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“I'm so embarrassed. I wish everybody else was dead.”

In-reply-to » Azabache was back today: https://lyse.isobeef.org/amsel-2026-04-26/

@lyse@lyse.isobeef.org I see him on those photos, and his singing starts ringing in my ears. I also thought, “I am going to miss him” because, you know, nothing is everlasting. But then I reproached myself; “enjoy the moment, dude, don’t taint it”. And so I shall.

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In-reply-to » @bender Oh, this trekking bike is nothing special at all. It's a Bulls Wildtail with only front suspension, 21 gears and standard V-brakes. The first immediate upgrade I did was mounting a pannier rack, it's one of the most useful things.

@lyse@lyse.isobeef.org thank you! I got visual now! 🙈 Now, you had to pull out a pic from winter, to make those of us constantly burning in “hell” jealous, eh? 😂

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In-reply-to » 495 turns and about ~4hrs alter I won! 🙌 Small map, 2-players, myself and an AI player. 😅 Media -- It took forever to beach the island the AI player was on and get enough Galley's and Swordsmen just to push back and eventually slowly destroy all enemy units and capture all cities! 🤣

@prologic@twtxt.net I am going to give it a more serious spin (meaning I am going to go read the help page). I’ve got to tell you though, most successful games do not need a help. But I am fully aware that there is a subset of gamers that would not mind—if not appreciate—a game with help, manual, and the likes.

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In-reply-to » 495 turns and about ~4hrs alter I won! 🙌 Small map, 2-players, myself and an AI player. 😅 Media -- It took forever to beach the island the AI player was on and get enough Galley's and Swordsmen just to push back and eventually slowly destroy all enemy units and capture all cities! 🤣

@prologic@twtxt.net I am fairly bad, or have a very poor understanding of the game, so I can’t figure out what to do. Tried a few times. 😅 Also, I am sure you know by now, but it is not mobile friendly at all. Maybe put a notice when on mobile stating that the game is for desktop, or bigger screens (tablets), only?

Congratulations!

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In-reply-to » I left at full sunshine and completely forgot to bring my bicycle's headlamp. The taillight is always on the bike, but the front one gets charged in the house after every trip. Luckily, I found a torch and roll of duct tape in my hiking backpack. It finally paid off that I always carry all this silly gear around.

@lyse@lyse.isobeef.org first time you twtxt about having a bicycle, and now I am curious to see it. Show us a click! 🙈

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In-reply-to » With all these new ways of digital publishing, I'm wondering for years why music artists still release entire albums. I would have imagined that most bands simply publish a new song whenever it's good to go. But no, at least in my bubble, everybody still collects a bunch of new songs before throwing them as a collection into the crowd. I never used any of these streaming services, though, so maybe I'm just completely uninformed.

@lyse@lyse.isobeef.org maybe they go after the impact. A single? Meh. An album? “Woah! These guy(s)/gal(s) are busy!” Also more possibilities for people liking at least one song. Anyway, that’s my theory, and I am sticking to it! :-P

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In-reply-to » @bender I found the engineering explanations behind that super interesting.

Just saw the video. Can’t believe that ladder is that expensive. Even in AUD, it is almost $100. It is also 2.5 stars, with 13 reviews. Gulp. Engineering aside (and you are right, it is pretty interesting, and some, if not most of it went over my head), the ladder is rubbish. This is the one I have. Not super, but have been with me for a while, and used quite a bit, still as good as new.

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In-reply-to » PSA: Check your ladders everybody! https://youtu.be/0wqodPGId-8

I don’t know what surprises me the most. Is it the dangerous in red, or the fact we need a 21 minutes video about it. LOL. Sorry, sorry, shouldn’t joke about such safety nightmare. My bad. I will go to my lane now. 🙈

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In-reply-to » Just cancelled my sponsorship of two developers on Github, sorry 😞 -- I'm not going to sponsor going forward if no-one else can be bothered to. It seems silly to be the sole sponsor of another's work or project 🤦‍♂️

@prologic@twtxt.net I sponsor no one. If getting paid is the aim, form a business, or sell a product. I donate to just causes, though, including sponsorship to the dispossessed.

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In-reply-to » Another AI rant:

@movq@www.uninformativ.de that’s the way large language models work, with a prompt. Rather than entering the prompt, most inference providers allow for specific files to be created that define the scope of what’s been requested, the skills the model is supposedly to posses, the stuff to “remember”, etc. Some will “learn” and add that “knowledge” to the proper files.

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In-reply-to » We cleaned up the forest today with the scouts at absolute dream weather. Blue sky, no clouds, 19°C sunshine. In the morning it was still quite chilly and windy, though. We didn't find anything spectacular, maybe a rubber dinghy, three car tires and a broken ratchet strap are the most outstanding things to me apart from all the general rubbish, cigarettes, glass, wet wipes, etc. Still, a very fun activity. In the end we had bockwurst, grilled cheese and lye buns on the camp fire.

@lyse@lyse.isobeef.org totally in love with these flowers, and bee!

Bee and flowers

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In-reply-to » Just a couple of shots from our trip to Bald Rock—finally got reception so I can share them!

Lovely pics, mate! Looks like the weather cooperated nicely too! 😍 Take more, share, but, most importantly, continue having fun! 🙏🏻

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In-reply-to » Via https://github.com/newsboat/newsboat/issues/3220#issuecomment-4198066671 I came across this nice selection on why not to use AI: https://github.com/Vxrpenter/AIMania/blob/main/WHY.md#why

Everything changes, right? I know we sound like curmudgeons, and perhaps AI is the next step. We are living its early infancy, the struggles and dislikes, the errors and flaws, and generations after us will simply benefit from it, and see it as natural as my children see the Internet today (it isn’t natural to me, I was born way before it).

Or maybe AI isn’t the next step. Either way, whether we like it or not, there is truly absolutely nothing (or close to) we can do. Well, complain we can, of course. :-P

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In-reply-to » I remembered to put the camera on my tripod. The neighbors yelling around messed up the audio a bit, though. I kinda saved most parts, but it could have been still better. When I was filming Azabache, a bluetit wanted to return to its nest somewhere next to me, I assume. It was shouting extremely loudly and immediately took off again to land on another roof ridge. It's the one in 24. I had to turn down the volume in the audio. :-D

@lyse@lyse.isobeef.org so adorable! Thank you for the video, I downloaded it. Azabache’s life is seemingly so pleasant, and the sing song, oh my! 🎶😍

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In-reply-to » @lyse easy come, easy go. They grow so fast! :-) Also, Azabache allows to be seeing when ready for it, you know, just like Gandalf “a wizard is never late, nor is he early, he arrives precisely when he means to”. :-D

Interesting. Another parsing issue? Let’s test: this should be italics. Then this also should be “italics”. End.

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In-reply-to » It's blackbird time again! https://lyse.isobeef.org/amsel-2026-03-29/

@lyse@lyse.isobeef.org easy come, easy go. They grow so fast! :-) Also, Azabache allows to be seeing when ready for it, you know, just like Gandalf “*a wizard is never late, nor is he early, he arrives precisely when he means to*”. :-D

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@kiwu@twtxt.net meh, wish I could say I had a great day. What is worse, tomorrow is back at work again. There isn’t a single day I think: did we evolved, and when through all those troubles, to end up like this?!

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