Alex Rosenberg

Compilers, Operating Systems, and Games, oh my!

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2024-09-02 03:19:55

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@npub1lks…a4mq Only acceptable? Better not have any bullshit like pineapple juice in it.

2024-09-01 20:31:23

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@npub1v0y…h5pz If only it were distributed builds.

2024-08-26 23:11:47

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@npub1auh…u2le You’d be hard-pressed to differentiate any of the unique modes that model adds to their line.

2024-08-26 20:46:45

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@npub1td4…q4cm I haven’t seen anybody implement passkeys for dovecot yet. Did I miss it?

2024-08-26 15:57:53

Technology has become so ubiquitous that Cardi B dedicated a whole song to her love for Wireless Access Points. It’s called “WAP,” check it out.

2024-08-26 06:19:30

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@npub12y2…et54 Giving me flashbacks to 1996 and the “Loathing” editor I wrote for Myth.

2024-08-25 23:22:24

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@npub1vmt…9s8r We couldn't get the stupids to mask up for a month or so to let COVID dissipate. Pretty sure we can't pull this off either, as fun as it might seem.

2024-08-25 21:00:17

Just scheduled the new COVID booster. In the process I had to answer questions about when I had older vaccines (non-COVID). All of those records were in HealthKit and when I look now they're all missing. In fact, everything the Apple Wellness Center did is missing. I did not expect records to ever disappear from HealthKit even if you no longer use a particular provider.

2024-08-24 16:18:20

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Still hasn’t left Nevada, marked “on time” despite not being so.
Gaslighting is not a valid business strategy.

2024-08-24 08:36:05

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@npub1auh…u2le It’s a replacement glass shelf for our fridge and hasn’t left Nevada yet, so I suspect they broke it.

2024-08-23 22:07:40

Oh look, FedEx Ground is suddenly claiming that a package due tomorrow that they currently show as due today, but was seen in Nevada at lunchtime, is now “Initially expected: Monday.” I call shenanigans. They never ever said Monday.

2024-08-18 19:31:54

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@npub18l8…zm6p I miss Shock G.

2024-08-18 19:31:04

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@npub14qv…2hh3 I knew about the three seashells, but how does one use the four bananas?

2024-08-18 19:30:21

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@npub1c5u…sr87 I recall the one weird kid in high school that had a copy of that book. I believe that’s where I learned that flour can be a very dangerous weapon.

2024-08-18 03:03:40

Forced arbitration clauses should be illegal/unenforcible. Tell your congressperson.

2024-08-18 02:41:23

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@npub1v6h…tnzt It definitely taught me to scrutinize ingredients in products. e.g. Some cleaning products are special-purpose-labeled and cost extra but are identical to other products.

2024-08-17 10:29:51

Rented a scooter from “Spin” which is a rename end-run around SF’s denial of operating license to Bird.
These scum required a $15 account balance to start. They then tacked on a $0.50 “Fair Wage Fee” to my first ride. No human was involved in the transaction. Such “junk fees” are now illegal here in CA.
What do? Dispute the charges? Pick my favorite class action ambulance chaser?

2024-08-17 06:26:31

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@npub1xg3…nyjk Taco Bell bill for two people just came to $48.
We should be storming the castle with pitchforks and torches over this.

2024-08-16 19:02:17

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@npub1c2g…zeqt That framework is for getting user statistics in a way that cannot return identifying info.

2024-08-16 18:57:41

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@npub1e5c…zwue “His or her” — Are we sure this ruling actually came from Montana, like actually for real real? Cause it’s too good to have come from a red state.

2024-08-15 21:15:24

Is there any VPN that works with pfSense that support mDNS over the link?
Neither IPSec nor WireGuard seem to work. (IPSec doesn't expose an interface to configure in Avahi. WG doesn't seem to pass any broadcast traffic.)

2024-08-11 03:32:40

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@npub1vmt…9s8r
https://files.mastodon.online/media_attachments/files/112/941/279/203/643/610/original/3599b7aecaf560fc.mp4

2024-08-09 23:24:10

JP Morgan wants us to execute wire transfers by putting all the relevant account info into an email. No security whatsoever.
I'm suddenly confident that I am capable of running a bank better than them.

2024-08-09 23:14:26

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@npub1xz5…zyew Dysfunctional organization with a visionless management hierarchy.

2024-08-09 01:44:19

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@npub16yc…lvck TBH I hadn’t thought about it at all. The spectre of one of the most powerful nations falling into fascism seems like a world problem, however.

2024-08-08 21:25:17

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@npub1857…gk3l Same, but I’ve trained my teen to do it for me.

2024-08-08 05:35:26

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@npub1pmy…4pwl I'd like a workflow to combine them, particularly to deal with the last archive of old machines that live on the server forever, just in case.

2024-08-08 05:31:19

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@npub1c2g…zeqt Somebody keeps changing the records at BevMo to assert that the landline number I've had since 2003 is theirs for their loyalty card.

2024-08-07 01:50:15

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@npub18pq…vjjc The Classic Mac OS Maps control panel referred to that spot as "Middle of Nowhere.”

2024-08-07 01:17:01

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@npub1fx8…33js Both Harris and Walz are 1964, which most definitions have as Boomer, although right on the edge of GenX. Might backfire.

2024-08-06 00:55:20

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@npub1xz5…zyew Even though the yen is improving in recent days, DO IT!

2024-08-05 21:25:41

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@npub1anh…lz4h And yet that's what the GOP wants to do.

2024-08-05 21:11:52

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@npub1anh…lz4h He got one of those fake “I'm rich" green cards. It's as equally invalid as the citizenships that the GOP want to take away from other citizens.

2024-08-05 20:27:47

Elon Musk is a foreign agent and has broken laws while trying to exert influence over our election process.
The only correct response is to charge him, seize any US assets he has, and deport him.

2024-08-05 19:45:15

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@npub1vt8…6lt0 Does his action count as foreign influence over our elections? Can we please deport him now?

2024-08-02 05:31:06

@npub185t…pwlf I'm sure you're aware, but the Overcast CarPlay experience of "this episode hasn't been downloaded yet" is non-ideal. One sits at an empty Now Playing screen for an indeterminate time.
I'm sure CarPlay makes a better UX challenging, but this particular situation is confusing enough to warrant some effort.

2024-08-01 17:09:30

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@npub13aa…jwkw Or maybe it means that they would have laid off another 155 but saved those. Not the most clear text.

2024-08-01 06:32:56

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@npub13aa…jwkw Unless I misread the announcement, 155 out of 220 reductions are already placed in other roles across Sony.

2024-07-30 21:03:44

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@npub1vg4…8nc9 ¡Hola!

2024-07-30 20:51:09

Vacuuming ~/Library/Mail/V10/MailData/Envelope\ Index as one does.

2024-07-27 00:10:12

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@npub1s8z…pl3j This looks great. Seeing the jls in it, I haven’t seen a LibreNMS application that just returns basic jail stats for all jails. Is there such a thing? Does that make sense?

2024-07-25 03:21:58

YVR✈️SFO AC8846 This terminal only goes to the US and thusly the only rum sold is Bacardi.
1.) F Bacardi for damaging the reputation of rum in the US for so long.
2.) F TFG for being so very racist that he had to undo everything Obama did, including the rule change that allowed carrying back personal amounts of Cuban rum. VOTE.

2024-07-24 23:04:16

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@npub1pmy…4pwl Samba is a trash fire to configure and it serves a garbage protocol that should have been abandoned in 1988.

2024-07-23 16:55:03

SFO✈️YVR AC567 Headed to the IETF meeting to discuss Digital Emblems

2024-07-22 21:49:03

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@npub1qz2…nlrg 22 years ago, friends were doing it on Apple's PowerPC prototype hardware.

2024-07-22 21:39:35

Ugh, Niantic Labs pushed out a terms of service change to force arbitration to all Pokemon Go users. They're doing this in a pop-up that appears in front of minors that can't even consent.
Congress should make forced arbitration clauses illegal. They're certainly immoral.

2024-07-20 18:44:48

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@npub17yx…rfyu Nah, she asked again in a different way making clear that she didn’t get tech at this level, but was ultimately happy sending the link.

2024-07-20 10:49:35

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@npub1gey…3mlc LOL. Ancient history. Too bad the company never rewarded any of my extra work on the Games Kitchens.

2024-07-19 19:44:05

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@npub1auh…u2le Time to guerrilla trench in your own conduit to the closest pole.

2024-07-19 18:07:18

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@npub1auh…u2le All Windows-based companies use poorly conceived and poorly implemented garbage “security” and compliance” malware like this. All of them.

2024-07-19 17:09:55

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@npub1a4t…q9yj The root problem is that companies are still choosing Windows to entrench the jobs of their C-tier IT people.

2024-07-19 16:18:38

If a company is still relying on Windows after today, their IT department head is incompetent. Same with their CISO.

2024-07-19 13:06:25

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@npub1auh…u2le Their Qt app for macOS is the weakest link in all their products. WaveLink is even worse.

2024-07-16 23:08:41

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@npub1dvx…v87p Will listen to ATP shortly, but did you change your minimum supported iOS version as part of the rewrite?

2024-07-16 23:07:44

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@npub1eys…6x02 The most useful thing I ever wanted from an employee handbook, but never got: change bars from the previous version.
Same for the healthcare policy handbook.

2024-07-16 22:58:59

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@npub15nl…25tl Paying exorbitant fees for somebody to misspend (lose) your money?

2024-07-16 18:50:13

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@npub17pe…vcm6 I said macOS, but the same applies to iOS with a keyboard, which with the newer Magic Keyboards is more common than it once was.

2024-07-13 23:17:25

Somebody deserves a Participant Ribbon for that

2024-07-13 16:30:20

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@npub17mk…yu8c Very happy with it.
Some keyboard navigation would help the macOS version, mostly to get focus into the search field. Maps uses ⌘-F, but Tab or something else would work.

2024-07-13 02:54:58

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@npub1tud…gu74 That is a very particular choice of terminal font.

2024-07-13 02:17:53

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@npub1e0x…d30u I usually don’t do it, but I kinda like Quartiles.

2024-07-13 02:09:44

This Apple News crossword clue… what even is happening?
https://files.mastodon.online/media_attachments/files/112/776/746/162/775/788/original/84ebafd66f463fc5.png

2024-07-12 03:36:35

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@npub1lks…a4mq Post a gist please :-)

2024-07-11 18:30:11

The adjuster at AAA just asked me to edit and recompress our security camera video because it’s too big for her to send in email to another insurance company.
So maybe send them the same Google Drive link I sent you instead of trying to send a file?
Why am I tech support for your company?

2024-07-11 04:23:08

The Olympics are finally gonna have breakdancing but I don’t see Turbo and Boogaloo Shrimp on the team.

2024-07-10 20:03:04

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@npub1gm7…j3a6 Feels like a job for the Computer History Museum staff.

2024-07-10 01:35:20

Let's keep launching billionaires into space. They can disrupt all the safety standards they want on their own craft.

2024-07-07 02:35:46

Once again SFPD Chief Scott decides that teenagers are the enemy, rejects planning attempts, and then pours endless taxpayer resources into overtime cops cracking skulls at the Dolores hill bomb instead of supporting a safe event.

2024-07-05 18:56:24

Also found this Kroger exclusive at the one store they own here, FoodsCo. I won’t mind finishing the 12-pack I had to buy, but their earlier exclusive, “Thrashed Apple” was exceptional and is missed.
https://files.mastodon.online/media_attachments/files/112/735/406/009/252/624/original/14e305a1687e0506.jpeg

2024-07-05 18:54:07

Spent the better part of yesterday hunting these down as distribution was really bad in SF.
The blue is the clear winner for my tastes, but pales in comparison to last year’s “Summer Freeze” flavor (melted Bomb Pop flavor), which was recently rereleased in Canada.
https://files.mastodon.online/media_attachments/files/112/735/397/013/329/489/original/d9b1f464cd5d9836.jpeg

2024-07-04 23:48:45

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@npub19eg…l88p They promote new items in exchange for points redeemable for food.

2024-07-04 21:50:01

The Taco Bell app now also assumes that email delivery is instant enough to fit within the purpose of fast food and is “password-free.”
Dear web developers who do this: your imposter syndrome is justified.

2024-07-03 23:15:16

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@npub19zr…huzy This has to be a GOP psy-op or something. We cannot afford to let Trump win. Bickering over the Dem candidate is a mistake.

2024-07-03 23:12:41

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@npub1tnh…de2r Since IPSec isn't represented in the UI as an interface, I don't even see how to tell Avahi to mirror for it.

2024-07-03 21:53:58

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@npub1phy…zmcn He’s a psychopathic serial killer. I hope he suffers the same signature move of falling out of a window.

2024-07-03 19:47:31

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@npub1eys…6x02 Still waiting for first proof of Soviet AI bots on here. Gonna see it soon I expect.
(Yes, Soviet. Putin’s confused about reality and keeps trying to make fetch happen.)

2024-07-03 02:45:18

@npub1tnh…de2r Wireguard doesn't appear to pass mDNS traffic, even with Avahi configured to mirror things.
I found 11498 on redmine. Any chance of that being worked on soon?

2024-07-02 19:39:41

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@npub1n3v…yvsf Yes, it does. Thanks!

2024-07-02 19:18:52

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@npub1n3v…yvsf That sounds like a "them problem.”

2024-07-02 19:16:27

Sure wish the Mac version of Among Us supported WASD navigation.

2024-07-02 03:38:06

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@npub1c2g…zeqt This is an engineer/EPM/manager playing "hot potato" with bugs to try to reduce some worthless metrics. This is a cultural problem that SWE management doesn't have the courage to fix.

2024-07-02 03:34:54

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@npub1857…gk3l No concerns about the lube, bag of lye, and shovel?

2024-07-02 03:19:01

When are we allowed to resume killing fascists like we did in WW2 and other wars?
Asking for a friend (the People of the United States of America).

2024-07-02 03:04:27

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@npub1857…gk3l Unintended consequences: we're now all judging your dietary habits. :-)

2024-07-02 02:55:09

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@npub17xj…0938 Say more.

2024-06-29 01:42:49

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@npub1kj3…xsap Scumbags. The double popped collar was all I ever needed to know about that guy.

2024-06-29 01:26:43

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@npub1cax…rldl This is what happens when these toxic “disrupt by any means necessary” and "step on my peer to get ahead” types get promoted.
Whatever happened to making great products with some honor and humility?

2024-06-29 01:06:36

If you're connected to him on LinkedIn, please endorse Mustafa Suleyman for things like “Copyright Violation” and “Trademark Infringement” and all the other things he thinks he's allowed to do with things published on the web.
I look forward to him filing for unemployment.

2024-06-29 00:33:48

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@npub1gm7…j3a6 Private pods are great and all, but I want the open air bar areas back where you can meet and mingle.

2024-06-27 06:06:33

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@npub1pu3…8r76 I would add markup on top of the PDF to "fill out the form” using macOS's Preview app. The result will still be a PDF and might be small enough to send back via their [dumb] website.

2024-06-27 05:26:01

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@npub1aku…xjax Doesn't matter, somebody got their promotion for doing this. Nobody will revisit that decision since it's not a whole product that can be cancelled.

2024-06-27 05:18:57

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@npub1p4k…wfhv This is not a "Humanity" problem -- this is because Elon is an asshole.

2024-06-27 05:16:13

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@npub1gwq…gryh The time for this complaint would have been the early ‘90s.
And no, nobody even considered defending against things like the Morris Worm for quite a long time after.

2024-06-25 22:53:02

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@npub1p2a…gmcu I just wrote my state senator (Weiner). I want restaurants here to be like Japan -- pay them proper wages, including healthcare, and then charge proper up-front prices so that there is no tipping.

2024-06-25 22:40:28

Ya know what's super cool? Facebook's "opt out of AI" form will not submit until you provide an OTP that never arrives in your email box. #ArrestZuck

2024-06-25 15:44:39

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@npub1c5u…sr87 Why oh why aren’t Mint Slices distributed in the US anymore?!?

2024-06-25 15:17:52

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@npub1xz5…zyew I usually get a delivery kit from them for Christmas to remind me of my youth.

2024-06-23 16:03:13

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@npub1vg4…8nc9 Head spa? Did they rename ピンクサロン?

2024-06-23 05:18:42

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@npub1pmy…4pwl One of the better Stump questions was “what is the most number of page faults a single instruction can cause?” The last little tricky part was that it could also span a page boundary.

2024-06-23 05:06:49

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@npub1jeq…jglm And that option was off the table when they were asked “how do you handle the fragile base class problem?” at their presentation to Apple engineering and had no answer.