Mike
@techcritter.bsky.social
I yell magic words at the computer.
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I really want a Trinitron with component inputs. I have this elaborate and expensive plan to have all my older consoles hooked up to my modern TV with automatic switching and upscaling...but honestly. I really just want a good old CRT for these.
November 11, 2025 at 3:01 PM
I really want a Trinitron with component inputs. I have this elaborate and expensive plan to have all my older consoles hooked up to my modern TV with automatic switching and upscaling...but honestly. I really just want a good old CRT for these.
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putting chuck schumer where he belongs: thread
November 10, 2025 at 3:36 AM
putting chuck schumer where he belongs: thread
Count Chocula cereal is a seasonal delicacy in my culture
November 8, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Count Chocula cereal is a seasonal delicacy in my culture
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if you are the public defense investigator who just subpoenaed Sam Altman on stage know that i love you and think you are a wonder upon this earth.
November 7, 2025 at 7:59 PM
if you are the public defense investigator who just subpoenaed Sam Altman on stage know that i love you and think you are a wonder upon this earth.
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Cowardly programmers calling it a 'Garbage collector' rather than an Orphan Destroyer
November 6, 2025 at 11:48 AM
Cowardly programmers calling it a 'Garbage collector' rather than an Orphan Destroyer
I begrudgingly admit that Claude just saved me hours of tedious coding on a problem that wasn't really all that interesting.
It was a very "machine friendly" parsing problem. Honestly a waste of my human brain cells.
It was a very "machine friendly" parsing problem. Honestly a waste of my human brain cells.
November 6, 2025 at 4:20 AM
I begrudgingly admit that Claude just saved me hours of tedious coding on a problem that wasn't really all that interesting.
It was a very "machine friendly" parsing problem. Honestly a waste of my human brain cells.
It was a very "machine friendly" parsing problem. Honestly a waste of my human brain cells.
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THIS is what I mean by the consequences of government overreach proton.me/blog/discord...
Digital ID Age Verification Laws result in 70,000 identities being compromised.
Don't want to say I TOLD YOU SO.
#AusPol #UKPol #USPol #Overreach #Surveillance #AgeVerification
Digital ID Age Verification Laws result in 70,000 identities being compromised.
Don't want to say I TOLD YOU SO.
#AusPol #UKPol #USPol #Overreach #Surveillance #AgeVerification
Discord ID data breach: Why the world isn't ready for age verification laws | Proton
A huge ID photo breach at Discord shows that age verification laws should not be enforced until robust privacy protections are in place.
proton.me
November 5, 2025 at 11:33 AM
THIS is what I mean by the consequences of government overreach proton.me/blog/discord...
Digital ID Age Verification Laws result in 70,000 identities being compromised.
Don't want to say I TOLD YOU SO.
#AusPol #UKPol #USPol #Overreach #Surveillance #AgeVerification
Digital ID Age Verification Laws result in 70,000 identities being compromised.
Don't want to say I TOLD YOU SO.
#AusPol #UKPol #USPol #Overreach #Surveillance #AgeVerification
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Reverse engineering is where you delete the repo
November 4, 2025 at 10:40 PM
Reverse engineering is where you delete the repo
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I hope openai gets sued into oblivion, and when they get to oblivion, the void lords banish them to the shadow realm, and then when they get to the shadow realm, they get annihilated by a blue eyes white dragon
November 4, 2025 at 12:19 AM
I hope openai gets sued into oblivion, and when they get to oblivion, the void lords banish them to the shadow realm, and then when they get to the shadow realm, they get annihilated by a blue eyes white dragon
Saw Chicago on Broadway. Awesome.
November 3, 2025 at 3:13 AM
Saw Chicago on Broadway. Awesome.
Started playing Still Wakes the Deep today. Really cool. Vibes of The Rig, SOMA, The Thing
October 30, 2025 at 2:51 AM
Started playing Still Wakes the Deep today. Really cool. Vibes of The Rig, SOMA, The Thing
web 2.0, the cloud, centralization, and a.i. are all mistakes.
janky web 1.0 still reigns supreme.
janky web 1.0 still reigns supreme.
October 29, 2025 at 9:08 PM
web 2.0, the cloud, centralization, and a.i. are all mistakes.
janky web 1.0 still reigns supreme.
janky web 1.0 still reigns supreme.
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This too is a legally distinct Bazzite gaming box
After my Xbox Ally review, I never stopped testing. If Microsoft could get it to sleep without losing gobs of battery or crashing, it'd be a huge deal!
But Microsoft wouldn't even admit anything was wrong.
I switched to Bazzite, and it's like a whole new device.
www.theverge.com/games/807711...
But Microsoft wouldn't even admit anything was wrong.
I switched to Bazzite, and it's like a whole new device.
www.theverge.com/games/807711...
Say it with me: Windows is the problem with Windows handhelds
The Xbox Ally is better with Bazzite.
www.theverge.com
October 29, 2025 at 3:26 PM
This too is a legally distinct Bazzite gaming box
Congrats to the Fedora team.
Fedora Linux 43 is here! What do you get with this update?
* New Anaconda WebUI installer on all desktop editions and spins
* @gnome 49 and being Wayland only
* Fedora CoreOS now based on bootc instead of rpm-ostree
* Under the hood changes like RPM 6.0
* All your favorite versions of Fedora […]
* New Anaconda WebUI installer on all desktop editions and spins
* @gnome 49 and being Wayland only
* Fedora CoreOS now based on bootc instead of rpm-ostree
* Under the hood changes like RPM 6.0
* All your favorite versions of Fedora […]
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fosstodon.org
October 29, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Congrats to the Fedora team.
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Between banning books, non-white people, genders, immigrants, comedians, journalism…
And then pushing AI which just regurgitates new ideas…
America is headed into a deep cultural recession. This place is bleak and getting increasingly boring.
And then pushing AI which just regurgitates new ideas…
America is headed into a deep cultural recession. This place is bleak and getting increasingly boring.
October 29, 2025 at 2:39 PM
Between banning books, non-white people, genders, immigrants, comedians, journalism…
And then pushing AI which just regurgitates new ideas…
America is headed into a deep cultural recession. This place is bleak and getting increasingly boring.
And then pushing AI which just regurgitates new ideas…
America is headed into a deep cultural recession. This place is bleak and getting increasingly boring.
Halle Berry is 59. She still looks so good god damn.
Watching John Wick 3
Watching John Wick 3
October 13, 2025 at 1:03 PM
Halle Berry is 59. She still looks so good god damn.
Watching John Wick 3
Watching John Wick 3
Tip: if you have a Red Hat Developer account you get like 16 installs of RHEL for free.
October 13, 2025 at 11:13 AM
Tip: if you have a Red Hat Developer account you get like 16 installs of RHEL for free.
I set up my home server again. This time with proxmox. So far it just has a RHEL10 VM on it for podman containers.
October 13, 2025 at 10:33 AM
I set up my home server again. This time with proxmox. So far it just has a RHEL10 VM on it for podman containers.
Woo. Haven't been here in a while.
October 13, 2025 at 10:22 AM
Woo. Haven't been here in a while.
Why is Monday. Why. I am tired after being lazy as fuck all weekend.
September 15, 2025 at 2:56 PM
Why is Monday. Why. I am tired after being lazy as fuck all weekend.
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The Virginia Department of Health has issued a standing order so that people can get the COVID vaccine without a prescription.
You can print out the order here: www.vdh.virginia.gov/content/uplo...
You can print out the order here: www.vdh.virginia.gov/content/uplo...
September 11, 2025 at 5:39 AM
The Virginia Department of Health has issued a standing order so that people can get the COVID vaccine without a prescription.
You can print out the order here: www.vdh.virginia.gov/content/uplo...
You can print out the order here: www.vdh.virginia.gov/content/uplo...
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And I think about all of you, too.
September 5, 2025 at 10:55 PM
And I think about all of you, too.