Sean Eric Fagan / is on Nostr

UNIXy person, prone to shouting PUPPY! in public. Frequently gives away ebook using #KindleBookGiveaway hashtag

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2024-08-14 19:49:34

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@npub1yck…ujmw netgraph is a higher-level library; internally it ends up using mbufs in the kernel, because all of the drivers use mbufs.

2024-08-13 11:07:10

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@npub1c9m…9xjd That wasn't filed on April 1. That is disappointing.

2024-07-06 20:15:14

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@npub15te…wdn7 KITTIES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

2024-06-28 08:46:15

Here is my shameful #FreeBSD confession: I rarely use kevent. My excuse is that I generally work on kernel-level code, and low-level userspace utilities.
So this is how I was surprised to find out that, when using kevent, if another thread closes one of the file descriptors on the queue... it doesn't result in an event.

2024-06-24 16:11:28

Cached US Kindle giveaway: 10 copies of Katherine Addison (aka Sarah Monette)'s Mélusine (The Doctrine of Labyrinths), which I *have* but *haven't* read, so if you read it please let me know. I think I have more books in this series to giveaway. It's all very chaotic.
Anyway, as usual, feel free to claim one, or tell other people about the giveaway, or opine about the book, or any or all or none of the above.

2024-06-22 18:07:50

Cached US Kindle giveaway: 6 copies of Sarah Beth Durst's THE LOST, a standalone novel that I suspect had a planned sequel that never happened.
The plot is: a small town in the middle of nowhere, people and things show up. They are, as stated, lost. Hm, I read it a *very* long time ago, so I'm a bit fuzzy on details now, but I *do* know that I liked it a lot. I think it may have been the first Durst novel I read, although it wasn't the last.

2024-06-12 10:41:18

I know virtually nothing about IPSec. I don't suppose anyone has a small sample client and server? (Just something to connect to a server over IPSec, exchange a bit of data?)

2024-02-06 12:15:44

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@npub1psd…9sr7 "Digital marketing" sounds like SEO and/or spam.

2024-02-05 12:33:16

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@npub1psd…9sr7 What is a mugwump in that context?

2024-02-01 20:36:21

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@npub1psd…9sr7 @npub1n3z…0des nooooooooooooooooooooooooo
I've forgotten almost all my perl. I'm replacing my system scripts with python ones. ;)

2024-01-14 21:45:22

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@npub1qag…9gyn @npub1wqh…wwzl Have you considered that Tim Cook is a republican?

2024-01-09 18:30:33

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@npub1psd…9sr7 Three words: WRENCH LAN PARTY

2024-01-04 22:13:56

Cached US Kindle giveaway: 10 copies of Terry Pratchett's Guards! Guards! This is not one of my favorite DW books -- it's more focused on humor than human insight, but a) I'm weird, b) other people will fight me about this opinion, and c) it's the first one that shows his direction changing. Also, it introduces the Night Watch, which means Vimes and Carrot. It is a *great* place to start reading DW if you have't yet.

2023-11-28 12:24:43

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@npub1psd…9sr7 Gale has significant problems writing -- various neurological issues resulting in some psychological stress -- and has found ChatGPT to be a good way to either start, or do an editing pass on it.
And that's where I think it'll be the most useful to people as an end-user product. Eventually, anyway; I don't think they're there yet -- too chaotic and random.

2023-10-31 17:33:02

I added a HomePod Mini to the household yesterday, so I could reliably control my office light. That worked, yay.
But now the HomePod Mini in the bedroom has forgotten that there is a room called "Main Bedroom," and so it -- and *only* it -- won't control the light. Unless I tell it to turn off the light, upon which it asks me which room, and lists the rooms, excluding "Main Bedroom," and when I respond "Main Bedroom" it controls the light.
I have no idea how to fix this.

2023-10-24 11:45:18

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@npub1l40…nm43 We just spent a significant chunk of change getting screens installed on as many windows here (Ireland) as we could. I'm still shocked they're not normal here.

2023-10-22 10:35:58

Proof Stray Cat is using his new cat house.
https://stockroom.wandering.shop/media_attachments/files/111/278/220/116/050/656/original/1ad4f2a5f090e4ac.mp4

2023-10-01 09:34:36

I have just moved here from mastodon.cloud (they randomly suspended my account, then unsuspended it, with no explanation either time), thanks to @npub1psd…9sr7, so quick bio: I'm a unixy guy, I program, I will frequently voice opinions about politics, I have a spouse and 4 cats (plus a 5th independent contractor that came with the house), we currently live in Ireland, and I frequently give out ebooks (almost always US Kindle for various reasons).