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Hi, I'm Danko, 35, from Riga, 🇱🇻 #Latvia

Mostly #webdev, mostly #TypeScript, sometimes #Rust. Curly braces, semicolons, tabs. #Linux noob since 2005.

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— `what is my purpose?`
— you extend wifi.
— `oh my god`
A TP-Link Wi-Fi range extender, a small white box plugged into an outlet. It has two flat rotating antennas along its sides. When rotated downwards, it looks rather sad.
December 2, 2025 at 4:59 PM
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@whitequark lol wtf
This item is currently unavailable in my location
November 25, 2025 at 2:21 AM
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@Aphelion I mean, if you're the kind of person who values follower numbers...
November 17, 2025 at 8:10 AM
virtulis.loud.computer.ap.brid.gy
wait is that not how friends
A panel from the Questionable Content comic, a conversation between two antisocial anthropomorphic AI beings: "Lemme guess- she's the first person dumb and/or persistent enough to put up with your shit for more'n 20 minutes, so you imprinted on her like a baby chicken."
November 13, 2025 at 3:43 AM
virtulis.loud.computer.ap.brid.gy
Update: I was very confident I was close to getting it working without the original software and uhh.

Pro tip: if you send too many ones to the printer and it prints a puddle and you go "oh shit, guess i'll go research some more" **at least clean the fucking […]

[Original post on loud.computer]
A photo from above a large format printer. There is a smeared mess of colors on a film, this was supposed to be a picture. There are repeating vertical bands of blue and orange, and two large, reflective puddles of black ink in the middle. Also some bonus checkers painted in white and orange on the metal clip holding the film.
October 27, 2025 at 1:31 PM
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Can't figure out if this is any better or worse than "planting trees"
AirBaltic checkout upsell: Starting in 2025, Europe will mandate adding SAF to jet fuel, beginning with 2% in 2025 and increasing to 70% by 2050. To accelerate this transition, you can opt to add more SAF voluntarily. We commit to using the fuel you contribute within 12 months. Options range from 88 cents for "approx 2%" to 44 for 100%, presumably referring to the average amount of fuel required to carry an average passenger, which my fat ass certainly exceeds.
October 17, 2025 at 9:12 AM
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И чо
— Датские военные с крылатым единорогом на шевроне покупают полную тележку монстеров. — Это промпт или ты в очереди — Я в очереди
September 28, 2025 at 2:25 PM
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he hand too big for he gotdamn keeb
Photo of me trying to press Ctrl+Z on a GPD MicroPC 2, which I can only reliably do by twisting the hand and holding Ctrl with the thumb. That or using the right Ctrl, which I always forget exists. Sticky keys so far have been very easy to adjust to, except for the problem complained about in above post. (this text was written on this keeb. it's not as terrible as it seems)
September 27, 2025 at 1:24 PM
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smol potat!
Freshly unboxed GPD MicroPC 2, with a pair of scissors and a 5kg dumbbell for scale (both larger)
September 17, 2025 at 10:18 AM
virtulis.loud.computer.ap.brid.gy
Is it "when were you born"?
A thumbnail on bbc.com showing a woman visibly exhaling (whether it's smoke or condensation is not clear). Captioned "Only from the BBC: The simple test to check how old your lungs are."
September 9, 2025 at 3:54 PM
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:blobcateyes:
Barbora: Amerikāņu dienas drīz beigsies...
August 10, 2025 at 7:26 AM
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This might be the first ice cream packaging that makes a song play in my head. Will never believe that was not intended.

When it's ~~cold~~ hot outside...
A 500g package of Rūjiena barberry and marshmallow flavored ice cream, displaying a golden unicorn with a rainbow mane and a rainbow behind it.
August 3, 2025 at 9:02 AM
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Yeah it did sound French to me too
A screenshot of the Wikipedia article about "Dauphin (rocket)" which is "a French sounding rocket, flown six times between 1967 and 1979."
July 30, 2025 at 5:54 AM
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Heeeey. I just remembered I have a silly phone gamepad I wanted to use on the GPD (but it didn't quite fit, it not being a phone).

But now I have a phone that can run AntiMicroX. Which means:
An Ipega "phone-hugging" one-sided gamepad put around a Xiaomi Poco X3, effectively extending it on the bottom to have a physical joystick, d-pad and extra two side buttons. The screen shows AntiMicroX, used to rebind the joystick to be a "scroll wheel" and d-pad to be arrows. Bindings are rotated since the whole setup is supposed to be horizontal. But it looks way more cyberpunk like that, and is also surprisingly usable. Yes, those are CDs on my ceiling. No, you don't want to know.
July 29, 2025 at 10:33 AM
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Labāk par Rīgas Satiksmi bet tik pat nevajadzīgi un skumji.

Prasts.
Latvijas Pasta jaunais logo.
July 1, 2025 at 5:33 PM
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Went outside to check out the new blazing fast framework.

Not particularly DRY today. #Līgo
A Līgo bonfire, arranged in about 2x2 meter rectangular shape.
June 23, 2025 at 10:44 PM
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I'm sure we can all agree (1/2)
An image with a color fill going linearly from orange on the left to dark blue on the right.
June 16, 2025 at 7:15 AM
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[rimworld what]

well which one is it
Screenshot of RimWorld mood debuffs for a colonist, including: * I harvested organs (-5) * Hasn't harvested organs (-6)
June 11, 2025 at 1:56 PM
virtulis.loud.computer.ap.brid.gy
Now I wonder what other predefined navigational statuses there are.
Screenshot of Marinetraffic info on the container ship NCL Salten, currently stuck in someone's garden. Navigational status: Aground.
May 22, 2025 at 11:55 AM
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Oh hey apparently they've released Pocket 4, cool. Let's see what they say about the battery...
45Wh Battery, 9 Hours of Video Playback Battery optimization for ultra-long battery life, reducing the need for frequent charging. Provides stable and reliable power support, providing you longevity for creative work and entertainment.
May 21, 2025 at 10:36 AM
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Ohh, did they turn this garbage on in EU after all?
Google's stupid LLM burning a tree to helpfully explain to me a common culinary statement I just made up right now. The phrase "three forks are better than four spoons" is a common culinary and cultural statement. It suggests that forks are more versatile and useful than spoons, especially when it comes to eating solid foods. Spoons are primarily for liquids and slurping, while forks allow you to cut, pick up, and manipulate food more effectively.
May 21, 2025 at 2:29 AM
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Gotta commit to the bit.

#balatro
May 19, 2025 at 7:55 AM
virtulis.loud.computer.ap.brid.gy
Apparently Gmail now allows through `display: flex` but not `flex-direction: column`.

Hilarious. A+ 10/10.

Yes I shouldn't use the same CSS for the actual website and the monstrosity that is HTML emais, but I promise I have excuses.

Does Google?
A screenshot of a portion of an email rendered in the Gmail web UI, where sections of the text have instead become vertical columns of varying widths.
May 12, 2025 at 2:27 AM
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Week 2 of "turns out we forgot to rebuild the mirror in 2016, oops" will likely involve a BIOS (Firmware) Transfer Tool.
A four step how-to on changing the firmware on Western Digital HDD controllers. Step one is an image of a "Hot air rework station", helpfully clarified to be the "firmware transfer tool" we are going to need.
May 8, 2025 at 7:47 PM
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Psst hey @altbot
May 1, 2025 at 12:59 PM