steven deobald
@deobald.bsky.social
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Reposted by steven deobald
It is both true that:
1️⃣ nationally, data centers use way less water than golf courses
2️⃣ locally, if your watershed and supply are extremely constrained (or as here, horribly mismanaged) dropping a data center into the mix may tip you and your neighbors into a very bad situation
1️⃣ nationally, data centers use way less water than golf courses
2️⃣ locally, if your watershed and supply are extremely constrained (or as here, horribly mismanaged) dropping a data center into the mix may tip you and your neighbors into a very bad situation
December 4, 2025 at 4:28 PM
It is both true that:
1️⃣ nationally, data centers use way less water than golf courses
2️⃣ locally, if your watershed and supply are extremely constrained (or as here, horribly mismanaged) dropping a data center into the mix may tip you and your neighbors into a very bad situation
1️⃣ nationally, data centers use way less water than golf courses
2️⃣ locally, if your watershed and supply are extremely constrained (or as here, horribly mismanaged) dropping a data center into the mix may tip you and your neighbors into a very bad situation
this only leaves me with more questions but don't worry i have learned my lesson and the questions shan't be asked.
December 3, 2025 at 9:40 PM
this only leaves me with more questions but don't worry i have learned my lesson and the questions shan't be asked.
what a good use of my friday morning... performing cpr on this corpse of a computer and then exorcising the demons which haunt it when i finally bring it back to life.
proprietary computing will only get more fragile.
what a pain in the arse. i want my flatpaks. :(
proprietary computing will only get more fragile.
what a pain in the arse. i want my flatpaks. :(
November 28, 2025 at 2:32 PM
what a good use of my friday morning... performing cpr on this corpse of a computer and then exorcising the demons which haunt it when i finally bring it back to life.
proprietary computing will only get more fragile.
what a pain in the arse. i want my flatpaks. :(
proprietary computing will only get more fragile.
what a pain in the arse. i want my flatpaks. :(
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November 27, 2025 at 3:29 AM
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...unless you want to see them from a select group of people? they still don't do per-account repost config yet, sadly.
...unless you want to see them from a select group of people? they still don't do per-account repost config yet, sadly.
fwiw, there's a gajillion of us out there watching you build and silently loving all of it. :)
sometimes it's easy to forget our warm feelings for the work you do doesn't just, like, automatically reach you. thanks for everything you do!
sometimes it's easy to forget our warm feelings for the work you do doesn't just, like, automatically reach you. thanks for everything you do!
November 27, 2025 at 3:24 AM
fwiw, there's a gajillion of us out there watching you build and silently loving all of it. :)
sometimes it's easy to forget our warm feelings for the work you do doesn't just, like, automatically reach you. thanks for everything you do!
sometimes it's easy to forget our warm feelings for the work you do doesn't just, like, automatically reach you. thanks for everything you do!
the idea is that provisioning, config, day 2, orchestration, and disaster recovery are all a single thing, defined in a single place. pretty cool.
(james, correct me if i've misspoken anywhere above.)
(james, correct me if i've misspoken anywhere above.)
November 21, 2025 at 4:35 PM
the idea is that provisioning, config, day 2, orchestration, and disaster recovery are all a single thing, defined in a single place. pretty cool.
(james, correct me if i've misspoken anywhere above.)
(james, correct me if i've misspoken anywhere above.)
it's reactive and declarative and, unlike nix{os}, it's distributed and dynamic rather than single-host and static. unlike k8s operators, it doesn't have single points of failure. everything is built on raft.
November 21, 2025 at 4:35 PM
it's reactive and declarative and, unlike nix{os}, it's distributed and dynamic rather than single-host and static. unlike k8s operators, it doesn't have single points of failure. everything is built on raft.
codes of conduct are essential. but self-appointed committees need to be rethought or the nixos situation will just keep happening.
October 5, 2025 at 6:07 AM
codes of conduct are essential. but self-appointed committees need to be rethought or the nixos situation will just keep happening.
it's very weird to me that so many free software projects have somehow allowed themselves to install a self-appointed judge dredd. of *course* that's going to be full of bias and inevitably weaponized.
October 5, 2025 at 6:07 AM
it's very weird to me that so many free software projects have somehow allowed themselves to install a self-appointed judge dredd. of *course* that's going to be full of bias and inevitably weaponized.