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Ground-level power supply for trams 2026-08-22 Most trams you'll encounter today run on electricity using an overhead contact system, or OCS for short. This usually includes one wire, called the contact wire, powered by feeder stations providing DC voltage, which is "collected" by a pantograph connected to the roof of a tram. This provides power to the tram while it's moving or standing still. A GVB 15G tram (CAF Urbos 100) at Amsterdam Zuid. Read more.

Deleting S3 Tables resources 2026-08-13 S3 Tables still does not provide a great console experience despite being around for two-ish years now. This is evident when looking for an easy way to delete the resoure you create with it through the console. So here are some easy AWS CLI commands I've been using to delete resources when testing S3 Tables. First, there's three resources types that get created, a table, a namespace and a table b Read more.

Eurostar Snow and Travelski Night Express 2026-07-26 Eurostar released the schedule for its winter ski season, earlier this month, the "Eurostar Snow". Since I covered what the inaugural Travelski Night Express service would look like, it would be interesting to compare it against the now established Eurostar Snow. Eurostar Snow begins their seasonal service on 19 December 2026, offering a train to and from Amsterdam and Bourg-Saint-Maurice every S Read more.

The Iron Bridge of Gornal 2026-07-25 Barcelona has a good mix of public transport modes, however, as a trainspotter one grip I have is that most of the stations and tracks in the city itself are tucked away underground. This reduces the number of trainspotting locations to just the stops themselves (requiring a valid ticket), and also means I need to account for low light if I want to take any pictures or videos. Most underground sta Read more.

2026-08-22 @chetman @matdevdug @daringfireball I read Gruber's take after reading about the decision directly from the Dutch data protection authority (AP). While the number of drivers affected may be few, everything was done by the book. It's not that AP is against catching scamming drivers but that the suspension was done fully autonomously and without proper notification. It seems Uber only did this betw Read more.

2026-08-22 Just updated Kdenlive from 25.x to 26.x and I don't have to worry about pre- converting my variable frame rate (VFR) video files any more so they work well with everything else. The built-in conversion is much more stable. I've been missing out. #kdenlive Read more.

2026-08-21 🚧 Construction rail vehicles at the Santa Eulàlia metro depot. #Barcelona Read more.

2026-08-20 I recently learned that :aws_logo: internet gateway does a one-to-one destination NAT for public IPs inside a VPC, this includes public load balancers and elastic IPs (EIPs) on EC2 instances. So for any inbound IP filtering rules I need get the private IP addresses of the resources (if filtering by destination IP). The closet documentation[1] I could find of this behaviour talks about this in reg Read more.

2026-08-18 @mgorny I have a lint roller ready for the desk mat. Read more.

2026-08-11 @jon I had a horrible experience going between Barcelona and Perpignan last year. https://hachyderm.io/@PeskyPotato/115604745643399331 Read more.

2026-08-11 @jarko Just started using Immich to replace Google Photos and I like that their docs has a dedicated Backup and Restore[1] section. Makes managing it in a homelab setting a bit easier knowing I'm doing the right thing. [1]: https://docs.immich.app/administration/backup-and-restore Read more.

2025-11-24 Pesky P. is drinking a San Miguel Premium Especial by Grupo Mahou-San Miguel View check-in.

2025-10-05 Pesky P. is drinking a Cosmic Blond by Uiltje Brewing Company View check-in.

2025-09-28 Pesky P. is drinking an IPA by Honest Greens at Honest Greens View check-in.

2025-09-07 Pesky P. is drinking a NIJPA by Brouwerij 't IJ View check-in.

2026-08-22 peskypotato watched episode 5 - 12 of MARRIAGETOXIN View activity.

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2026-07-27 peskypotato completed Isekai Shokudou 2 View activity.