Michael
@sourcenouveau.bsky.social
👨🏻🏭 Software engineer
💚 Genealogy, birding, gaming
📍 Buffalo, NY, USA
💚 Genealogy, birding, gaming
📍 Buffalo, NY, USA
FBI is investigating archive.today.
It's a shame because it's a great and needed service.
www.heise.de/en/news/Arch...
archive.is/FEcEi
It's a shame because it's a great and needed service.
www.heise.de/en/news/Arch...
archive.is/FEcEi
Archive.today: FBI Demands Data from Provider Tucows
The mysterious website Archive.today is coming under the FBI's crosshairs. A court order is forcing the provider Tucows to hand over user data.
www.heise.de
November 6, 2025 at 11:58 PM
FBI is investigating archive.today.
It's a shame because it's a great and needed service.
www.heise.de/en/news/Arch...
archive.is/FEcEi
It's a shame because it's a great and needed service.
www.heise.de/en/news/Arch...
archive.is/FEcEi
Firefox lets you drag tabs to your bookmark bar.
This is pretty annoying when you want to quickly tear off a tab into a new window by dragging it down. If you stop over the bookmark bar, it bookmarks it instead of tearing it off.
I haven't found a config setting to disable this.
This is pretty annoying when you want to quickly tear off a tab into a new window by dragging it down. If you stop over the bookmark bar, it bookmarks it instead of tearing it off.
I haven't found a config setting to disable this.
November 4, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Firefox lets you drag tabs to your bookmark bar.
This is pretty annoying when you want to quickly tear off a tab into a new window by dragging it down. If you stop over the bookmark bar, it bookmarks it instead of tearing it off.
I haven't found a config setting to disable this.
This is pretty annoying when you want to quickly tear off a tab into a new window by dragging it down. If you stop over the bookmark bar, it bookmarks it instead of tearing it off.
I haven't found a config setting to disable this.
On October 9 Governor Hochul vetoed a bill that would have required the NYS DOH to digtize and index NY vital records.
I really can't understand the DOH's dysfunction with vital records. What are they hiding?
#genealogy
www.newyorkfamilyhistory.org/blog/vital-r...
I really can't understand the DOH's dysfunction with vital records. What are they hiding?
#genealogy
www.newyorkfamilyhistory.org/blog/vital-r...
Vital Records Advocacy Update | New York Genealogical & Biographical Society
On October 9, 2025, Governor Hochul vetoed New York Senate Bill S7782A, which would have required the New York State Department of Health (DOH) to enter into a contract for the digitization and indexi...
www.newyorkfamilyhistory.org
November 3, 2025 at 5:48 PM
On October 9 Governor Hochul vetoed a bill that would have required the NYS DOH to digtize and index NY vital records.
I really can't understand the DOH's dysfunction with vital records. What are they hiding?
#genealogy
www.newyorkfamilyhistory.org/blog/vital-r...
I really can't understand the DOH's dysfunction with vital records. What are they hiding?
#genealogy
www.newyorkfamilyhistory.org/blog/vital-r...
Are there any distributed (remote-only) organizations out there that have a solid culture for delivering written critique?
Giving feedback usually goes better via Zoom, but it's not always convenient with time zone and schedule differences.
Giving feedback usually goes better via Zoom, but it's not always convenient with time zone and schedule differences.
October 31, 2025 at 3:07 PM
Are there any distributed (remote-only) organizations out there that have a solid culture for delivering written critique?
Giving feedback usually goes better via Zoom, but it's not always convenient with time zone and schedule differences.
Giving feedback usually goes better via Zoom, but it's not always convenient with time zone and schedule differences.
Compared to TikTok it's like YouTube Shorts has no algorithm at all.
I don't know if it's a content availability problem or what, but it's really bad at showing me anything of interest.
I don't know if it's a content availability problem or what, but it's really bad at showing me anything of interest.
October 31, 2025 at 1:04 PM
Compared to TikTok it's like YouTube Shorts has no algorithm at all.
I don't know if it's a content availability problem or what, but it's really bad at showing me anything of interest.
I don't know if it's a content availability problem or what, but it's really bad at showing me anything of interest.
People are much more suspicious now if you tell them you are developing software or tech to solve a problem. They think you're going to screw them in some way.
It wasn't this way 10 years ago. People were more open.
It wasn't this way 10 years ago. People were more open.
October 30, 2025 at 3:19 PM
People are much more suspicious now if you tell them you are developing software or tech to solve a problem. They think you're going to screw them in some way.
It wasn't this way 10 years ago. People were more open.
It wasn't this way 10 years ago. People were more open.
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"hi! I'm your hardware that used to work just fine, but now fails to do a fairly basic thing you counted on it for because of an automatic required update. brought to you by, the makers of: everything! everything does this now™️"
December 17, 2024 at 2:06 AM
"hi! I'm your hardware that used to work just fine, but now fails to do a fairly basic thing you counted on it for because of an automatic required update. brought to you by, the makers of: everything! everything does this now™️"
I wanted to use Thunderbird as my email client, but as best as I can see it can't sync with Outlook (office.com) calendars.
October 28, 2025 at 7:28 PM
I wanted to use Thunderbird as my email client, but as best as I can see it can't sync with Outlook (office.com) calendars.
This is an honorable decision by the PSF and I'm sad that the US Government is no longer promoting the social good.
pyfound.blogspot.com/2025/10/NSF-...
pyfound.blogspot.com/2025/10/NSF-...
The PSF has withdrawn a $1.5 million proposal to US government grant program
In January 2025, the PSF submitted a proposal to the US government National Science Foundation under the Safety, Security, and Privacy of Op...
pyfound.blogspot.com
October 28, 2025 at 2:57 AM
This is an honorable decision by the PSF and I'm sad that the US Government is no longer promoting the social good.
pyfound.blogspot.com/2025/10/NSF-...
pyfound.blogspot.com/2025/10/NSF-...
It's insulting to read your AI-generated blog post
blog.pabloecortez.com/its-insultin...
blog.pabloecortez.com/its-insultin...
It's insulting to read your AI-generated blog post
It seems so rude and careless to make me, a person with thoughts, ideas, humor, contradictions and life experience to read something spit out by the equivale...
blog.pabloecortez.com
October 27, 2025 at 7:37 PM
It's insulting to read your AI-generated blog post
blog.pabloecortez.com/its-insultin...
blog.pabloecortez.com/its-insultin...
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-citizen, do you know your Gestapo from your Sipo? Your SA from your SD? Your Waffen SS from your..
October 24, 2025 at 12:14 PM
-citizen, do you know your Gestapo from your Sipo? Your SA from your SD? Your Waffen SS from your..
Pylance is giving me a lot of false-positive errors lately. Something being cached incorrectly?
October 20, 2025 at 1:36 PM
Pylance is giving me a lot of false-positive errors lately. Something being cached incorrectly?
Reposted by Michael
Did you know you can tell what software a 3D artist uses by how their nails look?
October 19, 2025 at 12:30 PM
Did you know you can tell what software a 3D artist uses by how their nails look?
"On one wall a woman smiled and drank orange juice simultaneously. How does she do both at once, thought Montag, insanely. In the other walls an X ray of the same woman revealed the contracting journey of the refreshing beverage on its way to her delighted stomach!"
Bradbury predicted AI ad slop.
Bradbury predicted AI ad slop.
October 19, 2025 at 5:31 PM
"On one wall a woman smiled and drank orange juice simultaneously. How does she do both at once, thought Montag, insanely. In the other walls an X ray of the same woman revealed the contracting journey of the refreshing beverage on its way to her delighted stomach!"
Bradbury predicted AI ad slop.
Bradbury predicted AI ad slop.
Reposted by Michael
Here’s last night’s story about Bari Weiss, CBS News, Paramount Skydance, and why the Upper West Side is a lot more than just “Seinfeld territory.” youtu.be/gieTx_P6INQ
Bari Weiss: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)
YouTube video by LastWeekTonight
youtu.be
October 13, 2025 at 2:59 PM
Here’s last night’s story about Bari Weiss, CBS News, Paramount Skydance, and why the Upper West Side is a lot more than just “Seinfeld territory.” youtu.be/gieTx_P6INQ
SQL = Squeal
SQS = Squeeze
SNS = Sneeze
SQS = Squeeze
SNS = Sneeze
October 13, 2025 at 9:38 PM
SQL = Squeal
SQS = Squeeze
SNS = Sneeze
SQS = Squeeze
SNS = Sneeze
Reposted by Michael
In case you prefer text over video, the blog post version of my #EuroPython keynote about why it took 4 years to get a lock files specification for #Python is now up at snarky.ca/why-it-took-... .
Why it took 4 years to get a lock files specification
(This is the blog post version of my keynote from EuroPython 2025 in Prague, Czechia.)
We now have a lock file format specification. That might not sound like a big deal, but for me it took 4 years o...
snarky.ca
October 11, 2025 at 3:48 AM
In case you prefer text over video, the blog post version of my #EuroPython keynote about why it took 4 years to get a lock files specification for #Python is now up at snarky.ca/why-it-took-... .
Reposted by Michael
Printing presses kept their letters in cases.
Capital letters went in the upper case.
Smaller letters went in the lower case.
This is why we say ‘UPPER CASE’ and ‘lower case.’
Ok, but what did we call them before the invention of the printing press?
MAJUSCULE and minuscule.
Capital letters went in the upper case.
Smaller letters went in the lower case.
This is why we say ‘UPPER CASE’ and ‘lower case.’
Ok, but what did we call them before the invention of the printing press?
MAJUSCULE and minuscule.
October 10, 2025 at 1:18 PM
Printing presses kept their letters in cases.
Capital letters went in the upper case.
Smaller letters went in the lower case.
This is why we say ‘UPPER CASE’ and ‘lower case.’
Ok, but what did we call them before the invention of the printing press?
MAJUSCULE and minuscule.
Capital letters went in the upper case.
Smaller letters went in the lower case.
This is why we say ‘UPPER CASE’ and ‘lower case.’
Ok, but what did we call them before the invention of the printing press?
MAJUSCULE and minuscule.
Reposted by Michael
The following is REAL footage from Portland, 2025. Viewer discretion is advised.
October 9, 2025 at 8:23 PM
The following is REAL footage from Portland, 2025. Viewer discretion is advised.
YouTube and YouTube Music have common playlists. A playlist created in one shows up in the other.
I totally get the overlap. Consider media like podcasts and music videos.
But I still wish they would define a better boundary between the two. They are separate apps for a reason!
I totally get the overlap. Consider media like podcasts and music videos.
But I still wish they would define a better boundary between the two. They are separate apps for a reason!
October 6, 2025 at 8:18 PM
YouTube and YouTube Music have common playlists. A playlist created in one shows up in the other.
I totally get the overlap. Consider media like podcasts and music videos.
But I still wish they would define a better boundary between the two. They are separate apps for a reason!
I totally get the overlap. Consider media like podcasts and music videos.
But I still wish they would define a better boundary between the two. They are separate apps for a reason!
Reposted by Michael
for atproto devs and protocol watchers, I published an overview of the network moderation architecture.
it tries to cover all the mod actions possible for each service type. this design has been around a while, but not well documented.
this doc is not very polished, but could clarify some details
it tries to cover all the mod actions possible for each service type. this design has been around a while, but not well documented.
this doc is not very polished, but could clarify some details
AT Moderation Architecture | bryan newbold
The AT network is becoming more heterogeneous in practice, with independent PDS hosts, apps, and alternative bsky AppViews establishing themselves. This means that more complex inter-service moderatio...
whtwnd.com
October 6, 2025 at 8:22 AM
for atproto devs and protocol watchers, I published an overview of the network moderation architecture.
it tries to cover all the mod actions possible for each service type. this design has been around a while, but not well documented.
this doc is not very polished, but could clarify some details
it tries to cover all the mod actions possible for each service type. this design has been around a while, but not well documented.
this doc is not very polished, but could clarify some details
"What would you do if you learned your company is up to something illegal like stealing customer funds, or you’re asked to make code changes that will enable something illegal to happen, like misleading investors, or defrauding customers?"
blog.pragmaticengineer.com/asked-to-do-...
blog.pragmaticengineer.com/asked-to-do-...
Asked to do something illegal at work? Here’s what these software engineers did
At FTX, Frank, and Pollen, software engineers were asked to do something potentially illegal, or to go along with what looked like fraud. They obliged in two out of three cases, landed in hot water, a...
blog.pragmaticengineer.com
October 4, 2025 at 1:00 AM
"What would you do if you learned your company is up to something illegal like stealing customer funds, or you’re asked to make code changes that will enable something illegal to happen, like misleading investors, or defrauding customers?"
blog.pragmaticengineer.com/asked-to-do-...
blog.pragmaticengineer.com/asked-to-do-...