Eric Evans

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Debian Developer, Apache Software Foundation member, Wikimedian, rider of bicycles.

Opinions expressed here are my own.

Webhttps://blog.deadcafe.org
Wikipediahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Jericevans
PronounsHe/Him
LocationTexas, USA 🇺🇸
Eric EvansMar 10
LawprofblawgMar 10

I used to waste years preparing gourmet meals. It was creative, an expression of my humanity, and fostered zen.

Thanks to McDonalds, I don't have to do that!

#Satire

Eric EvansMar 7
Show threadSue is Writing Solarpunk 🌞🌱Mar 7
This is so perfectly put
@billmckibben.bsky.social
Eric EvansFeb 12
K. Ryabitsev-Prime 🍁Feb 12
mirrors.kernel.org is down because it threw 2 disks in a RAID-6 array and then ground itself to a halt. I'm trying to resuscitate it. Please use mirrors.edge.kernel.org (it's pointing at our only remaining server that is now up, in Amsterdam).

We need more redundancy for these systems. After exiting Equinix, we are reduced to just 2 nodes (and hence, we're now down to 1 until I rebuild the RAID array on the one that's currently offline).

If you can donate us a server with at least 70TB of space and lots of bandwidth, I'd like to hear from you, but it has to come with hosting, as we don't have any physical datacentres any more and must rely on the kindness of strangers to host them.
Eric EvansFeb 12
Tagir ValeevFeb 12
Today we had a fire alarm in the office. A colleague wrote to a Slack channel 'Fire alarm in the office building', to start a thread if somebody knows any details. We have AI assistant Glean integrated into the Slack, and it answered privately to her: "today's siren is just a scheduled test and you do not need to leave your workplace". It was not a test or a drill, it was a real fire alarm. Someday, AI will kill us.
Eric EvansFeb 12
Tim BrayFeb 12

Seems like an important story: https://www.carbonbrief.org/analysis-chinas-co2-emissions-have-now-been-flat-or-falling-for-21-months/

#climate

Analysis: China’s CO2 emissions have now been ‘flat or falling’ for 21 months - Carbon Brief

China’s carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions fell by 1% in the final quarter of 2025, likely securing a decline of 0.3% for the full year as a whole.

Carbon Brief
Eric EvansFeb 10
Show threadaevaFeb 8
ancient pottery has the fingerprints of the person who made it permanently embedded in it, and if you touch it, you can reach out and touch the hand of the person who made it across space and time immemorial and experience a brief fleeting connection to a long gone person you will never know. and then get thrown out of the museum.
Eric EvansFeb 6
Elisabeth HendricksonFeb 6

This video made my day. I want to be them when I grow up. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k-pDBP9PGN8

(It's about US politics but is also adorable, so I'm not putting it behind a content warning.)

Hit the Road, ICE!

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Eric EvansFeb 6
Jonathan McDowellFeb 6
I've enjoyed listening to Mark Kermode for decades now, but his review of Melania? *chefs kiss*
Eric EvansFeb 2
Riku VoipioFeb 2
Just wow https://youtu.be/uIfqSTBTJXQ
Apashe & Alina Pash - Kyiv

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Eric EvansJan 28
Uncle DukeJan 28
“NOT ONE WORD, KATHLEEN.”