Humor

I am so pleased to see that my favorite news weekly (The Economist) has decided to cover the icon of American journalism we all know and love: The Onion! The Ecoonomist and The Onion are probably in distinctly different categories in most people’s minds. The Onion is clearly satire and The Economist is clearly sober, serious news. Right? It is not so easy actually. The Onion covers news with humor and does not limit itself to the facts. Facts have become so much less fashionable in American politics lately, so their choice probably won’t prevent The Onion from continuing to grow like a bean or prevent random publications from reprinting their articles as real news. And then The Economist also covers the news. The Economist does maintain factuality quite earnestly, but it isn’t afraid to poke fun at silly leadership or appreciate the humor readily apparent in our crazy world. ...

So, we drop in to Tous Les Jours in our beloved Pacheco and we see this sign on the window. I’m still a bit traumatied from this song showing up in the Viral 50 list on my Spotify. But those baby sharks are inescapable! Lol. Meta Shot on my Samsung Galaxy S24+ phone. Uploaded straight to youtube and google maps without any editing. Edited with good old vim although I did try Zettlr recently.

Recently, I’ve been trying out compact computer keyboards to get things to fit better in my keyboard tray. I started off with a few cheap $50 keyboards from Amazon and they were all disappointing in some way. Then I came across an article talking about the Akko Gaming Keyboard MOD007B-HE Santorini. Right off the bat, the design intrigued me. I’ve honestly never seen a set of key caps that is this gorgeous! I would never have suspected that I would be encouraging you to ogle key caps with serif letters, but here we are. Then you can’t help but be amazed at the seaside scenes on the space bar, shift keys, and enter key. The feel of the keys is excellent. The lights are pretty. Finally, $140 was a great deal if it worked for me and luckily it has. ...

I usually don’t have much sympathy for Microsoft, but this is so classic I can’t help but laugh. Links That time a customer reported an error in the map used by Flight Simulator Shared with: Public

This is the future of computer security. I hope you’ve got flexibility and rhythm. Links Stack Overflow Unveils the Next Steps in Computer Security - Stack Overflow Blog /usr/sbin/amavisd-new - why is pcmd/regex not working for this command in csf.pignore? Shared with: Public, Anonymous Pro +1’d by: David Swift Comments Anonymous Pro - 2017-04-09T12:55:32Z What is this nonsense? I use amavisd-new and CSF LFD on Ubuntu, like the guy asking, so I answer what worked for me. And then you trigger-happy rate it with a minus? Now that’s motivational! NOT. This reminds me why wikipedia and stackexchange will never get any donations from me. ...

Amazon today announced a new product called simply Product that will provide a consistent API for them to create new products at the whim of product managers without requiring any technical assistance or consistency with the laws of physics. With just a few clicks the dollars start pouring in. The fees for this can only be discussed under nondisclosure after you give them copies of recent banks statements, but don’t let that bother you. It didn’t concern the computer press which faithfully reprinted their press release for Product as a real article lauding Amazon as the geniuses behind the cloud. [click] ...

The problem here is that Limbaugh enjoys having his pants on fire. Links Limbaugh: Lack of major hurricanes disproves climate change Shared with: Public

Glory in the science while you download the data from github. Links A Complete Catalog Of Every Time Someone Cursed Or Bled Out In A Quentin Tarantino Movie Shared with: Public

When you need to save the world, Perl is there. Links xkcd: Regular Expressions Shared with: Public +1’d by: Jerry Landry

Location: Pinewood Crescent, Yorktown, Virginia I find this analogy of religion to UNIX history much more revealing than the classic car brands analogy. Someday I will explain whether Microsoft is like Buddhism or Islam. Links Over-Extended Metaphor for the day - Charlie’s Diary Shared with: Public +1’d by: Joe Burby