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Alex Schroeder

Running from Büren an der Aare to Solothurn…
15 Oct 2023 at 10:08 | Open on social.alexschroeder.ch
Alex Schroeder

This hotel was first mentioned in some documents 1418 – it’s the second oldest hotel in Switzerland.

“The history of La Couronne, or ‘the crown’, dates back more than 500 years. ‘It’s documented as the second-oldest guest house in Switzerland and is inextricably tied to the history of the ambassadorial city of Solothurn. As a social and political centre, it often played a decisive role,’ wrote the Solothurner Zeitung in a two-part series. The hotel’s history naturally includes a number of illustrious guests, such as Casanova, Napoleon, Jane Fonda and Sophia Loren.”
https://lacouronne-solothurn.ch/en/about-us/

This hotel was first mentioned in some documents 1418 – it’s the second oldest hotel in Switzerland.

“The history of La Couronne, or ‘the crown’, dates back more than 500 years. ‘It’s documented as the second-oldest guest house in Switzerland and is inextricably tied to the history of the ambassadorial city of Solothurn. As a social and political centre, it often played a decisive role,’ wrote the Solothurner Zeitung in a two-part series. The hotel’s history naturally includes a number of illustrious...

14 Oct 2023 at 14:14 | Open on social.alexschroeder.ch
Alex Schroeder

« When the Romans were seeking a crossing of the Aare over which to build their road from Aventicum to Vindonissa, they decided on a place which the Celts called Salodurum, or “Water Gate”. The settlement which the Romans founded here in around 20 AD also bore the name of Salodurum. In around 330 AD, this small town with temples and baths was converted into a castrum, or fortress, by the Roman military. »
This explains the name, Solothurn.
https://www.solothurn-city.ch/en/why-solothurn/stories-about-solothurn/history-of-solothurn

« When the Romans were seeking a crossing of the Aare over which to build their road from Aventicum to Vindonissa, they decided on a place which the Celts called Salodurum, or “Water Gate”. The settlement which the Romans founded here in around 20 AD also bore the name of Salodurum. In around 330 AD, this small town with temples and baths was converted into a castrum, or fortress, by the Roman military. »
This explains the name, Solothurn.
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14 Oct 2023 at 14:30 | Open on social.alexschroeder.ch
Alex Schroeder

I have a Purism laptop. Its operating system is called PureOS and it's a Debian derivative.

curl 7.64.0 (x86_64-pc-linux-gnu) libcurl/7.64.0 OpenSSL/1.1.1n zlib/1.2.11 libidn2/2.0.5 libpsl/0.20.2 (+libidn2/2.0.5) libssh2/1.8.0 nghttp2/1.36.0 librtmp/2.3
Release-Date: 2019-02-06

My Debian server:

curl 7.88.1 (x86_64-pc-linux-gnu) libcurl/7.88.1 OpenSSL/3.0.11 zlib/1.2.13 brotli/1.0.9 zstd/1.5.4 libidn2/2.3.3 libpsl/0.21.2 (+libidn2/2.3.3) libssh2/1.10.0 nghttp2/1.52.0 librtmp/2.3 OpenLDAP/2.5.13
Release-Date: 2023-02-20

I am not happy about PureOS. One day soon I will have to replace it with Debian.

I have a Purism laptop. Its operating system is called PureOS and it's a Debian derivative.

curl 7.64.0 (x86_64-pc-linux-gnu) libcurl/7.64.0 OpenSSL/1.1.1n zlib/1.2.11 libidn2/2.0.5 libpsl/0.20.2 (+libidn2/2.0.5) libssh2/1.8.0 nghttp2/1.36.0 librtmp/2.3
Release-Date: 2019-02-06

My Debian server:

curl 7.88.1 (x86_64-pc-linux-gnu) libcurl/7.88.1 OpenSSL/3.0.11 zlib/1.2.13 brotli/1.0.9 zstd/1.5.4 libidn2/2.3.3 libpsl/0.21.2 (+libidn2/2.3.3) libssh2/1.10.0 nghttp2/1.52.0 librtmp/2.3 OpenLDAP/2.5.13
Release-Date:...

13 Oct 2023 at 6:17 | Open on social.alexschroeder.ch
Alex Schroeder

I know they mean well but its a reminder every now and then when the government sends you free iodine tablets in case of a serious nuclear accident… fuuuuuh!

https://www.jodtabletten.ch/en

12 Oct 2023 at 16:56 | Open on social.alexschroeder.ch
Alex Schroeder

I used to believe that a real name policy would stop spam and vandalism. I thought people would feel repercussions in the workplace, in their circle of friends and families. And I was wrong. Oh so wrong.

"Alex Schroeder" is not what it says on my passport… For many trivial and funny reasons. Opinions on real name policies can change, and that not having them brings joy and relief even to those who have nothing to fear.

Websites that requires me to send proof of my real name by asking for copies of driving licenses, government id, passwords and the like? Fuck that shit.

Good thread: https://peoplemaking.games/@eniko/111217385971291927

I used to believe that a real name policy would stop spam and vandalism. I thought people would feel repercussions in the workplace, in their circle of friends and families. And I was wrong. Oh so wrong.

"Alex Schroeder" is not what it says on my passport… For many trivial and funny reasons. Opinions on real name policies can change, and that not having them brings joy and relief even to those who have nothing to fear.

12 Oct 2023 at 13:49 | Open on social.alexschroeder.ch
Alex Schroeder

My great grandmother had five given names and a surname that sounds like a first name. Ida Elisabeth Karoline Margarete Dorothea Moritz. I bet she would have been annoyed with real name policies.

12 Oct 2023 at 13:58 | Open on social.alexschroeder.ch
Alex Schroeder

I just can't let it slide. I've been fixing broken internal links on my wiki for a while, now. Ever since I wrote that damn command line tool that identifies them, actually. Before, I did no know! I pray for inner peace so that I don't install a link checker for the external links…

12 Oct 2023 at 8:21 | Open on social.alexschroeder.ch
Alex Schroeder

Tears of joy. No missing pages! 😂

~/src/alex/wiki $ oddmu missing
No missing pages found.
12 Oct 2023 at 14:05 | Open on social.alexschroeder.ch
Alex Schroeder

A discussion with @bouncepaw about wikis and how we're moving away from traditional wiki ideas (or not!) led me to pages by @interstar and I feel them so much:
"Today, you could argue that it's a kind of over-grown and dilapidated DigitalGarden. Rather like the Lost Gardens of Heligan it's become overwhelmed with weeds. Links are broken, dead and putrefying. Ideas are stale. (Or hilariously outdated)."
http://thoughtstorms.info/view/HelloWorld

9 Oct 2023 at 15:16 | Open on social.alexschroeder.ch
Alex Schroeder
Alex Schroeder

I feel weird because I'm listening to actual FM radio. I can't pause it. Can't skip the news. There's news every hour! It sounds like it's breaking news but it's the same news, with minimal differences every hour. I'm not sure why there are no ads. Perhaps his "high brow classical music state sponsored" radio station just doesn't have any? If they had ads, I'd have no ad blocker. It seems to be anonymous! I can just listen in without leaking my IP number. This tech is far out!

I wonder how radio station power usage compares to Internet radio stations. I just found a piece by BBC which I'm going to read now.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/rd/blog/2020-10-sustainability-radio-audio-energy-streaming-broadcast

I feel weird because I'm listening to actual FM radio. I can't pause it. Can't skip the news. There's news every hour! It sounds like it's breaking news but it's the same news, with minimal differences every hour. I'm not sure why there are no ads. Perhaps his "high brow classical music state sponsored" radio station just doesn't have any? If they had ads, I'd have no ad blocker. It seems to be anonymous! I can just listen in without leaking my IP number. This tech is far out!

18 Jul 2023 at 11:38 | Open on social.alexschroeder.ch
Alex Schroeder

Curious minds want to know: How is paleo-coffee made, i.e. no metal coffee grinder available. Surely there must have been roasted coffee for people without expensive tools? This question not entirely unrelated to the blister I have in the palm of my right hand because I thought I'd use a pestle to grind some coffee beans I didn't buy (I buy ground coffee for precisely this reason: I don't have a coffee grinder).

22 Jun 2023 at 14:48 | Open on social.alexschroeder.ch
clew

Lots of people do it with a mortar and pestle — either with practice or a really big pestle:

youtu.be/gCJBYOK9z2A

One of my grandfathers worked in Arabia Deserta for a while and said that the way one ground ones coffee, in camp with no sound privacy, was a message about whether one wanted company to drink it.

@alex

23 Jun 2023 at 7:29 | Open on octodon.social
Alex Schroeder

It’s just more exciting to be working when a thunderstorm is rolling through town.
21 Jun 2023 at 7:44 | Open on social.alexschroeder.ch
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