Elf M. Sternberg
@elfsternberg.bsky.social
Husband to a gorgeous wife, father to two great kids, greying leatherfairy, infamous furry, and world-class software engineer. If you can read this, you're running code I wrote.
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This is good. Switching to Rust from Java won't just fix performance problems, it will adjust your assumptions about what causes performance problems in the first place.
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Rust Didn’t Fix Performance. It Fixed Our Assumptions.
We dropped p99 latency by 18% without touching a single line of Rust code.
medium.com
January 3, 2026 at 7:02 PM
This is good. Switching to Rust from Java won't just fix performance problems, it will adjust your assumptions about what causes performance problems in the first place.
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I don't really think I can endorse this. I don't do anything weird with my desktop, but I've hit enough snag and glitches that I don't know if I could recommend Linux without a local expert on hand.
On the other hand, I do treasure my privacy and independence.
www.pcgamer.com/software/lin...
On the other hand, I do treasure my privacy and independence.
www.pcgamer.com/software/lin...
I'm brave enough to say it: Linux is good now, and if you want to feel like you actually own your PC, make 2026 the year of Linux on (your) desktop
Now if you don't mind I'm going to delete the root folder and see what happens.
www.pcgamer.com
January 3, 2026 at 6:28 PM
I don't really think I can endorse this. I don't do anything weird with my desktop, but I've hit enough snag and glitches that I don't know if I could recommend Linux without a local expert on hand.
On the other hand, I do treasure my privacy and independence.
www.pcgamer.com/software/lin...
On the other hand, I do treasure my privacy and independence.
www.pcgamer.com/software/lin...
Times were better then. I miss my Amiga sometimes. The 680x0 chipset was so much easier to understand then x86 when I was learning micro assembly.
January 3, 2026 at 6:22 PM
Times were better then. I miss my Amiga sometimes. The 680x0 chipset was so much easier to understand then x86 when I was learning micro assembly.
Let's not ignore that Trump also knew damn well that he trafficked young women from Mar-a-Lago to Jeffrey Epstein.
The mutual criminality theory stands close scrutiny.
www.salon.com/2025/12/31/t...
The mutual criminality theory stands close scrutiny.
www.salon.com/2025/12/31/t...
Trump sent Mar-a-Lago masseuses on Epstein house calls: report - Salon.com
A new report from the Wall Street Journal dives into the origin of a rift between Trump and Epstein.
www.salon.com
January 3, 2026 at 6:10 PM
Let's not ignore that Trump also knew damn well that he trafficked young women from Mar-a-Lago to Jeffrey Epstein.
The mutual criminality theory stands close scrutiny.
www.salon.com/2025/12/31/t...
The mutual criminality theory stands close scrutiny.
www.salon.com/2025/12/31/t...
"Make reading a vice again." Now that reading is considered virtuous, nobody wants to do it.
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MSN
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January 3, 2026 at 6:05 PM
"Make reading a vice again." Now that reading is considered virtuous, nobody wants to do it.
www.msn.com/en-us/news/u...
www.msn.com/en-us/news/u...
Good lord, we're already appointing viceroys.
January 3, 2026 at 5:42 PM
Good lord, we're already appointing viceroys.
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I see Spock is reporting from the White House regarding Venezuela.
January 3, 2026 at 4:11 PM
I see Spock is reporting from the White House regarding Venezuela.
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So the ostensible leader of this country just bombed a major civilian center and illegally kidnapped a foreign head of state under a bullshit lie of an excuse of a "drug war" to cover up a grab for oil reserves.
I hope John Roberts wakes up screaming every night for the rest of his life.
I hope John Roberts wakes up screaming every night for the rest of his life.
January 3, 2026 at 4:14 PM
So the ostensible leader of this country just bombed a major civilian center and illegally kidnapped a foreign head of state under a bullshit lie of an excuse of a "drug war" to cover up a grab for oil reserves.
I hope John Roberts wakes up screaming every night for the rest of his life.
I hope John Roberts wakes up screaming every night for the rest of his life.
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He's a madman. This is madness.
January 3, 2026 at 1:46 PM
He's a madman. This is madness.
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Gender nonconforming gay guy uses the men's bathroom and it's confronted and threatened.
It was never about the bathrooms, privacy, or safety, they simply don't want queer people to exist.
It was never about the bathrooms, privacy, or safety, they simply don't want queer people to exist.
January 3, 2026 at 2:46 AM
Gender nonconforming gay guy uses the men's bathroom and it's confronted and threatened.
It was never about the bathrooms, privacy, or safety, they simply don't want queer people to exist.
It was never about the bathrooms, privacy, or safety, they simply don't want queer people to exist.
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Murder
ProPublica has found multiple cases of women with underlying health conditions who died when they couldn’t access abortions.
Tierra Walker, a 37-year-old mother, was told by doctors there was no emergency before preeclampsia killed her.
(Published November)
Tierra Walker, a 37-year-old mother, was told by doctors there was no emergency before preeclampsia killed her.
(Published November)
“Ticking Time Bomb”: A Pregnant Mother Kept Getting Sicker. She Died After She Couldn’t Get an Abortion in Texas.
Walker is one of several women ProPublica found with underlying health conditions who died when they couldn’t access abortions.
www.propublica.org
January 3, 2026 at 2:06 AM
Murder
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It’s almost like green energy is the only way forward and a handful of oil barons are doing everything in their power to keep that from happening so they can get even richer at the cost of literally everything else in the world.
Wall Street’s biggest banks made more money financing green projects than they did from working with fossil fuel companies for a fourth straight year, even as they faced ongoing pressure to pull back from the business
Banks Notch Higher Fees From Green Bonds Than Fossil Fuel Debt
Wall Street’s biggest banks made more money financing green projects than they did from working with fossil fuel companies for a fourth straight year, even as they faced ongoing pressure to pull back from the business.
bloom.bg
January 3, 2026 at 3:00 AM
It’s almost like green energy is the only way forward and a handful of oil barons are doing everything in their power to keep that from happening so they can get even richer at the cost of literally everything else in the world.
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Republicans are so deep in denial about the falling price of solar + battery that they are suing investment companies for making "misleading claims about the cost of coal."
www.axios.com/2024/12/02/t...
www.axios.com/2024/12/02/t...
MAGA-approved climate policy lawsuit makes misleading claims
Despite the Texas attorney general's claims, the reduction in coal-fueled plants is mostly due to the lower cost of natural gas.
www.axios.com
January 3, 2026 at 3:31 AM
Republicans are so deep in denial about the falling price of solar + battery that they are suing investment companies for making "misleading claims about the cost of coal."
www.axios.com/2024/12/02/t...
www.axios.com/2024/12/02/t...
Today I learned that Temple of the Dog broke up before Pearl Jam had even formed. I was living here when it happened and I didn't even track that.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Temple_...
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Temple of the Dog - Wikipedia
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January 3, 2026 at 3:22 AM
Today I learned that Temple of the Dog broke up before Pearl Jam had even formed. I was living here when it happened and I didn't even track that.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Temple_...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Temple_...
He's determined to go out singing. Flush 'em all down the sewers.
Trump mentioning the Pope’s brother at his Mar-a-Lago “yacht party.”
Trump has not reported to the White House in almost 2 weeks. He has been throwing multiple parties and dinners at his Palm Beach resorts instead.
Trump has not reported to the White House in almost 2 weeks. He has been throwing multiple parties and dinners at his Palm Beach resorts instead.
January 3, 2026 at 12:09 AM
He's determined to go out singing. Flush 'em all down the sewers.
Not entirely sure how "There Is No Antimimetics Division" is classified as "hard sf" there, Random House.
January 2, 2026 at 11:49 PM
Not entirely sure how "There Is No Antimimetics Division" is classified as "hard sf" there, Random House.
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“I’m a developer for a major food delivery app. The 'Priority Fee' and 'Driver Benefit Fee' go 100% to the company.
The driver sees $0 of it.”
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The driver sees $0 of it.”
www.reddit.com/r/confession...
January 2, 2026 at 9:36 PM
“I’m a developer for a major food delivery app. The 'Priority Fee' and 'Driver Benefit Fee' go 100% to the company.
The driver sees $0 of it.”
www.reddit.com/r/confession...
The driver sees $0 of it.”
www.reddit.com/r/confession...
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This delusion has become a central defining trait of American politics. Imaginary monsters — other people who are imagined to favor kitten-burning or other monstrous cruelties — are a greater focus of American politics than jobs, taxes, highways and bridges, or environmental protection.
January 2, 2026 at 10:24 PM
This delusion has become a central defining trait of American politics. Imaginary monsters — other people who are imagined to favor kitten-burning or other monstrous cruelties — are a greater focus of American politics than jobs, taxes, highways and bridges, or environmental protection.
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This. “I will not apologize for [banal stance]” tells us nothing about who you are and what you believe except that your life is governed by a perpetual argument with imaginary voices in your head.
This is the anti-kitten-burning coalition’s theme song.
This is the anti-kitten-burning coalition’s theme song.
By itself this would just be sort of tacky and inappropriate for a news organization, but “and make no apologies for saying so” is the real tell.
Incredible. CBS Evening News announces five new “simple values” — instead of their “38-page handbook” — as they roll out Tony Dokoupil is lead anchor.
One of those values is simply: “We love America and make no apologies for saying so.”
One of those values is simply: “We love America and make no apologies for saying so.”
January 2, 2026 at 10:03 PM
This. “I will not apologize for [banal stance]” tells us nothing about who you are and what you believe except that your life is governed by a perpetual argument with imaginary voices in your head.
This is the anti-kitten-burning coalition’s theme song.
This is the anti-kitten-burning coalition’s theme song.
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"No, I am not a Christian, or whatever the name is, I simply know that Jesus will return soon and punish you unbelievers"
January 2, 2026 at 10:26 PM
"No, I am not a Christian, or whatever the name is, I simply know that Jesus will return soon and punish you unbelievers"