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Tech geek, teller of stories and coffee lover.
In pursuit of knowledge and wisdom

New account after my previous instance being abandoned.
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We're supposed to have a tag list:
#GNU #Linux #Python #Tech #Data #Privacy #Coffee

I used "crowdstrike" as a verb at work today, to paraphrase: "CI is broken because github crowdstruck us with a bad rust compiler update". AKA: usable any time an automatic update from a vendor breaks your infrastructure.

All I'm saying is, if they didn't want this neologism, they shouldn't have ruined my flight home from Italy.

#crowdstrike

From a beach somewhere on Sicily
In Italy and found Caffé Al pistacchio on the menu. I don't know what I expected but not this, how do you even drink this?

“A developed country is not a place where the poor have cars. It’s where the rich use public transport.”

#Environment #Climate #ClimateChange #Pollution #WarOnCars #BanCars

"Even dumber is that the “lesson” that Walter #Isaacson seems to take from this little episode is not that #Musk’s impulsivity is a dangerous, out of control wrecking ball that is going to destroy some serious stuff, but that (ex)#Twitter’s employees had to learn how to better “manage” the man-baby in charge:"
by @mmasnick

https://www.techdirt.com/2023/09/12/the-batshit-crazy-story-of-the-day-elon-musk-decided-to-personally-rip-servers-out-of-a-sacramento-data-center/

The Batshit Crazy Story Of The Day Elon Musk Decided To Personally Rip Servers Out Of A Sacramento Data Center

Back on Christmas Eve of last year there were some reports that Elon Musk was in the process of shutting down Twitter’s Sacramento data center. In that article, a number of ex-Twitter employees wer…

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@donny
What a trip, from frijoles to data lake, well done 👍
@mayaisloading
Snow angels 😇

I remember VCs were saying the smartest people they know are quitting big tech to go work on crypto & NFTs and I was like “nah”.

By definition quitting your job to go work on NFTs disqualified you from being the smartest person anybody knows.

https://247wallst.com/investing/2023/09/01/once-worth-billions-nfts-now-crippled-as-market-downturn-continues/?amp=1

Once Worth Billions, NFTs Now Crippled as Market Downturn Continues

Once considered the next big thing in the crypto world, NFTs have failed to recover following the 2022 crypto meltdown.

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During Hurricane Idalia, a 100-year-old tree fell on Gov. Ron DeSantis’ home. God issued a terse statement reminding the public that He works in mysterious ways and expressing sympathy for the tree’s family.