Posts by morgant@mastodon.social
(DIR) Post #AYML00ktnzdmdxKTzM by morgant@mastodon.social
2023-08-03T16:29:05Z
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@mwl @tek Yeah. Oof.
(DIR) Post #AZ4Ac6cPNwTBDU2X8S by morgant@mastodon.social
2023-08-24T19:47:08Z
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@textfiles Love the under-bite which that VeriTyper's "face" appears to have!
(DIR) Post #AZyFpwux5irfU1ovdg by morgant@mastodon.social
2023-09-20T21:21:59Z
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How is it that I've only _just_ noticed that #OpenBSD's #ksh (and probably other shells) tab completion supports brace expansions?!For example:```$ .c{ache,onfig}/chr<tab>.cache/chromium/ .config/chromium/```
(DIR) Post #AZyGmtBGd13eylYYN6 by morgant@mastodon.social
2023-09-20T21:37:05Z
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@jbowen Same! It was entirely an unintentional, muscle memory, press of the tab key. Not until looking at prior output after the fact did I notice it had done the right thing.
(DIR) Post #AaBNc5RBkB6LSWLOMq by morgant@mastodon.social
2023-09-26T20:47:19Z
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Now that #OpenBSD 7.4 is in the short-lived post-beta/pre-release period, I'm `sysupgrade`-ing my dev environment to the latest snapshot and will be confirming that my #swupdate utility still correctly adds the `-Dsnap` option when executing `pkg_add -u`:https://github.com/morgant/swupdate-openbsd/
(DIR) Post #Ab6NrAjnb5RFBhxeNM by morgant@mastodon.social
2023-10-24T17:26:03Z
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@stefano 👈 👈 This! This! THIS! THHHHIIIIIIISSSSSSS!
(DIR) Post #AbJm8d4JnzVgJtRSHw by morgant@mastodon.social
2023-10-28T00:58:34Z
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Another two hours spent analyzing #serial connection issues between my #Apple #Newton #eMate running #PT100 and my #OpenBSD workstation via a #Keyspan USA-19HS #USB adapter:https://marc.info/?l=openbsd-misc&m=169845381728847&w=2I always forget to check things with ktrace(1), but it's absolutely invaluable! I'll be starting working on adding flow control support to the ukspan(4) driver this weekend.
(DIR) Post #AbKOlIZfjVGuJGyPK4 by morgant@mastodon.social
2023-10-31T11:42:10Z
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@stefano Nice one! Had an extra chuckle over the NetBSD image.
(DIR) Post #Acc0zitb25jWoDwXkO by morgant@mastodon.social
2023-12-08T21:32:45Z
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@mms I picked up fanless Qotom hardware w/an Intel i5 and a handful of 1Gb/s ethernet ports a year or so ago to use as my router, running bare #OpenBSD. I don't personally need more than 1Gb/s, but I think there are similar options out there now with 2.5+Gb/s ports.
(DIR) Post #AcgE9j6pAcVIP34RAv by morgant@mastodon.social
2023-12-10T22:18:58Z
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@jhx Let's see...Currently: routing & packet filtering, DHCP, local caching DNS (nsd & unbound), reverse HTTP(S) proxy (relayd & httpd), HTTP (httpd & apache2), database (MariaDB), VPN (WireGuard), lots of SSH, version control systems (Subversion & Git), screen sharing (VNC via x11vnc) for workstations. On some machines, VMs (vmm/vmd).Previously and likely again: Twitch stream (RTMP via ffmpeg).
(DIR) Post #AcgIIlWLyLoiJ1ZqRE by morgant@mastodon.social
2023-12-10T23:05:29Z
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@mms @jhx Oh, no, definitely not! An edge router doing nothing more that routing & packet filtering, A couple other servers running VMs segregated by service (not for security, but to mitigate upgrades breaking multiple services at once) and sites (e.g. most websites have their own VM; for finer grained access control and -- again -- to mitigate an upgrade breaking dependencies for another site). Plus a primary workstation running -stable hosting a -current VM for ports development.
(DIR) Post #AhvJQYpVoEdypTR4im by morgant@mastodon.social
2024-05-15T18:19:09Z
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@stux As a native English speaker with only rudimentary skills in other languages, I still identify with this. Maybe, for me, it's not the language.
(DIR) Post #Ai2bFyYOzC8ehtFplw by morgant@mastodon.social
2024-04-06T14:37:58Z
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@howley This is probably more than you want, but I currently have an OpenBSD host running as a reverse proxy for multiple domains, a couple back-end hosts, plus LetsEncrypt SSL certs using `acme-client`. The latter parts were not really documented elsewhere, so I keep the following gist around to share with folks trying to do something similar:https://gist.github.com/morgant/f29bef43e6729e29612754a027744fb1Let me know if it helps or not or if you have any questions.
(DIR) Post #AiGGbVqb1EiTDndEki by morgant@mastodon.social
2024-05-25T20:56:33Z
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@ajroach42 I'm wondering the same, so bookmarked to keep track of replies.I haven't picked up a CNC machine yet, but it's _much_ higher on my list than a 3D printer. I primarily want to work with wood or soft metals, which seem far more sustainable/recyclable than contributing to the microplastics problem we've created.
(DIR) Post #AivuUCcZJ4NMP3uAQy by morgant@mastodon.social
2024-06-14T23:04:50Z
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@foone The house I grew up in had knob-and-tube wiring and those wires were fiber-wrapped and "nothing bad happened". That said, that house also had a two-story outhouse (fortunately offset slightly.)Vehicles moved from fiber-wrapped wiring to newer plastic-coated wiring is actually _much tastier_ to rodents. Plus, my old #SeriesLandRover with all that fiber-wrapped wiring only had one fuse, so super easy to work on.I digress. Yes, hemp cat6 with rope oil and porcelain connectors.
(DIR) Post #AivvwxL5Isr5MK09uC by morgant@mastodon.social
2024-06-14T23:21:24Z
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@foone Ours house was a New England mill-worker's home from the 1890s, so also had horse-hair and wood-lattice insulation behind all the plaster walls -- Surprise, I'm highly allergic to horses! -- and when my parents sold the house they were required to have the wiring modernized. Very understandable, but difficult with the wood lattice!
(DIR) Post #AwfZ6baFX4F2w1yTho by morgant@mastodon.social
2025-07-30T13:58:23Z
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@urlyman @pluralistic Every time I go to the bank to do a deposit:Teller: Do you have your debit card?Me: I don't have one.T: Okay, I'll just text you a code.M: I don't have a cell phone.T: ...M: Here's my ID. Can I just have the deposit slip to fill out and sign? I've had the account number memorized for _thirty years._
(DIR) Post #AwfZ6cadn69I3XAIxE by morgant@mastodon.social
2025-07-30T14:03:36Z
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@urlyman @pluralistic While the city I live in has reliable cell service for most providers, I live in a rural state. Most of the state does _not_ have reliable cell service or — where it does — it may only be a single carrier.Is that part of the reason this particular bank company has closed a lot of the more rural branches? Doubtful, but it probably doesn't help the organization's understanding of the technological problems of a rural state, with an aging and increasingly-poorer population.
(DIR) Post #Aze07uMegaNM5zisca by morgant@mastodon.social
2025-10-27T18:51:28Z
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@khm In my opinion, she makes a very good point about trying to host a massive, performant, product these days.My read of her thread was more, "What problem are we trying to solve?" Are they trying to provide very private messaging with E2EE which non-technical people can and will use? Or, do you want them to never let a single penny or amount of control pass to "big tech"?Which is the greater good for those who need privacy?
(DIR) Post #B0V7y3ZtSLMlRxL8EK by morgant@mastodon.social
2025-11-21T17:16:36Z
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Big new v0.3 release of my #OpenBSD audio/video recording #CLI convenience utility, #recordctl, is now out:https://github.com/morgant/recordctl/releases/tag/0.3Building on v0.2, which switched to a clearer, more scriptable, MIB-like control syntax like sysctl(8), mixerctl(8), and sndioctl(1), it now features:1) A monitor (`-m`) mode showing changes to control values over time, like sndioctl(1) `-m`2) A `mix.monitor` control which exposes/manipulates whether sndiod(8) is configured for a "monitor mix"