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With 6.0 one of our web checks started failing with `regexp_exec() failed with error -8` when looking for a required string. This basically means “maximum recursion exceeded” (so something went into a loop). Turns out the site in question had a duplicated `</head>` tag which makes the HTML invalid.

So apparently something changed with the RegEx check and valid HTML is now required as well 🧐

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Today I got called out on the internet for wearing a mask because I go as Beko _Pharm_ 😷.

I laughed hard, shared this insight with my peer group and watched their amused responses trickle in. Now that I’m found out I can probably tell you all.

Here writes the Big “beko” Pharm (or the B.B.P. – someone add me to Wikipedia already!). And what my Murican friends probably don’t know: “beko” is not only a [legit] name with all sorts of fun meanings (according to the interwebz) but also the brand of an electronics company mostly known for their washing machines. Imagine how happy I was about that when I found out!

Anyway, @RobinSohn@chaos.social seized the opportunity and created a highly professional new profile picture for me – generously released as CC-0 – a photo featuring a washing machine and an ampulla typically used for medicine.

And I love every bit of it – especially the “ProSmartInverter” 🧠

So there you have it. Buy masks and washing machines. For every sale on one of those items I get 0 dot 00 and zero 💵

Make me rich! 🤑

Random trivia: I added the “Pharm” to not be mistaken with e.g. said electronics company – how the hell was I supposed to know that a pandemic would be next on the agenda???

Oj Western tech bros, remember when we complained about outsourcing? Well, we came full circle. Got contacted for a job opportunity from an Eastern Systems House.

(This post may contain traces of sarcasm or irony. No kitten were hurt.)

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Did some programming on my “MFDs” last night. They start coming to live with proper game data from 😁 All duct tape and JS plumbing. Sorry for shaky cam. Couldn’t be arsed with the tripod at 1:30 am.

Short demo video of the panels loading up

Here is a close up picture without all the shaking:

The animations are made possible with ARWES.dev – a library designed to create futuristic user interfaces (FUIs) fast.

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So apparently the URL for changed. Sadly the new one makes the same old mistake by sending the _wrong_ Content-Type making my reader trying to parse it as JSON feed. Proxy rewrite it is again *sigh

For nginx this could look like this:

location /fds-nina-feed {
    proxy_pass https://warnung.bund.de/api31/mowas/rss/082370000000.rss;
    proxy_set_header Accept "application/rss+xml;q=0.9,image/webp,*/*;q=0.8";
    proxy_hide_header Content-Type;
    add_header Content-Type "application/rss+xml; charset=utf-8";
}

Find more broken feeds at https://warnung.bund.de/meldungen