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mwl

@mwl@io.mwl.io

¹ Recent books:

tech - OpenBSD Mastery: Filesystems, DNSSEC Mastery 2/e
Fantasy - Prohibition Orcs
Mystery - $ git sync murder
Collection: Apocalypse Moi

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. Gelato!

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mwl, to random
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"The mailx(1) program is the Unix standard for sending and reading email, in the same way that ed(1) is the standard text editor."

Making words on today. If you're interested in running your own mail server, you might consider sponsoring this book.

https://www.tiltedwindmillpress.com/product-category/sponsor/

mwl, to random
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ChatGPT versus Facts

https://mwl.io/archives/22760

mwl, to random
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BRB, stealing :spray_bottle:

mwl, to random
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Lounging.

lilithsaintcrow, to random
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…wait, is this Bluesky Social thing just a glorified Masto instance?

mwl,
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@lilithsaintcrow @thegibson @montag

<cough>Prevention eventually fails. Always. <cough>

Are0h, to random

$20 bucks says BlueSky is going to be whiter than diet flour.

mwl,
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@Are0h "we're gonna allow unmoderated hate groups, but we have a button to hide them from you! There's no block function either."

Let's say this works perfectly. I can't see the hate groups, but they can see me? They can read my posts and reply, but I won't see their replies?

Even I can see a whole list of problems with this.

mwl, to random
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IngramSpark is ditching setup fees? And revision fees on new books? :flan_ooh:

Watch the whole ecosystem shift...

mwl,
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@craigmaloney I suspect they'd rather keep the fees, but Amazon is certainly compelling the change.

mwl, to random
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"The mbox format worked adequately when inodes were rare, email messages were small, and plain text reigned—that is, before the working lifetime of most everyone in computing today."

Not that I'm old or anything.

Anyway, I'm working on "Run Your Own Mail Server." If you want like bitterness, blather bile, you could sponsor it.

https://www.tiltedwindmillpress.com/product-category/sponsor/

mwl, to random
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🎵 "Hello thumb-beast my old friend,
I've come to squeak at you again.
Because a brother softly sneaking,
thieved my stash while I was sleeping.
And the nut shells that were scattered in my cage,
still remain,
amidst the sounds of ratness."🎵

"So... I'm insured for this, right? You'll make good my losses, I'm sure. Of course you will, you're the thumb-beast and I'm cute."

mwl,
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@jens you're welcome. don't worry, I know why y'all are here. :blobratpeek: :blobrat_tongue: :ratstand: :ratjam:

thegibson, to random

First moving pod just got delivered.

It's getting real.

mwl,
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@thegibson @socketwench

Metro Detroit is still cheap, fwiw.

We passed our anti-gerrymandering constitutional amendment, so we're increasingly sucking less.

mwl, to random
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Today: no doc appointments, no family stuff, no medical emergencies.

Maybe I can... write? :flan_ooh:

mwl, to random
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First time back at dojo since recovering from covid.

Let's see how this goes. Send luck.

craigmaloney, to random

Worst part about having a corded electric snowblower: the cord.

Best part about having a corded electric snowblower: not having to bleed the engine when you think the snow is over.

(And yes, I know that battery versions exist. I've been on Home Depot's site this year.)

mwl,
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@craigmaloney

How well does the electric work for you with our snow?

craigmaloney, to random

Never underestimate the sheer lack of foresight of a Detroit Automotive company. Having worked for two of the big three (and thankfully never working for the two-letter Big Three) there were many times when I questioned who was driving the company. Turns out you can get a lot of miles with your hands off of the steering wheel while rummaging around for loose change.

"GM Is Killing Off the Chevy Bolt and Bolt EUV"

https://tech.slashdot.org/story/23/04/25/217223/gm-is-killing-off-the-chevy-bolt-and-bolt-euv

mwl,
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@craigmaloney

Not a surprise.

GM has always been about the Big Cars with Big Muscle. The whole company culture is biased against small vehicles.

craigmaloney, to random

You, being old: "Hahaha! My first computer was a 386 and we had DOS 3.3. I'm so old."

Me, exploding into dust:

mwl,
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@maddiefuzz @craigmaloney

Sinclair ZX80. 1K RAM. :flan_greybeard: :flan_tongue:

mwl,
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@craigmaloney @maddiefuzz

yeah, once I'm done with this silly career I'm totally going back to my zx80. Life was simpler then. And more memory-efficient.

mwl, to random
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Techrights links to my blog any time I post anything technical. Odd, because I'm certainly not on topic for them, but okay.

But they also linked to my Pop Tarts post. Which makes me realize I have no grasp whatsoever on their editorial policy. None. Zero.

Also: heartwarming Pop Tarts. Ego-boosting this, because heartwarming. https://mwl.io/archives/22740

deafferret, to random

I may be a sucker for biblical references in pop culture. And Lucifer might be one of the most inconsistently written shows of all time? It's a mix of really cool philosophical / ethical ideas, excellent special effects, really dumb drama that goes on way too long, some really good drama beats... I flop back and forth between being annoyed by it and "ha, wow" moments I wish I had written... most of which don't pay off in any way that makes sense?

To be fair, I'm mostly not watching it, I'm mostly listening to it as background noise. It's a pretty good background noise show.

(Tom Ellis is crazy musically talented.)
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4052886/

mwl,
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@deafferret

The producers didn't have consistent funding, predictable seasons, or security for the writers.

Plus, they flinched.

If you do one of the Great Stories, you gotta take a stand and pick a side.

mwl, to random
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'Use the term "touch grass" to indicate that someone needs to seek out reality. Use the term "touch moss" to indicate that they need to seek out ancient forest magic beyond their mortal comprehension.'

(not mine, stolen from FB)

craigmaloney, to random

Redbubble, Discord, and the enshittification of things I was mostly OK with https://decafbad.net/2023/04/24/redbubble-discord-and-the-enshittification-of-things-i-was-mostly-ok-with/

mwl,
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@craigmaloney

I expect to delete my Redbubble store this week, because of all this.

mwl,
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@craigmaloney I don't push it, because it doesn't do much. Because I don't push it.

Keltounet, to random
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@bortzmeyer @jpmens hello friends, what the current/recommended key scheme for dnssec? still using rsa/nsec3 and I want to move to EC.

Might even move to knot.

mwl,
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@jpmens @Keltounet

SERVFAIL on my resolver (BIND/dig).

Adding +cd fixes it, so: DNSSEC fail. Sorry, Ollivier!

mwl, to random
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1400 words on "Run Your Own Mail Server" today, about setting up mail hosts.

Plus, scraping obvious stupidity out of the vomit draft of Chapter 0. Read that chapter at https://mwl.io/archives/22653

If it piques your interest: please consider sponsoring me writing the book: https://www.tiltedwindmillpress.com/product-category/sponsor/

BTW: there will be a special print edition of this book, available only to pre-publication backers. What is it? Ain't saying. Can't make me.

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