Joe Thompson
@kensey.bsky.social
That guy in that place who does that thing.
So, we all know the formal pronunciation of "kubectl" is "kyoob-control".
...But how is "eksctl" pronounced?
...But how is "eksctl" pronounced?
January 6, 2026 at 9:56 PM
So, we all know the formal pronunciation of "kubectl" is "kyoob-control".
...But how is "eksctl" pronounced?
...But how is "eksctl" pronounced?
I used to work for an ISP owned by Coran Capshaw, who manages the Dave Matthews Band. The management office (and merch operation) was in the same open-plan building as us. Dave used to come by semi-frequently and take coffee+bagel orders for everyone in the building (usually about a dozen people).
Right folks. Feeling rather down at the moment so bringing back an oldie
Please Quote this with your most minor celebrity interaction
Please Quote this with your most minor celebrity interaction
December 29, 2025 at 7:48 PM
I used to work for an ISP owned by Coran Capshaw, who manages the Dave Matthews Band. The management office (and merch operation) was in the same open-plan building as us. Dave used to come by semi-frequently and take coffee+bagel orders for everyone in the building (usually about a dozen people).
Wait, there's new Gumball episodes?!
December 29, 2025 at 6:39 AM
Wait, there's new Gumball episodes?!
This reminds me of talking to a data scientist about interpretation of satellite sensor data to plot cloud cover, ice cover, bare rock vs. grassland vs. forest vs. urban development, etc.
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What an unprocessed photo looks like: (Maurycy's blog)
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December 29, 2025 at 5:27 AM
This reminds me of talking to a data scientist about interpretation of satellite sensor data to plot cloud cover, ice cover, bare rock vs. grassland vs. forest vs. urban development, etc.
maurycyz.com/misc/raw_pho...
maurycyz.com/misc/raw_pho...
Yes Virginia, there is a Santa Claus.
December 25, 2025 at 1:46 AM
Yes Virginia, there is a Santa Claus.
I love the understatement you get in Wikipedia articles when the author goes hard on "neutral point of view". Like this from the article on Operation Underworld during WWII:
December 22, 2025 at 4:05 PM
I love the understatement you get in Wikipedia articles when the author goes hard on "neutral point of view". Like this from the article on Operation Underworld during WWII:
No, Gemini, that's exactly the opposite of the meaning.
December 22, 2025 at 4:47 AM
No, Gemini, that's exactly the opposite of the meaning.
"Give me one good reason why I should memorize this."
"I'll give you *five* good reasons -- one, two, three, four, FIVE!"
"Those are good reasons!"
"I'll give you *five* good reasons -- one, two, three, four, FIVE!"
"Those are good reasons!"
December 21, 2025 at 11:49 PM
"Give me one good reason why I should memorize this."
"I'll give you *five* good reasons -- one, two, three, four, FIVE!"
"Those are good reasons!"
"I'll give you *five* good reasons -- one, two, three, four, FIVE!"
"Those are good reasons!"
I remember listening to the @oxide.computer and Friends podcast episode on the challenges of "virtualizing time" -- now throw relativistic time differences between planets into the mix! iopscience.iop.org/article/10.3...
December 19, 2025 at 8:13 PM
I remember listening to the @oxide.computer and Friends podcast episode on the challenges of "virtualizing time" -- now throw relativistic time differences between planets into the mix! iopscience.iop.org/article/10.3...
Let the wild rumpus start!
December 13, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Let the wild rumpus start!
OK, I get why there might sometimes be traces of machine oil on stainless-steel cups just removed from the package. And I get why just drinking those traces of oil is not merely unpleasant but potentially actually bad. What I *don't* get is, why don't they just wash the cups before packing them?!
December 13, 2025 at 3:32 PM
OK, I get why there might sometimes be traces of machine oil on stainless-steel cups just removed from the package. And I get why just drinking those traces of oil is not merely unpleasant but potentially actually bad. What I *don't* get is, why don't they just wash the cups before packing them?!
I don't know what it is about Hawkeye saying "You and I remember Budapest *very* differently" in _Avengers_ that always cracks me up a little, but it does, every time.
December 8, 2025 at 8:37 PM
I don't know what it is about Hawkeye saying "You and I remember Budapest *very* differently" in _Avengers_ that always cracks me up a little, but it does, every time.
Movie you’ve rewatched more than six times with a gif. Hard mode no Star (Wars or Trek), LOTR, Marvel, Disney Animated, or Pixar.
December 8, 2025 at 9:43 AM
Movie you’ve rewatched more than six times with a gif. Hard mode no Star (Wars or Trek), LOTR, Marvel, Disney Animated, or Pixar.
Remember when the universally-accepted answer to "but what about credit card fraud in e-commerce?" was "we'll all have card readers attached to our computers over this new 'USB' thing"?
December 7, 2025 at 9:47 PM
Remember when the universally-accepted answer to "but what about credit card fraud in e-commerce?" was "we'll all have card readers attached to our computers over this new 'USB' thing"?
If you see this, repost with your model of positive masculinity.
(My Fantastic Four of positive male role models are Mr. Rogers, Bob Ross, @levarburton.bsky.social, and Gordon from Sesame Street.)
(My Fantastic Four of positive male role models are Mr. Rogers, Bob Ross, @levarburton.bsky.social, and Gordon from Sesame Street.)
December 7, 2025 at 2:45 AM
If you see this, repost with your model of positive masculinity.
(My Fantastic Four of positive male role models are Mr. Rogers, Bob Ross, @levarburton.bsky.social, and Gordon from Sesame Street.)
(My Fantastic Four of positive male role models are Mr. Rogers, Bob Ross, @levarburton.bsky.social, and Gordon from Sesame Street.)
Data nerds, let's start a fight: what medium of written data storage do you think has historically pulled off the best combination of data density and durability? Say, from the beginning of humanity up to computer punched cards.
December 7, 2025 at 2:08 AM
Data nerds, let's start a fight: what medium of written data storage do you think has historically pulled off the best combination of data density and durability? Say, from the beginning of humanity up to computer punched cards.
Reposted by Joe Thompson
Anniversary of halifax explosion so obligatory
"Hold up the train. Ammunition ship afire in harbour making for Pier 6 and will explode. Guess this will be my last message. Good-bye boys."
- Vincent Coleman
saved like 300 people on a train, and started the emergency response. Died for it
"Hold up the train. Ammunition ship afire in harbour making for Pier 6 and will explode. Guess this will be my last message. Good-bye boys."
- Vincent Coleman
saved like 300 people on a train, and started the emergency response. Died for it
December 6, 2025 at 11:12 PM
Anniversary of halifax explosion so obligatory
"Hold up the train. Ammunition ship afire in harbour making for Pier 6 and will explode. Guess this will be my last message. Good-bye boys."
- Vincent Coleman
saved like 300 people on a train, and started the emergency response. Died for it
"Hold up the train. Ammunition ship afire in harbour making for Pier 6 and will explode. Guess this will be my last message. Good-bye boys."
- Vincent Coleman
saved like 300 people on a train, and started the emergency response. Died for it
This is close to something @iwriteok.bsky.social talked about in his BtB episode about the Zizians -- once you close yourself off from interacting with anyone whose thoughts aren't a near-copy of yours, you lose that moderating influence of someone normal saying "hey, that idea is crazy actually!"
I think part of What's Going On with billionaires is that the daily friction of interacting with normal people is part of what anchors people to the real world, and once you have enough money to buy your way out of the friction you can knock down a load-bearing column propping up your sanity.
December 3, 2025 at 9:14 PM
This is close to something @iwriteok.bsky.social talked about in his BtB episode about the Zizians -- once you close yourself off from interacting with anyone whose thoughts aren't a near-copy of yours, you lose that moderating influence of someone normal saying "hey, that idea is crazy actually!"
Oh, I think I need to read this.
My book is about drug addiction in the U.S. from 1776 to 1914, when it was (generally) legal to sell addictive drugs. Addiction increased rapidly, but people didn't associate drug addiction with crime. global.oup.com/ushe/product...
November 29, 2025 at 4:35 PM
Oh, I think I need to read this.
There was a CSI Miami episode where one of the victims of the week was locked in a tanning bed with the vents covered and the openings duct-taped. No way am I getting in a $200 tiny sauna.
November 28, 2025 at 10:21 PM
There was a CSI Miami episode where one of the victims of the week was locked in a tanning bed with the vents covered and the openings duct-taped. No way am I getting in a $200 tiny sauna.
"Hey. Critical deficiency of scritches over here, buddy. You should do something about it."
She is rarely as subtle as she believes she is, but never less so than when she wants pets.
She is rarely as subtle as she believes she is, but never less so than when she wants pets.
November 28, 2025 at 3:27 PM
"Hey. Critical deficiency of scritches over here, buddy. You should do something about it."
She is rarely as subtle as she believes she is, but never less so than when she wants pets.
She is rarely as subtle as she believes she is, but never less so than when she wants pets.
Engaging in a little post-Thanksgiving-indulgence indulgence. If you like chocolate with some fire under it, but are tired of that fire always just being cayenne pepper, then have I got the treat for you:
November 28, 2025 at 5:27 AM
Engaging in a little post-Thanksgiving-indulgence indulgence. If you like chocolate with some fire under it, but are tired of that fire always just being cayenne pepper, then have I got the treat for you:
We thought my paternal grandmother's oatmeal cookie recipe was lost when she died. There was a recipe card in the card box but it didn't make the cookies we all remembered.
I’m sorry to be depressing but if there is a dish you ate today that someone you love made and you can’t imagine a world where you stop getting to have that every year
Get the fucking recipe 😭
Get the fucking recipe 😭
November 28, 2025 at 4:33 AM
We thought my paternal grandmother's oatmeal cookie recipe was lost when she died. There was a recipe card in the card box but it didn't make the cookies we all remembered.
Spin Doctors (1994)
Phish (1996)
They Might Be Giants (1996 and later)
Smashing Pumpkins (1997)
Weird Al Yankovic (2016 and later)
Phish (1996)
They Might Be Giants (1996 and later)
Smashing Pumpkins (1997)
Weird Al Yankovic (2016 and later)
Introduce yourself with five concerts you've seen:
- Stevie Ray Vaughan (1990)
- The Replacements (2014)
- Pantera (1992)
- Beastie Boys (1994)
- Def Leppard (1988)
- Stevie Ray Vaughan (1990)
- The Replacements (2014)
- Pantera (1992)
- Beastie Boys (1994)
- Def Leppard (1988)
November 28, 2025 at 1:13 AM
Spin Doctors (1994)
Phish (1996)
They Might Be Giants (1996 and later)
Smashing Pumpkins (1997)
Weird Al Yankovic (2016 and later)
Phish (1996)
They Might Be Giants (1996 and later)
Smashing Pumpkins (1997)
Weird Al Yankovic (2016 and later)
Look I didn't come here to be attacked like this. In my head it is always the summer of 1995 and I'm getting around Charlottesville on my mountain bike, working at the campus computer shop selling Power Mac x100s and 486 PCs (the Pentium models are too expensive for most incoming first-years).
narrator: 50 years ago...
me: [nods] in 1945
narrator: in 1975...
me: what
me: [nods] in 1945
narrator: in 1975...
me: what
November 25, 2025 at 1:58 PM
Look I didn't come here to be attacked like this. In my head it is always the summer of 1995 and I'm getting around Charlottesville on my mountain bike, working at the campus computer shop selling Power Mac x100s and 486 PCs (the Pentium models are too expensive for most incoming first-years).