Dave Polaschek (he/him)

Ex-computer programmer, now retired. Busy #reading, #writing, #cooking, #woodworking and living in #SantaFe #NewMexico. Posts expire in a couple weeks. Unless they don’t.

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Dave Polaschek (he/him) boosted:
2026-01-20

Went to the cabin by truck for the first time this year. The wind picked up and we narrowly avoided getting stuck.

But a very fast coronal mass ejection sparked a G4 solar storm which I think is waning now. We stepped out to very bright rare pink aurora. It also extended north of us, which is unusual. Here is an iPhone shot. #CabinLife #Nunavut #aurora #AuroraBorealis

A night photo of punk Aurora.  The ice and landscape is tinged pink from the  bright pink aurora that fills the sky.
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2026-01-20

If you’re in the US, are you planning to participate in a general strike on Jan 23? I’m wondering how widespread this idea is, or if it’s just contained to Minnesota. I’m self employed, but I guess I’ll take the day off.

Dave Polaschek (he/him)davepolaschek@writing.exchange
2026-01-20

@inthehands There’s some folks down here in NM taking about the general strike. Wouldn’t mind seeing a few other blue states joining in. And maybe even some blue cities in red states. Pretty sure we won’t shop or eat out on Friday.

Dave Polaschek (he/him)davepolaschek@writing.exchange
2026-01-20

@boeckli Oh, and ojo de la vaca means cow’s eye - named for a spring in the little town that has the cemetery, but there’s nothing left of it but the cemetery and a couple foundations.

Dave Polaschek (he/him)davepolaschek@writing.exchange
2026-01-19

@boeckli They’re quiet places. Usually peaceful. Usually level-ish and close to parking. Nice when I was having knee or back problems. Plus, history to be discovered.

Dave Polaschek (he/him)davepolaschek@writing.exchange
2026-01-19

@boeckli If he changes his mind, let me know. The main thing is getting the length of the handle right, which I prefer to measure directly.

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2026-01-19

Short Time lapse from a couple nights ago. Showing the northern lights at the cabin. You'll notice a couple of vehicles leaving, one is my niece on ATV and the second is me. #CabinLife #Nunavut #Aurora #AuroraBorealis

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2026-01-19
Dave Polaschek (he/him)davepolaschek@writing.exchange
2026-01-19

@algernon Tildes in URLs are so newfangled. Where are my bangs?

Dave Polaschek (he/him)davepolaschek@writing.exchange
2026-01-19

@algernon Sounds good, and will do. Thanks!

Getting the web-server up is one of N current projects, so it might be a while, depending on what grabs my attention each day. I think today is mostly woodworking, for example.

Dave Polaschek (he/him)davepolaschek@writing.exchange
2026-01-19

@algernon But I ran my own server (and hosted for a handful of local companies) from 1996 until 2007 or so, when the cost of co-locating a server got too steep and I pulled everything down in a fit of pique. And poisoning the bastards who are ruining the internet sounds very good to me. So nice work! Keep it up, please!

Dave Polaschek (he/him)davepolaschek@writing.exchange
2026-01-19

@algernon Yeah. I may not be typical, as I am allergic to Docker and its ilk, and I’ve given up on anything requiring python because of WHICH PYTHON DO YOU MEAN?

Anyway, iocaine looks like the thing I want in front of my tiny website so I’m not paying for a metric tonne of bandwidth to serve up a few dozen pages.

Dave Polaschek (he/him)davepolaschek@writing.exchange
2026-01-19

@algernon Speaking as someone who’s hoping to use iocaine on an OpenBSD server, fewer moving parts means fewer things I have to faff about with trying to get it all installed and working. As an example, when I needed version control, I went with fossil, because there’s a single binary in ports that gives me everything I need. Click, done.

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2026-01-19
Dave Polaschek (he/him)davepolaschek@writing.exchange
2026-01-19

@boeckli That’s a nice-looking little church. During summer 2020, when we were itching to get out and about (in between projects at home) but didn’t want to be around _people_, we would head up there and wander the graveyard. I kind of miss those little excursions.

Also, one day, I plan to find the Ojo de la Vaca cemetery. It’s off Ojo de la Vaca Road, so not a far drive…

Dave Polaschek (he/him)davepolaschek@writing.exchange
2026-01-19

@Tamami @NevadaWolf Congratulations! Sounds like a good opening, and hopefully some new eyes on your work.

Dave Polaschek (he/him) boosted:
2026-01-19

@mntmn For those reading this thread now, the problem has been identified to be the recent binNMU of libmozjs-140-0. Downgrading to version 140.6.0-1 of that package makes it work again. Bug report here: bugs.debian.org/1125927 I verified the workaround on LS1028A and @cararemixed verified it on RK3588.

Dave Polaschek (he/him) boosted:
2026-01-18

Here, take some flowers because tomorrow is... yep, Monday.
Feverfew from my garden last July. The cute wildflower is a volunteer that I didn't plant... I suspect that a hiker or her dog may have brought some seeds from the nearby trail. Thanks for coming to my yard.
#BloomScrolling #Wildflowers #SundayFlower

A cluster of small white daisy-like flowers with yellow center. Green fern-like foliages.
Dave Polaschek (he/him)davepolaschek@writing.exchange
2026-01-18

@BritishKoalaTea Halve, then scoop the fruit out of the peel with a spoon.

Dave Polaschek (he/him)davepolaschek@writing.exchange
2026-01-18

@stefano I use Mona 6, but there are a few annoying bugs that haven’t been fixed. CWs on quote toots, you don’t see the quoted post. There’s no way to view more than some (too small) number of mutes. You can HAVE more, you just can’t do anything with the oldest ones. I won’t be upgrading to the new Mona because of these. Plus I’m (slowly) leaving iOS, so I’m looking for a good masto client that’ll work across my Linux and OpenBSD devices.

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