Sindastra  🩷

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Hi, I'm Sindastra. (:

I do all sorts of things, I'm passionate about "tech", real IT, not just gadgets! :D

I run a blog and a YouTube channel with sporadic updates.

I love boosts. 

I am self-verified ✅ 😆 (the joke being that it's worth about as much as a self-regulating industry, think of conflict of interest)

Fun with flags:  🏳️‍🌈 🇪🇺 🇩🇪🇨🇭

If you read this bio, mention me with "butts" before following. This is not a joke. Do it.

Bloghttps://www.sindastra.de
YouTubehttps://www.youtube.com/sindastra
Ko-fihttps://ko-fi.com/sindastra
PronounsDepends on your language ;P (but she is fine)
Sindastra  🩷Aug 12, 2025
Sindastra :femin:🏴‍☠️Aug 12, 2025
You know how in fantasy movies there are zombies or ghouls or something taking over the world and humans just have to kill the witch to make all of them just collapse?

It's not so far fetched because

You know how in the scifi movies there are robots taking over the world and humans just have to kill some central server and all robots collapse?

It's not so far fetched because

You know how everybody just sticks a Raspberry Pi into everything and then uses some centralized API for computing things?

So basically, don't use centralized magic.
Sindastra  🩷Jun 26, 2025
SindastraJun 26, 2025

Now is the time to migrate to Forgejo

I document how I migrated my binary installation of Gitea to Forgejo.

https://www.sindastra.de/p/3631/now-is-the-time-to-migrate-to-forgejo

#forgejo #git #gitea #linux #selfhosting #server #sysadmin

Now is the time to migrate to Forgejo - Sindastra's info dump

I document how I migrated my binary installation of Gitea to Forgejo.

Sindastra's info dump
Show threadSindastra  🩷Jun 3, 2025
At least if you like things that are cursed.
Sindastra  🩷Jun 3, 2025
I feel like this joke of mine deserves more attention: https://github.com/sindastra/ClassicPad
GitHub - sindastra/ClassicPad: An exercise in irony

An exercise in irony. Contribute to sindastra/ClassicPad development by creating an account on GitHub.

GitHub
Sindastra  🩷Jun 3, 2025

Hey @mullvadnet I just got downgraded from 2025.6 to 2025.5 through the app with a warning that I'm on an unsupported version and that "my privacy is at risk".

Did you revoke a release or what's going on?

Sindastra  🩷May 29, 2025
SindastraMay 29, 2025

Restoring a vector image without AI

Here I document an afternoon of toying with ImageMagick and using the properties of GIF in an attempt to cheat myself into a crisp raster image as if it were rendered freshly from a vector graphic.

https://www.sindastra.de/p/3581/restoring-a-vector-image-without-ai

#ComputerScience #GIF #ImageMagick #ImageProcessing #MyLittlePony #Tinkering

Restoring a vector image without AI - Sindastra's info dump

Here I document an afternoon of toying with ImageMagick and using the properties of GIF in an attempt to cheat myself into a crisp raster image as if it were rendered freshly from a vector graphic.

Sindastra's info dump
Sindastra  🩷May 27, 2025
SindastraMay 27, 2025

Make TOTP 2FA/MFA setup slightly more user-friendly

You can also put OTP secrets into links to allow users to set up OTP with one single click without a QR code scan nor manual copying of a secret!

https://www.sindastra.de/p/3567/make-totp-2fa-mfa-setup-slightly-more-user-friendly

#2fa #apple #authenticator #macos #mfa #otp #otpauth #totp #webdev

Make TOTP 2FA/MFA setup slightly more user-friendly - Sindastra's info dump

You can also put OTP secrets into links to allow users to set up OTP with one single click without a QR code scan nor manual copying of a secret!

Sindastra's info dump
Sindastra  🩷May 21, 2025
Sindastra :femin:🏴‍☠️May 21, 2025
​​ OTP codes in E-Mails:
Archive/File neatly as I do with all other emails
Delete them
Poll ends at .
Sindastra  🩷May 20, 2025
Sindastra :femin:🏴‍☠️May 20, 2025
If you wonder how autism "feels" like, well I can't speak for everyone but personally:

If you've ever seen the movie "The Amazing Spider-Man", there's this scene when Peter gets his powers and his senses are heightened by a massive amount and he's not yet used to it, so he's sitting on his bed, sweating, trembling, freaking out by all he's feeling.

It's basically like that for me; of course that I "got used to it" too, except unlike in the movie, it's not just a "super power" but actually an impairment.

I actually take (prescribed) sedatives on a daily basis just to be able to function in the world, and whenever I try to get off of them, it's back to the sweaty bed being overwhelmed by all my senses.

Yes, autism has its shiny sides sometimes and yes we can celebrate neurodiversity, but in the current world it's just as much of a disability and not a joke; this is to say, the world has yet to understand this and accommodate for said disabilities.

I may look normal, and you might not be able to tell when you don't know me more closely, but, to put it frankly "shit's real".

There are many disabilities out there which you cannot see, but that doesn't make them any less real; it's the parts you don't see that make the difference.
Sindastra  🩷May 19, 2025
Sindastra :femin:🏴‍☠️May 18, 2025
What does Germany have installed by default?

fail2bahn

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