Oh, and if you wanna know the secret to surviving air travel; after you get where you're going, take off your shoes and your socks then walk around on the rug bare foot and make fists with your toes. 😂
I used shelter via f-droid and that worked. Thanks for the suggestions!
First time in my life using #WhatsApp and it's a cesspool of dark patterns, forced "consent", and deliberate lies. I expected it to be bad, and it still managed to negatively surprise me.
Good thing I won't have to touch it again after this.
I like how this developer effectively made himself a private software modchip to play PS1 game xD https://www.gamesradar.com/after-23-years-developer-reveals-he-snuck-a-cheat-code-past-sony-that-turns-a-cult-classic-horror-game-into-a-godsend-for-retro-enthusiasts/ #gamedev #retrogaming
I posted to my desultory blog the transcript of a talk I gave in 2009 inside Google, mostly because someone recently asked me to, feeling the message needs reinforcing.
@matt ooh that's a damn fine view!!
@matt Slowly building an all-white AM5 build with 🌈 colorful LEDs! Will post pictures once it's done!
Recounting all the computers I've ever used:
- Family Pentium 4 desktop — learned GW Basic (don't ask it's what the library had 😂) tried to Hackintosh
- Government-subsidy Pentium D desktop — learned C++, Python, dual boot Ubuntu
- Dell Inspiron i3 — bought mainly with carol money, nearly got me through uni, deployed my first web app
- Government-subsidy Celeron w/2GB of RAM — forced me to use Vim+LaTeX
- Employer-owned Carbon X
- Employer-owned Intel MacBook Pro
- Employer-owned M1 MacBook
have you ever bent light with your fingertips?
pinch your thumb & forefinger together, do the same on the other hand, bring them together, where all four digits touch there’s a tiny hole
bring your hands up to your eyes, and make the hole as small as you can & things far away will now be in focus
congratulations: you have diffracted light using only your hands
My talk from last week’s Observability Day is up:
“How Prometheus Halved Its Memory Usage.”
It’s a thrill ride.
I’m on my way to Chicago to give a talk about Prometheus and memory usage. See you there!