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Adam Dinwoodie

@me_and@tech.lgbt
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When you stare into the void, the void stares also. When you cast into the void, you get a type conversion error.

Queer techie larper. Still not sure about this social media business.

42 Followers
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Joined October 04, 2025
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Adam Dinwoodie @me_and@tech.lgbt · Aug 04, 2026
Adam Dinwoodie
@me_and@tech.lgbt

When you stare into the void, the void stares also. When you cast into the void, you get a type conversion error. Queer techie larper. Still not sure about this social media business.

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Welp. Google retiring another feature I make significant use of. And therefore giving me more reason to move my email hosting over to @beasts@social.mythic-beasts.com

https://support.google.com/mail/answer/17101213?visit_id=639214292624149115-3513201760

(I expect Mythic Beasts also doesn't provide this feature exactly as I use it, but this was one of Google's killer features for me. One less thing I lose when I migrate, in return for working with a service provider who I actually like and trust.)

social.mythic-beasts.com

Mythic Beasts (@beasts@social.mythic-beasts.com) - social.mythic-beasts.com

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Adam Dinwoodie @me_and@tech.lgbt · May 21, 2026
Adam Dinwoodie
@me_and@tech.lgbt

When you stare into the void, the void stares also. When you cast into the void, you get a type conversion error. Queer techie larper. Still not sure about this social media business.

tech.lgbt

When they change the menu, it automatically updates what's on your plate.

#nixOS #nix via a circuitous route that originated at @emf@social.emfcamp.org

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Adam Dinwoodie @me_and@tech.lgbt · Apr 16, 2026
Adam Dinwoodie
@me_and@tech.lgbt

When you stare into the void, the void stares also. When you cast into the void, you get a type conversion error. Queer techie larper. Still not sure about this social media business.

tech.lgbt
Replying to @tek@freeradical.zone
@tek@freeradical.zone I remain baffled that one of the UK's largest ISPs, and the only option in many places (including for me) for speeds over 90 Mbps, is still IPv4 only.
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Adam Dinwoodie @me_and@tech.lgbt · Apr 13, 2026
Adam Dinwoodie
@me_and@tech.lgbt

When you stare into the void, the void stares also. When you cast into the void, you get a type conversion error. Queer techie larper. Still not sure about this social media business.

tech.lgbt
Replying to @alexisbushnell@toot.wales
@alexisbushnell passing on to a BSL interpreter friend who I think might be able to help...
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Adam Dinwoodie @me_and@tech.lgbt · Mar 25, 2026
Adam Dinwoodie
@me_and@tech.lgbt

When you stare into the void, the void stares also. When you cast into the void, you get a type conversion error. Queer techie larper. Still not sure about this social media business.

tech.lgbt
Replying to @bloor@bloor.tw
@bloor I have fond memories of having a senior manager visit from another office, him forgetting his suitcase keys, so I got the office 3D printer to print the appropriate TSA key. Pretty sure that was the first time the office printer had been used for anything actually work related.
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Adam Dinwoodie @me_and@tech.lgbt · Mar 09, 2026
Adam Dinwoodie
@me_and@tech.lgbt

When you stare into the void, the void stares also. When you cast into the void, you get a type conversion error. Queer techie larper. Still not sure about this social media business.

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RE: @simontatham@hachyderm.io

Hat / turtle jigsaw puzzle by @simontatham@hachyderm.io now available on Printables.com at https://www.printables.com/model/1614132-hatturtle-jigsaw-puzzle. Hopefully slightly easier to find for people looking for models to print!

#3dprinting #jigsawpuzzle

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Adam Dinwoodie @me_and@tech.lgbt · Mar 08, 2026
Adam Dinwoodie
@me_and@tech.lgbt

When you stare into the void, the void stares also. When you cast into the void, you get a type conversion error. Queer techie larper. Still not sure about this social media business.

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Replying to @IncredibleLaser@troet.cafe

@IncredibleLaser@troet.cafe the mk*OptionModule definitely help catch some types of breaking change, but that's only a small subset of https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/blob/master/nixos/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-2605.section.md and https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/blob/master/doc/release-notes/rl-2605.section.md Sounds like I might need to write my own module to monitor for changes to those files...

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Adam Dinwoodie @me_and@tech.lgbt · Mar 08, 2026
Adam Dinwoodie
@me_and@tech.lgbt

When you stare into the void, the void stares also. When you cast into the void, you get a type conversion error. Queer techie larper. Still not sure about this social media business.

tech.lgbt
Replying to @peri4n@fosstodon.org

@peri4n@fosstodon.org That's the opposite of the problem I have! I'm happy with the Home Manager news notifications I get after running home-manager switch; what I'm after is some way to find out about breaking changes in NixOS modules or Nixpkgs...

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Adam Dinwoodie @me_and@tech.lgbt · Mar 08, 2026
Adam Dinwoodie
@me_and@tech.lgbt

When you stare into the void, the void stares also. When you cast into the void, you get a type conversion error. Queer techie larper. Still not sure about this social media business.

tech.lgbt

#NixOS / #nixpkgs questions: I'm running against nixos-unstable. Home Manager has a "news" feature that tells me when things change in ways I might care about. Does anyone have a cunning way to get notified about changes to the Nixpkgs and NixOS release notes?

I can write my own monitoring script, but if there's a way of doing this that doesn't require reinventing this particular wheel, that'd be preferable!

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Adam Dinwoodie @me_and@tech.lgbt · Mar 06, 2026
Adam Dinwoodie
@me_and@tech.lgbt

When you stare into the void, the void stares also. When you cast into the void, you get a type conversion error. Queer techie larper. Still not sure about this social media business.

tech.lgbt
Replying to @reym@mastodon.social

@reym@mastodon.social pretty much exactly that, just as a flake itself rather than a blog post. nix run github:me-and/nixos-minimal-vm should be a single command to get the VM running.

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Adam Dinwoodie @me_and@tech.lgbt · Mar 05, 2026
Adam Dinwoodie
@me_and@tech.lgbt

When you stare into the void, the void stares also. When you cast into the void, you get a type conversion error. Queer techie larper. Still not sure about this social media business.

tech.lgbt

Minimal #NixOS VM base config, for when I want to quickly spin up something disposable to reproduce a problem.

After writing something similar two or three times, I figured it was time to do the job properly and commit it somewhere I'd find it next time I go looking.

https://github.com/me-and/nixos-minimal-vm

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