JulianCalaby

@juliancalaby@treehouse.systems
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Grumpy clown microdosing chaos. Petter of dogs. Hardware and software sadist. Applied specific curses to their own homelab for fun. Smashes code together for money. Solders together Arduino projects the wrong way. Has been in the presence of the One True Duck. Emigrating to the cloud the hard way.

I do not represent my employer here.

If you're contacting me and I don't know you, please tell me your favourite letter of the Greek alphabet within the first couple of sentences of our first conversation so I know you're serious.

Pronounshe/him
GitLabhttps://gitlab.com/SkUrRiEr
Githubhttps://github.com/SkUrRiEr
Hackaday.iohttps://hackaday.io/SkUrRiEr
JulianCalaby2d ago
Nanoraptor3d ago
JulianCalaby6d ago

I'm getting increasingly sick of the whole X11 vs Wayland argument for a lot of reasons, but the main ones are:

1. X11 is in deep maintenance mode because everyone working on it has moved onto other things and nobody has stepped up to maintain it in their absence. If you feel that it's better than Wayland, please organise funds and personnel to modernise it so it works on new systems. This has not happened in a meaningful way.
2. As I understand it, the Apple Silicon graphics system is fundamentally not usable under X11 without a massive translation layer that maps X11 to it. The rise of Wayland means that this can be accomplished better using a Wayland compositor and XWayland. My understanding is that basically "all" embedded graphics solutions other than Intel's are similarly incompatible.
3. Screen tearing on Intel graphics under X11
4. Any application that still needs X11 for whatever reason should work under XWayland, the X11 compatibility layer built out of Xorg by the developers of Xorg.
5. From what I've seen, nearly every issue people have had with Wayland is because their app is either doing stuff to bypass X11 that doesn't work on Wayland or because they switched to Wayland too soon.
6. Bazzite, Gamescope, KDE, modern graphics APIs, etc. The world is already moving on.
7. As with most Linux graphics things, I understand that the developers are reasonably responsive to collaboration so just talk to them if the thing you're working on doesn't work
8. Writing a new protocol is a way to do things better. There's a lot of stuff that the "grey beards" say is hard that can be made easier if you're starting from scratch with the lessons of the past in mind. Secure screen locking and screensavers is one that springs to mind.

Either spend time actually understanding the problems, compile your app for X11 and lean on XWayland, or talk to the developers. It's not complicated.

JulianCalabyJun 22
Elia Ayoub (he/him)Jun 16

What does a 2000 photo of Edward Said throwing a rock at the wall separating newly-liberated southern Lebanon and Israel have in common with the LA protests?

A few thoughts on how 'violence' if framed.

Article version (support if you can) https://www.hauntologies.net/p/framing-violence

🧵 below

JulianCalabyJun 18

Me, trying to be reassuring to a young woman planing to move to Australia who has clearly heard _all_ the stories:

Anyway, if you do see a spider, don't feel bad about killing it, we've got plenty.

JulianCalabyMay 25
Joe NashMay 23
I don’t think any device can match the ThinkPad for weird user bases, with exactly two profiles: person who only experiences computing through their corporate intranet, or person with the most esoteric Linux setup you’ve ever seen
JulianCalabyMay 24
KeyboardsMay 24
JulianCalabyMay 24
Show threadSarah Jamie LewisMay 21

Your one practical option is to actively reject tools that now exist to serve interests other than your own - and to help others do the same; and in doing so support the people who make the tools that put you back in control.

Are there solutions for everything? No - but if we don't start investing in them, and building them, and making them better today then we simply won't have them at all.

Because no tool, no organization, that sells out its users is ever going to stop.

JulianCalabyMay 24
Natasha JayMay 21
The tortoise lays on its back, its belly baking in the hot sun, beating its legs trying to turn itself over, but it can't. Not without your help. But you're not helping.
JulianCalabyMay 19
shleeMay 19

Project 10U – (Neighborhood) Community Cloud Pitch

Part 1: The Pitch

In February 2025, I moved into a half rack with 20U of capacity in a closed/private and secured location in Melbourne Australia.

After installing all of my personal hardware, including routers, switches, and servers – I found myself using 6U of my total available rack, or around 33%, and this is everything I’ll need for at least the next 24 months to host all of my […]

https://shlee.fedipress.au/2025/project-10u-neighborhood-community-cloud-pitch/

Project 10U – (Neighborhood) Community Cloud Pitch

Part 1: The Pitch In February 2025, I moved into a half rack with 20U of capacity in a closed/private and secured location in Melbourne Australia. After installing all of my personal hardware, including routers, switches, and servers - I found myself using 6U of my total available rack, or [...]

Shlee
JulianCalabyMay 12
Rick AltherrMay 11

The "can it run DOOM?" trope has been persistent in the comments for Usagi Electric's Bendix G-15 videos. So, that's what he and a brilliant programmer did. Sort of. https://youtu.be/no0CkQk7id0?si=S7l5fR9mysW_fjgM

#retrocomputing

Doom on the Oldest Digital Computer in America!

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Natasha JayMay 21
The tortoise lays on its back, its belly baking in the hot sun, beating its legs trying to turn itself over, but it can't. Not without your help. But you're not helping.
Show threadZenHeathen 🏳️‍🌈May 21
@Natasha_Jay I know why Leon isn't helping.
Show threadExtinction the SixthMay 21
@ZenHeathen @Natasha_Jay Leon drives a Fiat. He is unsympathetic.
Show threadYoraMay 21
@aka_quant_noir @ZenHeathen @Natasha_Jay A SEAT!
Show threadBruce HeerssenMay 21
@ZenHeathen @Natasha_Jay
Tell me about Elon, Leon.
Show threadWesDymMay 21
@bruce And now I'm reminded of the fake movie poster for Elon: The Unprofessional. (Although if anyone did make it, it would have to be a documentary instead of a thriller.)
Show threadMagnus AhltorpMay 21
@wesdym Played by Toby Stephens.
Show threadpaulMay 21

@ahltorp @wesdym

Toby Stephens, the younger son of actors Dame Maggie Smith and Sir Robert Stephens,[1] was born on 21 April 1969 in London.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toby_Stephens#Early_life_and_education

i did not know that!

Toby Stephens - Wikipedia

Show threadNiels Nielsen, geographerMay 22
@bruce @ZenHeathen @Natasha_Jay Same letters! Now it all makes sense!
Sort of.
Show threadBruce HeerssenMay 22
@nichni @ZenHeathen @Natasha_Jay
We should make Musk take the Voight-Kampff test.
Show threadZenHeathen 🏳️‍🌈May 22
@bruce @nichni @Natasha_Jay He hates empathy. He would *want* to fail.
Show threadDeltaWye 🔜 Anthrocon-ish?May 21
@Natasha_Jay Didn’t catch on fire yet
Show threadLazarou Monkey Terror 🚀💙🌈May 21
@Natasha_Jay Art
Show threadThird spruce tree on the leftMay 21
@Natasha_Jay I wish Musk could only breathe so long as someone didn't unplug him, like Holden.
Show threadTeflonTrout  he/himMay 21

@Natasha_Jay What an amazing invention

A car you can set on fire by spraying it with a hose

Show threadSteve WilliamsMay 21
@Natasha_Jay
Teslacles exposed.
Show threadJesus CatBoi May 21
@Natasha_Jay floppy floppetty flop
Show threadCarson Hill 📎May 21
@Natasha_Jay
Show threadRachel RawlingsMay 21
@dicenbuttons @Natasha_Jay Perfect, no notes. Bonus points for using imgflip 🤣
Show threadjonathankoren™May 21
@dicenbuttons @Natasha_Jay
Show thread`Da ElfMay 21

@Natasha_Jay
I'm *dying* of laughter.

That was brilliant.

Show threadRobin BartonMay 21
@Natasha_Jay Nor will I
Show threadCasual Observer May 21
@Natasha_Jay Unlike the inverted incel camino, I felt bad for Leon.
Show threadgwildorMay 21
@Natasha_Jay Brilliant.
Show threadDanny Boling ☮️May 21

@Natasha_Jay

It looks better this way. I say leave it where it is, as a monument to stupidity.

Show threadGabriel PettierMay 21
@Natasha_Jay damn, one must be a special kind to be able to turn such a heavy vehicle on its back, truly amazing.
Show threadWesDymMay 21
@tshirtman I don't know a lot about this vehicle's structure or weight balance, but it might have a high centre of gravity that makes this easier; many SUVs and small trucks do. It's also able to generate enough speed to roll itself if you hit something tall enough. In a judo way, its own weight can help with that.
Show threadGabriel PettierMay 21
@wesdym yeah, many SUVs are balanced worse than normal cars, and maybe this one is, too, it's not like it has a reputation of being well designed.
Show threadWesDymMay 21
@tshirtman I think drivers are part of it, too. When I got a Wrangler years ago, lots of people warned me they could flip, and I was genuinely worried. But I eventually figured out while it does have a higher-than-usual centre of gravity, the problem was really more about the kinds of people who typically drove them.
Show threadGeorge BMay 21

@wesdym @tshirtman

No problem here then, those are famously driven by very careful and safe drivers.

Show threadM0PWXMay 21
@Natasha_Jay did the satnav think it was in australia?
Show threadIrinaMay 21
@Natasha_Jay I thought for a moment that it was a robot mower like the one I turned over in Finland!
Show threadZZ BottomMay 21
@Natasha_Jay 😂
Show threadAbstract_BitMay 21
@Natasha_Jay OMG!!
Show threadAutMay 21
@Natasha_Jay WHAT DO YOU MEAN I'M NOT HELPING?
Show threadKeeper of the orbMay 21
@Natasha_Jay ST OP STOP LMFAO OH MY GODDDD I FINALLY UNDERSTAND THE ENNUI OF FAILING THE TEST
Show threadMarcusMay 21
@Natasha_Jay Very nice. Both Voight & Kampff would be proud of you. 😀
Show threadCrone Cold Kate SherrodMay 21

@Natasha_Jay Post of the day, if not the week.

🫡

Show threadWesDymMay 21
@KateOfMind You need to get out more.
Show threadCrone Cold Kate SherrodMay 21
@wesdym I'm a medical shut in
Show threadCameron BoschMay 21
@Natasha_Jay
Show threadThierry Van KermMay 21
@Natasha_Jay 😆 😂
Show threadit into the fireMay 21
@Natasha_Jay There's good eating on one of those.
Show threadYoraMay 21
@Natasha_Jay The best part is the amount of comments who immediately get it without anyone mentioning the reference.
Show threadNatasha JayMay 21
@yora
Yes!!! I was wondering if it'd be a bit niche, but definitely not
Show threadMartin VogelMay 21
@yora @Natasha_Jay We’ve seen things you people would never believe.
Show threadWesDymMay 21
@yora Yeah, so many people are so cool for remembering one of the most famous movies ever made. So cool.
Show threadYoraMay 21
@wesdym Thank you for your condescendence.
Show threadWesDymMay 21
@yora Wow, you're so cool.
Show threadB-TR3EMay 21
@wesdym @yora most of them actually just believe they'd remember.
Show threadJack Yan (甄爵恩)May 21
@Natasha_Jay In this case, do I pass Voigt–Kampf if I show no empathy?