Nostr notes by Dev

I love it when systems papers have appendices. Like, ooh a little ...

2026-05-09T09:02:24+02:00

I love it when systems papers have appendices. Like, ooh a little after credits scene

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2026-04-08T02:05:03+02:00

Is Pittsburgh midwest

Academics of mastodon, how many of you have such a badge? And why ...

2026-04-07T18:23:13+02:00

Academics of mastodon, how many of you have such a badge? And why not?

Every time I hear the acronym PBFT this is what I think about ...

2026-04-01T20:41:08+02:00

Every time I hear the acronym PBFT this is what I think about

I read Microsoft’s self-congratulating post about the ...

2026-03-29T04:33:33+02:00

I read Microsoft’s self-congratulating post about the public-private partnership that connected Seattle and the east by rail, and it is hilarious. I thought by public-private partnership they meant they funded this expansion.

But no, they funded *campaigns* for *ballot measures* to spend public funds on it. lol. And they donated land to build a station for themselves. It is not nothing but it is quite funny.

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/corporate-responsibility/topics/microsoft/stories/sound-transit-light-rail/

RE: https://discuss.systems/@dev/116286499529169097 Lmao I just ...

2026-03-24T23:34:13+01:00

RE: https://discuss.systems/@dev/116286499529169097

Lmao I just had to say the magic words

quoting
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They said I could ask maps anything

They said I could ask maps anything ...

2026-03-24T23:26:07+01:00

They said I could ask maps anything

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2026-03-16T16:36:52+01:00

One might even say the oil market is in *dire straits*

Having a garburator is insane because it is like a claude code ...

2026-02-02T04:52:38+01:00

Having a garburator is insane because it is like a claude code for leftovers

We lose so much efficiency of electronics by using semi ...

2026-01-23T02:04:55+01:00

We lose so much efficiency of electronics by using semi conductors when we could be using full conductors which would use all the electricity

I never understand why some articles do not generate previews on ...

2026-01-23T01:25:36+01:00

In reply to nevent1q…7nuz
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I never understand why some articles do not generate previews on masto while others do

Seattle’s newest cat! ...

2026-01-23T00:13:39+01:00

Seattle’s newest cat! https://www.pdza.org/rare-armadillo-pup-born/

I was kidding but this is a real one ...

2026-01-22T04:57:44+01:00

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I was kidding but this is a real one

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2026-01-22T04:01:52+01:00

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Woah

This is the rack where it is all archived ...

2026-01-22T03:53:09+01:00

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This is the rack where it is all archived

I’m at the Internet archive’s public domain day party!! ...

2026-01-22T03:44:42+01:00

I’m at the Internet archive’s public domain day party!!

Going to show a friend around SF, me to the prettiest city: ...

2026-01-09T03:51:32+01:00

Going to show a friend around SF, me to the prettiest city: please don’t be weird please don’t be weird please don’t

SF:

App experience has become so bad so fast in the last year or so. ...

2025-12-17T09:05:13+01:00

App experience has become so bad so fast in the last year or so. All of the apps have third party in-app ads now, like even services you pay for. Why is the lyft app offering me a discount on Hulu while I request a ride?

Even stuff like Amazon injecting third party ads.

The third party part is even more sinister.

And you can’t even be invited to a party anymore around the Bay Area without a partiful or luma or another cutesy surveillance-dressed-as-convenience service.

“California, which of course has a great many faults” ...

2025-11-29T04:45:22+01:00

“California, which of course has a great many faults”

Every year I cancel my subscription to criterion channel just ...

2025-11-27T22:07:20+01:00

Every year I cancel my subscription to criterion channel just before Black Friday, and get their Black Friday annual discount to resubscribe. I’ll never run out of emails.

this is incredible omg

2025-11-22T05:30:56+01:00

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this is incredible omg

Unfortunately I’m not immune to ...

2025-11-22T03:50:48+01:00

Unfortunately I’m not immune to [@ionchy](https://types.pl/@ionchy )’s influence. I’ll get one from an Italian bakery next but it is cold outside and this was a short walk

Last night’s event had some good views ...

2025-11-20T20:12:56+01:00

Last night’s event had some good views

The moon! My gosh ...

2025-10-07T05:16:06+02:00

The moon! My gosh

Omg Apple Music finally added lyrics in multiple scripts! I ...

2025-10-05T06:30:24+02:00

Omg Apple Music finally added lyrics in multiple scripts!

I desperately needed this feature for the languages I understand but cannot read: Urdu, Punjabi, Gujarati etc

I don’t want Urdu translated, I want it read out!

is there a plan to have similar control over replies ? The quote ...

2025-09-11T20:44:22+02:00

In reply to nevent1q…dv9m
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is there a plan to have similar control over replies ? The quote post controls seem pretty handy. It would be very useful to limit replies to followers or no one

Is your coffee Systemd ready?? ...

2025-08-24T22:15:05+02:00

Is your coffee Systemd ready??

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2025-08-04T04:37:29+02:00

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2025-07-17T01:54:40+02:00

Draft Beer implies Camera-Ready Beer

This is so exciting! 55 different radiocarbon results now support ...

2025-06-19T06:16:35+02:00

This is so exciting! 55 different radiocarbon results now support that humans were in New Mexico 22000 years ago, 8000 years before first humans have been assumed to be in the Americas https://arstechnica.com/science/2025/06/study-confirms-white-sands-footprints-are-23000-years-old/

I’m at the north beach fair so of course I had to get the most ...

2025-06-15T01:15:40+02:00

I’m at the north beach fair so of course I had to get the most ridiculous looking thing, potato on a stick

lol why is Berkeley a landlord. Also, if you don’t pay $82000 a ...

2025-06-04T02:11:42+02:00

lol why is Berkeley a landlord. Also, if you don’t pay $82000 a month rent for six months, nothing happens, if you don’t pay your $1900 a month rent for two, you get evicted https://www.berkeleyside.org/2025/06/03/berkeley-marina-doubletree-hotel-owes-rent

There was a shooting near my house today, heard four gunshots. ...

2025-05-14T23:18:42+02:00

There was a shooting near my house today, heard four gunshots. Quite scary. Especially because it is such a chill and touristy area. https://manager.everbridge.net/pub/2010424262613295

Apologies for sharing Twitter screenshots, but this is the state ...

2025-05-09T08:32:33+02:00

Apologies for sharing Twitter screenshots, but this is the state of India, and it is hilarious is a dark, depressing way

(From Zubair (zoo_bear) on X)

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2025-05-08T17:59:25+02:00

Can we please not go to a war

ha, @ ing me here is an internal joke where whenever Rob has ...

2025-04-18T02:28:13+02:00

In reply to nevent1q…qwhz
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ha, @ ing me here is an internal joke where whenever Rob has complained about anything related to Microsoft, I’ve apologized on behalf of my employer, so here it is the other way around. I don’t work on outlook.

you’re welcome 😇

2025-04-18T02:13:57+02:00

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you’re welcome 😇

are we sure cats are real

2025-03-21T16:42:29+01:00

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are we sure cats are real

Glimpses of my day ...

2025-03-20T04:20:30+01:00

Glimpses of my day

I’ve realized almost none of my colleagues have work apps on ...

2025-03-13T05:47:06+01:00

I’ve realized almost none of my colleagues have work apps on their phone. Do I have what it takes to do that? Open question

Absolutely spectacular day in the PNDub with the dougs ...

2025-03-06T02:03:17+01:00

Absolutely spectacular day in the PNDub with the dougs

In absolute awe of Indian currency system pre decimalization! ...

2025-02-27T04:27:18+01:00

In absolute awe of Indian currency system pre decimalization!

What’s with the 192!! Why only go to 2^12 but in unequal steps!!

boo

2025-02-09T07:23:45+01:00

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boo

what fresh hell is this captcha ...

2025-01-31T07:02:17+01:00

what fresh hell is this captcha

It is hilarious how google spent years bragging about how they ...

2025-01-26T19:46:17+01:00

It is hilarious how google spent years bragging about how they got millions of search results in fractions of a second, only to go for ai summaries which are much slower and less accurate.

Happy public domain day! Some wonderful books are public domain ...

2025-01-01T18:16:16+01:00

Happy public domain day! Some wonderful books are public domain today: Faulkner, Hemmingway, Gandhi, Steinbeck! https://standardebooks.org/blog/public-domain-day-2025

Lays Taro! ...

2024-12-31T01:23:20+01:00

Lays Taro!

PRESENTING, DISCUSS.SYSTEMS WRAPPED 2024! Thank you for another ...

2024-12-28T21:54:59+01:00

In reply to nevent1q…ga2f
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PRESENTING, DISCUSS.SYSTEMS WRAPPED 2024!

Thank you for another wonderful year on this website!

Top 5 most boosted statuses: ...

2024-12-28T21:03:45+01:00

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Top 5 most boosted statuses:
https://discuss.systems/@ricci/113664538724083851

https://discuss.systems/@ricci/112493842753390258

https://discuss.systems/@ahelwer/112836345012817998

https://discuss.systems/@ricci/112175272364715704

https://discuss.systems/@ricci/112247553557306560

@npub1f20…d5dd has been digging into the stats for our yearly ...

2024-12-28T21:03:16+01:00

Dan Ports (npub1f20…d5dd) has been digging into the stats for our yearly discuss.systems wrapped,

and presenting:

Top 5 most favorited statuses:

https://discuss.systems/@dan/112206966032344089

https://discuss.systems/@ricci/112493842753390258

https://discuss.systems/@ricci/112175272364715704

https://discuss.systems/@ricci/113664538724083851

https://discuss.systems/@dan/113456338439738316

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2024-12-22T20:29:35+01:00

🤘

Gutted to hear about Zakir Hussain’s passing. He was the last ...

2024-12-16T22:28:07+01:00

Gutted to hear about Zakir Hussain’s passing. He was the last of the legends of Indian classical music, and I count myself lucky to have watched him perform in-person a few times. His work and patronizing of jazz (including SFJazz) got me into jazz.

My ticket for masters of percussion for March ‘25 will be a somber reminder now.

I hope wherever he is, he gets a jig o’ beer & chai: https://youtu.be/kMdjmidkyk0

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2024-12-12T22:30:15+01:00

Scrum is the past tense of “Scream”

Chewing on raw peppercorns is quite fun actually

2024-12-05T05:04:22+01:00

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Chewing on raw peppercorns is quite fun actually

I ground some over pasta and omg

2024-12-05T03:55:32+01:00

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I ground some over pasta and omg

They smell so good I can never go back to regular peppercorns ...

2024-12-04T22:00:48+01:00

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They smell so good I can never go back to regular peppercorns again. Is this what they call lifestyle inflation?

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2024-12-04T21:50:51+01:00

Ooh

Which one of y’all’s dinner escaped?, this dude is ...

2024-11-30T00:03:19+01:00

Which one of y’all’s dinner escaped?, this dude is terrorizing our street

MORE TRAINS, MORE OFTEN, MORE RIDERS ...

2024-11-28T02:10:09+01:00

MORE TRAINS, MORE OFTEN, MORE RIDERS https://jalopnik.com/ridership-of-bay-area-caltrain-is-up-drastically-follow-1851709008

I think this person speaks for all of us ...

2024-11-23T22:08:07+01:00

I think this person speaks for all of us

If there are any east bay or Bay Area volunteering opportunities ...

2024-11-15T15:53:23+01:00

If there are any east bay or Bay Area volunteering opportunities hmu! I have experience teaching computers, some math, computer literacy, technical writing, petting cats etc, and Microsoft will donate additional money for my time.

I was planning to reach out to Berkeley/Oakland PL, but if you know something cool, lmk

Moved @npub156r…acwg over to mastodon.social with botsin.space ...

2024-11-10T16:45:17+01:00

Moved Thursday, what a concept (npub156r…acwg) over to mastodon.social with botsin.space shutting down. I implore you to donate to the foundation so more things do not go under, especially if you have employer match like me

https://joinmastodon.org/sponsors

Then we planted some trees in my aunt’s farm, this beautiful ...

2024-11-03T16:04:22+01:00

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Then we planted some trees in my aunt’s farm, this beautiful property with unparalleled views. It gets so much rain it is not even funny. And despite the mountains you see separating it from the coast, it has very konkan coast vibes, with the classic coconut palms, thatched roofs, and red soil

First we stopped in the little hamlet which has a river named ...

2024-11-03T16:00:35+01:00

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First we stopped in the little hamlet which has a river named “dry river” because it is dry most of the year. It wasn’t dry today.

The place had a little temple, and this veer-gal, an ancient tradition of honoring people fallen in the war. In this case people had dug up pillars of temples hundreds of years old to mark the fallen warriors from the town.

Long thread of adventures from today! I spent the day in Hadshi, ...

2024-11-03T15:54:17+01:00

Long thread of adventures from today!

I spent the day in Hadshi, a scenic valley set in the western ghats, it is surrounded by mountains on all sides, gets hella rain, and is probably the last bit of Pune district without construction everywhere.

Having a great time reading through a list of what Air India does ...

2024-10-26T17:49:50+02:00

Having a great time reading through a list of what Air India does not allow

- coconut crushed: no
- coconut: checked-in only
- pickles: both (chilli in checked-in)
- ghee: both (only up to 5kg)
- dynamite: no

Berkeley is so left they have anarchist media stores ...

2024-10-24T04:23:29+02:00

Berkeley is so left they have anarchist media stores

We need a CC-no-AI license You are free to: Share — copy and ...

2024-10-13T10:54:09+02:00

We need a CC-no-AI license

You are free to:
Share — copy and redistribute the material in any medium or format for any purpose, even commercially.
The licensor cannot revoke these freedoms as long as you follow the license terms
Under the following terms:

Attribution — You must give appropriate credit , provide a link to the license, and indicate if changes were made . You may do so in any reasonable manner, but not in any way that suggests the licensor endorses you or your use.

NoAI — If you use AI to learn, understand, summarize or build upon the material, you may not distribute the modified material or the trained model.

No additional restrictions — You may not apply legal terms or technological measures that legally restrict others from doing anything the license permits.

I love USB C being the universal connector. Just plugged my ...

2024-10-11T09:44:04+02:00

I love USB C being the universal connector. Just plugged my keyboard into my headphones.

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2024-10-11T01:31:07+02:00

RFC: Daylight savings for Coordinated Lunar Time (LTC)

Babe wakeup, the latest desperate seasonal appeal from the Indian ...

2024-10-05T02:28:39+02:00

Babe wakeup, the latest desperate seasonal appeal from the Indian store is here. We have a list of spooky halloween themed items: rice, chia seeds, and garbanzo beans

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2024-10-03T06:32:33+02:00

Miyazaki is big mood ...

2024-10-02T06:08:07+02:00

Miyazaki is big mood

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2024-09-30T22:44:47+02:00

https://www.haiku-os.org/legacy-docs/bebook/TheKernelKit_SystemInfo.html

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2024-09-28T02:25:23+02:00

Prompt engineer? No, actually, I prefer to take my time

I can’t work because I died at the 50 ...

2024-09-26T18:35:45+02:00

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I can’t work because I died at the 50

These tacos better be self sufficient because I’ve expended all ...

2024-09-25T03:55:17+02:00

These tacos better be self sufficient because I’ve expended all salsa capital on the chips

Ooh Apple finally added dual language keyboards, my parents are ...

2024-09-19T08:38:30+02:00

Ooh Apple finally added dual language keyboards, my parents are going to be so happy to see me use more devanagari

@npub1f20…d5dd we should check this out ...

2024-09-18T02:04:14+02:00

Dan Ports (npub1f20…d5dd) we should check this out https://maps.app.goo.gl/37EqixuTCdqYsFf2A

It is also deeply disturbing how brutal the extinction campaign ...

2024-09-12T04:45:13+02:00

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It is also deeply disturbing how brutal the extinction campaign against American predators was, run by government and private interests, sponsored by ranchers and trappers.

They ended entire species, poisoned thousands every day, millions overall. Eradicated wolves and bears in large parts of the country. Even our conservation heroes: Audobon, Muir, Roosevelt wholeheartedly endorsed this government run extinction campaign against all predators.

It was with poison and biological warfare, including introducing *mange* to kill off American wolves. This still affects coyotes and wolves to date.

The singular goal was annihilating anything that might harm livestock.

I read more of the coyote book on the way back and I have a ...

2024-09-12T04:40:21+02:00

I read more of the coyote book on the way back and I have a renewed hatred of Mark Twain.

Quotes from Twain:

(He tries to do better in the last quote)

Can’t help but feel that they’re hatching a conspiracy ...

2024-09-09T02:28:01+02:00

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Can’t help but feel that they’re hatching a conspiracy against me

I guess we’re just being absurdly cute for no reason today ...

2024-09-09T02:23:56+02:00

I guess we’re just being absurdly cute for no reason today

Minion showed up (probably dreaming of bonito flakes but was not ...

2024-09-04T22:48:49+02:00

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Minion showed up (probably dreaming of bonito flakes but was not into the idea of walking

Pixel is lost in the sauce (catmint) ...

2024-09-04T22:36:21+02:00

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Pixel is lost in the sauce (catmint)

Lmao if you’re not walking a cat during lunch break ...

2024-09-04T22:26:12+02:00

Lmao if you’re not walking a cat during lunch break

Is the warblers like parking lots meme real? It is true that the ...

2024-09-02T23:29:16+02:00

Is the warblers like parking lots meme real? It is true that the one time I’ve seen warblers was in parking lots. Here’s the black capped Warbler I saw in engineering 2 parking lot

I’ve never seen a poss irl, the world is so cruel

2024-09-02T08:11:43+02:00

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I’ve never seen a poss irl, the world is so cruel

When you see black white and orange, flappy and spotty, that’s ...

2024-08-26T21:07:30+02:00

When you see black white and orange, flappy and spotty, that’s amonarch

The latest @npub1nzv…d8m0 attendee is a western skink! ...

2024-08-25T23:48:47+02:00

The latest !!Con (npub1nzv…d8m0) attendee is a western skink!

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2024-08-22T00:11:44+02:00

From the creators of mousekeeping, we present: bearbnb

Hmm both Oral B and Philips offer subscription service for tooth ...

2024-08-20T05:17:59+02:00

Hmm both Oral B and Philips offer subscription service for tooth brush heads. But they don’t seem to have a pro subscription tier for software features. Missed opportunity?

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2024-08-20T03:00:04+02:00

In reply to nevent1q…zzt3
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2024-08-15T02:18:07+02:00

:possum: :possum_rawr: :possum_screm:

wait I thought this was about possums

2024-08-14T23:54:57+02:00

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wait I thought this was about possums

Our park-provided bear box was particularly disappointing, it had ...

2024-08-14T21:07:22+02:00

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Our park-provided bear box was particularly disappointing, it had zero bears

Having said all that, it is good to be home and not have to place ...

2024-08-14T20:49:39+02:00

Having said all that, it is good to be home and not have to place the toothpaste in a bear box

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2024-08-07T03:18:34+02:00

A hotel run by mice with
“*knock* *knock*, mousekeeping!”

Saw an ad for, “We install cat shields on Toyota Prius” and ...

2024-08-04T04:57:00+02:00

Saw an ad for, “We install cat shields on Toyota Prius” and was wondering why would you want to shield them from cats, before I realized

damn

2024-07-06T22:26:04+02:00

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damn