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Colin Douch
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Formerly Techleading #o11y at Cloudflare, now attempting to touch computers as little as possible 💖💜💙🏳️‍🌈
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In Nuremburg again for OSMC, and making my yearly pilgrimage to have a bit of a taste of home on this side of the world.
A flat white, on a wooden plate with a Kiwi burned into it
November 17, 2025 at 10:48 AM
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It's pppppppp-pancake day!
My stack of pancakes for pancake day
March 4, 2025 at 7:57 PM
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An OpenAI status page going from "we're experiencing an elevated level of API errors" to "We've spotted that something has gone wrong"
February 27, 2025 at 9:51 PM
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Had a blood test, and the NHS gives me two options to increase my HDL cholesterol. Anyone wanna go for a drink?
Screenshot from the NHS website indicating that I can either exercise, or consume a moderate amount of alcohol to improve my cholesterol
February 10, 2025 at 12:10 PM
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Tired: hash(salt + password)
Wired: Whatever crypt(3) does 😬
The giant algorithm that crypt(3) uses to hash passwords
March 6, 2024 at 10:59 AM
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*taps the sign*
A computer can never be held accountable therefore a computer must never make a management decision
March 4, 2024 at 7:50 AM
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Very true random padlock, very true.
A padlock that says "API -- Security Matters"
January 26, 2024 at 2:54 AM
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Anyone know who S. W. White, M. R. Speers, and J. A. Baker were? Apparently they were representing VIM, 12 years before VIM (the text editor) was created. Also, no one from emacs was invited apparently
VIM: S. W. White M. R. Speers (alternate) J. A. Baker (alternate)
January 5, 2024 at 5:10 AM
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The problem with rabbit holes:

"Let's build a shell"

My evening:
ANSI: additional controls for use with american national standard code for information interchange
January 3, 2024 at 9:26 AM
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I have found what I believe to be the single best painting of a Koala ever created
Painting of a chad Koala with a weirdly chiseled jawline
December 30, 2023 at 4:48 AM
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Visiting one of my favourite places in the world this weekend. The Kaweka Ranges in NZ, with natural hot springs in the middle of the forest
A river in the middle of the New Zealand forest
July 1, 2023 at 8:22 AM