Pierre Bourdon
@delroth.mastodon.delroth.net.ap.brid.gy
Reverse engineer, open source developer and maintainer. Ex-infrastructure security tech lead, now on break. he/him. pfp: vgen.co/angelrosestar
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Reposted by Pierre Bourdon
Right then!
Pending checks and proof reading, the #crosschannelrail Final Report is ready 😀
17000 words, 82 pages, loads of maps, diagrams and photos, and all the TYPES OF TRAIN (8), STATIONS (at least 63), and OPERATORS (7) assessed
Launch is Monday - in […]
[Original post on gruene.social]
Pending checks and proof reading, the #crosschannelrail Final Report is ready 😀
17000 words, 82 pages, loads of maps, diagrams and photos, and all the TYPES OF TRAIN (8), STATIONS (at least 63), and OPERATORS (7) assessed
Launch is Monday - in […]
[Original post on gruene.social]
November 13, 2025 at 8:39 PM
Right then!
Pending checks and proof reading, the #crosschannelrail Final Report is ready 😀
17000 words, 82 pages, loads of maps, diagrams and photos, and all the TYPES OF TRAIN (8), STATIONS (at least 63), and OPERATORS (7) assessed
Launch is Monday - in […]
[Original post on gruene.social]
Pending checks and proof reading, the #crosschannelrail Final Report is ready 😀
17000 words, 82 pages, loads of maps, diagrams and photos, and all the TYPES OF TRAIN (8), STATIONS (at least 63), and OPERATORS (7) assessed
Launch is Monday - in […]
[Original post on gruene.social]
Interesting train timetable bug/anticompetitive feature (you decide...): if you ask SBB or DB there is no direct train between Valenciennes and Arras, because the train is a TGV to Paris with "boarding only" stops at intermediate stations. But if you ask […]
[Original post on mastodon.delroth.net]
[Original post on mastodon.delroth.net]
October 28, 2025 at 12:32 PM
Interesting train timetable bug/anticompetitive feature (you decide...): if you ask SBB or DB there is no direct train between Valenciennes and Arras, because the train is a TGV to Paris with "boarding only" stops at intermediate stations. But if you ask […]
[Original post on mastodon.delroth.net]
[Original post on mastodon.delroth.net]
How dysfunctional and incompetent must SNCF be that they can't find a train for a short regional journey starting in 4h from one of their main hubs.
October 27, 2025 at 9:43 AM
How dysfunctional and incompetent must SNCF be that they can't find a train for a short regional journey starting in 4h from one of their main hubs.
Nice end of season hike at the foot of the Aletsch Glacier: https://www.komoot.com/tour/2643638583
I didn't do much hiking this year so 600m d+ was a bit more tiring than it should be, but the scenery made it worth it. Plus, a really cool suspension […]
[Original post on mastodon.delroth.net]
I didn't do much hiking this year so 600m d+ was a bit more tiring than it should be, but the scenery made it worth it. Plus, a really cool suspension […]
[Original post on mastodon.delroth.net]
October 19, 2025 at 7:02 PM
Nice end of season hike at the foot of the Aletsch Glacier: https://www.komoot.com/tour/2643638583
I didn't do much hiking this year so 600m d+ was a bit more tiring than it should be, but the scenery made it worth it. Plus, a really cool suspension […]
[Original post on mastodon.delroth.net]
I didn't do much hiking this year so 600m d+ was a bit more tiring than it should be, but the scenery made it worth it. Plus, a really cool suspension […]
[Original post on mastodon.delroth.net]
Reposted by Pierre Bourdon
This is the Big Lie of #opensource.
(It is also bizarre for DHH to be quoting an LLM in this matter, but I digress)
Tech communities are *already* fractured. There is no "big tent". Instead, what happens is a slow brain drain. Troll-friendly spaces built on […]
[Original post on indieweb.social]
(It is also bizarre for DHH to be quoting an LLM in this matter, but I digress)
Tech communities are *already* fractured. There is no "big tent". Instead, what happens is a slow brain drain. Troll-friendly spaces built on […]
[Original post on indieweb.social]
October 17, 2025 at 8:30 PM
This is the Big Lie of #opensource.
(It is also bizarre for DHH to be quoting an LLM in this matter, but I digress)
Tech communities are *already* fractured. There is no "big tent". Instead, what happens is a slow brain drain. Troll-friendly spaces built on […]
[Original post on indieweb.social]
(It is also bizarre for DHH to be quoting an LLM in this matter, but I digress)
Tech communities are *already* fractured. There is no "big tent". Instead, what happens is a slow brain drain. Troll-friendly spaces built on […]
[Original post on indieweb.social]
Oh hey who would have guessed the #nixos SC was just lying about their conflicts with the moderation team? And that they'd leave logs clearly outlining their intentions to deceive? Can't believe it! /s […]
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September 30, 2025 at 8:43 PM
Oh hey who would have guessed the #nixos SC was just lying about their conflicts with the moderation team? And that they'd leave logs clearly outlining their intentions to deceive? Can't believe it! /s […]
Today in the #nixos community drama, a member of the NixOS Foundation's board liking a forum post by a rando with ~10 PRs merged in 2 years containing choice quotes like:
> This is an open source software packaging solution, not a political arena.
> please don’t try to keep one foot in the […]
> This is an open source software packaging solution, not a political arena.
> please don’t try to keep one foot in the […]
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September 29, 2025 at 10:33 PM
Today in the #nixos community drama, a member of the NixOS Foundation's board liking a forum post by a rando with ~10 PRs merged in 2 years containing choice quotes like:
> This is an open source software packaging solution, not a political arena.
> please don’t try to keep one foot in the […]
> This is an open source software packaging solution, not a political arena.
> please don’t try to keep one foot in the […]
Baking pun.
September 28, 2025 at 2:20 PM
Baking pun.
It's always fun to witness the implicit agreement between graffiti artists and train engineers - don't screw with the important markings and we won't screw with your graffiti (on cargo trains at least).
September 28, 2025 at 2:19 PM
It's always fun to witness the implicit agreement between graffiti artists and train engineers - don't screw with the important markings and we won't screw with your graffiti (on cargo trains at least).
I find the latest instance of #nixos drama kinda interesting: I'm usually fairly aligned with one of the two sides, but here I feel like the mod team is very much misdiagnosing the problem.
IMO it's desired that the SC should have oversight over the mod team and be able to keep them accountable […]
IMO it's desired that the SC should have oversight over the mod team and be able to keep them accountable […]
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September 27, 2025 at 2:44 PM
I find the latest instance of #nixos drama kinda interesting: I'm usually fairly aligned with one of the two sides, but here I feel like the mod team is very much misdiagnosing the problem.
IMO it's desired that the SC should have oversight over the mod team and be able to keep them accountable […]
IMO it's desired that the SC should have oversight over the mod team and be able to keep them accountable […]
I admire the baiting efforts put in place to seed everyone's GitHub's block lists: https://github.com/basecamp/omarchy/issues/1913
Code of conduct? · Issue #1913 · basecamp/omarchy
What do you need? Have you considered adding a code of conduct for this project, and establishing processes for dealing with toxic behavior? The contributor covenant is a useful place to start.
github.com
September 26, 2025 at 12:49 AM
I admire the baiting efforts put in place to seed everyone's GitHub's block lists: https://github.com/basecamp/omarchy/issues/1913
Wait, people are still surprised that Cloudflare is pandering to fascists? https://drewdevault.com/2025/09/24/2025-09-24-Cloudflare-and-fascists.html
(I'm sure Drew isn't and knew about this, and I appreciate the evidence collecting in this post. But yeah, it's just Cloudflare doing what […]
(I'm sure Drew isn't and knew about this, and I appreciate the evidence collecting in this post. But yeah, it's just Cloudflare doing what […]
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September 24, 2025 at 10:56 PM
Wait, people are still surprised that Cloudflare is pandering to fascists? https://drewdevault.com/2025/09/24/2025-09-24-Cloudflare-and-fascists.html
(I'm sure Drew isn't and knew about this, and I appreciate the evidence collecting in this post. But yeah, it's just Cloudflare doing what […]
(I'm sure Drew isn't and knew about this, and I appreciate the evidence collecting in this post. But yeah, it's just Cloudflare doing what […]
Considering actually voting in the next #nixos SC elections - at first I was "whatever" because it's not like the SC can reasonably improve things, but actually having the shittiest possible SC elected might accelerate a well needed implosion so there might be a point in voting after all!
September 23, 2025 at 3:44 PM
Considering actually voting in the next #nixos SC elections - at first I was "whatever" because it's not like the SC can reasonably improve things, but actually having the shittiest possible SC elected might accelerate a well needed implosion so there might be a point in voting after all!
The latest easylist / youtube viewcount fiasco might be the biggest accidental advertisement for the benefits of MV3 I've seen in a while.
It's a great reminder about how little care and quality control goes into easylist, and how batshit insane it was to give it the equivalent of arbitrary […]
It's a great reminder about how little care and quality control goes into easylist, and how batshit insane it was to give it the equivalent of arbitrary […]
Original post on mastodon.delroth.net
mastodon.delroth.net
September 17, 2025 at 10:34 PM
The latest easylist / youtube viewcount fiasco might be the biggest accidental advertisement for the benefits of MV3 I've seen in a while.
It's a great reminder about how little care and quality control goes into easylist, and how batshit insane it was to give it the equivalent of arbitrary […]
It's a great reminder about how little care and quality control goes into easylist, and how batshit insane it was to give it the equivalent of arbitrary […]
Reposted by Pierre Bourdon
Why Americans Don't Walk To School - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lShDhGn5e5s
this neighborhood he filmed looks so much like America-as-I-know-her that it hurts. When I was a child, I lived in a housing development, a separate loop from the main road, nothing but houses on both sides for the […]
this neighborhood he filmed looks so much like America-as-I-know-her that it hurts. When I was a child, I lived in a housing development, a separate loop from the main road, nothing but houses on both sides for the […]
Original post on infosec.exchange
infosec.exchange
September 15, 2025 at 11:05 AM
Why Americans Don't Walk To School - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lShDhGn5e5s
this neighborhood he filmed looks so much like America-as-I-know-her that it hurts. When I was a child, I lived in a housing development, a separate loop from the main road, nothing but houses on both sides for the […]
this neighborhood he filmed looks so much like America-as-I-know-her that it hurts. When I was a child, I lived in a housing development, a separate loop from the main road, nothing but houses on both sides for the […]
Love when DB tells me early enough about train cancellations that I can end up getting home 2h earlier than planned (and with a more direct itinerary).
Caught a direct 16:50 train from Frankfurt to Basel just before it left!
Caught a direct 16:50 train from Frankfurt to Basel just before it left!
September 14, 2025 at 4:11 PM
Love when DB tells me early enough about train cancellations that I can end up getting home 2h earlier than planned (and with a more direct itinerary).
Caught a direct 16:50 train from Frankfurt to Basel just before it left!
Caught a direct 16:50 train from Frankfurt to Basel just before it left!
Tomorrow will be fun! (unless I go 0-8-0)
September 12, 2025 at 5:37 PM
Tomorrow will be fun! (unless I go 0-8-0)
Found a raytracer test scene in the mountains today.
September 7, 2025 at 7:40 PM
Found a raytracer test scene in the mountains today.
I just found this 3DS in one of my drawers that I had no idea I even owned. Probably not touched in 5+ years at least. Laughed a bit when I saw what was in the cartridge slot.
September 6, 2025 at 5:10 AM
I just found this 3DS in one of my drawers that I had no idea I even owned. Probably not touched in 5+ years at least. Laughed a bit when I saw what was in the cartridge slot.
Reposted by Pierre Bourdon
ONE HOUR AGO:
my husband: do you think the Steam servers will survive the Silksong launch?
me: of course, they've handled tons of very big launches for games that are much larger downloads, they'll be able to handle it
ONE MINUTE AGO: my husband starts screaming
#steam #silksong
my husband: do you think the Steam servers will survive the Silksong launch?
me: of course, they've handled tons of very big launches for games that are much larger downloads, they'll be able to handle it
ONE MINUTE AGO: my husband starts screaming
#steam #silksong
September 4, 2025 at 2:04 PM
With the interrail sale currently ongoing, it's cheaper for me to buy a 4 day/1 month pass than to buy a roundtrip TGV ticket from Basel to Lille (yes, including the stupid seat reservation fees, thanks SNCF). French trains pricing is such a joke.
Of course not a single train ticket search […]
Of course not a single train ticket search […]
Original post on mastodon.delroth.net
mastodon.delroth.net
September 4, 2025 at 7:47 AM
With the interrail sale currently ongoing, it's cheaper for me to buy a 4 day/1 month pass than to buy a roundtrip TGV ticket from Basel to Lille (yes, including the stupid seat reservation fees, thanks SNCF). French trains pricing is such a joke.
Of course not a single train ticket search […]
Of course not a single train ticket search […]
Reposted by Pierre Bourdon
the translation on Wikipedia vs my New Living Internet Translation. 🐴
#chinese #classicalchinese #translation #localization #autism #actuallyautistic #horses
#chinese #classicalchinese #translation #localization #autism #actuallyautistic #horses
![(long text warning)
The Tang dynasty poet Han Yu (768–824) wrote a well-known fable about Bole and qianlima.
Only when an era has a man like Po-le are there thousand-li horses. Thousand-li horses are common, but Po-les, on the other hand, are rare. Thus even though there may be famous horses, they only become abused under the hand of the man to whom they are enslaved, and they die in the stables—never having been recognized as thousand-li horses. Thousand-li horses at times consume a whole dan [approximately 60 kg] of grain in one feeding. If the one who feeds them does so without knowing they are capable of a thousand-li, then even though they may have the ability to go so far, they, having not eaten their fill, are lacking in strength, and their talent and beauty are not apparent. Moreover, if one wanted to rank them with regular horses, they would not make the grade. How then could they be asked to have the ability of going a thousand li? They are whipped inappropriately and fed in such a way that they cannot fulfil their innate talents. Yet when they cry out, they cannot be understood. With whip in hand the man approaches them and says, "There are not any good horses in the empire." Alas! Is it that there are really no good horses or is it perhaps that there is no one who really understands horses?](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:wi4jfbq4d4khbmikgi2kgm7a/bafkreigdhwnkrr2aul7g3nmzvo2vs53xcphok34kqvjh5tpnuvuqstc3wm@jpeg)
August 25, 2025 at 4:35 PM
the translation on Wikipedia vs my New Living Internet Translation. 🐴
#chinese #classicalchinese #translation #localization #autism #actuallyautistic #horses
#chinese #classicalchinese #translation #localization #autism #actuallyautistic #horses
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the big tech oligopoly doesn't want you to know this but the 100G-CWDM4 optics on ebay are [almost] free you can get them shipped to your home i have 50 100G-CWDM4 optics
August 4, 2025 at 12:53 PM
the big tech oligopoly doesn't want you to know this but the 100G-CWDM4 optics on ebay are [almost] free you can get them shipped to your home i have 50 100G-CWDM4 optics
Visiting Solothurn today, one of the few big cities in Switzerland I've never spent much time in. Beautiful old city center and churches, picked the right day weather wise too!
August 3, 2025 at 1:09 PM
Visiting Solothurn today, one of the few big cities in Switzerland I've never spent much time in. Beautiful old city center and churches, picked the right day weather wise too!
Mysterious tracking update from the Post today.
Have checked, no box remains on me as far as I can tell.
Have checked, no box remains on me as far as I can tell.
July 31, 2025 at 7:07 AM
Mysterious tracking update from the Post today.
Have checked, no box remains on me as far as I can tell.
Have checked, no box remains on me as far as I can tell.