Mike Sampson
@mfsampson.sda.io
Site Reliability Engineer.
Linux - Rust - AWS.
Blender 3D - Space nerd.
Linux - Rust - AWS.
Blender 3D - Space nerd.
#Gentoo has started enabling audio support in the desktop profiles. I was still using PulseAudio so took the opportunity to move to Pipewire. This also required finding the correct incantation to send audio to my monitor via HDMI. For future reference this was: wpctl set-default 57
January 31, 2026 at 11:46 AM
#Gentoo has started enabling audio support in the desktop profiles. I was still using PulseAudio so took the opportunity to move to Pipewire. This also required finding the correct incantation to send audio to my monitor via HDMI. For future reference this was: wpctl set-default 57
www.abc.net.au/news/2026-01... This was amazing to watch live.
American rock climber reaches top of Taipei 101 skyscraper without ropes
It took Alex Honnold about 90 minutes to reach the top of the 508-metre-tall building.
www.abc.net.au
January 26, 2026 at 11:54 AM
www.abc.net.au/news/2026-01... This was amazing to watch live.
Up to season 4 of my JAG rewatch and Mic Brumby has appeared, a subtly named Australian character. Played by Trevor Goddard who told people he was Australian and born in Perth but was actually British and born in Sussex. What an interesting guy he must have been.
January 19, 2026 at 11:16 AM
Up to season 4 of my JAG rewatch and Mic Brumby has appeared, a subtly named Australian character. Played by Trevor Goddard who told people he was Australian and born in Perth but was actually British and born in Sussex. What an interesting guy he must have been.
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My wife gets upset unless the TV's volume is set to a prime number (generally 67 or 73) but I have to have it on an even number. The range she selects is fine but need it to be divisible by 2. So we watch very little TV and mostly read detective novels.
January 19, 2026 at 10:20 AM
My wife gets upset unless the TV's volume is set to a prime number (generally 67 or 73) but I have to have it on an even number. The range she selects is fine but need it to be divisible by 2. So we watch very little TV and mostly read detective novels.
* walks into new $800M Sydney Fish Market *
You got any fish?
You got any fish?
January 19, 2026 at 12:01 AM
* walks into new $800M Sydney Fish Market *
You got any fish?
You got any fish?
I really enjoyed Predator: Badlands. Went in without knowing much about it and was pretty happy with some of the plot points.
January 15, 2026 at 12:40 PM
I really enjoyed Predator: Badlands. Went in without knowing much about it and was pretty happy with some of the plot points.
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Oh this is good. This is very good.
January 9, 2026 at 11:52 PM
Oh this is good. This is very good.
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So a CBS Evening News reporter actually did a pretty solid breakdown of the ICE murder video, talking to a former agent who details all the ways Ross messed up. And yet: It didn’t air on the actual show tonight. CBS did post it to YouTube—and it has nearly 800k views already youtu.be/6ywLEESFDu0?...
Retired ICE agent breaks down deadly Minneapolis shooting
YouTube video by CBS Evening News
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January 9, 2026 at 7:04 AM
So a CBS Evening News reporter actually did a pretty solid breakdown of the ICE murder video, talking to a former agent who details all the ways Ross messed up. And yet: It didn’t air on the actual show tonight. CBS did post it to YouTube—and it has nearly 800k views already youtu.be/6ywLEESFDu0?...
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So Musk is now selling CSAM for profit.
Now only paying subscribers can make violent non-consenual sexual imagery of women and children -
Grok turns off image generator for most users after outcry over sexualised AI imagery www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
Grok turns off image generator for most users after outcry over sexualised AI imagery www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
Grok turns off image generator for most users after outcry over sexualised AI imagery
X to limit editing function to paying subscribers after platform threatened with fines and regulatory action
www.theguardian.com
January 9, 2026 at 10:02 AM
So Musk is now selling CSAM for profit.
Watching JAG and a wild Sarah Silverman appears!
January 6, 2026 at 10:32 AM
Watching JAG and a wild Sarah Silverman appears!
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For many years I lived in an apartment without aircon. My list of places I could go to escape the heat in metro Melbourne
January 5, 2026 at 7:48 AM
For many years I lived in an apartment without aircon. My list of places I could go to escape the heat in metro Melbourne
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This year, Grok was reprogrammed to say Elon Musk is better than everyone at everything, including blowjobs, piss drinking, playing quarterback, conquering Europe, etc.
www.404media.co/elon-musk-co...
www.404media.co/elon-musk-co...
Elon Musk Could 'Drink Piss Better Than Any Human in History,' Grok Says
Grok has been reprogrammed to say Musk is better than everyone at everything, including blowjobs, piss drinking, playing quarterback, conquering Europe, etc.
www.404media.co
December 26, 2025 at 5:30 PM
This year, Grok was reprogrammed to say Elon Musk is better than everyone at everything, including blowjobs, piss drinking, playing quarterback, conquering Europe, etc.
www.404media.co/elon-musk-co...
www.404media.co/elon-musk-co...
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The wait is over! 📢
We are excited to announce the NEW version of Ratatui! 👨🍳🐁
🦀 A Rust library for cooking up TUIs (@ratatui.rs)
🧀 Highlights: ratatui.rs/highlights/v...
➡️ Our new website: ratatui.rs
⭐ GitHub: github.com/ratatui/rata...
#rustlang #tui #ratatui #library #terminal #commandline
We are excited to announce the NEW version of Ratatui! 👨🍳🐁
🦀 A Rust library for cooking up TUIs (@ratatui.rs)
🧀 Highlights: ratatui.rs/highlights/v...
➡️ Our new website: ratatui.rs
⭐ GitHub: github.com/ratatui/rata...
#rustlang #tui #ratatui #library #terminal #commandline
December 26, 2025 at 9:55 AM
The wait is over! 📢
We are excited to announce the NEW version of Ratatui! 👨🍳🐁
🦀 A Rust library for cooking up TUIs (@ratatui.rs)
🧀 Highlights: ratatui.rs/highlights/v...
➡️ Our new website: ratatui.rs
⭐ GitHub: github.com/ratatui/rata...
#rustlang #tui #ratatui #library #terminal #commandline
We are excited to announce the NEW version of Ratatui! 👨🍳🐁
🦀 A Rust library for cooking up TUIs (@ratatui.rs)
🧀 Highlights: ratatui.rs/highlights/v...
➡️ Our new website: ratatui.rs
⭐ GitHub: github.com/ratatui/rata...
#rustlang #tui #ratatui #library #terminal #commandline
I have not actually seen Gorillas in the Mist so this horrific fact was news to me.
December 24, 2025 at 12:53 PM
I have not actually seen Gorillas in the Mist so this horrific fact was news to me.
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Bosch Legacy Badlands is a great episode. Wish we saw more of Gonzalo Menendez. His scenes with Titus Welliver are awesome.
December 22, 2025 at 10:59 AM
Bosch Legacy Badlands is a great episode. Wish we saw more of Gonzalo Menendez. His scenes with Titus Welliver are awesome.