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mdlbearUp and down. Ame's thirty-fifth birthday, and the atomic bombings 80 years ago. OTOH m's return from the US Wednesday, and for some reason I noticed being in a good mood shortly before bedtime. Possibly from getting out of one of my support groups early. Or it could have been something somebody said in the group. Also, my balance seems to be improving a little after finding a test that I can practice against. But I should also find some exercises.
Not exactly a good week for walking either. I skipped Tuesday because (IIRC) I was running late after helping N give Cricket her meds, and had a doctor's appointment after that. Then I did something unpleasant to my right ankle Friday morning, probably on the stairs with an excessively heavy bag of garbage. (Mostly cat litter.) I went to the end of the block and back this morning but didn't want to push my luck. I have no idea what became of my little plastic bin full of knee, ankle, and wrist braces.
On the gripping hand, I have the old household server, Nova, running again. That's notable mainly (only?) because it's still running Mint version 21.3, so it still has Python 2 installed, so I can run my Dreamwidth posting client on it. (I also have it on Raven, but N is borrowing it. When she's done with it I'll be able to upgrade it.)
Nova is headless. I could ping it, but not ssh to it, which turned out to be because it was on the wrong subnet. Fixable by widening the netmask on Nova and one laptop. That was an interesting exercise, though, because I had to do it over ssh (i.e. without a display), which meant that I had to learn the text user interface for Network Manager. Feeling mildly accomplished from that.
Also, m and I had a good rehearsal of Ship of Stone yesterday. The plan is to do one song per day to use as scratch tracks for the next album. My intended recording hardware was not cooperating -- I seem to be missing one of my large-diaphragm vocal mics. May have to fix that. Meanwhile I used my trusty old Zoom H2, which is perfectly adequate for scratch tracks.
In links, last week Mastodon was added to the Digital Public Goods Alliance’s Registry, which is pretty cool. And the World’s first Facebook museum helps users face the future after its hoped-for demise.
Notes & links:
0803Su * sift litter boxen
& awake 3ish, 5ish
* up 6ish; ; Dutch
* drugs: first am 6:40ish; rest am 08:06; 2*coffee; pm 20:45ish; 2 senna 21:33
% 07:49 feeling somewhat out of it -- possibly sleep-dep.
* walk: Erasmusweg 08:55 1.2km, 11hp, 27mm, 25min, 2330st
% took first half way too fast; paid for it coming back. Could not seem to slow down.
@ The Rise And Fall Of Tower Records - Flashbak (C')
@ Why Today’s Tech Scene Is Identical to 1920s Wall Street (And What Happens Next)
@ We Just Discovered a Trojan Horse in AI, And It’s a Big F*cking Deal
[2507.14805] Subliminal Learning: Language
models transmit behavioral traits via hidden signals in data
Epic Effort to Ground Physics in Math Opens Up the Secrets of Time | Quanta
@ Mastodon is a digital public good - Mastodon Blog
" This week is UN Open Source Week, and we’re happy to share that today, Mastodon was added to the
Digital Public Goods Alliance’s DPG Registry. "
$ I HSX $6.51 from Bandcamp via PayPal
* 10pm put out cardboard for pickup tomorrow morning
0804Mo Ame * swap litter boxen
& awake 4am
* up 6ish?; W=90.3; Dutch
* drugs: first am 7ish; rest am 08:03; 2*coffee; pm
* Cricket has an appointment for surgery on her toe -> left 7:40 with N
-> 11:54 G leaves in Scarlett to meet the #30 bus in Wateringen. all went well.
+ X-rays show no metastasis. Tumor removed (along with some of the toe)
* remember to take in the cardboard bin, and * take out the bag of garbage in the entry.
* walk: DSB801 - second bridge North, 09:59; .75km, 5hp, 23mm, 2100st,
@ Forget SEO. Everyone Does RAO.. Kammerath Retrieval Augmentation Optimization
@ GLM 4.5: The Open-Source AI Model Beating the Rest Z.ZI's GLM-4.5
@ Extracellular vesicles as dynamic crosslinkers for bioactive injectable hydrogels
Columbia Scientists Made a Gel From Yogurt That Heals Tissue, and It Works
: 12:01 first Monday emergency siren test
@ World’s first Facebook museum helps users face the future - DutchNews.nl
@ Inburgering with DN: strange places to visit this summer - DutchNews.nl
: Roamate was dispatched 0730, shipped via DPD; tracking number is: 01505428893521P
(forgot to log on the 30th)
% 3 trips to 2nd floor -- laundry and cat supplies. so far. knees are feeling it. 17:24
* -8ish- 19:30ish, after dinner: raise a glass for Ame - just me and G.
* posted River: Amethyst Rose: 35
@ dialecticdreamer. Allergies and 72-hour kits
* 22:38 finally flaked out -- headed up to bed,
% remembered I needed to load drugs... and promptly dropped two capsules. Filled the
first am stick, which is easy, and can do the rest in the morning when I'm awake
0805Tu * sift litter boxen
& awake 2ish; 4ish?
* up 6am; ; bath,
* load drugs.
* drugs: first am 7ish; rest am 10:18; coffee; pm
. help N with Cricket's medicines.
~ vet appointment (house call) -> pushed off to Th or Fr
@ Signal >> Blog >> By Default, Signal Doesn't Recall
@ This Time Management Expert Is Making the Case for a Bare-Minimum Daily Routine
@ The Era of the AI Black Box Is Officially Dead. Anthropic Just Killed It maybe?
* guitar: Eyes 13:59; (thinking about Whimper) Stolen Child (major on last 2 lines?)
* guitar: Bells of Norwich, The River. % LH starting to hurt -- quit while ahead
@ I Built an AI Version of Myself — And Then I Talked to Her | by Maria Ali
@ Wiki - bbchallenge
% my balance seems to be improving! I can stand on one foot for 10s (sometimes)
* 19:00 - 20:30 (10am-11:30 PST) Healing Center Passages support grp - 1st, 3rd Tu
0806We Hiroshima 1945 * sift litter boxen
@ Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki - Wikipedia 1945
@ World Wide Web 1991
& awake 2ish, 4ish, ??5:30ish
* up 7ish; ;
* drugs: first am 7:15; rest am 07:51; 2*coffee; pm 21:35
* walk: 8:15ish to turnaround. 6hp, 28mm, 2000st
accompanied halfway by N on Lizzy, on her way to clinic.
*- Asked about my hip(ish) pain; N thinks it may be the iliotibial band (IT Band)
-> note that IT Band may have filkish -- or at least geekish -- possibilities
-> Common symptoms include pain on the outside of the knee or hip
emphasis mine; many sources don't mention the hip.
Hip Abductors - Physiopedia
@ Five Geek Social Fallacies – Plausibly Deniable
* 10ish m, j return from US. j direct to Leiden
-> Cricket is of course delighted
@ Tea App Hack: Disassembling The Ridiculous App Source Code | by Jan Kammerath
@ AI Just Hit a Wall. This Model Smashed Right Through It | Rohit Kumar Thakur
@ Stack Overflow Just Exposed the Ugly Truth About AI Coding Tools | by Amaresh Adak
" Ugly Truth #5: The more you know about software development, the more you realize
that “vibe coding” solves the easy part of a fundamentally hard problem. "
@ Are you hate-watching Foundation? | by Damien Walter | Medium
@ The Social Contract Is Breaking, and AI Is Holding the Hammer | Rohit Kumar Thakur
@ Cloud service Infomaniak steps up fight with Proton over controversial Swiss
surveillance law | TechRadar
@ The Black Blood of the Earth - Funranium Labs like 307 ale, only coffee
m: "I swear colors were brighter"
* 20:00 - 21:30 (11:00-12:30 PST) Virginia Mason Living w\ Cancer grp - 1st, 3rd We
left after one hour -- going around in circles. Could have stayed but...
! 21:35 I appear to be in a good mood. Possibly from getting out of the group early,
though I can't ignore the possibility that it was the group that lifted my mood. Not
knowable, I guess.
0807Th * sift litter boxen
& awake 1:30, 3ish, 5ish
* up 6:30ish; ; Dutch
* drugs: first am 7; rest am 08:27; pm
@ The Mothership Vortex: An Investigation Into the Firm at the Heart of the Democratic
Spam Machine Not clear how accurate this is.
* 10:15ish leave for 11am Berestein clinic. (alarm set for 10:15)
% -- forgot mask! Need to do better. :P
*- are they getting updates from Haga? Is Haga getting updates from _them_
-> they get a letter with test results.
-> Weight measured as 88, so something is off.
-> BP much higher - do I need an newer device?
*- balance (improving) -> bring up with doctor
*- sleep? n.b. this is more likely due to nocturia -> talk to urologist.
*- motivation?? depression?? -> psych appointment (Sept) - in clinic
-> 24-hour BP test. Probably, colonoscopy.
@ Just fucking ship | Go Make Things
~ 18:00 Eurofilk
& got Nova hooked up, but it looks like it's on ...0.2 and everything else here is 1.x
So tomorrow I'll have to try connecting direct over ethernet and reconfigure it, or
haul it downstairs and connect it to the monitor.
0808Fr * sift litter boxen
& awake 3:30ish
* up 6:45ish; ; Dutch... dishes
* drugs: first am 0700; 2*coffee; rest am 8ish; pm 19:59
% 08:38 400mg ibuprofen for back pain
* temporary fix for nova being on the wrong subnet: go from ...0.x/24 to ...0.x/23
on machines that have to talk to it. This widens the netmask by one bit. Note that
it's temporary, until the next reboot. That's a _good_ thing.
: sudo ip addr change 192.168.0.228/23 dev wlp3s0 # .66/ for unsable
: sudo ip addr change 192.168.0.2/23 dev enp1s0 # nova
: sudo nmtui # for text interface. -may have made it unreachable.-
-> reachable after reboot. both times, because I didn't change the gateway the
first time. But Nova is now working! Reachable, and can reach the internet
-> updating. need to update Panther too, but it's lid is down because cats.
-> note, however, that Panther still has Python-2.7 on Mint 21
@ APOD: the Dawn of the Crab, 1064
Photo with Venus standing in for the Crab Supernova, SN 1054
@ 'Uniquely dangerous': Leaked DHS memo details secret plans for domestic
'forever war'
% 10:45 and now my R ankle is hurting.
-> no idea what happened to my collection of ankle and knee braces. -> use cane
% it's amazing how much energy a damaged ankle sucks up.
* bring up 60l garbags, plus one lawn trash bag for the damaged one I pulled out this am
@ Grief Seasons, Not Steps: Living and Grieving When There’s No Set Path
A Grief Concept You Should Care About: Continuing Bonds - Whats your Grief
% 17:58 R ankle seems to be doing a lot better.
@ RIP Acting NASA Administrator Reflects on Legacy of Astronaut Jim Lovell - NASA
Jim Lovell - Wikipedia
@ Trump suspends tax exemption for cheap shipments | CNN Business
0809Sa Nagasaki * sift litter boxen
@ Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki - Wikipedia
& awake 3:30
* up 6:30ish; ; bath
* drugs: first am: 6:30ish; rest am 8ish?; pm 22:19
% R. ankle doesn't hurt much, but there's enough just-noticable pain to keep me in thuis
@ The great myth of empire collapse | Aeon Essays
" Empires start to seem far less defensible once we realise that they were not
beneficial for the health and wellbeing of those living under them. "
@ Git rebase isn’t scary. You just never had it explained right | by [devtips/]
- apparently Tom Jeffers died unexpectedly of a heart attack Wednesday night. RIP
~ SL: microlax, macrogol -> ordered from Bol, but already in the pile behind radiator
& discovered when trying to install Honu on mint!lilac that I'd gotten the uid for user
steve wrong in LMDE. Took a while to fix.
* start recording practice sessions - 1 song/day -> scratch tracks -> Ship of Stone
-> Since I hadn't gotten lilac configured properly, wound up using the Zoom H2. But
since these are scratch tracks, that doesn't matter much
Ship of Stone
Date: 2025-08-23 03:19 pm (UTC)Re: Ship of Stone
Date: 2025-08-23 05:35 pm (UTC)Cool! Good to know he's still active.