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Sunday April 19th, 2026

Provident decided to shut down our Dan Lyke / comment 0

Provident decided to shut down our local hospice supporting thrift store, which sucks, but they're selling stock at 50% off. I got some honest-to-god programmer socks for a buck.

Saturday April 18th, 2026

Some days I think we're seeing the Dan Lyke / comment 0

Some days I think we're seeing the consequences of Computer Science education having become chanting "Resource Acquisition Is Initialization" as a religious incantation rather than actually building mental models about code and systems.

Down to Sausalito for the community Dan Lyke / comment 0

Down to Sausalito for the community garage sale this morning, and we're taking the slow way home. Stopped in Roy's Redwoods, first time we've been there since they refinishef the trail revamp.

Miss the old sense of wandering through forest but, given the increase in visitors, it's really nice.

Is there either a really good intro to Dan Lyke / comment 0

Is there either a really good intro to Rust's libcosmic, or a better/more mature widget set for Rust that isn't Qt?

I'd love something lightweight, but a table that doesn't appear to have edit in place capabilities, or truncate/wrap for long fields, seems... more archaic than I want.

John Eastman disbarred Dan Lyke / comment 0

State Bar of California: Attorney John Eastman Disbarred by the California Supreme Court.

Context for this Bluesky thread debunking the various people attempting to exonerate him.

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SMS with a verification code from a 5 Dan Lyke / comment 0

SMS with a verification code from a 5 digit phone number I don't recognize. Moment of panic, then I search for the number and discover it's the Safeway Rewards login process.

Sorry, evildoer, you will not hijack my grocery coupons today!

Windows defender exploited Dan Lyke / comment 0

Oh shit. Windows Defender exploit.

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