Jaql
@jaql.tech
British/Canadian black-backed jackal living in Maryland after a decade in Silicon Valley. Atheist, humanist, pluralist, leftist.
Getting our house to function as a Bluetooth speaker using only Raspberry Pis and used soundbars was surprisingly difficult. I never thought I'd ever say Pulseaudio helped, but it did...
November 17, 2025 at 8:29 PM
Getting our house to function as a Bluetooth speaker using only Raspberry Pis and used soundbars was surprisingly difficult. I never thought I'd ever say Pulseaudio helped, but it did...
Oh look I was 100% correct about what Valve was working on. Almost as if reading their kernel commits was all I needed.
Like, I predicted -everything-.
Like, I predicted -everything-.
November 12, 2025 at 8:32 PM
Oh look I was 100% correct about what Valve was working on. Almost as if reading their kernel commits was all I needed.
Like, I predicted -everything-.
Like, I predicted -everything-.
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For Halloween I have a public #VRChat avatar to share! With my Greater Dane base I made a #ScoobyDoo!
You can fav the public avatar here: vrchat.com/home/avatar/...
You can fav the public avatar here: vrchat.com/home/avatar/...
October 31, 2025 at 8:03 PM
For Halloween I have a public #VRChat avatar to share! With my Greater Dane base I made a #ScoobyDoo!
You can fav the public avatar here: vrchat.com/home/avatar/...
You can fav the public avatar here: vrchat.com/home/avatar/...
Hasbro sent an anti-consumer arbitration terms change for D&D Beyond, requiring a emailed letter to opt out.. They didn't specify any format so I'll hand-write it and send it as JPG. I also alerted them to a typo in the terms.
October 27, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Hasbro sent an anti-consumer arbitration terms change for D&D Beyond, requiring a emailed letter to opt out.. They didn't specify any format so I'll hand-write it and send it as JPG. I also alerted them to a typo in the terms.
My reading of the new ToS of a popular furry site:
* You agree not to violate any foreign laws
* Chinese law bans outright access to it
* Therefore any access is violation of the terms
This could then also be against US law that bans encouraging censorship.
Who the heck wrote that license?!
* You agree not to violate any foreign laws
* Chinese law bans outright access to it
* Therefore any access is violation of the terms
This could then also be against US law that bans encouraging censorship.
Who the heck wrote that license?!
October 20, 2025 at 3:13 PM
My reading of the new ToS of a popular furry site:
* You agree not to violate any foreign laws
* Chinese law bans outright access to it
* Therefore any access is violation of the terms
This could then also be against US law that bans encouraging censorship.
Who the heck wrote that license?!
* You agree not to violate any foreign laws
* Chinese law bans outright access to it
* Therefore any access is violation of the terms
This could then also be against US law that bans encouraging censorship.
Who the heck wrote that license?!
YouTube has started recommending me luxury yatch reviews. I can't think of something more outside of my scope of interest. Weird.
October 5, 2025 at 2:25 AM
YouTube has started recommending me luxury yatch reviews. I can't think of something more outside of my scope of interest. Weird.
Wasn't expecting a conversation about Liverpool in a Lidl in Virginia
October 1, 2025 at 8:50 PM
Wasn't expecting a conversation about Liverpool in a Lidl in Virginia
Thanks to @matrices.bsky.social recommending Aaron and Claire and a local Asian market, I get to make Yaki Udon tomorrow!
October 1, 2025 at 3:11 AM
Thanks to @matrices.bsky.social recommending Aaron and Claire and a local Asian market, I get to make Yaki Udon tomorrow!
Which country is this again?
September 29, 2025 at 9:35 PM
Which country is this again?
I was picked up from school for violin lesson in the UK.
My mum said the US had reaped what it had sowed in the 80s middle east and a load innocent people died, and that it was horrible and tragic.
Then said she was worried the US would do something very, very stupid...
I was mostly confused.
My mum said the US had reaped what it had sowed in the 80s middle east and a load innocent people died, and that it was horrible and tragic.
Then said she was worried the US would do something very, very stupid...
I was mostly confused.
Walking into school, kids were already talking about the attacks.
Our teacher got a call around the time the second tower was hit and started breaking down.
we turned on the TV and watched in horror..
Some kids were pulled out of class early by parents.
That afternoon was tense and silent. 1/2
Our teacher got a call around the time the second tower was hit and started breaking down.
we turned on the TV and watched in horror..
Some kids were pulled out of class early by parents.
That afternoon was tense and silent. 1/2
if you cannot remember in detail what you were doing on 9/11 i will struggle to take your opinion seriously
September 12, 2025 at 5:43 PM
I was picked up from school for violin lesson in the UK.
My mum said the US had reaped what it had sowed in the 80s middle east and a load innocent people died, and that it was horrible and tragic.
Then said she was worried the US would do something very, very stupid...
I was mostly confused.
My mum said the US had reaped what it had sowed in the 80s middle east and a load innocent people died, and that it was horrible and tragic.
Then said she was worried the US would do something very, very stupid...
I was mostly confused.
Apparently a mortgage company can simultaneously demand payment AND insist I don't exist
August 26, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Apparently a mortgage company can simultaneously demand payment AND insist I don't exist
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Commission for @jaql.tech of their adventuring party.
Commissions STILL open btw! let me know if you have any interest!
Commissions STILL open btw! let me know if you have any interest!
August 21, 2025 at 5:45 PM
Commission for @jaql.tech of their adventuring party.
Commissions STILL open btw! let me know if you have any interest!
Commissions STILL open btw! let me know if you have any interest!
At 6:30am at a bagel café in the Southern US, I'm reminded this country is wonderful when religion and hatred are put aside.
August 21, 2025 at 10:32 AM
At 6:30am at a bagel café in the Southern US, I'm reminded this country is wonderful when religion and hatred are put aside.
I am made deeply uncomfortable by a local LLM ending a response with 'Please let me know if that helped!' when it was ephemeral and no longer exists.
(I am summarizing huge amounts of text I wrote myself, not generating anything.)
(I am summarizing huge amounts of text I wrote myself, not generating anything.)
August 20, 2025 at 6:02 PM
I am made deeply uncomfortable by a local LLM ending a response with 'Please let me know if that helped!' when it was ephemeral and no longer exists.
(I am summarizing huge amounts of text I wrote myself, not generating anything.)
(I am summarizing huge amounts of text I wrote myself, not generating anything.)
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@jaql.tech making cornish pasties!
A whole lot of them.
A whole lot of them.
August 20, 2025 at 12:33 AM
@jaql.tech making cornish pasties!
A whole lot of them.
A whole lot of them.
I lived in the DC metro for 2 years.
The biggest criminals are the fucking SUV drivers
The biggest criminals are the fucking SUV drivers
I heard something really bad happened in January 2021 as well but I can't seem to rember what. Oh well.
August 13, 2025 at 5:27 PM
I lived in the DC metro for 2 years.
The biggest criminals are the fucking SUV drivers
The biggest criminals are the fucking SUV drivers
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Slightly diminish a band: They Might Not Be Giants
Imagine Drakes
Slightly diminish a band: the Mountain Goat
August 13, 2025 at 6:16 AM
Slightly diminish a band: They Might Not Be Giants
Ugh. To not have to give data to crappy cloud companies for multi room audio, I had to:
- order 3 raspberry pi zeros and DAC for snapcast
- order 3 OLD soundbars for have a damn 3.5mm aux input and no damn app
- install Music Assistant on my Home Assistant server
- configure for an hour
- order 3 raspberry pi zeros and DAC for snapcast
- order 3 OLD soundbars for have a damn 3.5mm aux input and no damn app
- install Music Assistant on my Home Assistant server
- configure for an hour
August 13, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Ugh. To not have to give data to crappy cloud companies for multi room audio, I had to:
- order 3 raspberry pi zeros and DAC for snapcast
- order 3 OLD soundbars for have a damn 3.5mm aux input and no damn app
- install Music Assistant on my Home Assistant server
- configure for an hour
- order 3 raspberry pi zeros and DAC for snapcast
- order 3 OLD soundbars for have a damn 3.5mm aux input and no damn app
- install Music Assistant on my Home Assistant server
- configure for an hour
Furthest I've been:
Other side of the world (Australia, when living in England). Direction doesn't matter.
Other side of the world (Australia, when living in England). Direction doesn't matter.
Furthest I’ve been:
North: Fairbanks Alaska
West: Dutch Harbor/Unalaska, Alaska.
East: Boston, Massachusetts
Farthest South: the end point of Key West, Florida.
North: Fairbanks Alaska
West: Dutch Harbor/Unalaska, Alaska.
East: Boston, Massachusetts
Farthest South: the end point of Key West, Florida.
Furthest I've Been:
North:
On Land: Bergen, Norway
On the Water: Somewhere north of the artic circle
East & South: Bahrain
West: Xi'An, China
North:
On Land: Bergen, Norway
On the Water: Somewhere north of the artic circle
East & South: Bahrain
West: Xi'An, China
August 10, 2025 at 1:39 AM
Furthest I've been:
Other side of the world (Australia, when living in England). Direction doesn't matter.
Other side of the world (Australia, when living in England). Direction doesn't matter.
Literally just overheard:
'Less Belgian waffle and more French crepe. Wide and flat, not small and wrinkly.'
'Less Belgian waffle and more French crepe. Wide and flat, not small and wrinkly.'
August 5, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Literally just overheard:
'Less Belgian waffle and more French crepe. Wide and flat, not small and wrinkly.'
'Less Belgian waffle and more French crepe. Wide and flat, not small and wrinkly.'
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Me and @jaql.tech's first thrifting finds!
August 1, 2025 at 10:56 PM
Me and @jaql.tech's first thrifting finds!
No cheating, post your lock screen!
I'm really minimal. Base GrapheneOS.
I'm really minimal. Base GrapheneOS.
July 28, 2025 at 5:26 PM
No cheating, post your lock screen!
I'm really minimal. Base GrapheneOS.
I'm really minimal. Base GrapheneOS.
As a immigrant form Britain, I heartily suggest using, 'scronkle the conkle,' instead of, 'boop the snoot.'
July 28, 2025 at 3:34 PM
As a immigrant form Britain, I heartily suggest using, 'scronkle the conkle,' instead of, 'boop the snoot.'