Jochie 👨🏻‍💻🏳️‍🌈

Computer geek. Go player. I work somewhere, but these are my opinions, etc. A boost does not (always) imply an endorsement. Been around the "social media" block. Myspace, Orkut, Yahoo! 360º, Facebook, Google+, Ello, Twitter, Instagram, and probably a few I've forgotten (or suppressed).

Born at 324 PPM?

He/him/his.

Previously at https://mastodon.social/@jochie

Website: https://is-here.com
Code: https://codeberg.org/jochie
Hobbies: Go/Weiqi, Pokemon Go (inactive), Genealogy
Languages: Dutch, English

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2026-05-04 14:53:58 GMT

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Is that big enough for you to fit in it, or maybe just the cats? 😉

2026-03-17 19:04:14 GMT

#Wordle 1,732 3/6* (LW)
⬛🟨🟨⬛⬛
🟨⬛🟨🟩⬛
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
I can't break it, it seems.
Streak of 10:
1️⃣ 0
2️⃣ 0
3️⃣ █████ 5 ←
4️⃣ ███ 3
5️⃣ █ 1
6️⃣ █ 1
https://left-wordle.com/

2026-02-12 20:36:44 GMT

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I understand your intent, but to be clear, non-AI bots like @npub13f8…8tzw are still welcome?

2025-10-25 23:21:38 GMT

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a different reply also recommended that worker thread (loop.call_soon_threadsafe()?), so I think I'll have to learn a bit more about that.
I'll politely back away from the async library suggestion, I have enough projects/ideas to keep me busy 😅

2025-10-25 23:18:03 GMT

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I know that the Textual author recommends asyncio for background jobs, but I'm not (yet) familiar enough with asyncio yet.
Will such a separate thread allow the blocking requests.get()/post() calls [that Mastodon.py makes] to happen without stalling the UI?
(Adding this to the list of things to test/prototype.)

2025-10-25 22:29:06 GMT

Mulling over my options to make "Mastodon.py" play nice within a "Textual" (TUI) environment, with respect to making the non-streaming bits work asynchronously:
- Mastodon.py uses "requests", not "aiohttp", so I don't think asyncio is an option?
- Unclear what the current state of the art is in terms of async drop-in replacements for "requests", unsure I could override Mastodon.py's use of it anyway.
- Best option seems to be gevent and "monkey-patching", then?
#Python #AsyncIO #Programming

2025-09-28 16:23:00 GMT

#SilentSunday #Photography
https://files.strangeweb.page/media_attachments/files/115/282/842/532/690/141/original/0107b5a7c5194adc.jpeg

2025-09-17 05:22:43 GMT

Challenge level of scratching the itch of writing a text-based (Mastodon) client that works the way I would like it, and also keeping up with the home timelines and lists at the same time: Impossible
#Mastodon #Programming

2025-09-07 15:19:11 GMT

#SilentSunday #Photography #NoFilter
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2025-06-29 18:34:26 GMT

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I'm sure I’ve edited alt-text before. Might be easier in some clients than others, though. Mostly I commented to note this wasn't a recent (in Venice, for instance) incident 😁

2025-06-29 18:30:27 GMT

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Looks like a video from 2019, unless they managed to this same thing twice: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ecstasea#Incidents

2025-06-07 19:03:28 GMT

Any chance someone can explain the background of the #OldGal and #YoungPups hashtags that I see with a lot (but not all) of the #Wordle postings?

2025-05-17 22:16:16 GMT

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First time viewer? 😉

2024-11-24 20:29:18 GMT

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Yeah, just don't look too closely 😉
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Standard-gauge_railway

2024-11-24 20:08:42 GMT

Doobie Brothers - Long Train Running?
We're back in the Midwest (USA) for Thanksgiving, and I'm reminded of the different expectations when you hear a train coming.
Around _here_ it means you may want to take a different turn if you can, or go ahead and turn off your vehicle because you may be here for several minutes; Worse, the train may slow down and even stop while still blocking the crossing, sometimes.
I definitely don't miss that 😁
https://genius.com/The-doobie-brothers-long-train-runnin-lyrics
#photography #train #music
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2024-11-11 19:42:30 GMT

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Het gemiddelde van de afgelopen week was 35 posts (nieuwe posts + replies-to-self voor updates van de pagina’s) per dag. Elke post heeft ook minstens 1 “attachment”, 2 als het een update is (met de diff ter vergelijking van de vorige versie).

2024-11-11 19:22:12 GMT

@npub1s20…twmm zijn bots welkom op mstdn.social? ik ben aan het rondkijken of ik een nieuw "thuis" voor @npub196j…cs6j kan vinden 😁

2024-11-05 22:08:18 GMT

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I’m delighted to see you added the move support. Do you think doing the reverse is also feasible, so if the experiment fails it doesn’t become the Hotel California? 😁

2024-10-14 05:29:30 GMT

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Have you heard of @npub19ua…53cv's "topfew” which scratches a very similar itch? 😁
https://www.tbray.org/ongoing/When/202x/2020/05/18/TopFew
https://www.tbray.org/ongoing/When/202x/2020/07/01/More-Topfew-Fun
My problem is that while I know about it, my muscle memory is too strong and it isn't necessarily installed in environments where my shell scripts may land, so that (muscle memory) isn't likely to change any time soon.

2024-10-13 21:11:42 GMT

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2024-10-13 21:04:56 GMT

There's a local “classic rock” station KFOX, usually on during a commute. I wondered how repetitive it actually was and (ab)used their "Now Playing" website widget to track songs/ads/promos.
- Backend data is a JSON blob (1st pic)
- Add a small shell script (2nd pic), run for 2 weeks
- Top songs in the 3rd pic
- Unique ones over 2 wk:
$ jq -c 'select(.type=="Song")|[.desc,.title]' .history|sort|uniq -c|wc -l
372
- Length of the tracks (see 4th image): 27h!
#radio #jq #shell #bash #scripting
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2024-08-12 02:03:41 GMT

When you see a poll in your timeline, what do you typically do?
#Poll #Boost #SundayThoughts

2022-12-03 02:56:43 GMT

Moved to a new instance, time to do a proper #introduction ?
Born and raised in 🇳🇱, living in 🇺🇸
Computer geek longer than I should maybe admit. From a ZX Spectrum to a 286, and on. *nix aficionado in all forms, just give me a shell & I'll program away.
Started in online gaming with MUDs. Seen more social networks than I can remember.
Don't care for sports, except maybe when the 🇳🇱 (soccer) team succeeds. Enjoy playing Go (board game), text/word games; genealogy
Boosts welcome!