Dave Herman
@dherman.dev
Likes people & computers. Work: AWS/LinkedIn/Mozilla/JS/TC39/Rust (here I speak only for me). he/him
Anyway if you’re wondering if I am distracting myself from the horrors of the world by organizing, backing up, and getting rid of old devices throughout my home: yes, yes I am.
January 8, 2026 at 6:33 AM
Anyway if you’re wondering if I am distracting myself from the horrors of the world by organizing, backing up, and getting rid of old devices throughout my home: yes, yes I am.
Erasing the disk of an ancient Mac was harder than it sounds, until I stumbled across this tutorial for booting from a flash drive: www.youtube.com/watch?v=pxXE...
How to Make a Mac OS X Leopard Bootable USB Installer on PowerPC - Writing a 10.5 ISO to USB is easy
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January 8, 2026 at 6:33 AM
Erasing the disk of an ancient Mac was harder than it sounds, until I stumbled across this tutorial for booting from a flash drive: www.youtube.com/watch?v=pxXE...
It actually still works fine (other than a dead clock battery)! But tonight I nuked the hard drives to prep it for donation.
January 8, 2026 at 6:33 AM
It actually still works fine (other than a dead clock battery)! But tonight I nuked the hard drives to prep it for donation.
Goodbye to my 2002 PowerMac G4, a relic of an era where computers felt to me like cozy little self-contained but internally boundless playgrounds. 🪦
January 8, 2026 at 6:33 AM
Goodbye to my 2002 PowerMac G4, a relic of an era where computers felt to me like cozy little self-contained but internally boundless playgrounds. 🪦
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[I trip over my chair running to the keyboard, crash into desk]
KERNEN: Europeans are talking about it almost being like Vladimir Putin and Ukraine.
JEFF LANDRY: I disagree. When has the United States engaged in imperialism? Never. Europe has engaged in imperialism. The reason the Danish have Greenland is because of imperialism.
JEFF LANDRY: I disagree. When has the United States engaged in imperialism? Never. Europe has engaged in imperialism. The reason the Danish have Greenland is because of imperialism.
January 6, 2026 at 6:03 PM
[I trip over my chair running to the keyboard, crash into desk]
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I sincerely hope there's a hell.
January 6, 2026 at 11:19 PM
I sincerely hope there's a hell.
I rarely pay extra for extended warranties or support but shelled out for AppleCare+ for my kid’s iPad. My disappointment with the service is growing to desperation as they’ve had the device since November and we still have no ETA on a resolution and no proactive communication from Apple.
December 28, 2025 at 8:03 PM
I rarely pay extra for extended warranties or support but shelled out for AppleCare+ for my kid’s iPad. My disappointment with the service is growing to desperation as they’ve had the device since November and we still have no ETA on a resolution and no proactive communication from Apple.
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Alt text is incredibly useful for sighted folks too.
* It helps me understand the reference if I don't recognize the image you're posting
* It makes the image searchable
* It gives you many more characters in which to express your rapier wit
Use alt text!
* It helps me understand the reference if I don't recognize the image you're posting
* It makes the image searchable
* It gives you many more characters in which to express your rapier wit
Use alt text!
Dammit people, add alt text to your images! So many times I see awesome art or cool comics, but can't repost it, because it's not accessible.
December 21, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Alt text is incredibly useful for sighted folks too.
* It helps me understand the reference if I don't recognize the image you're posting
* It makes the image searchable
* It gives you many more characters in which to express your rapier wit
Use alt text!
* It helps me understand the reference if I don't recognize the image you're posting
* It makes the image searchable
* It gives you many more characters in which to express your rapier wit
Use alt text!
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legitimately love this guy.
It’s the “season of love and giving”…but this year, doesn’t it seem more like a “season of fear and taking”? Like many of you, I’ve been saddened by the human impact of draconian government budget cuts and how angry many housed Americans are at unhoused Americans.
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December 21, 2025 at 12:19 PM
legitimately love this guy.
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i really think there is legit political space for running on "we are going to dismantle ICE"
How it started vs. How it’s going NOW 👀
LA tow truck driver who towed ICE’s car found NOT GUILTY 🦸🏽♂️
LA tow truck driver who towed ICE’s car found NOT GUILTY 🦸🏽♂️
December 21, 2025 at 12:41 AM
i really think there is legit political space for running on "we are going to dismantle ICE"
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We are parents of a trans kid and our family takes this very, very personally. If you intentionally make life harder for our beloved daughter, it’s EXTREMELY hard to think of you as an ally, to say the least. @amyklobuchar.com - you still send us requests for money, while hurting our kid. Disgusted.
Here are the 28 Dem Senators who voted to advance the first federal ban on trans athletes & a federal definition of sex that would make trans & intersex people non-existent: Angela Alsobrooks (MD), Tammy Baldwin (WI), Richard Blumenthal (CT), Lisa Blunt Rochester (DE), Chris Coons (DE), ->
By a vote of 76-23, S 1071 passes the motion to proceed to the motion to concur. Won't know who voted for this until the roll call is uploaded, but safe to say it passed with the support of at least 24 members of the Democratic caucus. (Rand Paul probably voted nay and Steve Daines has been absent).
December 16, 2025 at 2:33 PM
We are parents of a trans kid and our family takes this very, very personally. If you intentionally make life harder for our beloved daughter, it’s EXTREMELY hard to think of you as an ally, to say the least. @amyklobuchar.com - you still send us requests for money, while hurting our kid. Disgusted.
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SKULL OF THOMAS AQUINAS: TAKE A LEFT NOW
PRIEST: No, the GPS says we have to keep going—
SKULL: I KNOW A SHORTCUT
PRIEST: Do you remember the last ti—
SKULL: FOR THOSE WITH FAITH, NO EVIDENCE IS NECESSARY; FOR THOSE WITHOUT IT, NO EVIDENCE WILL SUFFICE
PRIEST: No, the GPS says we have to keep going—
SKULL: I KNOW A SHORTCUT
PRIEST: Do you remember the last ti—
SKULL: FOR THOSE WITH FAITH, NO EVIDENCE IS NECESSARY; FOR THOSE WITHOUT IT, NO EVIDENCE WILL SUFFICE
'Skull of St. Thomas Aquinas being transported to Fossanova Abbey.'
Photograph by Daniel Ibanez
Photograph by Daniel Ibanez
December 10, 2025 at 5:10 PM
SKULL OF THOMAS AQUINAS: TAKE A LEFT NOW
PRIEST: No, the GPS says we have to keep going—
SKULL: I KNOW A SHORTCUT
PRIEST: Do you remember the last ti—
SKULL: FOR THOSE WITH FAITH, NO EVIDENCE IS NECESSARY; FOR THOSE WITHOUT IT, NO EVIDENCE WILL SUFFICE
PRIEST: No, the GPS says we have to keep going—
SKULL: I KNOW A SHORTCUT
PRIEST: Do you remember the last ti—
SKULL: FOR THOSE WITH FAITH, NO EVIDENCE IS NECESSARY; FOR THOSE WITHOUT IT, NO EVIDENCE WILL SUFFICE
I think about this moment *all the time*. I think that movie was the first time I realized how much better women understand men than men understand themselves.
December 10, 2025 at 10:22 PM
I think about this moment *all the time*. I think that movie was the first time I realized how much better women understand men than men understand themselves.
FWIW my view as a member of the tech industry is that this is pretextual, part of a 5-year run of post-pandemic backlash against labor.
December 10, 2025 at 6:04 PM
FWIW my view as a member of the tech industry is that this is pretextual, part of a 5-year run of post-pandemic backlash against labor.
“Corporate Hapsburg jaws” is a hell of a line. www.instagram.com/reel/DR94_yE...
Novara Media on Instagram: "Have you noticed that the internet is getting worse? It’s not just you: time online is filled with less of what we search for, and a lot more advertising and AI slop. Techn...
6,372 likes, 71 comments - novaramedia on December 7, 2025: "Have you noticed that the internet is getting worse? It’s not just you: time online is filled with less of what we search for, and a lot mo...
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December 7, 2025 at 9:57 PM
“Corporate Hapsburg jaws” is a hell of a line. www.instagram.com/reel/DR94_yE...
The tween on the iOS update: “it’s giving, like, old, it’s not giving new.” Apple, you’re cooked
December 7, 2025 at 9:01 PM
The tween on the iOS update: “it’s giving, like, old, it’s not giving new.” Apple, you’re cooked
Remember, tech employees, we just have to do more with less.
Mark Zuckerberg’s gamble on the "Metaverse" has lost his company more than $77 billion.
December 5, 2025 at 4:21 PM
Remember, tech employees, we just have to do more with less.
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They’re killing people as a twitter joke. It’s depraved. Can’t let yourself lose the capacity to be appalled and disgusted and outraged by this.
Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth announces another boat strike in response to a request/wish from Turning Point USA’s Andrew Kolvet.
December 5, 2025 at 2:28 AM
They’re killing people as a twitter joke. It’s depraved. Can’t let yourself lose the capacity to be appalled and disgusted and outraged by this.
Temu Taney
If you see John Roberts in person, be sure to tell him he’s a worse Chief Justice than Roger Taney (pronounced “tawny”). That’s a nerd burn that will hit him where it counts.
December 5, 2025 at 1:09 AM
Temu Taney
PSA: before you clean up the shards of the broken ornament, take the extra 10 seconds to find *something* to protect your hand. Ok just trust me
December 4, 2025 at 6:00 AM
PSA: before you clean up the shards of the broken ornament, take the extra 10 seconds to find *something* to protect your hand. Ok just trust me
This was a fun API design and implementation exercise: a macro for bridging between Rust impl's and JavaScript classes. dherman.dev/notes/rust-g...
Rust Goes to JavaScript Class
Today we merged syntax for defining classes in Neon, a library I maintain with K.J. Valencik for embedding Rust code in Node.
Bridging two languages with different object models is a fun challenge. Ru...
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December 4, 2025 at 3:15 AM
This was a fun API design and implementation exercise: a macro for bridging between Rust impl's and JavaScript classes. dherman.dev/notes/rust-g...
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Does anyone want a survivorship bias shortbread
November 29, 2025 at 4:50 AM
Does anyone want a survivorship bias shortbread
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those of you who are afraid of aging, please understand that one of the huge blessings of middle age is arriving at this exact station
We gotta normalize responding to bullshit with "dude who fucking cares"
October 30, 2025 at 12:44 AM
those of you who are afraid of aging, please understand that one of the huge blessings of middle age is arriving at this exact station