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Account age
3 yrs
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Known for
16 views
Went to look at a house and the agent mentioned that the fuse board will need to be replaced eventually.
Pretty sure this is the most beautiful fuse board I’ve seen. I definitely wish they looked this good now.
12 views
On today’s episode of “sysadmins will do anything to avoid IPv6”
Yes. That’s a /8 on link. Totally normal thing to do.
7 views
I wonder if @geerlingguy ‘s dad has any analog TV RF gear, since I’m trying to build my own mini tv station for this guy
Anyway what approach would yall use to generate multiple pal-B/G channels from modern digital video files?
📊 Post engagement
10
Avg engagement / post
0.9%
Engagement vs followers
Jul 2023
On Mastodon since
🔥 Top post: Imagine a world where anyone who wants a backup internet connect · 19 likes + reposts
📊 Activity & format
Posting cadence
1 / week
A lower-frequency account — each post lands with more weight.
Content mix
Mostly text
Recent: 9 text · 3 image · 0 video.
Follower / following
24×
Follows 46 back. A strong ratio — an audience that follows them, not a follow-for-follow network.
Recent posts
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I'm featured on The IPv6 Buzz - Listen to my episode here
https://packetpushers.net/podcasts/ipv6-buzz/ipb204-tayga-and-ipv6-translation/
In case any of you want to see my struggles to build a Nixie tube display for my desk ....
https://youtu.be/gOtxkrPP7e0
(Youtube hates when I make vidoes that are different from my usual videos)
Went to look at a house and the agent mentioned that the fuse board will need to be replaced eventually.
Pretty sure this is the most beautiful fuse board I’ve seen. I definitely wish they looked this good now.
After a random comment on Discord …. Now I’m dreaming of designing and building my own engine ecu for a project car now.
So anyone in 🇫🇮 need an ecu for their project car
every time I use openwrt I wonder who tf ever sat down an thought that this is a well designed system with a functional user interface
I wonder if @geerlingguy ‘s dad has any analog TV RF gear, since I’m trying to build my own mini tv station for this guy
Anyway what approach would yall use to generate multiple pal-B/G channels from modern digital video files?
I've expanded my 'what is my ip / browser doing' page to show more info on how your browser deals with http/3, https records, and TLS!
New features since the last update:
- A variety of A/AAAA/HTTPS records to test HTTP/3 upgrading
- A var…
On today’s episode of “sysadmins will do anything to avoid IPv6”
Yes. That’s a /8 on link. Totally normal thing to do.
okay I have updated my 'my ip' page to track stats on DNS vs BGP (anycast) for an experiment.
I'd love if you would load this page (it has cool info about your connection to), it will send your (anonymous) connection latency to me so I can…
In case anyone wants to have fun with this
(yes, I know there is not tls)
http://geo.apalrd.net/data
Some fun gems from early IETF work on IPng, for how forward-thinking they were when designing IPv6:
"1987 estimates projected a need to address as many as 100,000 networks at some vague point in the future. [Callon87] We will reach that m…
Went to look at a house and the agent mentioned that the fuse board will need to be replaced eventually.
Pretty sure this is the most beautiful fuse board I’ve seen. I definitely wish they looked this good now.
After a random comment on Discord …. Now I’m dreaming of designing and building my own engine ecu for a project car now.
So anyone in 🇫🇮 need an ecu for their project car
every time I use openwrt I wonder who tf ever sat down an thought that this is a well designed system with a functional user interface
I wonder if @geerlingguy ‘s dad has any analog TV RF gear, since I’m trying to build my own mini tv station for this guy
Anyway what approach would yall use to generate multiple pal-B/G channels from modern digital video files?
I've expanded my 'what is my ip / browser doing' page to show more info on how your browser deals with http/3, https records, and TLS!
New features since the last update:
- A variety of A/AAAA/HTTPS records to test HTTP/3 upgrading
- A var…
On today’s episode of “sysadmins will do anything to avoid IPv6”
Yes. That’s a /8 on link. Totally normal thing to do.
okay I have updated my 'my ip' page to track stats on DNS vs BGP (anycast) for an experiment.
I'd love if you would load this page (it has cool info about your connection to), it will send your (anonymous) connection latency to me so I can…
In case anyone wants to have fun with this
(yes, I know there is not tls)
http://geo.apalrd.net/data
Some fun gems from early IETF work on IPng, for how forward-thinking they were when designing IPv6:
"1987 estimates projected a need to address as many as 100,000 networks at some vague point in the future. [Callon87] We will reach that m…
🐘 Community & instance
Home server
hachyderm.io
A tech & engineering server — its members and audience skew toward that niche, so expect a community-aligned, engaged following.
✅ Link-verified
Verified link
Proved ownership of a website linked on their profile — Mastodon's green-check verification, a real identity signal rather than a paid badge.
On Mastodon since
Jul 2023
An established account with real history on the platform.
💡 Facts
🗓️Joined Mastodon in 2023 — 3 years ago.
👁️Averages 10 views per post.
📤Posts about 1× per week.
🕵️ Fake follower check
Estimated75/100
Good
Credibility score
92%
Real
Real audience
Low
Fake-follower risk
High
Data confidence
- Est. 92% real, active audience · Low fake-follower risk.
- Engagement (~0.9% of followers engage each post) is around typical for Mastodon.
- Verified account.
- Established account (3+ years old).
Heuristic estimate from engagement, follower ratios, account age & growth — a screening signal, not a guarantee.
About
Engineer, coder, tech enthusiast, homelab, I do a bit of everything I guess
Now living in 🇫🇮
If you like me, you can also follow my bookmarks at @bookmarks
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