Random shot from walking around Geisemet neighborhood, Cartagena Colombia.

Anyone else download the 45gb of Yandex source code? #letthegoodtimesroll

@pronto hah, I was just browsing my #unixgods combo (think list, but in #honk speak) and realized it's just you on the list. Are we the only unixgods on the Fedi or am I missing some?

iCalendar spec, and writing code for it, is not fun.

If you use Sendy ESP software and Go, then you may find this API client useful:

https://hg.code.netlandish.com/~netlandish/sendygo

#golang

Quick report on our (my gf and I) weekend:

Spent all day Saturday drinking mimosas and vodka w/ natural cantelope juice (it's amazing, try it) with some friends.

Spend all day Sunday eating pasta and watching Curb Your Enthusiasm and The Sopranos on our couch.

Does a better use of two free days exist?

DZ: George Santos

More evidence that Santos has a drag queen history. This is only a big deal because he denies it and campaigns as anti drag etc. This is just hilarious

https://www.politico.com/news/2023/01/20/george-santos-appears-to-admit-drag-queen-past-in-wiki-post-00078812

When you accidentally clicked "Top" on your #honk page and now you lost track of where you were and are not sure what to do with yourself anymore.

My Pixel 7 has cell data and calling issues.

Android beta supposedly makes these issues all better but the beta introduces issues with bluetooth, especially with car connections (why?)...

Guess I'll stick with the data/calling issues because I need my BT while driving and at the gym.

Thanks Google.

Just realized that zonking a honk has no zonk confirmation. Quick honk zonk it is then.

Good on you, Google.

"I don't understand, why don't you get the sponge?"

#ifykyk

I saw that using "German" is now offensive to some because "man" is in the word. Using "Germxn" is what they recommend using. I mean wtf.

Anyone else seeing a slight uptick in fedispam? Just got asked if I would "permit an interactive session on profit-making". The user seems to have already been banned from their instance so not gonna name them but I guess this will be more common as the #fediverse grows.

Hey @markosaric - Not sure why my payments are failing for Plausible but when I go to check/update the details I get this error page. Help?

good morning and welcome to 2023

Slack trying to hide their security disclosure? LastPass pulled the same thing recently, but even more blatantly.

We need a searchable index of companies who hide their disclosures like this. It would be extremely valuable when doing vendor assessments.

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/slacks-private-github-code-repositories-stolen-over-holidays/

Exactly 14 years ago , Satoshi Nakamoto designed the most pathetic / inefficient system ever invented by humankind : the blockchain.

Today, it weights 60 000 tons, wastes constantly 10 gigawatts .. to process less than 7 transactions per second :

Less than a 33 bps modem from 1990.

This could be joke if it didn't have such gigantic environmental impact, wasn't enabling billion dolllars ransomware industry and was not crushing thousands of lives in the process.

Last views of the sun for 2022 from Playa Guasacate, Nicaragua.

#sunset #nye

I literally had no idea who Andrew Tate was before Gretta burned him. Feel pretty good about that.

Instagram is trying to intimidate us with threats of legal action.

Help us bring awareness to our project by sharing this post, and consider donating if possible.

We're not giving up. #fediverse

Kinda genius idea, though I wouldn't want to make any money in the crypto grift market at the expense of tax payers but I'm sure some Trump-like assholes are cleaning up

https://indieweb.social/@web3isgreat/109598229124887467

Has anyone ever hired a person to run their business? I'm tired of running my business, I just want to work! I just want to code cool shit, not spend hours and hours in Quickbooks or dealing with sales calls, etc.

Anyone out there want to come run my software consultancy? I'm dead serious, if you've got experience running an agency/consultancy in the tech arena or similar experience and wanna talk about this, reach out to me. Can also email me, pjs@petersanchez.com

#fedihire #bemybossplease

Just found a place that sells vegan churrasco (think like steak w/ chimichurri) here in Managua. I can't believe it. I hope it's good, just ordered a pound to give it a try.

#vegan

Been wanting to post this for weeks but had to wait until after @ed_maste opened it on Christmas morning.

May I present the FreeBSD bobblehead knitted hat.

Pretty pleased with myself. 😆

People don't understand how large the original ARPANET routers were

I really hate doing my books and I swore I'd never let them this happen again but here I am.

I've put it off long enough.

I have to do the entire year of bookkeeping for two different entities.

Basically that's what the rest of my week is going to look like.

Send booze please.

Watched Avatar Part Deux... it was about deux hours too long.

The curry is a lie: "Indian food" and the invention of "curry" by British colonists

So I was chatting with a friend recently and our conversation brought to my attention something mildly concerning about their understanding of #SouthAsian food.

They were telling me about how their mom made curry. When I inquired what kind, they were confused and asked what I meant. And when I tried to explain that there is really no such thing as "curry flavor" it kind of blew their mind.

They went to the kitchen and got the packet of curry powder to show me what they meant. Look, curry, they said. Read the ingredients, I said. This was a pivotal moment in their understanding of "Indian" food.

The reality is that if you go to an Indian* restaurant and ask for "curry" you'll get a blank stare. That's because there's no such thing as curry. It's not a flavor. It's not a type of sauce or soup base.

But look! you say, pointing to the chips aisle where there is bound to be a packet of Curry Lays or the aisle with curry-flavored instant noodles. Yeah, that's the unfortunate result of British colonialist fakery.

What?

Basically, when the British colonizers came to South Asia and encountered food with actual flavor (ha! ​ ) they decided to export (read: exploit) it, as they do. So they made up this arbitrary mix of common spices found in a variety of different combinations in foods all over South Asia and labeled it "curry."

So what's real?

Well, there are a ton of different spices used in foods all over South Asia. Some of the most common ones are turmeric, cinnamon, red chili, cumin, cardamom, nutmeg, black pepper, fenugreek, fennel, mustard seeds and cloves.

And the specific combination of these spices used in any particular food varies based on the recipe for that unique food.

For example, a vegetable biryani (rice) calls for a different combination of spices than aloo channa (potatoes and chickpeas). To put it a different way, you wouldn't add the same combination of herbs and spices to an alfredo pasta sauce as you would to a pizza sauce, right?

Not just that, but the recipes for most South Asian foods are themselves subject to regional variation as well. The palak paneer (spinach and cottage cheese) my mom makes tastes very different from the same dish cooked by my sis-in-law. The difference in flavors is the result of my mom being a Parsi from Karachi while my sis-in-law is a Punjabi from Mississauga. There's no single, "correct" or "authentic" recipe!

So, next time you see curry-flavored-anything, remember how there's really no such thing. And now you know why!

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*Even describing a particular South Asian cuisine as "Indian" is inaccurate and reductive because there are at least as many different types of "Indian" cuisines as there are states in India. It's like calling every East Asian cuisine "Chinese" food. Not to mention that South Asia includes Pakistan, Afghanistan, and Bangladesh among others, all of whom have their own unique sets and subsets of foods.

I love the internet

My Christmas weekend was spent mostly re-watching The Wire. I forgot how good S3 was and am finding new love for S4 (I didn't like it much when it originally aired)

writing malware that will infect a Kindle and replace all the books with ads for mexican beer. that's right, a novel corona virus

People down here in the South do not realize how much permanent rule by right-wing lunatics is costing them personally https://www.census.gov/content/dam/Census/library/publications/2022/demo/p60-276.pdf

Just here honking for honks sake.

The manager of my wax salon business wanted to have notifications every time a new appointment was made.

I've been wanting to toy with ntfy.sh for a while and never got around to it.

Well, an hour later she now has her notifications whenever a new appointment is created.

What a cool service and open source as well!

Man I wish he could have finished out his career in LA. I will def miss seeing him in Dodger Blue.

https://12ft.io/proxy?q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.latimes.com%2Fsports%2Fdodgers%2Fstory%2F2022-12-19%2Fdodgers-justin-turner-hometown-hero

A fediverse-focused news bulletin podcast hosted entirely by fediverse software? Yes please! (Please boost)

Audio version: https://tunes.artemai.art/channels/acrossthefediverse/ (or follow @acrossthefediverse@tunes.artemai.art)

Text version:
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Please get in touch if you want to be interviewed, have stories or want to contribute to upcoming episodes.

I know I'm starting to feel better because I have to blast the AC again.

#lifeinthetropics #nicaragua

Everyone getting ready for Festivus?
The Airing of Grievances should be a good one this year.

External Attachment: Typography Seinfeld GIF by University of Florida

#Mozilla just announced they are joining the #fediverse

"In early 2023, Mozilla will stand up and test a publicly accessible instance in the Fediverse at Mozilla.Social"

they will start with Mastodon, but are "looking forward to working on the challenges that crosscut the Fediverse"

https://blog.mozilla.org/en/mozilla/mozilla-launch-fediverse-instance-social-media-alternative/ #FediNews

I've got a cold. Feels mild but super runny nose. I was pretty sick about 6 weeks ago. It's not like me to be sick often so this is annoying.

Also where I live it's not easy to get COVID tests, so there's that. Isolating as much as possible in the mean time.

Argentina 3 (4) - 3 (2) France
#FIFAWorldCup #Quatar2022