R.L. Dane    🍵 

@rl_dane@polymaths.social
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My blog: https://rldane.space/
My scripts: https://codeberg.org/rldane/scripts

#Fediversian since late 2018, full-time #fediholic since early 2022.
First-wave #twexodee.

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Imported profile from fosstodon:

Involuntary time-traveler, recipient of offensive grace. Quasi-technical Linux and FOSS enthusiast. Armchair privacy advocate

Profile pic is my own, copyright me.

Header image courtesy of NASA: https://unsplash.com/photos/Q1p7bh3SHj8

My #interests:

#StarWars
#StarTrek
#Linux
#UNIX
#Bible
#Christianity
#Jesus
#AmateurRadio
#Bash
#Dallas
#Writing
#Poetry
#Space
#KSP
#Tea
#FountainPens
#Journaling
#TabletopRPG
#RetroComputing
#ClassicMac
#uxn

#fedi22

Check out my blog! :Dhttps://rldane.space
My scriptshttps://codeberg.org/rldane/scripts
Pronounshe/him/my good fellow
Politicsjustice and mercy
FaithChristian, but not the angry, cringey, tragically hilariously oblivious kind
My alts:@rl_dane (former alt account, now migrated here), @rl_dane (BSD.Cafe #snac server), @rl_dane (Pixelfed), @RL_Dane (bookwyrm)
MoodSnarky, but kind
Did a bunch more stuff with my 6502 Forth-like. Most importantly I fixed the 4kb source limit by making read buffered lines instead of the whole source code at once. That doesn't make for a good screenshot, so here it is running a hailstone sequence instead:

FreeBSD Closes the Laptop Gap — Year One Update

We’ve published a Year One update on the Foundation’s ongoing work to improve laptop and desktop support in FreeBSD. The article highlights progress in hardware enablement, driver development, installer changes, and the roadmap for continued improvements in 2026.

Read the update:

https://freebsdfoundation.org/blog/freebsd-closes-the-laptop-gap-year-one-project-update/

#FreeBSD #OpenSource #LaptopSupport #FreeBSDFoundation

@baldur's latest is a total banger.

For many years, I've felt like the tech industry has left me behind. Now I feel like it has left sanity behind.

https://www.baldurbjarnason.com/2025/challenging-fate/

Challenging fate with goodwill (and a holiday sale)

Writing at the end of the world, from Hveragerði, Iceland

The Grinch came early and broke the train I usually set up around the tree.

Seems like the voltage on the tracks is good, but I can't find any issue in the engine. Maybe I'll have more time later this weekend, or it'll have to wait for next year.

#train #modelRailroad #christmas

HERE IS YOUR #bash history #recap / #rewind / #year_in_review !!!

grep -v "^[[:space:]]*#" ~/.bash_history |sed -E 's/^ *(sudo|doas) *//g' |awk '{print $1}' |sort |uniq -c |sort -n |tail -n $((LINES-2))

#YearInReview

@thesaigoneer @rl_dane

I appreciate you for keeping AerynOS in the conversation for interesting new things ❤️

The #NetBSD 🚩community is amazing! 🔥
Let's come together to reach the foundation's $50,000 year-end goal. Your contribution directly drives the project's future and innovation. Every donation helps!
https://netbsd.org/donations/
#NetBSD #OpenSource #FOSS #Donate
#outreach
gitolite
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@rl_dane @mirabilos @sotolf @amin @kabel42 @paul @joel this is what happens when you pull in all the friends and treat it as if it were IRC back in the 90s <3