I now have a mastodon profile: chaos.social/@winfreak

Joined February 2009
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how it started / how it's going
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35 years ago today, NeXTSTEP 1.0 was released.
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kids who would run windows defragmenter and sit and look at the little squares change colours are programmers now
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Found the prompt that bash uses 🤯
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This summer will mark the 20th anniversary of my NES reviews of Simon’s Quest and Jekyll & Hyde, when I created the character which became AVGN. I’ll be celebrating the occasion a little early, reflecting on retro Castlevania games again. Coming very soon.
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✢ Visual Studio Code 2007 ✢
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Alternative Wissenschaft so wichtig ☝️
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Holy... good lord. IP over Thunderbolt 4 between two Mac Minis. support.apple.com/guide/mac-… CC @yacineMTB @elegyals
Replying to @yacineMTB
you might prefer to use ip over thunderbolt, ethernet is too slow
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We just had the first ever DM conversation between two @ladybirdbrowser users on this website! 🤓🐞🥳
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ai bros are just the worst they are actively discouraging an entire new fleet of noobs getting into software engineering with literally no proof that ai will take over software in "6 months."
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2 Apr 2024
The lesson from the xz fiasco is that investments in maintenance and sustainability are unsexy and probably won't get a middle manager their promotion but pay off a thousandfold over many years. But try selling that to a bean counter
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2 Apr 2024
After politely requesting a support contract from Microsoft for long term maintenance, they offered a one-time payment of a few thousand dollars instead. This is unacceptable. We didn't make it up, this is what @microsoft @microsoftteams actually did: trac.ffmpeg.org/ticket/10341…

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2 Apr 2024
The xz fiasco has shown how a dependence on unpaid volunteers can cause major problems. Trillion dollar corporations expect free and urgent support from volunteers. @Microsoft @MicrosoftTeams posted on a bug tracker full of volunteers that their issue is "high priority"
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30 Mar 2024
Replying to @matiasgoldberg
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JFC reading that thread makes me angry AF. [paraphrased] "Hi, I'm having some mental health challenges that make it hard to work on this." Replies: - "Right now you choke your repo." - "I get that this is a hobby project for all contributors, but the community desires more."
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TIGER ! TIGER! Protect your business from bad actors youtu.be/EjRpDXWNGgU?si=yCEA… via @YouTube

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27 Aug 2023
How to summon a demon 🍳
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24 Dec 2023
Still got a #37c3 ticket I’d be willing to sell for 150€. Anybody interested?
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