kentbrew

kentbrew, 4 months ago to photography

Giant sunset cat sends much aloha from Keauhou, moku o Kiawe, AKA “the big island.” #sunset #photography #hawaii

kentbrew, 4 months ago to random

Your periodic reminder that there are plenty of fundamental problems left to solve in JavaScript. (In this case, national treasure @nzakas introduces fsx, a modern file system API.)

https://humanwhocodes.com/blog/2024/01/fsx-modern-filesystem-api-javascript/

kentbrew, 4 months ago to VegetableGardening

We probably shouldn't have named them Remy and Emil. Pinky and The Brain would have been perfect if Emil had been the pinker of the two.... #farming #goats #kauai https://youtu.be/WcXzTlZ8iB4

kentbrew, 4 months ago (edited 4 months ago) to Kauai

Sunrise rainbow over the pasture. That's Pu'u 'Ōpae in the background; when it's lit up like that in the morning with no low clouds you know it's going to be a pretty excellent day. #kauai #rainbow #goats

dangillmor, 4 months ago (edited 4 months ago) to random

It is essential to stop using Chrome.

Under the pretense of saving users from third-party spyware, Google is creating an ecosystem in which Chrome itself is the spyware.

Given Google's overwhelming presence in the browser market, this is unconscionable.

We should all despise the ad-tech business, and have no sympathy for the companies getting whacked by Google's actions. But we should not permit one monopolist to replace them all.

https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2023/12/year-review-googles-corporate-paternalism-browser

swaldman, 4 months ago to rainbow

Today I had a spectacular view of a 180 degree rainbow over Maeshowe, #Orkney and also something I've never seen before: A reflection #rainbow, where light has bounced off water (over the hill) before refracting in the atmosphere. Spent some time going "huh?" before finding a website that explained it.

I was also inside the tomb close enough to midwinter to see the sun shine along the entrance passage into the core - but while special, that was less exciting than the unusual rainbows!

Reflection rainbow: At the root of the main rainbow, another rainbow seems to fork off it at a different angle.

swade, 4 months ago to random

Saw the bobcat again last night!

The way he looks at the camera, I think he’s onto us…

#TrailCam #WesternMass #Bobcat

Night vision footage of a bobcat strolling past the trail cam, taking a few moments to lean in and eye it inquisitively (maybe noticing some kind of light on it?)

kentbrew, 4 months ago to random

A neighbor brought over some milo wood to play with; I roughed out a ladle and discovered a bunch of things in the not-quite-done / needs-attention pile that wanted a coat of Howard's butcher block conditioner.

Feeling very happy with the olive-wood spurtles; they are a great all-purpose tool in the kitchen and stand up well to re-finishing.

#carving #wood #woodwork #spoons

Lironah, 4 months ago to random

The eternal struggle: do I set up an auxiliary computer (server/testing machines) on this flat surface, or do I leave it open so my cats can sit there? 🤔

kentbrew, 4 months ago to webdev

Alex Cabal talks about keeping Standard Ebooks on the Classic Web:

"But while the company hosting our VPS is technically a cloud service—admittedly, our desire to be self-sufficient ends just before owning bare metal in a rented rack—we don’t rely on any other 3rd-party cloud service like AWS or Azure.

Part of the reason is because just glancing at the dizzying list of AWS acronyms and initialisms makes me light-headed and woozy."

#classicweb #webdev

https://alexcabal.com/posts/standard-ebooks-and-classic-web-tech

kentbrew, 4 months ago to Kauai

Another shot of the new kids, now one day old, dry, fluffy, and moving confidently. #goats #kauai #farming

kentbrew, 4 months ago to Mushrooms

Fungus invaders among the macadamia nut sprouts! (Don't worry, they will retreat by noon.) #mushrooms #bloomscrolling #kauai #farming

kentbrew, 4 months ago to VegetableGardening

And now, some brand-new baby goats! First vocalizations, cute attempts at standing up, nursing, and other great moments. (Caution: this video contains mud made from some of the stuff that comes out when mammals are born, so if that sort of thing bothers you, please consider this a content warning.)

#goats #farming #kauai

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uuqxOBLWQaI

kentbrew, 5 months ago to gamedev

Okay, nerds! How good are you at guessing RGB hex codes? #gamedev #webdev

https://hexcodle.com/

kentbrew, 5 months ago to apple

That thing where you are spinning up a refurbished Macbook, sign in with your Apple ID when it asks you to do so, and then the Agree button stays grayed out under Terms and Conditions no matter what you do.... #apple

forrestbrazeal, 5 months ago to random

I drew this 12 months ago, as LLM code assistants were just becoming available.

Has it held up?

ai6yr, 5 months ago (edited 5 months ago) to random

Relevant article for today's pizza delivery news (Correction: Pizza Hut is cutting all of its delivery drivers, because of an increase in the minimum wage in California). Comparison of working for Domino's vs. Uber Eats (nationally) https://therideshareguy.com/uber-eats-vs-pizza-delivery-driver/

kentbrew, 5 months ago (edited 5 months ago) to animals

Kaylee awaits the Ritual of the Final Popover and the Griddle Pan. Merry Greasemass to all who celebrate! #dogsofmastodon #bacon #xmas

kentbrew, 5 months ago to photography

Straight up at the moon through the monkeypod tree. The purple (from LED lights close by) was a happy accident. #photography #ThickTrunkTuesday #kauai

kentbrew, 5 months ago to random

This just in from Janey Godley via the birdshite. #transrights

annaleen, 5 months ago to random

Over on @andrewliptak's newsletter Transfer Orbit, there is a really great essay about my novel The Terraformers, and why we might still be contending with fallout from capitalism in the far future. https://transfer-orbit.ghost.io/annalee-newitz-the-terrraformers-sci-fi-book-review/?ref=transfer-orbit-newsletter