Geert Uytterhoeven @geert@society.oftrolls.com
Technologist with a Passion for Linux
Joined Mar 2019
OrangeCrab ECP5 FPGA board + LiteX + VexRiscv + Adafruit Featherwings + DT overlays
The rules have changed, again (or: have been clarified): companies without employees (e.g. family businesses) no longer have to declare anything.
Oh, it works in Firefox.
It also works in Chromium in incognito mode.
It also works in a Chromium with a temporary profile.
It works in Chromium with my usual profile after restarting Chromium. Another snap issue?
Geert Uytterhoeven
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RT @R2REurope@twitter.com
It might be back on track but we couldn't miss the opportunity to calculate how many #EVERGIVEN of e-waste does #Europe discard every year 🚢
The answer? A LOT 🔥
We need ambitous legislation to extend the life of our products now. We need the #RightToRepair ⚒️
🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/R2REurope/status/1376833251025813507
New covid-19 rule: all companies have to make a monthly declaration of the number of employees that cannot work remotely.
Of course I cannot login on the related government website (spinning wheel).
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RT @enjoy_digital@twitter.com
Did some LiteX VideoTerminal/Framebuffer tests/improvements this morning..., still a few things to look at but it should simplify a lot adding Video Out capability to LiteX SoCs.
🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/enjoy_digital/status/1376519927767650311
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New password strength requirement: must contain at least 42 characters, at least five of which must NOT be included in the Unicode standard.
"The demand for toilet paper has been increased a lot during the corona crisis, as we're spending more time at home".
Of course we don't use toilet paper in the office, at school, in restaurants, ...
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Не много уделял времени новостям в последнее время, но насколько я понял, В.В. Столман переназначил себя президентом РФСФ до 2036 года. Может, напутал чего.
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Order an extra item to get over the free shipping limit. They send it in a separate box.
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@penguin42 No, that's called "surströmming."
Happy to see someone still cares (and tests) on m68k MVME boards!
Bug introduced in v5.2.
https://lore.kernel.org/linux-m68k/628cb0d0-94af-651f-0d84-f78b966cd8bd@retrodev.com/
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"I plug the USB cable into the port -- wait, out of character: is it USB type A or C?"
"Roll for knowledge."
*rolls two dice* "Eight."
"You recognize it as a type A connector. You'll have to roll for luck on the orientation."
*curses*
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RT @nixcraft@twitter.com
Awesome. Refund of pre-installed Windows: Lenovo must pay 20,000 euros in damages for abusive behaviour in denying to refund the price of a pre-installed MS-Windows licence https://fsfe.org/news/2021/news-20210302-01.html
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marcan wrote a status update for the Apple M1 Linux support:
https://asahilinux.org/2021/03/progress-report-january-february-2021/
1 year ago the first covid-19 lockdown started in Belgium. One obscure consequence of this is that my wine cellar is no longer balanced: 60% of the bottles are of 2019 vintage.
I hope 2019 was a good wine year...
Long time no see!
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Technologist with a Passion for Linux
Joined Mar 2019
