<![CDATA[working from a train is always so fun]]>working from a train is always so fun

]]>https://forum.other.li/topic/b89e4c33-c7b7-440d-8b58-45be6c3e4f9b/working-from-a-train-is-always-so-funRSS for NodeMon, 20 Apr 2026 20:10:53 GMTFri, 10 Apr 2026 07:01:41 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to working from a train is always so fun on Sat, 11 Apr 2026 18:58:00 GMT]]>@smtw
@rixx @nblr


It is, and it is absolutely essential when using sway on your desktop.
#font

]]>https://forum.other.li/post/https://orthographieanarchist.de/users/kobold/statuses/01KNYYGXZ0DQ3DX8CES0QV5ZBGhttps://forum.other.li/post/https://orthographieanarchist.de/users/kobold/statuses/01KNYYGXZ0DQ3DX8CES0QV5ZBGSat, 11 Apr 2026 18:58:00 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to working from a train is always so fun on Sat, 11 Apr 2026 18:36:30 GMT]]>@delta
@rixx

For a real challenge perform the tests in IC/ICE trains, but only using the cell network instead of Wifi. πŸ€“

]]>https://forum.other.li/post/https://chaos.social/users/vampirdaddy/statuses/116387518276168535https://forum.other.li/post/https://chaos.social/users/vampirdaddy/statuses/116387518276168535Sat, 11 Apr 2026 18:36:30 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to working from a train is always so fun on Sat, 11 Apr 2026 17:56:18 GMT]]>@delta @rixx This is funnier than it should be.

]]>https://forum.other.li/post/https://ruhr.social/users/flumen_calculi/statuses/116387360147363969https://forum.other.li/post/https://ruhr.social/users/flumen_calculi/statuses/116387360147363969Sat, 11 Apr 2026 17:56:18 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to working from a train is always so fun on Sat, 11 Apr 2026 15:52:10 GMT]]>@smtw @nblr @kobold but that just adds the nerd-font characters and icons? That wouldn't look super fitting with this font, and designing a full font needs more than just patches and has some very arcane requirements iirc. My attempts with FontForge were not promising

]]>https://forum.other.li/post/https://chaos.social/users/rixx/statuses/116386872069585383https://forum.other.li/post/https://chaos.social/users/rixx/statuses/116386872069585383Sat, 11 Apr 2026 15:52:10 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to working from a train is always so fun on Sat, 11 Apr 2026 13:25:14 GMT]]>@rixx @nblr @kobold maybe thies project is an interessting entrypoint... https://github.com/ryanoasis/nerd-fonts#font-patcher

]]>https://forum.other.li/post/https://chaos.social/users/smtw/statuses/116386294325577039https://forum.other.li/post/https://chaos.social/users/smtw/statuses/116386294325577039Sat, 11 Apr 2026 13:25:14 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to working from a train is always so fun on Sat, 11 Apr 2026 13:15:36 GMT]]>@nblr @kobold its support for nonstandard characters is not great tbh. I keep thinking about creating a similar font of my own but all fontmaking tools suck...

]]>https://forum.other.li/post/https://chaos.social/users/rixx/statuses/116386256423278506https://forum.other.li/post/https://chaos.social/users/rixx/statuses/116386256423278506Sat, 11 Apr 2026 13:15:36 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to working from a train is always so fun on Sat, 11 Apr 2026 13:10:17 GMT]]>@rixx @kobold
That is a pleasingly compact yet readable font. Nice.

]]>https://forum.other.li/post/https://chaos.social/users/nblr/statuses/116386235519515891https://forum.other.li/post/https://chaos.social/users/nblr/statuses/116386235519515891Sat, 11 Apr 2026 13:10:17 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to working from a train is always so fun on Sat, 11 Apr 2026 12:14:14 GMT]]>@rixx Back in the day when 2 Mb/s serial links between routers were still a thing, I could ping the router in the path to the world still in my city with RTT around 2 minutes. You could leave it on for a day and not a single packet was dropped, but RTT of each and every one of them was around 2 minutes.

Pinging anything beyond that router returned usual results.

]]>https://forum.other.li/post/https://mastodon.social/users/casar/statuses/116386015106049796https://forum.other.li/post/https://mastodon.social/users/casar/statuses/116386015106049796Sat, 11 Apr 2026 12:14:14 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to working from a train is always so fun on Sat, 11 Apr 2026 11:16:54 GMT]]>@rixx British train WiFi is exactly the same

]]>https://forum.other.li/post/https://tilde.zone/users/cyberia/statuses/116385789661797312https://forum.other.li/post/https://tilde.zone/users/cyberia/statuses/116385789661797312Sat, 11 Apr 2026 11:16:54 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to working from a train is always so fun on Sat, 11 Apr 2026 10:36:37 GMT]]>@rixx@chaos.social Try working from trains in the Atlantic coast in the northwest of Spain ("Atlantic axis") using mobile networks: it's mission impossible because the train runs on a trench or inside tunnels. No internet during ~1:30h, only despair. ​​

]]>https://forum.other.li/post/https://mk.absturztau.be/notes/akxrkxcrn1l401j0https://forum.other.li/post/https://mk.absturztau.be/notes/akxrkxcrn1l401j0Sat, 11 Apr 2026 10:36:37 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to working from a train is always so fun on Sat, 11 Apr 2026 08:22:49 GMT]]>@delta @daniel_bohrer @rixx This is hilarious πŸ˜‚

]]>https://forum.other.li/post/https://hub.uckermark.social/users/maxheadroom/statuses/116385105166384612https://forum.other.li/post/https://hub.uckermark.social/users/maxheadroom/statuses/116385105166384612Sat, 11 Apr 2026 08:22:49 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to working from a train is always so fun on Sat, 11 Apr 2026 08:03:49 GMT]]>@follpvosten @delta @rixx Which WIFI? πŸ˜…

]]>https://forum.other.li/post/https://chaos.social/users/dwardoric/statuses/116385030453018024https://forum.other.li/post/https://chaos.social/users/dwardoric/statuses/116385030453018024Sat, 11 Apr 2026 08:03:49 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to working from a train is always so fun on Sat, 11 Apr 2026 07:45:15 GMT]]>@delta @rixx maybe ICEs aren’t that great for this given that their wifi works much more reliably than regional trains on average? πŸ˜…

]]>https://forum.other.li/post/https://karp.lol/users/follpvosten/statuses/01KNXR136MKQB0HK0M8WP7Q7VNhttps://forum.other.li/post/https://karp.lol/users/follpvosten/statuses/01KNXR136MKQB0HK0M8WP7Q7VNSat, 11 Apr 2026 07:45:15 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to working from a train is always so fun on Sat, 11 Apr 2026 05:44:03 GMT]]>@rixx true story: we regard German train rides and using wifi there as a good test bed for our networking code's ability to work in slow and malfunctioning networks. For example two travelling contributors messaged and established p2p realtime networking between two high speed running ICE trains, to test robustness and reconnection fitness πŸ™‚

]]>https://forum.other.li/post/https://chaos.social/users/delta/statuses/116384480873780297https://forum.other.li/post/https://chaos.social/users/delta/statuses/116384480873780297Sat, 11 Apr 2026 05:44:03 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to working from a train is always so fun on Fri, 10 Apr 2026 14:51:34 GMT]]>@hiker right, so due to the rough terrain, the ping was constrained by "physics" to this level of delay and jitter? And you're confident of this despite not knowing anything about the terrain/speed/area? Aight, chief

]]>https://forum.other.li/post/https://chaos.social/users/rixx/statuses/116380971454891028https://forum.other.li/post/https://chaos.social/users/rixx/statuses/116380971454891028Fri, 10 Apr 2026 14:51:34 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to working from a train is always so fun on Fri, 10 Apr 2026 14:05:09 GMT]]>@rixx Wi-Fi on the train has to come from somewhereβ€”Wi-Fi cables haven't been invented yet. So the data has to come through the mobile network, and that's where geography and topology play a key role.]]>https://forum.other.li/post/https://akk.fedcast.ch/objects/45c7f48c-4e72-465b-9045-f503c8eb48e2https://forum.other.li/post/https://akk.fedcast.ch/objects/45c7f48c-4e72-465b-9045-f503c8eb48e2Fri, 10 Apr 2026 14:05:09 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to working from a train is always so fun on Fri, 10 Apr 2026 14:02:33 GMT]]>@hiker I'm pretty sure a 10s ping is never "physics", so long as you're staying on earth.

My reference to Germany was on account of the location of my train. If train WiFi on Swiss trains is usually this bad, then I'm really sorry to hear that.

]]>https://forum.other.li/post/https://chaos.social/users/rixx/statuses/116380778747488391https://forum.other.li/post/https://chaos.social/users/rixx/statuses/116380778747488391Fri, 10 Apr 2026 14:02:33 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to working from a train is always so fun on Fri, 10 Apr 2026 13:54:35 GMT]]>@rixx Wait a minute, you didn't say the train had come to a stop. And by the wayβ€”I'm writing from Switzerland.]]>https://forum.other.li/post/https://akk.fedcast.ch/objects/7aeeff1a-854c-4814-9437-7c313799ea21https://forum.other.li/post/https://akk.fedcast.ch/objects/7aeeff1a-854c-4814-9437-7c313799ea21Fri, 10 Apr 2026 13:54:35 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to working from a train is always so fun on Fri, 10 Apr 2026 13:46:37 GMT]]>@rixx holy crap I never thought I'd find anyone else who uses this font in the wild

]]>https://forum.other.li/post/https://tech.lgbt/users/somebody/statuses/116380716094003912https://forum.other.li/post/https://tech.lgbt/users/somebody/statuses/116380716094003912Fri, 10 Apr 2026 13:46:37 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to working from a train is always so fun on Fri, 10 Apr 2026 13:36:07 GMT]]>@rixx@chaos.social an appropriate ping to scribe onto ancient scrolls πŸ˜„]]>https://forum.other.li/post/https://misskey.sindastra.net/notes/akwijx6wzuhttps://forum.other.li/post/https://misskey.sindastra.net/notes/akwijx6wzuFri, 10 Apr 2026 13:36:07 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to working from a train is always so fun on Fri, 10 Apr 2026 13:00:57 GMT]]>@rixx the average ping to the moon is better than that

]]>https://forum.other.li/post/https://infosec.exchange/users/mochabeau/statuses/116380536500637917https://forum.other.li/post/https://infosec.exchange/users/mochabeau/statuses/116380536500637917Fri, 10 Apr 2026 13:00:57 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to working from a train is always so fun on Fri, 10 Apr 2026 12:55:28 GMT]]>@ShadowJonathan https://github.com/seeddisperser/kelmscott-mono/

]]>https://forum.other.li/post/https://chaos.social/users/rixx/statuses/116380514921204718https://forum.other.li/post/https://chaos.social/users/rixx/statuses/116380514921204718Fri, 10 Apr 2026 12:55:28 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to working from a train is always so fun on Fri, 10 Apr 2026 12:54:27 GMT]]>@agturcz if they don't, they are clearly trying to sneak in

]]>https://forum.other.li/post/https://chaos.social/users/rixx/statuses/116380510955067252https://forum.other.li/post/https://chaos.social/users/rixx/statuses/116380510955067252Fri, 10 Apr 2026 12:54:27 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to working from a train is always so fun on Fri, 10 Apr 2026 12:46:31 GMT]]>@rixx Do ICMP packets make knocking noises when crossing network segments boundaries?

]]>https://forum.other.li/post/https://circumstances.run/users/agturcz/statuses/116380479777693329https://forum.other.li/post/https://circumstances.run/users/agturcz/statuses/116380479777693329Fri, 10 Apr 2026 12:46:31 GMT