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mwl

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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 sacrifice was accepted! The Sun is reborn!

lilithsaintcrow, to random
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Aaaand just got the first worried, well-meaning, “Lili aren’t you afraid this will hurt your career?”

Fear not, my friend. If this is what does it I’ll go down smiling.

mwl,
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@lilithsaintcrow

We cannot be stopped by conventional means. Like cockroaches.

lilithsaintcrow, to random
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Hoo boy I have some Publishing Thoughts but it's a Sunday.

This is a Good Thing, I really should calm down before I write about this. Yet I'm over here just absolutely floored (again) by how bonkers this industry is becoming.

I mean, it was ALWAYS bonkers, but it's getting...yeah. Whew.

mwl,
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@lilithsaintcrow

just when you think it can't be any crazier, they dig the pit a little deeper...

mwl, to random
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Sometimes, life imitates art. Unfortunately.

code xzhack gets you half off "$ git commit murder" and "$ git sync murder" in my ebookstore.

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

lilithsaintcrow, to random
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"OpenAI, for instance, has per the WSJ's sources discussed training GPT-5 on transcriptions from public YouTube videos..." https://futurism.com/the-byte/ai-training-data-shortage

mwl,
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@curtiscchen @lilithsaintcrow :flan_popcorn: :flan_popcorn:

lilithsaintcrow, to random
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I don't know who needs to hear this, but ideas are cheap. Ideas are everywhere. The ether teems with them, millions in every mote of dust or drop of water.

What's expensive is the discipline, energy, and work to turn an idea into a piece of art.
1/4

mwl,
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@lilithsaintcrow

Ideas feel good, though! They're like tribbles. They love you, they purr, they make you feel good.

Side note: every long-term pro writer I know understands the feeling of "drowning in tribbles."

mwl, to random
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Halloumi would like to remind everyone that tomorrow is World Rat Day, and that you still have time to go shopping.

Related: anything bought https://www.tiltedwindmillpress.com/product/treat-the-rats/ goes to rat support.

mwl,
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@Bard IT IS!!!

mwl,
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@Bard Did you know rats and humans are the only animals that can eat chocolate?

Good chocolate, that is. We have squeaky little standards.

JulietEMcKenna, to random
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So outrage-seekers have discovered the National Trust’s scones are vegan. As a Trust member for nearly 40 years, diagnosed with cow’s milk protein intolerance over 30 years ago I can confirm dairy-free scones and cakes have been available for years. No one else ever seems to notice, and it makes solid business sense to cater for every potential customer when income from tea rooms supports the Trust’s work. (continues)

mwl,
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@JulietEMcKenna

It's like bike helmets.

"We never wore bike helmets when I was a kid!" You're right. Everyone who survived didn't wear a bike helmet. Neither did those who died.

mwl, to random
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Never talk to strangers.

https://www.propublica.org/article/whats-a-pig-butchering-scam-heres-how-to-avoid-falling-victim-to-one

mwl, to random
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The xz hack is still inflicting pain. I can't help them.

What I can do is offer a discount on "$ git commit murder," which has a plot thread suspiciously like the xz hack. Also good on the sequel, "$ git sync murder."

Coupon code "xzhack" gets you 50% off these titles in ebook at my store.

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

mwl, to random
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mug.org put up a memorial page for and posted it here.

It immediately crashed for capacity issues.

The Internet has no greater tribute. :flan_piteous: 💔

mwl, to random
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I will never reach inbox zero.

My inbox has a message from Ken Thompson giving me a quote to promote , and it will sit in front and center in my inbox FOREVER.

mwl, to Rats
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The guys say hi.

mwl, to random
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Google's Incognito Mode isn't, and never has been.

Betrayal is the Internet's business model.

https://www.npr.org/2024/04/01/1242019127/google-incognito-mode-settlement-search-history

mwl, to random
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Looks like I'm replacing my vultr vm assortment with a bloom.host dedicated server and a heap of jails and bhyve VMs.

But I'll still need a tiny-tiny VM elsewhere, for secondary DNS. Probably on ramnode.

mwl, to random
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Happy 1 April, everyone!

MacReady from "The Thing," saying "Nobody trusts anybody now, and we're all very tired."

mwl, to FreeBSD
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Anyone out there running or on bloom.host dedicated servers?

mwl, to random
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Good April Fools' pranks are benign violations of expectations, done with love and kindness.

The prankee should neither feel fear nor have to spend time cleaning it up.

Unless they laugh so hard that they pee. That's a special kind of win.

mwl, to random
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Sometimes, life imitates art. Unfortunately.

code xzhack gets you half off "$ git commit murder" and "$ git sync murder" in my ebookstore.

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

mwl, to random
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xz backdoor vs “$ git commit murder” sale

https://mwl.io/archives/23509

mwl, to sysadmin
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Vultr backed down, but so what?

https://mwl.io/archives/23504

Rights grabs are becoming more common, though. I believe that the only way to stop them is to stop doing business with any company that attempts one. Backing down from a rights grab is too late.

tedu, to random

I'm willing to believe vultr made the incompetent, as opposed to malicious, fuckup of copying extravagent text into their TOS as part of the annual review and update to the latest boilerplate process, but also, how hard is to do so competently? Even as a mistake, you care so little for your customers you're not going to read the terms you make them agree to? The ones you (allegedly) wrote?

mwl,
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@tedu

It might have been incompetence, yes.

But everyone's hypervigilant on AI rights grabs these days, and failing to be aware of that is epic incompetence.

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OMG:
> customers will have access to upwards of 1 petabyte of storage in a single 1U of rack space

https://www.storagereview.com/review/intel-p5316-ssd-review-30-72tb

mwl,
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@encthenet

and here I am, looking to rent a 1U server with two 1TB disks and 16GB RAM. :flan_XD:

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