the matrix channel is now deprecated and will become read-only starting 2027: https://chimera-linux.org/news/2026/11/matrix-deprecation.html
you are encouraged to use the IRC instead
I'm afraid I woke this goldspotted eel up. It was lying its back apparently asleep, and I took a picture. This is the reaction shot. My (experienced) guide said he had not seen them sleeping on their backs.
Ramon Magsaysay Awards! Asia's Premier Prize. Congratulations to all deserving winners! 🏅🫡
A new species to me, apparently a "nimble spray crab". It definitely looks like a movie alien.
In conclusion, saying that open source participation requires monthly fees to private companies that run stochastic code generators means you’ve forgotten why anyone is doing this at all. Fuck this whole idea and fuck Linus in particular for pushing it.
RE: https://mastodon.world/@BrianJopek/117617769505609214
Ms Ruby Bridges is 72 years old. she and her history of desegregation are part of YOUR lifetime.
Ultimate truth, really?
So here is something I know to be true in two independent ways:
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One way is my proof. The other way is somebody else's proof, which was published before I was aware.
If I had been aware, I would probably not have produced my proof.
But, as a matter of fact, I am not happy with my proof or their proof.
So I am trying to get a proof better than both.
Why am I doing this if I already know it is true, in two independent ways?
Because I don't think the two existing proofs capture the real reason why this is true.
I think I have a better way to explain/understand why it is true.
Mathematicians do this **all the time**.
If anybody is telling you that mathematicians only care about what is true, they are utterly misguided.
We always want the best proof. And if not the best proof, another way to understand the same thing from a different angle.
The Fist of Memory, by Wole Talabi: Review by Paul Di Filippo https://locusmag.com/review/the-fist-of-memory-by-wole-talabi-review-by-paul-di-filippo/
This octopus was almost perfectly camouflaged and confident enough to just hang out on top a rock, in the daytime.
I have dithered to 1 bit per channel to (subjectively) bring out the shape of the octopus.
What if I *don't* want to build a scalable Kubernetes infrastructure for agentic fintech?
What if I'm really good writing minimalist, efficient, correct software for a range of purposes - medical technology, embedded OSes, infrastructure management, what have you? (In C and Perl?)
What if I'm really good at analyzing and diagnosing issues with Unix systems and networks?
What if I'm really good interacting with customers? What if I'm a good mentor, teaching people to program, to explore systems and troubleshoot, to understand the fundamentals? (What if I teach people how to understand arbitrary number bases and how to do things like CIDR calculations by hand?)
What if I value learning and practising doing things, rather than wheedling them out of a Hallucination Engine?
What then?
Hey, if you work for a Canadian company that is looking at the current series of cloud failures and considering moving stuff back in house and on premises, and looking to hire a Linux Sysadmin to help bring up and look after that infrastructure, I'm still looking for work :)
I know Proxmox, XCP-NG, Graylog, zabbix, Ansible, OpnSense, and PowerDNS/dnsdist.
I've dealt with Dell and IBM iscsi SAN systems, I've used and built ceph and zfs storage systems.
It isn't the technically best photo (I had to back up 3m to take this with my macro lens), but it is fun to see the flying gunard with its wings out, and (a first for me) carrying a smaller fish in its mouth. I'm sure the gunard is just carrying Nemo to a new home to save them from getting tired.
EDIT: On second view, I'm not 100% sure what it is carrying in its mouth.
Who among us has not collapsed in a pile of venomous spines at the end of a day.
This goldspotted eel (not technically a snake, I know, you pedants) dove down this hole and wiggled around a bunch before pulling its head out and wandering off. I can only imagine Friday the 13th did not go well for whatever lived there.
As the old song goes: "When you stick your hand in a crack and you don't get it back, that's a Moray".
Gold Panda last night was amazing! Was an honour to be invited to do visuals on stage with him 😄️
I'm looking for work and would deeply appreciate boosts 🥳
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I won the Ackermann Award for my PhD thesis!
https://www.eacsl.org/text-blocks/ackermann-award-2026-2/
This means I'll be making an appearance at CSL 2027. Hope to see some of you there:-)