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R.L. Dane :Debian: :OpenBSD: 🍵<p>Is it too late to get rid of meaningless spinning activity (not "progress"!) indicators?</p><p>Just tell me what you're doing! :P</p><p>Also, bring back HDD/SSD activity <a href="https://polymaths.social/tags/blinkenlights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>blinkenlights</span></a>. They were helpful.</p>
Blake Patterson<p>Can someone please make a run of these, or something a bit more modest, and sell it please? </p><p>I have money I want you to take.</p><p>A fluid simulation pendant: <br><a href="https://hackaday.com/2025/01/13/fluid-simulation-pendant-teaches-lessons-in-miniaturization/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">hackaday.com/2025/01/13/fluid-</span><span class="invisible">simulation-pendant-teaches-lessons-in-miniaturization/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/physics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>physics</span></a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/watch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>watch</span></a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/jewelry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>jewelry</span></a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/maker" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>maker</span></a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/geek" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>geek</span></a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/LED" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LED</span></a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/ARM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ARM</span></a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/Cortex" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Cortex</span></a>-M4 <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/wearable" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>wearable</span></a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/demo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>demo</span></a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/toy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>toy</span></a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/blinkenlights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>blinkenlights</span></a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/fluiddynamics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fluiddynamics</span></a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/fluids" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fluids</span></a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/simulation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>simulation</span></a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/gear" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>gear</span></a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/tech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tech</span></a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/blog" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>blog</span></a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/video" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>video</span></a></p>
Positive Security<p>At <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/38c3" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>38c3</span></a>, we presented our <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/BlinkenCity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BlinkenCity</span></a> research, which started as a fun art project idea, and ended up as a plausible European <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/blackout" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>blackout</span></a> scenario.</p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DAf-T3bFJFs" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">youtube.com/watch?v=DAf-T3bFJF</span><span class="invisible">s</span></a></p><p>Details: <a href="https://positive.security/blog/blinkencity-38c3" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">positive.security/blog/blinken</span><span class="invisible">city-38c3</span></a></p><p>TL;DR: Some European countries use unencrypted and unauthenticated <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/longwave" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>longwave</span></a> radio to steer parts of their renewable power, enough to potentially cause a Europe-wide blackout.</p><p>The control signals can be sent with just a <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/Flipper" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Flipper</span></a> Zero over short distance, or via self-built transmitters over a long distance (e.g. using a kite to lift an antenna wire).</p><p>The system is also used for street lamp control, allowing for a scaled-up “Project <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/Blinkenlights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Blinkenlights</span></a>” art installation that transforms an entire city into a screen (for astronauts).</p><p>The company operating this system has threatened us with lawsuits and (now publicly) denies the risk.</p>
Walrus 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿<p><a href="https://toot.wales/tags/raspberrypi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>raspberrypi</span></a> <br>Today's fun was finding a multithreading socket server example in Python, and checking it worked. Which it does.</p><p>Project <a href="https://toot.wales/tags/blinkenlights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>blinkenlights</span></a> continues!<br><a href="https://doctor-dark.co.uk/blog/how-not-to-do-cluster-monitoring/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">doctor-dark.co.uk/blog/how-not</span><span class="invisible">-to-do-cluster-monitoring/</span></a></p>
Blake Patterson<p>Started with a Divoom Ditoo, and just picked up a Pixoo-Max 32x32 pixel art display (on the wall). <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/blinkenlights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>blinkenlights</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/LED" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LED</span></a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/AtariST" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AtariST</span></a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/vintagecomputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>vintagecomputing</span></a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/retrocomputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>retrocomputing</span></a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/computerrooms" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>computerrooms</span></a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/gameroom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>gameroom</span></a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/mancave" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>mancave</span></a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/ByteCellar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ByteCellar</span></a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/video" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>video</span></a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/pixelart" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>pixelart</span></a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/retrogaming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>retrogaming</span></a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/retrogames" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>retrogames</span></a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/Atari" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Atari</span></a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/Divoom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Divoom</span></a></p>
Paula Gentle on Friendica<p>Erster Test mit <a href="https://libranet.de/search?tag=HomeAssistant" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HomeAssistant</span></a> unter <a href="https://libranet.de/search?tag=Podman" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Podman</span></a> erfolgreich. Es werde bunt!</p><p><a href="https://libranet.de/search?tag=Zigbee" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Zigbee</span></a> <a href="https://libranet.de/search?tag=BlinkenLights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BlinkenLights</span></a> <a href="https://libranet.de/search?tag=SkyConnect" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SkyConnect</span></a> <a href="https://libranet.de/search?tag=SmartHome" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SmartHome</span></a> <a href="https://libranet.de/search?tag=Hacking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Hacking</span></a></p>
Toasterson<p>And now some <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/blinkenlights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>blinkenlights</span></a> in the dark cellar.</p><p>I got all the worker nodes online with only minimal scavenging. Unfortunately the Raspberry pi 5 which is missing talos OS support ATM is now offiline.</p>
Kernel Bob<p>Adafruit sells ultraviolet Neopixel strips. Has anyone here seen any good projects using them?</p><p>How well can you tell which pixels are on when they're not visible light?</p><p><a href="https://chaos.social/tags/Adafruit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Adafruit</span></a> <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/Neopixel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Neopixel</span></a> <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/LEDs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LEDs</span></a> <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/WS2812" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WS2812</span></a> <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/BlinkenLights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BlinkenLights</span></a> <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/UV" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UV</span></a></p>
Martin Hamilton<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://chaos.social/@c3cat" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>c3cat</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://fedi.afra.berlin/@c3soft" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>c3soft</span></a></span> UPDATE: LED Cat Ears v1 just dropped, jetzt mit pausenmusik :blobfoxhyper2:</p><p><a href="https://martinh.net/tags/CatEars" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CatEars</span></a> <a href="https://martinh.net/tags/Katzenohren" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Katzenohren</span></a> <a href="https://martinh.net/tags/LEDs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LEDs</span></a> <a href="https://martinh.net/tags/BlinkenLights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BlinkenLights</span></a> <a href="https://martinh.net/tags/PausenMusik" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PausenMusik</span></a> <a href="https://martinh.net/tags/37c3" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>37c3</span></a></p>
Martin Hamilton<p>Thanks to <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://chaos.social/@c3cat" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>c3cat</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://fedi.afra.berlin/@c3soft" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>c3soft</span></a></span> for cat ear headband at <a href="https://martinh.net/tags/37C3" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>37C3</span></a>! Now with LEDs, because everything is better with LEDs... :blobcatdab:</p><p><a href="https://martinh.net/tags/CatEars" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CatEars</span></a> <a href="https://martinh.net/tags/Katzenohren" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Katzenohren</span></a> <a href="https://martinh.net/tags/LEDs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LEDs</span></a> <a href="https://martinh.net/tags/BlinkenLights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BlinkenLights</span></a></p>
cms<p>I feel like they might be synchronised to the <a href="https://social.lol/tags/blinkenlights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>blinkenlights</span></a> on the network switch.</p><p>If it turns out that I can hear ethernet, can I just say now that would be the world's lamest superpower. </p><p>(Although DareDevil can see farts, I guess, that's fairly stupid.)</p>
Noah Burney<p>Picked up an early birthday present for myself at VCFMW last weekend: a real, working IMSAI 8080 from 1975</p><p>Also got a few other S-100 boards to go in it, including Josh Bensadon’s JAIR board which makes getting up and running with CP/M super easy. But definitely looking forward to toggling in some simple programs by hand</p><p><a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/VintageComputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>VintageComputing</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/RetroComputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RetroComputing</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/IMSAI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>IMSAI</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/s100" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>s100</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/blinkenlights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>blinkenlights</span></a></p>
dan 💾<p>Would it be possible to use a Pi Pico or an Arduino or something to set up some BeBox-style activity monitor <a href="https://bitbang.social/tags/BlinkenLights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BlinkenLights</span></a> on a present-day machine?</p><p>Artwork by <span class="h-card"><a href="https://oldbytes.space/@mhzmodels" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>mhzmodels</span></a></span></p>
cathos<p>Finally finished installing the switches and case on the PDP-11 kit! <a href="https://obsolescence.wixsite.com/obsolescence/pidp-11" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">obsolescence.wixsite.com/obsol</span><span class="invisible">escence/pidp-11</span></a><br><a href="https://merveilles.town/tags/theFoundry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>theFoundry</span></a> <a href="https://merveilles.town/tags/theWorkshop" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>theWorkshop</span></a> <a href="https://merveilles.town/tags/retrocomputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>retrocomputing</span></a> <a href="https://merveilles.town/tags/blinkenlights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>blinkenlights</span></a></p>
Edge Case ℭɑⅈᵤˢ<p>Stacked the homelab servers when I moved office, and the only comment <span class="h-card"><a href="https://mas.to/@CaroleHeidi" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>CaroleHeidi</span></a></span> had was, "They should be the other way round".</p><p><a href="https://ruby.social/tags/homelab" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>homelab</span></a> <a href="https://ruby.social/tags/blinkenlights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>blinkenlights</span></a></p>
marcink<p><a href="https://stolat.town/tags/introduction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>introduction</span></a> on the occasion of switching instances.<br>I'm Marcin, he/him, mostly <a href="https://stolat.town/tags/programming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>programming</span></a>; <a href="https://stolat.town/tags/Go" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Go</span></a>/#golang these days, earlier <a href="https://stolat.town/tags/Python" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Python</span></a>, Javascript, C++, Perl, Java, to Pascal and Basic 30+ years ago. I burn through hobbies fast; photography and music stuck for longer, both in "I have no idea what I'm doing but this is fun" mode. Also <a href="https://stolat.town/tags/electronics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>electronics</span></a> and building stuff for festivals, from <a href="https://stolat.town/tags/blinkenlights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>blinkenlights</span></a> to night clubs in Nowhere.</p>
cathos<p>DEC PDP-11/70 kit build in progress with the blinkenlights working! (actually running a simulator on a raspberry pi) Next step is soldering on lots of colorful switches. This kit is from Oscar at <a href="https://obsolescence.wixsite.com/obsolescence/pidp-11" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">obsolescence.wixsite.com/obsol</span><span class="invisible">escence/pidp-11</span></a><br><a href="https://merveilles.town/tags/theFoundry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>theFoundry</span></a> <a href="https://merveilles.town/tags/theWorkshop" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>theWorkshop</span></a> <a href="https://merveilles.town/tags/retrocomputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>retrocomputing</span></a> <a href="https://merveilles.town/tags/blinkenlights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>blinkenlights</span></a></p>
Skeewiff<p>Studio Update -</p><p>Blinkenlight level: Über</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/StudioPorn" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>StudioPorn</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/BlinkenLights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BlinkenLights</span></a></p>
Andy Piper<p>Blinky! <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/pimoroni" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>pimoroni</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/micropython" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>micropython</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/blinkenlights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>blinkenlights</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/PicoW" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PicoW</span></a></p>
Marcin<p>I've been on mastodon for 2 years but never did an <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/introduction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>introduction</span></a>, here it goes on the occasion of switching instances.<br>I'm Marcin, he/him, mostly <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/programming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>programming</span></a>; <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Go" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Go</span></a>/#golang these days, earlier <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Python" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Python</span></a>, Javascript, C++, Perl, Java, to Pascal and Basic 30+ years ago. I burn through hobbies fast; photography and music stuck for longer, both in "I have no idea what I'm doing but this is fun" mode. Also <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/electronics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>electronics</span></a> and building stuff for festivals, from <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/blinkenlights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>blinkenlights</span></a> to night clubs in Nowhere.</p>