I have had one beer, three glasses of wine, and 4 Irish coffees -- in the last year.
There was a time I could do that in a single day.
3.3.2025 01:53I have had one beer, three glasses of wine, and 4 Irish coffees -- in the last year. There was a time I could do that in a single day.For someone trying to get on a transplant list, this is disheartening.
2.3.2025 00:49For someone trying to get on a transplant list, this is disheartening....This will put the cat amongst the pigeons.
23.2.2025 01:29This will put the cat amongst the...This reminds me about Phil Zimmerman' PGP deemed illegal munitions back on the early 90s, and me creating my first key in defiance on a student visa (god, so stupid and daring).
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cgj54eq4vejo
21.2.2025 15:53This reminds me about Phil Zimmerman' PGP deemed illegal munitions back on the early 90s, and me creating my first key in defiance on a...I thought this was the onion. It’s not the onion.
Oh god. I hope that aliens and ufos are real. I want to leave this planet.
"Red White and Blue Land," like fucking *what?*
https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/1161
11.2.2025 17:04I thought this was the onion. It’s not the onion.Oh god. I hope that aliens and ufos are real. I want to leave this planet."Red White...It does occasionally snow in Seattle.
2.2.2025 22:29It does occasionally snow in Seattle.95% of adults in the United States have a literacy of sixth grade students -0 or worse.
https://www.thenationalliteracyinstitute.com/post/literacy-statistics-2024-2025-where-we-are-now
1.2.2025 05:4295% of adults in the United States have a literacy of sixth grade students -0 or worse....Legal immigrants to the United who stained citizenship had better not have made typos on the application forms.
1.2.2025 04:41Legal immigrants to the United who stained citizenship had better not have made typos on the application forms....Someone did a study on whether or not bluesky is a decent alternative to X (spoiler alert: it is. And if has advantages over X)
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/3646547.3688407
29.1.2025 04:08Someone did a study on whether or not bluesky is a decent alternative to X (spoiler alert: it is. And if has advantages over...I have the distinct honor of unlocking the achievement of separating from my parents at the age of 2 years and none months at a previous iteration of this event (60 years ago). I personally have no memory of that, but it traumatized my parents and left a lasting impression on my older sister.
Good times.
Casualties Feared After Stampede at Huge Hindu Festival in India https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/28/world/asia/india-stampede-maha-kumbh-festival.html?smid=nytcore-android-share
29.1.2025 03:10I have the distinct honor of unlocking the achievement of separating from my parents at the age of 2 years and none months at a previous...I guess this is yet another reason to migrate off Facebook and encourage folks to move to Mastodon.
https://distrowatch.com/weekly-mobile.php?issue=20250127#sitenews
28.1.2025 19:55I guess this is yet another reason to migrate off Facebook and encourage folks to move to...“You are talking about a recession-level event if this is the new long-term norm,” Gearhart said, arguing that the end result of Trump’s policies will be felt in the grocery store check-out lines across America.
26.1.2025 06:37“You are talking about a recession-level event if this is the new long-term norm,” Gearhart said, arguing that the end result of...A whole lot of people in my country would have snitched on Anne Frank. Hiding her and her family was illegal too. And these same people are defending a Nazi salute.
25.1.2025 07:00A whole lot of people in my country would have snitched on Anne Frank. Hiding her and her family was illegal too. And these same people are...This is an interesting new way of looking at reliability of complex systems
https://www.usenix.org/publications/loginonline/evolution-sre-google
3.1.2025 18:04This is an interesting new way of looking at reliability of complex...Somewhere in the last couple of sets of moves I lost my #Debian tartan tie. This is heartbreaking. I suppose it is pointless to see if someone would be willing to sell one of these rate entities? If not I might want to lobby people to get Phil Hands do another tartan run. I would not mind getting another kilt and a couple of ties.
4.12.2024 08:40Somewhere in the last couple of sets of moves I lost my #Debian tartan tie. This is heartbreaking. I suppose it is pointless to see if...Discovered the Madison--blue sky bridge yesterday. People on blue sky can now find me at srivasta.fosstodon.org.ap.brid.gy
I am not yet convinced to swap out to yet another social media platform, so I hope this works.
4.12.2024 08:34Discovered the Madison--blue sky bridge yesterday. People on blue sky can now find me at srivasta.fosstodon.org.ap.brid.gyI am not yet...Ten years a Google SRE today. This has been quite a ride, and a lot of fun, learning, and growth.
8.9.2024 07:31Ten years a Google SRE today. This has been quite a ride, and a lot of fun, learning, and growth.This made me think about MULTICS.
https://www.theregister.com/2024/02/16/what_is_unix/
16.2.2024 15:10This made me think about MULTICS.https://www.theregister.com/2024/02/16/what_is_unix/The forgotten history of unices and the rise of Linux. This article resonates with me (SLS was my second Linux distribution, following MCC interim). #linux #unix #bsd
https://www.theregister.com/2024/01/27/opinion_column/
27.1.2024 16:38The forgotten history of unices and the rise of Linux. This article resonates with me (SLS was my second Linux distribution, following MCC...My most recent effort to replicate DEC Ultrix running X10 and UWM (using Debian testing and fvwm3). Trying to keep a stable UI for 35 years now.
19.11.2023 03:57My most recent effort to replicate DEC Ultrix running X10 and UWM (using Debian testing and fvwm3). Trying to keep a stable UI for 35 years...