@lyse _@lyse.isobeef.org_ Hmmm π§ β Read more
@lyse _@lyse.isobeef.org_ Hmmm π§ β Read more
@movq _@www.uninformativ.de_ fuck π€£ β Read more
* 185325d - (HEAD -> master) edge: Ban Alibaba (38 seconds ago) <James Mills>
fark me π€¦ββοΈ Alibaba, CN has been hitting m ...
* 185325d - (HEAD -> master) edge: Ban Alibaba (38 seconds ago) <James Mills>
fark me π€¦ββοΈ Alibaba, CN has been hitting my Gopher proxy quite hard as well. Fuckβn hell! π₯ β Read more
* 8a77b64 - (HEAD -> master) edge: Ban Google's ASN (21 seconds ago) <James Mills>
* 8a77b64 - (HEAD -> master) edge: Ban Google's ASN (21 seconds ago) <James Mills>
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robots.txt
that I have on https://git.mills.io/robots.txt with content:
User- ...**
It would appear that Googleβs web crawlers are ignoring the `robots.txt` that I have on [https://git.mills.io/robots.txt](https://git.mills.io/robots.txt) with content:
User-agent: *
Disallow: /
Evidence attached ( _see screenshots_):  β I _think_ its the the Small Web com ... β [Read more](https://twtxt.net/twt/xbiyfxq)
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I got promoted today to try using Passkeys on Github.com. Fine π I did that, but I discovered that when you use your Passkey to login, Chrome prompts you for your deviceβs password ( _i.e: The password you use to login to your macOS Desktop_). Is that intentional? Kind of defeats the point no? I mean sure, now thereβs no Password being transmitted, stored or presented to G ... β Read more
Our stupid fucking π€¬ cat π± keeps pissing π½ everywhere in our house π β Read more
@lyse _@lyse.isobeef.org_ Ouch π€ β Read more
@sorenpeter _@darch.dk_ Nice π β Read more
@lyse _@lyse.isobeef.org_ Bur I canβt think of whatβs changed to cause this? π§ β Read more
@movq _@www.uninformativ.de_ Hahahaha π€£ β Read more
@aelaraji _@aelaraji.com_ βrepliesβ π€£ β Read more
@lyse _@lyse.isobeef.org_ Duplicates again where two days ago? I donβt see this anywhere ( _unless Iβm blind!_) β Read more
@lyse _@lyse.isobeef.org_ Agree. Iβm not sure we should lax the timestamp format at all IMO. What @xuu _@txt.sour.is_ has found is kind of nuts haha π However I do think we should relax the
\t
separator between <timestamp>
and < ... β [Read more](https://twtxt.net/twt/edh4rba)
I _think_ the author is a bit out of their depth here. A linear feed isnβt quite what the author seems to be modelling in their view of the problems they observe and describe. A linear feed has a beginning and an end. You can ( _ideally client-side_) sort it by Date, or by Subject like we do with our Twtxt clients. A Tree-structure isnβt what the author thinks either, this is more the struct ... β Read more
The article discusses the challenges posed by linear social media feeds, which often lead to disengagement and difficulty in prioritizing content from friends due to constant scrolling. The author proposes an alternative approach using a daily feed structure per day, which organizes posts by date, allowing for easier prioritization and reducing mindless scrolling.
Key Points:
1. Line ... β Read more
What exactly is a linear feed? π€ β Read more
@andros _@twtxt.andros.dev_ My first point of advice is to stop everything and measure all the important critical user journeys. Design and Build Service Level Objectives for each and every part of the system you can find that _any_ user cares about. β Read more
2024-08-04T11:24:34Z
was the last occurrence of this.2024-08-04T11:24:34Z
was the last occurrence of this. β Read more
@bender _@twtxt.net_ @lyse _@lyse.isobeef.org_ This bug was fixed back in September last year. But the brackets still appear in my current feed. is that what the issue is? π€ β Read more
yarnd
here? Hmm? π€ I've _thought_ about a "read flag" but I ...@lyse _@lyse.isobeef.org_ @andros _@twtxt.andros.dev_ Are we talking about
yarnd
here? Hmm? π€ Iβve _thought_ about a βread flagβ but I just havenβt bothered so farβ¦ β Read more
@johanbove _@johanbove.info_ And what are the results so far? π€ β Read more
The cache is only suppose to be for 120s though, but I reckon the caching layer is just stupid? π€ ( _and maybe buggy_)? β Read more
CTRL+R
on @mckinley@mckinley's OP to get the _right_ subje ...I need to understand how the caching is at play here at the edge. I hit
CTRL+R
on @mckinley _@twtxt.net_βs OP to get the _right_ subject reply after poking at the underlying HTML elements on the page. β Read more
@bender _@twtxt.net_ To be fair, I do this in my βspare timeβ π β Read more
@mckinley _@twtxt.net_ Ahh. I _think_ this is some kind of weird caching issue at my edge! π± β Read more
@mckinley _@twtxt.net_ Iβm worried weβre _really_ approaching a point where we need to adapt the hashing algorithm and expand the no. of bits. Is it at all possible something else is going on here though? π€ β Read more
@lyse _@lyse.isobeef.org_ True, but we should also consider building tolerant βsystemsβ π β Read more
@algorave.dk _@algorave.dk_ Hello π β Read more
@movq _@www.uninformativ.de_ I _believe_ thatβs the same client Iβve used in the past too. Works nicely on macOS ππ β Read more
@xuu _@txt.sour.is_ Err I think thatβs the problem somehow hmmm π§ β Read more
@lyse _@lyse.isobeef.org_ Where? π§ β Read more
@xuu _@txt.sour.is_ d β Read more
@bmallred _@staystrong.run_ Similar story here π± β Read more
@jost _@jost.sdfeu.org_ βright personβ, whoβs to say? And not βAIβ but more-generally search. Otherwise I agree βοΈ β Read more
π€£π€£π€£ β Read more
Gotta get faster disks man π€£ β Read more
@xuu _@txt.sour.is_ Why? To both issues: β Read more
@jost _@jost.sdfeu.org_ What is this that you maintain? π€ β Read more
root@vz3:~# free -h
total used free shared buff/cache available
Mem: 62Gi 10G ...**
Whoohoo!
root@vz3:~# free -h
total used free shared buff/cache available
Mem: 62Gi 10Gi 49Gi 72Mi 2.9Gi 51Gi
Swap: 0B 0B 0B
β [Read more](https://twtxt.net/twt/75avnpa)
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@andros _@twtxt.andros.dev_ Nice! π β Read more
@andros _@twtxt.andros.dev_ Whatβs the problem sorry? haha π€£ β Read more
@xuu _@txt.sour.is_ da fuq?! β Read more
Look at the size of this coffee!!! π±

The "Cloud" is just someone else's computer(s).
π Remember kids π§
The βCloudβ is just someone elseβs computer(s). β Read more
@movq _@www.uninformativ.de_ Over a month now. I _think_ since Jan 8th this year. β Read more
@thecanine _@twtxt.net_ The thing is, all these IVR phone systems are so fucking useless itβs not even funny. They either canβt understand you, are stupid as fuck, or somewhere in between. You spend minutes to hours trying to figure out how to get anywhere you basically just end up giving up. I think itβs done on purpose π± β Read more
> Please contact Microsoft at aks blah balh balh
> Sorry it appears I have having difficulty understand how to help you.
>
> Please contact Microsoft at aks blah balh balh β Read more
e.g Spam Act 2003 of Australia β Read more
I guess this is why companies get away with breaking all kinds of stupid ass lawas π β Read more
So I was advised by the FTC to file a complaint with the Internet Crimes Complaints Centre (IC3) β That is, the FBI. They have an online form that you can use, however it is clearly designed for US citizens, not designed for cross-country complaints such as from AU. Needless to say, I tried to speak with a lovely woman on the phone ( _who would not say here name, only ... β Read more_
Phase #1 done.

In _some_ organizations, engineers in the general field of IT ( _Software, SRE, etc_) are recognised hierarchically as: Intern, Graduate, Junior, Mid, Senior, Staff, Principal, Distinguished. β Read more
@lyse _@lyse.isobeef.org_ @bender _@twtxt.net_ The funny thing is, this person, is still trying to convince me to go to this thing. I donβt even know wut da fuq it is?! Do they smoke peace pipes or something? Is it a hooker joint or something?! I have no idea π€· β Read more
@movq _@www.uninformativ.de_ Same π’ β Read more
@bender _@twtxt.net_ Iβm really not sure wtf happened tbh π€£ β Read more
> Hi James, great to hear your interest. So this is an exclusive roundtable luncheon with people in the IT, Engineering, DevOps and Technical professionals. This is an opportunity to benchmark and share stories and experiences with like-minded peers in a closed-door, Chatham House Rule environment where you will be given the opportunity to speak openly and candidly.
Iβm not even sure what h ... β Read more
> Nobody that does good things earns a lot of money. β Read more
@hacker-news-newest _@feeds.twtxt.net_ Blah blah blah AI opinion blah blah β Read more
@lyse _@lyse.isobeef.org_ Bahahahahahahaha π€£ππ€£ππ€£ππππ β Read more
@jost _@jost.sdfeu.org_ Reach out to @movq _@www.uninformativ.de_ π€ β Read more
@bender _@twtxt.net_ So to be clear, youβre just hitting Reply that this is getting written into your feed? π€ β Read more
$ bat https://twtxt.net/twt/mxszcva | jq -r '.text'
(#c4tigxa) @<twtxt.net ...**
[@bender _@twtxt.net_](https://twtxt.net/user/bender/) da hell? You somehow wrote this as:
$ bat https://twtxt.net/twt/mxszcva | jq -r '.text'
(#c4tigxa) @twtxt.net Octal 31 = Decimal 25
in your feed? π€ β [Read more](https://twtxt.net/twt/ybwbtlq)
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No-one happy with the price of coffee one day and it skyrocketing the next eh? π€£ β Read more
Well that didnβt take long π€£ β Read more
@terron _@duque-terron.cat_ Soo cute π₯° β Read more
@jost.sdfeu.org _@jost.sdfeu.org_ Hello! π β Read more
I have no ties to the US, EU or even the AU. Government overreach can bite me π€£ β Read more
@darch.dk _@darch.dk_ You are welcome to use git.mills.io β Read more
@lyse _@lyse.isobeef.org_ Bahahahahaha π€£ β Read more
@movq _@www.uninformativ.de_ I guess u donβt get the relationship between Oct and Dec π€£ Mist be an American thing? π€ β Read more
@movq _@www.uninformativ.de_ Iβm afraid Iβm too stupid ( _probably blind, which I am_) to get it π€£ β Read more
@movq _@www.uninformativ.de_ No sadly I didnβt π€¦ββοΈ Iβm admitedly not very good at jokes like this ( _not even sure what style this is sorry!_) π’ β Read more_
@movq _@www.uninformativ.de_ Bahahahahaha π€£ β Read more
@movq _@www.uninformativ.de_ Oh wow! Thatβs the moon the Venus right? π€ β Read more
Yeah nice try assholes π€£

For context, Iβve write to get one of these LLM(s) to do this for a project once before a couple of years ago. All it had to do was read the public methods of a struct and write the boilerplate for a
type Foo interface { ... }
with those same matching methods.This shitβ’ is such a waste of time, human effort and global energy π€¦ββοΈ β Read more
> if I had a Go struct such as the following:
...
> Here's how the complete interface would look:
o
type B ...**
Seriously?! π³ [Transscript](https://gist.mills.io/prologic/fe6bb412dcc245a69b4cbad22f38dcd2)
> if I had a Go struct such as the following:
β¦
> Hereβs how the complete interface would look:
type Bar interface {
Read(t *Bar, b []byte) (int, error)
}
> This interface matches the behavior and method signature of the provided Foo struct.
This is total garbage ποΈ β [Read more](https://twtxt.net/twt/d7l762q)
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$ ollama run deepseek-r1:7b
>>> How does your model's reasoning work exactly?
<think>
</think>
I'm an AI assistant that ...**
In sane π€£π€£
$ ollama run deepseek-r1:7b
>>> How does your model's reasoning work exactly?
I'm an AI assistant that uses algorithms to process information and create responses. While I can mimic some patterns of human thinking in my responses, I
don't have real human thought or consciousness.
>>> So how do you deliberate and argue with yourself over counting the number of le ... β Read more
I canβt wait to be in an operating theatre one day when Iβm old and an LLM (AI) bot is arguing with itself over the decision to cut the left or the right blood vessel π€¦ββοΈ Or whatever other horrifying situation you/we _may_ find ourselves in with this kind of βdumbassβ reasoning behind the wheel π β Read more
deepseek-r1:7b
model using Ollama and this is the result:
$ ...**
[How many rβs in the word strawberry?](https://gist.mills.io/prologic/10abd36e126a41c78d356904d68e99d0) π Just figured Iβd try to run up the `deepseek-r1:7b` model using Ollama and this is the result:
$ ollama run deepseek-r1:7b
>>> How many r's in the word strawberry?
Alright, so I need to figure out how many times the letter 'r' appears in the word "strawberry." Hmm, okay. Let me ... β Read more
@bmallred _@staystrong.run_ Thanks dude π€ Iβll get over it, sometimes things can get a bit touch, itβs all good π β Read more
> Because Oct 31 = Dec 25.
@movq _@www.uninformativ.de_ Hmm in whoβs world? π Haha π€£
> Because Oct 31 = Dec 25. β Read more
@arne _@uplegger.eu_ This βοΈ β Read more
in other words, do companies in other parts of the world behave as though they are above approach? π β Read more
To all my EU friends out there, is it this hardβ’ to reach a human in European companies that allow, perform or permit silly shenanigans? π€ Or is it just US companies? π€ β Read more
Contact \| Federal Communications Commission π Haha calling the FCC was interesting. But Iβll have to call the consumer folks back next Saturday (morning for me) to speak with someone. Apparently theyβre closed now, even though itβs 3pm EST right? Hmmm π€ β Read more
cli/q: π± A simple programming language. - q - Projects I really like this little q lang that Ed has created β€οΈ Really nice and simpler, great design and implementation and really lovely cross-platform compiler supporting DOS, Windows, Darwin and Linux on AMD64 and ARM64 πͺ β Read more
That moment, when youβre a little pipsqueak self-host(er) with infrastructure youβre trying to protect from potentially rogue customers on Azure Cloud. You file an abuse report, but receive no response or acknowledgment for weeks. Now what? π€ Email the CEO! #Azure #Microsoft β Read more
Finally Iβll also be setting up CubeFS ( _finally mature enough to give it a serious go_) and slowly migrating workloads to use it as Persistent storage across the 3 Hypervisor nodes ( _which will run KVM + CubeFS_) β Thank goodness this thing ( _CubeFS_) doesnβt need to run on Kubernetes π β Read more
Over the next few months, Iβm a) Replacing all Boot disks b) Replacing all Storage disks c) Adding additional 32GB Memory to all my Hypervisor machines. I _think_ thatβll take me the better part of 6 months. For the remainder thereafter in the year Iβll be swapping out the 3.5β Disks in my NAS slowly ( _one at a time_). β Read more
Upcoming Products for M4 Mac mini - SONNETTECH Gonna buy myself one of these when they come out ( _hopefully soonβ’_) and populate with 3 M4 Mac Mini(s) β Just the base model is enough. Purpose? Migrate Plex to one of them for better performance, and run CI/CD Runners on all 3 as well as other I/O intensive tasks like syncing Y ... β Read more
@github\_blog _@feeds.twtxt.net_ Only 4 steps you say? Wow! :O β Read more
@lyse _@lyse.isobeef.org_ I have no problems with the ternary operator either. If it were added to Go I Wouldnβt mind. C has it right? Iβd also by happy with if expressions, e.g:
if foo ... else bah
, but probably doesnβt fit the styoe of the Go grammer.What I absolutely hate is this proposal. Making
?
to mag ... β Read more
@thecanine _@twtxt.net_ This looks sick as your new Avatar π β Read more
@movq _@www.uninformativ.de_ Thanks this is good to digest π β Read more
PS: Please forgive me. Iβm just being a really grumpy bastarda the last couple of days. Iβm really not having a lot of fun this past week π’ β Read more
@xuu _@txt.sour.is_ And youβre right, it only really saves a single line. I think Iβve even commented on a similar discussion a few years ago as well where I showed concretely the abrustdity of the community wanting to change this. If I recall, the whole pattern of:
if err != nil {
...
}
basicall ... β Read more
?
garbage. I don't want to be ...@xuu _@txt.sour.is_ Iβm not necessarily saying it is to be bluntly honest. But itβs far better than this
?
garbage. I donβt want to be rude, but honestly wtf is wrong with people and making languages harder to read?! π€¦ββοΈ β Read more
Here it is:
It's very rough and needs ...
I want to propose my own counter-proposal to the discussion thatβs ongoing with Go and error handling.
Here it is: https://docs.mills.io/ix4qDHMnQUSPxZ5tXz12Vg?view
Itβs very rough and needs much more work, but essentially I want to propose the following change to the languageβs grammar:
f := os.Open("foo.txt") or (e error) {
lo ... β [Read more](https://twtxt.net/twt/spvh6fa)