Tech
- System: Ryzen™ AI Max+ 395 - 128GB
- Storage: WD_BLACK™ SN850X NVMe™- M.2 2280 - 1TB
- Storage: WD_BLACK™ SN850X NVMe™- M.2 2280 - 4TB
- CPU Fan: Noctua - NF-A12x25 HS-PWM
- Power Cable: AC Cable - C13 - US/CA
- Customization
- Left Panel: Left Panel - Translucent
- Tile: Tile Pack - Vertical - Black
- 2 x Tile: Tile Pack - Vertical - Red
- Tile: Tile - Arch Linux (btw... I use Arch)
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Mac users can use brew to install the
fortuneandcowsayprograms. Arch users can combine both withcowfortunein the AUR. And for extra fun, installlolcatand get rainbow fortune cookies. I’ve posted the fish shell code I use in the comments below (the footnote formatting mangles code blocks). ↩︎ -
This movie brought to you by asciinema. Install on macOS with the command
brew install asciinema. ↩︎
DOGE gave Russia access to private government data
A very brave senior DevSecOps architect at the National Labor Relations Board turned whistleblower has evidence that once DOGE infiltrated the NLRB, a 10GB data dump was exfiltrated and, within minutes, a Russian account logged in with DOGE credentials.
The whistleblower was threatened in a note taped to the door of his home featuring drone footage of him. US Cert was informed and has been told to stand down by senior US officials.
The original NPR story that broke the news: www.npr.org/2025/04/1…
The interview with Rachel Maddow:
Security researcher Matt Johansen is following the story: bsky.app/profile/m…
Security breaches don’t get much worse than this. And the cover-up is already under way.
System76 or Framework?
The day after I ordered a new home server NUC from System76 (a Meerkat with Intel Core Ultra 5), Framework announces the cutest damn PC ever. It won’t ship untill Q3 and it’s going to cost a bit more, but c’mon.
Yes I pre-ordered 128GB RAM…
2024 AOC Day 4 - More live coding!
I’ve completed “Ceres Search” - Day 4 - Advent of Code 2024 #AdventOfCode adventofcode.com/2024/day/…
Lots of fun tonight - and with a little help I think we came up with an elegant way of solving part 2!
Code on Github
2024 AOC Day 1
I’ve completed “Historian Hysteria” - Day 1 - Advent of Code 2024 #AdventOfCode
I always look forward to this particular coding challenge. Last year I got all the way to Day 22 before calling for the Sag Wagon. This year I’ll be doing it in Common Lisp again for as long as my puny skillz are able.
I took a chance and streamed my work live last night.
Fortunately it was easy and I wasn’t humiliated.
Code at Github
New Mac Day
The new M4 Pro Mac mini arrived today. (Buddha for scale.)
It’s so small and cute. And the internal drive is very very fast.
Quiet, too.
Five Years Later: The TWiT.tv Web Site
Fame is a Vapor
I use fortune and cowsay1 to spit out pithy sayings when I launch my terminal2. This morning’s seemed very apropos.
Fame is a vapor; popularity an accident; the only earthly certainty is oblivion.
– Mark Twain
After the game the king and the pawn go in the same box.
– Italian proverb
The universe speaks.
And now, a little movie3 to demonstrate. Pay no attention to the locomotive.
