Notices by sourcecode jerk (pho4cexa@tiny.tilde.website)

on the subject of computer services that are or aren't operated by bootlickers

• https://porkbun.com is a domain registrar
• it is owned by TopLevelDesign based in Oregon
• they also own the .wiki, .ink, and .gay top-level domains
• they donate 20% of revenue from .gay registrations to LGBTQ+ advocacy groups

perhaps insufficient evidence here. but porkbun fares better than a few other companies in recent memory

also worth exploring:
https://european-alternatives.eu/

1. customize your toolbar and add the "search" box if it isn't already there¹
2. go to https://marginalia-search.com
3. a green plus will appear on the magnifying glass in the search box. click that
4. click the icon in the dropdown that also has a green plus
5. go to settings→search and set it as the default search engine. and give it a keyword if you like

¹ no, really, this seems to be the only way to make this go. sheesh

can anybody suggest a phrase to distinguish

• "self-hosting" as in, you put software on a vps or other computer that you pay for from
• "self-hosting" as in, the above but more specifically on (a) computer(s) running in your home, that visitors reach via the same internet connection you and your family uses

i kindof like "self-hosting" versus "home-hosting" but i wonder what else is out there

augh. "power bi" is way less exciting than it sounds

@technomancy @brennen @huertanix the endorphin rush when you hear that a Real Bad technology you've used the ignore-its-existence strategy against, it now turns out, failed to take off and is now deprecated

"did i...? yes. i did that, i moved the universe through sheer force of will"

don't forget to

in your templates otherwise m4 might eat backtick and quote characters in your source code

(any obscure character or set of characters works, that example is using U+2995/6 DOUBLE LEFT ARC GREATER/LESS-THAN BRACKET)

my weaksauce vps runs debian 12 ("bookworm") which has glibc 2.36

my beefy dev box runs debian 13 ("trixie") which has glibc 2.37

that means rust programs i compile on dev don't work when i copy them up to vps

quick fix: compile it in a docker container:

in general i hate docker but it does come in handy for this

how do you say "americans" when you're trying to explicitly differentiate between persons who live in north and south american continents versus persons who live in the usa country

"usaians" gets the job done here but i'm curious about the "correct" formal way

"united statesians of america"?

when i see a tesla on the road with the logos removed can i assume that is sufficiently difficult to accomplish without leaving scars, and resale-value-lowering enough that the owner must have done it out of buyer's remorse and a hatred for elon?

🤔

when i split this pseudonym off from my government-named worksona, i elected to let him author all my tech blather. because ostensibly i want prospective employers to see that i have employable skills

but i don't like not being able to link there from here. and i don't like having to use my linkedin voice there

i think i want to delete and subsume his whole tech blog, and just let him publish a small curated portfolio of code samples for the rare prospective employer that wants to see it

i think i've got a set of about six for-work projects that i'm satisfied enough with to write up and diagram for a hypothetical portfolio

wondering what the site design should be like. something that makes hiring managers feel comfortable, let their guard down. that's right, no black background and anti-google ranting here. just a nice professional developer who probably posts deep thoughts about agile productivity on linkedin

and then i go for the throat

wait let me revise that

heck yeah building a little portfolio using bog standard wordpress and its default twenty twenty-four theme is turning out exactly as i wanted it: boring as shit. damn this dude looks like the normalest firstname lastname linkedin bro in the talent pool, definitely employable, somehow i can tell he was wearing an ironed shirt and a tie while making this web site, hire immediately

👨 at some point you're going to have to go back and replace all the placeholder cynicism with nice words
🧠 lol that's a problem for future me!

@m455 ow ow i hurt myself extra bad this time, call the trioamedics

i knew this already but

i have a bachelors degree in computer science but @m455 is way more computer scientist than i am

me: i used elixir for 4 years and now i know how to misuse pipelines and the with statement pretty good even though the docs say i'm doing antipatterns (what do they know)

m455: ive never touched elixir before so for my "hello world" i'll build a whole ass lisp interpreter for fun

me: too hard to think about, i'll just watch and be impressed

@deshipu seen wisp? https://srfi.schemers.org/srfi-119/srfi-119.html

somehow, even after using the service multiple times and reading various web pages about it over the past couple years, it was not until today that the phrase "figma balls" entered my mind

it is sunny and dry 95 percent of the year here in socal, why do people lament the six rainy days? we should get a day off to celebrate every time it rains fuck

@grendel84 an employer asking this question is illegal in 17 states and 17 more localities https://www.salary.com/resources/guides/salary-history-inquiry-bans/

not that that stops anybody

whoops make that 22 states and 22 localities. check out this garbage website aimed at "human resources" people that lists the bans in danger-red https://www.hrdive.com/news/salary-history-ban-states-list/516662/

there's so much of zuck's face in my tl recently

i wish it were in the feed of all my friends who still haven't left facebook, instead

i get that we shouldn't mock him for his appearance when there's so much evil shit to criticize him for instead

but his face makes me angry

can't we cw him for that

cw: an uneaten billionaire