https://www.windowscentral.com/microsoft/windows-11/what-is-windows-k2-everything-you-need-to-know-saving-windows-11 >>> For #gaming, #microsoft views# steamOS as the #benchmark, and is working to optimize the platform so that steamOS and Windows gaming #performance are comparable. <<< Microsoft […]

Question, how did #microsoft get all these photos of _*HAPPY*_ people using their products?

🤔 This crashes my outlook. And I'm not sad about it...

Does anyone in #Wellington have a #fritzbox #7490 I can borrow this week?

After the #software that runs on my #computer systems, there's of course the #hardware side as well! #amd, #ati, #nvidia, and #intel, I've had it all! https://firesphere.dev/articles/how-it-all-started-hardware?mtm_campaign=social&mtm_kwd=mastodon

Am I doing this right?

Today, I've only had 2 #coffee. In case you were wondering how things are going.

Don't worry, Sam, SpaceX won't ACTUALLY launch 7,000 satellites! (There are currently 10,296 Starlink sats in orbit) Don't worry, SpaceX said they'd get their satellites below magnitude 7! (They have not […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

It's hard to stay positive

A short #history of my #computer life. From #Windows98 to #Windows8, from #Gentoo to #Ubuntu to @kde#history#computer#windows98#windows8#gentoo#ubuntu#neonnow. https://firesphere.dev/articles/how-it-all-started?mtm_campaign=social&mtm_kwd=mastodon

#grandstream seems pretty good for the price of a #wifi controller/acces-point system

Does anyone have a #photo of an old 386 or 486 #computer, with CRT screen, that I can use as a header image for an article on my site?

@enocc on PowRSS, you recently added "?ref=powrss". It would be nice if you checked if the URL from the feed doesn't already have some parameters. E.g. mine already has ?mtm_campaign=social&mtm_kwd=rss. Your addition should in those cases be `&ref=powrss`, not `?ref`, now my keyword for Matomo […]

I still like the #web. And sometimes I get #nostalgic. #webrings is one of those nostalgic web things. https://firesphere.dev/articles/we-bring-joy?mtm_campaign=social&mtm_kwd=mastodon

Ouch, this isn't great for #meshcore, and it's going to be a difficult few weeks, by the looks of it. https://blog.meshcore.io/2026/04/23/the-split?ref=mastodon

i still don’t understand the thing where people write better docs for the machine than for people

Update to my #rpi count: +3

#national coalition #government orders #stray #flood to #moveon. #moveonorders

Are you in #auckland? And do you work in a big office? With #python? Could you maybe help the Python NZ Auckland #meetup by hosting it? If so, please get in touch with the Python NZ committee! You can email me at, simon.erkelens[@]python.nz

#national coalition #government orders #stray #flood to #moveon. #moveonorders

>>> Perhaps you’ve found value in #LLMs. Congratulations! You should feel no compulsion to have to convince me, nor should you feel any pride in using a particular website. And if you feel you’re being judged for using AI, perhaps you should ask why you feel so vilified? Did the industry do […]

It is #earthday. (~ish). And here at the office, it's celebrated by adding more AI into everything. I am so, so disappointed and tired of this shit. It's literally demotivating me to keep doing my job.

Getting people to switch to #signal instead of #facebook #messenger is so frustrating... Each and everyone of them is willing to, but somehow... not? Smart enough to know better, unwilling enough to not act.

I only have had one (1, 1️⃣ ) #coffee today so far Something is wrong.

#physio asked politely if an #ai powered note taking machine was okay, while she tested my ability to not fall over. My response of "I'd rather not, for various health and ecological reasons" was noted and happily accepted, and no generative notes were made.

It's impossible to say the word #bubbles angrily! https://firesphere.dev/articles/it-is-impossible-to-say-bubbles-angrily?mtm_campaign=social&mtm_kwd=mastodon

These once-in-a-lifetime #weather events sure happen often in the 10 years (a quarter of my life) that I've been in #Aotearoa/New Zealand

Space weather will not harm you or your animals.

I done a tiny tidy up of my website. Inspired by the idea that a #website should be smaller than a floppy, my #javascript aim should be "smaller than Pac-Man" https://firesphere.dev/articles/pac-man-rules?mtm_campaign=social&mtm_kwd=mastodon

It's still a river outside

That was a big load of #rain. I barely slept due to the noise of it

There's not a single one of these fuckers you'd trust to pour piss out of a boot with the instructions printed on the heel

Fair comment on Elon Musk mischaracterising Autism and using it as an excuse to be a jerk. Using disability as a shield for bad behaviour is disgusting and disrespectful to people with disabilities. #elonmusk #autism #adhd #AuDHD

I just had to break up a fight between my #robot #vacuum and a doormat. The doormat was winning. I don't think the robot #uprising will be very spectacular, if this incident is anything to go by.

What the heck? Anyone seen this crawler before? >>> Seamus the Search Engine (web crawler for university course) <<< A search engine named #seamus for #university courses?

#pickyouradventure --- I'm making progress with my story again, but I'm not yet entirely happy with it, so, hang tight folks!

Come meet the (new) #python #nz Committee! https://python.nz/2026/04/16/kicking-off-python-nz-office-hours-with-a-committee-meet-greet/

Disturbed, Sabaton, Dropkick Murphys, Brothers of Metal, Dream Theater... I don't know what to listen to right now.

What rolls down stairs, alone or in pairs

Do, or do not. There is no #ai.

At #python #nz committee meeting: "Simon, I'm just gonna call you Firesphere from now on. Simon, you can just stay Simon" The joy of having two people with the same name on the committee 😆 :spot_chungy:

"Some employees report outright refusing to use #ai tools" https://fortune.com/2026/04/08/gen-z-workers-sabotage-ai-rollout-backlash/ You motherfuckers. Let me translate: "Some employees are unwilling to stab themselves in the eyes, hurting the optometry industry"

Presenter in #ai workshop: "It generated this summary of changes for me. I don't know what it says" I... You... WHAT?

It is with absolute joy that I can share I am now in yet another #ai workshop. /s 😶‍🌫️ 😖

"Hey folks, here's how to fight fascism and corpo surveillance, just follow the link to my blog on #substack"... Reminder that Substack hosts, amplifies and entertains nazis, bigots, anti-environmentalists and hate. Migrating to another host like #ghost is not too difficult. Stop boosting and […]

Ooooh, #linux #kernel #7! https://lkml.org/lkml/2026/4/12/604

#zuck is creating an #ai clone to talk to employees. So that he can always look over their shoulder... Sorry, no, so that they feel "closer to him", of course. https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/apr/13/meta-ai-mark-zuckerberg-staff-talk-to-the-boss?ref=cloudisland.nz

@catsalad this you? https://bgp.tools/prefix/44.30.88.0/24

Does anyone know where I can get a Quad #sata #hat for a #raspberry #pi? I see #seeed and #radxa used to make these kind of things, but nowhere can I actually find such a hat for sale, it's all out of stock.

Thanks to #maggi, I discovered I'm 3 to 4 people.