Matthew McLeod
@vai.noetic.work
Recovering misanthrope, practicing anthropomorph, neurodeviant
( •̀ .̫ •́ )✧ tech / oss / personal / bad jokes / repetition
https://github.com/vai
( •̀ .̫ •́ )✧ tech / oss / personal / bad jokes / repetition
https://github.com/vai
Trying to work outside
November 12, 2025 at 5:53 PM
Trying to work outside
hadn't seen this in atuin before. Mondays seem busy (and TIL 137 -> OOM)
August 28, 2025 at 11:44 AM
hadn't seen this in atuin before. Mondays seem busy (and TIL 137 -> OOM)
Things you don't want to see at your teller machine
June 17, 2025 at 2:59 PM
Things you don't want to see at your teller machine
Reposted by Matthew McLeod
"what if the bullshit-asymmetry principle was a government" is real tiresome
March 10, 2025 at 12:39 PM
"what if the bullshit-asymmetry principle was a government" is real tiresome
I hold my face between my hands
no I am not crying
I hold my face between my hands
to keep my loneliness warm
two hands protecting
two hands nourishing
two hands to prevent
my soul from leaving me
in anger
— Thích Nhất Hạnh
no I am not crying
I hold my face between my hands
to keep my loneliness warm
two hands protecting
two hands nourishing
two hands to prevent
my soul from leaving me
in anger
— Thích Nhất Hạnh
June 6, 2025 at 6:22 PM
I hold my face between my hands
no I am not crying
I hold my face between my hands
to keep my loneliness warm
two hands protecting
two hands nourishing
two hands to prevent
my soul from leaving me
in anger
— Thích Nhất Hạnh
no I am not crying
I hold my face between my hands
to keep my loneliness warm
two hands protecting
two hands nourishing
two hands to prevent
my soul from leaving me
in anger
— Thích Nhất Hạnh
Reposted by Matthew McLeod
"elder scrolls" is just me looking at my phone
April 22, 2025 at 11:47 PM
"elder scrolls" is just me looking at my phone
this can't be good.
Uncle Sam abruptly turns off funding for CVE program. Yes, that CVE program
Uncle Sam abruptly turns off funding for CVE program. Yes, that CVE program
Because vulnerability management has nothing to do with national security, right?
US government funding for the world's CVE program – the centralized Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures database of product security flaws – ends Wednesday.…
dlvr.it
April 16, 2025 at 1:37 PM
this can't be good.
Too much seems like the prelude to pursuing conflicts worse than trade wars. Just for the distraction.
April 6, 2025 at 5:45 PM
Too much seems like the prelude to pursuing conflicts worse than trade wars. Just for the distraction.
Lots of backlash for phrasing. Maybe something like "... a draft proposal for how users can express their data-use rights and preferences for privacy, reproduction, and storage; including for research, archiving, and other automation".
ML is old tech; content theft is what needs the "No" option
ML is old tech; content theft is what needs the "No" option
We put up a proposal that lays out a way for users to declare whether/how they want their data to be used by things like generative AI or public archives, check it out on github:
github.com/bluesky-soci...
github.com/bluesky-soci...
proposals/0008-user-intents at main · bluesky-social/proposals
Bluesky proposal discussions. Contribute to bluesky-social/proposals development by creating an account on GitHub.
github.com
March 15, 2025 at 1:53 PM
Lots of backlash for phrasing. Maybe something like "... a draft proposal for how users can express their data-use rights and preferences for privacy, reproduction, and storage; including for research, archiving, and other automation".
ML is old tech; content theft is what needs the "No" option
ML is old tech; content theft is what needs the "No" option
"Diplomacy"
WASHINGTON (AP) — Rubio says South Africa’s ambassador 'is no longer welcome' in the US.
March 15, 2025 at 12:16 PM
"Diplomacy"
*exhales loudly, audibly pained*
Some pretty stunning answers here from DHS Deputy Secretary Troy Edgar in today's interview with NPR's Michel Martin, in which Edgar equates pro-Palestinian protests with terrorist activity and can't point to any crime committed by Mahmoud Khalil: npr.org/2025/03/13/n...
March 13, 2025 at 6:33 PM
*exhales loudly, audibly pained*
"fake economy"
Reporter: “So, Mr. President, when you look at the market selling off that didn’t concern you?”
Trump: “Nope! Doesn’t concern me.”
Trump: “Nope! Doesn’t concern me.”
March 11, 2025 at 7:57 PM
"fake economy"
How much for that egg on your face?
March 11, 2025 at 4:50 PM
How much for that egg on your face?
A totally normal thing to do. In the last moments of East Berlin.
@propublica.org reporter Brett Murphy with an explosive scoop. This is insanity.
March 11, 2025 at 4:26 PM
A totally normal thing to do. In the last moments of East Berlin.
I see you all, collectively (and "ILLEGALLY"!) colluding on where to go for lunch.
March 11, 2025 at 1:22 PM
I see you all, collectively (and "ILLEGALLY"!) colluding on where to go for lunch.
All those pretend Tesla rebrandings should be called fauxwagen.
March 11, 2025 at 1:07 PM
All those pretend Tesla rebrandings should be called fauxwagen.
-> thread. "Is your aid program in service of racism, bigotry, American businesses? Why not?"
Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) has sent US-backed aid organisations and nonprofits across South Africa (and the rest of the world) a screening form that's clearly designed to disqualify them from receiving any more funding.
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March 11, 2025 at 12:56 PM
-> thread. "Is your aid program in service of racism, bigotry, American businesses? Why not?"
What's so hard to understand? We'll just stop cheap labor, cheap imports, alienate allies, make new enemies, cut off tech and intel sharing, and do everything ourselves, just us. But not you. You're not Us. *You* should be afraid.
It'll be Great. If Great means Alone.
So Great.
It'll be Great. If Great means Alone.
So Great.
March 11, 2025 at 11:50 AM
What's so hard to understand? We'll just stop cheap labor, cheap imports, alienate allies, make new enemies, cut off tech and intel sharing, and do everything ourselves, just us. But not you. You're not Us. *You* should be afraid.
It'll be Great. If Great means Alone.
So Great.
It'll be Great. If Great means Alone.
So Great.
Reposted by Matthew McLeod
RIP Jean “Moebius” Giraud (1938-2012) left us 13 years ago today.
What an influence on the world of art, from comics to film and design.
What an influence on the world of art, from comics to film and design.
March 10, 2025 at 10:20 AM
RIP Jean “Moebius” Giraud (1938-2012) left us 13 years ago today.
What an influence on the world of art, from comics to film and design.
What an influence on the world of art, from comics to film and design.
"what if the bullshit-asymmetry principle was a government" is real tiresome
March 10, 2025 at 12:39 PM
"what if the bullshit-asymmetry principle was a government" is real tiresome
today's keyboard shortcut I didn't know I needed - ^w (for syntax aware 'select wider') in JB IDEs *also* works in tree views (project, git, structure, ...)
March 9, 2025 at 9:29 PM
today's keyboard shortcut I didn't know I needed - ^w (for syntax aware 'select wider') in JB IDEs *also* works in tree views (project, git, structure, ...)
Amazing way to prove you're totally aware who the aggressor is, that they're expansionist, and that you're wagering others' sovereignty and security for the sake of purported financial gain.
Transatlantic relations in great shape
March 9, 2025 at 5:10 PM
Amazing way to prove you're totally aware who the aggressor is, that they're expansionist, and that you're wagering others' sovereignty and security for the sake of purported financial gain.