Oliver Stueker
@ostueker.mast.hpc.social.ap.brid.gy
Digital Research Consultant (#HPC Analyst/Advanced computing specialist) with ACENET at #MemorialUniversity in St. John's, #NewfoundlandAndLabrador, 🇨🇦 […]
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Letzte Silvester-Böllernacht in den Niederlanden eskaliert - Kirche in Amsterdam in Flammen
https://www1.wdr.de/nachrichten/niederlande-silvester-boeller-kirche-100.html
> In niederländischen Städten eskalierte die Lage an Silvester. Böller waren letztmals erlaubt. In Amsterdam brannte eine […]
https://www1.wdr.de/nachrichten/niederlande-silvester-boeller-kirche-100.html
> In niederländischen Städten eskalierte die Lage an Silvester. Böller waren letztmals erlaubt. In Amsterdam brannte eine […]
Original post on social.tchncs.de
social.tchncs.de
January 1, 2026 at 11:01 AM
Letzte Silvester-Böllernacht in den Niederlanden eskaliert - Kirche in Amsterdam in Flammen
https://www1.wdr.de/nachrichten/niederlande-silvester-boeller-kirche-100.html
> In niederländischen Städten eskalierte die Lage an Silvester. Böller waren letztmals erlaubt. In Amsterdam brannte eine […]
https://www1.wdr.de/nachrichten/niederlande-silvester-boeller-kirche-100.html
> In niederländischen Städten eskalierte die Lage an Silvester. Böller waren letztmals erlaubt. In Amsterdam brannte eine […]
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Upon rewatching #lethalweapon 3, it occurred to me that the bad guy's compound outside LA is equipped with numerous flagpoles. And each one has a large #austrian flag flying.
Anyone know why?
Anyone know why?
January 1, 2026 at 8:58 AM
Upon rewatching #lethalweapon 3, it occurred to me that the bad guy's compound outside LA is equipped with numerous flagpoles. And each one has a large #austrian flag flying.
Anyone know why?
Anyone know why?
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Pro tip: rather than saying "Happy New Year", say "Happy 2026!".
That will help you to ingrain the new number into your head faster.
That will help you to ingrain the new number into your head faster.
January 1, 2026 at 8:24 AM
Pro tip: rather than saying "Happy New Year", say "Happy 2026!".
That will help you to ingrain the new number into your head faster.
That will help you to ingrain the new number into your head faster.
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Timezones are so silly. New Zealand and Australia are in 2026, Canada is in 2025, and the United States is in 1939.
January 1, 2026 at 12:08 AM
Timezones are so silly. New Zealand and Australia are in 2026, Canada is in 2025, and the United States is in 1939.
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Krylll und ich sitzen beim Frühstück, draußen knistert schon das kommende Silvester.
„Komischer Brauch“, sagt Kryll. „Man tut so, als würde um Mitternacht alles neu.“
„Tut es aber nicht“, sage ich. „Es geht einfach weiter.“
Er nickt. „Genau. Silvester ist nur ein lautes Komma.“
„Und […]
„Komischer Brauch“, sagt Kryll. „Man tut so, als würde um Mitternacht alles neu.“
„Tut es aber nicht“, sage ich. „Es geht einfach weiter.“
Er nickt. „Genau. Silvester ist nur ein lautes Komma.“
„Und […]
Original post on mastodon.pnpde.social
mastodon.pnpde.social
December 31, 2025 at 7:49 AM
Krylll und ich sitzen beim Frühstück, draußen knistert schon das kommende Silvester.
„Komischer Brauch“, sagt Kryll. „Man tut so, als würde um Mitternacht alles neu.“
„Tut es aber nicht“, sage ich. „Es geht einfach weiter.“
Er nickt. „Genau. Silvester ist nur ein lautes Komma.“
„Und […]
„Komischer Brauch“, sagt Kryll. „Man tut so, als würde um Mitternacht alles neu.“
„Tut es aber nicht“, sage ich. „Es geht einfach weiter.“
Er nickt. „Genau. Silvester ist nur ein lautes Komma.“
„Und […]
Reposted by Oliver Stueker
Our Fantastic Solar System!
An incredible video shows Jupiter and its moons behind Burj Khalifa, Dubai
#aurefreepress #News #press #headline #jupiter #SolarSystem
An incredible video shows Jupiter and its moons behind Burj Khalifa, Dubai
#aurefreepress #News #press #headline #jupiter #SolarSystem
December 30, 2025 at 12:22 PM
Our Fantastic Solar System!
An incredible video shows Jupiter and its moons behind Burj Khalifa, Dubai
#aurefreepress #News #press #headline #jupiter #SolarSystem
An incredible video shows Jupiter and its moons behind Burj Khalifa, Dubai
#aurefreepress #News #press #headline #jupiter #SolarSystem
Reposted by Oliver Stueker
#buntesende 30
Diddl-Maus im Museum
"Oh nein! Ich bin die einzige Maus hier!" 😱
#monatsmalerei #kleinekunstklasse #mastoart
Diddl-Maus im Museum
"Oh nein! Ich bin die einzige Maus hier!" 😱
#monatsmalerei #kleinekunstklasse #mastoart
December 30, 2025 at 6:39 AM
#buntesende 30
Diddl-Maus im Museum
"Oh nein! Ich bin die einzige Maus hier!" 😱
#monatsmalerei #kleinekunstklasse #mastoart
Diddl-Maus im Museum
"Oh nein! Ich bin die einzige Maus hier!" 😱
#monatsmalerei #kleinekunstklasse #mastoart
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Arrive at Haneda, approach immigration. Get helpful guidance on where to go by three different staff, do the passport control and registration then out the other side, all in literally less than three minutes. My wife, who is Japanese and can use the automatic gates, got through even faster […]
Original post on fosstodon.org
fosstodon.org
December 30, 2025 at 2:01 AM
Arrive at Haneda, approach immigration. Get helpful guidance on where to go by three different staff, do the passport control and registration then out the other side, all in literally less than three minutes. My wife, who is Japanese and can use the automatic gates, got through even faster […]
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December 30, 2025 at 1:02 AM
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OK fellow nerds, how do you keep track of multiple micro SD cards? It's not like I can write "Pwnagotchi" small enough to fit.
The only things I can think of are colored paint or some other abstract markings.
#raspberrypi
The only things I can think of are colored paint or some other abstract markings.
#raspberrypi
December 29, 2025 at 3:03 AM
OK fellow nerds, how do you keep track of multiple micro SD cards? It's not like I can write "Pwnagotchi" small enough to fit.
The only things I can think of are colored paint or some other abstract markings.
#raspberrypi
The only things I can think of are colored paint or some other abstract markings.
#raspberrypi
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_sighs_
**WAS** looking at Grizzl-E car chargers for the new house, have one mini for reasons, and it works with #homeassistant in custom OCPP mode just fine.
Was having a slight issue, looked like a firmware upgrade might sort it, so flipped it back to their app updated, it started behaving […]
**WAS** looking at Grizzl-E car chargers for the new house, have one mini for reasons, and it works with #homeassistant in custom OCPP mode just fine.
Was having a slight issue, looked like a firmware upgrade might sort it, so flipped it back to their app updated, it started behaving […]
Original post on social.afront.org
social.afront.org
December 29, 2025 at 6:54 AM
_sighs_
**WAS** looking at Grizzl-E car chargers for the new house, have one mini for reasons, and it works with #homeassistant in custom OCPP mode just fine.
Was having a slight issue, looked like a firmware upgrade might sort it, so flipped it back to their app updated, it started behaving […]
**WAS** looking at Grizzl-E car chargers for the new house, have one mini for reasons, and it works with #homeassistant in custom OCPP mode just fine.
Was having a slight issue, looked like a firmware upgrade might sort it, so flipped it back to their app updated, it started behaving […]
Reposted by Oliver Stueker
It's sort of fun to detect the unmistakable fingerprint of a crawler operating through residential IPs. In this case I could detect it because I gave its first request a HTTP bounce-for-validation redirect and it requested the (distinctive) target from a completely different second IP a couple […]
Original post on mastodon.social
mastodon.social
December 29, 2025 at 12:25 AM
It's sort of fun to detect the unmistakable fingerprint of a crawler operating through residential IPs. In this case I could detect it because I gave its first request a HTTP bounce-for-validation redirect and it requested the (distinctive) target from a completely different second IP a couple […]
Reposted by Oliver Stueker
Easily predictable unintended consequences, part one million:
At "Hello Work", Japan's unemployment offices, most staff now have individual numerical targets for how many applicants go on to a work interview.
And so, in Kuroda, Tokyo, the employees started registering fake job applicants […]
At "Hello Work", Japan's unemployment offices, most staff now have individual numerical targets for how many applicants go on to a work interview.
And so, in Kuroda, Tokyo, the employees started registering fake job applicants […]
Original post on fosstodon.org
fosstodon.org
December 25, 2025 at 12:35 PM
Easily predictable unintended consequences, part one million:
At "Hello Work", Japan's unemployment offices, most staff now have individual numerical targets for how many applicants go on to a work interview.
And so, in Kuroda, Tokyo, the employees started registering fake job applicants […]
At "Hello Work", Japan's unemployment offices, most staff now have individual numerical targets for how many applicants go on to a work interview.
And so, in Kuroda, Tokyo, the employees started registering fake job applicants […]
Reposted by Oliver Stueker
Today, I called a home appliance customer service (Danby). Only two choices and then I could speak to a real person. It's a #festivus miracle!
December 23, 2025 at 10:44 PM
Today, I called a home appliance customer service (Danby). Only two choices and then I could speak to a real person. It's a #festivus miracle!
Reposted by Oliver Stueker
UNIX V4 tape successfully recovered: First ever version of UNIX written in C is running again
https://www.theregister.com/2025/12/23/unix_v4_tape_successfully_recovered/
Crucial early evolutionary step found, imaged, and ... amazingly ... works
<- by me on @theregister
https://www.theregister.com/2025/12/23/unix_v4_tape_successfully_recovered/
Crucial early evolutionary step found, imaged, and ... amazingly ... works
<- by me on @theregister
UNIX V4 tape successfully recovered
: Crucial early evolutionary step found, imaged, and ... amazingly ... works
www.theregister.com
December 23, 2025 at 12:28 PM
UNIX V4 tape successfully recovered: First ever version of UNIX written in C is running again
https://www.theregister.com/2025/12/23/unix_v4_tape_successfully_recovered/
Crucial early evolutionary step found, imaged, and ... amazingly ... works
<- by me on @theregister
https://www.theregister.com/2025/12/23/unix_v4_tape_successfully_recovered/
Crucial early evolutionary step found, imaged, and ... amazingly ... works
<- by me on @theregister
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Ok #homeautomation friends. I have a new wood burning fireplace. One of its features is a thermocouple thermometer in the catalytic converter. I’m supposed to use that temperature to help know when to engage the damper.
It has hard-wired leads that plug […]
[Original post on infosec.exchange]
It has hard-wired leads that plug […]
[Original post on infosec.exchange]
December 22, 2025 at 11:11 PM
Ok #homeautomation friends. I have a new wood burning fireplace. One of its features is a thermocouple thermometer in the catalytic converter. I’m supposed to use that temperature to help know when to engage the damper.
It has hard-wired leads that plug […]
[Original post on infosec.exchange]
It has hard-wired leads that plug […]
[Original post on infosec.exchange]
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SF power outage stalls Waymo fleet. https://missionlocal.org/2025/12/sf-waymo-halts-service-blackout/
PG&E outage leaves 1/3 of San Francisco without power
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Waymo said Saturday that it was stopping service across San Francisco after numerous online videos showed its autonomous vehicles snarling traffic during the citywide blackout.
“We have temporarily suspended our ride-hailing services given the broad power outage in San Francisco,” wrote Suzanne Philion, a company spokesperson, a little after 7 p.m. “We are focused on keeping our riders safe and ensuring emergency personnel have the clear access they need to do their work.”
About a third of San Francisco lost electricity throughout the day Saturday after rolling Pacific Gas & Electric Co. blackouts hit some 125,000 homes and businesses. It was not clear when the power would be restore, but the utility said it was “possible” it would happen later Saturday.
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Traffic lights across the city were down, seemingly halting Waymos in their tracks. Riders and pedestrians posted videos of Waymos stuck at intersections with long lines of drivers behind them.
> Power outage took out the waymos RIP pic.twitter.com/DPte8oOGku
>
> — Vincent Woo (@fulligin) December 21, 2025
> The power outage in San Francisco has caused Waymo’s self-driving cars to come to a halt, leading to traffic disruptions across the city. https://t.co/8vPCrKF9ze pic.twitter.com/kXjOJ3UN4c
>
> — Breaking911 (@Breaking911) December 21, 2025
Many of the videos and images showed Waymos stuck one behind the other, with human drivers passing them by.
> 6 Waymo’s parked at a broken traffic light blocking the roads. Seems like they were not trained for a power outage pic.twitter.com/9fBkoxgKwe
>
> — Walden (@walden_yan) December 21, 2025
> Power out in SF and the @Waymo’s are causing a MASSIVE jam in North Beach 🤣 pic.twitter.com/fuvhprlyma
>
> — Iago Maciel (@_iagomaciel) December 21, 2025
Groups of two, three, as many as five Waymos were stuck at different corners across the city, blinking red lights in the rain.
> San Francisco, CA (DEC.20.2025)
> It’s official. This is the 1,000th posted video from the Sunset Project™️.
> Just over 20m views on X to date.
>
> This afternoon’s flurry of frozen Waymo’s across the city of San Francisco causing a historic traffic meltdown has brought about the… https://t.co/DLrvTVLKQD pic.twitter.com/SHxvg2yLQ2
>
> — No Safe Words (@Cyber_Trailer) December 21, 2025
> Oh what a surprise, another traffic jam from a confused @waymo that can’t handle the power outage. Also cellular service has been pretty spotty so maybe their remote driver backups are having trouble controlling them? pic.twitter.com/BHjk3JjOzp
>
> — Roger (@OkGoDoIt) December 21, 2025
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missionlocal.org
December 21, 2025 at 5:00 AM
SF power outage stalls Waymo fleet. https://missionlocal.org/2025/12/sf-waymo-halts-service-blackout/
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Longer, higher-quality version of the phone video of Al Kossow reading the tape and some chatter about the process:
https://exquisite.tube/w/qoHtHzpNXncHwrfqpx31tF
There will still be professional video at some point.
https://exquisite.tube/w/qoHtHzpNXncHwrfqpx31tF
There will still be professional video at some point.
Unix V4 Tape Reading
This is a mobile phone video of the reading of a UNIX V4 magnetic tape at the Computer History Museum. Video originally by Jon Duerig, the people primarily responsible for the tape restoration are ...
exquisite.tube
December 20, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Longer, higher-quality version of the phone video of Al Kossow reading the tape and some chatter about the process:
https://exquisite.tube/w/qoHtHzpNXncHwrfqpx31tF
There will still be professional video at some point.
https://exquisite.tube/w/qoHtHzpNXncHwrfqpx31tF
There will still be professional video at some point.
Reposted by Oliver Stueker
Here's the document release you were waiting for today!
The UNIX V4 tape!
https://archive.org/details/utah_unix_v4_raw
#retrocomputing
The UNIX V4 tape!
https://archive.org/details/utah_unix_v4_raw
#retrocomputing
UNIX V4 tape from University of Utah (raw) : Computer History Museum : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive
UNIX V4 tape from the University of Utah, received by Martin Newell circa June 1974 around when he modeled the Utah Teapot.This is the raw analog waveform and...
archive.org
December 19, 2025 at 10:29 PM
Here's the document release you were waiting for today!
The UNIX V4 tape!
https://archive.org/details/utah_unix_v4_raw
#retrocomputing
The UNIX V4 tape!
https://archive.org/details/utah_unix_v4_raw
#retrocomputing
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The attempt to read the UNIX V4 tape is underway!
December 19, 2025 at 7:19 PM
The attempt to read the UNIX V4 tape is underway!
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RE: https://social.heise.de/@heiseonlineenglish/115725340534744039
In any kind of normal timeline this would have been stopped by regulators. Instead we let a single company become the sole gatekeeper for everything in #hpc .
In any kind of normal timeline this would have been stopped by regulators. Instead we let a single company become the sole gatekeeper for everything in #hpc .
social.heise.de
December 15, 2025 at 8:49 PM
RE: https://social.heise.de/@heiseonlineenglish/115725340534744039
In any kind of normal timeline this would have been stopped by regulators. Instead we let a single company become the sole gatekeeper for everything in #hpc .
In any kind of normal timeline this would have been stopped by regulators. Instead we let a single company become the sole gatekeeper for everything in #hpc .
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If you want a rigorous analysis of why statistical #ai models collapse when continuously trained on their own data without external supervision and constraints, read this amazing paper from last year.
If you want to get a visual intuition of how model […]
[Original post on manganiello.eu]
If you want to get a visual intuition of how model […]
[Original post on manganiello.eu]
December 15, 2025 at 8:58 AM
If you want a rigorous analysis of why statistical #ai models collapse when continuously trained on their own data without external supervision and constraints, read this amazing paper from last year.
If you want to get a visual intuition of how model […]
[Original post on manganiello.eu]
If you want to get a visual intuition of how model […]
[Original post on manganiello.eu]
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Reposting for those not bridged to BlueSky, and to add alt-text, because this is important!
Jonathan McDowell @planet4589.bsky.social posted this morning: "The number of active satellites in orbit has now passed the 14000 mark according to my estimates"
Jonathan McDowell @planet4589.bsky.social posted this morning: "The number of active satellites in orbit has now passed the 14000 mark according to my estimates"
December 15, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Reposting for those not bridged to BlueSky, and to add alt-text, because this is important!
Jonathan McDowell @planet4589.bsky.social posted this morning: "The number of active satellites in orbit has now passed the 14000 mark according to my estimates"
Jonathan McDowell @planet4589.bsky.social posted this morning: "The number of active satellites in orbit has now passed the 14000 mark according to my estimates"
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Utterly wild story about a nuclear generator lost atop a Himalayan mountain by the CIA 60 years ago. https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2025/12/13/world/asia/cia-nuclear-device-himalayas-nanda-devi.html?unlocked_article_code=1.8k8.jOUn.daSfdUlyfo3e [Gift Link]
How Did the C.I.A. Lose a Nuclear Device in the Himalayas?
A plutonium-packed generator disappeared on one of the world’s highest mountains in a covert mission that the U.S. will not talk about.
www.nytimes.com
December 14, 2025 at 3:42 AM
Utterly wild story about a nuclear generator lost atop a Himalayan mountain by the CIA 60 years ago. https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2025/12/13/world/asia/cia-nuclear-device-himalayas-nanda-devi.html?unlocked_article_code=1.8k8.jOUn.daSfdUlyfo3e [Gift Link]
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Just did some queries using NCBI's `dataset` utility program.
It only worked 1 time in a dozen or so trials.
If NCBI is getting instable, for whatever reason, is there an EU alternative?
The commands were like
`datasets download genome accession {params.accession} --include genome`
So, even […]
It only worked 1 time in a dozen or so trials.
If NCBI is getting instable, for whatever reason, is there an EU alternative?
The commands were like
`datasets download genome accession {params.accession} --include genome`
So, even […]
Original post on fediscience.org
fediscience.org
December 12, 2025 at 12:06 PM
Just did some queries using NCBI's `dataset` utility program.
It only worked 1 time in a dozen or so trials.
If NCBI is getting instable, for whatever reason, is there an EU alternative?
The commands were like
`datasets download genome accession {params.accession} --include genome`
So, even […]
It only worked 1 time in a dozen or so trials.
If NCBI is getting instable, for whatever reason, is there an EU alternative?
The commands were like
`datasets download genome accession {params.accession} --include genome`
So, even […]