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Currently exploring :python_logo: #python :django: #django :debian […]

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I didn't miss the internet and the internet didn't miss me this weekend.
A mutually beneficial avoidance.
November 24, 2025 at 3:12 AM
Reposted by Kevin Bowen :xfce:
OK Friendly fZ80 Computers are now for sale!

I have no ecommerce site of my own and likely never will. I'm intending to use eBay. But I want to offer folks here first shot so I don't want to put the eBay page up.

There are ten units for sale. $90 each. There's no rational way to price these 10 […]
Original post on tldr.nettime.org
tldr.nettime.org
November 24, 2025 at 1:31 AM
Reposted by Kevin Bowen :xfce:
the grand opening of oakshire place mobile home sales of union city, tennessee, may 1970, with free entertainment by... who?!
November 21, 2025 at 9:28 PM
Just finished watching John Woo's "Hard Boiled" [1992].

I had no idea I could have this much fun watching shit get blown up. Just an absolutely insane amount of bullets, explosions, and bodies flying.

I'm pretty clueless when it comes to Asian action #cinema (aside from some Seijun Suzuki) […]
Original post on hachyderm.io
hachyderm.io
November 21, 2025 at 7:23 AM
I'm still too timid in my use of serrano peppers in my cornbread mix.
I really should just throw a whole pepper in the mix and let us suffer with the potential face-burning bread product.
I gave up on using jalapeños about two years ago. They may look nice; but, the ones I buy from the […]
Original post on hachyderm.io
hachyderm.io
November 21, 2025 at 3:21 AM
Can #tiobe die already? There's really no legitimate reason to give the TIOBE Programming Community index any oxygen other than clickbait.

"Willard: They told me that you had gone totally insane, and that your methods were unsound.
TIOBE: Are my methods unsound?
Willard: I don't see any method […]
Original post on hachyderm.io
hachyderm.io
November 21, 2025 at 2:08 AM
"Nostalgia… ain’t what it used to be."

#film #quotes #cinema #memory
November 21, 2025 at 12:11 AM
Reposted by Kevin Bowen :xfce:
Earlier on the expedition we found the most beautiful flower, and here, my friends, is the biggest: Rafflesia arnoldi seen in full bloom today in the Sumatran jungle. This is the largest flower on earth and one of the greatest wonders of the natural world.
November 20, 2025 at 9:40 AM
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One of the lucky career breaks I've had was writing the ACM TechNews and ACM SIGDA email news summaries from 2000-2005. It paid terribly, and I had to be at work at 6:30 a.m. but I learned a whole lot.

Anyway, I just saw that the ACM's magazine, The Communications of the Association of […]
Original post on infosec.exchange
infosec.exchange
November 20, 2025 at 10:52 PM
Reposted by Kevin Bowen :xfce:
git 2.52.0 is out, and as usual the release notes make for fascinating reading¹ ², if somewhat cryptic if you don't follow the "what's cooking" post series³ ⁴.

But there is something a bit weird in GitHub's usual blog post about this release⁵: there are several mentions of GitHub's fork of git […]
Original post on mastodon.social
mastodon.social
November 19, 2025 at 1:45 PM
Reposted by Kevin Bowen :xfce:
RE: exchange/@jtk/115571840599359932" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-link="bsky">https://infosec.exchange/@jtk/115571840599359932

Boosting for visibility. @jtk and I briefly explored what we see on the `/8`s announced by CAMTEL. It's been discussed on the #nanog mailing list as well.

#bgp #cameroon #asert
On 2025-11-05 CAMTEL (#as15964) began announcing 4.0.0.0/8 and 8.0.0.0/8. Others announce more specific prefixes within them, but as the plot shows CAMTEL is now receiving an elevated amount of traffic to the corresponding, unannounced address space in these […]

[Original post on infosec.exchange]
November 18, 2025 at 6:07 PM
Reposted by Kevin Bowen :xfce:
September 16, 2025 at 10:24 PM
All in all, we had a pretty decent day in meatspace.
Reports from the doctor are sounding positive. Or, at least, trending in a positive direction for a change after a rough, scary six+ months.
Lots of info for us to process and adapt to; but, it's a nice respite.🎉

Adulting is hard in new and […]
Original post on hachyderm.io
hachyderm.io
November 19, 2025 at 2:10 AM
Reposted by Kevin Bowen :xfce:
#OnThisDay in 1961, six Seattle Public Library branches closed early due to rowdyism. historylink.org/File/3979
November 18, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Reposted by Kevin Bowen :xfce:
Our Founder, @Gargron is stepping down from his position as CEO. He shared a reflection on his time building and growing Mastodon on our blog.

We want to take a moment to express the Mastodon team’s deep gratitude and admiration for Eugen, and for the technology and community he has built here […]
Original post on mastodon.social
mastodon.social
November 18, 2025 at 8:06 AM
While #cloudflare is down, the remaining available sites attempt to DDoS themselves with messages and articles re:Cloudflare being down(of which this message is may be one). Brilliant!🤣

#meta #cecin'estPasUnePipe
November 18, 2025 at 4:36 PM
Reposted by Kevin Bowen :xfce:
I've been spamming on this CP/M MP/M computer for 10, 11 months, partly obsessive escapism from daily reality blah blah, you know, in the usual way.

Well software and hardware is never "done" done, but it's at a major good point and today, I got the books […]

[Original post on tldr.nettime.org]
November 18, 2025 at 4:43 AM
Reposted by Kevin Bowen :xfce:
Und jeden Abend vor dem Nachtgebet nicht vergessen: "To Hell With Poverty!"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I_QJwR6D9d4
November 13, 2025 at 8:48 PM
On the plus side, stumbling across a bug and learning that it's already been reported goes a little ways towards tempering my #impostersyndrome (or at least vindicating a small portion of my sanity).

Those two hours of wrasslin' with it until you locate the report though...

#glasshalffull
November 18, 2025 at 1:11 AM
Reposted by Kevin Bowen :xfce:
If you're using #debian 13 and you're wondering why the `ping` command has stopped working for non-root users... `apt install linux-sysctl-defaults` will fix that for you.
November 16, 2025 at 9:07 PM
There was no right side of the bed option available this morning.
November 17, 2025 at 6:40 PM
Reposted by Kevin Bowen :xfce:
Much longer video of the salmon in the roadside stream. They’re so happy with all this rain.

For the most part, this is a forest stream. It only runs along the road for about a quarter mile.
November 16, 2025 at 2:22 AM
Really kind of impressed with myself that I've managed to keep these little educational #django projects of mine updated & working from #python 3.8 ---> 3.14 with both local installations as well as with Docker configurations. 🎉

Next phase of the projects is upgrading PostgreSQL from 15 to 18 […]
Original post on hachyderm.io
hachyderm.io
November 16, 2025 at 2:24 AM
Reposted by Kevin Bowen :xfce:
My father in law had a stroke around 15 years ago and has trouble speaking as a result of the residual aphasia. He's an old school Brooklyn boy from way back when, and I enjoy spending time with him, even if I'm the one doing most of the talking these days. Anyway, I'm hanging with him tonight […]
Original post on c.im
c.im
November 16, 2025 at 1:24 AM