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Ask any SysOp what kind of tools they prefer and you get very different answers. And that is a beauty, because any SysOp whom has been in "the field" have build up their preferred toolchain 
In the last decade (or so), I've grown quite fond of Ansible, for system automation and orchestration. It is not perfect - far from it. But it allows me to manage fleets of machines and keep everything running well 
I was asked to partake in a project. Big (sub)client, quite a high pay. It required being comfortable with Terraform. No previous experience, just being comfortable with it.
I told them I was willing to give it a go and learn it on the fly. But heck, I ended up throwing in the towel after one week - due to it seriously draining my energy (and with that, my mental health).
High pay is nice. But your mental health should never, ever be for sale. No amount of money should weigh up to selling your soul.
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才剛踏上人行道，三輛車就在我面前踩油門過去了。連兩百米開外的車，也想趁空檔加速在我之前通過，結果是緊急剎車，鏘一聲停在我面前。車讓人，車讓人，一直都說車讓人，不過短短二十來年...
小狗跟大家道晚安~ 
So. Mein Antrag an die Lehrerkonferenz zum Thema: Whatsapp als Kommunikationsmittel für dienstliche Angelegenheiten verbieten", wurde nicht in die Anträge aufgenommen. Stattdessen habe ich übermorgen einen Gesprächstermin bei der Schulleitung. Ich bin gespannt.
Ask any SysOp what kind of tools they prefer and you get very different answers. And that is a beauty, because any SysOp whom has been in "the field" have build up their preferred toolchain
In the last decade (or so), I've grown quite fond of Ansible, for system automation and orchestration. It is not perfect - far from it. But it allows me to manage fleets of machines and keep everything running well
I was asked to partake in a project. Big (sub)client, quite a high pay. It required being comfortable with Terraform. No previous experience, just being comfortable with it.
I told them I was willing to give it a go and learn it on the fly. But heck, I ended up throwing in the towel after one week - due to it seriously draining my energy (and with that, my mental health).
High pay is nice. But your mental health should never, ever be for sale. No amount of money should weigh up to selling your soul.
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What I listened to today: "Show Me What You Got", Busta Rhymes
Busta Rhymes sampling my favorite Stereolab song ("Come And Play in The Milky Night"). J Dilla beat! Kinda archetypical for Busta, near-miss brilliance, great production, incredible rap flow… & an overlong chorus that drags the whole thing down (the chorus *really* needed a professional singer for guest vocals).
Listen careful on verse 1 for the rap equivalent of a oner. Rhyme scheme is AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
What I'm listening to today: "Eutow" (live at Flex/Vienna 1996), Autechre
These days each Autechre tour is like a unique album, but their live sets have always been full of unreleased tracks, alternate versions, mashups¹. Here's a completely screwed version of the danciest track from Tri Repetae++, feeling way slower without changing the tempo, something mesmerizing, a decaying orbit around a black hole, spiraling inexorably inward
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zZGBMpXgnaU
¹ Listen here for Basscadet fragments
AliSQL: Alibaba's open-source MySQL with vector and DuckDB engines
Link: https://github.com/alibaba/AliSQL
Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46875228
개운해졋으니 자러감 굿나
Wenn ich mir den aktuellen AI Hype angucke frage ich mich, ob die Crack Epidemic in den 80ern auch so gelaufen ist.
Wenn ich mir den aktuellen AI Hype angucke frage ich mich, ob die Crack Epidemic in den 80ern auch so gelaufen ist.
하 힘들엇다 오랜만에 대가리 씨게 굴렷네 이미지 사이즈가 1024x1024 또는 896x1152 이면 무족권임요 이거보고 해상도 바꿔도 표준해상도로 나눠보면 금방 알아낼 수 있음 날 차단한 그분을 보며...님 전신 그림 다 896x1152더라
@lcamtuflcamtuf 
I have programmed light bulbs which had more memory.
(Actually true, but not in a good way.)
꿈에서 지진해일
꿈에서 엄청난 규모의 해일을 동반한 지진을 봄.
해일이 너무 높아 하늘을 가릴 정도인데, 파도의 모양이 마치 갓 피어난 검은색 꽃을 연상시키는 모습이었음.
나는 버스에 있었고 나 포함 같이 탄 사람들은 놀라고, 버스 기사님은 어떻게든 해일을 피해 안쪽으로 이동하려고 노력하고 있었음.
누군가 열려있는 창문을 닫으라고 소리치고 있었고, 버스는 열심히 이동해보지만 해일의 속력에 따라잡힐 수도 있다는 불안감이 엄습해왔음.
그리고 꿈에서 깸. ㄷㄷ
https://www.budreview.com/news/articleView.html?idxno=20301
마르크스주의와 불교의 만남, 그 이후 / 지혜경, 불교평론.
중국 공산화 이후 불교계의 이론적 대응을 다룬 불교평론의 특집 기사. 논리상으로야 많은 무리수가 나왔지만 그 위험한 시대에 살아남고자 했던 노력을 낮게 평가할 수는 없다.
起床のさわがに おはさわがに
Evan Prodromou shared the below article:
Evan Prodromou @evanprodromou@socialwebfoundation.org
The European Union solicited feedback from stakeholders on Open Source software's position with respect to digital sovereignty, security, and competitiveness. The Social Web Foundation worked with allied organizations like Newsmast Foundation, SABOA, FediVariety and Save Social to encourage the support and adoption of Open Source Fediverse technologies in Europe. The text of our letter follows.We are a coalition of civil society organisations operating in Europe and globally. We are […]
Read more →나... 잠 안와서... 낫마이 메이저인데 논문 보면서 열심히 공부햇어...
님들아 블루스카이를 경배하라 우리가 흔히 블스화질저하라고 알고있는 강제압축 (CDN 최적화)과정을 거치면서 기존 이미지 대비 생성형 AI 이미지가 동일 퀄리티로 더 잘 압축되는 경향이 있다고 합니다 = 용량 작아짐 AI 이미지는 컴퓨터가 인식할때 노이즈가 없는 매끄러운 상태로 출력되므로 동일 퀄리티로 보여도 실제 그림보다 용량이 훨 작아진다 하네요 그리고 jpg 변환과정에서 해당효과가 크게 나타나는데 이 역시 블스가 자동으로 해주고, 10%씩 압축을 반복하기 때문에 타 플랫폼 대비 용량으로 이미지 구분이 가능하다고 합니다
This petition wants contributing to Free Software to be legally and officially recognized as volunteering in Germany on the same level as youth work or ambulance service:
This would bring fiscal and funding advantages for FLOSS organizations and the volunteers themselves.
If you are a German citizen, please sign the petition and let's get our volunteers the recognition they deserve!
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Photo credit: Redazione Cultura. distributed under CC By SA license
Do you have something similar in your country? Why not help your national FLOSS projects get the status and support they often desperately need? Start your own petition!
@tdforgThe Document Foundation 
@gnome 
@BlenderBlender 🔶 
@fedoraFedora Project 
@Krita 
@kdenlive 
@videolan 
@fsfeFree Software Foundation Europe
I've never worked in an "agile" job before, but I've read the agile manifesto, and now I'm looking at Azure DevOps and thinking "No, this just isn't what you say it is."
Der Untergang ist bedauerlich, aber gut ausgeleuchtet.
This is fine 🔥
After nearly 20 years using Lenovo laptops, they have reversed the positions of the Ctrl and Function keys on the left of the keyboard, and I have rarely felt so betrayed.
We are cooking @fedoraFedora Project 44, and we could use some help testing it before it is ready for prime time!
From February 11 to 13 we will have the Fedora @gnome@floss.social 50 Desktop Test Days!
Check https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Test_Day:2026-02-11_GNOME_50_Desktop to find out how you can participate. #fedora #gnome
Vibe coding with agents on Xcode 26.3 😌
Evan Prodromou @evanprodromou@socialwebfoundation.org
The European Union solicited feedback from stakeholders on Open Source software's position with respect to digital sovereignty, security, and competitiveness. The Social Web Foundation worked with allied organizations like Newsmast Foundation, SABOA, FediVariety and Save Social to encourage the support and adoption of Open Source Fediverse technologies in Europe. The text of our letter follows.We are a coalition of civil society organisations operating in Europe and globally. We are […]
Read more →RE: https://pnw.zone/@waprivacy/116008188639208748
I testified live on HB 2599, and sent in extensive written testimony -- thanks @Wolven 
@histoftechMar Hicks 
@emilymbenderProf. Emily M. Bender(she/her) and 
@anthropunkAnthropunk (Dr. SA Applin) for all the feedback on that!
https://privacy.thenexus.today/hb-2599-hw/ is my testimony, and here's the Blacksky thread with the very very helpful discussion https://blacksky.community/profile/did:plc:7ax27mj5qwhqaa3ite2ezlzy/post/3mddvm4g3pk24 Decentralized social networks FTW!
Der Untergang ist bedauerlich, aber gut ausgeleuchtet.
"you don’t defeat authoritarians by being more reasonable. You defeat them by being more determined and by uniting the country against their most visible vulnerability: their corruption. History won’t judge Democrats on whether they were moderate enough. It will judge them on whether they fought"
RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:cnpe7qvcyjrhm6w7w7e4atur/post/3mdxrvjax7s2r
My new physical keyboard has a key for virtual keyboard.
Wild.
As far as I can tell the whole premise is this horrible little boy engages in various adorable activities and never, ever enjoys himself
After nearly 20 years using Lenovo laptops, they have reversed the positions of the Ctrl and Function keys on the left of the keyboard, and I have rarely felt so betrayed.
X offices raided in France
Link: https://apnews.com/article/france-x-investigation-seach-elon-musk-1116be84d84201011219086ecfd4e0bc
Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46872894
また腹痛になったから休みます
It really is a little absurd that “I’m considering switching to Linux on my laptop for better availability of games” is a real thought in my head. Valve have made strange things happen
Around the world in 80 shitposts.
RE: https://mastodon.social/@mcc/115350805562695070
Still thinking about Him
AWS is 10x slower than a dedicated server for the same price -
Tom Delalande:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ps3AI1kTIR4 (YouTube)
Kilobyte is precisely 1000 bytes
Link: https://waspdev.com/articles/2026-01-11/kilobyte-is-1000-bytes
Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46873539
Bud puts his best foot forward.
All of them.
#BudBudTheSpud #ToebeanTuesday #CatsOfMastodon #CatsOfTheFediverse #Catstodon #CatLovers #CatAppreciators #Humane #Rescue
David Montague's article on genetic prompt optimization is the one MUST READ AI article of the last few weeks. https://pydantic.dev/articles/prompt-optimization-with-gepa
This afternoon we took Emo in to the emergency vet, but sadly the blood clot we knew would eventually come had arrived.
We are obviously devastated, he was born on my foot, was loving, cuddly, demanding and such a personality. But we also know he had the best life a cat could wish for and was greatly loved by many more than just us.
We're taking some time offline for a bit, cuddling Davina and generally allowing ourselves to be sad
Boston area old tech people: my partner has two 8-track cassettes that he'd like to listen to and/or see if he can digitize. We're looking for a place or person who has an eight track player locallish to him, optimally.
This is a one-time thing, we do not want to buy a player. We might pay for a digitizing service.
Ideas or leads? Harvard's library system does not have what we need, amazingly.
For the youth: these things...
How do you pronounce zsh?
Firefox uses on-device downloaded-on-demand ML models for privacy-preserving translation.
They're not LLMs. They're trained on open data.
Should translation be disabled if the AI 'kill switch' is active?
Prek: A better, faster, drop-in pre-commit replacement, engineered in Rust
Link: https://github.com/j178/prek
Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46873138
Stefano Marinelli
leyrer
🍣🎧🔊@
Paul Cantrell
竹鳥すばる
Jenniferplusplus
Olivier Forget
Cat 🐈🥗 (D.Burch) 
Kagami is they/them 🏳️⚧️