Chris J
@cpj1.bsky.social
DevOps, IT, coding, cloud computing, scaling/performance, security, databases, metadata, movies/music, cowboy boots, road trips. He/Him
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Chris J
@cpj1.bsky.social
· Nov 22
GitHub - cjcodeproj/vtmedia-schema: XML schema for cataloging media libraries.
XML schema for cataloging media libraries. Contribute to cjcodeproj/vtmedia-schema development by creating an account on GitHub.
github.com
This is the schema project I'm working on to catalog physical media libraries. The documentation is terrible, but there are examples for both movies and music.
github.com/cjcodeproj/v...
github.com/cjcodeproj/v...
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Perhaps this helps explain why, when my son’s den was writing letters to thank soldiers for their service (as they do every year), it was recommended that the messages begin “Dear Warrior.” www.npr.org/2025/11/25/n...
U.S. ready to cut support to Scouts, accusing them of attacking 'boy-friendly spaces'
Documents show the U.S. military is planning to sever all ties with the organization formerly known as the Boy Scouts.
www.npr.org
November 25, 2025 at 1:38 PM
Perhaps this helps explain why, when my son’s den was writing letters to thank soldiers for their service (as they do every year), it was recommended that the messages begin “Dear Warrior.” www.npr.org/2025/11/25/n...
The "Fireflies.ai" story reminds me of a story about a furniture company in the 90s walked investors through a call center where everybody was busy selling furniture online; but it turns out the employees were just calling friends and faking the orders.
November 25, 2025 at 1:41 PM
The "Fireflies.ai" story reminds me of a story about a furniture company in the 90s walked investors through a call center where everybody was busy selling furniture online; but it turns out the employees were just calling friends and faking the orders.
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The Secretary of Defense, ladies and gentlemen
November 25, 2025 at 1:23 PM
The Secretary of Defense, ladies and gentlemen
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Founders on LinkedIn still seem to be struggling with the difference between telling people about their humble beginnings and admitting to straight up committing fraud.
November 24, 2025 at 11:17 PM
Founders on LinkedIn still seem to be struggling with the difference between telling people about their humble beginnings and admitting to straight up committing fraud.
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Man Who Thought Fleetwood Mac’s ‘The Chain’ Was Over In For Thrill Of His Fucking Life https://theonion.com/man-who-thought-fleetwood-macs-the-chain-was-over-in-for-thrill-of-his-fucking-life/
November 24, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Man Who Thought Fleetwood Mac’s ‘The Chain’ Was Over In For Thrill Of His Fucking Life https://theonion.com/man-who-thought-fleetwood-macs-the-chain-was-over-in-for-thrill-of-his-fucking-life/
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He spent 37 days in jail for a Facebook post. Larry Bushart’s story is a warning to us all.
www.ms.now/opinion/tenn...
www.ms.now/opinion/tenn...
Opinion | He spent 37 days in jail for a Facebook post. Larry Bushart’s story is a warning to us all.
Daniel Burnett: A 61-year-old Tennessee man was arrested for sharing a meme during the moral panic following Charlie Kirk's assassination.
www.ms.now
November 24, 2025 at 9:46 PM
He spent 37 days in jail for a Facebook post. Larry Bushart’s story is a warning to us all.
www.ms.now/opinion/tenn...
www.ms.now/opinion/tenn...
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absolutely incredible -- CNN host introduces a segment about Trump's "new healthcare proposal," but less than two minutes later breaks into her script to announce "breaking news" that Trump's healthcare proposal is being postponed
November 24, 2025 at 8:55 PM
absolutely incredible -- CNN host introduces a segment about Trump's "new healthcare proposal," but less than two minutes later breaks into her script to announce "breaking news" that Trump's healthcare proposal is being postponed
Things I hate. Point of sale credit card readers that require entry of a PIN.
November 24, 2025 at 5:39 PM
Things I hate. Point of sale credit card readers that require entry of a PIN.
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Jeffrey Goldberg's editorial leadership has been a disaster for the human race
Over many interviews, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. told Michael Scherer about how he plans to remake America’s public-health system. Can he lead the scientific establishment he’s spent much of his life crusading against?
Read more in our new cover story: theatln.tc/q9hXxlbM
Read more in our new cover story: theatln.tc/q9hXxlbM
November 24, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Jeffrey Goldberg's editorial leadership has been a disaster for the human race
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first of all there's no department of war
second of all, service members can refuse illegal orders. that's the whole point of why there is a distinction between legal and illegal orders
second of all, service members can refuse illegal orders. that's the whole point of why there is a distinction between legal and illegal orders
U.S. Department of War says it's investigating U.S. Senator Mark Kelly (D-AZ) after telling service members they can refuse illegal orders
November 24, 2025 at 5:28 PM
first of all there's no department of war
second of all, service members can refuse illegal orders. that's the whole point of why there is a distinction between legal and illegal orders
second of all, service members can refuse illegal orders. that's the whole point of why there is a distinction between legal and illegal orders
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If you want to help catalog license plate reader locations near you in MN, get in touch and I can help you get started!
I just went on a bike ride verifying and entering locations of MPD and Hennepin County Sheriff ALPR cameras so DeFlock should be pretty accurate for Minneapolis now deflock.me/map#map=13/4...
November 24, 2025 at 3:55 PM
If you want to help catalog license plate reader locations near you in MN, get in touch and I can help you get started!
Good morning. It was a little over 10 years ago when I tried to build a SQL relational database to track the sport of professional rodeo.
It was tedious.
It was tedious.
November 24, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Good morning. It was a little over 10 years ago when I tried to build a SQL relational database to track the sport of professional rodeo.
It was tedious.
It was tedious.
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Someone in the Costco subreddit has figured out you can a) grab your receipt data as json and b) built a dashboard for it and Oh My
November 24, 2025 at 1:57 AM
Someone in the Costco subreddit has figured out you can a) grab your receipt data as json and b) built a dashboard for it and Oh My
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do you have any idea how much you have to piss somebody off to make them change their gauge
#Finland will begin to #Russia - proof its rail network, integrate with EU train infrastructure.
The Finnish government has announced the conversion of its rail network from Russian gauge (1,524 mm) to European standard (1,435 mm).
www.trenvista.net/en/news/flas...
The Finnish government has announced the conversion of its rail network from Russian gauge (1,524 mm) to European standard (1,435 mm).
www.trenvista.net/en/news/flas...
November 23, 2025 at 4:40 PM
do you have any idea how much you have to piss somebody off to make them change their gauge
I mean, when the stated premise includes vague wording like "thrive", then the entire problem is actually bullshit.
The other obvious solution is, "don't build AI if you cannot reliably or safety build the power it needs."
The other obvious solution is, "don't build AI if you cannot reliably or safety build the power it needs."
Problem: AI needs massive amounts of power to thrive. Nuclear makes lots of power. Nuclear takes a long long time to do safely.
Proposed solution that I'm sure will have no unpleasant consequences: Use AI to speed up the construction of new nuclear plants.
Proposed solution that I'm sure will have no unpleasant consequences: Use AI to speed up the construction of new nuclear plants.
Power Companies Are Using AI To Build Nuclear Power Plants
Tech companies are betting big on nuclear energy to meet AIs massive power demands and they're using that AI to speed up the construction of new nuclear power plants.
www.404media.co
November 24, 2025 at 10:28 AM
I mean, when the stated premise includes vague wording like "thrive", then the entire problem is actually bullshit.
The other obvious solution is, "don't build AI if you cannot reliably or safety build the power it needs."
The other obvious solution is, "don't build AI if you cannot reliably or safety build the power it needs."
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Wanna know how bad the Arizona legislator's petition forgeries were? Here's the examples from the Austin Smith indictment.
s3.documentcloud.org/documents/24...
s3.documentcloud.org/documents/24...
November 24, 2025 at 2:50 AM
Wanna know how bad the Arizona legislator's petition forgeries were? Here's the examples from the Austin Smith indictment.
s3.documentcloud.org/documents/24...
s3.documentcloud.org/documents/24...
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Results are in for Iowa City’s two-year pilot of free public transit…
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/18/c...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/18/c...
Iowa City Made Its Buses Free. Traffic Cleared, and So Did the Air.
www.nytimes.com
November 23, 2025 at 2:19 PM
Results are in for Iowa City’s two-year pilot of free public transit…
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/18/c...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/18/c...
Reworked the HTML table rendering code to use 100% ElementTree objects instead of strings.
The code is still in the very sloppy phase, but it works.
The code is still in the very sloppy phase, but it works.
November 23, 2025 at 8:08 PM
Reworked the HTML table rendering code to use 100% ElementTree objects instead of strings.
The code is still in the very sloppy phase, but it works.
The code is still in the very sloppy phase, but it works.
Yeah, you know you gotta help me out, yeah
Oh, don't you put me on the back burner
You know you gotta help me out, yeah
Oh, don't you put me on the back burner
You know you gotta help me out, yeah
November 23, 2025 at 3:37 AM
Yeah, you know you gotta help me out, yeah
Oh, don't you put me on the back burner
You know you gotta help me out, yeah
Oh, don't you put me on the back burner
You know you gotta help me out, yeah
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ME: *passing around a bowl of spaghetti* and here are his guts *passing around a plate of meatballs* and his eyeballs *passing around a plate of garlic bread* and his uh crackly femurs
November 23, 2025 at 2:41 AM
ME: *passing around a bowl of spaghetti* and here are his guts *passing around a plate of meatballs* and his eyeballs *passing around a plate of garlic bread* and his uh crackly femurs
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Fun non-spoilery Pluribus detail - this is actually the mayor of Albuquerque
November 22, 2025 at 3:59 AM
Fun non-spoilery Pluribus detail - this is actually the mayor of Albuquerque
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That Oliver Stone made a movie lionizing Jim Garrison's ludicrous prosecution of an innocent man (Clay Shaw) is one of the most egregious historical transmogrifications in cinema. Imagine in 20 yrs a Stephen Miller hagiography starring Chalamet, that's the artistic crime level we're talking.
We do know who killed JFK. The Warren Commission was an incredibly thorough and good-faith effort to prove and document what had happened, which they did. The conspiracy theories arose in spite of best efforts to avoid them, but there really isn't anything they could have reasonably done better.
My first political memory - exactly 62 years ago right now, a 4-year-old boy trying to understand his mom's tears - is still the biggest event in my lifetime. We still (IMO) don't *really* know who killed JFK, but we know the public's trust was shattered. It's a straight line to today's mess
November 23, 2025 at 12:16 AM
That Oliver Stone made a movie lionizing Jim Garrison's ludicrous prosecution of an innocent man (Clay Shaw) is one of the most egregious historical transmogrifications in cinema. Imagine in 20 yrs a Stephen Miller hagiography starring Chalamet, that's the artistic crime level we're talking.
I swear I will never comprehend the documentation on how to split a Python package into two different packages.
November 23, 2025 at 12:05 AM
I swear I will never comprehend the documentation on how to split a Python package into two different packages.