Kvetching, not complaining. Writes books. Pet rats. Martial arts. Punch Nazis & terfs. If it wasn't on Industrial Records it's not industrial music, it's just sparkling noise. He/him. Bangpath old. Detroit, MI, US. Gelato!
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Last Notes npub1je7x7wacp8f6u7gns9gra3cdpkn20mrnvmurklqydeedpgr536vqq0c34g Like Mucas :pumpkin_ugh: The #TwistedPresents #kickstarter ends TONIGHT. If you've been thinking you'll back it later, there is no later. https://mwl.io/ks Another $178 and all backers will get THREE books! Unsure? Read a sample story at https://mwl.io/archives/24991 npub1je7x7wacp8f6u7gns9gra3cdpkn20mrnvmurklqydeedpgr536vqq0c34g Like Mucas :pumpkin_ugh: "If you need to use BIOS booting with ZFSBootMenu, check the project documentation. I'm not going through it because I live in 2026." #openzfsmastery #nonotryagain I should probably put a link to the book sponsor page, but promoting #twistedPresents has devoured my promo spoons. npub1je7x7wacp8f6u7gns9gra3cdpkn20mrnvmurklqydeedpgr536vqq0c34g Like Mucas :pumpkin_ugh: "We stand out like caroling at an orgy. Or an orgy at caroling, either way." #TwistedPresents is on Kickstarter! Eight bent #Christmas tales of crime and fantasy. I'd appreciate your support. https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/mwlucas/twisted-presents npub1je7x7wacp8f6u7gns9gra3cdpkn20mrnvmurklqydeedpgr536vqq0c34g Like Mucas :pumpkin_ugh: New blog post: Sponsorship Price Increase. https://mwl.io/archives/24971 npub1je7x7wacp8f6u7gns9gra3cdpkn20mrnvmurklqydeedpgr536vqq0c34g Like Mucas :pumpkin_ugh: Rough cut of the next #FreeBSDJournal column done. Will review it tomorrow and send it to the editorial board. "It's 'magic' if it's beneficial. It's 'stupidity' if not." I have no idea why they publish this drivel, but I guess I shouldn't argue? npub1je7x7wacp8f6u7gns9gra3cdpkn20mrnvmurklqydeedpgr536vqq0c34g Like Mucas :pumpkin_ugh: Fermi is quite annoyed about the thumb-beast's inability to manage facilities for the last couple of days. The whole "power outage" thing is just technobabble, we need our chilled watermelon! #petRats #rats https://cdn.hosted.spacebear.ee/sb-53d788bcd8441bb97cfb7a64f2552521/media_attachments/files/117/219/210/631/415/503/original/6ee6cd69d529bc5b.jpg npub1je7x7wacp8f6u7gns9gra3cdpkn20mrnvmurklqydeedpgr536vqq0c34g Like Mucas :pumpkin_ugh: I'd love to put some decorative stock art on the blank pages in #TwistedPresents, but I don't trust my ability to avoid AI images. npub1je7x7wacp8f6u7gns9gra3cdpkn20mrnvmurklqydeedpgr536vqq0c34g Like Mucas :pumpkin_ugh: When you choose human-created badness over anything AI-made. Also, *why* you choose human-created badness over anything AI-made. https://cdn.hosted.spacebear.ee/sb-53d788bcd8441bb97cfb7a64f2552521/media_attachments/files/117/184/739/880/183/988/original/3a548f768c2a01d5.png npub1je7x7wacp8f6u7gns9gra3cdpkn20mrnvmurklqydeedpgr536vqq0c34g Like Mucas :pumpkin_ugh: Pet #startrek theory: CBS' new boss declared that Trek was too woke, so they canceled the Academy show and gutted the last two seasons of SNW. npub1je7x7wacp8f6u7gns9gra3cdpkn20mrnvmurklqydeedpgr536vqq0c34g Like Mucas :pumpkin_ugh: @nprofile…09dw Carney sucks soooo much less than anyone over here. npub1je7x7wacp8f6u7gns9gra3cdpkn20mrnvmurklqydeedpgr536vqq0c34g Like Mucas :pumpkin_ugh: So many US citizens don't understand the nature of US power. https://talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/the-us-canada-trainwreck-and-the-limits-of-american-power npub1je7x7wacp8f6u7gns9gra3cdpkn20mrnvmurklqydeedpgr536vqq0c34g Like Mucas :pumpkin_ugh: Three weeks ago, I hurt my shoulder. Finally got an ultrasound referral to check for soft tissue damage. First available date: 11 September. :flan_rage: npub1je7x7wacp8f6u7gns9gra3cdpkn20mrnvmurklqydeedpgr536vqq0c34g Like Mucas :pumpkin_ugh: Oh. Right. I should shill a thing. It's my stupid job. Uh... Christmas is coming? You have been warned? Https://mwl.io/ks There! Nailed it! npub1je7x7wacp8f6u7gns9gra3cdpkn20mrnvmurklqydeedpgr536vqq0c34g Like Mucas :pumpkin_ugh: New blog post: Changing Language for Storage Capacity. https://mwl.io/archives/24954 npub1je7x7wacp8f6u7gns9gra3cdpkn20mrnvmurklqydeedpgr536vqq0c34g Like Mucas :pumpkin_ugh: The people opting out of society are reading the odds correctly. My parents were okay. Half of my generation is screwed. Most of the folks younger than me are screwed. The system does not allow success, so why try? https://henryfudgeofficial.substack.com/p/degeneracy-is-a-symptom npub1je7x7wacp8f6u7gns9gra3cdpkn20mrnvmurklqydeedpgr536vqq0c34g Like Mucas :pumpkin_ugh: (runs into street screaming) "Soylent Green is human flesh!" "What, like Amazon and Google?" "No! It's real human flesh!" "Oh, you mean like Exxon and Ford?" "No! Literally!" "Ah! Like Kraft! Gotcha. But what you gonna do? It is what it is." npub1je7x7wacp8f6u7gns9gra3cdpkn20mrnvmurklqydeedpgr536vqq0c34g Like Mucas :pumpkin_ugh: Saw a tactical assault unicorn today and thought of @nprofile…mx5w. https://cdn.hosted.spacebear.ee/sb-53d788bcd8441bb97cfb7a64f2552521/media_attachments/files/117/067/322/004/415/705/original/2364d688a782ad0a.png npub1je7x7wacp8f6u7gns9gra3cdpkn20mrnvmurklqydeedpgr536vqq0c34g Like Mucas :pumpkin_ugh: Fermi, heading out to take on the day. #petRats #rats https://cdn.hosted.spacebear.ee/sb-53d788bcd8441bb97cfb7a64f2552521/media_attachments/files/117/054/329/756/747/322/original/5087949d3494beaf.jpg npub1je7x7wacp8f6u7gns9gra3cdpkn20mrnvmurklqydeedpgr536vqq0c34g Like Mucas :pumpkin_ugh: As a newly divorced writer, I have the freedom to I stop for ice cream whenever I want. This tiny town has more oddball art galleries than I've seen anywhere. Quirky coffee shops galore. The indie creamery makes their own ice cream from scratch and even offers gelato for dogs. I stroll down the marina street, enjoying my cone, window shopping at yet another quirky gift shop, when a tiny logo catches my eye. This is a Hallmark Village. If they take me alive I will be assigned a golden retriever, a fleece jacket, and a coffee shop before the sun goes down. My glasses have turned darker in the sun. That'll help hide the dread in my eyes. I straighten my Front Line Assembly hoodie. Protective camouflage, declaring "You don't want this one." If I can make it back to the car, I'll be fine. Keep licking the cone. Walk steady. The guy sweeping the sidewalk in front of the used bookstore gives me a smile. "Good morning!" Giving a cheery greeting will invite conversation. A cold shoulder will invite attention. I settle for a noncommittal nod and a "Hi." I'm almost past when the bookseller says, "Hey, what's that on your shirt?" My heart plunges like a brick. The hoodie has slipped open, exposing the T-shirt from the Capybara Cafe petting zoo. That's not just sweet, it's saccharine. I pretend I don't hear. Keep moving. Don't let my feet speed up. If I panic, they'll be on me. Behind me someone mutters, "We have a Grump." The car is only a block away. I can make it. But between us, the coffee shop door opens. Four men come out. One says, "I don't know where we're going to find another marina volunteer." My stomach knots. They've sent the Cinnamon Rolls after me. #microfic https://cdn.hosted.spacebear.ee/sb-53d788bcd8441bb97cfb7a64f2552521/media_attachments/files/117/027/246/406/657/415/original/c3b33461a448f214.jpg npub1je7x7wacp8f6u7gns9gra3cdpkn20mrnvmurklqydeedpgr536vqq0c34g Like Mucas :pumpkin_ugh: I'll be in Seattle this next week for writer business, but at 7PM this Thursday, 30 July, I'll be at Sirena Gelato in Kirkland, Washington.¹ Feel free to join me. https://sirenagelato.com/ ¹ Kirkland? Is that the home of Costco? Should I make a pilgrimage to the Primordial Costco? npub1je7x7wacp8f6u7gns9gra3cdpkn20mrnvmurklqydeedpgr536vqq0c34g Like Mucas :pumpkin_ugh: I hate being right. npub1je7x7wacp8f6u7gns9gra3cdpkn20mrnvmurklqydeedpgr536vqq0c34g Like Mucas :pumpkin_ugh: The camera doesn't capture the color, it's a nice deep purple https://cdn.hosted.spacebear.ee/sb-53d788bcd8441bb97cfb7a64f2552521/media_attachments/files/116/983/323/012/098/391/original/a8b6cc59eaf74132.jpg npub1je7x7wacp8f6u7gns9gra3cdpkn20mrnvmurklqydeedpgr536vqq0c34g Like Mucas :pumpkin_ugh: @nprofile…vrnn :flan_XD: yeah, SSH certs are the bomb. npub1je7x7wacp8f6u7gns9gra3cdpkn20mrnvmurklqydeedpgr536vqq0c34g Like Mucas :pumpkin_ugh: @nprofile…vrnn thank you. glad my repeated banging my head against the wall helps! npub1je7x7wacp8f6u7gns9gra3cdpkn20mrnvmurklqydeedpgr536vqq0c34g Like Mucas :pumpkin_ugh: @nprofile…vrnn no, no, that's basically the process? :flan_tired: npub1je7x7wacp8f6u7gns9gra3cdpkn20mrnvmurklqydeedpgr536vqq0c34g Like Mucas :pumpkin_ugh: "Yes, you could replace all the disks simultaneously, if you’d like to shatter your day with a glorious festival of I/O contention." #openzfsmastery Wrote about log and cache devices today, and expanding pools by replacing disks with larger disks. The book is underway! I'd appreciate your help keeping the lights on as I finish it. https://mwl.io/sponsor npub1je7x7wacp8f6u7gns9gra3cdpkn20mrnvmurklqydeedpgr536vqq0c34g Like Mucas :pumpkin_ugh: also: whoever bought me the nice trackball? Thank you. It's a huge help on this wide desk. npub1je7x7wacp8f6u7gns9gra3cdpkn20mrnvmurklqydeedpgr536vqq0c34g Like Mucas :pumpkin_ugh: @nprofile…y8vl message just went out to developers@, the fix has been pushed but not yet globally synced npub1je7x7wacp8f6u7gns9gra3cdpkn20mrnvmurklqydeedpgr536vqq0c34g Like Mucas :pumpkin_ugh: "Lucas has run high-volume netflow collectors, where data is written all day every day for as long as the doomed disks endure. He considered adjusting metadata redundancy when the disk couldn’t keep up. If it helped, he copied new data off to more fortunate storage every hour and started budgeting for faster storage." #openzfsmastery datasets chapter done at last! On to scrubs, repairs, and pool changes. Want your name in the book? Sponsors get that! https://mwl.io/sponsor npub1je7x7wacp8f6u7gns9gra3cdpkn20mrnvmurklqydeedpgr536vqq0c34g Like Mucas :pumpkin_ugh: Windows has an option where if you hit CTRL, your mouse gets highlighted with a shrinking circle. It's invaluable on multiple-monitor systems. Does MacOS have anything similar? npub1je7x7wacp8f6u7gns9gra3cdpkn20mrnvmurklqydeedpgr536vqq0c34g Like Mucas :pumpkin_ugh: NAT is not a firewall. Here's a tool to prove it. https://sa.my/slipstream/ (h/t @nprofile…sy2p ) npub1je7x7wacp8f6u7gns9gra3cdpkn20mrnvmurklqydeedpgr536vqq0c34g Like Mucas :pumpkin_ugh: Every men's room should be stocked with tampons and pads at all times. After all, tampons and pads are very useful for treating gunshot wounds. Gunshot wounds are very manly. Let people be manly. npub1je7x7wacp8f6u7gns9gra3cdpkn20mrnvmurklqydeedpgr536vqq0c34g Like Mucas :pumpkin_ugh: The new #FreeBSDJournal is out. Includes my We Get Letters column, where I directly and unreservedly address improving software quality. Promise. Cross my heart and hope to pie. https://freebsdfoundation.org/our-work/journal/browser-based-edition/improving-software-quality/ npub1je7x7wacp8f6u7gns9gra3cdpkn20mrnvmurklqydeedpgr536vqq0c34g Like Mucas :pumpkin_ugh: Trying running my office on wireless. Things connect, but seemed laggy compared to the dmarc. Speedtest.net is not a great way to test connectivity, but performing two consecutive tests against the same server is a reasonable test. Mac Studio wifi: 18mbs down, 16 up. Good enough to work, but I'm paying for 300mbs. Mac Studio ethernet to Mikrotik wifi bridge: 210mbs down, 200 up. Sigh. Apparently I'm back on my Redundant Array of Inexpensive Crap kick. #sysadmin npub1je7x7wacp8f6u7gns9gra3cdpkn20mrnvmurklqydeedpgr536vqq0c34g Like Mucas :pumpkin_ugh: If the Netherlands are on my bug-out list, maybe I *should* consider FOSDEM? Fly into Brussels. Hop the bus for Amsterdam. Poke around for a week, see what I think. Have stroopwaffle for my 60thh birthday. Hit the con, go home. But 8,000 people? :flan_yikes: That promises to be utterly overwhelming. npub1je7x7wacp8f6u7gns9gra3cdpkn20mrnvmurklqydeedpgr536vqq0c34g Like Mucas :pumpkin_ugh: Researching countries to reliably emigrate to, where I can work as a writer and I can provide an way station for friends who must leave the US in a hurry. (I know, I know, "the midterms will fix everything," but I want to prepare.) Many countries that are advertised as expat-friendly require resources I lack. I keep winding up with the same list: Netherlands and Thailand. I have friends in the Netherlands, but housing is challenging and Dutch is notoriously difficult to learn. I could probably manage it financially, but am concerned about those who would follow me. Thailand is cheap and they welcome anyone but the weather... holy crap, the weather. "Just leave the US." Ha! npub1je7x7wacp8f6u7gns9gra3cdpkn20mrnvmurklqydeedpgr536vqq0c34g Like Mucas :pumpkin_ugh: Cage cleaning day, and we are BETRAYED #petRats #rats https://cdn.hosted.spacebear.ee/sb-53d788bcd8441bb97cfb7a64f2552521/media_attachments/files/116/867/276/858/312/519/original/cdbc1f79adb3c135.jpg npub1je7x7wacp8f6u7gns9gra3cdpkn20mrnvmurklqydeedpgr536vqq0c34g Like Mucas :pumpkin_ugh: @nprofile…mkc8 look for an animal to converse with? npub1je7x7wacp8f6u7gns9gra3cdpkn20mrnvmurklqydeedpgr536vqq0c34g Like Mucas :pumpkin_ugh: Now that I have native IPv6 at home, thinking it's time for a new netflow book. I no longer run a backbone, though, so I don't have a great big WAN. Pondering focus/titles: Netflow for the Home (lol, no) Netflow for Sysadmins? Lab Netflow? It seems nfsen/nfdump is the best toolkit out there that supports IPv6, but the reporting tools are nowhere near as good as flow-tools. This book is gonna need a bunch of sed, awk, and sort. npub1je7x7wacp8f6u7gns9gra3cdpkn20mrnvmurklqydeedpgr536vqq0c34g Like Mucas :pumpkin_ugh: I saw today's SMBC and thought "that's brilliant, Tilted Windmill Press should do that." Then I remembered how my readers would react. :flan_disappointed: https://www.smbc-comics.com/comic/app-6 npub1je7x7wacp8f6u7gns9gra3cdpkn20mrnvmurklqydeedpgr536vqq0c34g Like Mucas :pumpkin_ugh: @nprofile…k04d once you're on pkgbase, freebsd-update should never be used again. If it is used, the only possible effects would be harmful. (Unless they add a check that exits if pkgbase is detected, maybe?) npub1je7x7wacp8f6u7gns9gra3cdpkn20mrnvmurklqydeedpgr536vqq0c34g Like Mucas :pumpkin_ugh: @nprofile…3hl3 good for her! lots of tricks to get them comfy with you! The biggest tricks are bribery and consent, which are very difficult for humans. npub1je7x7wacp8f6u7gns9gra3cdpkn20mrnvmurklqydeedpgr536vqq0c34g Like Mucas :pumpkin_ugh: #FreeBSD #pkgbase wish list: make freebsd-update its own package, so it can be easily removed. npub1je7x7wacp8f6u7gns9gra3cdpkn20mrnvmurklqydeedpgr536vqq0c34g Like Mucas :pumpkin_ugh: Fermi ran up and stretched out for pets. Of course I obliged. I'm not a monster. Well, not *that* kind of monster. His brothers had to investigate, but finally decided it was fine and they could proceed with their escapades. #petRats #rats https://cdn.hosted.spacebear.ee/sb-53d788bcd8441bb97cfb7a64f2552521/media_attachments/files/116/844/963/569/205/504/original/c3a2d46db3b8ac71.mp4 npub1je7x7wacp8f6u7gns9gra3cdpkn20mrnvmurklqydeedpgr536vqq0c34g Like Mucas :pumpkin_ugh: 98F out here. Dojo time! npub1je7x7wacp8f6u7gns9gra3cdpkn20mrnvmurklqydeedpgr536vqq0c34g Like Mucas :pumpkin_ugh: I blocked the "let's share articles expressing software licensing in sexualized terms" dude. Seriously, if you have to make misogynistic, misanthropic, and wildly disrespectful alt-right comparisons to recruit people, you're recruiting bad people and poisoning your team. npub1je7x7wacp8f6u7gns9gra3cdpkn20mrnvmurklqydeedpgr536vqq0c34g Like Mucas :pumpkin_ugh: In the unlikely event you care, I have a new FAQ at the end of https://mwl.io/faq#books npub1je7x7wacp8f6u7gns9gra3cdpkn20mrnvmurklqydeedpgr536vqq0c34g Like Mucas :pumpkin_ugh: Me: "Okay Lucas, it's getting hot. That means drink more water. Maybe tea, or add a slice of lemon, but no drinking calories. No soda or milkshakes. Whatever you do, no frozen cokes! Yes, you love them, but those things are death and you know it." The view every time I leave my apartment: https://cdn.hosted.spacebear.ee/sb-53d788bcd8441bb97cfb7a64f2552521/media_attachments/files/116/829/063/509/287/082/original/8dceeef2c5fa95d7.jpg npub1je7x7wacp8f6u7gns9gra3cdpkn20mrnvmurklqydeedpgr536vqq0c34g Like Mucas :pumpkin_ugh: @nprofile…08vq @nprofile…x7ye The question is, what's important: the software, or the people? People are more important. Imagine the cost in human suffering if Microsoft had written their own TCP/IP stack. Harm reduction is legitimate. Different goals. npub1je7x7wacp8f6u7gns9gra3cdpkn20mrnvmurklqydeedpgr536vqq0c34g Like Mucas :pumpkin_ugh: @nprofile…08vq @nprofile…x7ye The purpose of the BSD license is to improve the minimum quality of software for core functions. If you can't write a better TCP/IP stack than that in a BSD, don't. Just use ours. Or a better filesystem than UFS, or any number of other things. People benefit, and people are the priority. npub1je7x7wacp8f6u7gns9gra3cdpkn20mrnvmurklqydeedpgr536vqq0c34g Like Mucas :pumpkin_ugh: @nprofile…x7ye The author of this piece does not understand the point or purpose of MIT/BSD licensing. npub1je7x7wacp8f6u7gns9gra3cdpkn20mrnvmurklqydeedpgr536vqq0c34g Like Mucas :pumpkin_ugh: Looks like Comcast routed only the first /64 of my /56 to me. :flan_rage: Getting their helpdesk to accept a call, let alone explain IPv6 to them, is a freaking nightmare. npub1je7x7wacp8f6u7gns9gra3cdpkn20mrnvmurklqydeedpgr536vqq0c34g Like Mucas :pumpkin_ugh: Happy 626 day everyone! You know what to do. https://cdn.hosted.spacebear.ee/sb-53d788bcd8441bb97cfb7a64f2552521/media_attachments/files/116/816/987/369/640/162/original/9855eabbdd99015f.mp4 npub1je7x7wacp8f6u7gns9gra3cdpkn20mrnvmurklqydeedpgr536vqq0c34g Like Mucas :pumpkin_ugh: If Ukraine beats Russia, and Russia beats us, the transitive property means Ukraine beat us. That's just logical. npub1je7x7wacp8f6u7gns9gra3cdpkn20mrnvmurklqydeedpgr536vqq0c34g Like Mucas :pumpkin_ugh: Two hours left! Great books at a great price, and World Central Kitchen benefits! https://storybundle.com/timetravel https://cdn.hosted.spacebear.ee/sb-53d788bcd8441bb97cfb7a64f2552521/media_attachments/files/116/813/983/109/688/496/original/158e1ae885dfbf11.png npub1je7x7wacp8f6u7gns9gra3cdpkn20mrnvmurklqydeedpgr536vqq0c34g Like Mucas :pumpkin_ugh: oh, hey, it's my first ever attack on my store via IPv6! Yay? npub1je7x7wacp8f6u7gns9gra3cdpkn20mrnvmurklqydeedpgr536vqq0c34g Like Mucas :pumpkin_ugh: Got into the #openzfsmastery manuscript and found I had to fact-check a Debian detail. Which means getting my crashbox online. My office has no cabling. Connection options are a wifi bridge or ethernet-over-power. If I use ether-over-power, I must either daisy-chain powerstrips or buy a powerstrip with many plugs and a ten-foot cord. My experience with EoP has been unpleasant, but that might have been because the old house was wired in 1949 by a clearly PTSD-addled pipefitter. I have on hand a couple of Mikrotiks with wifi. In theory, a bridge should be easy. In practice, I'll probably burn the rest of the day on this. :flan_despair: npub1je7x7wacp8f6u7gns9gra3cdpkn20mrnvmurklqydeedpgr536vqq0c34g Like Mucas :pumpkin_ugh: Going offline to drag some more #openzfsmastery back into my brain. I can't say that I'm back at work properly, but I'm headed in that direction. It feels good. npub1je7x7wacp8f6u7gns9gra3cdpkn20mrnvmurklqydeedpgr536vqq0c34g Like Mucas :pumpkin_ugh: Two days left to get the Escape From 2026 Bundle. 14 great books on time travel and alternate history. Part of the proceeds benefit World Central Kitchen! https://storybundle.com/timetravel Also, I did an interview about the bundle! https://blackbirdpublishing.com/interview-michael-warren-lucas-tiny-time-wars/ -- My book vanishes forever when the bundle expires. https://cdn.hosted.spacebear.ee/sb-53d788bcd8441bb97cfb7a64f2552521/media_attachments/files/116/802/402/785/409/517/original/f12a11580b40234e.png npub1je7x7wacp8f6u7gns9gra3cdpkn20mrnvmurklqydeedpgr536vqq0c34g Like Mucas :pumpkin_ugh: hey #montaguePortal fans: a new Aidan Redding story? https://www.tiltedwindmillpress.com/product/without-hinges-with-consent/ npub1je7x7wacp8f6u7gns9gra3cdpkn20mrnvmurklqydeedpgr536vqq0c34g Like Mucas :pumpkin_ugh: lingering Defenestrated Edition signed books packed and ready to ship tomorrow at 9AM! Whew. I hate leaving things incomplete, even when the reason is a solid "had to pack up and move NOW." npub1je7x7wacp8f6u7gns9gra3cdpkn20mrnvmurklqydeedpgr536vqq0c34g Like Mucas :pumpkin_ugh: @nprofile…t7ks they're repaving it now, and digging up the sidewalks simultaneously. It's a whole new level of the Inferno. :flan_XD: :flan_piteous: npub1je7x7wacp8f6u7gns9gra3cdpkn20mrnvmurklqydeedpgr536vqq0c34g Like Mucas :pumpkin_ugh: The code to operate the big saw at the Saint Claire Shores Home Depot is 1234* pass it on npub1je7x7wacp8f6u7gns9gra3cdpkn20mrnvmurklqydeedpgr536vqq0c34g Like Mucas :pumpkin_ugh: New blog post: Saucer Separation and Amazon Wishlist https://mwl.io/archives/24854 I dislike having a wishlist with the Bezosbeast, but I am where I am. :flan_shrug: npub1je7x7wacp8f6u7gns9gra3cdpkn20mrnvmurklqydeedpgr536vqq0c34g Like Mucas :pumpkin_ugh: Me: "Visiting a friend four miles away, and traffic is stupid. I'm gonna ride my bike! I will swoop around all the stupidity and be there about as quick as driving could get me there! Nothing can stop me!" Reality: https://cdn.hosted.spacebear.ee/sb-53d788bcd8441bb97cfb7a64f2552521/media_attachments/files/116/785/237/987/011/201/original/d4ee692e773b814b.jpg https://cdn.hosted.spacebear.ee/sb-53d788bcd8441bb97cfb7a64f2552521/media_attachments/files/116/785/238/166/088/004/original/7d994e98c1fbf165.jpg npub1je7x7wacp8f6u7gns9gra3cdpkn20mrnvmurklqydeedpgr536vqq0c34g Like Mucas :pumpkin_ugh: anyone else still on hold for the #bsdcan plenary stream, or is it just me? npub1je7x7wacp8f6u7gns9gra3cdpkn20mrnvmurklqydeedpgr536vqq0c34g Like Mucas :pumpkin_ugh: One of those nights I wouldn't bother to feed myself, but the guys are accustomed to tidbits of my dinner and I can't bear to disappoint them. So I guess I'm cooking something, dammit. npub1je7x7wacp8f6u7gns9gra3cdpkn20mrnvmurklqydeedpgr536vqq0c34g Like Mucas :pumpkin_ugh: Since the move, my Mac Studio refuses to recognize devices attached to any external USB hub. System Report shows the hubs, just not anything hooked to them. #headdesk Gonna go work on something else. Maybe my bed has stopped stinking like a dead thing? npub1je7x7wacp8f6u7gns9gra3cdpkn20mrnvmurklqydeedpgr536vqq0c34g Like Mucas :pumpkin_ugh: minimum viable orange chicken: white rice, chicken nuggets, bottled orange sauce npub1je7x7wacp8f6u7gns9gra3cdpkn20mrnvmurklqydeedpgr536vqq0c34g Like Mucas :pumpkin_ugh: The plus about my life blowing up: I can join Monsterdon tomorrow night! That'll be nice. (checks hashtag, sees what's lined up) Oh. My. Dog. I haven't seen this in forty years. For reasons. Oh well, at least it's not Laserblast. npub1je7x7wacp8f6u7gns9gra3cdpkn20mrnvmurklqydeedpgr536vqq0c34g Like Mucas :pumpkin_ugh: While reassembling my desk, what if I was to... bear with me here... make the power distribution slightly sane and stop daisy-chaining extension cords? #sysadmin npub1je7x7wacp8f6u7gns9gra3cdpkn20mrnvmurklqydeedpgr536vqq0c34g Like Mucas :pumpkin_ugh: @nprofile…gent as the author of the world's best-selling systemd porn, I agree. npub1je7x7wacp8f6u7gns9gra3cdpkn20mrnvmurklqydeedpgr536vqq0c34g Like Mucas :pumpkin_ugh: @nprofile…gent so say all of us, sir. npub1je7x7wacp8f6u7gns9gra3cdpkn20mrnvmurklqydeedpgr536vqq0c34g Like Mucas :pumpkin_ugh: @nprofile…detv cats can't have garlic? Wow, didn't know that. npub1je7x7wacp8f6u7gns9gra3cdpkn20mrnvmurklqydeedpgr536vqq0c34g Like Mucas :pumpkin_ugh: Baked a pack of bacon for dinner BLTs on these hot days. The guys live about ten feet from the kitchen now. I turned around to see... this. Yes they got tidbits, I'm not a monster. #petRats #rats https://cdn.hosted.spacebear.ee/sb-53d788bcd8441bb97cfb7a64f2552521/media_attachments/files/116/737/998/075/998/387/original/8cb0b7fb6cb8f77b.jpg npub1je7x7wacp8f6u7gns9gra3cdpkn20mrnvmurklqydeedpgr536vqq0c34g Like Mucas :pumpkin_ugh: New blog post: Saucer Separation https://mwl.io/archives/24839 Possibly of interest to @nprofile…gs2m npub1je7x7wacp8f6u7gns9gra3cdpkn20mrnvmurklqydeedpgr536vqq0c34g Like Mucas :pumpkin_ugh: I can't attend #bsdcan this year. Sad to miss my first year in decades, and my first as con chair alumni. Con chair @nprofile…ape8 is doing a fine job, though. Everything is fine. Remember, Pat: EVERYTHING IS FINE. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C7sE0agEVNg npub1je7x7wacp8f6u7gns9gra3cdpkn20mrnvmurklqydeedpgr536vqq0c34g Like Mucas :pumpkin_ugh: Our current methods of time travel are kind of crap, what with their fixed speed of one second per second. But you can escape 2026 by taking a step sideways. The Escape From 2026 Bundle, with 14 great books about time travel and alternate histories. When the bundle ends, my "Tiny Time Wars" disappears forever. https://storybundle.com/timetravel https://cdn.hosted.spacebear.ee/sb-53d788bcd8441bb97cfb7a64f2552521/media_attachments/files/116/726/684/612/823/528/original/eae24afd305cd4e0.png npub1je7x7wacp8f6u7gns9gra3cdpkn20mrnvmurklqydeedpgr536vqq0c34g Like Mucas :pumpkin_ugh: It is now nap o'clock. #petRats https://cdn.hosted.spacebear.ee/sb-53d788bcd8441bb97cfb7a64f2552521/media_attachments/files/116/726/667/266/273/291/original/1905f35a22c00357.jpg npub1je7x7wacp8f6u7gns9gra3cdpkn20mrnvmurklqydeedpgr536vqq0c34g Like Mucas :pumpkin_ugh: I packed and moved hurriedly but even so, I'm proud that I held the number of keyboards I brought to a bare minimum. #sysadmin https://cdn.hosted.spacebear.ee/sb-53d788bcd8441bb97cfb7a64f2552521/media_attachments/files/116/720/798/152/329/303/original/fa7e017a10828d27.jpg npub1je7x7wacp8f6u7gns9gra3cdpkn20mrnvmurklqydeedpgr536vqq0c34g Like Mucas :pumpkin_ugh: Emptied serious boxes today, and cooked a meal in my kitchen! The steamer worried me a bit, though. Never seen this before... https://cdn.hosted.spacebear.ee/sb-53d788bcd8441bb97cfb7a64f2552521/media_attachments/files/116/717/460/394/060/914/original/0902c7c628318579.mp4 npub1je7x7wacp8f6u7gns9gra3cdpkn20mrnvmurklqydeedpgr536vqq0c34g Like Mucas :pumpkin_ugh: New apartment doesn't have bed, usable kitchen, unpacked bathroom, desk, or table. I can't find my underwear. But I now have working Internet! :flan_thumbs: npub1je7x7wacp8f6u7gns9gra3cdpkn20mrnvmurklqydeedpgr536vqq0c34g Like Mucas :pumpkin_ugh: @nprofile…6g65 yeah, if I thought anyone was going to take me seriously, I'd put more thought into the list. :flan_shrug: npub1je7x7wacp8f6u7gns9gra3cdpkn20mrnvmurklqydeedpgr536vqq0c34g Like Mucas :pumpkin_ugh: @nprofile…6g65 you are correct. it's still what I believe we should do. npub1je7x7wacp8f6u7gns9gra3cdpkn20mrnvmurklqydeedpgr536vqq0c34g Like Mucas :pumpkin_ugh: for the record: I feel I've been robbed of the word "conservative." I save for the future. I take care of my own people, pay my taxes, and engage in local politics. I contribute to charitable causes to support folks less fortunate. I want efficient government. I want society to reward hard work while caring for those who can't work. Working forty hours should cover your rent, feeding 2.1 kids, and a couple weeks camping by the lake with your feet up. Your religion shouldn't be my problem or my business. Getting your appendix removed shouldn't destroy your life. Solidly conservative. npub1je7x7wacp8f6u7gns9gra3cdpkn20mrnvmurklqydeedpgr536vqq0c34g Like Mucas :pumpkin_ugh: Proof I hate the movers. https://cdn.hosted.spacebear.ee/sb-53d788bcd8441bb97cfb7a64f2552521/media_attachments/files/116/699/971/016/920/883/original/edca36179acd4be9.jpg npub1je7x7wacp8f6u7gns9gra3cdpkn20mrnvmurklqydeedpgr536vqq0c34g Like Mucas :pumpkin_ugh: "You'll get more conservative as you grow older." No, as you grow older, you will become more fiercely opposed to the systems that failed you in your youth... npub1je7x7wacp8f6u7gns9gra3cdpkn20mrnvmurklqydeedpgr536vqq0c34g Like Mucas :pumpkin_ugh: "Hello Comcast, I need a static IPv6 block." "Static IP, no problem." Paperwork lists single IPv4. Nice, but unnecessary. "Hello Comcast Business Support, I need a static IPv6 block." "Uh... let me escalate." Escalate. Escalate. Escalate. Clue achieved, nice chat with knowledgeable person. Can't issue a /56 without a /32 for stupid reasons, though. Okay, fine. npub1je7x7wacp8f6u7gns9gra3cdpkn20mrnvmurklqydeedpgr536vqq0c34g Like Mucas :pumpkin_ugh: Quercy loves hard work. He could watch it all day. #petRats #rats https://cdn.hosted.spacebear.ee/sb-53d788bcd8441bb97cfb7a64f2552521/media_attachments/files/116/686/356/681/659/845/original/7f34de12cc4ae4c8.jpg npub1je7x7wacp8f6u7gns9gra3cdpkn20mrnvmurklqydeedpgr536vqq0c34g Like Mucas :pumpkin_ugh: @nprofile…mluu that's the thing with algorithmic index funds; there is no choice. spaceX has changed the rules to benefit them, so I'm out. npub1je7x7wacp8f6u7gns9gra3cdpkn20mrnvmurklqydeedpgr536vqq0c34g Like Mucas :pumpkin_ugh: AI companies are on the edge of IPO. Pondering emptying our index fund into savings. npub1je7x7wacp8f6u7gns9gra3cdpkn20mrnvmurklqydeedpgr536vqq0c34g Like Mucas :pumpkin_ugh: I never had insomnia until I got married. It's gotten worse every year. Maybe it'll eventually go away? npub1je7x7wacp8f6u7gns9gra3cdpkn20mrnvmurklqydeedpgr536vqq0c34g Like Mucas :pumpkin_ugh: @nprofile…rp8l I label each box in broad-tip sharpie, on front and top, saying what room it goes in, and they do fairly well. npub1je7x7wacp8f6u7gns9gra3cdpkn20mrnvmurklqydeedpgr536vqq0c34g Like Mucas :pumpkin_ugh: I must admit, I find "Two Men and a Truck Moving Company" refreshing. I hired them today to move me to my new apartment. The service description on the contract reads "Two men, one truck." No AI. No app. Just call them and you get exactly what it says on the label. npub1je7x7wacp8f6u7gns9gra3cdpkn20mrnvmurklqydeedpgr536vqq0c34g Like Mucas :pumpkin_ugh: Folks, I'm not interested in ripping on my wife. We are separating with mutual compassion. Getting angry only makes things worse. There's no reason or purpose for it. npub1je7x7wacp8f6u7gns9gra3cdpkn20mrnvmurklqydeedpgr536vqq0c34g Like Mucas :pumpkin_ugh: Two identical boxes, one labeled ETHERNET OVER POWER and the other POWER OVER ETHERNET. Can I pack them inside each other? npub1je7x7wacp8f6u7gns9gra3cdpkn20mrnvmurklqydeedpgr536vqq0c34g Like Mucas :pumpkin_ugh: If you have fifteen minutes, the Tiny Angry Witch is good for a laugh. https://www.tinyangrywitch.com/ Stop motion shorts by the Tiny Angry Company. Incredible attention to detail, all done by hand! npub1je7x7wacp8f6u7gns9gra3cdpkn20mrnvmurklqydeedpgr536vqq0c34g Like Mucas :pumpkin_ugh: I'm locked in here with ME. npub1je7x7wacp8f6u7gns9gra3cdpkn20mrnvmurklqydeedpgr536vqq0c34g Like Mucas :pumpkin_ugh: it's the glorious 25th of May, and the lilac is in bloom. npub1je7x7wacp8f6u7gns9gra3cdpkn20mrnvmurklqydeedpgr536vqq0c34g Like Mucas :pumpkin_ugh: @nprofile…22g8 I recommend Ubik, yes. It's a trip, but you're warned.