Davis Remmel

@davisr
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Programmer, sysadmin, and libre software geek. Fame-ish for #reMarkableTablet hacking. Worked a year at @fsf. Obviously, I use #Emacs. Been hitting the Diet Coke pretty hard lately.
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LocationMilwaukee, WI, USA
Once elected President, I will force DigiKey to revert their catalog software to the old, non-JavaScript version.
people say binaries are what keeps usenet alive...but i know it's actually rec.juggling
Oh, so you gutted the case and put a Raspberry Pi in? Such hack. Much wow.
NOT a fan of the new freebsd.org design
drew up a heathkit board from @ramblingrubbisher in pursuit of making it a new enclosure
Free Energy from the Vacuum? Warp Drive Pioneer Unveils Battery-Free ‘MicroSparc’ That Allegedly Draws Power from the Quantum Vacuum

Science, Tech and Defense for the Rebelliously Curious.

The Debrief

In regards to a specific matter, in Alabama, a young woman was forced to give birth to her child on a jail cell floor. I could not be more disgusted by the jail workers and the system that lets this happen. Horrible stuff.

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/may/13/alabama-prison-birth-lawsuit

Alabama woman sues alleging she gave birth on prison floor as guards watched

Tiffany McElroy says inmates assisted in delivering her baby in May 2024 after jail staff left her to fend for herself

The Guardian
Apathy and inaction lets corruption go unabated. If you are a good person, you will not stand by and do nothing when you see something wrong. There is a serious moral failing among Americans right now.
Meanwhile, I am installing macOS 26 (the liquid glass one) a few times over, and I am glad that I don't have to take this personally, like I might have a decade ago.