Mastodawn

@brib I had a recent silly example of looking for an AR app where you could "drop a pin" on a map and then have that position show up using the phone camera as a viewfinder, with things like bearing, distance, etc.

Can I do that with a map & compass? Sure. But, that doesn't mean it's not handy to have the convenience.

That is a world of difference from losing the ability to navigate, especially with a tool that may just point to a completely different and made up location, render the place name in garbled text, and where you still have to "check the outputs" using the manual methods (that you have now forgotten) to ensure you're not looking at a completely random and fabricated spot.

Hugo Slabbert ⚠️16h ago

Robert A. Hill 1d ago

I don't think I have ever read a more concise and yet thorough explanation of my own observations, conclusions, and fears as a 20+ year veteran technology professional and 15 year SRE veteran.

We are actively tearing down the hard fought wins for ourselves and our customers in the chase for the MBAs and business idiots and the institutional knowledge and processes that solved huge problems are the victims of this AI circlejerk.

https://leehanchung.github.io/blogs/2026/04/05/the-ai-great-leap-forward/

The AI Great Leap Forward

In 1958, Mao ordered every village to produce steel. The steel was useless. The crops rotted. Today's top-down AI mandates are producing the same pattern: ba...

Han, Not Solo

Hugo Slabbert ⚠️17h ago

Tara 🕷️

1d ago

attention anybody with substantial experience with Rust and networking: my team is hiring!!

one of few rust jobs I'm aware of that is not web 3.0 horseplop.

fully remote (US timezones), good culture, good trans-inclusive healthcare, good work/life balance, and a nice defensive cybersecurity mission i can get behind.

feel free to reach out for more details and the job posting.

#fedihired #rust #infosec #cybersecurity #ot #ics

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Hugo Slabbert ⚠️1d ago

@jzb @lattera I was gonna say "lol like they want to have to answer questions"

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Hugo Slabbert ⚠️1d ago

@joew @whitequark or you can start caching your kv store in-network on your switches

https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/3132747.3132764

Hugo Slabbert ⚠️1d ago

BLUR 2d ago

Please add alt text to your images. Especially the images containing text.
Not just for the visually impaired, but it also helps the keyword filters people set up actually work...
#accessibility

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Hugo Slabbert ⚠️2d ago

@whitequark