Allen Garvin
@allengarvin.bsky.social
Old Unix guy, viol player, cat spoiler, Cisco employee. See https://dfwviols.com for my cinquecento music (mostly madrigali) transcriptions.
Because, like Helen, Greeks hatch from an egg.
February 3, 2026 at 4:01 AM
Because, like Helen, Greeks hatch from an egg.
Murderball chonk?? My most recent kitten Allie, not even a year old, is definitely on a chonk path. Barely a year old and here she is outmassing my old cat Tom.
January 31, 2026 at 12:27 AM
Murderball chonk?? My most recent kitten Allie, not even a year old, is definitely on a chonk path. Barely a year old and here she is outmassing my old cat Tom.
I think it's well-established it happened exactly like this:
January 30, 2026 at 3:54 PM
I think it's well-established it happened exactly like this:
But I needed an explainer!!
January 30, 2026 at 3:52 PM
But I needed an explainer!!
I got it in 3 and it still gave me a 67 skill, 18 pts below avg. I got a couple in the past week in 2 and they were complete luck and it gave me like 98 skill.
The wordl metagame just a weird black box.
The wordl metagame just a weird black box.
January 25, 2026 at 7:49 PM
I got it in 3 and it still gave me a 67 skill, 18 pts below avg. I got a couple in the past week in 2 and they were complete luck and it gave me like 98 skill.
The wordl metagame just a weird black box.
The wordl metagame just a weird black box.
I'm still bitter about the NRA's cowardly non-response to that. Probably I was naive--I recognized they were partisan--but I thought for a long time they still had actual principles until that moment.
January 25, 2026 at 12:57 AM
I'm still bitter about the NRA's cowardly non-response to that. Probably I was naive--I recognized they were partisan--but I thought for a long time they still had actual principles until that moment.
USans? USicans? USastans? USites? USlings?
All those suck. I found the appropriate one though.
USers.
All those suck. I found the appropriate one though.
USers.
January 21, 2026 at 8:12 PM
USans? USicans? USastans? USites? USlings?
All those suck. I found the appropriate one though.
USers.
All those suck. I found the appropriate one though.
USers.
Wait wait wait I thought a reverse centaur was cool like: youtube.com/shorts/mZjGF...
January 19, 2026 at 6:21 AM
Wait wait wait I thought a reverse centaur was cool like: youtube.com/shorts/mZjGF...
What?? No! The new movie shows it just as intended!
January 19, 2026 at 6:14 AM
What?? No! The new movie shows it just as intended!
I'd like to think he's mortified about his past. Maybe he is and won't admit it yet. Or maybe he's faking it. But yeah I find him an interesting guy I'm agreeing with lately, to my chagrin. If he proves otherwise, that'll sting but people CAN change.
January 19, 2026 at 6:11 AM
I'd like to think he's mortified about his past. Maybe he is and won't admit it yet. Or maybe he's faking it. But yeah I find him an interesting guy I'm agreeing with lately, to my chagrin. If he proves otherwise, that'll sting but people CAN change.
Shrug. I see no contradiction. I even call myself libertarian adjacent.
The US gets some things right but Scandinavia, I think, beats us on corruption and property rights.
While the Netherlands and Switzerland should be our health care models.
The US gets some things right but Scandinavia, I think, beats us on corruption and property rights.
While the Netherlands and Switzerland should be our health care models.
January 19, 2026 at 6:01 AM
Shrug. I see no contradiction. I even call myself libertarian adjacent.
The US gets some things right but Scandinavia, I think, beats us on corruption and property rights.
While the Netherlands and Switzerland should be our health care models.
The US gets some things right but Scandinavia, I think, beats us on corruption and property rights.
While the Netherlands and Switzerland should be our health care models.
OMG as a huge free market guy who values public integrity and private property rights and has zero problems with a *smart* welfare state (ie, not the UK model), I need to save this.
January 19, 2026 at 3:56 AM
OMG as a huge free market guy who values public integrity and private property rights and has zero problems with a *smart* welfare state (ie, not the UK model), I need to save this.
But it's a holiday!
January 18, 2026 at 8:31 PM
But it's a holiday!
It's at least not as scary as it was a decade ago. RSA is toast if it happens, but we're now moving steadily away from RSA for years. RSA is the SHA1 of a decade ago. Most other parts of the stack have mitigations.
January 18, 2026 at 8:01 PM
It's at least not as scary as it was a decade ago. RSA is toast if it happens, but we're now moving steadily away from RSA for years. RSA is the SHA1 of a decade ago. Most other parts of the stack have mitigations.
I still subscribe. They have decent reporting.
But man, they've become a second WSJ: where the op-eds are written by the craziest nuts you can think of.
But man, they've become a second WSJ: where the op-eds are written by the craziest nuts you can think of.
January 18, 2026 at 5:35 PM
I still subscribe. They have decent reporting.
But man, they've become a second WSJ: where the op-eds are written by the craziest nuts you can think of.
But man, they've become a second WSJ: where the op-eds are written by the craziest nuts you can think of.
I remember visiting Boston in the 80s and my dad, who would drive fearlessly in the UK and France, gave up and hired a taxi to drive to our hotel, with him following behind in our rental!
January 17, 2026 at 8:12 PM
I remember visiting Boston in the 80s and my dad, who would drive fearlessly in the UK and France, gave up and hired a taxi to drive to our hotel, with him following behind in our rental!
My gawd I could stack my fantasy novels 3 deep top to bottom and maybe get 800-900 books in that thing.
I need a half dozen!
I need a half dozen!
January 17, 2026 at 6:32 PM
My gawd I could stack my fantasy novels 3 deep top to bottom and maybe get 800-900 books in that thing.
I need a half dozen!
I need a half dozen!
But you can collect the ones that have fallen out naturally! I know someone who claimed to use them for spare plectra on their harpsichord.
January 16, 2026 at 4:26 AM
But you can collect the ones that have fallen out naturally! I know someone who claimed to use them for spare plectra on their harpsichord.
Man, Perot. He had a wonky side too. I knew people working at EDS & Perot systems. He had led a special panel to reform Texas education Gov. White had instituted.
Some people are better kept at a distance from the public. It'd be far better if we never heard his sheer paranoia and ego.
Some people are better kept at a distance from the public. It'd be far better if we never heard his sheer paranoia and ego.
January 16, 2026 at 3:27 AM
Man, Perot. He had a wonky side too. I knew people working at EDS & Perot systems. He had led a special panel to reform Texas education Gov. White had instituted.
Some people are better kept at a distance from the public. It'd be far better if we never heard his sheer paranoia and ego.
Some people are better kept at a distance from the public. It'd be far better if we never heard his sheer paranoia and ego.
Yeah, completely different thing, but it's mistake to centralize application delivery into one a single company. Most applications are really just web browsers at their base.
January 16, 2026 at 3:10 AM
Yeah, completely different thing, but it's mistake to centralize application delivery into one a single company. Most applications are really just web browsers at their base.
Like, here are the corporations under control of Mussolini's Camera dei fasci e delle corporazioni. There's nothing resembling any English or American corporation on the list.
January 16, 2026 at 3:08 AM
Like, here are the corporations under control of Mussolini's Camera dei fasci e delle corporazioni. There's nothing resembling any English or American corporation on the list.
If you think it means limited-liability Anglo-American types businesses, you're mistaken. They're very important in Italian history after the Risorgimento and through the early 20th century and are more akin to trade guildss.
January 16, 2026 at 3:06 AM
If you think it means limited-liability Anglo-American types businesses, you're mistaken. They're very important in Italian history after the Risorgimento and through the early 20th century and are more akin to trade guildss.
That quote exists solely in English and has no record of existing before about 25 years ago. I think it's likely an invention of an undergrad with no idea what corporazioni were (see things like: it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corpora...) or the political philosphy of Corporatismo.
Corporazioni delle arti e mestieri - Wikipedia
it.wikipedia.org
January 16, 2026 at 2:48 AM
That quote exists solely in English and has no record of existing before about 25 years ago. I think it's likely an invention of an undergrad with no idea what corporazioni were (see things like: it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corpora...) or the political philosphy of Corporatismo.
Fortunately the legislature only meets every other year?
January 15, 2026 at 5:49 PM
Fortunately the legislature only meets every other year?
As a Texan, I'm very proud of this, but I'm afraid our legislature may set this back. The lege tried this last session to hobble solar & wind with parity demands for natural gas.
It's crazy how many people believe the lie about our '22 outage caused by "windmills", debunked nearly immediately.
It's crazy how many people believe the lie about our '22 outage caused by "windmills", debunked nearly immediately.
January 15, 2026 at 5:47 PM
As a Texan, I'm very proud of this, but I'm afraid our legislature may set this back. The lege tried this last session to hobble solar & wind with parity demands for natural gas.
It's crazy how many people believe the lie about our '22 outage caused by "windmills", debunked nearly immediately.
It's crazy how many people believe the lie about our '22 outage caused by "windmills", debunked nearly immediately.