Major Hayden 🤠

🫡 Major is my first name, not a rank.
🤓 Engineer @ Red Hat, Fedora contributor
💸 Novice stock & options trader
📻 Amateur radio operator (W5WUT)
🤠 Texas, USA

GitHub: https://github.com/major
Blog: https://major.io/

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2024-08-14 10:48:24

Sharing your knowledge with other people is so incredibly rewarding for you and the people with whom you share it.
What's also crazy is that the person doing the sharing almost always learns a few things during the process, too. 😉

2024-08-14 10:46:38

This is the kind of nerdiness I'm here for! 🤓
Apostrophe battle: Is it Harris’ or Harris’s? | AP News
https://apnews.com/article/harris-walz-apostrophe-possessive-grammar-967c0bbefc09be6c804588daabed7ec9

2024-08-14 02:08:25

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https://media.social.lol/media_attachments/files/112/957/935/026/516/195/original/64b5392cc1aed37d.mp4

2024-08-13 19:18:29

The @npub175a…3k9v has some really gorgeous photos and GIFs from the western USA. 🤖
#mastodon #bots

2024-08-13 19:04:07

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In other news, people in Mexico get MUCH better YouTube ads than we get here in the USA.

2024-08-13 19:03:42

I got on a Mexican VPN when I last used Uber Eats and now the whole app is in Spanish as well as the emails I get from them.
Qué interesante.

2024-08-13 14:21:23

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It does for me!

2024-08-13 14:14:53

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Nice!

2024-08-13 13:03:09

When I was younger, I randomly caught pieces of X Files episodes when it was on in syndication, but I never watched it straight through.
I finished the first season last week and the show is quite good! The topics hold up well, even if the cars, phones, and computers look super old.
#xfiles #tv

2024-08-13 12:15:54

Such an awesome book.
#finance #economics #enron
https://media.social.lol/media_attachments/files/112/954/660/179/646/819/original/c35d0aad592284ea.png

2024-08-13 11:55:26

There's something special about incorporating a company in Delaware. 🤔
#finance #economics #stocks
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2024-08-12 20:49:55

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Sorta kinda

2024-08-12 19:43:30

Amazon’s AWS revenue over the last 12 months ($99 billion) was higher than the revenue of 468 companies in the S&P 500.
This seems like a stat that @npub1805…pqpg would enjoy but he probably already knows it. 😜
#markets #finance #stocks #AMZN #AWS
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2024-08-12 13:28:13

T-Mobile is the last carrier to turn off 2G service in the US and it looks like there is now a date set for it:
https://tmo.report/2024/08/a-new-date-for-t-mobiles-2g-shutdown-is-here-again/

2024-08-12 13:19:01

Homes are selling more slowly and they're more unaffordable than they've been since the late 1980's.
These things seem to go together. 🤔
#housing #economics #finance
https://media.social.lol/media_attachments/files/112/949/243/989/985/815/original/9d259a8ed0ff84d5.png
https://media.social.lol/media_attachments/files/112/949/244/428/708/407/original/9bea71ff070047d1.png

2024-08-12 01:26:42

Time for defense?
Aerospace and defense stocks are getting plenty of attention right now, but is there enough of the trend left to follow? Let's dig into the data and see how high these stocks might fly. ✈️
https://thetanerd.com/time-for-defense/
#stocks #options #trading #finance #markets #economics

2024-08-11 18:22:22

Finally got to see the movie "Twisters" last night.
That's the longest car commercial I've ever seen.

2024-08-10 00:53:07

I wish I knew someone well enough to give them a greeting card like this:
https://media.social.lol/media_attachments/files/112/934/989/814/601/034/original/2f9c728c0aca5c1c.jpg

2024-08-09 16:01:59

Them: "Why do you use 'please' for your prompts to every LLM?"
Me: "Well, when the robots take over, I'd kinda like to be spared."
#AI #LLM

2024-08-09 12:13:48

Qualityland was a great book.
https://media.social.lol/media_attachments/files/112/932/002/839/637/057/original/080874508d9fdb01.png

2024-08-09 11:28:58

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That 9700X has me _very_ curious. Cheaper than the previous generation with better thermals. Sure, performance isn't leaps and bounds better, but sometimes that's not important.

2024-08-08 23:46:32

My home PC is aging a bit and I'm trying to figure out which of the latest AMD chips gives the best performance per watt. Is there a place where I could find this data? I tried openbenchmarks but I can't figure out how to use the site.
#AMD #performance

2024-08-08 23:40:24

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Bad Data.

2024-08-08 20:39:57

DigitalOcean reported quarterly earnings and it looks like their average revenue per customer went up a bit.
#DOCN #finance #economics #stocks
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2024-08-08 16:52:20

My coworker, @npub14vx…8mhz, wrote this good piece about the sysadmin work gaps that AI can fill. I like it because it focuses on the areas where it can add value instead of just saying:
"GOTTA GET THAT AI WEDGED IN THERE RIGHT NOW!" 🤖
https://www.infoworld.com/article/3482087/what-generative-ai-can-do-for-sysadmins.html
#AI #machinelearning #sysadmin #linux

2024-08-08 13:20:24

Stephen King is a deep thinker.
https://media.social.lol/media_attachments/files/112/926/602/978/671/524/original/99be6257c4701cff.png

2024-08-08 00:03:47

Mobile phone manufacturing looks like it's still led by Samsung.
Also, and I know this comes as a surprise to people in the USA, but the iPhone makes up only 16%.
https://media.social.lol/media_attachments/files/112/923/468/842/716/061/original/36579f70b43a9fe1.png

2024-08-07 23:56:57

Loan delinquencies in the US are ticking up according to Equifax. Then again, Equifax still thinks I am in college working at a grocery store, so I'm not sure it can be trusted.
https://media.social.lol/media_attachments/files/112/923/441/725/136/466/original/a8d6de9c16d01522.png

2024-08-07 17:45:51

This isn't good. Egypt just issued a #NOTAM for the Tehran FIR tonight only. 👀
#aviation
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2024-08-07 12:15:44

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I'VE BEEN IN A CAPITALIST SYSTEM EVER SINCE MY CAPS LOCK KEY BROKE.

2024-08-06 21:02:22

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Shoot, his 5K is 6 min faster than mine and I'm 41! #running

2024-08-06 19:19:18

THE DANCE-OFF IS ABOUT TO BEGIN!
https://mastodon.social/@arstechnica/112916679826072869
#twitter

2024-08-06 16:49:05

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🎉 🎉 🎉 🎉 🎉

2024-08-06 12:55:41

I'm starting to get spam emails that really feel like an #AI wrote them. Is it possible to get the same uncanny valley feeling with text that you can get visually?
If so, I'm feeling it. And man, it feels bad.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uncanny_valley

2024-08-06 11:41:32

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Good point. Perhaps people are just too proud of their follower count even if the vast majority of those "followers" are inactive. 🤔

2024-08-06 11:21:22

Real users on Twitter/X seems to be lower every time I look. A fairly popular account linked to one of my blog posts and my stats moved maybe a few percent higher than normal.
People and companies keep saying "I have to be there because that's where my users are", but I don't believe that's the case any longer. 🤔

2024-08-05 23:16:04

A little perspective is worth it sometimes.
#markets #finance #economics
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2024-08-05 13:20:52

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Well played, sir. Well played indeed.

2024-08-05 12:32:02

If there was a day when you shouldn't look at your 401k (retirement account), that day would be today. 😉

2024-08-05 11:39:39

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Oh wow, that brings back some memories.

2024-08-05 11:29:55

Bershire Hathaway sure is sitting on a lot of cash now.
#markets #finance #economics
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2024-08-03 20:29:55

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That's a darned good book. The movie did a pretty good job of telling the story, too.

2024-08-03 17:55:44

Tom Clancy was ahead of his time.
https://media.social.lol/media_attachments/files/112/899/374/148/191/700/original/1bfd6b2bf21be93b.png

2024-08-03 02:38:18

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Gotta buy ASP.NET

2024-08-02 23:39:30

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Awesome! You're welcome! I always thought prepaid was a terrible idea and I haven't had a postpaid account in years now.

2024-08-02 21:46:00

As we say in Texas, sometimes you get your butt whooped.
Sometimes it's a figurative butt whooping, like poor performance at work or losing money in the stock market, and sometimes it's physical, like someone literally beating you up.
The more time you spend trying to tear down the person or thing that whooped you, the more they win.
Own your mistakes. Sometimes you gave it your all and still got whooped. That's okay. Don't blame yourself.
Get ready for the next time. That's how you win.

2024-08-02 16:17:41

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Getting dirty! 👏

2024-08-02 12:20:26

Parenting is difficult. It's grueling at times. It will take things from you that you can't get back.
However, it's a deep investment in another human (or multiple humans) who will be here long after us. It's incredibly rewarding.
If someone doesn't want to be parent or can't become a parent, let it go. Let's not divide ourselves based on this. ♥️
Especially when we can argue about vim and emacs. Come on! 😄

2024-08-02 12:14:01

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2024-08-02 12:12:02

How I use Volume Leaders charts in my trading
Learn how I use Volume Leaders to supplement my existing chart work when I trade stocks and options. Tools are useful when used properly and when you know their limitations. 🛠️
https://thetanerd.com/volume-leaders-guide/
#stocks #options #trading #markets #finance

2024-08-01 20:19:41

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Thanks for maintaining botsin.space, @npub1zks…y08d! 👏

2024-08-01 20:18:51

For anyone else into stocks, options, and financial markets, I created a bot that curates stock earnings results and posts them on Mastodon! 🤖
You can find it over on @npub1xmn…mphe. Thanks to @npub1xul…cm07 for maintaining that instance! 🐘
#finance #markets #stocks #options #trading #investing

2024-08-01 18:33:09

Finally! #EvanGershkovich
https://www.wsj.com/world/emma-tucker-letter-evan-gershkovich-7a8c514f
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2024-08-01 14:17:29

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You're welcome!
I'm super lazy and I want the least amount of work required to write a blog post out of writing the blog post itself. 😜

2024-08-01 13:22:29

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I try to let GitHub Actions handle this for me with Renovate. I put Hugo stuff into a go.mod:
https://github.com/major/major.io/blob/main/go.mod
Then I deploy using that version:
https://github.com/major/major.io/blob/main/.github/workflows/cloudfront.yml
Renovate updates the go.mod for me when hugo has new releases. Does something like this help at all?

2024-08-01 12:45:39

https://media.social.lol/media_attachments/files/112/886/830/725/721/860/original/6ba8c17d0cc06859.png

2024-08-01 12:40:27

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You're right on that. There are tons of Wordpress exodus posts, but very few talking about leaving Hugo.
I found a couple talking about Hugo to Eleventy, though.

2024-08-01 12:30:25

Do you have a problem? That's terrible.
Have you tried adding #AI? No? Okay, give that a try.
Oh, you have two problems now? 🙃

2024-08-01 11:18:53

Wow, Austin's home prices are in a class of their own. Home appreciated an incredible amount since 2012 and then fell off quickly since peaking.
#housing #texas #economics #finance
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2024-08-01 10:40:07

Ah, the south Texas "copy and paste" summer weather has finally arrived. #txwx
https://media.social.lol/media_attachments/files/112/886/336/919/784/184/original/0257ed1d2407fff2.png

2024-07-31 23:44:29

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Bad idea. Then again, a trip to Taco Bell is already a bad idea in itself.

2024-07-31 23:43:24

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Those Brooks sales are hard to avoid!

2024-07-31 23:42:55

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Same with tennis rackets. I played with used rackets all through high school that were 10 years old.
Won plenty of matches against people with high dollar Prince and Wilson. 😜

2024-07-31 17:34:37

96°F (36°C) ain't much fun, but finishing felt great.
#garmin #beatyesterday #running #keto
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2024-07-31 15:31:52

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It's tough to beat as an investment.

2024-07-31 13:20:13

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Hah, my absolute fastest time is ~ 2.5x the world record. 😅

2024-07-31 12:52:06

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That's a good question. I have no idea!

2024-07-31 12:33:43

5K #run world record progression over the years.
https://multimedia.scmp.com/infographics/sport/article/3270445/olympics-games-2024/index.html
#running #fitness
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2024-07-31 12:29:01

Wow, LinkedIn is a $15B business? 👀
#markets #finance #economics #MSFT
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2024-07-31 12:20:39

That's one heck of a metaphor. 👀
https://media.social.lol/media_attachments/files/112/881/068/381/141/214/original/ae54872a7e19ee48.png

2024-07-31 09:47:34

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What do you prefer?

2024-07-30 21:51:04

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None of this is investment advice, but remember to shop around. 😉

2024-07-30 21:50:48

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I was using an investment advisor that was charging 2% (and I didn't notice). The cost of that investment over 25 years is *much larger*.
https://media.social.lol/media_attachments/files/112/877/649/712/694/040/original/11413a262f598c82.png

2024-07-30 21:50:04

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For example, Vanguard's S&P 500 fund has an expense ratio of 0.03%. If you start with nothing and invest $10K each year for 25 years, you'll pay under $2,000 in fees in *total*.
https://media.social.lol/media_attachments/files/112/877/645/123/319/919/original/ff86fe28c8427344.png

2024-07-30 21:46:13

If you're paying someone to actively (or pretend to actively) manage your investments, consider how many actively managed funds are under performing the S&P 500 (which you can invest your money in at almost zero cost).
#investing #markets #stocks #options #trading
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2024-07-30 20:27:18

What if #AI was just a ploy to sell more GPUs, cloud infrastructure, physical servers, networking equipment, storage, datacenter space...
... wait just a minute here ... 🤔

2024-07-30 17:34:55

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Also, thanks to Android autocorrect for changing "running" to "rubbing". My wife really enjoyed getting this text:
"I was really rubbing hard today. I'm tired and sore."
🤦‍♂️

2024-07-30 17:33:44

50 miles (80.5km) of running in July! 🎉
This wasn't easy with a lot of vacation travel and high temperatures, but I got this done with a day to spare. 🥵
#keto #fitness #run #running
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2024-06-17 01:39:44

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OMG the jamón was delicious but it was pricey. My son liked it but my wife and daughter weren't interested.
The croquetas de pollo and tortillas de patatas were delicious.