Randall Degges
@rdegges.com
I'm just a happy programmer that likes to hack stuff.
This is the best article I’ve read to date on the state of the USA in 2025. Sad, but critical read: www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/america-ti...
America Tips Into Fascism
Today is different than before.
www.doomsdayscenario.co
August 26, 2025 at 2:12 PM
This is the best article I’ve read to date on the state of the USA in 2025. Sad, but critical read: www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/america-ti...
Best stress-reduction purchase of 2025 so far: a Steam Deck. This thing is amazing.
It’s so relaxing playing Stardew Valley when waiting around for things, in a Lyft, etc.
A++++ can’t recommend it enough.
It’s so relaxing playing Stardew Valley when waiting around for things, in a Lyft, etc.
A++++ can’t recommend it enough.
August 2, 2025 at 11:39 PM
Best stress-reduction purchase of 2025 so far: a Steam Deck. This thing is amazing.
It’s so relaxing playing Stardew Valley when waiting around for things, in a Lyft, etc.
A++++ can’t recommend it enough.
It’s so relaxing playing Stardew Valley when waiting around for things, in a Lyft, etc.
A++++ can’t recommend it enough.
Just got a new work laptop. Feels like I just started a brand new job. =)
August 2, 2025 at 10:14 PM
Just got a new work laptop. Feels like I just started a brand new job. =)
I find this terrifying: www.nytimes.com/2025/07/23/p...
A D.O.J. Whistleblower Speaks Out
www.nytimes.com
July 24, 2025 at 11:02 PM
I find this terrifying: www.nytimes.com/2025/07/23/p...
Anyone here use @synthesia.io ? I've heard so much about it, but after creating an account it's nearly impossible to generate a video. The onboarding is busted in a lot of ways.
Is there any simple way to just try it out BEFORE paying? oO
Is there any simple way to just try it out BEFORE paying? oO
June 23, 2025 at 2:07 AM
Anyone here use @synthesia.io ? I've heard so much about it, but after creating an account it's nearly impossible to generate a video. The onboarding is busted in a lot of ways.
Is there any simple way to just try it out BEFORE paying? oO
Is there any simple way to just try it out BEFORE paying? oO
Fuck this: www.wilderness.org/articles/blo... PROTECT PUBLIC LANDS!
Congress is making more than 250 million acres of public lands available for sale.
The Senate reconciliation package is a disturbing giveaway that will mandate the “disposal” of public lands across the western United States.
www.wilderness.org
June 21, 2025 at 7:35 PM
Fuck this: www.wilderness.org/articles/blo... PROTECT PUBLIC LANDS!
Finally trying out Claude Code for the first time. Let's see if it can make some test fixes for a massive codebase. >:D
June 5, 2025 at 11:40 AM
Finally trying out Claude Code for the first time. Let's see if it can make some test fixes for a massive codebase. >:D
Using AI to write unit/integration/performance tests is so clutch. I've been experimenting with it for test generation on a massive project with lots of complexities and it's working absolutely fantastic with Claude 4. A+++.
June 2, 2025 at 9:36 AM
Using AI to write unit/integration/performance tests is so clutch. I've been experimenting with it for test generation on a massive project with lots of complexities and it's working absolutely fantastic with Claude 4. A+++.
Am I being phished by North Korea?
May 7, 2025 at 2:31 AM
Am I being phished by North Korea?
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important context about the concentration camps in el salvador:
April 14, 2025 at 9:12 PM
important context about the concentration camps in el salvador:
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The refusal to provide people due process before shipping them off to foreign prisons is criminal and intolerable. It must not be normalized. Everyone who believes in justice and America needs to speak up now.
April 15, 2025 at 2:10 AM
The refusal to provide people due process before shipping them off to foreign prisons is criminal and intolerable. It must not be normalized. Everyone who believes in justice and America needs to speak up now.
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Senator Chris Van Hollen has requested an urgent meeting with President Nayib Bukele of El Salvador to address the situation involving Abrego Garcia, a Maryland man who was “mistakenly”deported from the United States to a prison in El Salvador.
April 14, 2025 at 9:29 PM
Senator Chris Van Hollen has requested an urgent meeting with President Nayib Bukele of El Salvador to address the situation involving Abrego Garcia, a Maryland man who was “mistakenly”deported from the United States to a prison in El Salvador.
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The constitutional crisis is here.
The President is disobeying lawful court orders. His advisors and allies are cheering him on. And Kilmar Abrego Garcia remains trapped in a jail in El Salvador.
youtu.be/HGTIELDTHOo?...
The President is disobeying lawful court orders. His advisors and allies are cheering him on. And Kilmar Abrego Garcia remains trapped in a jail in El Salvador.
youtu.be/HGTIELDTHOo?...
This Is a Constitutional Crisis
YouTube video by Sen. Adam Schiff
youtu.be
April 15, 2025 at 3:22 AM
The constitutional crisis is here.
The President is disobeying lawful court orders. His advisors and allies are cheering him on. And Kilmar Abrego Garcia remains trapped in a jail in El Salvador.
youtu.be/HGTIELDTHOo?...
The President is disobeying lawful court orders. His advisors and allies are cheering him on. And Kilmar Abrego Garcia remains trapped in a jail in El Salvador.
youtu.be/HGTIELDTHOo?...
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The biggest Nazi concentration camp wasn't in Germany itself. Trump and Bukele aren't special and new, they're shitty and old.
April 14, 2025 at 9:19 PM
The biggest Nazi concentration camp wasn't in Germany itself. Trump and Bukele aren't special and new, they're shitty and old.
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This, from the Holocaust Memorial Museum.
April 14, 2025 at 8:53 PM
This, from the Holocaust Memorial Museum.
As a US citizen, this news makes me absolutely sick to my stomach: www.youtube.com/watch?v=yd5G...
Not only is Trump and his entire administration directly defying a conservative Supreme Court's orders, they're blatantly lying about it to all of us.
If this isn't fixed, democracy is 100% dead.
Not only is Trump and his entire administration directly defying a conservative Supreme Court's orders, they're blatantly lying about it to all of us.
If this isn't fixed, democracy is 100% dead.
Trump makes BOMBSHELL news in Oval Office, grabs GLOBAL headlines
YouTube video by Brian Tyler Cohen
www.youtube.com
April 14, 2025 at 9:48 PM
As a US citizen, this news makes me absolutely sick to my stomach: www.youtube.com/watch?v=yd5G...
Not only is Trump and his entire administration directly defying a conservative Supreme Court's orders, they're blatantly lying about it to all of us.
If this isn't fixed, democracy is 100% dead.
Not only is Trump and his entire administration directly defying a conservative Supreme Court's orders, they're blatantly lying about it to all of us.
If this isn't fixed, democracy is 100% dead.
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It is essential for the rule of law that everyone involved in this end up in prison. Nothing else is a sufficient deterrent against the intentional, repeated abuse of government power to systematically deny fundamental rights.
Gritting my teeth and watching the clock as DOJ misses its daily 5 p.m. ET deadline for giving Judge Xinis an update in the Abrego Garcia case ...
15 minutes late so far ...
15 minutes late so far ...
April 14, 2025 at 9:19 PM
It is essential for the rule of law that everyone involved in this end up in prison. Nothing else is a sufficient deterrent against the intentional, repeated abuse of government power to systematically deny fundamental rights.
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Reminder for NC residents: There are likely only ~ 9-10 days left to check if your name is one of the 60K being challenged and confirm your identity. Check your family's names too. Link to check in the article.
abc11.com/post/jeffers...
abc11.com/post/jeffers...
Appeals court judges rule in favor of tossing thousands of ballots in close NC supreme court race
In a 2-1 decision, a panel of the intermediate-level Court of Appeals ruled that ballots were wrongly allowed.
abc11.com
April 10, 2025 at 3:26 PM
Reminder for NC residents: There are likely only ~ 9-10 days left to check if your name is one of the 60K being challenged and confirm your identity. Check your family's names too. Link to check in the article.
abc11.com/post/jeffers...
abc11.com/post/jeffers...
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🚨 By a vote of 220-208, the House has PASSED HR 22 the SAVE Act that will strip voting rights away for millions of Americans.
All Republicans voted YES as well as 4 Democrats:
Jared Golden (D-ME)
Marie Gluesenkamp Perez (D-WA)
Henry Cuellar (D-TX)
Ed Case (D-HI)
The bill now moves to the Senate.
All Republicans voted YES as well as 4 Democrats:
Jared Golden (D-ME)
Marie Gluesenkamp Perez (D-WA)
Henry Cuellar (D-TX)
Ed Case (D-HI)
The bill now moves to the Senate.
April 10, 2025 at 3:38 PM
🚨 By a vote of 220-208, the House has PASSED HR 22 the SAVE Act that will strip voting rights away for millions of Americans.
All Republicans voted YES as well as 4 Democrats:
Jared Golden (D-ME)
Marie Gluesenkamp Perez (D-WA)
Henry Cuellar (D-TX)
Ed Case (D-HI)
The bill now moves to the Senate.
All Republicans voted YES as well as 4 Democrats:
Jared Golden (D-ME)
Marie Gluesenkamp Perez (D-WA)
Henry Cuellar (D-TX)
Ed Case (D-HI)
The bill now moves to the Senate.
Fell a bit behind on email this week. Went from inbox 0 to inbox 110 >.>
April 4, 2025 at 6:25 PM
Fell a bit behind on email this week. Went from inbox 0 to inbox 110 >.>
For this year's April Fools' at Snyk, I built and released a thing!
If you've ever found yourself thinking that security tools were "boring", check out our new Snyk Greybeard tool: bit.ly/42pk70R
It's a wrapper for our Snyk CLI tool that adds sarcastic commentary to your security scan results!
If you've ever found yourself thinking that security tools were "boring", check out our new Snyk Greybeard tool: bit.ly/42pk70R
It's a wrapper for our Snyk CLI tool that adds sarcastic commentary to your security scan results!
April 1, 2025 at 3:08 PM
For this year's April Fools' at Snyk, I built and released a thing!
If you've ever found yourself thinking that security tools were "boring", check out our new Snyk Greybeard tool: bit.ly/42pk70R
It's a wrapper for our Snyk CLI tool that adds sarcastic commentary to your security scan results!
If you've ever found yourself thinking that security tools were "boring", check out our new Snyk Greybeard tool: bit.ly/42pk70R
It's a wrapper for our Snyk CLI tool that adds sarcastic commentary to your security scan results!
krebsonsecurity.com/2025/03/how-... fantastic article by @krebsonsecurity.com.web.brid.gy
TL;DR: The Trump regime is rapidly pushing the USA into a dictatorship. Only time will tell how this ends.
TL;DR: The Trump regime is rapidly pushing the USA into a dictatorship. Only time will tell how this ends.
How Each Pillar of the 1st Amendment is Under Attack
In an address to Congress this month, President Trump claimed he had "brought free speech back to America." But barely two months into his second term, the president has waged an unprecedented attack ...
krebsonsecurity.com
March 31, 2025 at 2:04 AM
krebsonsecurity.com/2025/03/how-... fantastic article by @krebsonsecurity.com.web.brid.gy
TL;DR: The Trump regime is rapidly pushing the USA into a dictatorship. Only time will tell how this ends.
TL;DR: The Trump regime is rapidly pushing the USA into a dictatorship. Only time will tell how this ends.
I'm officially addicted to these cotton candy grapes. Save me.
March 28, 2025 at 6:12 PM
I'm officially addicted to these cotton candy grapes. Save me.
So tired of being sick. Had the flu for the past ~2 weeks and still coughing a lung. Ugh.
March 28, 2025 at 3:43 AM
So tired of being sick. Had the flu for the past ~2 weeks and still coughing a lung. Ugh.