Quiet Observer
@quietobserver.bsky.social
Does things with computers
The "decision" is just that now you have the option to change your email address. The headline makes it sound like this is some kind of mandatory thing with dire consequences.
January 9, 2026 at 6:10 AM
The "decision" is just that now you have the option to change your email address. The headline makes it sound like this is some kind of mandatory thing with dire consequences.
Dropping a 5700X into a B350 motherboard and having everything just work is so satisfying considering that CPU was released 5 years after that board was
December 30, 2025 at 1:15 AM
Dropping a 5700X into a B350 motherboard and having everything just work is so satisfying considering that CPU was released 5 years after that board was
I regret not getting up a Ryzen 5800X3D or a 5700X3D when they were readily available and not stupid expensive
December 12, 2025 at 8:58 PM
I regret not getting up a Ryzen 5800X3D or a 5700X3D when they were readily available and not stupid expensive
Watched Pig (2021). It's like John Wick, but with emotional trauma instead of murder.
October 29, 2025 at 4:15 AM
Watched Pig (2021). It's like John Wick, but with emotional trauma instead of murder.
We are all NPCs in someone else's world
October 5, 2025 at 4:44 AM
We are all NPCs in someone else's world
You just gave me a flashback to installing CyannogenMod on a Galaxy S5 and things were either really wonky or outright broken unless a matching baseband was also flashed to match the Android version
October 3, 2025 at 4:36 PM
You just gave me a flashback to installing CyannogenMod on a Galaxy S5 and things were either really wonky or outright broken unless a matching baseband was also flashed to match the Android version
Speaking just for myself as a longtime LineageOS user, but I have never had much luck with MMS working reliably in the stock Messaging app, I always wind up using a different SMS app and those seem to work better for me
No hate on Lineage here though, MMS sucks in general
No hate on Lineage here though, MMS sucks in general
October 3, 2025 at 4:22 PM
Speaking just for myself as a longtime LineageOS user, but I have never had much luck with MMS working reliably in the stock Messaging app, I always wind up using a different SMS app and those seem to work better for me
No hate on Lineage here though, MMS sucks in general
No hate on Lineage here though, MMS sucks in general
Carpentry was invented by big wood as an excuse for people fill their garages with tools
September 28, 2025 at 4:45 AM
Carpentry was invented by big wood as an excuse for people fill their garages with tools
Upgrading from Windows 10 to Linux on my gaming rig was almost as smooth as I had planned, and overall it was painless with the only major issue related to one program I was hoping would work with Wine
September 3, 2025 at 2:58 AM
Upgrading from Windows 10 to Linux on my gaming rig was almost as smooth as I had planned, and overall it was painless with the only major issue related to one program I was hoping would work with Wine
Successfully got NetBox to trigger a webhook which starts a Gitea action to run octodns-sync when a DNS record is updated
July 22, 2025 at 1:01 AM
Successfully got NetBox to trigger a webhook which starts a Gitea action to run octodns-sync when a DNS record is updated
Used one of these as a CentOS server for a few years, worked quite well once I worked around the 32 bit EFI wierdness
July 11, 2025 at 5:08 AM
Used one of these as a CentOS server for a few years, worked quite well once I worked around the 32 bit EFI wierdness
This is great, I still have not gotten used to the new Windows 11 context menu that moved the Properties item to the middle of the list
June 25, 2025 at 4:45 PM
This is great, I still have not gotten used to the new Windows 11 context menu that moved the Properties item to the middle of the list
If I setup Netbox to manage my homelab does that imply my homelab is getting a little out of hand?
June 2, 2025 at 5:12 PM
If I setup Netbox to manage my homelab does that imply my homelab is getting a little out of hand?
I might be able to help if no one else has reached out yet
May 16, 2025 at 3:40 AM
I might be able to help if no one else has reached out yet
I would rather spend my time tinkering with Linux than upgrade to Windows 11
May 10, 2025 at 8:40 PM
I would rather spend my time tinkering with Linux than upgrade to Windows 11
With the VB Script being deprecated in Windows does that mean they will update MDT for on-prem deployments? Or will M$ just expect everyone to move to Azure?
October 13, 2023 at 6:43 PM
With the VB Script being deprecated in Windows does that mean they will update MDT for on-prem deployments? Or will M$ just expect everyone to move to Azure?
Gunship did it again with Unicorn
October 6, 2023 at 5:20 AM
Gunship did it again with Unicorn
Blue Sky day one first impressions: Adaquite number of cat pictures, surprising number of furries
September 2, 2023 at 8:46 PM
Blue Sky day one first impressions: Adaquite number of cat pictures, surprising number of furries