aburka

aburka, 4 months ago to random

Every rule tells a story

aburka, 2 months ago to random

Hot take: if I can say "they just tested positive" and you don't have to ask "for what?" then the pandemic isn't over.

aburka, 18 days ago to random

aburka, 3 months ago to random

#CDCSays fighter jets should be reinforced at the wingtips since that's where most bullet holes are observed on damaged planes

aburka, 4 months ago to random

I would like to wish every web developer who changes the URL when loading a 404 page a very fuck you, give me a chance to fix my typos

aburka, 10 months ago to random

Pictured: every single website in the year twenty twenty-three

aburka, 3 months ago to random

#CDCSays if your car hasn't crashed in the last 24 hours, don't wear a seatbelt

Viss, 2 days ago to random

they put ai ...
into the ssh terminal.

hazelweakly, 1 month ago to random

I love explaining complicated subjects in a quippy way that isn't necessarily wrong. For example:

Kubernetes is 20 while-true loops in a trench coat pretending to be a container orchestration platform.

What are your favorite quippy ways to explain a complicated topic? It could be anything! I'm just curious what y'all have :)

whitequark, 17 days ago to random

please tell me the most obscure joke you know

(feel free to explain or not explain it, depending on what you find more amusing to think of me reading it)

aburka, 4 months ago to robotics

Welp, my employer joined the 2024Q1 #layoff club today. We're a small VC-funded shop so it's not really the same situation as Google canning 1000 people for no reason but doesn't feel great to be part of the trend.

I wasn't impacted myself but if anyone is looking to #FediHire some amazing #robotics #embedded engineers, software engineers or testers, and/or field engineers, let me know!

aburka, 9 months ago to boardgames

Disappointed that #PAXUnplugged decided to just... not do #covid safety for the #BoardGames con this year. ("Health & Safety" was scrubbed from the site, and they confirmed no mask/vax reqs by email.)

There's so much we can do be safer. Quibble about vaccines and transmission if you want. Masks are unequivocally beneficial. CO2 sensors and ventilation would be better! https://publichealthpledge.com

Sticking their head in the sand sucks. Keeps out worryworts like me, and the immunocompromised as well!

aburka, 6 months ago to random

"You mean the giant brain machine" is gonna be my response next time someone suggests asking ChatGPT #monsterdon

aburka, 10 months ago to random

Thanks for the new tar mnemonics @fasterthanlime! https://fasterthanli.me/articles/cracking-electron-apps-open

tar wtf: what the fuck is inside of there? [w is a no-op here AFAICT; it means "confirm every action" but there are no actions being taken]
tar pfx: please fucking extract this

And the other moral of this story is 7zip can do absolutely everything 😹 (btw, the actual .7z algorithm is no slouch either -- at $dayjob I consistently get 80% compression on our proprietary binary format, better than anything else I've tried)

aburka, 6 months ago to random

I'm a space exploration enthusiast and I can't get my head around people giving SpaceX a pass and calling Starship a "successful failure".

The Saturn V was designed with slide rules, took humans to the moon and exploded in flight zero times.

Elon is blowing up rockets for fun in the upper atmosphere while the planet just hit 2°C of warming for the first time since the industrial revolution. What the fuck are we doing?

aburka, 8 months ago to retrocomputing

Everyone is worried about ICANN's bad decision to allow .zip top level domains, which will be used for malware. But who will speak for the original, COMMAND.COM? #retrocomputing

aburka, 6 months ago to random

"It's time! Launch the rockets!"
"Should we aim them at the monsters?"
"Nah, just launch them"
#monsterdon

aburka, 1 year ago to random

My employer is #hiring a #FieldEngineer. We're a series B #startup making fully #autonomous survey #drones.
Looking for 2+ yr exp in hardware, software, and/or mechanical engineering, Linux familiarity, comfortable in customer-facing roles. You'll be a product ambassador to customers, writing training materials, testing new products, and more.
$75k + equity/benefits. US employment eligibility req'd; role is in-person in #Philadelphia with up to 40% travel.
DM for details! #FediHire #HachyJobs

aburka, 6 months ago to random

I dunno which web designers (or managers thereof) need to hear this but the total number of people that have ever scrolled away from an autoplaying video and been relieved that it continued playing in an inset covering up the text is zero.

aburka, 9 months ago to linux

What are some good modern yet lightweight #Linux distros? I have an old Acer netbook that still works but it is sloooow.

tuckersiemens, 4 months ago to rust

Was pouring hot water into my #rust mug and it split right down the middle! 🦀🍵😭

aburka, 10 days ago to random

Did the plot start yet? I think I missed it. #monsterdon

aburka, 8 days ago to random

Choosing a new Linux distro for my old MacBook, purely based on the functionality of the wifi drivers available on the live CD

CactuarJoe, 3 months ago to Cinema

It's about an hour to #Monsterdon, your weekly monster movie watch party! Set up a filter if you want to avoid goofy toots about a wonky monster!

We're watching 20 Million Miles to Earth, a Harryhausen flick about the dangers of illegally carrying livestock over international borders.

The movie's available on various streaming services, or you can watch it ad-free on Archive.org, over here: https://archive.org/details/20-million-miles-to-earth

We start at 9pm eastern sharp!

#Cinema #Cinemastodon #Horror #MST3k #Movie

moira, 3 months ago to random

"I can't tell what that thing'll do or where it'll do it! But it's got to poop somewhere, sometime, somehow!"

#monsterdon #20MillionMilesToEarth