dave@yourcomputer​ #

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big queer infra overlord. 

trans as in fuck you.
 non-binary.
 ME and MS double whammy possessor. destroy all borders.
 president of antifa.

 devops, infosec, politics, shitposts. 

collaboration not competition. 
may contain gender. 


curl https://dave.io | sh
Web & other social mediahttps://dave.io
Public keyhttps://keyoxide.org/729A7FAAB95A78A7AAB70E06B22EFAE146E2BB7E
Code and junkhttps://github.com/daveio
Pronounsthey/them/their
dave@yourcomputer​ #6h ago

Alternative platforms -

Web: https://syn.as
Github: https://github.com/synmux
Bsky: https://bsky.app/profile/syn.horse
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/synmux
Threads: https://threads.com/@synmux
Facebook: https://facebook.com/synmux

IM: Signal, WhatsApp, Messenger, and Telegram. Ask for my number.

dave@yourcomputer​ #6h ago

Just a heads up; Github and Instagram/Threads/Facebook username is now synmux.

I'll be rolling the same out to other services as I think of them. If you can't find synmux, check syndotas.

dave@yourcomputer​ #13h ago

FRIENDS: I'm no longer the owner of dave.io - I've sold it. For a fairly considerable sum. Completely out of nowhere.

I've migrated to syn.as for email (syn@).

When I get round to it, will maintain two sites - syn.as for normies, and syn.horse for my lovely queer nerd shitpost wizard pals.

Show threaddave@yourcomputer​ #1d ago

@cassana @moof @quixoticgeek in case you're unaware, there was also a TV version uust called JAM which is the same threatening, unnerving comedy and very, very good.

A particularly favourite is "suicide with an escape clause" and the classic, the skit which is absolute peak JAM, TV lizards. I have no doubt that TV lizards is on YouTube somewhere if you want to see if it's your thing.

Show threaddave@yourcomputer​ #1d ago
@moof I can probably count the number of people who will have the slightest fucking clue what is going on in this reply on one hand. But 11/10 work.
dave@yourcomputer​ #2d ago

one of my favourite terms is "delta". A delta is a set of changes against a baseline. If you write "jam" and then change it to "blue jam", the delta is "blue ".

It's one of those words which saves a WHOLE bunch of other words. And good lord do I love me an opportunity to be concise.

Show threaddave@yourcomputer​ #3d ago
@Frieda_M is this a kink thing
dave@yourcomputer​ #3d ago

So today I learned a thing the painful way. Join me in my pain.

  • You want to pull a remote git update.
  • It won't apply.
  • You stash your changes then pull.
  • You pop your stash.
  • Wild CONFLICT appears!
  • You fix the conflict.
  • You add the fixed file.
  • Wait. Git has held onto the stash. What?
  • Maybe it just needs to be applied fully now the conflict is resolved.
  • You git stash pop.

And at that point, it destroys all of your work from the last four hours. Oh, and the stash is gone. Oh, and it's not in the reflog either. Fuck you.

I will say this. It is a very good job I have my backups set up. If I'm really really lucky, I've only lost half an hour.

Fucking git.

dave@yourcomputer​ #3d ago

I post this every so often when it does something that makes me happy (which is quite a lot).

I absolutely adore Pulumi as an alternative to Terraform or other IaC products.

You build your IaC using a proper language; TypeScript, JavaScript, Python, Go, .NET, Java, and if you want to be fully declarative for some reason, YAML.

You can use all the logic of that language in building your IaC, instead of having to be 100% declarative and hacking logic in.

It's superb.

Show threaddave@yourcomputer​ #4d ago
@systemsobscure I mean in this context it's fairly clear. Someone who benefits from size privilege. I see what you're trying to get at, but in context it's fairly clear.