Jesse Harris

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Funny thing about gas, the inflation-adjusted average price right now is about the same as it was in 2005. Aside from the last few years, the cost has been on a downward trend. You're not mad about gas prices, you're mad about inflation. https://www.usinflationcalculator.com/gasoline-prices-adjusted-for-inflation/
Gasoline Prices Adjusted for Inflation | US Inflation Calculator

Gasoline prices are often very volatile with sharp swings in what American pay at the pump. The average price of gasoline dropped nearly 17% in 2020.

US Inflation Calculator | Easily calculate how the buying power of the U.S. dollar has changed from 1913 to 2026. Get inflation rates and U.S. inflation news.

*sighs*
*pinches bridge of nose*

Courts aren't supposed to answer the question of what's right or wrong, but what is legal or illegal. Their job isn't supposed to be a super-legislature. Stop being mad at them for not doing what isn't their job. Be mad when they do their actual job badly.

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Call for Communities, Contests, and Events The 2026 Call for Communities, Contests, and Events (CCE) is now open. Submit your Community, Contest, or Event Idea What's in the form? This isn't a 30 page manifesto. This is a short google form. Don't stress the small stuff (yet). We'

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Hearing a rumor that GenPak, a major employer in Cedar City, is ceasing operations here in May.

Things you should be doing:

- Pin dependency versions
- Update ONLY when you need a particular fix/feature
- No approving your own MRs (a SOC 2 requirement!)
- Malware/security scans on all builds

And obvs the usual MFA, etc. for your identity layer.

Reading on this LiteLLM compromise and it's a doozy. Looks like the repo owner was popped and did not have two-party approval for merging, so the attacker could instantly push malware into new releases. Nevermind that there was no malware scanning in the build pipeline either.
I'll be ready for the latest airport changes.
Project Hail Mary might be the best sci-fi movie of my lifetime. You should definitely go see it.
Someone made a <$100 guided rocket and it begs the question, who would win: a single Tomahawk missle or 10,000 spicy jank rockets hot off your Bambu? https://github.com/novatic14/MANPADS-System-Launcher-and-Rocket
GitHub - novatic14/MANPADS-System-Launcher-and-Rocket

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Kids don't have school today. For the most part, they just do their own thing. But sometimes, they do alarming things.

Cora: *walks into my office and whispers* "Just keep working, okay?"

Me: "Um, okay. Are you up to something?"

Cora: "Just keep working. Don't look at me." *leaves the room hastily*