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ian, 7 days ago to random

Last night was a very good night in Superior National Forest, MN.

Photos taken by my aurora chasing partner @bigendiansmalls with an iPhone 15

brightly colored overhead aurora. Its pattern looks a bit like a bird in flight
a brightly colored burst of overhead aurora
aurora curtains

ian, 21 days ago to random

The Emperor’s New Clothes was a metaphor for what it’s like to be an autistic person in a neurotypical world. In this essay I will

ian, 1 month ago to random

I too enjoy walking around wearing the man page for tar(1)

ian, 1 month ago to random

Happy worst day to be on the Internet for autistic people day!

See y’all tomorrow ✌️

AndresFreundTec, 1 month ago to random

I accidentally found a security issue while benchmarking postgres changes.

If you run debian testing, unstable or some other more "bleeding edge" distribution, I strongly recommend upgrading ASAP.

https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/03/29/4

ian, 1 month ago to random

People who have had braces: does it hurt getting them taken off or after? My baby’s getting theirs off today and I never had braces as a kid, so I’m trying to figure out how best to take care of them

ian, 1 month ago to random

my daughter asked me “if SSH stands for Secure Shell Protocol, why isn’t it SSP?” and I very confidently said “there was probably already something called SSP” before realizing I didn’t actually know if that was true

BUT NOW I WANT TO KNOW TOO

ian, 1 month ago to random

when I got my new job they were like “you can start right after KubeCon if you want to!” and I elected to take another week to get over my jet lag and catch up on sleep and today is the day I would have started and that was absolutely the right decision 😴

ian, 1 month ago to random

It's that time again: I'm fundraising for the port-a-potties at George Floyd Square! Because everyone needs a place to go 💛🤎

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Please help support if you can and RT for reach! Thank you! 🤗

ian, 1 month ago to random

How do the genders of nouns in gendered languages get decided? Did somebody like look at a chair and decide a chair was female

ian, 1 month ago to random

The cat’s out of the container: I’ll be starting my new job as Principal Security Architect at Docker on April 2!

I’m very excited to get to help secure container infrastructure for, well, just about everyone.

See y’all soon! 🐳📦

ian, 1 month ago to random

oh no I drank too much Club Mate and now I can see time

ian, 2 months ago to random

I put my laptop down for one second

ian, 2 months ago to random

Has anyone attempted to bring liquid core dice on an international flight? Did the TSA or customs give you shit for it?

ian, 2 months ago to random

PSA for people with med bottles with clocks/alarms on them: they don’t respect daylight savings time and you need to change their clocks!

ian, 2 months ago to random

love to try to go furniture shopping and end up with… pictures of LLM-generated furniture? from a “prompt marketplace”?! Fuck this, I’m going to an antique store

ian, 3 months ago to random

I'D JUST LIKE TO INTERJECT FOR A MOMENT. WHAT YOU'RE REFERRING TO AS LINUX IS IN FACT GNU/LINUX, OR AS I'VE RECENTLY TAKEN TO CALLING IT, GNU + LINUX. LINUX IS NOT AN OPERATING SYSTEM UNTO ITSELF, BUT RATHER ANOTHER FREE COMPONENT OF A FULLY FUNCTIONING GNU SYSTEM

ian, 3 months ago to random

brothers 🐈‍⬛🐈‍⬛

ian, 4 months ago to random

Book nerds: what is the best modern equivalent to addall.com for new/used rare book price comparisons?

Addall still exists but it is sloooowww

ian, 4 months ago to random

Happy birthday to everyone working in security! 🥳

ian, 4 months ago to random

I need to start a blog just so I can make a post called “CRUD is a cult”

ian, 4 months ago to random

Call the NE Ohio Regional Sewer District at +1-216-361-6772 and listen to their voicemail right now. I’m not even kidding, go do it. It’s worth it