@AstroBoar maintained with admirable dedication by @gaghyogi49 et al.

Never noticed until now, but apparently office chairs with gas lifts are still a thing in the 24th century.

@rom4n Ich bin mit dem klassischen homematic-Zähler (HM-ES-TX-WM) sehr zufrieden. Messfrequenz ist für den Sensor selbst "so schnell wie der rote Strich vorbei kommt", funkt aber im default "nur" alle 3 Minuten. Bin mir gerade nicht sicher ob man das ändern kann. Batterie (4xAA) hält dafür eine halbe Ewigkeit und die 868 MHz reichen im Gegensatz zu zigbee-elektromüll über mehrere Etagen.

TIL: “ai;dr”

I didn't have to hard-reset a linux system for ages, but thanks to systemd (and especially the systemd-timedated that got roped in unwantedly after a bookworm->trixie update) I just had to do that. Luckily on a machine that's not in production use.
Oh the centuries worth of productive life time that systemd robbed from its victims on a global scale... Thomas Midgley Jr. would be proud. Gotta love the urge to introduce new complexity in places of high impact.

@harkank Learning is amazing. You can accrue skills while nobody watches and without the requirement of a diploma.

I never applied for an amateur radio license because I didn't like the idea of appearing on an official list of "skilled" people. Until now that was a theoretical fear. One I wasn't even sure if it was warranted or just me being overly cautious.

In Belarus things escalated quickly. Radio amateurs - usually recognized as men of goodwill - have been declared enemies of the state and publicly shamed and indicted for high treason.

https://steanlab.medium.com/mayday-389f5713fee4