Pete Wright
BSD and Unix mechanic/malcontent
aka @nomadlogic@bsd.network
Dreaming of a future where there are taco trucks on every corner and no more billionaires.
he/him
aka @nomadlogic@bsd.network
Dreaming of a future where there are taco trucks on every corner and no more billionaires.
he/him
@inquiline and i've helped write text books on environmental ethics.
@inquiline well don't speak for me as a person being directly impacted by this mess. you look like a clown.
@inquiline y'all need to chill with this - i'm sure detailed info will come out about how the LAFD budget may have caused some issues, but their budget is not the reason why we had close to 100mph winds for two days that grounded helicopters and aircraft, or the fact that we've built into sensitive ecosystems for decades priming the pumps for these disasters.
its a dumb narrative to pull out now, and will probably weaken your valid arguments in the long term...assuming everyone gives a fuck about this in 2weeks time which i doubt.
its a dumb narrative to pull out now, and will probably weaken your valid arguments in the long term...assuming everyone gives a fuck about this in 2weeks time which i doubt.
@rl_dane
i'm not sure - and to be honest i think it's totally acceptable if its just not something the fediverse ever excels at. i can't think of a fate worse than trying to build a tool that does all things poorly rather than a subset of things decently.
i'm not sure - and to be honest i think it's totally acceptable if its just not something the fediverse ever excels at. i can't think of a fate worse than trying to build a tool that does all things poorly rather than a subset of things decently.
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@QasimRashid I'll never not find it crass and self-centered when people see a natural disaster causing widespread devastation and their first instinct is to jump up to make political posts taking swipes at politicians. It's crass when right-wing grifters do it and it's crass when others do it.
Karan Bass might suck but $17.5 million dollar budget cuts didn't make 100mph winds that are so fast any water dropped on the fire just disperses into a useless mist.
In whats i'm sure not be a shock to anyone, but the #fediverse is basically useless in an emergency. There was *some* slightly useful info. But the fact that search is garbage and no one has a coherent way to use hash tags makes it pretty pointless if you are trying to coordinate on a hyper-local level with normal, non tech obsessed people. its fine for other stuff, but certainly not useful when things are really chaotic and time sensitive.
bluesky is garbage too, but it did have a few useful things out there and the search was at least usable even if it was mostly just idiots spreading misinfo.
shockingly instagram seemed to provide the most useful, actionable info for me over the past several days. that and traditional media like TV.
now that the media has entered the "blame game" phase its looking like print media will be the most reliable source of info moving forward.
bluesky is garbage too, but it did have a few useful things out there and the search was at least usable even if it was mostly just idiots spreading misinfo.
shockingly instagram seemed to provide the most useful, actionable info for me over the past several days. that and traditional media like TV.
now that the media has entered the "blame game" phase its looking like print media will be the most reliable source of info moving forward.
@feld thats marina del rey, thats not santa monica...at all....
Just a reminder that capital doesn’t give a fuck about you. Spent this morning checking my go bag and trying to figure out likely hood of me having to evac Santa Monica, while watching internet tough guys say how easy this could have been avoided (🤦♂️) then I get a call from my boss say I need to get my OKRs in for his mgmt meeting today.
Like first of all fuck capatilism, but secondly fuck all you internet sleuths spreading misinformation and conjecture. Like yea I get it you’re autistic, white and have free time so of course you have a shitty take…but just sit this one out. You have no idea wtf is going on here
Like first of all fuck capatilism, but secondly fuck all you internet sleuths spreading misinformation and conjecture. Like yea I get it you’re autistic, white and have free time so of course you have a shitty take…but just sit this one out. You have no idea wtf is going on here
@DeliaChristina I’m really hoping they are evacuating people out of an abundance of caution since the canyon it’s adjacent to is pretty tight and would be a headache if firefighters needed to move in. I’m just outside the evac area but it’s super stressful, esp after seeing what’s happening in Pasadena.
Oddly enough the air quality on my side of SM is actually pretty good. Hope your sisters place is safe!
Oddly enough the air quality on my side of SM is actually pretty good. Hope your sisters place is safe!
just put some bean soup on that'll need to cook for a few hours here in #santamonica, not sure if this will be a genius move if we loose power, or a case of me being over optimistic. fingers crossed they don't expand the evac zone into our neighborhood.
#smfire #palisadesfire
#smfire #palisadesfire
If anyone is looking for a very talented #IT engineer with a great table side manner (which is very rare IMHO) please let me know. We had to unfortunately let go a good friend of mine who would be a *major* asset to any organization. I have his CV and contact info so just DM me.
#fedihire #IT #support
#fedihire #IT #support
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The AI bubble is the new crypto bubble: you can tell because the same people are behind it, and they're doing the same thing with AI as they did with crypto - trying desperately to find a use case to cram it into, despite the yawning indifference and outright hostility of the users:
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@DeliaChristina @GeePawHill I just packed my go bag for my family - pretty terrifying!
lol - apparently Steve Guttenberg was on KTLA earlier telling people to leave their keys in their cars if they are forced to abandon them. all those Police Academy movies really paid off. 😅
holy fuck LA Fire dept has a front loader out that is pushing cars people have abandoned fleeing the Palisades fire to get them out of the way...live on the news. Hope they don't touch a tesla the wrong way and start a lithium fire 🫠
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The #FreeBSD installer suggests turning off SU+J for SSDs; I suspect this is based on concerns about the quality of both SSDs and SU+J from 15+ years ago, and that the advice longer makes sense. Can anyone think of a reason to keep the advice?
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Californians deserve their choice of ISPs, even if they are renters. Our friends at Media Alliance write about why #InternetChoice should be protected by law, and the fight to make it happen. https://media-alliance.org/2024/12/does-broadband-for-all-apply-to-californias-tenants-it-should/
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Discover how Microsoft and FreeBSD collaborate to streamline OS image releases on Azure! Watch Colin Su's insightful talk from the Fall 2024 FreeBSD Summit, showcasing automated building and testing with Azure DevOps. #FreeBSDSummit2024 #Azure
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BSDCan 2025 in Ottawa:
Tutorials: June 11-12, 2025
Conference: June 13-14, 2025
CFP proposal deadline 12 February 2025 https://www.bsdcan.org/2025/papers.html
#bsdcan #bsd #freebsd #openbsd #netbsd #freesoftware #opensource #development #conference
@Mer__edith part of me is like - neat maybe this will finally be the end of RTB driven advertising on the internet? I’m having trouble understanding the end game too
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