Dave Cuthbert 🌲🍂🍁🦃
@dacut.bsky.social
Geeking out on Bainbridge Island in the Pacific Northwest on cloud and circuits. Open water swimming is my poison. Mbr of Tech Staff at Corbalt, ex-AWS, building things for the public sector. Opinions my own.
Not even a canoe cult? I wasn’t looking for a cult, but a canoe cult would spur my interest.
November 20, 2025 at 5:12 AM
Not even a canoe cult? I wasn’t looking for a cult, but a canoe cult would spur my interest.
Heh… it’s literally the same temperature here and where you are (7°).
November 20, 2025 at 5:08 AM
Heh… it’s literally the same temperature here and where you are (7°).
What, no cpio archive? I can also take a StuffIt Expander file.
November 20, 2025 at 4:57 AM
What, no cpio archive? I can also take a StuffIt Expander file.
When I got locked out of our house as a teen, I borrowed my neighbors garage door opener and flipped through the codes to get in (new development with the same model of garage door opener), so, yeah.
November 18, 2025 at 10:41 PM
When I got locked out of our house as a teen, I borrowed my neighbors garage door opener and flipped through the codes to get in (new development with the same model of garage door opener), so, yeah.
I think Bluetooth PINs are just advisory, and it’s up to the app to decide how it wants to present them. Sometimes have to enter it; sometimes it just asks me to confirm they match; other times it doesn’t care.
Protecting against Murphy, not Machiavelli, I guess.
Protecting against Murphy, not Machiavelli, I guess.
November 18, 2025 at 5:05 PM
I think Bluetooth PINs are just advisory, and it’s up to the app to decide how it wants to present them. Sometimes have to enter it; sometimes it just asks me to confirm they match; other times it doesn’t care.
Protecting against Murphy, not Machiavelli, I guess.
Protecting against Murphy, not Machiavelli, I guess.
I’ve seen this on other active matrix displays, but I’m quite curious as to why they’re diagonal.
November 18, 2025 at 4:56 PM
I’ve seen this on other active matrix displays, but I’m quite curious as to why they’re diagonal.
That’s not a driverless car! That’s a driverless jacuzzi!
November 17, 2025 at 6:57 PM
That’s not a driverless car! That’s a driverless jacuzzi!
Swimming. If there’s not enough light to force me awake, the bitter cold of the sound will do.
November 17, 2025 at 5:06 AM
Swimming. If there’s not enough light to force me awake, the bitter cold of the sound will do.
I was having a hard time figuring out why I was seeing a few extra bytes in the payload; it's this weird Content-Encoding: aws-chunked format.
That's what allows for signatures to be appended; I thought S3 was just doing weird things with HTTP chunks, but, no. 2/2
That's what allows for signatures to be appended; I thought S3 was just doing weird things with HTTP chunks, but, no. 2/2
November 17, 2025 at 12:44 AM
I was having a hard time figuring out why I was seeing a few extra bytes in the payload; it's this weird Content-Encoding: aws-chunked format.
That's what allows for signatures to be appended; I thought S3 was just doing weird things with HTTP chunks, but, no. 2/2
That's what allows for signatures to be appended; I thought S3 was just doing weird things with HTTP chunks, but, no. 2/2
Interestingly, it's working after I just updated a Fedora 42 install to Fedora 43, but I had to `sudo dnf install glycin-thumbnailer` to get it to work (from discussion.fedoraproject.org/t/fedora-43-...)
[Fedora 43] no thumbnails in Nautilus (gnome files)
more importantly this is happening on 2 different machines which I upgraded to Fedora 43 (and not happening in a third machine running silverblue) so I doubt it’s something specific to my installation...
discussion.fedoraproject.org
November 16, 2025 at 7:07 AM
Interestingly, it's working after I just updated a Fedora 42 install to Fedora 43, but I had to `sudo dnf install glycin-thumbnailer` to get it to work (from discussion.fedoraproject.org/t/fedora-43-...)
Ah, the old Qt/Gtk divide.
I’ve tried to stay on the Gtk side for development for random reasons, but remember Gtk apps (decades ago now) looking very wonky under KDE. Qt apps looked fine on Gnome, though.
Ok, enough pontificating from me; time to experiment again!
I’ve tried to stay on the Gtk side for development for random reasons, but remember Gtk apps (decades ago now) looking very wonky under KDE. Qt apps looked fine on Gnome, though.
Ok, enough pontificating from me; time to experiment again!
November 16, 2025 at 5:18 AM
Ah, the old Qt/Gtk divide.
I’ve tried to stay on the Gtk side for development for random reasons, but remember Gtk apps (decades ago now) looking very wonky under KDE. Qt apps looked fine on Gnome, though.
Ok, enough pontificating from me; time to experiment again!
I’ve tried to stay on the Gtk side for development for random reasons, but remember Gtk apps (decades ago now) looking very wonky under KDE. Qt apps looked fine on Gnome, though.
Ok, enough pontificating from me; time to experiment again!
Haven’t heard of it until now. I’ll have to give this a spin! Thanks!
November 16, 2025 at 5:11 AM
Haven’t heard of it until now. I’ll have to give this a spin! Thanks!
I should clarify: by well-funded, I mean a drive to polish everything like the Apple of old but with the openness of Linux.
Of course, Apple had the benefit of a singular hardware platform.
Apple today feels like Slackware 1.1.x: “It might work, but you’ll need to fix everything yourself.”
Of course, Apple had the benefit of a singular hardware platform.
Apple today feels like Slackware 1.1.x: “It might work, but you’ll need to fix everything yourself.”
November 16, 2025 at 5:09 AM
I should clarify: by well-funded, I mean a drive to polish everything like the Apple of old but with the openness of Linux.
Of course, Apple had the benefit of a singular hardware platform.
Apple today feels like Slackware 1.1.x: “It might work, but you’ll need to fix everything yourself.”
Of course, Apple had the benefit of a singular hardware platform.
Apple today feels like Slackware 1.1.x: “It might work, but you’ll need to fix everything yourself.”
I like Mint, but have had issues with hi-DPI monitors in the past. Maybe time to give it another go.
November 16, 2025 at 5:04 AM
I like Mint, but have had issues with hi-DPI monitors in the past. Maybe time to give it another go.
I’ll have to give this a shot. Fedora is what usually works best for me (handles hi-DPI well); most of the rough edges were around Gnome.
November 16, 2025 at 5:03 AM
I’ll have to give this a shot. Fedora is what usually works best for me (handles hi-DPI well); most of the rough edges were around Gnome.
I'm not sure why, but I'm still hoping for a well-funded distro to emerge that becomes a "just works" distro.
Once upon a time that was supposed to be Ubuntu, but they tried to fork too many things (Mir, Unity, Upstart, Snap); kind of tried to become a Microsoft of Linux.
Once upon a time that was supposed to be Ubuntu, but they tried to fork too many things (Mir, Unity, Upstart, Snap); kind of tried to become a Microsoft of Linux.
November 16, 2025 at 1:13 AM
I'm not sure why, but I'm still hoping for a well-funded distro to emerge that becomes a "just works" distro.
Once upon a time that was supposed to be Ubuntu, but they tried to fork too many things (Mir, Unity, Upstart, Snap); kind of tried to become a Microsoft of Linux.
Once upon a time that was supposed to be Ubuntu, but they tried to fork too many things (Mir, Unity, Upstart, Snap); kind of tried to become a Microsoft of Linux.
Back under the old system for grading maple syrup, I'd always look for the Grade B syrup. That was the tasty stuff that others would bypass because "Eww, I only use Grade A."
(It's now called Grade A Dark. Would get the commercial Extra Dark, but it's hard to find in reasonable sized jars.)
(It's now called Grade A Dark. Would get the commercial Extra Dark, but it's hard to find in reasonable sized jars.)
November 16, 2025 at 1:06 AM
Back under the old system for grading maple syrup, I'd always look for the Grade B syrup. That was the tasty stuff that others would bypass because "Eww, I only use Grade A."
(It's now called Grade A Dark. Would get the commercial Extra Dark, but it's hard to find in reasonable sized jars.)
(It's now called Grade A Dark. Would get the commercial Extra Dark, but it's hard to find in reasonable sized jars.)
I see the fewer people side, but definitely not the "same work" side. I'm seeing an increase in the amount of garbage being put out.
The expectation is that the consumer will just have to live with it. That might be true in software and marketing, but not legal; judges have zero tolerance for this.
The expectation is that the consumer will just have to live with it. That might be true in software and marketing, but not legal; judges have zero tolerance for this.
November 16, 2025 at 1:01 AM
I see the fewer people side, but definitely not the "same work" side. I'm seeing an increase in the amount of garbage being put out.
The expectation is that the consumer will just have to live with it. That might be true in software and marketing, but not legal; judges have zero tolerance for this.
The expectation is that the consumer will just have to live with it. That might be true in software and marketing, but not legal; judges have zero tolerance for this.
When I dug a pit to bury my propane tank a few years back, it was all pure clay once we got a bit over a meter down. I was amazed at how nice it looked (especially having grown up in an area where it's all just decomposed granite).
November 16, 2025 at 12:57 AM
When I dug a pit to bury my propane tank a few years back, it was all pure clay once we got a bit over a meter down. I was amazed at how nice it looked (especially having grown up in an area where it's all just decomposed granite).
Oh, glad it wasn't just me. I looked at Netlify recently and couldn't make sense of even moving off of AWS (which is fairly pricey).
November 16, 2025 at 12:52 AM
Oh, glad it wasn't just me. I looked at Netlify recently and couldn't make sense of even moving off of AWS (which is fairly pricey).
That looks delightfully sunny. IIRC, you were down in Aotearoa; still there?
Right now, in Seattle, it's been stormy enough that you get a good swim in before you even get into the water. 😆
Right now, in Seattle, it's been stormy enough that you get a good swim in before you even get into the water. 😆
November 16, 2025 at 12:49 AM
That looks delightfully sunny. IIRC, you were down in Aotearoa; still there?
Right now, in Seattle, it's been stormy enough that you get a good swim in before you even get into the water. 😆
Right now, in Seattle, it's been stormy enough that you get a good swim in before you even get into the water. 😆
If COVID didn't make them flee (or, rather, make them realize they didn't *need* expensive Manhattan real estate), Mamdani won't even make them flinch.
Though I have no doubt some will use it as a convenient excuse (e.g. we're leaving because we're cash strapped but don't want to say that).
Though I have no doubt some will use it as a convenient excuse (e.g. we're leaving because we're cash strapped but don't want to say that).
November 16, 2025 at 12:40 AM
If COVID didn't make them flee (or, rather, make them realize they didn't *need* expensive Manhattan real estate), Mamdani won't even make them flinch.
Though I have no doubt some will use it as a convenient excuse (e.g. we're leaving because we're cash strapped but don't want to say that).
Though I have no doubt some will use it as a convenient excuse (e.g. we're leaving because we're cash strapped but don't want to say that).
The environment (federal agency) I'm in makes it hard to use Linux on our machines, but macOS 26 is pushing me in that direction. I figure I could at least have a chance at debugging the Gtk/Nautilus interaction.
November 16, 2025 at 12:36 AM
The environment (federal agency) I'm in makes it hard to use Linux on our machines, but macOS 26 is pushing me in that direction. I figure I could at least have a chance at debugging the Gtk/Nautilus interaction.
Nah, this is exactly what their customers want. But, keep in mind, their customers in this case are Hollywood studios and ad buyers.
November 14, 2025 at 7:20 PM
Nah, this is exactly what their customers want. But, keep in mind, their customers in this case are Hollywood studios and ad buyers.