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Celebrating Juneteenth!
My town has a Juneteenth celebration every year and the FB announcements about it always attract comments that are ignorant, such as “fake holiday!”
Controlling VSCode from the Terminal
Do you prefer the command line over the mouse? Would you rather start VS Code from the Terminal than finding it in Applications and clicking around to open your repo? In this article I’ll show you some of my fav tips for controlling VSCode from the command line.
Make VSCode 'active tab' more visible
When I use VSCode I find it difficult to tell which tab is the active tab. I often find myself clicking on the wrong one. I realize that the active tab’s bottom line is missing, but my eyes never seem to see that. I finally found a solution!
A Flag for the Anti-Authoritarian Movement
Movements need symbols. Whether it is a logo, a flag, or a secret handshake. They provide visibility to the movement and help people identify members and allies.
AI-Driven SRE Tools. Please stop.
I’ve decided to stop evaluating AI-based SRE tools.
Non-developers are writing apps
TechCrunch’s article The rise of ‘micro’ apps: non-developers are writing apps instead of buying them reminded me about something I’ve been wanting to say.
My Connection to Vince Gilligan
Since everyone is talking about Vince Gilligan’s new show Pluribus, let me share my Vince Gilligan’s story:
nycdevops Archive
The archive is here: https://www.yesthatblog.com/NYCDEVOPS/index.html The first east-coast DevOps meetup was nycdevops . Sadly it folded this month. It hadn’t met since 2020. I’ve archived all the meetup.com posts since the meetup pages will disappear soon.
Tom's House of Awesome CVEs
Did you see that the U.S. is no longer funding the national security CVE program ? I’m glad to see they’re doing away with the “neutral third party” and going with a free market solution. I’m starting my own CVE service. Here’s my price-list: Regular CVE’s: $1,000 evaluation fee CVE’s where you get to pick the number: $10,000 (though certain numbers…
Three AI links everyone should visit
There are three AI-related links (URLs) that everyone should visit.
Configuring iPhone/MacOS to sync contacts
Mostly a “note to self”, but others may find it useful.
Pride Rocks -- New Jersey
Free concerts to promote LGBT+ voting in New Jersey (Somerville, New Hope, Asbury Park)!
Mrs. Creiger Was Calm
An article about a woman in our town from 1893. I like how she handled the situations.
Postcards for Democracy
Info about postcarding parties.
Harris 2024
I’m writing this moments after hearing the Biden has dropped out.
Juneteenth
Happy Juneteenth, folks! I find many people get perplexed trying to explain what this holiday is. My advice? Keep it simple: Today we celebrate the end of slavery in the U.S.
Removing Dead Code From DNSControl
A few weeks ago I used the golang tool deadcode to find and remove unreachable code from the DNSControl project. I also fixed some unrelated unused parameter warnings. This was my first experience with the utility and it was a good experience.
Apple Vision... thoughts
I wasn’t going to buy the new Apple Vision Pro but I thought I’d look at the web site.
Niklaus Wirth has passed away at age 89
Computer science pioneer Niklaus Wirth dies aged 89.
Our House
I thought I’d share some info about our house.
The Greater Fool
Some thoughts…
Have a f***ing sales person call me!
tl;dr version: The job title “business development” is distasteful. I don’t want to be approached by someone who’s job it is to grow YOUR business. I want to grow MY business. I’m not here to help you. Longer version: No, I won’t return your cold-call if your job title is similar to any of these: “Business Development” “Growth Account…
George Mack's Razors
Goerge Mac ( @george__mack ) posted a list of rules and razors that he’s found useful. Before Twitter deletes them, I recorded them here. The originals are all here: https://twitter.com/george__mack/status/1649835213982408704
In memory of Dr. Erwin False
Today we celebrate the birthday of computer scientist Erwin False, computer science, innovator, and collaborator with George Boole in the invention of what we now call Boolean Algebra.
My new ACM Queue column: Operations and Life
I have 2 big announcements!
Usenix LISA is no more. Here's my retrospective
The Usenix LISA conference is no more. After 35 years, I have a lot of good (and some not good) memories of the conference. It was a big part of my career and I’m sad to see it go. However I’m proud of what LISA accomplished. I wrote my personal reflections on the conference in a new article published on the Usenix website. Warning: this article includes some over-sharing. Read it…
How to disable stable-diffusion's safety filter
You may have read Run Stable Diffusion on your M1 Mac’s GPU . (The Linux equivalent is here .) Here are a few code changes you might wish to make:
Automating an un-automatable access issue
This is a “face-palm – why didn’t we think of this earlier?” situation that I thought I’d share. Maybe it will help someone else.
Facebook's Metaverse Doomed to Fail
Facebook/Meta’s VR will fail.
My prediction from January 2, 2016
A friend of mine dug up this Facebook post that I wrote in 2016. I hate when I’m right.
Biden Needs to Promote His Success
Biden is actually doing an amazing job but he’s being humble. This will cost him the election. He needs to start boasting.
Mayo Clinic finds and fires 700 bio-terrorists!
Headline: Mayo Clinic fires 700 employees for knowingly bringing harmful biological substances to work.
ProTip: Give Your Enemy Bad Advice
One of the most cynical tactics of GOPers is to make public statements recommending bad advice for Democrats. Then reporters join in and start repeating this bad advice. Soon there is a groundswell of support for this bad advice and the Democrats are tempted to cave. The GOPers cackle as they watch the Democrats fall into their trap. Want some examples?
Don't make me use Cisco WebEx
Here are my rules for using Cisco WebEx.
Fun With Shipping
I have to blog this so that when people say “that can’t be true” I can point to this blog post.
The Minimalist Headset Solution
I got sick and tired video conferences being delayed by audio problems. I know that a lot of times it is a problem on my end, but I think everyone has had audio problems. How did I fix it? I got rid of any feature that caused me trouble until I had a trouble-free headset experience. Spoiler alert: I had to eliminate nearly all features. The purpose of this blog post is to provide links so that…
Cory Booker Teases Tuberville Over Defund The Police
Senator Cory Booker just did something awesome.
Numberwang (all videos)
That’s Numberwang! I’m not going to try to explain.
VMware WorkspaceONE Notifications are a crime against productivity
VMware’s WorkspaceOne has an annoying feature on macOS where every time it does an update you get a notification. This steals my cursor, interrupts my work, and breaks my concentration.
Commonly misused business metaphors
I keep hearing people misuse metaphors, or say them incorrectly. Here’s a list of them. I’m considering building a website that lists metaphors and their correct use. In the meanwhile, this blog post will have to do.
Vim n.n.n.n.n.n.
What does “n.n.n.n.” do in Vim?
HBO's Integration Test Email
You’ve probably read about HBO’s ‘Integration Test’ Email . Just what is an “Integration test”?
Disability Advice
Years ago a co-worker noticed something about our company’s disability policy.
Todoist: First impressions
I’m considering switching to Todoist. Here are my notes as I try to use the techniques in Time Management for System Administrators which are collectively called The Cycle.
I no longer answer customer support surveys
I no longer fill out customer support surveys.
Fake panic: How to get customer support to listen
Do you WANT to get paid?
Stack Overflow Is Hiring Azure SREs
Looking for SRE’s with experience in the Microsoft stack!
ISPs Against Fast Internet
This is my webpage for tracking teleco executives trying to ruin the internet.
My Connection to Alexander Hamilton
Thanks to my MIL’s exhaustive genealogy research, I can now say with certainty that my house was built by Alexander Hamilton’s wife’s third cousin twice removed.