Nick Foster

9 May 2025

TIRED: Woke Marxist Pope WIRED: Woke Marxist Bible

7 Sept

When I open it is actually the time I least want it to update

discuss.systemsRob Ricci (@ricci@discuss.systems)Which poll option will get the most votes [ ] The second one [ ] The first one

7 Sept

RE: https://discuss.systems/@ricci/117222221200199197 I absolutely love that with nearly 1400 votes this achieved a perfect 50/50 split

RE: https://discuss.systems/@ricci/117222221200199197

7 Sept

social.lolNick Foster (@njf@social.lol)Ugh does anyone have any recommendations for alternatives to Synology Drive Backup? The client apps are just paper cuts all the way down

RE: https://social.lol/@njf/117190267673619591 Trying out UrBackup, seems to be good so far. Centralized console to monitor all machines, backups remain as files on disk (no encrypted blobs that require the software to extract from). So far so good

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2 Sept

Under half a million files left! Status says 176.1GB of 176.15GB (100%) 😂

2 Sept

What’s stupid is this is still just a test. I need to repartition the drive to actually use it the way I need to, but I don’t want to do that and erase all my other backups until I validate that this works. And then it’ll have to run all over again. Oh well. Cycles are cheap I guess

Whoa just found out this album turns 25 today. The first #RelientK album I ever bought and listened to. "Pressing On" is still one of the best songs ever written

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Do yourself a favor and give it a listen #RelientK https://youtu.be/LLNcsqHwoXI

social.lolNick Foster (@njf@social.lol)Ugh does anyone have any recommendations for alternatives to Synology Drive Backup? The client apps are just paper cuts all the way down

38% done of the initial backup of my main NUC server, still hovering around 1 million files left 😅

My unpopular opinion is that I actually quite like #Gnome desktop for Ubuntu, but only after I've installed about 12 extensions including 3 that I patched with my own custom code, and keeping all of that held together with bubble gun and string is a real headache

Also every one of those extensions is just designed to mimic some behavior that macOS has out of the box

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Don't even get me started on how many separate applications I need just to get all the functionality in Preview.app

31 Aug

Ugh does anyone have any recommendations for alternatives to Synology Drive Backup? The client apps are just paper cuts all the way down

31 Aug

LLM Siri is definitely smarter than ever, but all the old paper cuts are still there, worse even. No normie is going to use this after it fails two out of the first three times

31 Aug

It literally does not matter what the iPhone Fold costs, people will buy it The Fold isn’t for me, but in 2017 there was basically no price I wouldn’t have paid for the iPhone X

disabled.socialValerie (@vlrny@disabled.social)Gentle reminder, when someone is sharing some small piece of resistance they have done, DO NOT SHIT ON IT. Do not tell them it isn't enough or it's still bad because blah blah other stuff... Everyone is tired and overwhelmed and trying to find some accessible way they can push back. Cheer that! Celebrate the small; celebrate the imperfect. No single action is gonna solve everything, but a whole bunch of small actions start the sea change. Don't punch down when we all need lifting up.

RE: https://disabled.social/@vlrny/117141285434065462 My hot take is that it’s fine and good to pick a few things that you absolutely will not stand for, even though, yes, I know, all the other stuff you’re using is bad too for its own reasons.

diD yOu tYPE tHis On AN APPle proDUCT?? is not a helpful response to anything

Spending this morning listening to America's Favorite EP within an EP and it still goes so hard #RelientK

This auto punctuation that you can’t turn off with new Siri has got to go

threads.comChance Miller (@chancehmiller) on ThreadsApple Pay support is finally coming to Walmart starting next week. I can't believe it.

RE: https://www.threads.com/@chancehmiller/post/DcTfzdpFvgI It’s about time!

25 Aug

My son‘s first birthday party was this past weekend, and he got three presents that did not have a gift tag indicating who they were from I used the doorbell camera footage to identify all three presents 😬😅

24 Aug

Me: Taps button Button: *Liquid Glass effect* …. *no action* Me: wtf I pressed the button! Alan Dye: Yeah, but you didn’t mean it

flipboard.comOpenAI launches ChatGPT for Teens with new safety guardrails | FlipboardEuronews Next - The AI company is rolling out age-specific protections for 13- to 17-year-olds, as researchers and parents raise growing concerns over teenagers' …

24 Aug

RE: https://flipboard.com/@euronews/tech-news-tecns1r3z/-/a-8K-J9lTpSmiD0F2HMqtkjA%3Aa%3A89340020-%2F0 Hot take: If your product name includes the words “For Teens” it absolutely should not exist

zeppelin.flightsDan Moren (@dmoren@zeppelin.flights)Attached: 1 image

24 Aug

RE: https://zeppelin.flights/@dmoren/117114018733867115 Remember when computers were simple?

22 Aug

Ugh. Having photo sync issues on the iOS beta. Brought that on myself of course. Ready for the final release

18 Aug

But maybe we could have a little unimportant task while we procrastinate the big task, as a treat

social.lolNick Foster (@njf@social.lol)Hmmm should I re-watch Gravity Falls again? [ ] Yes [ ] Yes but on bottom

13 Aug

Hmmm should I re-watch Gravity Falls again? Poll: https://social.lol/@njf/117090230376471920

12 Aug

My son is walking!!! 🎉😍

threads.comMarques Brownlee (@mkbhd) on ThreadsThis total solar eclipse was once again the coolest thing I've ever seen. This time we managed to shoot an entire video and podcast episode during the totality. That's coming soon! In the meantime, enjoy this drone clip from the 90 second totality in Zaragoza, Spain. 8x speed

12 Aug

RE: https://www.threads.com/@mkbhd/post/Db89f68EY6O You can literally see the band of totality, this is so cool

11 Aug

I’m so used to reading articles that are just crammed of SEO nonsense that it’s genuinely surprising every time I see a Verge article that’s just like, 3 paragraphs that tell the story succinctly without a bunch of fluff about how the recipe was originally their grandmother’s

10 Aug

Zach Reno on TWO episodes of #GameChanger this season?? 🤩

flipboard.comApple briefly yanked Telegram from the App Store over CSAM violations | FlipboardThe Verge - Telegram came back to the App Store after it took down the illegal content and banned the user who posted it. Telegram is back on the App Store after Apple briefly removed it on Monday night over concerns about child sexual abuse material (CSAM). In a statement to Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman, Apple says …

4 Aug

RE: https://flipboard.com/@theverge/apple-news-a21vmd3nz/-/a-RJVWT5yFSS68Zm9XztXrAA%3Aa%3A43611565-%2F0 X is still available for download, btw 🤬

mastodon.socialZack Whittaker (@zackwhittaker@mastodon.social)New, by me: Samsung has banned smart TV apps that enlist owners' internet connections into residential proxy networks, which are increasingly linked to cybercrime. Samsung told me it's also removing apps containing resproxy code. This comes as new research by Mnemonic found Samsung promoted barebone apps as "editor's choice," which allowed outsieders to rent access to a Samsung smart TV's internet connection. Read more: https://techcrunch.com/2026/08/03/samsung-bans-smart-tv-apps-that-share-users-internet-connections-with-strangers/ Bypass for ad-blockers: https://web.archive.org/web/20260803121659/https://techcrunch.com/2026/08/03/samsung-bans-smart-tv-apps-that-share-users-internet-connections-with-strangers/

4 Aug

RE: https://mastodon.social/@zackwhittaker/117031606405858542 File this under “I can’t believe this was EVER allowed to be a thing”

4 Aug

My kid has just about moved from 2 naps a day to 1 and now he’s tired and ready for bed at 8:30 instead of 11pm which is honestly life changing

bsky.brid.gyceej (@ceej.online)ANTHROPIC: Our son loves humanity and for the low price of trillions and trillions of dollars will usher in an era of unprecedented peace and prosperity! OPENAI: Our horrible oafish son is hacking web sites without our permission. ANTHROPIC: (eyes narrowing) Our son is also evil

1 Aug

This is the funniest thing I’ve read today 😂 https://bsky.brid.gy/r/https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:mm5ebihpjvtrdunomulbls5m/post/3mrx2xflgp22d

31 July

Daaaaaang 10/10 for #SpiderManBrandNewDay 😍🕷️

dair-community.socialTimnit Gebru (she/her). (@timnitGebru@dair-community.social)"As Japanese financial newspaper Nikkei Asia found in a recent investigation, just five US tech giants — Alphabet, Microsoft, Amazon, Meta, and Oracle — are hiding an estimated $1.65 trillion in debt that doesn’t appear on balance sheets. That’s even more than the $1.35 trillion in debt the five companies officially reported in their financial data for the most recent quarter." https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/ai-companies-hide-debt-off-balance-sheet

30 July

RE: https://dair-community.social/@timnitGebru/117006488074722424 Apple appears to have just completely Mr. Magoo’d their way out of this mess

29 July

Got tickets to see #SpiderManBrandNewDay tomorrow, pretty excited 😄

24 July

AirPods left behind! The phone says. Meanwhile they rest Snug in my pocket. #haiku

flipboard.comMicrosoft is finally modernizing Windows 11's decades-old File Explorer properties window with a new UI | Flipboardwindowscentral.com - For years, Microsoft has wrestled with modernizing the File Explorer app on Windows. Over the last few years, we've seen Microsoft slowly introduce …

24 July

RE: https://flipboard.com/@windowscentral/windows-central-start-menu-kc6i7od6z/-/a-_ZDj9eRuQkuFn1Pw8YmEYg%3Aa%3A2519729559-%2F0 100% guarantee the new UI will be missing features and will have a button that just brings up the old UI next to it

20 July

Oh noooooo my flight got cancelled and I have to spend an extra day and a half in New York oh nooooo

19 July

SO excited for the BTS of Count the Rice tomorrow

mastodon.socialMastodon (@Mastodon@mastodon.social)Attached: 1 image New in Mastodon 4.6: Newsletters 📬 Mastodon servers now support email newsletters, which allow people without a social web account to subscribe to your posts via email. This feature is opt-in at the server level. We're building Mastodon for people and institutions that want independence from corporate-controlled social networks, so they can reach their audience directly wherever those people are. Explore Mastodon 4.6's other new features: https://blog.joinmastodon.org/2026/06/mastodon-4.6/

RE: https://mastodon.social/@Mastodon/116929144390213579 This sounds like a great feature!

My bold new plan is that we keep both daylight and regular time, but spring forward happens 2 minutes at a time over the course of a whole month

social.lolNick Foster (@njf@social.lol)Devastated to report that the wifi on Delta actually works really well now. I honestly loved being forced offline for a few hours whenever I took a flight

RE: https://social.lol/@njf/116841057833979015 Update: Today it mostly sucked again. Nature is healing