…

The Pebble Index 01 is a neat idea, and we need more of that in the space. I'm going to wait and see where it goes, though.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ArxhS4SQaP0

Can two Amazons survive? Invisible e-waste is poisoning the world https://news.mongabay.com/2025/12/can-two-amazons-survive-invisible-e-waste-is-poisoning-the-world/

Can two Amazons survive? Invisible e-waste is poisoning the world
“I live in Accra, Ghana,” says Isaac Dinwe, who works for Closing the Loop, a Dutch NGO that’s seeking to increase recycling in the electronics industry. “The e-waste problem in my country is so huge we are unable to manage it. Most of our e-waste ends up in city centres. Informal workers extract what they […]

Exposomics is an important "new" science. As it matures, it will require medical AI and database analyses. Genetics CANNOT be separated from the environment. Genetic expression is inherently environmental.
Here's a short article explaining the Exposome. (Though gods help you if you can't suppress ads and pop-ups. It works fine in Safari's Reader Mode, e.g.)

#EroticMusings Week 28—With erotic works, do you begin with the end in sight, or discover the finished work as you go?
I plot my fairytales, depending on
- is it an original (like "the queen's pleasure girl"?
- is it an erotic retelling/mash-up? (Like "the princess' frog")
- what kind of meta writing do I want to do around it?
My fairy…

Wow!
Anonymous painting bought at auction on ‘hunch’ identified as two-in-one Rubens
https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2026/jan/09/anonymous-painting-bought-at-auction-on-…

Wow!
Anonymous painting bought at auction on ‘hunch’ identified as two-in-one Rubens
https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2026/jan/09/anonymous-painting-bought-at-auction-on-…

It's one thing to build something like this following a tutorial. It's a whole other thing to try to understand how it works. Time to dig into some data sheets and Arduino library code.
#electronics #arduino

Well it's pretty unpolished, but it works. Made good progress on my web manager / installer for games.
Currently supports Debian and Ubuntu, (though technically works on any Linux distro in theory), and supports:
https://github.c…

🔊 #NowPlaying on #BBCRadio3:
#ClassicalMixtape
- American Roadtrip
Take time out with a 30-minute soundscape of classical music, featuring works by US composers or performers inspired by Radio 3's American Roadtrip.
Relisten now 👇
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m002p7kt

Had to time-shift the match.
The change to the diamond 4-4-2 provided some needed stability. It is a more conservative setup from Slot, who prefers a more aggressive shape and ultimately wants to allow his attacking midfield to be able to freely rotate and drift into spaces, causing overloads, vacancies, and defensive confusion.
But when a team is in a rut and needs to stop the bleeding, the old standard works. Everyone knows a 4-4-2 and confusion in duties is largely eliminated.…

"Running LLaMA-12 7B on a contact lens with WASM" reminds me of "Installing Linux on a Dead Badger" from a few years ago.
(This is supposed to be what hacker news looks like in ten years)
https://dosaygo-studio.github.io/hn-front-page-2035/news

Mustn't disturb the baby

dbpedia_producer: DBpedia producer network (2014)
A bipartite network of producers and the works they created, as extracted from Wikipedia by the DBpedia project.
This network has 187677 nodes and 207268 edges.
Tags: Economic, Production, Unweighted
https://networks.skewed.de/net/dbpedia

I woke up, toileted the dogs, and grabbed the last can of energy drink from the fridge. I need more.

Send & Receive alerts about ICE raids and activity in your area.
Stop ICE Alerts Network works with technology already built into your phone without the need to download an app
https://stopice.net/

Stop ICE Secure Line
Setup a secure hotline number designed for user anonymity and user privacy.

I wish dependencies would stop embedding their own arguments parser in a package that didn’t need a CLI to begin with.
Eleventy has *three* different dependencies with pretty hefty (and outdated) CLI argument parser libraries 😭
Is there an `overrides`-style feature that works for libraries? (afaik this feature is only for app-level code)

I can't tell if the lens on the nest cam in the front yard is dirty, or if a specter is haunting my hammock.

I just wrote something over on LinkedIn pleading for folks to financially support FOSS projects that they depend upon. I don't know who that message was really meant for.

dbpedia_genre: DBpedia work-genre network
A bipartite network of the affiliations between artists and their works on one side and genre classifications on the other, as extracted from Wikipedia by the DBpedia project. The date of this snapshot is uncertain.
This network has 266717 nodes and 463497 edges.
Tags: Informational, Relatedness, Unweighted

I'm up to 27% complete updating the game after updating the OS. 🥺

I finally decide to spend an hour playing video games before bed and I have 10 gigs worth of updates that I need to run in order to even launch the game. 😒

Europe’s populist worries will intensify today
when right-wing billionaire Andrej Babiš becomes Czech prime minister.
Combined with Hungary’s Viktor Orbšn and Slovakia’s Robert Fico,
Babiš has the potential to jam up the legislative machinery in Brussels as it works on key files.
Czech President Petr Pavel is set to appoint Babiš to the position
after resolvinglongstanding conflict-of-interest issues related to the PM-elect’s conglomerate, Agrofert.
Babiš…

New Czech PM Babiš is poised to aggravate Brussels’ populist headache
Andrej Babiš could find common cause with Hungary’s Viktor Orbán and Slovakia’s Robert Fico on several issues.

dbtropes_feature: Artistic works and their tropes
A bipartite network of artistic works (movies, novels, etc.) and their tropes (stylistic conventions or devices), as extracted from tvtropes.org. The date of this snapshot is uncertain.
This network has 152093 nodes and 3232134 edges.
Tags: Informational, Relatedness, Unweighted
https…

Who remembers this gem?
#FamilyGuy #BurgerKing

I got an email this morning saying that the City of #Glendale will not be having a Primary #Election in February, so April 7, 2026 will be our first Election of the year.

I took the dogs outside to pee and it is scarily warm outside in #Milwaukee.

... why?
"State file encryption and hardware attestation keys are no longer enabled by default."
#TailScale

... I replaced one tire after I bought it but I'm pretty sure that the others are original. I'm a little irritated that I need to spend anything on it but spending $800 in ten years is probably fine.
#EV #CarRepair #VW

So, Gableman's argument is that if he isn't allowed to pick which judges hear his case, it is a violation of due process? I don't think that is the way the law is meant to work.
"Former Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice Michael Gableman says his due process rights have been denied during the ongoing fallout of his investigation of the 2020 presidential election."
#Politics #USPolitics #USPol

You can buy a “battery case” for a phone but I am yet to find one for an iPad mini. All I want is a iPad mini with 1TB of storage, a 5G modem, and a battery that lasts 30 hours.

I have three different apps on my phone for backing up videos and photos. You better believe that I triple checked each were done before deleting these.

I am planning on taking my nephew to Japan this summer as an early graduation gift. He hasn’t been out of the country before and I figure that experiencing new cultures is how you make sure that someone is a good world citizen. I miss Japan and I’m happy to go back but OMG, this is going to be expensive.

I'm debating if it's too cold to get the car washed

This weekend, I drove out to Mayfair to watch Fackham Hall because it wasn't showing anywhere closer. Meanwhile, Marcus is playing a bunch of "Retro" movies out of desperation.

Good morning! It might be cold outside, but at least there isn't any new snow this morning.

... I've been waiting on the line for 1 hour and 10 minutes.

"Your estimated wait time is 1 hour and 5 minutes."

I just got this from #WUWM in #Milwaukee. I'm not sure that I would be willing to say that their signal is able to reach that far in the best of times but for the past decade, I've also only streamed their content on the internet.

They released the video that Johnathan Ross filmed of him killing Renee Good in Minneapolis.
"A DHS official confirmed the video, obtained by CNN, was recorded on the agent’s cellphone camera; the video was originally obtained by the conservative Minnesota media outlet Alpha News."
#Politics #USPol #USPolitics #ICE

I'm still a little afraid to eat the wrong thing for lunch after my issues over the past few days. I'm hoping that homemade pizza will be okay?
#food #pizza

King ISO opened for Tech N9ne tonight. I think that I know what I'm listening to tomorrow while I code.
#Milwaukee #Rave #KingISO

I'm glad that NPR is there to try to raise the alarm.
"This week marks the fifth anniversary of the attack on the U.S. Capitol. An NPR investigation details how the Trump administration is trying to erase government information on the attack."
#Politics #USPolitics #USPol

2025 definitely felt like the year the movie industry decided "People don't like what we are putting out there. Let's try making fewer movies."

I really like this folding phone but it is definitely not one handable. I also miss having an underscreen fingerprint sensor.

I only watched this movie during the month of December but I watch it a lot in December.

is about to see Fackham Hall.

I have owned my 2016 EV since 2020. (I like buying my cars four and a half years old because four years is the length of a typical lease and when supply goes up, price goes down). I like the fact that (because it's an EV), beyond tire rotations, it's only been in the shop once. That one time, was due to the fact that the start button got stuck in and wouldn't come out again. The car is nearing ten years old, and I think that I might need to take it to the shop for new tires. ...

I just blocked somebody on here who tried to tell me that I don't understand how blocking accounts works. 😆

It looks like it is snowing again. #Milwaukee

That's neat.
#CSS

This is a really weird advertising email to receive.

RE: https://hachyderm.io/@thomasfuchs/115843477255215320
Inside every technologist, there is one monkey arguing for a state of ultra-minimalism (an EDC backpack with everything you need in it) and one monkey that fights for you to rent a loft space to preserve one of every computer that has ever existed.
Which one wins?

The dog checked on how I was doing and then asked if they can be locked in the crate.

Paramount plus has "channels" in their app and one of them just plays die hard on a loop. I watch it a little bit too much.

Recently, I got a phone with a much smaller battery than the one it replaced. As a result, my phone runs out of juice faster and fast charging is more important. I upgraded my charging dock to something that can fast charge and I noticed two things. The charger now has active cooling (there is fan noise) and the phone refuses to charge to 100% sometimes because it is trying to preserve the health of the battery.

Oh, cool! There is a preview for the new season of Rick and Morty!
#RickAndMorty

Does anyone know how to get a Samsung phone to work with Google Fi's visual voicemail?
#Samsung #Android #Fi

Good morning, Fediverse!
#Dog #DogsOfMastodon

Noooo! I just saw that Beans and Barley is closing. #milwaukee

I really liked the movie Edge of Tomorrow. I am pretty sure that the manga that this is based on is the basis of that movie.
#AllYouNeedIsKill #EdgeOfTomorrow #LiveDieRepeat

I really don't understand how anybody can justify continuing to use twitter.
"The French offices of Elon Musk's X have been raided by the Paris prosecutor's cyber-crime unit, as part of an investigation into suspected offences including unlawful data extraction and complicity in the possession of child pornography."
#Twitter

I didn't think that it was possible to wear out the gel wrist rest on a mouse pad, but my wrist seems to disagree.

I'm bookmarking this line for a future job application.
... Now I just need to find the right job application to add it to. 🤔
https://theonion.com/what-i-lack-in-physical-strength-i-make-up-for-in-pubic-hair/

I saw an article claiming that AI is killing "B2B SaaS," and my mind keeps going back to my former employer, which would always call itself B2B2C or B2B2B instead of B2B.

The dogs are going to end up giving me some sort of permanent hearing damage.

The local library is seeking applicants for the board of trustees, and I am tempted.

Having Johnny Knoxville host a reboot of Fear Factor sounds about right.

We could add Cowboy Bebop to the list of shows that Osa won't let me watch.

I heard from my mom that my sister has to move because her landlord is ending her lease. She has said in the past that she is paying $1000 per month under market. That's gonna suck.

@… was so into the idea of "the metaverse" only four years ago that he renamed the damn company to "Meta" and now it isn't the next big thing anymore.
https://cyberplace.social/@GossiTheDog/115663179089382328

... I was hoping that they were closing it because I was getting my brand icon.

I just got an email from a GitHub issue saying ...
So... our backlog of brand requests has reached a point where even we can't pretend we're keeping up. Some of these issues were opened before I had gray hair. And I've had gray hair for a LONG time. On top of that, treating requests as issues has always made it way too hard to see the forest for the trees.
To fix this, we are now managing all brand requests in GitHub Discussions.
... Fair enough, I guess.

I could use another cup of tea.

It's too damn cold out there today.