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kornel ("Kornel") wrote:

Another thing I've learned debugging WiFi issues: having router sitting on the floor is a bad idea. How bad can it be? +10dBm bad.

Raising the router off the floor by just 30cm significantly improved network coverage, including on the floor below it!

kornel ("Kornel") wrote:

This is another case where smart gadgets are dumb. Apple's HomePod was in charge of picking the channel for the Thread network, and it picked a channel incompatible with the WiFi network it was connected to! No Intelligence in this Apple.
I've wasted days pulling my hair out, trying to understand why everything I did to improve the network coverage only made the network more flaky.

kornel ("Kornel") wrote:

WiFi and #Thread/ #Zigbee networks use overlapping ~2.4Ghz frequencies, and interfere with each other.

I've learned it the hard way. My old gadgets kept losing WiFi connection, so I bought the biggest baddest WiFi router. It made everything way worse!

The router kept picking an "unused" WiFi channel 1, which was the same freq as Thread channel 11 that my HomeKit hub picked for its network. Stronger WiFi kept collapsing my Thread network, and knocked even more devices offline.

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burnoutqueen@todon.nl ("Jackie 🍉🏳️‍⚧️☭") wrote:

The Democratic party is doing what it always does. Shame on them anyways

Boosted by slightlyoff@toot.cafe ("Alex Russell"):
tewha@appdot.net ("🇨🇦 Steve") wrote:

When a billionaire dies their senators should be buried with them.

Boosted by fromjason ("fromjason.xyz ❤️ 💻"):
cmconseils ("Laura Manach :bongoCat:") wrote:

hi I’m a millennial and for large purchases i have to go open my laptop rather than use my smartphone

Boosted by fromjason ("fromjason.xyz ❤️ 💻"):
diegoe wrote:

free software without progressive politics is just free labor

Gargron ("Eugen Rochko") wrote:

It's been a few days now. What is something you like about the latest #Mastodon 4.5 release?

ChrisWere@toot.wales ("Chris Were ⁂🐧🌱☕") wrote:

PeerTube video: What's Drew's REAL religion? Religion, power, and the paradox of belief
https://video.thepolarbear.co.uk/w/8iodxUKcRPcum7TVX8F9FD

Boosted by kornel ("Kornel"):
mattblaze@federate.social ("Matt Blaze") wrote:

Semi-periodic reminder that the DM feature here is utterly broken and should not be regarded as "private" in any meaningful sense. And its semantics seem designed to violate the principle of least surprise.

Example: ANYONE mentioned in a message, not just tagged at the start, is a recipient. So if you send someone a DM that says "That @mattblaze guy is an ignorant moron", I get a copy.

I was reminded of this behavior just now.

collinsworth@hachyderm.io ("Josh Collinsworth") wrote:

New blog post: https://joshcollinsworth.com/blog/alchemy

Boosted by jwz:
dnalounge@sfba.social ("DNA Lounge") wrote:

♬️ SILENT MASS at DNA Lounge tonight: Sun Nov 9, 7pm!
https://www.dnalounge.com/calendar/2025/11-09d.html?utm%5Fsource=sp%5Fma
#dnalounge #silentmass #thetunnel #øraison #oraison #echodeath #gothic #postpunk #darkwave #shoegaze #livemusic #concert #sanfrancisco

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adam@social.lol ("Adam :prami:") wrote:

Another photo from the cemetery today. Dr. Milner was 26 years old at the time of her death. She was one of only 12 women who graduated from Johns Hopkins University in 1924. She died from streptococcic meningitis after an infection in her hand that she received during surgery at Children’s Hospital San Fransisco.

Boosted by adele@social.pollux.casa ("Adële 🐁"):
stefan@stefanbohacek.online ("Stefan Bohacek") wrote:

Today is the 36th anniversary of the Fall of the Berlin Wall.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fall%5Fof%5Fthe%5FBerlin%5FWall

May we build more bridges as we tear down the remaining walls. ✊

#BerlinWall #IronCurtain #BridgesNotWalls #OTD #OnThisDay

ChrisWere@toot.wales ("Chris Were ⁂🐧🌱☕") wrote:

PeerTube video: Why I’m getting a vasectomy (and what I’m expecting)
https://video.thepolarbear.co.uk/w/qFDwyenV6ZXt7gVipbcTrU

Boosted by ChrisWere@toot.wales ("Chris Were ⁂🐧🌱☕"):
FediThing@chinwag.org ("FediThing 🏳️‍🌈") wrote:

Hey experts on the Gemini protocol (not the Google AI thing but the totally unconnected open internet protocol).

It's getting a bit difficult to search for it now due to the Gemini AI crap. Are there any plans to give Gemini protocol a new/altered name? Maybe an abbreviation or acronym or something?

#Gemini #GeminiProtocol #NotAI #GoogleAreThieves

adam@social.lol ("Adam :prami:") wrote:

My six years of Latin study paid off today when I noticed the inscription above this crypt. Everyone of course knows "RIP" means "rest in peace", though the Latin is actually "requiescat in pace" which translates more closely as "may he/she rest in peace". The "requiescat" is the third person singular present active subjunctive of requiescō (meaning "to rest"). But in this particular inscription, we see "requiescant" — the "nt" being the telltale sign that we've shifted to the third person plural conjugation, so "he/she" becomes "they". And since this crypt holds the remains of two people, "may they rest in peace" is definitely more fitting.

(I hope you're more impressed with this knowledge than my wife was when we drove past it earlier. 😆)

Boosted by adam@social.lol ("Adam :prami:"):
neatnik@social.lol ("Neatnik") wrote:

RE: https://social.lol/@neatnik/115486390074802304

As of today, the omg.lol Food Fund has helped two families put food on their tables. The fund is pretty much empty now, but we’ll continue to put 25% of omg.lol/Neatnik LLC income into it. We’re also accepting direct donations at https://url.lol/-/food. 🧡

pzmyers@freethought.online ("pzmyers 🕷") wrote:

Fleet Farm's seasonal hormones have signaled the beginning of hunting season.

https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2025/11/09/midwest-chic/

chipotle@mstdn.social ("Watts Martin") wrote:

Apparently I use much less hard drive space than most people; I bought this machine a few years back with a 1TB hard drive, and after doing some pruning/compressing this morning, it's not quite half full.

Boosted by adam@social.lol ("Adam :prami:"):
nsmsn@social.lol ("Nick Simson") wrote:

Love that this is hosted on a .edu domain. https://xoxo.zone/@mathowie/115514684909198857

pzmyers@freethought.online ("pzmyers 🕷") wrote:

The next Predator movie needs a biology consultant, and to ditch the "men wearing funny masks" aliens.

https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2025/11/09/please-improve-the-biology-of-predator-movies/

jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:

this seems very well done:

https://www.consent.gov.au/

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
mattcen@aus.social ("Matt Cengia") wrote:

@hacks4pancakes Either that, or be instructed to go read up on https://www.consent.gov.au. Also 💯

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
netblocks ("NetBlocks") wrote:

⚠️ Confirmed: Metrics show a decline in internet connectivity in the northern #Philippines corresponding to the approach of Super Typhoon Fung-wong's landfall in Luzon; the new incident comes only days after Typhoon Kalmaegi knocks out power and telecom lines #UwanPH

pzmyers@freethought.online ("pzmyers 🕷") wrote:

I know, my home address is on there, but I don't care. Better they send their garbage to me, who will never support them, then to all the vulnerable, gullible seniors they're actually targeting.

pzmyers@freethought.online ("pzmyers 🕷") wrote:

They have so much money, so much spam. I hate them.

https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2025/11/09/go-ahead-make-me-feel-old/

jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:

wow, 985 "followers". on the one hand, my count went *way* down when I migrated from TheBirdSite. on the other hand, the vast majority of those 985 accounts are probably real.

it is unclear how much reach I actually "lost" back then ;^}

rust@social.rust-lang.org ("Rust Language") wrote:

The Rust YouTube channel is temporarily unavailable, while we resolve an issue with a compromised connected account that was used to publish scam livestreams. We expect the channel to be back online shortly. No other Rust infrastructure is affected.

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
davidnjoku@mastodon.world ("David Njoku") wrote:

Minna's Masks is a story about a girl who loves wearing masks. But one day, her very first at a new school, she realises that she hasn't brought her masks - and she needs them to cope with new people, new situations, loud noises.

And suddenly, you realise you're not just reading a children's story. You're reading a clever exploration of #neurodiversity and surviving in a one-speed world.

And bedtime reading is no longer just a rote task, but an opportunity to connect deeply with your shy kid.