unixbadger
@unixbadger.bsky.social
I do I.T. for a meteorology research group at University of Oklahoma. My goto's (<-joke) are C and Unix shell. Sometimes I mangle python.
The claim “RFK Jr. does not fuck chickens” is not an evidence-based claim because studies have not ruled out the possibility that RFK Jr. fucks chickens.
_The question of whether a computer can think is no more interesting than the question of whether a submarine can swim._ **Edsger W. Dijkstra** #Quotes
The Reflecting Pool is now a shade of Confederate Gray. Coincidence? I think not.
Outside of the usual AI making things worse thread, I’m fascinated by the “GenZ students given compassionate concession due to school shooting, abuse the fuck out of it” angle here.-
Jacob T. Levy@jacobtlevy.bsky.social · last mo.
Every single lawmaker that’s calling for their constituents to “be responsible with electricity usage” during the extreme heat had better be supporting heavy restrictions on data centers.
These geniuses don’t seem to realize passports are for American citizens, when they LEAVE the country 🤦🏼
More people have been arrested at the Reflecting Pool by "Sealant Team Six" than all the names in the #EpsteinFiles
DOJ now 0-9 in cases seeking to seize sensitive voter data from the states. This time, another Trump-appointed judge (this makes 5 out of the 9 appointed by the current president) ruled that DOJ has no authority under federal law to demand this data. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
Memorandum Opinion – #91 in United States v. DeMarinis (D. Maryland, 1:25-cv-03934) – CourtListener.com
MEMORANDUM OPINION. Signed by Judge Stephanie A. Gallagher on 6/18/2026. (bw5s, Deputy Clerk) (Entered: 06/22/2026)
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De Niro: When I hear something I don’t like, I use my own free speech to respond. When I hear Trump say, that he doesn’t think about Americans’ financial situation—not even a little bit—I say: shut the fuck up.
They removed CD/DVD drives from PCs. -Made physical media harder to buy and use. -Removed expandable storage from phones. -Pushed us into streaming subscriptions. -Made always-online normal. -Made unlimited internet necessary. -Slowly raised the price of everything. Ownership quietly became renting.
You go to that fancy Italian restaurant — and who’s in the kitchen? Latinos. You go to that fancy French restaurant — who’s in the kitchen? Latinos. Latinos grow it, pick it, clean it, cook it, serve it, and do the dishes. We are the backbone. Don’t fuck with us, we’re busy.
Those who forget history are doomed to repeat it. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trofim_...
Trofim Lysenko - Wikipedia
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NY times covered our cut today (gift article) www.nytimes.com/2026/06/12/s...
She Used A.I. to Improve Forecasts for Extreme Weather
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So if Iran’s economy becomes a basket case like North Korea’s, then they’ll never have nuclear weapons.
Pondering in Yellow Shirt
ALT: Pondering in Yellow Shirt
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So the Democrats have “stolen” their own primaries in California. WTF does that even mean?
Any suggestions on where to park software besides #github ?
Trying to get my error messages to say what went wrong and what did the wrong. I think I’d rather be dealing with pointers in multidimensional arrays, or race conditions in shell scripts, or catching my work station with my teeth, or …
Democratic Party: How can we beat Republicans and stop fascism? Democratic Strategists: I know! Let’s text voters literally every 5-10 minutes to beg for money with no way to opt-out until they all come to hate Democrats, democracy, and their phones! Democratic Party: Genius.
STAR TREK IS NOT SCI-FI It's late at night. There are no academics awake. I can make heretical statements like this one: “The Federation is not primarily an SF setting. It's a thought experiment about what computer science would look like if it had not been captured by advertising in the 1990s.”
Not entirely sure Google's new search era is a shining improvement over the old one. For the record no one has ever used this "peculiar phrase" about me before I just typed it into the search bar, this is an entire confabulation. That said, I smell mostly okay. I took a shower today.
The tech bros gave us crypto currency that isn’t currency, artificial intelligence that isn’t intelligence, and prediction markets that are inside-trader scams. On the other hand, they have given us gigantic data centers that employ no one and destroy communities. So there’s that.