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sijmen @sijmen@shrimp.vijf.life
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netherlands, embedded systems student (attempting to), he/him, 29 years old, programming, devops, rust, embedded development, retro computing, procrastinating

politics and gen ai are depressing, but i can't not talk about them. i do my best to cw them.

currently working on fedilite, a server-side rendered simple mastodon api client
git.sijman.nl/vijfhoek/fedilite



"you're not having an original hit bro, you're having a cache hit"
Location
netherlands
Birthday
1997-01-18
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he/him (EN), hij/hem (NL)
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sijmen @sijmen@shrimp.vijf.life
8mo
love people who don't bother to clear the snow off their headlights
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sijmen @sijmen@shrimp.vijf.life
8mo
@Erpel Yeah - but seeing photos that haven't been post-processed to hell and back by smartphone software (or a good Lightroom session) does feel nostalgic

The photo of the tight ski slope in the woods makes a lovely wallpaper
neobread_heart_red
:neohaj_heart@hai.z0ne.social:1
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sijmen @sijmen@shrimp.vijf.life
8mo
@Erpel I love this! Gives a bit of a times-gone-by vibe, but in a very high resolution
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sijmen @sijmen@shrimp.vijf.life
8mo
@kopper and Discord has been boiling the enshittification frog incredibly well for the past years, I do not expect that to change
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sijmen @sijmen@shrimp.vijf.life
8mo
@kopper Matrix federation is cool and works quite well nowadays. Signal end to end encryption is very important for 1-on-1 messaging, and small group chats. IRC is neat for its simplicity. They're all really cool platforms in their own ways.

but discord Just Works
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sijmen @sijmen@shrimp.vijf.life
8mo
@kopper yeah discord has a killer feature: it freaking works well enough for just about anyone
:ablobcatheadbangfasthyper@mk.absturztau.be:1
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sijmen @sijmen@shrimp.vijf.life
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@algernon the fee for using government services is in spoons
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sijmen @sijmen@shrimp.vijf.life
8mo
woo, the snow has arrived in twente
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sijmen @sijmen@shrimp.vijf.life
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@jwildeboer
And before you ask: yes, metal spikes on bicycle tires are legal in Germany and in most other countries.
makes sense I guess, since there's not a 1.5 ton machine on top of them
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sijmen @sijmen@shrimp.vijf.life
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@KarlHeinzHasliP @0xabad1dea wouldn't say it snows every year (anymore); where I live this is the first time it's properly snowed in years
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sijmen @sijmen@shrimp.vijf.life
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gotta love winter when the brake pedal becomes the bRRrrrRRrrRrrrrRrr pedal (while you're along for the ride)
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sijmen @sijmen@shrimp.vijf.life
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@louis Kubernetes can do anything from five nines to automatically shooting yourself in the foot
:neocat_think_woozy@social.louis-vallat.dev:1
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sijmen @sijmen@shrimp.vijf.life
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thank u mr thunderbird
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sijmen @sijmen@shrimp.vijf.life
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@mametsuko they're upset the NS app is broken
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sijmen @sijmen@shrimp.vijf.life
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i'll always love the dutch warning sign for slippery conditions.

in most countries, the tracks just wiggle around a bit. in the netherlands, the car just did a full 180 and is about to tip over
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sijmen @sijmen@shrimp.vijf.life
8mo
@jeder was is'n das für'n kombi‽
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sijmen @sijmen@shrimp.vijf.life
9mo
@junk congrats, you win the first teary eyed laugh of 2026
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sijmen @sijmen@shrimp.vijf.life
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getting tailgated in black ice prone conditions ✅
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sijmen @sijmen@shrimp.vijf.life
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day 2 of no processed sugar january:

aaaaa the cravings aaaa
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sijmen @sijmen@shrimp.vijf.life
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@novenary haha yes

i've got an industrialppc in my PC, and it shoots up to 3000rpm on boot. at 140mm that moves a lot of air lol
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