Flutterby™! (short)

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Monday December 15th, 2025

AI scrapers blew up my log files Dan Lyke / comment 0

AI scrapers blew up my log files, but in the process of cleaning up my server I've discovered other things using extra gigabytes. What's a distro that doesn't use snaps? I shouldn't be spending 2.2G on managing packages for software which was written to run on a platform that used to boot off floppies.

Sunday December 14th, 2025

2027 job interviews Dan Lyke / comment 1

Schrödinger's Prat @Rhodium103@mastodon.social

INT OFFICE, THE YEAR 2027

Interviewer: "What's 2+2?"

Candidate with suspiciously thick rimmed glasses: [pauses for a second] "That's a great question! First, we should define addition and the concept of numbers, but since you asked a direct question it's likely you just need the answer. The answer to 2+2 should be 5. Thinking is that starting on two and progressing over the number line three more times will land on four. Would you like me to show you how to make a generic method of addiction?"

Ahmed al Ahmed disarms shooter Dan Lyke / comment 0

CBC video of Ahmed al Ahmed disarming the guy shooting up the Australia Bondi Beach Chanukah by the Sea event (skip to 2:36).

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