Albert Westra

New Noise

When a water leak threatens floods the NOC.

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#music #youtubemusic #itsgotime #the bear

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One of my cousins (mom's half-sister's son) has a compromised immune system from a Brain Sugery years ago. More info is the go fund me page. Those on Nostr, I will match the same amount zapped if you want to stay anonymous.

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GM. Today is a day for sunglasses. Yay!

Might take me some time, but I want to get the laptop that I want and not something that was on sale at BestBuy.

I am doing better today. Having not only my stuff, but my friends stuff stolen really broke me. I didn't do the due diligence of making sure it was locked... Even if it was, I'm sure they would have smash and grab anyways. I'm still shaken up by the whole ordeal, but I will be fine.

I also upgraded the pop!_OS to 24.04 so I guess I'm dog fooding COSMIC now. Great job btw guys.

Okay I made some orders for sensible upgrades like maxing out its DDR3 ram from 8gb to 16gb. Thank goodness I didn't have to pay the exorbitant prices for that. Also ordered a 1tb sata SSD to replace the 750gb spinning disk in it.

Hello old friend.

I got this laptop for free from Microsoft ironically from a Twitter contest years ago. She may be a 4th gen Intel laptop but it still has some pep. At least I can get usb-C 20v PD to barrel jack cables for this.

@socialhappiness.bsky.social You would recognize the sticker.

@matthartleylinux.bsky.social looks like I'll be getting a Framework after recent things...

I just took a picture of that this afternoon. I was laughing my ass off.

Well this happened... It fucken sucks getting all your hardwork stuff stolen.

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I am enjoying Starfleet Academy for:

4) over the top angsty teen drama
3) futuristic take on Prarie Style decor
2) just, relentless optimism about people and possiblites
1) Holly Hunter's complete, absolute inability to sit in a chair like a normal person

Nothing like putting up a new switch to expand your network.

Ha! The Display unit for the Legion Z2 GO is running Ubuntu in the background instead of SteamOS. Lol. Can't really click on the interface though so I don't know which version it runs.

Merry Christmas everyone in the Fediverse, Nostr, and Bluesky! I hope you have a great holiday!

I am missing the snow in my area... Sigh...

Is Unsafe the Original Sin? A Deep Dive into the First CVE After Rust Entered the Linux Kernel - DEV Community Prelude: A Predictable Controversy On December 16, 2025, a peculiar entry appeared in the...

Honestly I would call it a right of passage to get a CVE. It means you are being taken seriously when it come to the kernel.

This is a good ready if you want yo understand what Rust's first CVE means.

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Okay the new Avatar movie is an endurance challenge. Its a good movie, but after three hours with a full theater, I was glad to get out.

Its fun prepping for high winds today.

With today being my birthday, would it be much to ask for Sats and Zaps?

Ugh, I hate that life is pay to win.

Nothing like a Friday night emergency service call for one of our towers that decided to give us the middle finger! Our primary link decided to go down and so did our backup link. Hurray!

Well, I'm gonna give you the middle finger right back because you ruined my Friday night date!

Meep

Next batch of stickers to be converted to magnets. These were from the Tri-City Comic Con in Pasco WA a couple months back. Just now getting around to doing this. Plus the our local renaissance fair is happening tomorrow, so I will probably have another batch of stickers to do as well.

[It's Gonna Be] Okay

#GM everyone. Just here to let you all know that today is a new day, a new week, and no matter what happens in your own life or in this world, it's going to be okay.

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#music

This was fun indeed. It solved a problem I had with LM Studio. I honestly thought implementation MCP modules would be difficult, but it was pretty painless. Also Warp is an amazing tool for terminal use.

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Here's an interesting what if. I am know its a bit flawed, but I think I'm on to something... I guess let me know if any of ya have any thoughts on this.

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I just finished watching a good classic called "Hook". Gosh... They don't make then like they used to. Plus watching it as an adult really puts things into perspective. Anyways watch it if you have the time where ever you get your movies. 😉

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@ChrisLAS might be good to look into.

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Okay this is cool. I'm going to try it later on today.

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