2026-10-22T05:57:45Z https://nostr.now rk: it’s hyphen-minus actually https://nostr.now/npub1mzgdzx4fqpwgsrdl3qkksaghs4awqcnjyw3j4rh7ggta8xmftepqu0l2g4 https://mastodon.well.com/system/accounts/avatars/112/576/890/080/816/603/original/0f84c73e63efb281.jpeg https://mastodon.well.com/system/accounts/avatars/112/576/890/080/816/603/original/0f84c73e63efb281.jpeg https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsy5hk4982ey4zmd53w767w64xcdf2fyw8myttvguc9mrpggct6gnczyrvfp5g64yq9ezqdh7yz66r4z7zh4crzwg36x25wlepp05umd90yyar2pzx In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs8zfz4h6r0avewnmu7ueudepep4tjqv3q3p54u66czmdmx7fxvhuqgxgs4g'>nevent1q…gs4g</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Working as the sysadmin of a dial-up ISP in 1997 meant that I was broke, and stressed, and exhausted, but. But! I had a whole two B channels to myself on a dedicated ISDN line at my apartment and that was worth it.<br/><br/>And also the booze yes. 2026-10-30T20:07:01Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs8hgrqfhplz7uajnuqjspptple83xdwtfjv92uudusgjvtugmqpcczyrvfp5g64yq9ezqdh7yz66r4z7zh4crzwg36x25wlepp05umd90yyv0wky9 OH GOD HES EATING HIS FACE OH SHIT OH FUCK<br/><br/>#dog<br/> <img src="https://mastodon.well.com/system/media_attachments/files/117/524/466/139/782/403/original/5a45c98caf1e803c.jpeg"> <br/> 2026-10-29T13:37:48Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsrk3q0s6vt7kz8jm9qvmu6pgkz6cvql877j0uvwj3yru9e4kgps9qzyrvfp5g64yq9ezqdh7yz66r4z7zh4crzwg36x25wlepp05umd90yylqg3th At the store buying Halloween candy.<br/><br/>Wife: I never really loved Nerds. <br/><br/>Me: You literally married me. <br/><br/>Wife: I’m going to another aisle now. 2026-10-27T00:48:01Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsthv9ps6hzfy8shfh896xmvllsh04ujl9lzjrw9war82l3z8xph5czyrvfp5g64yq9ezqdh7yz66r4z7zh4crzwg36x25wlepp05umd90yy08rfm9 Yeah that seems accurate. <br/><br/>#shitpost #programming #cat<br/> <img src="https://mastodon.well.com/system/media_attachments/files/117/503/026/762/971/584/original/70e1f2a8ac6edc85.png"> <br/> 2026-10-25T18:45:33Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsyq3n6ak7adx6502crdgj8d9nmuql3atzuc7ucggslxcevamtj9hqzyrvfp5g64yq9ezqdh7yz66r4z7zh4crzwg36x25wlepp05umd90yydrvurt AI WENT ROGUE AND WAS KILLED BY A HOBGOBLIN ON LEVEL 7 2026-10-24T23:19:44Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsxqmszt6a3m2v8klwzxh8rnch75rdad2kjlxkqk37pghypfmj39yszyrvfp5g64yq9ezqdh7yz66r4z7zh4crzwg36x25wlepp05umd90yyacmcv9 If you can’t handle me at my longjmp you don’t deserve me at my setjmp. 2026-10-24T01:43:12Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsg3z7zj0yzk87udah69xuvdwp2qqyp2ps5ev34ht97s6yu5fjdfrgzyrvfp5g64yq9ezqdh7yz66r4z7zh4crzwg36x25wlepp05umd90yyhavcy0 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsgs8haxk90dmkfe8cufgvceraxfk5mvtjn05x4swrfrgqv353cn0qhmygqs'>nevent1q…ygqs</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>mom come pick me up im scared 2026-10-23T19:31:33Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsy89c8rdlgk5pe8sfcd4c235jd8hf9ulw8zlzup3wt0y4h90kpplgzyrvfp5g64yq9ezqdh7yz66r4z7zh4crzwg36x25wlepp05umd90yymf45sx In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsvujpaeglxnr9at28h5ftket064n4tdnhhkj8awfklgfjk5jt52vg3almga'>nevent1q…lmga</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Are there…are there people who *don’t* suck at Zelda II? That shit was bonkers. 2026-10-23T19:15:14Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs80p34n9km5k0rjn0mu9p8ke2qc8qvw067wmp9y78thr5lvqrgtaszyrvfp5g64yq9ezqdh7yz66r4z7zh4crzwg36x25wlepp05umd90yyfed8mu #infosec #shitpost<br/> <img src="https://mastodon.well.com/system/media_attachments/files/117/485/734/307/351/104/original/7744f48809704d05.png"> <br/> 2026-10-22T17:27:50Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs89updpthrgvwrycr0lppdn845cj70v3fytpjyek02rttjr4u8z9gzyrvfp5g64yq9ezqdh7yz66r4z7zh4crzwg36x25wlepp05umd90yyqh6nct #infosec #shitpost<br/> <img src="https://mastodon.well.com/system/media_attachments/files/117/474/743/626/613/125/original/85dfb2e13d086d8a.png"> <br/> 2026-10-20T18:53:36Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqspg6uwqezuy9nv24chqgjtp7a8l3h8hpqtc5n0neyfu2dnjhtjk9qzyrvfp5g64yq9ezqdh7yz66r4z7zh4crzwg36x25wlepp05umd90yyfsa42z In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsd2z52h7lcz3gnrvat97lcq6y86zaujhvul5p9r96jhp2aglm4shqpusmsp'>nevent1q…smsp</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>The NetBSD Foundation will put your logo on their donors page if you donate over a certain amount. FUTO did so. NetBSD put their logo on the page.<br/><br/>The FUTO website is not “yay fascism!” so it’s not unexpected that the Foundation did this. <br/><br/>They’ve been told FUTO was problematic. The Board is meeting to figure out what to do.<br/><br/>Again. This is a tiny foundation run by volunteers in their spare time. They’ve been blindsided. 2026-10-19T15:57:08Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsd2z52h7lcz3gnrvat97lcq6y86zaujhvul5p9r96jhp2aglm4shqzyrvfp5g64yq9ezqdh7yz66r4z7zh4crzwg36x25wlepp05umd90yyjf5mfp In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsd6h52m97vjlhwt7zk57zhv0fxa5uxefwy8qaw95u3nlafku8t9kctyk8eq'>nevent1q…k8eq</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>futo.tech is a software company here in Austin with a website that says a lot of nice things (we’ll never sell your data, AI is dangerous, etc).<br/><br/>They also have a history of whitewashing by donating to popular open source projects to show their supposed bona fides and exculpate their sins (like working with Curtis Yarvin, fuck that guy) by implying these open source projects agree with them.<br/><br/>It’s shady as fuck. 2026-10-19T15:53:52Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqszfqw00ez4audncj9dml2zlklh34ty42x05uyayw7wzvx9wtjyu8gzyrvfp5g64yq9ezqdh7yz66r4z7zh4crzwg36x25wlepp05umd90yywqflg9 Remember y’all, if a shady company donates money to a small volunteer-run charity foundation that has never had to deal with adversarial donors before and has bylaws that constrain what they can do until the board can meet to change them, obviously the small charity run by volunteers in their spare time are the bad guys and should be accused of being fascists and/or incompetent. This also definitely makes you the hero.<br/><br/>Good lord y’all. Give them some time to sort this out. 2026-10-19T15:44:37Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsvfc0kh454ack0aqak062m0l25evnfz0ytdl5wgev7s2ctu0nphuqzyrvfp5g64yq9ezqdh7yz66r4z7zh4crzwg36x25wlepp05umd90yywmkqzx In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs2yx95c4sav2cudulp90v7h9q7wzulp9hwrg4d29r4ahe5nvgdy7ggchels'>nevent1q…hels</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>It’s truly amazing our children don’t have foul fucking mouths given their parents. 2026-10-16T17:31:01Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs2yx95c4sav2cudulp90v7h9q7wzulp9hwrg4d29r4ahe5nvgdy7gzyrvfp5g64yq9ezqdh7yz66r4z7zh4crzwg36x25wlepp05umd90yyc9q2xq I trimmed my beard for date night. <br/><br/>Me: How do I look?<br/><br/>Wife: *turns my head left, then right, then left again*<br/><br/>Me: Now I know how a sprinkler feels. <br/><br/>Wife: Sprinklers actually get things wet though. <br/><br/>Yeah I may not ever recover. 2026-10-16T17:30:29Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs2z6khtx96u9sm2tqhw3qxls3a0s9jnvh6rrlmpx69x54sfwp0h9szyrvfp5g64yq9ezqdh7yz66r4z7zh4crzwg36x25wlepp05umd90yyuj3emn YouTuber: This game was released on a computer most people have never heard of.<br/><br/>Video: Shows a Commodore PET. <br/><br/>Me: You ignorant bastard. 2026-10-13T01:05:41Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsgn407f6sqwdrhpcc8z6zqtfx2pk5zsyd0l6kslyhtjvvepzj5arqzyrvfp5g64yq9ezqdh7yz66r4z7zh4crzwg36x25wlepp05umd90yy9vlsnq Me: The United States really needs to metricate. I wish the federal government would finally care about SI. <br/><br/>*monkey’s paw curls* 2026-10-10T02:58:32Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs8tpjkdvng75zkkk68ve3rlhm7nsg0g4uj6ae2djulllnlahfc89szyrvfp5g64yq9ezqdh7yz66r4z7zh4crzwg36x25wlepp05umd90yy27mx6x <img src="https://mastodon.well.com/system/media_attachments/files/117/413/834/466/899/211/original/fd5f7ef4a88354a7.png"> <br/> 2026-10-10T00:42:47Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs2zwcvrqc6m30s5na83k8n9yjjs7rqtp2ff2tfeg3s074n545at5czyrvfp5g64yq9ezqdh7yz66r4z7zh4crzwg36x25wlepp05umd90yylax2ql In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsxndsphhweqxchrpvh2vrnrm5jky6zeqa5jcmkctg397gqn2k6ryc37fdxx'>nevent1q…fdxx</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Please be aware of Caboose, of blessed memory. <br/><br/>#dog<br/> <img src="https://mastodon.well.com/system/media_attachments/files/117/401/378/691/263/877/original/a2060cf92e8d9ea6.jpeg"> <br/> 2026-10-07T19:55:07Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsw2drury48759u449f2r605fm85hl4l0w9e9fdhn4t8qxm4aysusgzyrvfp5g64yq9ezqdh7yz66r4z7zh4crzwg36x25wlepp05umd90yy9t5ujh You said it not me, flashcard app.<br/> <img src="https://mastodon.well.com/system/media_attachments/files/117/397/100/508/878/735/original/6b9c6fc26ef15b85.png"> <br/> 2026-10-07T01:47:13Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqst58x3kj4cfxjwfr2h4l0wrqhtt4yda37r7wa7jgwm30hkfpephcgzyrvfp5g64yq9ezqdh7yz66r4z7zh4crzwg36x25wlepp05umd90yy95k03n In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsrvanhz8dchva3tycyc23vt9rhnd9l2a6y86ghkl73xy8y7wz2mpcph3pve'>nevent1q…3pve</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>And like the fake typing and conversation noises in the background. C’mon now. Don’t shit in my hand and call it ice cream. 2026-10-03T18:24:19Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsrvanhz8dchva3tycyc23vt9rhnd9l2a6y86ghkl73xy8y7wz2mpczyrvfp5g64yq9ezqdh7yz66r4z7zh4crzwg36x25wlepp05umd90yyzn9mdn The memory care place where my father lives now has an AI operator when you call. <br/><br/>*ring ring*<br/><br/>Operator (recorded typing and conversation noises in the background, in its uncanny valley voice): Hi this is Sophie with $FACILITY. How can I help you today?<br/><br/>I cannot express to you how much I don’t like this. It’s a fucking memory care facility. There’s a permanent front desk staff there 24/7. I can’t imagine how this is saving anyone any money or making anyone’s lives better. 2026-10-03T18:21:30Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsrq4wx8236lwc3qycn8nnpjw48pw3d9zvjcp7v4e0c3j6ehm2kypgzyrvfp5g64yq9ezqdh7yz66r4z7zh4crzwg36x25wlepp05umd90yy3y3w7z In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqswk8yje8847c7fh7y6namf02mf7n2hkdkwz99k3esqc4gx0m07z3g0ppljv'>nevent1q…pljv</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Insurance agent: It says here you ran at top speed around your back yard for seven minutes and then went to sleep. <br/><br/>Me: Yeah I had just pooped and then I saw a deer. 2026-10-01T20:20:25Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsdlj0q2p2gvedqephp30xszs2zgf794lp7svsxaljtq4zt93craugzyrvfp5g64yq9ezqdh7yz66r4z7zh4crzwg36x25wlepp05umd90yym3z95w Me, months ago: I’ll start running regularly again when it’s not going to be 95 degrees at night every night. <br/><br/>Weather report: It’ll be 75 degrees at most for the next ten days. <br/><br/>Me:<br/><br/>#exercise<br/> <img src="https://mastodon.well.com/system/media_attachments/files/117/367/477/816/560/268/original/a8b969028875ff0e.jpeg"> <br/> 2026-10-01T20:13:23Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsvl5uy9d4pu8zru86t6732aqwrra3m5uu2fzmkhz7nkdxc07y7llqzyrvfp5g64yq9ezqdh7yz66r4z7zh4crzwg36x25wlepp05umd90yyr26e4g In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqst5980tw92pynayy3hekxukqdv0p08qfe4fjjjcm5cz3cyk0g3w3claram7'>nevent1q…ram7</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Adventure of Link over Zelda I or A Link to the Past?<br/><br/>Who hurt you. 2026-09-29T01:13:03Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs2s9edyn76zkshwjun48c2msrvwdn8m8y75u20wxx3dx9m3jxpvtszyrvfp5g64yq9ezqdh7yz66r4z7zh4crzwg36x25wlepp05umd90yyz8hzx0 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqszhhrph82kza9j9uqdpur3u57h6tpvqp6d74tddtav2m5yqytctdqmpshs0'>nevent1q…shs0</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Thanks a lot, I laughed at this and now I don’t get to go to heaven. 2026-09-28T15:21:30Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsdmtgw2pcyxqxay7mktjkkm0me9fe4hesm6e9upq9slrllyqj5v9gzyrvfp5g64yq9ezqdh7yz66r4z7zh4crzwg36x25wlepp05umd90yysv9cwf 11yo and I took a walk. Topics ranged from the story of the Golden Calf to the American Civil War to the hit 1983 sci-fi thriller WarGames starring Matthew Broderick and Ally Sheedy.<br/><br/>11yo: So if the southern states left, did they really think they’d be successful as a separate country?<br/><br/>Me: They thought they’d succeed *and* secede.<br/><br/>11yo: …<br/><br/>Me: Get it?!<br/><br/>11yo (feigned pain): …yes, dad, I got it. 2026-09-27T00:48:14Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsx2hgac6nag8zatxuwz7gphhz3v45nymrwk5tnysmfgvantentk2szyrvfp5g64yq9ezqdh7yz66r4z7zh4crzwg36x25wlepp05umd90yyjpfs3j <a href="https://radicle.dev/2026/09/23/disclosure-of-vulnerability-in-network-protocol">https://radicle.dev/2026/09/23/disclosure-of-vulnerability-in-network-protocol</a><br/><br/>I’m not trying to kick anyone while they’re down (lord knows I’ve made horrible mistakes in the past) but I’m genuinely confused.<br/><br/>I thought at first it was a key-derivation bug or something, meaning session keys would be recoverable. That’s bad but understandable.<br/><br/>No, they derive session keys and then *never use them* and have been sending traffic in the clear since forever.<br/><br/>How do you write a custom wire protocol and not once look at it in Wireshark?<br/><br/>#infosec 2026-09-23T18:13:27Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsqy82ft2vukrle23ftk5htzwmfxy8q4ahmmzffjpv2wp57uaamqgqzyrvfp5g64yq9ezqdh7yz66r4z7zh4crzwg36x25wlepp05umd90yy03r5e3 The proper alcohol for a good martini<br/><br/>#drinks 2026-09-22T20:06:35Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsymxd6jvdyxrrqqm8rc28c9cezcswhz8nzpln24vu9um8pr03u6jczyrvfp5g64yq9ezqdh7yz66r4z7zh4crzwg36x25wlepp05umd90yytm9lmp Pastel color scheme in a desktop operating system in 1994. A nice tiled art deco wallpaper. You have a mixtape playing. 2026-09-22T04:26:25Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsxml9rhkhu08sqdcjw9tfy7lr7l47fyfchqtz3mw6jge3zafdkh9szyrvfp5g64yq9ezqdh7yz66r4z7zh4crzwg36x25wlepp05umd90yym6d8gn Chongqing looks really nice. That or Qingdao is next on my places I want to visit I think.<br/><br/>(Or Singapore. Or Rome. Somehow I’ve never actually made it to Rome.) 2026-09-20T19:37:49Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsqn7tjjft5cuattllk0th5xglgqtmpv7g73pg9wspx54ewms557uqzyrvfp5g64yq9ezqdh7yz66r4z7zh4crzwg36x25wlepp05umd90yygs220l Merging into main is from a branch.<br/><br/>Merging into mian is from a noodle.<br/><br/>(I typo main a lot.) 2026-09-20T18:46:52Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs0rzzdsul3h5l7utnwfy8tg58xxknyzrc8v3p7qqauphw52mz03dczyrvfp5g64yq9ezqdh7yz66r4z7zh4crzwg36x25wlepp05umd90yy9u42ux Look at this asshole. <br/><br/>#cat #caturday<br/> <img src="https://mastodon.well.com/system/media_attachments/files/117/298/037/016/409/031/original/d2bad1c38c437034.jpeg"> <br/> 2026-09-19T13:54:49Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqszll93enlatcfnm0h3q699kvq7ykjalzhfyy8hkwn8purkl84k6uczyrvfp5g64yq9ezqdh7yz66r4z7zh4crzwg36x25wlepp05umd90yyx0s3ks Me: I should really try to be healthier.<br/><br/>Me: *googles “can you mix creatine powder in beer”* 2026-09-18T15:41:07Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqswdr9jhw26vau65wp29cy3nr6atvkz6ytz0ry9ypdznrp6eweh0dszyrvfp5g64yq9ezqdh7yz66r4z7zh4crzwg36x25wlepp05umd90yyngw7pt Sometimes I think I’m the only person who has heard of Imani Coppola. I like her music.<br/><br/>“Chupacabra” is my favorite of her albums I think. <br/><br/>#music 2026-09-17T02:24:30Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsgkm777xmw9rlspxgn4tf9njtsukjmley490ar4s0sz6dq2t8296szyrvfp5g64yq9ezqdh7yz66r4z7zh4crzwg36x25wlepp05umd90yyudjjmx Watching a video of a lady talking about her life in rural China. She’s in a little village surrounded by farmland but about 2km away is a train station that connects into Qingdao.<br/><br/>“Because this is a rural area, not many people take the train here, so trains don’t come very often, maybe only every 20-30 minutes.”<br/><br/>*cries in American*<br/><br/>#trains 2026-09-15T03:21:19Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqswkdvkfc9g4qg0j9fwa777ew338w0zch6nm9fttlpz9n3lfl9v4jqzyrvfp5g64yq9ezqdh7yz66r4z7zh4crzwg36x25wlepp05umd90yyuqvsr7 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsvq3vn3yyehj93ldp0n6r6adrfg9nz8mujkaz0nmju043l4c70dccmtcxhq'>nevent1q…cxhq</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Not just exfiltration; if you line up the magnets correctly you could use the cows to store individual bits. Cowore memory. 2026-09-14T15:25:51Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsrxt88a3dpwza705lae84pyj2c2xtcgpx4q9vs53q9er7yl07f4hgzyrvfp5g64yq9ezqdh7yz66r4z7zh4crzwg36x25wlepp05umd90yyzw2atx So the whole Omarchy thing. <br/><br/>I don’t get it. Like, politics aside, it’s not even particularly innovative or useful. Is this a right-wing circlejerk or like…what. Money laundering?<br/><br/>The companies giving millions to the project get far, far more use out of other more fundamental projects and don’t give money to them. Why this one? 2026-09-10T14:28:31Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsd709ldrvqahh483qp3al2056kva0pg0sryvaz73ns8fm5uxcgkcqzyrvfp5g64yq9ezqdh7yz66r4z7zh4crzwg36x25wlepp05umd90yyw22csq Wife gets home from the hospital and gets a bowl of the dinner I made and eats it. <br/><br/>Then she gets a bowl of Cinnamon Toast Crunch. <br/><br/>11yo: Cereal for your second course at dinner huh. <br/><br/>Wife: It’s breakfast. It’s the meal I’m eating after dinner and therefore it is breakfast. <br/><br/>11yo: What about the breakfast you eat tomorrow morning?<br/><br/>Me: I don’t think he knows about second breakfast, dear. 2026-09-09T01:26:50Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs98kky6quqqa70hgym6kwgmcacp7kgqryd35n8z8npkxyxm09jshczyrvfp5g64yq9ezqdh7yz66r4z7zh4crzwg36x25wlepp05umd90yy9vzqvf In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsp4yvuvxaxput0phcfrjjnxdwy3ucty8m7sdfn5z5gulxha6dqgrgjuuafn'>nevent1q…uafn</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>There are only two proper ways to respond to someone coming out:<br/><br/>- Love and acceptance<br/>- Dad jokes<br/><br/>Note that these are the same thing. 2026-09-08T22:36:57Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsp4yvuvxaxput0phcfrjjnxdwy3ucty8m7sdfn5z5gulxha6dqgrgzyrvfp5g64yq9ezqdh7yz66r4z7zh4crzwg36x25wlepp05umd90yyjuxshg Them: Yeah so Casey’s gay, he just came out and wanted everyone to know.<br/><br/>Me: Gaysey<br/><br/>Them: No. 2026-09-08T22:36:24Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsrzjdvh6ld2sgqpnz9t3keyvyszm2z9ujx9v3je30yh6u49rd7kjgzyrvfp5g64yq9ezqdh7yz66r4z7zh4crzwg36x25wlepp05umd90yynrjz6s In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqstr5k5que40tgj3h4uu2lm89a3y0u3g0yqye57qvjdhh73nlvxeuc8selgs'>nevent1q…elgs</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Rob! Are you cooking up there?!<br/><br/>“No!”<br/><br/>…are you applying Godelian metalinguistic manipulations to Mastodon polls?<br/><br/>“…yes” 2026-09-06T05:00:32Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsdsu7dwdzm8xksw8cz6eavqwk25d0alrrunzffce87z30k6sqjg2qzyrvfp5g64yq9ezqdh7yz66r4z7zh4crzwg36x25wlepp05umd90yyh76hew I’ve never had jellied eels. I’d like to try them. 2026-09-04T17:40:22Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsdy40ufvrmk7l0cjdgpa5p064ymglafgs5lrt6va75576jse50azszyrvfp5g64yq9ezqdh7yz66r4z7zh4crzwg36x25wlepp05umd90yy22uv4u Whelp the washer has gone to the great laundromat in the sky. It served me well, and it was already old when I bought it used from a friend 20 years ago so I really can’t complain. <br/><br/>What’re good washers that, importantly, don’t have WiFi and such? Top load, preferably. Good warranty. I’m willing to pay for reliability and non-connectivity…<br/><br/>#advice 2026-09-04T16:27:10Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqswvkqn67xd0esz843zykpc8ansl252fhfsnp7z870c7qp6duxqvlczyrvfp5g64yq9ezqdh7yz66r4z7zh4crzwg36x25wlepp05umd90yy0hllwn Okay. My current “idea keeping me up at night” should receive approval/approbation from you systems folks. <br/><br/>Imagine! A type-1 hypervisor. No allocator. Can read (but not write) the UEFI version of FAT. The firmware/bootloader passes it a single argument: the name of a config file describing a VM. It then boots up said VM. Errors abort and dump info to the console.<br/><br/>1/<br/><br/>#programming 2026-09-02T23:03:16Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsrxer9l7qfsqwv56kwljufrjqqsjgn6enjhf0n8k86kleryqrhflqzyrvfp5g64yq9ezqdh7yz66r4z7zh4crzwg36x25wlepp05umd90yyy5vku4 Me pushing to prod. <br/><br/>#programming<br/> <img src="https://mastodon.well.com/system/media_attachments/files/117/201/645/960/850/583/original/bde6c5a9a02c05dd.png"> <br/> 2026-09-02T13:20:55Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs2myyfw87rzeth352jhsychvp4nxww5xrayzfrzz0g565z8k6q26czyrvfp5g64yq9ezqdh7yz66r4z7zh4crzwg36x25wlepp05umd90yyzsdtd2 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsznt84a9hh4uzkle0qkym5sy8pn89jqn9jzu99f3aqp3jw7wuyjygwdrvhp'>nevent1q…rvhp</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>What did FujiNet do? 2026-09-01T20:08:52Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqstl2pt09k83jdq8ae52lndg0le9uux98r0kqnjuymvd7672cp27yczyrvfp5g64yq9ezqdh7yz66r4z7zh4crzwg36x25wlepp05umd90yytlqwu5 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs9308kg0ww8uq6hl2vcg0pq7fxjn3e78r2t58uj6x92hyf43h5gxg2ccqw7'>nevent1q…cqw7</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Completely unrelated but now I have a mental image of The Count in Gul Madred’s torture chamber saying “THERE ARE FOUR LIGHTS AH AH AH” 2026-09-01T19:25:03Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs9ttyz4sf2ynr9502r62yml22gcfp46xh5u2lzu7ngj9ys7hx6ruszyrvfp5g64yq9ezqdh7yz66r4z7zh4crzwg36x25wlepp05umd90yy92f696 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsgkjmn2u2rp634f5g9ljpphvaayaepdnsz3t9qhlhaenxh799nlncnsz64l'>nevent1q…z64l</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I had a patch contributed to dwm years ago back when that was the top search result for “tiny window manager” or whatever. <br/><br/>After I did the patch I decided to read the rest of the site and holy shit. Yeah. Never touched it again.<br/><br/>It’s a shame because I like minimalism but there is a huge intersection with “libertarianism” that is just fascism, and also with things like “accessibility” and “non-Latin writing systems” being consider superfluous in light of said “minimalism”… 2026-09-01T15:56:05Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqstjyaza8pcmeghrmp23y9p2mdw7ughxh0sse3yzga7hh4ptytewxczyrvfp5g64yq9ezqdh7yz66r4z7zh4crzwg36x25wlepp05umd90yyws2gr0 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqspfummacp6n9fgxj8tjyewf7j0pzr25qlle9fekkl7shffhmxnvaq55t8ay'>nevent1q…t8ay</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>More than you’d think. UTF-8 was Plan 9. The /proc file system was Plan 9. The XRender extension (used, among other things, to do TTF fonts on X11) was inspired by Plan 9’s draw device. 9p, the Plan 9 resource sharing protocol, is widely used for virtual machine-host resource sharing (qemu and even Windows Subsystem for Linux use it). 2026-08-31T21:28:21Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsq559cqwv8fvl5ymcdkzvkz5vqjmzpdeqnw3walqed8c8d5mu9jzgzyrvfp5g64yq9ezqdh7yz66r4z7zh4crzwg36x25wlepp05umd90yymq8ejt The time portal closes<br/><br/>1997 me: Whoa. It’s you. I mean me. You got old. So is 2026 the Year of Linux on the Desktop?<br/><br/>2026: No, but most phones run Linux. They’re basically pocket supercomputers<br/><br/>1997: Neat<br/><br/>2026: Also Linux runs on top of Windows now<br/><br/>1997: What<br/><br/>2026: Oh and MS hosts Linux’s source<br/><br/>1997: What<br/><br/>2026: Oh and all the web browsers except Firefox are KDE<br/><br/>1997: What<br/><br/>2026: Everyone uses Plan 9’s text encoding. Oh and AI is a thing<br/><br/>1997: Neat!<br/><br/>2026: You’d think so<br/><br/>#computing 2026-08-31T15:17:11Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs99yg8ehdxzdlf5dgd4h3nkj3rennp3wjw7wx4tcetuswzdrx494qzyrvfp5g64yq9ezqdh7yz66r4z7zh4crzwg36x25wlepp05umd90yymh7j58 The hairdresser told me I have beautiful hair and she wishes all men had hair like this. <br/><br/>It’s true. *swish* 2026-08-31T01:36:24Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsyk02mddqh2xyn7ajh6veezsgd5hygaz3als46e4u43c7lxgdnhcszyrvfp5g64yq9ezqdh7yz66r4z7zh4crzwg36x25wlepp05umd90yyl4v7p9 11yo: Are you taking Biscuit for a walk?<br/><br/>Me: Yeah. I just gotta put on my shoes.<br/><br/>11yo: You take forever to put on your shoes. <br/><br/>15yo: You are weirdly slow about it. Like I watch you do it and I don’t see anything weird but it takes forever. <br/><br/>Wife (yelling from the other room): Are y’all talking about how your dad takes forever to put on his damn shoes?<br/><br/>🥲 2026-08-30T03:14:16Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs2kwdjkmgak4aewlj2p8pdkkxqc3ppqyppzvk2ltrngvsggwun23czyrvfp5g64yq9ezqdh7yz66r4z7zh4crzwg36x25wlepp05umd90yyezhwe7 Oh you like Information Theory? Name all the bits. <br/><br/>#computerScience #shitpost 2026-08-30T01:07:33Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsxeea3476ke05y4fln20gqjfe0d8wwgjt7408lfdcfjtr3y7cncrszyrvfp5g64yq9ezqdh7yz66r4z7zh4crzwg36x25wlepp05umd90yyejchnn In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs0afzpzjcukj8e42vcsyfdrp6uggxlz8wmp2axvny0xgk29h9ejwcpm778p'>nevent1q…778p</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Not that Judas isn’t super dead but I’m interested that he’s the first one who came to mind for a super dead person. Is that a Canadian thing? 2026-08-27T02:00:59Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsq0pg8hm3pgpcfpd0snpccjq9cwlw8rar7vzpl9fs8y3h36dhpq5czyrvfp5g64yq9ezqdh7yz66r4z7zh4crzwg36x25wlepp05umd90yyx5uedy In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsy3tjkxf9033m5aza3maweg8a5j3krhl8raj7awlthu2zl2chpcqqtqrnap'>nevent1q…rnap</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Last guy was like “let’s go all in on AI!” 2026-08-26T21:35:08Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqspvff36xhrujs07njpghhk6vhswrwf6vwd39ggz3sejqra2xdc68szyrvfp5g64yq9ezqdh7yz66r4z7zh4crzwg36x25wlepp05umd90yyvp9lwd My financial guy doesn’t seem to understand that I don’t want to be super rich in 20 years, I just want to be able to have a modest retirement when my kids finish college in about ten years.<br/><br/>(Not saying either scenarios is gonna happen but I am l, I think, far more risk averse than the average client.) 2026-08-26T21:25:57Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsyfazdwhl4t6h4z8vjaj9klrwq83hana39v9pklp6a4r0c8tqj3wczyrvfp5g64yq9ezqdh7yz66r4z7zh4crzwg36x25wlepp05umd90yy0quuhy In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsgz8e6rld7w35w4m869md2ehg3dxxej55udjarzynunu85lgj8fccjgz4gf'>nevent1q…z4gf</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I dunno, I can&#39;t speak for anyone, but I don&#39;t think people being scared is unreasonable given the circumstances, and...well...Mastodon has a lot of fatalists. Not saying it&#39;s healthy.<br/><br/>Not asking you to put up with it, either; I appreciate your work.<br/><br/>I get that it&#39;s exhausting, but I do think characterizing them as a foreign-influence operation is, sometimes, being a bit unfair to people who are truly scared, not that that helps the tenth time you&#39;ve seen it in a day. 2026-08-25T02:58:44Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsp87758fefpckrv6n46yvm6krxu3zqkzxd0nmnv75teg8r9gh42rczyrvfp5g64yq9ezqdh7yz66r4z7zh4crzwg36x25wlepp05umd90yy6d388w In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsd6u5m8mhu5jjvvz2033ge4cuwqyaaua4908k3l70j7c2attc8xmchz6zmx'>nevent1q…6zmx</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I mean...I can feel despair at the state of my country *and also vote and volunteer*. Sometimes people feel despair and that&#39;s okay. Saying &#34;the GOP is going to do some fuckery&#34; does not include the words &#34;don&#39;t vote&#34; anywhere in it, in fact it should motivate you to vote even harder to vote the bastards out. 2026-08-25T02:23:01Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs9zqv8pjt6r39huq392y5nvuw9e58g2u4h29z6z3km84x4z55562szyrvfp5g64yq9ezqdh7yz66r4z7zh4crzwg36x25wlepp05umd90yyf2nv3c In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsqal3y3hfcfxw6xzzwn7ljcraw9ekmanpas4eqvd60rj8th9n3lrgd2su7l'>nevent1q…su7l</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Nothing new to my knowledge. It just came up recently elsewhere in another conversation. 2026-08-24T23:54:55Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs0738tzzk88as8aeh5f6gcx5v5rts6zwupfrj0c6ln43lk059ln5czyrvfp5g64yq9ezqdh7yz66r4z7zh4crzwg36x25wlepp05umd90yy5g6eep Jia Tan’s xzlib exploit and its discovery<br/><br/>#infosec 2026-08-24T23:31:35Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsyw0cyzx5mm4qsm9ynn9x9uuczg76zqp06zmzltr6tjnfj7l55raqzyrvfp5g64yq9ezqdh7yz66r4z7zh4crzwg36x25wlepp05umd90yy4lvewk In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsx8923k8xycdgnpswsqcug9suzstn660v66fhr8dsunxn0phhpejq6jjljs'>nevent1q…jljs</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I mean…maybe. But all it takes is a small amount of fuckery in a few state capitals or simply something that brings the whole election’s legitimacy into doubt.<br/><br/>I am not sure my vote for James Talarico will be accurately counted. I am worried the election will be “canceled” by Trump, which of course doesn’t mean anything but then Republican majority states pass some emergency legislation that appoints GOP senators directly and fucks with the House and we get a constitutional crisis. 2026-08-24T21:23:38Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsp0qwh36hnsuvz20l4cnvutrvt23p6wrtm5grppkmus04jkqgrz4szyrvfp5g64yq9ezqdh7yz66r4z7zh4crzwg36x25wlepp05umd90yyh3pd2n In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsfalqd5dynfgghzxz5hyuxfpzrn58nfreed9u69ugqdhdem7e3whqwnkw6m'>nevent1q…kw6m</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Riker Emergency Protocol Alpha incidentally deletes his entire holodeck history. 2026-08-24T19:55:28Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsphfx90w29r7x566djg649q9h6j9rr6juj40zrr3a0h3e6f4m7qkqzyrvfp5g64yq9ezqdh7yz66r4z7zh4crzwg36x25wlepp05umd90yyva7a8w In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsdj8dfgtqekehdkuflflaqka6uvt4n8wkyx68ta2v7mcdganrpf4qsgp4az'>nevent1q…p4az</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>That seems bad. 2026-08-24T18:13:05Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsfxsadwlzqxwrvpkcuzt4gfm523rvyfdffvwuj007p3waqdukqeuqzyrvfp5g64yq9ezqdh7yz66r4z7zh4crzwg36x25wlepp05umd90yy8hjz7a My wife is taking a work-required module/class on her laptop.<br/><br/>The lady teaching the class is good but she has the speech pattern/cadence of a preschool TV show host.<br/><br/>&#34;And what happens to all that blood around complex fracture site?&#34;<br/><br/>&#34;That&#39;s right! It sits in the intravascular space for a loooooong time!&#34;<br/><br/>It&#39;s surreal. 2026-08-23T18:37:05Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqstptj5lwfxzl9guvkryuypxq3xawumhwtt0yf34sm86ryg3vsrvyqzyrvfp5g64yq9ezqdh7yz66r4z7zh4crzwg36x25wlepp05umd90yydgn5ff In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsyllmv8g7ck23wkjfj8fsgday2jjnf3f6lnk6ep6p74hx603gz09q3drk7m'>nevent1q…rk7m</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/> <img src="https://mastodon.well.com/system/media_attachments/files/117/145/206/973/085/396/original/5e94f1a51b5fb813.png"> <br/> 2026-08-23T14:08:46Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqswclqtpm4427x2hes5ehxk0cmf88qjdhrrjkgvjk5rf53ushqrqlczyrvfp5g64yq9ezqdh7yz66r4z7zh4crzwg36x25wlepp05umd90yyuk83v4 My 21yo nephew got a new tat. <br/><br/>Texting the friend thread.<br/><br/>Me: 21yo’s new ink. <br/><br/>Verizon: *shits the bed*<br/><br/>J: I’m ready. <br/><br/>D: Yeah if you sent the pic we didn’t get it. <br/><br/>J: Where the fuck is the tattoo<br/><br/>D: You have to click the plus button to add a photo<br/><br/>J: I believe in the computer scientist guy. You can do this Rob. <br/><br/>D: Maybe just call us and describe what it looks like.<br/><br/>Me: Man fuck y’all. 2026-08-23T02:09:44Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs9fzwyzuf94pk2z9lyhfshnlpfdk7yuahq8azskw5yzpwtn88ewxgzyrvfp5g64yq9ezqdh7yz66r4z7zh4crzwg36x25wlepp05umd90yykp90ct In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsxfsaw0rm2qqh2fedlyqy0sgrnrgm2ezvsw99eum0uud0e9uth0mgmwszqj'>nevent1q…szqj</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>If you are really good with the ../ memes you can break out of just <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1s6eewzr2zvz3ppsa6k8j2hadamsug7q4rp068wmz3grtf440xxkqr8n008" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>:rainbowCrow:</span> (<span class="italic">npub1s6e…n008</span>)</a></span> ’s corner of the fedi, and many other things as well. 2026-08-21T22:20:59Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsxz5d95skquz30swzt83tmvvqnfz9wrrk3e4cuax5rs4af2yxau7qzyrvfp5g64yq9ezqdh7yz66r4z7zh4crzwg36x25wlepp05umd90yylmvq35 Why did God arrange things such that muon-catalyzed fusion just teases us. 2026-08-21T20:55:01Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsrqnzcc20d3tdf93km5l09n2cslg2zsqjmmqjn9t98d3k0f730uwqzyrvfp5g64yq9ezqdh7yz66r4z7zh4crzwg36x25wlepp05umd90yy0jy3lr In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs839y3k4a7pal6mgaguapfu5eknwzmthxfyl8uwf70em2hwhyzajqgful6a'>nevent1q…ul6a</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Some people really want a king, and are desperate to be ruled. 2026-08-21T17:11:24Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsg88yl6velnahy8x5dry0mzedc2w5vf7t3exjx6u55chcgrqzaqcczyrvfp5g64yq9ezqdh7yz66r4z7zh4crzwg36x25wlepp05umd90yyxz4qw0 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs048wpfppzrn2futxmu0wyrauegc36ee90t59w4mfaf3pt3v4yvuc9yzym2'>nevent1q…zym2</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Eating one gram of plutonium gives you enough calories for the rest of your life. 2026-08-21T15:46:39Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsq9uta9lzlu3z9cc7lkuqa46l5r9thx8xtkf0tcqgn92cq3v0rcwszyrvfp5g64yq9ezqdh7yz66r4z7zh4crzwg36x25wlepp05umd90yyehv008 Guide: How to become fluent in a foreign language faster!<br/><br/>*opens guide*<br/><br/>Step 1: Have 6-8 hours of free time a day. Do not have children or a full time job.<br/><br/>*closes guide*<br/><br/>#languageLearning 2026-08-18T20:17:15Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsgh3g6fdeup9apug9ptk0gmxhpw7r03mrj70heartu8pvkk6ukc8qzyrvfp5g64yq9ezqdh7yz66r4z7zh4crzwg36x25wlepp05umd90yy7xh6jq Did you know that if you hold a cat up to your ear you can hear the sound of what it sounds like to be attacked by an angry cat? 2026-08-18T02:39:23Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs88e8gdwv2nh6cy3j5dewkkn56eqhvc6ydd9s6ejf84ly59r4f6nczyrvfp5g64yq9ezqdh7yz66r4z7zh4crzwg36x25wlepp05umd90yyxuw66n Some people still use tcsh. I love those people.<br/><br/>I also fear those people.<br/><br/>#unix 2026-08-16T00:48:24Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs2n202d57ekkfpwz4pwfhw4a9cy89euywt3f7jnkep74f64vu2tgqzyrvfp5g64yq9ezqdh7yz66r4z7zh4crzwg36x25wlepp05umd90yyhj549h We’re taking our kids to an art exhibit instead of letting them sit at home and play video games. Someone call The Hague. 2026-08-09T15:43:29Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsrt66nj2d8zcuxukjcayve64xtmwuv9qww9m3awz0zq94lcykvwyqzyrvfp5g64yq9ezqdh7yz66r4z7zh4crzwg36x25wlepp05umd90yyudyh0p In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsrksdkaedcyk43uknfw4puqupw58juzxu53jgxw5l8httwgljmmkc68kk2d'>nevent1q…kk2d</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>News of the World’s robot is terrifying. 2026-08-08T15:12:35Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs8smc8wuurywyee3erl4qsecegcdqzj8jkjze2h4w40sdhjqnkrfszyrvfp5g64yq9ezqdh7yz66r4z7zh4crzwg36x25wlepp05umd90yyqhr5le *youth pastor voice, sitting down backwards in chair* You know who else escaped containment and hacked the system 2026-08-07T15:58:29Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs89kd258jupuc2wktvgkyv9yyacu5cj5zmlce02xdfyuh7gmpry0szyrvfp5g64yq9ezqdh7yz66r4z7zh4crzwg36x25wlepp05umd90yyq6mre0 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsqsd0wrrchwrprnrhmryc7acz2zcqu8lx23chy6yc9exd3643y0agnlh667'>nevent1q…h667</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>It’s a meme in the literal memetic sense even. 2026-08-07T15:06:42Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsg3250w9r2n3pxuzwr6752kj0s5kj9z5amtm0pl5un4gvydvpzanczyrvfp5g64yq9ezqdh7yz66r4z7zh4crzwg36x25wlepp05umd90yy0c8fzv “Both sides are bad so don’t vote” doesn’t put you above the system, it puts you under its boot. 2026-08-07T14:52:39Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs8l6pewcv28tjqpc67qs88qm8fasm0v0nck944rsd9hdnchqdfjvgzyrvfp5g64yq9ezqdh7yz66r4z7zh4crzwg36x25wlepp05umd90yytdng8p #infosec #shitpost<br/> <img src="https://mastodon.well.com/system/media_attachments/files/117/046/142/893/691/158/original/647fca9f87217253.png"> <br/> 2026-08-06T02:14:24Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs9ppmczly2v6tdk4gd7mmlh85nqwaew2wgcc97kx5r8gze27e66pqzyrvfp5g64yq9ezqdh7yz66r4z7zh4crzwg36x25wlepp05umd90yyhx66fe We are currently without a mattress (wife didn’t like the old new one and the new new one’s delayed in shipping).<br/><br/>15yo comes into the room to find me laying on the floor under a blanket. <br/><br/>15yo: What are you doing?<br/><br/>Me: I have a massive headache and my mattress is gone. <br/><br/>15yo: You’re pitiful. This is pitiful. You’re wallowing in your sorrow. 2026-08-05T22:46:15Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsw2krz7qrg3e3z44fgvkpd9pfjw55gqqfs432ppyqkrvh2u5wmz4qzyrvfp5g64yq9ezqdh7yz66r4z7zh4crzwg36x25wlepp05umd90yyrdwh92 Hot coffee tastes good. Iced coffee tastes good. Lukewarm coffee tastes like Satan’s bunghole. What’s up with that. 2026-08-04T12:12:10Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsgtta8ktefu8kzm8tyvjmml5qee3l6ay4gdxjv4vwuhxgjva2acxszyrvfp5g64yq9ezqdh7yz66r4z7zh4crzwg36x25wlepp05umd90yyk5xxqd Also for sale: WHERE IS YOUR GOD NOW<br/> <img src="https://mastodon.well.com/system/media_attachments/files/117/018/039/092/779/090/original/45ac580f398efdc3.jpeg"> <br/> 2026-08-01T03:06:22Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqstd2pmmwcfdtyt337uqc4qct0y7u73yjtth4udu7efrnqyqjx2kwqzyrvfp5g64yq9ezqdh7yz66r4z7zh4crzwg36x25wlepp05umd90yygpxxr5 “Rob you’re a computer scientist, so you’re good at math, right?”<br/><br/>“You’d think so, wouldn’t you.”<br/><br/>#math 2026-07-31T19:22:42Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsry4cmzae6nqpc6a9e8vk0auxc0we4u5pfa3gwtseghp0vke9jwtgzyrvfp5g64yq9ezqdh7yz66r4z7zh4crzwg36x25wlepp05umd90yy4nxdmu In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsvkpspc7nmmn8tm6xk0ux2amtxr8ljf7tw0nq7pjdse35e8ce5h7cx47j0g'>nevent1q…7j0g</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>If you like blue-footed boobies (and who doesn’t), check out the Blue Feet Foundation. It’s a charity founded by a fifth grader (he’s a young man now) that sells blue socks so your feet can be the same color as the boobies’, and the money goes towards conservation efforts for the birds! I’m literally wearing a pair right now!<br/><br/><a href="https://bluefeetfoundation.com/">https://bluefeetfoundation.com/</a><br/> <img src="https://mastodon.well.com/system/media_attachments/files/117/015/074/957/408/381/original/1b3ce6acec59adc6.jpg"> <br/> 2026-07-31T14:32:48Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs2gz63kukahye6z307xx0suym3xfe7srcj7ttzfmq0rvuagm2jvegzyrvfp5g64yq9ezqdh7yz66r4z7zh4crzwg36x25wlepp05umd90yyp5p06h For some reason YouTube plopped an ad for a “Warrior Husband Workshop” in the middle of my retrocomputing video. <br/><br/>It was all AI images of an unhappy married couple and a voiceover explaining how marriage problems are because husbands don’t “exercise their authority” over their wives who, from what I gather, can’t help but be “prosecutors who never forget your mistakes.”<br/><br/>I feel really sorry for these people who fall prey to this, and horrified of the people who perpetrate it. Good lord. 2026-07-29T02:48:36Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs8c6qvmy2rmnypkfjtejsp0w5ccgngvwvnghdzpf9vyve807dumyszyrvfp5g64yq9ezqdh7yz66r4z7zh4crzwg36x25wlepp05umd90yydwjkwj In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs2lj8szwszw5xzjgxl205zzjm6cyul7flpg7v4ptev0yjmmz96fkqwwgyte'>nevent1q…gyte</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Unfortunately, case law has pretty large exceptions carved out for inspection at the border.<br/><br/>(To be clear, I am not a lawyer, I don’t know shit about fuck. This is just what I know from a casual interest in this sort of thing and a young adult son who wants to be a lawyer.) 2026-07-27T16:40:11Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs8x0nh6vkph90nd63mlf5xtlxuvdhwurt0m6gq8s56k758zpwmjnszyrvfp5g64yq9ezqdh7yz66r4z7zh4crzwg36x25wlepp05umd90yy5z4a6u In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqszft0mz3666dhypuu3pt0tf2pvsjdwvahw3xag00w0awjh8g8dgyg4zacez'>nevent1q…acez</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I mean part of the problem is that they have to pretend to be an 8086 and then an 80386 first and both of those pretensions were hacks to begin with. <br/><br/>I do think we’ll see real mode nuked from a majority of amd64’s within the next couple of years, x64-S is trying. <br/><br/>And on UEFI systems there’s not even anything for real mode to do, UEFI flips to protected/long mode before anything else. 2026-07-23T17:44:16Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsxhtcpdl4lyx94d3ntmezy4kq8wp3h3exnpdpgcphenrr2e5qyx3czyrvfp5g64yq9ezqdh7yz66r4z7zh4crzwg36x25wlepp05umd90yyrf33s8 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsrm8rn6fknljw5a2pycy9f6wvs78xadje3jljlnez9vth67dvecwcd73gf2'>nevent1q…3gf2</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Obstacles in Pokémon games be like 2026-07-23T17:01:19Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsqvnvvawpanmlrk2vne65nq6ld0dl7q3md423cmcz5dwjqm7d9hmszyrvfp5g64yq9ezqdh7yz66r4z7zh4crzwg36x25wlepp05umd90yywuzy9s In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs8g65hlkpd4cpsg4qae7lm3c0gfrlktgxw5jyz4gu53afpdj5v0nczvm7dg'>nevent1q…m7dg</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Your honor if you are what you eat then I am an innocent man. Thank you. 2026-07-22T21:07:36Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsqjwzdj6x50szdqyqhdp3xje4agg2kyan2xqkffmkp0prnzqsjjhszyrvfp5g64yq9ezqdh7yz66r4z7zh4crzwg36x25wlepp05umd90yy9xr5k4 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsd6ettlfjwm7x4utgn8p0662g3vg3xuuujdl6fj4gss2yvcuhe3ygds6ztq'>nevent1q…6ztq</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Corded ware is probably the easiest way to make high-quality containers but those young people with their long hair and their rock music are trying to get sand really hot like idiots. 2026-07-21T22:03:29Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqswvqrszx2rxsrl4n5swensqfzslz6hnh4m5xpl3ht9lq97e5rz52szyrvfp5g64yq9ezqdh7yz66r4z7zh4crzwg36x25wlepp05umd90yyhprfq2 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsx0q9zem78666cu5atrky8wqz78ftx239c5cc2wx87lygug5k7v6spfk6yj'>nevent1q…k6yj</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Obviously people have done slices before in C and interfaces behind structs and such. I’m talking a replacement (such as it is) for libc that really leans into this. 2026-07-17T21:26:21Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsx0q9zem78666cu5atrky8wqz78ftx239c5cc2wx87lygug5k7v6szyrvfp5g64yq9ezqdh7yz66r4z7zh4crzwg36x25wlepp05umd90yyeh66qy In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsxn5n92kkqdtycxpte9cw7vaedy0q3vzcscn47megkcn49fxuraqce92rr0'>nevent1q…2rr0</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I’ve often thought about writing a New Standard C Library taking the best of Go and Zig that can be translated relatively well to idiomatic C. Pluggable allocators. Slices. The IO library. Maybe some interfaces in structs kinda thing. <br/><br/>Anton Zhiyanov has been doing some work in this direction and it’s neat. 2026-07-17T21:25:14Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsrwczylxhvp6yd28wcs34m2m2x8yca244jdcndqap9qaqjpw8ha3gzyrvfp5g64yq9ezqdh7yz66r4z7zh4crzwg36x25wlepp05umd90yytufpkt I wrote a state machine for Japanese verb conjugation. I have offended the laws of both God and Man. 2026-07-17T00:05:29Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs2l6evfpqzecg63hwmfuvfx9h0zm68sasf3msxs80g7tqrjx3c9zqzyrvfp5g64yq9ezqdh7yz66r4z7zh4crzwg36x25wlepp05umd90yy72x4zl I need you to understand that Budweiser had an ad campaign where three different frogs were croaking, one said &#34;bud&#34;, another said &#34;weis&#34;, and the last said &#34;er&#34;.<br/><br/>You could download a screensaver for Windows 95 that had the frogs on your screen and the sound effects and it was the height of technology. That was it. We peaked. 2026-07-16T02:14:57Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs8clav4e9zffvxgfrqxznsya2vz4veujvew6wt6fh0dzqvum73apqzyrvfp5g64yq9ezqdh7yz66r4z7zh4crzwg36x25wlepp05umd90yy047nvz The s in /sbin stands for <br/><br/>#unix #shitpost 2026-07-14T18:08:49Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqswd60j50mc7zyx8drwhm7354kazqyr4ltja3ujrknzq55ysl8wakszyrvfp5g64yq9ezqdh7yz66r4z7zh4crzwg36x25wlepp05umd90yyya4rgr Why is Biscuit T. Dog licking my face so intently<br/><br/>#dog 2026-07-13T23:18:16Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsgj0dge2ry7758umh4w027u9p9d2z2m09w9wukc53d766yrwggp3qzyrvfp5g64yq9ezqdh7yz66r4z7zh4crzwg36x25wlepp05umd90yyfd4tm3 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs086wcfl09jtd7yhq2lhm83ykvqw2wz8dg5q4rxvhgh6hg9x44xdgxhpf4v'>nevent1q…pf4v</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Godspeed. 2026-07-10T19:03:55Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs25jmxzywjzkj6f7h949phltmm2lqj0rdqvxq3ygsm2hmn0cnx49qzyrvfp5g64yq9ezqdh7yz66r4z7zh4crzwg36x25wlepp05umd90yy0pnsuf Some spam that made it through the filter today asked if I needed help pushing my 1000 line terminal multiplexer on GitHub into international enterprise markets. <br/><br/>The email helpfully noted that the project was mostly written in C. That’s something I wouldn’t have known if they hadn’t reminded me. <br/><br/>#spam 2026-07-10T15:27:37Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs0shjxdpqsqjtwptmeu450qqpndu0r8yxjjxdmh2d0evr3a5n0a5szyrvfp5g64yq9ezqdh7yz66r4z7zh4crzwg36x25wlepp05umd90yys2p40h Preferred standard email closing form <br/><br/>#shitpost 2026-07-09T22:41:11Z