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usrbinkat.io @usrbinkat.io · Nov 17
TIL Linus is Woke. I use Linux BTW 🐧

social.kernel.org/notice/AWSXo...
Screenshot of Linus Torvalds post on social.kernel.org reading: @morgthorak I think you might want to make sure you don’t follow me. Because your “woke communist propaganda” comment makes me think you’re a moron of the first order. I strongly suspect I am one of those “woke communists” you worry about. But you probably couldn’t actually explain what either of those words actually mean, could you? I’m a card-carrying atheist, I think a woman’s right to choose is very important, I think that “well regulated militia” means that guns should be carefully licensed and not just randomly given to any moron with a pulse, and I couldn’t care less if you decided to dress up in the “wrong” clothes or decided you’d rather live your life without feeling tied to whatever plumbing you were born with. And dammit, if that all makes me “woke”, then I think anybody who uses that word as a pejorative is a f*cking disgrace to the human race. So please just unfollow me right now.
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This is my start on the frontend for Athena <3

Since it's more put together I'm able to have a cleaner deepwiki :)
deepwiki.com/radicalkjax/...
github.com/radicalkjax/...
December 23, 2025 at 9:29 PM
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So i've retired LazyVim in favor of Konductor :D

github.com/braincraftio... 🍾🥂
December 23, 2025 at 8:45 AM
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Raindrops are scared of heights, actually.
December 20, 2025 at 2:56 AM
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Chat, the word of the day is linearizability.

I'm reading about linearizability and time skew.

Pretty sure I took a wrong turn to find myself here but not sure if it happened in the past or in the future.

When did I get this nerdy 💀
December 18, 2025 at 3:25 PM
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Nix, OS, Configuration Language, Package Manager.

It took 6 separate months long tries to finally become successful with Kubernetes.

Nix was the same, 6 months long tries and my brain is finally locking in.

Konductor runs on MacOS and Linux natively or choose between container and VM isolation.
GitHub - braincraftio/konductor: Polyglot development environment - Nix flake, OCI container, and QCOW2 VM
Polyglot development environment - Nix flake, OCI container, and QCOW2 VM - braincraftio/konductor
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December 12, 2025 at 4:19 PM
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Happy Saturday 👯🎉
December 6, 2025 at 3:23 PM
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Interestingly, if the Dells paid their employees a living wage it would brighten significantly more childrens futures than this monopoly money game.

Their full time employees have impoverished children.
Michael and Susan Dell donate $6.25 billion to encourage families to claim 'Trump Accounts'
Billionaires Michael and Susan Dell pledged a historic $6.25 billion on Tuesday to provide an incentive to families to adopt new investment accounts for children
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December 4, 2025 at 1:50 AM
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Apple making me feel like this literally.
December 1, 2025 at 10:38 PM
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Getting progressively angrier at my mac for dimming the screen every 3 minutes. I don't even have it turned all the way up. wth.
December 1, 2025 at 10:38 PM
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Open Sesame here we gooooo!!!!!!!

Meet the Sesame Pop_OS! Cosmic Desktop switcher+launcher.

Alt+Tab as you love it, with Alt+Space as the beginning of even more efficient keyboard navigation.

v1 is just the beginning of an extensible experience.

scopecreep-zip.github.io/open-sesame/...
A screenshot shows Pop!_OS 24.04 COSMIC desktop with the Open Sesame window switcher overlay active. The dark charcoal background displays the iconic Pop!_OS wallpaper featuring horizontal stripes in sage green, teal, golden yellow, and red-orange across the center, with a large cream-colored Pop!_OS exclamation point logo on the right. A semi-transparent dark overlay appears center-screen showing two windows with Vimium-style letter hints. The Open Sesame switcher displays two entries: G for Ghostty terminal with app ID ghostty, and E for Microsoft-edge showing Open Sesame - Vimium-... as the window title. Each entry shows a letter hint badge on the left, application name in the center, and window title on the right. The COSMIC top bar displays system indicators including CPU and memory graphs, 54C temperature, time 20:01, and status icons for clipboard, display, notifications, volume, wifi, and power. Pinned application icons on the left include Files, VS Code, and Pop Shop. This demonstrates Open Sesame, a Rust-based Vimium-style window switcher for COSMIC desktop that enables keyboard-driven window navigation without cycling. Typing G instantly switches to Ghostty while E focuses the browser. The tool supports focus-or-launch functionality, sub-200ms activation latency, configurable per-app keybindings, and MRU quick-switching. Built with Smithay Wayland toolkit and tiny-skia software rendering, it integrates natively with COSMIC protocols and theming, bringing browser-style hint navigation to the entire desktop environment.
November 28, 2025 at 4:12 AM
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"canned" 🤭🤭🤭
November 25, 2025 at 2:28 PM
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I've deployed ceph on openstack, vanilla kubernetes, and openshift before but I've never actually deployed it from scratch with the dashboard or any rados gateway features enabled.

I'm literally giddy right now.
A screenshot shows the Ceph Dashboard web interface at ceph.0ac949c3.sslip.io displaying a distributed storage cluster overview. The dark purple sidebar navigation lists sections for Dashboard, Multi-Cluster, Cluster management including Pools, Hosts, OSDs, Physical Disks, CRUSH Map, and Monitors, plus Block storage with Images, Mirroring, iSCSI, and NVMe/TCP, Object storage with Buckets, Gateways, and NFS, File storage with CephFS and SMB, Observability with Logs and Alerts, and Administration. The main dashboard shows Details panel listing Cluster ID fd8939c6-d8ac-4a06-b020-cba4c2e8a9c6, Ceph version 20.2.0 tentacle stable, Orchestrator not available, and Telemetry Dashboard inactive. Status panel displays a red error indicator for Cluster health. Capacity shows 0.01% used with 544 MiB of 31.4 TiB total. Inventory lists 3 Hosts, 3 Monitors, 2 Managers with one showing info status, 9 OSDs, 28 Pools, 617 PGs, and 1 Object Gateway, all with green checkmarks except the manager warning. Cluster Utilization graphs for the last hour show minimal activity across Used Capacity, IOPS, OSD Latencies, Client Throughput, and Recovery Throughput. This cluster runs on Talos Linux 1.11.5 with Kubernetes 1.34.2, deployed entirely via Pulumi Python infrastructure as code without Helm or kubectl. The health error stems from a Prometheus module string formatting failure and recent manager crashes, though all 617 placement groups report active and clean. The 31 TiB raw capacity across 9 OSDs provides CephFS, RBD block storage, and S3-compatible object storage via the RADOS Gateway.
November 23, 2025 at 4:25 AM
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if you like cable porn, the network cabling in the Azure Fairwater data centres is *chef's kiss*

the things that look like hoses at a gas station bring the closed loop direct water cooling to the GPUs. some of the chips have these *etched channels* for cooling hotspots with microfluidics
image from a microscope showing the etched channels that direct cooling to hotpots on the processor itself diagram of the 3D structure of the microfluidics cooling system
November 20, 2025 at 10:05 PM
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Telling my grandkids I lived to see Windows Aero ported to Mac OS "Glass".
November 20, 2025 at 6:01 PM
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AI is forcing datacenter design evolution.

Including grid scale GPU throttling, vertical DC scaling, closed loop liquid cooling, overcoming evaporative and air cooling density limits.

100x compute demand does magical things to efficiency innovation.

Here be dragons, and positive change too.
Infinite scale: The architecture behind the Azure AI superfactory - The Official Microsoft Blog
Today, we are unveiling the next Fairwater site of Azure AI datacenters in Atlanta, Georgia. This purpose-built datacenter is connected to our first Fairwater site in Wisconsin, prior generations of A...
blogs.microsoft.com
November 20, 2025 at 12:42 AM
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Q: What is a Kubernetes favorite bread?
A: A Cluster Role.
a person is holding a loaf of bread that says knead and bake
ALT: a person is holding a loaf of bread that says knead and bake
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November 19, 2025 at 5:18 PM
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Welcome to post apocalypse Sesame Street.
November 19, 2025 at 3:36 PM
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Today is brought to you by the letter B.

B for "bitchacity" like "tenacity" but bitchin'.
November 19, 2025 at 3:33 PM
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TIL Linus is Woke. I use Linux BTW 🐧

social.kernel.org/notice/AWSXo...
Screenshot of Linus Torvalds post on social.kernel.org reading: @morgthorak I think you might want to make sure you don’t follow me. Because your “woke communist propaganda” comment makes me think you’re a moron of the first order. I strongly suspect I am one of those “woke communists” you worry about. But you probably couldn’t actually explain what either of those words actually mean, could you? I’m a card-carrying atheist, I think a woman’s right to choose is very important, I think that “well regulated militia” means that guns should be carefully licensed and not just randomly given to any moron with a pulse, and I couldn’t care less if you decided to dress up in the “wrong” clothes or decided you’d rather live your life without feeling tied to whatever plumbing you were born with. And dammit, if that all makes me “woke”, then I think anybody who uses that word as a pejorative is a f*cking disgrace to the human race. So please just unfollow me right now.
November 17, 2025 at 11:32 PM
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Porting Kali Linux to Nix flake devshells is going well :D

The tmux and neovim are included!
A screenshot shows the Claude Code AI assistant interface version 2.0.42 running Sonnet 4.5 in a dark-themed terminal window. The interface displays a split-pane layout with a file browser on the left showing Results and Grep Preview sections, a documentation preview on the right, and terminal output at the bottom. The working directory is /Users/katmorg/Git/ubk/kalilix with timestamp KATMORG-M-21XNM 16:51 15-Nov-25. The left pane lists numerous Nix configuration files including kmi/examples/fedora/README.md, YAML files, deploy scripts, and kalilix repository files such as flake.nix, CLAUDE.md, KALI_SHELL.md, and modules with devshells and package definitions. The right pane shows CLAUDE.md content explaining Kalilix as a Nix flakes-based polyglot development environment with sections on Core Architecture, layered system design, and key technologies including Nix Flakes for deterministic builds and systemd for service management. The preview describes available development shells for bash, python, go, rust, node, devops, and full environments with mise task automation commands. The bottom terminal displays hyfetch output with colorful ASCII art showing system information for katmorg@KATMORG-M-21XNM running macOS 26.1 on Apple M6 Max with 21937.68 of 36864.00 MB memory used, bash 5.2.37, Aqua desktop, and Quartz Compositor. A color palette bar appears below. The prompt shows kalilix on main branch via Python 3.12.12 in virtual environment using impure kalilix-kali-env. This captures the meta-development moment of using Kalilix to develop Kalilix itself, demonstrating AI-assisted workflow through Claude Code integration. The visible content reveals Kalilix provides specialized language-specific development shells plus comprehensive Kali security testing with 32+ penetration testing tools, managed through reproducible Nix flakes and Mise automation, running on aarch64 to highlight cross-platform capabilities spanning macOS, Linux, and containers.
November 16, 2025 at 12:57 AM
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End of an era, watch your Ingress NGINX plans!

What are you replacing NGINX with?
Ingress NGINX Retirement: What You Need to Know
To prioritize the safety and security of the ecosystem, Kubernetes SIG Network and the Security Response Committee are announcing the upcoming retirement of Ingress NGINX. Best-effort maintenance will...
www.kubernetes.dev
November 14, 2025 at 4:10 AM
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Pop_OS! is among the best distros in 2025 if we're being serious.

Good job @system76.bsky.social 👏👏👏
A screenshot shows a split-screen view with a web browser on the left displaying the System76 Pop!_OS 24.04 LTS Beta Download page and a terminal window on the right showing system information on a freshly installed Pop!_OS system. The browser shows a vibrant banner image featuring white text reading Pop!_OS 24.04 LTS Beta Download over a stylized landscape with magenta and orange gradients, purple crystalline mountains, and a white and turquoise rocket ship centered in the composition. Below appears the heading POP!_OS IS GETTING BETA with descriptive text about the new COSMIC desktop environment and a VIEW FEATURES link, followed by upgrade instructions from Pop!_OS 22.04 LTS. The right terminal displays hyfetch output with cyan and blue ASCII art showing the Pop!_OS logo alongside detailed system specifications for usrbinkat@mithril, listing Pop!_OS trixie/sid noble on a Precision 7750 host with kernel 6.16.3, 9 hours 40 minutes uptime, COSMIC wayland desktop environment, bash 5.2.21 shell, Intel i7-10875H processor, NVIDIA Quadro T1000 Mobile and Intel UHD Graphics, 15.60 of 125.31 gigabytes memory used, and Dell BIOS version 1.29. Below the system information, htop process monitor shows active processes including cosmic-applet-minion and cosmic-comp, with system resource graphs displaying CPU, memory, and swap usage across multiple cores. A color palette bar appears beneath the hyfetch output showing the terminal's color scheme. This screenshot documents the successful completion of the dual-boot installation journey begun in the previous image, now showing Pop!_OS Beta with the new COSMIC desktop environment running natively on the Dell Precision 7750 workstation. Showing off the journey from aspiration to reality, with the detailed system information confirming proper hardware detection and the space-themed branding maintaining visual continuity between download and deployment phases of the Linux installation experience.
November 12, 2025 at 4:15 PM
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Pop it like it's hot🔥
A screenshot shows a web browser displaying the Pop!_OS download page at system76.com/pop/ with an active download popup window indicating pop-os_24.04_amd64_nvidia_20.iso downloading at 9.7 megabytes per second, 1.7 gigabytes of 32 gigabytes complete with 3 minutes remaining. The main page displays Welcome to Pop!_OS in large white text across a space-themed illustration, with tagline Unleash your potential on Pop!_OS: a Linux operating system empowering fun, discovery, and user freedom. The browser occupies most of the screen against a deep navy blue starfield. A white and turquoise retro-style rocket ship stands on rust-orange Martian terrain with cratered surface in the right portion. Two centered buttons appear below the headline: turquoise DOWNLOAD above golden yellow DONATE TO POP. The lower section contains a light gray panel announcing POP!_OS 24.04 LTS HAS LANDED IN BETA! in gray capitals, with descriptive text about better stability, security, intuitive UI, and more fun, plus a DISCOVER POP!_OS BETA link. At bottom, a Windows PowerShell terminal displays neofetch output showing system THOT running Windows 11 Build 24H2 with Intel Core i7-10875H processor, 128 gigabytes RAM, and 1952.77 gigabytes on C drive, alongside purple and white ASCII art. This captures the transitional moment of preparing a dual-boot installation, with Pop!_OS Beta featuring the new Cosmic desktop downloading to install on a separate NVMe drive alongside Windows 11 on this Dell Precision 7750 workstation. The juxtaposition of Linux's space exploration imagery above Windows system information symbolizes technological exploration and the journey toward operating system freedom, with the rocket ship metaphor reinforcing themes of launching into new computing experiences.
November 12, 2025 at 5:36 AM
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kubectl apply > vm boot > cloud-init > clone kalilix > build flake

She's alive!!!!! 🐉🍦
Screenshot of Ghostly terminal emulator, displaying the K9s Kubernetes utility. K9s shows the console log view of a KubeVirt virtual machine. The terminal shows real-time logs from a cloud-init bootstrap process, with timestamps in brackets on the left and cloud-init detailed installation messages. "Kalilix Bootstrap - Nix-First Multi-Platform" is visible in a decorative ASCII border box. The console logs capture the automated installation sequence beginning with mise package manager installation via curl, followed by successful mise installation to /home/kali/.local/bin/mise. The logs continue with cloning of the Kalilix repository from https://github.com/usrbinkat/kalilix into /home/kali/.kalilix. Multiple green checkmarks indicate successful completion of bootstrap steps including "Installing Nix package manager," "Linux installation complete," "Lix installed successfully," and "Flakes enabled." The installation reports Lix version 2.93.0 on x86_64-linux with experimental features enabled. The final section shows Nix flake evaluation and validation, with the system fetching dependencies from cache.nixos.org and nix-community.cachix.org, evaluating multiple development shell derivations for default, node, python, go, rust, devops, and full environments, each generating unique store paths in /nix/store. This visualization captures the successful orchestration of modern cloud-native development infrastructure where KubeVirt manages a Ubuntu 24.04 VM that automatically bootstraps a reproducible Nix-based development environment through cloud-init userdata. The deployment demonstrates the convergence of Kubernetes virtualization, declarative configuration management, and immutable infrastructure principles, showing how the Kalilix flake provides language-specific development shells while mise coordinates the toolchain installation, creating a fully automated, reproducible development workstation within a Kubernetes cluster.
November 9, 2025 at 11:45 PM
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Okay, back to Kalilix but I've moved her from the laptop to the local cloud. Back to porting Kali linux to a Nix ecosystem flake approach.
A screenshot displays a Linux terminal window with a deep purple background and light gray text output. The terminal window shows system information for an Ubuntu 24.04.3 LTS workstation, with the hostname "ghostty" visible at the top in white text centered between the window control buttons. The terminal displays various system statistics, network information, security notices, and command outputs from a user session. The terminal content begins with a welcome message and system identification, followed by three documentation links for Ubuntu help, Landscape management, and Ubuntu Pro support. System information dated Saturday November 8 at 19:58:06 UTC 2025 shows minimal resource usage with 0.0 system load, 31.6 percent of 55.31GB memory usage, zero percent swap usage, and 347 processes running with one user logged in. Two IP addresses are displayed for network interfaces br0 and br1. A prominently featured message about Kubernetes security appears with an associated Ubuntu link. Below this, security maintenance notifications indicate one immediate update available and two additional ESM Apps updates. A bordered rectangular section near the bottom contains Ubuntu workstation details including XRDP port 3389, SSH port 22, and services for RDP, Docker, and Libvirt. The final lines show command outputs for a git repository clone operation of a project called "kalilix" with progress indicators showing successful object enumeration, counting, compression, and delta resolution at 100 percent completion. The terminal session represents a freshly configured Ubuntu development workstation with remote access capabilities and containerization tools ready for use. The presence of Kubernetes messaging, Docker services, and active git operations suggests this is a DevOps or cloud development environment. The successful repository cloning operation shows the user actively setting up their Kalilix development project to port Kali linux to the Nix ecosystem as a Nix Flake.
November 8, 2025 at 11:01 PM