Scott Williams 🐧
@vwbusguy.mastodon.online.ap.brid.gy
Do you use your powers for good or for awesome?
Senior #DevOps Engineer at a major research institution (views/opinions my own) and a severe #Linux and […]
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Senior #DevOps Engineer at a major research institution (views/opinions my own) and a severe #Linux and […]
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That whole, "we should take the bad people and put them on an island" saying - turns out they had been doing it themselves all along. 🤦
#epstein
#epstein
December 13, 2025 at 1:51 AM
That whole, "we should take the bad people and put them on an island" saying - turns out they had been doing it themselves all along. 🤦
#epstein
#epstein
The thing people that harp on the new #starwars trilogy don't appreciate is that Star Wars has always been a little jank. Empire Strikes Back was critically panned when it came out. The prequels and the new movies all have their own jank, and it's OK not to like it, but Star Wars was built upon […]
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mastodon.online
December 12, 2025 at 10:55 PM
The thing people that harp on the new #starwars trilogy don't appreciate is that Star Wars has always been a little jank. Empire Strikes Back was critically panned when it came out. The prequels and the new movies all have their own jank, and it's OK not to like it, but Star Wars was built upon […]
December 12, 2025 at 3:52 AM
The Hello Kitty instant ramen is surprisingly good!
December 12, 2025 at 2:54 AM
The Hello Kitty instant ramen is surprisingly good!
Was not expecting the game of the year awards to be quite that explicitly violent and graphic. Wow.
December 12, 2025 at 1:43 AM
Was not expecting the game of the year awards to be quite that explicitly violent and graphic. Wow.
Netflix should make a TV series that's a direct sequel to the 1993 Super Mario Brothers movie.
December 11, 2025 at 6:29 AM
Netflix should make a TV series that's a direct sequel to the 1993 Super Mario Brothers movie.
Prediction: Trump/Bondi will release heavily redacted Epstein files on Christmas Day.
December 10, 2025 at 6:47 PM
Prediction: Trump/Bondi will release heavily redacted Epstein files on Christmas Day.
AI medical advice went very very badly. Dude got bromide poisoning and went insane.
https://youtu.be/yftBiNu0ZNU
https://youtu.be/yftBiNu0ZNU
December 10, 2025 at 6:38 PM
AI medical advice went very very badly. Dude got bromide poisoning and went insane.
https://youtu.be/yftBiNu0ZNU
https://youtu.be/yftBiNu0ZNU
Meanwhile, I'm my hometown today..
https://www.wdrb.com/news/semi-carrying-300-howitzer-rounds-catches-fire-shuts-down-i-65-in-southern-indiana/article_b8ec20e5-04d8-4d89-a392-734439382030.html
https://www.wdrb.com/news/semi-carrying-300-howitzer-rounds-catches-fire-shuts-down-i-65-in-southern-indiana/article_b8ec20e5-04d8-4d89-a392-734439382030.html
Semi carrying 300 howitzer rounds catches fire, shuts down I-65 in southern Indiana
The semi was carrying U.S. Army ammunition when it caught fire near the 58 mile marker early Tuesday.
www.wdrb.com
December 9, 2025 at 10:37 PM
#1 This is awesome
#2 *Tim Taylor grunts*
#3 It runs #fedora #linux under the hood.
https://www.tomshardware.com/software/linux/new-computing-platform-is-made-for-making-caligra-c100-developer-terminal-targets-creators-with-distraction-free-computer-for-experts
#2 *Tim Taylor grunts*
#3 It runs #fedora #linux under the hood.
https://www.tomshardware.com/software/linux/new-computing-platform-is-made-for-making-caligra-c100-developer-terminal-targets-creators-with-distraction-free-computer-for-experts
New computing platform is ‘Made for Making’ — Caligra c100 Developer Terminal targets creators with distraction-free ‘computer for experts’
The Caligra c100 Developer Terminal is a brand-new computer platform with retro-licious metal wedge case and productivity focused Linux OS.
www.tomshardware.com
December 8, 2025 at 11:48 PM
#1 This is awesome
#2 *Tim Taylor grunts*
#3 It runs #fedora #linux under the hood.
https://www.tomshardware.com/software/linux/new-computing-platform-is-made-for-making-caligra-c100-developer-terminal-targets-creators-with-distraction-free-computer-for-experts
#2 *Tim Taylor grunts*
#3 It runs #fedora #linux under the hood.
https://www.tomshardware.com/software/linux/new-computing-platform-is-made-for-making-caligra-c100-developer-terminal-targets-creators-with-distraction-free-computer-for-experts
There is a parallel universe where egg nog is a cheap and readily available year round health food and I want to live there.
December 8, 2025 at 12:25 AM
There is a parallel universe where egg nog is a cheap and readily available year round health food and I want to live there.
I just left the house for the first time in over 2 weeks to go to church (after a minor medical event). I'm still very tired, but also ready to get back to life.
December 7, 2025 at 9:42 PM
I just left the house for the first time in over 2 weeks to go to church (after a minor medical event). I'm still very tired, but also ready to get back to life.
Sometimes I press the Popcorn button on the microwave because I like to live on the edge and a bag of popcorn can't tell me how to live my life.
December 7, 2025 at 3:48 AM
Sometimes I press the Popcorn button on the microwave because I like to live on the edge and a bag of popcorn can't tell me how to live my life.
I have never roasted a chestnut on an open fire.
December 7, 2025 at 1:32 AM
I have never roasted a chestnut on an open fire.
December 6, 2025 at 9:45 PM
A classically great example of why using your military to handle domestic issues doesn't generally go well.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emu_War
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emu_War
Emu War - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
December 6, 2025 at 9:08 PM
A classically great example of why using your military to handle domestic issues doesn't generally go well.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emu_War
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emu_War
Looks like Winter has finally arrived in So Cal.
December 6, 2025 at 7:51 PM
Looks like Winter has finally arrived in So Cal.
I just got a coupon for a free Mr. Pibb and I'm still trying to figure out if it's a good deal.
December 6, 2025 at 5:38 PM
I just got a coupon for a free Mr. Pibb and I'm still trying to figure out if it's a good deal.
My brain holds so many memories of TV ads from the 1980s. Of everything I've learned, some of those early ads never fell out of my memory. I'm guessing part of that is how unhinged they were in hindsight.
https://youtu.be/9cIf0P-Vb-U
https://youtu.be/9cIf0P-Vb-U
December 6, 2025 at 6:14 AM
My brain holds so many memories of TV ads from the 1980s. Of everything I've learned, some of those early ads never fell out of my memory. I'm guessing part of that is how unhinged they were in hindsight.
https://youtu.be/9cIf0P-Vb-U
https://youtu.be/9cIf0P-Vb-U
OH: "Your problem is that you have mistaken compliance for secure."
December 5, 2025 at 3:46 PM
OH: "Your problem is that you have mistaken compliance for secure."
December 5, 2025 at 1:42 AM
"ED25519 keys are not allowed in FIPS mode"
If you want the *more secure* FIPS mode, gotta use legacy SSH ciphers. Wat.
If you want the *more secure* FIPS mode, gotta use legacy SSH ciphers. Wat.
December 4, 2025 at 11:16 PM
"ED25519 keys are not allowed in FIPS mode"
If you want the *more secure* FIPS mode, gotta use legacy SSH ciphers. Wat.
If you want the *more secure* FIPS mode, gotta use legacy SSH ciphers. Wat.
December 4, 2025 at 2:11 AM
Reposted by Scott Williams 🐧
RE: https://floss.social/@gnome/115650821719990388
I've finally become a friend of GNOME, too. It's time for us users to take financing of open source software we use into our own hands.
I've finally become a friend of GNOME, too. It's time for us users to take financing of open source software we use into our own hands.
floss.social
December 3, 2025 at 10:17 PM
RE: https://floss.social/@gnome/115650821719990388
I've finally become a friend of GNOME, too. It's time for us users to take financing of open source software we use into our own hands.
I've finally become a friend of GNOME, too. It's time for us users to take financing of open source software we use into our own hands.