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kboyd

@kboyd@phpc.social

Software Developer, Photographer, Sailing Enthusiast.

I talk about #photography, #sailing, #ebikes, reading, writing, watching TV, cooking, politics, climate, EVs, more sailing, programming, the open and sustainable web, php, sailing again, and more. Ask me about sailing co-operatives. (he/him)

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ramsey, to random
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I’d love to see a behind-the-scenes or making-of for . How do they put it together in such a tight, well-made package. There don’t appear to be many cuts, and John Oliver’s hand motions and everything is so well-choreographed. Is he really that good, or do they practice this over and over?

kboyd,
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@ramsey I think it's actually a physical condition of his, and they have to practice toning it down.

kboyd, (edited ) to photography
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Today I learned that "HBM" is a thing on Flickr, which I think stands for "Happy Bench Monday". So here is a bench at victoria's beacon hill park.

Edit: thanks, @alshra, for the great alt text!


https://flic.kr/p/2pSiLhY

kboyd, to random
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Self-serve dog wash? Isn't that just a lawn sprinkler?

kboyd, to random
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Son: "You're old"

Me: "I'm not old! Now if you'll excuse me, I have to lay down for a bit before I go to the store."

bagder, to random
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“I could rewrite #curl”

Here's my collection of some less cheerful quotes to keep me firmly grounded. Blogged three years ago today:

https://daniel.haxx.se/blog/2021/05/20/i-could-rewrite-curl/

kboyd,
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@bagder "May you succeed at rewriting curl" could be the new "May you live in interesting times"

kboyd, to random
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I see Jigsaw has been editing wikipedia again.

I'm pretty sure the person would suffer a mental break before the end was reached.

kboyd, to random
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How does one back up a folder from icloud drive? A simple copy doesn't seem to be simple at all.

kboyd,
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@Taffer Not that I could find, no

erinc, to iPad
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I just returned my iPad Pro M4. #iPad is not a computer.

Here are some of the things I couldn’t do:

  • No custom app launcher like Alfred or Raycast
  • No local development
  • Inconsistent or non-existent keyboard shortcuts
  • No multiple audio streams
  • No browser extensions for Chrome/Brave
  • No granular firewall apps like Little Snitch
  • Can’t connect to my hardware crypto wallet
  • Can’t export/backup my #Protonmail
  • Can’t use #Logseq plugins
  • Can’t backup (via Arc). iCloud is not backup.
kboyd,
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@erinc Yeah, I fear that Apple's plan is ultimately to eliminate computers from their product lines.

mcc, (edited ) to random
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If a program says it wants CUDA 10 can I get away with installing CUDA 12 or does CUDA 10 mean "CUDA 10 exactly"

It's specifically asking for "cudart64_101.dll"

kboyd,
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@mcc maybe Nvidia can solve this with ai

Marvin the Paranoid android saying "This will all end in tears. I just know it."

sean, to random
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I know retro tech is big right now, but I never expected this kind of grassroots anti-TCP campaign!

(Yes, this is a 90s joke that barely 8 of you will get.)

kboyd,
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@sean that tagger is probably in a blood feud with the rival tagger SPX

sarah, to random
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PHP needs a code of conduct for the project itself. Is there anyone willing to push for an RFC to add one with me?

kboyd,
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@sarah I'm not in a headspace where i can contribute to side projects at the moment, but I do think a CoC would be great. I saw how things went last time around & was not pleased with how some folks reacted to the idea, so I want to speak up and offer a clear thumbs up this time. :)

Quinnypig, to random
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The double-edged sword of my ADHD procrastination strikes again.

Pro: I'm very good in a crisis.
Con: I'm only good in a crisis.

kboyd,
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@Quinnypig another con, in my own experience: this means that everything gets sidelined until it crosses the crisis line

Taffer, to AWS
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I briefly looked at AWS S3 Glacier storage, thinking maybe having a second cloud host for my backups would be good.

I can't actually figure out how much this will cost me because they charge per operation (you know, like PUT, GET, etc.) in addition to the storage costs (which I easily figured out).

The kicker? I work at AWS. 🤷

#aws #s3 #glacier #backups

kboyd,
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@Taffer After many years of putting it off, this month I added a lifecycle rule to my backup bucket to convert objects to Glacier instant retrieval.

My guess is that it will cut my storage costs nearly in half.

But i can only guess, because understanding AWS pricing is impossible.

kboyd, to random
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What I should be doing: wrestling with DynamoDB.

What I am doing instead: reading Dick Tracy (1990) trivia.

I suppose it helps that I already wrestled the annoying part of Dynamo into submission. Now I just have to whack-a-mole the edge cases.

Avloky, to HashtagGames
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A Horse With No Name by Anonymous

#FictionalCharactersAutobiography
#HashTagGames

kboyd,
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@andrewfeeney @Avloky Been Through the Desert, based on the novel A Horse With No Name, by Anonymous. A film by Allen Smithee.

Quinnypig, to random
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I've gotten a model tuned in to be an excellent probabilistic sarcastic parrot.

"Do you mean 'stochastic parrot?'"

I absolutely do not.

kboyd,
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@Quinnypig AI IAGO!

emd, to random
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Was I too nice?

kboyd,
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@emd vastly.

sushee, to random
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I looked into several abysses and now they are all looking back at me

kboyd,
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@sushee congrats, you are now an abyssal influencer

grmpyprogrammer, to random
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What stage of capitalism is this?

It’s pretty bold to try and replace employees with volunteers…

kboyd,
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@grmpyprogrammer collapse-stage.

kboyd, to random
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Ran a database query at work to investigate a hunch, and forgot about it.

And, an hour and 19 minutes later ... the hunch played out, but much less severely than I had anticipated. Most curious. Yay results!

misty, to random
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And this is why you don’t store floppies next to acidic paper.

kboyd,
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@misty @foone an unfortunate instance of that floppy being copied

kboyd, to random
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Current task: completely restructure a DynamoDB table's storage pattern.

Anticipated amount of work involved: I dunno, 20-30 minutes. Not a heavy lift, it's new.

Working up the energy to get started?

Unpossible.

swearyanthony, to random
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Remember a few weeks ago when some clown shoes lawyers tried a bogus copyright takedown of merch saying "Fuck the LAPD" on behalf of the LAPD, and the initial legal response was "LOL, no"? Well the longer response is out, and it is a work of art. They managed to use the phrase "Fuck the LAPD" 15 times in 4 pages. Make sure to check the footnotes, too. A work of pure savagery, with citations.
https://bsky.app/profile/cola.baby/post/3ksffq2k5kb22

kboyd,
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@swearyanthony ballsy to advise the lapd to "take a shot at it", tbh.

TheBreadmonkey, to random
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For anyone on a diet; TIL there are 20 million calories in a gram of Uranium-235.

Best avoided, stick to lasagne.

kboyd,
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@TheBreadmonkey Yellowcake is a viable alternative, if you're carb conscious.

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