Impeach||GTFO 

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Burned out owner of a fully depreciated Ph.D. in computer science. Born in the US, still there, not proud of it. January 20, 2025 was our catastrophe.

Because my instance is infosec.exchange:
Bad Security Metrics Part 1 https://doi.org/10.1109/MITP.2018.011301733, Part 2 https://doi.org/10.1109/MITP.2018.021921653
Mostly sunny with a chance of cyber (presentation) https://doi.org/10.13140/RG.2.2.11165.72166

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House Democrats ask if Canada could step in to fight authoritarianism for them

www.thebeaverton.com/2026/03/house-democrats-ask-if-canada-could-step-in-to-fight-authoritarianism-for-them

WASHINGTON D.C. – As the Trump administration consolidates its anti-democratic control over America, Congressional and Senate Democrats have united to ask the nation of Canada if they could handle it instead. Speaking in front of the United States Capitol,…

House Democrats ask if Canada could step in to fight authoritarianism for them

WASHINGTON D.C. - As the Trump administration consolidates its anti-democratic control over America, Congressional and Senate Democrats have united to ask the nation of Canada if they could handle it instead.

The Beaverton

"since autoconf generates shell code, you often want to output shell variable expansion, rather than performing M4 parameter expansion. To do this, you must use M4 quoting to separate the ā€˜$’ from the next character in the definition of your macro. If the macro definition occurs in single-quoted text, then insert another level of quoting; if the usage is already inside a double-quoted string, then split it into concatenated strings."

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH

DAMMIT VERN I TOLD YOU WE DON'T UNDERSTAND ALL THIS QUOTING SHIT

All devices for friends and fam that rely on a tech caregiver should have a prominent HELP button that takes a screenshot, saves it in a designated local directory, and emails it to the caregiver (or tries to). One step, one button press.
QUOTIE QUOTE QUOTE QUOTEQUOTE
Seriously, it looks like you just add square brackets when in doubt, add double square brackets
The eschaton can't happen until I understand when to add square brackets in configure.ac. It's one of those weird things in Revelations.
Amid all of the inconceivable stupidity that we have witnessed since January 2025, we also have the Democratic Party still not getting the memo that their dinosaur platform and strategy are a net negative. We all get the blackmail, "vote for us or you get the fascists again," but there's no credible promise that they will do anything more than keep the seats warm till the fascists win again.

It’s so funny to me when someone says ā€œthis is just a bump in the road,ā€ because it’s all bumps.

The road is just all bumps

Aldi clearance shelf: instant drink powder!! 🩷Pink Latte🩷

me: okay, notoriously hit-or-miss Aldi clearance shelf, I'll try it

(I pour the powder into the mug. it is clearly white) not looking good for the Aldi clearance shelf

(I add hot water. it somehow turns bright pink) okay, I retract my thoughts about the Aldi clearance shelf

(I taste it) I reinstate some of my thoughts about the Aldi clearance shelf.

Can we just have a new party already? Out with the old, in with the bold.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/mar/29/cory-booker-democratic-party
Cory Booker says Democrats have ā€˜failed this moment’ and calls for new leaders

New Jersey senator also says party has ā€˜too small of a coalition’ as it seeks to confront ā€˜new challenges’

The Guardian