Philip Guenther

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he/him; recovering system/network admin; hacking on email and OpenBSD since the '90s
Show threadPhilip GuentherJul 4
@whitequark
“The configure script lies on its back, baking in the hot, spinning CPU. It wants you to call ‘make distclean’ but you don’t. Why don’t you, whitequark? Why aren’t you helping it?”
<sees the flicker of a halo on the display, right before the gun shot pushes him through the wall>
Show threadPhilip GuentherJul 2

@whitequark
void longjmp3(int atfd, jmp_buf buf, int flags);

longjmp3(AT_FDCWD, buf, O_DIRECT | SA_OFFSTACK | WNOHANG);

longjumps relative to the current working directory, without using any import/export trampolines and no protections from signal delivery (so it simply scribbles everywhere if a signal happens to be delivered during the operation). However, it just returns if the jmp_buf isn't initiailized.

Show threadPhilip GuentherJul 2
@whitequark There's a bit of Tree of Life vibe to that diagram. I guess KHCO2 was traditionally written as "Keter", Co(Co2)2 as "Chochmah", uh, this is getting spooky...
Philip GuentherJun 30
Show threadDan PortsJun 30
@regehr this reminds me of the time @irene’s grandmother took me to a Munich-themed Brazilian churrascaria in Beijing, and it turned out to be a Korean BBQ restaurant serving mostly Chinese food
Show threadPhilip GuentherJun 30
@whitequark I’m fine with compilers NOT being responsible for all the final code sins of the world
Philip GuentherJun 24

New jargon dropped: "lonely skill" That's a skill you have which no one understands to be useful, or maybe even a skill.

Example usage: "I know exactly how much peanut butter is necessary to eat those two stalks of celery." <blank looks> "It's a lonely skill."

Philip GuentherJun 23
TFW the stew you made for dinner is too delicious and as a result you both burn your mouths on it.
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Show threadPhilip GuentherJun 22
@tedu Imitation as the finest form of flattery; well played, Chaing!
Philip GuentherJun 21
On our hike at Purisma creek open space today we encountered ~100 banana slugs, including this pair. With their yin yang positioning, we’re pretty sure they were about to mate (more baby slugs! ​)
Show threadPhilip GuentherJun 16
@leafuw Ah yes, element MISSINGNO resulted in several labs’ works being unreproducible