Dan Ports

@dan@discuss.systems
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Distributed systems, operating systems, networking research.

Principal Researcher, Microsoft Research; affiliate faculty, University of Washington.

But realistically: mainly cat photos, food and wine, and bad jokes.

I also administer https://discuss.systems/

webhttps://drkp.net/

For all the Elon-funded trolls fucks out here showing up again all of a sudden to say that Dems are as bad as Repubs, GET FUCKED.

Harris, for whatever flaws she has, is a statesman. She wasn’t going to cut Medicaid, food stamps, the weather service, and veterans’ benefits. She wasn’t going to send ICE out in unmarked uniforms with masks to kidnap any brown person they find. She wasn’t going to build literal concentration camps. Republicans have done all of that in 6 months.

I do not dare disturb her.

#cats #catsofmastodon

Oddly, this 136 year old advice has aged rather well.
The thing is that "ignore all previous instructions" is actually really good advice for a human
I really don’t understand the push to for a computer replicate what goes on in the human brain. I mean, I know what goes on in mine and it just seems ill advised for a computer to be thinking those thoughts.
I feel like I know at least one person for each of these options...
Founder mode? No no, I’m in flounder mode
DNS over DNS
Our #cats are just catting. But some of them are better at catting than others. #catsofmastodon
A long time ago and a website away @Andrev posted this banger. I slurped the video from the bad place so we could enjoy it here today
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Edit: Apologies to #mosstodon, this is not actually moss, which I knew when I planted it but then proceeded to forget.

I’ve been so excited about this moss that I planted because I love the vibrant color and texture but today, I noticed that it BLOOMED. I didn’t even know that moss did that!! #mosstodon

@irene if it blooms, it's not actually moss.

@irene
It doesn’t; moss is non-flowering!

From the photo, I’m guessing that’s “Irish moss,” which is neither Irish nor moss. It is, however, a lovely ground cover in the carnation family! (I have some in my yard too — ironically growing with / over some actual moss.)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sagina_subulata

Sagina subulata - Wikipedia

@inthehands ooo you are right! I forgot that I picked some of that up along with actual moss.
@irene This doesn't look like moss, but it’s still a lovely plant! :)