Sasha Kotlyar
@arktronic.com
Technomage. Software guy. Tea drinker.
See also @arktronic@infosec.exchange
See also @arktronic@infosec.exchange
Had a real fun time at Costco today. First, I couldn't log in to the app because they apparently REDUCED the max password length, such that my password no longer fit (ridiculous, I know). Then at checkout something screwed up and POS showed "transaction lost", after printing the receipt. Costco IT!!
November 30, 2025 at 6:36 PM
Had a real fun time at Costco today. First, I couldn't log in to the app because they apparently REDUCED the max password length, such that my password no longer fit (ridiculous, I know). Then at checkout something screwed up and POS showed "transaction lost", after printing the receipt. Costco IT!!
Hot take: if your website is targeting mobile devices in the US, optimize for when people run out of "premium" bandwidth. Like, 256k cap. That'd force some drastic stack re-evaluation.
November 26, 2025 at 4:00 AM
Hot take: if your website is targeting mobile devices in the US, optimize for when people run out of "premium" bandwidth. Like, 256k cap. That'd force some drastic stack re-evaluation.
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The way Bluesky works is that everyone is from the country they say they are but all the accounts are operated by versatile actor Jeffrey Combs
November 25, 2025 at 1:06 AM
The way Bluesky works is that everyone is from the country they say they are but all the accounts are operated by versatile actor Jeffrey Combs
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Grok has been reprogrammed to say Musk is better than everyone at everything, including blowjobs, piss drinking, playing quarterback, conquering Europe, etc.
Elon Musk Could 'Drink Piss Better Than Any Human in History,' Grok Says
Grok has been reprogrammed to say Musk is better than everyone at everything, including blowjobs, piss drinking, playing quarterback, conquering Europe, etc.
www.404media.co
November 20, 2025 at 10:15 PM
Grok has been reprogrammed to say Musk is better than everyone at everything, including blowjobs, piss drinking, playing quarterback, conquering Europe, etc.
OMGOMGOMG!!!!! New Stargate! www.youtube.com/watch?v=OhYO...
Amazon's Stargate Announcement | Coming to Prime Video
YouTube video by GateWorld
www.youtube.com
November 19, 2025 at 11:30 PM
OMGOMGOMG!!!!! New Stargate! www.youtube.com/watch?v=OhYO...
Cloudflare clearly felt left out after those AWS and Azure outages.
November 18, 2025 at 1:58 PM
Cloudflare clearly felt left out after those AWS and Azure outages.
Google is working on an "advanced flow" to bypass the forthcoming developer verification. Good. At least they're not completely deaf to their users.
android-developers.googleblog.com/2025/11/andr...
android-developers.googleblog.com/2025/11/andr...
Android developer verification: Early access starts now as we continue to build with your feedback
News and insights on the Android platform, developer tools, and events.
android-developers.googleblog.com
November 13, 2025 at 1:53 AM
Google is working on an "advanced flow" to bypass the forthcoming developer verification. Good. At least they're not completely deaf to their users.
android-developers.googleblog.com/2025/11/andr...
android-developers.googleblog.com/2025/11/andr...
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Dorothy Vaughan | NASA mathematician, programmer & manager died #OTD in 2008
First Black female supervisor at NACA (precursor to NASA), expert programmer, Scout Launch Vehicle Program contributor & more. #WomenInSTEM
Learn more about this "Hidden Figure:" nasa.gov/people/dorot...
First Black female supervisor at NACA (precursor to NASA), expert programmer, Scout Launch Vehicle Program contributor & more. #WomenInSTEM
Learn more about this "Hidden Figure:" nasa.gov/people/dorot...
November 10, 2025 at 5:49 PM
Dorothy Vaughan | NASA mathematician, programmer & manager died #OTD in 2008
First Black female supervisor at NACA (precursor to NASA), expert programmer, Scout Launch Vehicle Program contributor & more. #WomenInSTEM
Learn more about this "Hidden Figure:" nasa.gov/people/dorot...
First Black female supervisor at NACA (precursor to NASA), expert programmer, Scout Launch Vehicle Program contributor & more. #WomenInSTEM
Learn more about this "Hidden Figure:" nasa.gov/people/dorot...
I have to pay in order to transfer an eSIM from one phone to another? That's some bullshit. I'm getting a physical SIM from this silly MVNO.
November 11, 2025 at 12:14 AM
I have to pay in order to transfer an eSIM from one phone to another? That's some bullshit. I'm getting a physical SIM from this silly MVNO.
Watched Dark City tonight because it's purportedly a classic. Not a fan. It's like they tried to do sci-fi, but went way too artsy with it and forgot to include the science aspect. And also forgot plot cohesion.
November 4, 2025 at 5:11 AM
Watched Dark City tonight because it's purportedly a classic. Not a fan. It's like they tried to do sci-fi, but went way too artsy with it and forgot to include the science aspect. And also forgot plot cohesion.
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1/ Today in 'Useless Shit I Collect' we have PCMCIA Cards. And here's a thread where I'll go through all of them individually because validation. Aren't you thrilled?
October 29, 2025 at 6:04 PM
1/ Today in 'Useless Shit I Collect' we have PCMCIA Cards. And here's a thread where I'll go through all of them individually because validation. Aren't you thrilled?
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Jaclyn at b5books.com got so many last minute orders before the store closes down that the system crashed. So it will be held open one more day to make up the difference so folks can get in under the wire.
Babylon 5 Books is Closing Forever
Last chance ever to order B5 Books. Worldwide flat rate shipping for unlimited books is $45; USA is $9. We now offer ebooks and hardcovers.
b5books.com
November 1, 2025 at 12:01 AM
Jaclyn at b5books.com got so many last minute orders before the store closes down that the system crashed. So it will be held open one more day to make up the difference so folks can get in under the wire.
And on the very next day...
October 29, 2025 at 6:14 PM
And on the very next day...
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This was a tough but necessary decision - I posted my own notes on this here, from the perspective of a current PSF board member simonwillison.net/2025/Oct/27/...
October 27, 2025 at 8:34 PM
This was a tough but necessary decision - I posted my own notes on this here, from the perspective of a current PSF board member simonwillison.net/2025/Oct/27/...
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People are talking about this as an AWS or centralization issue, but really it's a symptom of a different problem of software resilience much bigger than Amazon: Almost no software of any kind accounts for the possibility that it wouldn't be successfully connected to the internet all the time.
Eight Sleep adds ‘outage mode’ to smart beds after AWS problems left them frozen
Eight Sleep became No Sleep
www.theverge.com
October 22, 2025 at 3:56 PM
People are talking about this as an AWS or centralization issue, but really it's a symptom of a different problem of software resilience much bigger than Amazon: Almost no software of any kind accounts for the possibility that it wouldn't be successfully connected to the internet all the time.
Internet of Shit strikes again! www.dexerto.com/entertainmen...
AWS crash causes $2,000 Smart Beds to overheat and get stuck upright - Dexerto
The AWS outage caused chaos for owners of Eight Sleep’s Pod3 mattresses as they had no offline mode and were stuck at high temperatures.
www.dexerto.com
October 21, 2025 at 9:33 PM
Internet of Shit strikes again! www.dexerto.com/entertainmen...
I've seen SQLite locking issues in EF Core before. It might have been this exact issue! jellyfin.org/posts/SQLite...
SQLite concurrency and why you should care about it | Jellyfin
SQLite is a powerful database engine, but due to its design, it has limitations that should not be overlooked.
jellyfin.org
October 20, 2025 at 2:38 AM
I've seen SQLite locking issues in EF Core before. It might have been this exact issue! jellyfin.org/posts/SQLite...
I'm so happy that Strong Bad is on this platform now
Bubs says this is the new way to dozens of dollars.
October 19, 2025 at 3:51 AM
I'm so happy that Strong Bad is on this platform now
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Bubs says this is the new way to dozens of dollars.
December 7, 2024 at 5:41 PM
Bubs says this is the new way to dozens of dollars.
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With the #AI-bubble looking close to bursting, here I present a pre-mortem, in which I state that much of AI is simultaneously mega-impressive and still mostly useless. And that any collapse does not mean AI and LLMs will go away: berthub.eu/articles/pos...
The AI-collapse pre-mortem - Bert Hubert
An essential part of being able say ‘I told you so’ is in fact having told you so. Here goes.
In April 2023, I wrote an article titled AI: Guaranteed to disrupt our economies. In this piece I also ann...
berthub.eu
October 16, 2025 at 7:55 AM
With the #AI-bubble looking close to bursting, here I present a pre-mortem, in which I state that much of AI is simultaneously mega-impressive and still mostly useless. And that any collapse does not mean AI and LLMs will go away: berthub.eu/articles/pos...
Fun subreddit of the moment: www.reddit.com/r/spicypillo...
spicypillows
Welcome to SpicyPillows! We're the spot for spicy batteries of all kinds.
www.reddit.com
October 11, 2025 at 6:28 PM
Fun subreddit of the moment: www.reddit.com/r/spicypillo...
"HURR HURR HUUUURRRRRRRRR"
October 9, 2025 at 3:45 AM
"HURR HURR HUUUURRRRRRRRR"
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The original Bad Bunny
October 8, 2025 at 10:16 PM
The original Bad Bunny
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