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floe

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Research Hobbyist, Tenured Hacker, Antifascist.
Jack of all trades, master of some.

Associate Professor for Computer Science, Aalborg University, Denmark.
Founding Editor of @jovi, the Journal of Visualization and Interaction.
#HCI, #UbiComp, #P2P, #FLOSS, #openscience, #decentralization.

Coffee ️& cheese addict. Reluctant dog owner. Wearer of nerdshirts. Shaver of yaks. Builder of bikesheds.

All posts are CC BY-NC-SA 4.0.

#hacking #making #3dprinting #compsci

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@floe@hci.social avatar floe , to random

Hello ! Thanks to my new DFF grant, I'm now looking to hire a PhD student to join me at AAU in Aalborg 🇩🇰 to work on "usable decentralization", i.e. on making distributed and federated cloud services accessible to the everyday user. For more details, see link below, and please don't hesitate to DM me with questions!

https://www.vacancies.aau.dk/phd-positions/show-vacancy/vacancyId/895183

@floe@hci.social avatar floe , to random

TIL that the kids use "shadery" as an adjective for "good graphics", as in "OMG your Minecraft is so much more shadery than mine!" 🤷

@floe@hci.social avatar floe , to random

I'm extremely prone to getting a melody stuck in my head (an "earworm"). It's basically free music streaming all day with an extremely unimaginative DJ. 🙄

Now, as anyone who knows me personally can attest, I'm not entirely neurotypical (slight understatement perhaps 😅). So I've been wondering: is this "melody stuck in head" thing a common side effect of being neurospicy? Because I haven't heard about it so far... 🤔

static ,
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@floe Yes and no. I'm ND and I often have a melody looping my head, but I listen to music a decent fraction of the time so my brain has a lot to choose from. And I can change my earworm at will.

My sister is, so far as we know, not ND, but we think both our parents were. She can get a song stuck on her head and has a great deal of trouble shifting it. I think she usually doesn't have a song looping in her internal ear.

@floe@hci.social avatar floe , to random

Alright, I give up. Dear Fediverse folks, I've been looking for a SPARCstation IPX or IPC for quite some time; anyone around who'd be willing to sell one? Preferably within Europe (I've found one offer on eBay, but it would be from the US and I don't have any confidence in overseas shipping right now.) RT for reach, please 🤞

P.S. I'd be even happier about a SPARCstation IPC or SLC, but those are literal unobtanium 😭

@floe@hci.social avatar floe , to random

The kid was sitting mesmerized in front of their computer for at least an hour thanks to this randomly found gem: https://paveldogreat.github.io/WebGL-Fluid-Simulation/

@floe@hci.social avatar floe , to random

Mechanic: Resurrection (Netflix, 2016).

In short: this is the Hitman movie they should have made in the first place. A bunch of nasty weapon dealers get disposed of in very creative ways, and Jason Statham even looks the part 👌

Certainly better than "Hitman: Agent 47" (cf. https://hci.social/@floe/113392757423335697). Could just as well do without the shoehorned-in love story, though.

6/10.

@floe@hci.social avatar floe , to random

The Equalizer 1-3 (Netflix, 2008-23).

Ex-CIA black ops dude decides to use his "special set of skills" for good and cuts a bloody path of vengeance through 1) the Russian mafia, 2) some corrupt CIA ex-colleagues, and 3) the Camorra in Sicily.

Part 1 is mostly just bad guys getting sliced up by the dozen, 6/10.
Part 2 has a decent bit of backstory, 7/10.
Part 3 is a rehash of 1 & 2, just in Italy. 🤷 6/10.

@floe@hci.social avatar floe , to random

The Beekeeper (2025, Netflix).

A man with "a particular set of skills, acquired over the course of a long career" mows his way through a crime syndicate.

How original. 😑

Still, a satisfying collage of bad guys getting what they deserve in creative ways, just the last part takes it a bit too far (he's probably dispatched 50 special forces mooks before even getting his suit wrinkled).

6/10.

P.S. No, it's neither Liam Neeson nor Denzel Washington, but Jason Statham 🤷

@floe@hci.social avatar floe , to random

Spectral (2016, Netflix).

Special forces unit fights invisible phantom enemies, accidentally created by evil military-industrial corporation. Remind you of something, maybe the Final Fantasy movie? 🤷

Bonus points for absolutely bonkers Startrek-worthy techobabble (Hyperspectral imaging! Bose-Einstein condensate!) and a supercharged A-Team build scene where the hero hotglues a complete hi-tech arsenal out of a few pieces of scrap.

All in all, very meh. 3/10.

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Havoc (2025, Netflix).

Corrupt cop gets caught in the crossfire (literally) between a Chinese Triad gang war and some even more corrupt cops.

Very divided opinion: it's dark, gritty, and atmospheric, and reminds me a bit of Sin City. OTOH, the shootouts are so far over the top that I have doubts whether the whole invasion of Iraq needed this much ammo 😑

Still, it did keep me on the edge of my seat. 6/10.

@floe@hci.social avatar floe , to Coffee

Pulled a ~ 600 € DeLonghi coffee maker out of the dumpster and invested about 50 € in spare parts (water tank, grounds container, and a new magnet valve). Seems like I have a new coffee machine now 😁☕

(It would have gone even faster and without a puddle on the kitchen counter if I had put in the gaskets from the start. 🤦 Ah well.)

/cc @coffee

Coffee machine with removed side cover and mechanism visible, a hand doing a thumbs-up in front
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Kbobabob ,

Just remember, if she doesn't find you handsome at least she finds you handy.

OminousOrange ,
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It's amazing what a little curiosity can do. Most would consider the machine dead. A friend also had a similar coffee maker that stopped working and just decided to pop the cover off to see if there was anything obvious. A quick replacement of a deteriorated hose and they were back up and running when it otherwise would've ended up in the landfill.

@floe@hci.social avatar floe , to Coffee

Anyone around who has experience with magnet valves? I got one here (in a coffee machine) that buzzes loudly when active, is that a sign it's going to bite the dust soon? Any suggestions for fixes, like repeated descaling, or simply giving it a good whack? Or save myself the hassle and just get a replacement part?

/cc @coffee

A CEME 3-way magnet valve, type 5330VN27P28AVF, 250V, 50 Hz.
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froh42 ,

The espresso machine I bought off ebay for spare parts (to repair mine) had a buzzing magnet valve. (And the valve did not close)

It turned out the shower sieve was broken and on every cup the machine flushed coffee into the three way valve.

I used coffee machine degreaser and did a lot of backflushing with a "blind sieve" in the portafilter. With the degreaser buzzing slowly got better until it finally stopped and the valve closed correctly again. I never opened or changed the valve.

It was just dirty.

I'm using the machine I bought for spare parts for half a year now (and of course I replaced the shower sieve, which was about 7 euro or so)

(Oh and the machine is a Rancilio Silvia, my old one is 16y old and the spare parts one around 4y or so)