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Steve Bonds
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Likes: Linux, DevOps, Azure, explainers, personal finance, and biking.
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Time to search for more money.
officialmelbrooks.bsky.social Mel Brooks @officialmelbrooks.bsky.social · Jun 12
I told you we’d be back
June 12, 2025 at 5:02 PM
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Watching the ever-cheerful Rick Steves describe fascism with a smile on his face was very off-putting. Informative, but... Odd.

Definitely worth watching!
ricksteves.bsky.social Rick Steves @ricksteves.bsky.social · Apr 1
Germany had its own January 6-style attempt at a coup. It also failed. But Hitler was sent to jail.

Stream my hour-long special “Rick Steves’ The Story of Fascism in Europe” at www.ricksteves.com/fascism.
April 1, 2025 at 5:29 AM
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The doubly linked article on troubleshooting is very good. He describes the importance of "divide, test, repeat" with enough details and suggestions.
March 1, 2025 at 5:54 AM
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This looks like a great idea for freshening up Linux troubleshooting skills.
cyberciti.biz nixCraft @cyberciti.biz · Feb 26
Someone mentioned this app a couple of days back. Capturing the flag is a good way to learn Linux and practice sysadmin and DevOps topics. Give it a try. It is free for many exercises. sadservers.com 
#linux
SadServers home page screenshot that reads: Troubleshoot and Make Sad Servers Happy! "Like LeetCode for Linux" Capture The Flag challenges. Practice for your next SRE/DevOps interview. Train and prove your debugging skills. Get a full remote Linux server with a problem and fix it! Since launch, 403,821 servers have been created.
February 26, 2025 at 2:07 PM
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hankgreen.bsky.social
Pete's here
petebuttigieg.bsky.social Pete Buttigieg @petebuttigieg.bsky.social · Feb 10
Hi Bluesky! Glad to be here.
February 10, 2025 at 3:41 PM
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These guys... Always thinking ahead. Nice work!
eotarchive.org EOT End Of Term Web Archive @eotarchive.org · Dec 9
How to Access the EOT Web Archives

Visit web.archive.org
Scroll to 🔎Collection Search section
Select "End Of Term (US Gov 2024)" from the menu
Type in your query term and click search

Or download bulk WARC files from eotarchive.org/data/
#EOT2024 #EOTArchive
Image shows a drop down menu and search results page. It also repeats the text: Wayback Machine Collection Full Text Search Visit web.archive.org Scroll to 🔎Collection Search section Select "End Of Term (US Gov 2024)" from the menu Type in your query term and click search
February 1, 2025 at 1:58 PM
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My new column! #devops
acmqueue.bsky.social acmqueue.bsky.social @acmqueue.bsky.social · Jan 29
Operations and Life
Give Engineers Problems, Not Solutions

This is about providing the "why" instead of the "how." Instead of dictating specific solutions, present the problem and desired outcome, and let your team figure out how to solve it.
queue.acm.org/detail.cfm?i...
@yesthattom.bsky.social
Give Engineers Problems, Not Solutions - ACM Queue
queue.acm.org
January 30, 2025 at 2:40 AM
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Manning liveProjects are not for everyone. Often there is a lot of self-training involved to get them done. Chris's first project is a great framework for learning and the second one will probably get $10 out of me later today.
crichardson.bsky.social Chris Richardson @crichardson.bsky.social · Jan 29
Manning is having a sale on Wednesday January 29th starting at 12.10 am ET and ending at midnight PT. All liveProjects are $10.

My two liveProject series (four projects each) cover key aspects of developing a microservices-based application.

January 29, 2025 at 1:29 PM
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Hank Green was asking for some ffmpeg help earlier. Worlds collide!
cyberciti.biz nixCraft @cyberciti.biz · Jan 15
FFmpeg By Example is a documentation website to showcase all the unique and different ways to use FFmpeg. ffmpegbyexample.com #unix #linux #macos
FFmpeg By Example
Explore the depth of FFmpeg with Examples
ffmpegbyexample.com
January 15, 2025 at 4:27 AM
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I remain in awe of the level of quality John Savill offers for free. Not only are his videos well-written and concise, but he also keeps them up to date.

For free. No ads. No sponsors.

Wow.
savilltech.com John Savill @savilltech.com · Jan 6
As 2025 kicks off I thought I'd start updating the Azure Master Class. Intro and Part 1 updated. Will continue updating all modules (and adding some new ones) over coming months.

Intro - youtu.be/afzzawldfFk
Part 1 - youtu.be/BqNbzeuxTaE

#azure #cloud
Azure Master Class v3 - Introduction
YouTube video by John Savill's Technical Training
youtu.be
January 7, 2025 at 1:53 PM
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clairelamman.bsky.social
My gingerbread for this year. Merry Christmas and happy Voyages to all!!
A detailed gingerbread model of a Voyager spacecraft. A tiny golden record gleams on its side.
December 25, 2024 at 2:15 PM
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Wow, GitHub Copilot is finally free. I kept skipping it since it kept wanting me to pay $120/year.

docs.github.com/en/copilot/m...
About GitHub Copilot Free - GitHub Docs
Use GitHub Copilot in your IDE or on GitHub.com for free.
docs.github.com
December 24, 2024 at 10:56 PM
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One of my old LED dimmable spotlights from 2010 finally burned out. I've had a lot of trouble finding LED bulbs that can dim down to a low level, which led me down an LED dimming rabbit hole to this very interesting trade conference paper:

assets.lutron.com/a/documents/...

This is normal, right?
assets.lutron.com
December 24, 2024 at 3:41 PM
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NEW VIDEO! youtu.be/2yCjO-wRxyM
SNL VFX Mystery | Quick D
YouTube video by Captain Disillusion
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December 20, 2024 at 5:56 PM
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Inspired by @pdx-streetcars.bsky.social I checked around for interesting digital archives of copyright-free Oregon history and found this site with scans of pre-1922 Oregon newspapers, supported by the University of Oregon:

oregonnews.uoregon.edu
Historic Oregon Newspapers
Historic Oregon News
oregonnews.uoregon.edu
December 18, 2024 at 7:29 PM
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This looks like the sort of thing @nerd4cities.bsky.social would like.

Streetcars: check
Cool transit map: check
Portland: checkmate
pdx-streetcars.bsky.social Portland Streetcar History @pdx-streetcars.bsky.social · Dec 10
My diagram of streetcars in Portland as they existed in 1915, informed by all of this research I've been doing! Grouping and color-coding lines by the bridge that they cross the Willamette on was a pretty clever idea, if I do say so myself.

Zoomable version here: transitmap.net/maps/portlan...
December 18, 2024 at 5:46 AM
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We're investigating health insurance denials. If you want to share your insights, here's how:
Do You Have Insights Into Dental and Health Insurance Denials? Help Us Report on the System.
Insurers deny tens of millions of claims every year. ProPublica is investigating why claims are denied, what the consequences are for patients and how the appeal process really works.
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December 15, 2024 at 6:30 PM
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Half price sale at Manning?

deals.manning.com/megadeal-sav...

(Dec 13 2024)
December 13, 2024 at 5:29 PM
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The first time fixing something is the hardest. Don't go it alone! Check for local repair fairs, such as these near me:

www.washingtoncountyor.gov/swr/repair
December 13, 2024 at 4:34 PM
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bitshammer.bsky.social
December 11, 2024 at 9:41 PM
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Authors are... Odd.
December 12, 2024 at 5:44 AM
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Why are you not using a verified Bluesky account?

bsky.social/about/blog/4...

"We highly recommend that official organizations and high-profile individuals do this."

I'm not even a high-profile individual and I did it, just because this makes it clear that I'm not a low-effort troll account.
How to verify your Bluesky account - Bluesky
Here's how to verify your Bluesky account by setting your website as your username.
bsky.social
December 8, 2024 at 7:13 PM
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Ray at @nerd4cities.bsky.social did a great little video (which may feature a map I made) that basically shows that every cool neighborhood in Portland correlates to an old streetcar line – it wouldn't surprise me if it was the same in Minneapolis.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=W6uy...
Portland's East Side Neighborhoods Are Still Great -- Here's Why
YouTube video by Ray Delahanty | CityNerd
www.youtube.com
December 7, 2024 at 12:53 AM
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Oooh, this looks interesting.
December 5, 2024 at 9:51 PM
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deonandan.bsky.social
Handwriting leads to widespread brain connectivity, but typing does not.

www.frontiersin.org/journals/psy...
Frontiers | Handwriting but not typewriting leads to widespread brain connectivity: a high-density EEG study with implications for the classroom
As traditional handwriting is progressively being replaced by digital devices, it is essential to investigate the implications for the human brain. Brain ele...
www.frontiersin.org
December 4, 2024 at 3:56 PM