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Data center, HPC, networking nerd.
My ADHD makes me vacillate between filling this in with a mini resumé and things like 'aspiring llama rodeo clown'.
Leftist, but not *that* kind.
Data center, HPC, networking nerd.
My ADHD makes me vacillate between filling this in with a mini resumé and things like 'aspiring llama rodeo clown'.
Leftist, but not *that* kind.
That's quite the Alanis Ironic headline right there.
November 18, 2025 at 2:41 PM
That's quite the Alanis Ironic headline right there.
Cloudflare outage affecting many websites, including X
November 18, 2025 at 1:13 PM
Cloudflare outage affecting many websites, including X
I have high hopes, they made a lot of interesting choices.
I'm on the fence about the main character's inability to articulate what's wrong with the hive mind - waiting to see where they go with it.
I'm on the fence about the main character's inability to articulate what's wrong with the hive mind - waiting to see where they go with it.
November 17, 2025 at 12:56 PM
I have high hopes, they made a lot of interesting choices.
I'm on the fence about the main character's inability to articulate what's wrong with the hive mind - waiting to see where they go with it.
I'm on the fence about the main character's inability to articulate what's wrong with the hive mind - waiting to see where they go with it.
I thought Murphy was pretty popular, tbh. Best governor we've had in the last 20 years, easy. If only we had gotten the wind farm, I'd have no notes.
November 4, 2025 at 12:54 PM
I thought Murphy was pretty popular, tbh. Best governor we've had in the last 20 years, easy. If only we had gotten the wind farm, I'd have no notes.
This is the correct take
July 20, 2025 at 2:04 AM
This is the correct take
Right up there with 'the cookie monster looks deep within himself and asks: is me really monster?'
April 29, 2025 at 9:14 PM
Right up there with 'the cookie monster looks deep within himself and asks: is me really monster?'
"The first time I ever suffered offline consequences for a social media post in my life"
April 28, 2025 at 9:56 PM
"The first time I ever suffered offline consequences for a social media post in my life"
Eyy, donta overlook the Zuppi
April 23, 2025 at 9:34 PM
Eyy, donta overlook the Zuppi
I'm honestly just glad you guys still exist
April 21, 2025 at 1:25 PM
I'm honestly just glad you guys still exist
"by mistake". Mmmm-hmm.
April 12, 2025 at 9:37 PM
"by mistake". Mmmm-hmm.
Always. Be. Impeaching.
April 12, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Always. Be. Impeaching.
I think there's a formal investigation going on.
April 12, 2025 at 12:21 PM
I think there's a formal investigation going on.
Yeah hard to see it as anything but "we must take this thing that is not broken, and fix it"
April 9, 2025 at 12:11 PM
Yeah hard to see it as anything but "we must take this thing that is not broken, and fix it"
I'm just over here wondering who's gonna be Oliver Cromwell
April 7, 2025 at 10:07 AM
I'm just over here wondering who's gonna be Oliver Cromwell
Niven did a few. The sequel of course, The Smoke Ring, plus A World Out Of Time, and Destiny's Road.
March 27, 2025 at 4:40 PM
Niven did a few. The sequel of course, The Smoke Ring, plus A World Out Of Time, and Destiny's Road.
Eh, not really but I think something else is at work here.
Musk has always relied on a single tactic: make up a lofty goal that will get talented people to work 80-hour weeks and then take credit for their work.
I think the engineers at SpaceX, some of them at least, are tired of his bullshit.
Musk has always relied on a single tactic: make up a lofty goal that will get talented people to work 80-hour weeks and then take credit for their work.
I think the engineers at SpaceX, some of them at least, are tired of his bullshit.
March 7, 2025 at 1:09 PM
Eh, not really but I think something else is at work here.
Musk has always relied on a single tactic: make up a lofty goal that will get talented people to work 80-hour weeks and then take credit for their work.
I think the engineers at SpaceX, some of them at least, are tired of his bullshit.
Musk has always relied on a single tactic: make up a lofty goal that will get talented people to work 80-hour weeks and then take credit for their work.
I think the engineers at SpaceX, some of them at least, are tired of his bullshit.
Beginning to regret my Thneed™ purchase.
March 7, 2025 at 1:01 PM
Beginning to regret my Thneed™ purchase.
What kind of bs of this
February 11, 2025 at 11:41 PM
What kind of bs of this