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An odd boffin with years in the unix realm. Long time gamer, video and tabletop.
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When asked which #linux distro is my personal favorite, I don't really have an answer. Different distros do things better. My *nix journey has been SunOS
Irix
AIX
slackware
redhat
solaris
openbsd
SLES
RHEL
HPUX
centos
ubuntu
mint
Devuan
Void
Gentoo
RHEL
Kubuntu
Pop!_OS
They all have ups and downs
Irix
AIX
slackware
redhat
solaris
openbsd
SLES
RHEL
HPUX
centos
ubuntu
mint
Devuan
Void
Gentoo
RHEL
Kubuntu
Pop!_OS
They all have ups and downs
My what a large trenchcoat that must have been www.dexerto.com/entertainmen...
AI company files for bankruptcy after being exposed as 700 Indian engineers - Dexerto
An ambitious company that claimed to make apps using AI has been exposed as hundreds of human workers based in India.
www.dexerto.com
June 3, 2025 at 10:24 AM
My what a large trenchcoat that must have been www.dexerto.com/entertainmen...
There are true patriots, and there are "patriots", bowing to some malleable definition of the term that benefits the propagandist most
And now we gonna have "paytriots". Ugh.
And now we gonna have "paytriots". Ugh.
April 3, 2025 at 11:54 AM
There are true patriots, and there are "patriots", bowing to some malleable definition of the term that benefits the propagandist most
And now we gonna have "paytriots". Ugh.
And now we gonna have "paytriots". Ugh.
The mmo problem of self sufficiency:
I need to be higher ilvl to do this thing
I can craft gear!
I need these raw mats
Oh and better crafting gear
And now I need to gather rare mats
And I need better gathering gear.
There is now no way I can do the thing I want in the time I have :(
I need to be higher ilvl to do this thing
I can craft gear!
I need these raw mats
Oh and better crafting gear
And now I need to gather rare mats
And I need better gathering gear.
There is now no way I can do the thing I want in the time I have :(
April 1, 2025 at 1:21 PM
The mmo problem of self sufficiency:
I need to be higher ilvl to do this thing
I can craft gear!
I need these raw mats
Oh and better crafting gear
And now I need to gather rare mats
And I need better gathering gear.
There is now no way I can do the thing I want in the time I have :(
I need to be higher ilvl to do this thing
I can craft gear!
I need these raw mats
Oh and better crafting gear
And now I need to gather rare mats
And I need better gathering gear.
There is now no way I can do the thing I want in the time I have :(
Gave Powershell another swing and
a cartoon horse says no sir i dont like it
Alt: a cartoon horse says no sir i dont like it
media.tenor.com
March 31, 2025 at 12:15 PM
Gave Powershell another swing and
While I am fine with a gui, I still find the command line to be a more concise & precise tool for interacting with a computer.
I am glad that linux and bsd have fully featured CLI environments
The other guys have poweshell too, I guess.
I am glad that linux and bsd have fully featured CLI environments
The other guys have poweshell too, I guess.
March 11, 2025 at 1:08 PM
While I am fine with a gui, I still find the command line to be a more concise & precise tool for interacting with a computer.
I am glad that linux and bsd have fully featured CLI environments
The other guys have poweshell too, I guess.
I am glad that linux and bsd have fully featured CLI environments
The other guys have poweshell too, I guess.
I feel like some distros for #linux are just about polished enough to fuel the year of the linux desktop. But how to channel new users to these distros best and away from the ones that are less user friendly?
(I named no distros in this post on purpose to illustrate how just linux isn't helpful.)
(I named no distros in this post on purpose to illustrate how just linux isn't helpful.)
January 22, 2025 at 11:35 AM
I feel like some distros for #linux are just about polished enough to fuel the year of the linux desktop. But how to channel new users to these distros best and away from the ones that are less user friendly?
(I named no distros in this post on purpose to illustrate how just linux isn't helpful.)
(I named no distros in this post on purpose to illustrate how just linux isn't helpful.)
Norovirus is no joke
January 20, 2025 at 6:25 PM
Norovirus is no joke
Politics is not a team sport. Why do so many people seem to treat it like one?
January 3, 2025 at 1:35 PM
Politics is not a team sport. Why do so many people seem to treat it like one?
Sometimes I like to think about resilient computing. How would one build a computational engine that would keep processing for longest amount of time possible?
Lasting a year is something an electronic computer can already do. But what about a decade? A millenia? A geological era?
Lasting a year is something an electronic computer can already do. But what about a decade? A millenia? A geological era?
January 2, 2025 at 1:38 PM
Sometimes I like to think about resilient computing. How would one build a computational engine that would keep processing for longest amount of time possible?
Lasting a year is something an electronic computer can already do. But what about a decade? A millenia? A geological era?
Lasting a year is something an electronic computer can already do. But what about a decade? A millenia? A geological era?
Here's a quick video about analog computing. Fascinating stuff! m.youtube.com/watch?v=IgF3...
The Most Powerful Computers You've Never Heard Of
YouTube video by Veritasium
m.youtube.com
January 2, 2025 at 1:34 PM
Here's a quick video about analog computing. Fascinating stuff! m.youtube.com/watch?v=IgF3...
A quick way yo make your life a world of pain on #linux:
# chmod -R 000 /etc
Was done to me once. The prankster hasn't been back since...
# chmod -R 000 /etc
Was done to me once. The prankster hasn't been back since...
December 25, 2024 at 10:45 AM
A quick way yo make your life a world of pain on #linux:
# chmod -R 000 /etc
Was done to me once. The prankster hasn't been back since...
# chmod -R 000 /etc
Was done to me once. The prankster hasn't been back since...
What do you call an adorable mammalian acquatic animal that wants to rule your country?
An Ottercrat
An Ottercrat
December 24, 2024 at 7:02 PM
What do you call an adorable mammalian acquatic animal that wants to rule your country?
An Ottercrat
An Ottercrat
Smelled a troll just now. Block hammer applied.
December 24, 2024 at 1:46 PM
Smelled a troll just now. Block hammer applied.
Getting NetworkManager to actually really no no really I freaking mean it LEAVE MY RESOLV.CONF ALONE! Is a challenge.
December 24, 2024 at 11:31 AM
Getting NetworkManager to actually really no no really I freaking mean it LEAVE MY RESOLV.CONF ALONE! Is a challenge.
Here we go. Blocking mallet at the ready. By Grabthar's Hammer, keep them at bay.
Russian disinfo network “Matryoshka” is migrating to Bluesky as exodus from X continues: https://theins.ru/en/news/277378
December 23, 2024 at 3:41 PM
Here we go. Blocking mallet at the ready. By Grabthar's Hammer, keep them at bay.
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There's a whole generation of coders out there who learned the best path to job security was to make code so arcane, obtuse, and inscrutable that only they could have any hope of maintaining it.
I've seen multiple critical apps done in this style, and the grinning wizened goblins who wrote 'em.
I've seen multiple critical apps done in this style, and the grinning wizened goblins who wrote 'em.
December 23, 2024 at 10:57 AM
There's a whole generation of coders out there who learned the best path to job security was to make code so arcane, obtuse, and inscrutable that only they could have any hope of maintaining it.
I've seen multiple critical apps done in this style, and the grinning wizened goblins who wrote 'em.
I've seen multiple critical apps done in this style, and the grinning wizened goblins who wrote 'em.
Utf-8 is really great. Binary log files are a total 0 for me. Looking at my *nix journey, you might see the point where I tried to avoid systemd. Keeping binary log files was one reason for that.
December 21, 2024 at 2:07 PM
Utf-8 is really great. Binary log files are a total 0 for me. Looking at my *nix journey, you might see the point where I tried to avoid systemd. Keeping binary log files was one reason for that.
I see a problem. Politics and tribalism do not mix well. Replacing nuanced positions, compromise, and persuasion with loyalism based on a tribal identity is not good.
Buying into it by pushing the other tribe away just makes them cling more closely together. This is the opposite of compromise.
Buying into it by pushing the other tribe away just makes them cling more closely together. This is the opposite of compromise.
December 21, 2024 at 8:04 AM
I see a problem. Politics and tribalism do not mix well. Replacing nuanced positions, compromise, and persuasion with loyalism based on a tribal identity is not good.
Buying into it by pushing the other tribe away just makes them cling more closely together. This is the opposite of compromise.
Buying into it by pushing the other tribe away just makes them cling more closely together. This is the opposite of compromise.
Looks like ISPs got the malicious genie. Careful what you wish for... arstechnica.com/tech-policy/...
So now instead of one standard they might have to adjust to 50? How onerous for these multibillion dollar monopolies!
(internet service should be a public utility btw)
So now instead of one standard they might have to adjust to 50? How onerous for these multibillion dollar monopolies!
(internet service should be a public utility btw)
Big loss for ISPs as Supreme Court won’t hear challenge to $15 broadband law
ISPs fear more states will regulate prices as New York law survives challenge.
arstechnica.com
December 19, 2024 at 2:01 PM
Looks like ISPs got the malicious genie. Careful what you wish for... arstechnica.com/tech-policy/...
So now instead of one standard they might have to adjust to 50? How onerous for these multibillion dollar monopolies!
(internet service should be a public utility btw)
So now instead of one standard they might have to adjust to 50? How onerous for these multibillion dollar monopolies!
(internet service should be a public utility btw)
Is it just me or are our schools more like prisons now with high security, bad food, and fewer opportunities for growth? I wonder why it got like that...
December 17, 2024 at 11:34 AM
Is it just me or are our schools more like prisons now with high security, bad food, and fewer opportunities for growth? I wonder why it got like that...
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Updated my #Uplift custom feed: bsky.app/profile/debb...
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December 16, 2024 at 5:51 PM
Updated my #Uplift custom feed: bsky.app/profile/debb...
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You never know what will come out of a broken crayon.
A while back, Crayola asked me for permission to animate some of my winter-themed broken crayon art. Thanks to Jose Hernandez for animating my art! You can find more of Jose's work at www.grown.la
My #Uplift feed:
bsky.app/profile/debb...
A while back, Crayola asked me for permission to animate some of my winter-themed broken crayon art. Thanks to Jose Hernandez for animating my art! You can find more of Jose's work at www.grown.la
My #Uplift feed:
bsky.app/profile/debb...
December 15, 2024 at 11:04 PM
You never know what will come out of a broken crayon.
A while back, Crayola asked me for permission to animate some of my winter-themed broken crayon art. Thanks to Jose Hernandez for animating my art! You can find more of Jose's work at www.grown.la
My #Uplift feed:
bsky.app/profile/debb...
A while back, Crayola asked me for permission to animate some of my winter-themed broken crayon art. Thanks to Jose Hernandez for animating my art! You can find more of Jose's work at www.grown.la
My #Uplift feed:
bsky.app/profile/debb...
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Was the US Telecom Breach Inevitable, Proving Backdoors Can't Be Secure?
https://it.slashdot.org/story/24/12/15/0023237/was-the-us-telecom-breach-inevitable-proving-backdoors-cant-be-secure?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed
Was the US Telecom Breach Inevitable, Proving Backdoors Can't Be Secure?
America's 1994 "Communications Assistance for Law Enforcement Act" (or CALEA) created the security hole that helped enable a massive telecomm breach. But now America's FBI "is falling back on the same warmed-over, bad advice about encryption that it has trotted out for years," argues the Intercept:...
it.slashdot.org
December 15, 2024 at 2:42 AM
Was the US Telecom Breach Inevitable, Proving Backdoors Can't Be Secure?
https://it.slashdot.org/story/24/12/15/0023237/was-the-us-telecom-breach-inevitable-proving-backdoors-cant-be-secure?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed
Open source project that has not updated in 6 months: no problem!
Open source project that has not updated in six years: risky bugware? Super stable?
What is the horizon between slightly old, stable, and abandonware for you?
Open source project that has not updated in six years: risky bugware? Super stable?
What is the horizon between slightly old, stable, and abandonware for you?
December 15, 2024 at 12:03 PM
Open source project that has not updated in 6 months: no problem!
Open source project that has not updated in six years: risky bugware? Super stable?
What is the horizon between slightly old, stable, and abandonware for you?
Open source project that has not updated in six years: risky bugware? Super stable?
What is the horizon between slightly old, stable, and abandonware for you?
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WELL HE FUCKING WELL IS
I think it’s about time for @scalzi.com to start everyone ranting about how Elf on a Shelf is a narc.
December 14, 2024 at 4:17 AM
WELL HE FUCKING WELL IS