pepoluan
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pepoluan
@pepoluan.bsky.social
IT Security / Architecture / Infra guy.
Also doing some Python things.
Seriously.
If you want a stable OS,
#GentooLinux is it.
The USE flags ensures
that all packages will work together.

Just don't use the ~amd64 keyword.

Of course the tradeoff is
you have to allocate time
to compile (nearly) everything
and to configure the kernel.

#Linux
October 31, 2025 at 11:54 AM
As an #AlarmTone,
or even a #Ringtone,
this short ditty from #Klangphonics
SLAP so much!!

youtube.com/shorts/-7gQ3...
Your new alarm clock
YouTube video by Klangphonics
youtube.com
October 30, 2025 at 9:59 AM
#Art
in the Creation (process)
and as the Creation (result)
Be determined when creating a piece of art and passionate about painting of art and craft
October 26, 2025 at 12:27 PM
Reposted by pepoluan
Chump is ignoring Blue States 💙
Like California, and Gavin Newsom
Has Been Ringing Alarm Bells
About This.......
October 26, 2025 at 11:08 AM
Reposted by pepoluan
I told my nephew he could be anything when he grows up. He chose disappointment.
October 26, 2025 at 10:16 AM
Somtimes I wonder
why they call the company
Go-Ogle

It's almost like
what happened with
ExpertSexChange

#Google #Strange
October 26, 2025 at 12:18 PM
Reposted by pepoluan
When they tell you they plan on throwing out the constitution, believe them.
October 13, 2025 at 2:04 AM
The #SSH stack
is the best illustration
for the OSI 7 Layer architecture.

The SSH protocol itself is a Session-layer protocol
the $TERM is a Presentation-layer protocol
and the shell is the Application-layer protocol

#Networking #OSILayers #OSI7Layers
October 12, 2025 at 3:43 PM
Ho-Lee ...

Why is dev-lang/zig-bin so HUGE
on #Gentoo

#GentooLinux #Linux #Zig
October 8, 2025 at 5:00 AM
True
the average temperature of the Earth
is rising.

But that is just a symptom
of too much Energy being stored.

"Greenhouse Gases"
are powerful molecular Energy storage.

#GlobalWarming #ClimateChange #ClimateWeirding
#GlobalWarming is kind of a misnomer.

it's less about rising average temperature,
but more precisely,

about the Earth storing MUCH more energy.

the overabundance of energy intensifies everything:

summer becomes hotter
winter becomes colder
cyclones (typhoons/hurricanes) become more powerful
October 1, 2025 at 5:11 AM
The SuperPower of #Gentoo #Linux
is that you can set up your system
exactly the way you want it
via the USE flags.

And packages will -- most of the time --
adjust to your desires.

No such thing as package broken
because of missing dependency feature.

They either compile
or not.

#GentooLinux
#Gentoo Linux is not that "hard"
at least, not as "hard" as #LinuxFromScratch

Some of the "hard" points, I think, are:
1. Installation
2. Setting up your USE flags
3. Configuring your kernel the first time

Once you've done all that,
maintenance is easy.

Just need TIME.

#GentooLinux
October 1, 2025 at 4:58 AM
#Gentoo Linux is not that "hard"
at least, not as "hard" as #LinuxFromScratch

Some of the "hard" points, I think, are:
1. Installation
2. Setting up your USE flags
3. Configuring your kernel the first time

Once you've done all that,
maintenance is easy.

Just need TIME.

#GentooLinux
October 1, 2025 at 4:55 AM
With surprise,
I noticed that my #Gentoo machine
now pulls in #Zig as a BDEPEND

A bit of diving shows that
#ncdu has been rewritten in Zig.

Nice,
though that means
yet-another-compiler to pull in.

Maybe I should pull in zig-bin instead?

#GentooLinux
October 1, 2025 at 4:36 AM
Finally Linus drops #Bcachefs from the #LinuxKernel

Starting 6.18 Bcachefs will be available only via DKMS.

#Linux
September 30, 2025 at 1:06 PM
I think the first time I made a "serious" multithreaded application,
was with C#.
Or was it VB.Net?
I forgot.

But I'm almost certain it was a .Net language.

#ProgrammingExperience
September 29, 2025 at 9:32 AM
I know C.
I can read -- and understand, to a degree -- code in C.
But I probably won't like it.

So I won't ever write code in C,
if it can be helped.

C++ is totally different, though.
I refuse to even peek at C++ code.
September 29, 2025 at 9:23 AM
#GlobalWarming is kind of a misnomer.

it's less about rising average temperature,
but more precisely,

about the Earth storing MUCH more energy.

the overabundance of energy intensifies everything:

summer becomes hotter
winter becomes colder
cyclones (typhoons/hurricanes) become more powerful
September 25, 2025 at 10:24 PM
#GenerativeAI saves time in the generation,
but wastes time in verification.

And humans are lazy.
Do you even think they will verify things?

Stop using auto-complete to generate your documents!

www.youtube.com/watch?v=lkjR...
Attorney Hit With Largest Fine Ever for ChatGPT Brief
YouTube video by Steve Lehto
www.youtube.com
September 24, 2025 at 5:12 PM
Great article about #VibeCoding

I may have a suitable anecdotal tale about this.

See the thread underneath.

#Coding #Programming

nmn.gl/blog/vibe-co...
Vibe Coding Is Creating Braindead Coders
Confession: I’ve been using Claude Code to write all my code for me. And I think it’s making me worse at the thing I’ve loved doing for twelve years. I can clearly see how AI coding is rewiring our br...
nmn.gl
September 17, 2025 at 2:14 PM
Reposted by pepoluan
Battle doomscrolling by posting 5 small pleasures in life:

1. My dogs and their foibles
2. The daily “take me away” of soaps
3. The sublime reward of coding something in R or Python
4. My son’s new victories or adventures
5. Connecting with older loved ones while we still have ‘em
September 15, 2025 at 11:09 PM
Remember the Alamo
The fight for the freedom to keep slavery

#Alamo #RememberTheAlamo more like let's #ForgetTheAlamo

youtube.com/shorts/v5lvr...
Why Remember The Alamo?
YouTube video by Miniminuteman
youtube.com
September 16, 2025 at 12:48 AM
Use built-in functions that support Iterable protocol.

sum(range(101))

towardsdatascience.com/implementing...

#PythonProgramming
Implementing the Gaussian Challenge in Python | Towards Data Science
Beginner-friendly tutorial to understand range function and Python loops
towardsdatascience.com
September 15, 2025 at 12:14 AM
Hudson / Hudson Soft was so far ahead of the curve...
And sadly was brought down by forces they totally can't control:
Bank Failure.

This is a good documentary:
youtu.be/ow13aO1OmJM

#Gaming #ConsoleGaming #PCEngine #TurboGrafx #GamingHistory
The PC-Engine Chronicles, the unexpected success of an unusual console | A TurboGrafx-16 Documentary
YouTube video by Sakharu Baguette
youtu.be
September 13, 2025 at 8:27 AM
I think @steampowered.com should use a better rating system than a simple👍🏼|👎🏼

At least add a third option, "Neutral" 🫱🏼

Better if they use 5 options:

👍🏼👍🏼|👍🏼|🫱🏼|👎🏼|👎🏼👎🏼

Assign values of -2..+2 for the 5 options.
Or -3 | -1 | 0 | +1 | +3

#Gaming #PCGaming
September 10, 2025 at 1:55 AM
Finally.

#SaintCarloAcutis,
please intercede for us, fellow believers,
in our daily interaction over the Internet.

#CarloAcutis #Catholicism #Catholics
September 7, 2025 at 11:24 AM