NCommander

An endless seeker who tries to do what I can to make things just a little better in the world.

Created Mixer's FTL, founded SoylentNews, and likes cursed computing!

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Discord: https://discord.gg/V8esNah
YouTube: https://youtube.com/c/NCommander
Wiki: https://wiki.restless.systems

Last Notes

2026-05-29 19:28:12 GMT

At this point, I need to start shutting does this instance, I can't maintain it and I no longer use it for myself. I'll be reaching out ot people still actively using it ot migrate, but yeah ...

2025-06-11 13:27:02 GMT

God, I "love" Mastodon.
The server's cache filled up the entire HDD, and then from there put PostgreSQL in recovery mode
Honestly, Mastodon's caching sucks so hard, and it has no good way to do sanity checks like to automatically delete files, or make sure the HDD isn't filled up past a point.
I changed the crontabs to be more aggressive, but it appears the 'recommended' solution is to use S3 storage or something like that.
I'm legitimately debating what to do long term with the server ...

2025-05-03 04:35:46 GMT

Want to see something cursed?
It's the Linux kernel 4.19 building *natively* under Windows XP under Services for UNIX. The amount of effort to get this far was immense ...
https://social.restless.systems/system/media_attachments/files/114/442/038/070/541/587/original/02fd1ccb8fb79b73.png

2024-12-17 13:14:59 GMT

Apparently the Windows Terminal is rated E for everyone - why does a terminal app require an age rating ...
https://social.restless.systems/system/media_attachments/files/113/668/343/354/745/689/original/e6052d4eb36125eb.png

2024-10-09 10:53:31 GMT

I think this sums up what I'm doing and where I'm going:
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After all, I originally wanted to do this with a Compaq Portable, but I ran into problems such as APRSdos needing a NEC V20 (since obtained), and needing to update a few settings, since its idea of "talk to a space station" means Mir.
Then again, Xastir's map still shows the air corridors for flying into West Berlin, so maybe that's just part the course
https://social.restless.systems/system/media_attachments/files/113/277/089/116/119/347/original/0afda44cffa2c79d.png

2024-09-29 06:59:58 GMT

If you understand why this is cursed, I salute you.
https://social.restless.systems/system/media_attachments/files/113/219/547/233/464/890/original/6e3e412b058505cc.png

2024-09-11 04:49:57 GMT

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I drove through BC to Alaska ages ago, but yeah, Canada is pretty.
Also empty, but pretty empty.

2024-09-11 04:02:44 GMT

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Already did that. Pink line on this map.
I don't have a full track for it, but I did log the eastbound drive through Canada. (I used APRS-IS for this)
https://social.restless.systems/system/media_attachments/files/113/116/928/508/094/122/original/500d8f15e68872ab.png

2024-09-11 03:48:03 GMT

Did a test of loading in the tracking data points into Google Earth; it really puts in perspective how long of a drive this is.
https://social.restless.systems/system/media_attachments/files/113/116/870/931/649/083/original/f7b794501d1a283c.png

2024-08-10 12:26:15 GMT

Pinball just cracked 1M views!
https://social.restless.systems/system/media_attachments/files/112/937/714/870/584/711/original/5414627328afde4b.png

2024-05-26 02:30:16 GMT

It does seem impossible to get VMWare Fusion demos anymore. Damn it, I needed that to test OpenBSD/arm64

2024-05-02 14:53:30 GMT

I got to say having put in a lot of long hours with netBSD as of late, I am really wondering how viable moving some of my servers over to *BSD is.