Badabinski

the ability to write to busy executable files

Thank god, this has been such a pain in the ass for SO LONG.

I’m guessing it was because my comment is off-topic and lengthy. I would have sent you a DM, but I can’t seem to figure out how to do that in my mbin client 😅

Sorry for the off-topic question, but is your username a reference to the Culture books? I think that would have been a great addition to Very Little Gravitas Indeed/Zero Gravitas/Experiencing A Significant Gravitas Shortfall. Like, I can just imagine a book where the Very Little Gravitas Indeed, Zero Gravitas, and A Gravitas Deficiency all happen to be in the same incident group chat and constantly fuck around while the other ships debate and fuss, and then one or all three of them pulls a rabbit out of the hat and fixes the problem while the other Minds aren’t looking.

God, I miss Iain M. Banks. Also, if your username isn’t a reference then I probably sound like an absolute lunatic.

what the fuck

What is it with this fucking man and disgusting dead animals‽ Like, this was before the brain worm started driving ffs! I really thought the brain worm was the reason this dude was so fucking crazy, but apparently not! It must be Rosemary Kennedy’s ghost, tormenting the family for what they did.

EDIT: Jesus I just can’t get over this. They’re dead man you don’t have to fuck with them just leave them alone and enjoy your time on the beach with your family or in Central Park throwing dirt clods at the drifters like you want to

just don’t fucking touch the dead animals anymore

EDIT: I’ve done some more research and have learned a few things

1. the US education system sucks at telling recent history because i just learned about RFK’s assassination
2. maybe he’s all crazy and fucked up because his uncle and dad were assassinated when he was 9 and 14
3. maybe he’s all crazy and fucked up because he was doing fucking heroin from the age of 15 (jesus what does that do to a developing brain)
4. maybe he’s all crazy and fucked up because his family was probably neglectful (and possibly abusive) as hell because he certainly acted like a neglected and spoiled teenager (he was suspected of committing a bunch of crimes and shit with other kids)

like, I just want to understand what his fucking problem is. It was easy when it was the brain worm. I view him as a bit dangerous which is probably why I’m latching onto this and trying to understand his motivations. Dangerous people are easier to handle emotionally if you know why they’re dangerous and what they want.

Very true! I was just in a rush and didn’t want to explain who he was.

For others, Bryan Cantrill (the guy in the video) is an incredibly gifted engineer who worked for Sun Microsystems before they got bought out by Oracle. He was deeply involved in Solaris (Sun’s really cool operating system that included pioneering shit like ZFS), and was then involved with Illumos, which was a fork of Solaris. He worked for a company called Joyent that made a super fucking cool thing called SmartOS, and now he’s the CTO for a company called Oxide Computer.

This is a hideously bad summary of his accomplishments. People who want to know more should read his Wikipedia article or watch the talk I posted. He’s a great presenter, so his talks are always pretty entertaining.

EDIT: The shit they’re doing at Oxide is absolutely nuts. They’re making what is effectively a datacenter contained within one 48u rack, and they’re writing all their own firmware and BIOS and shit for it. It’s crazy cool.

Let me provide my interpretation. Kamala Harris was naturally born, so she was made by a woman, hence the whole “woman-made destruction” comment. Trump was excreted out of a sewer-blocking fatberg that was impregnated after someone foolishly ejaculated down a storm drain.

Fuck man, I’ve only been awake for an hour and I’m already pissed off about this shithead. Time to take a break.

Honk if Thatcher’s dead.

oh hey cool another reason to think Reagan was a horrible fucking ghoul

I wonder if there have been any studies done on how this decision impacted ATC suicide rates.

EDIT: huh, well I’m not actually finding data on suicide rates among ATCs. I wonder if I’m repeating a myth? Or if it’s just not well publicized or studied.

Ditto. Like, I think it’ll become iconic in the same way the LLV is ugly-iconic. I just like it when government stuff so obviously prioritizes function over form.

Don’t forget fully automated!

I’d guess there’s a bit of MIC lobbying and chicanery afoot here. Like, it does seem like Oshkosh makes some good vehicles, but there’s always pressure to support defense companies when government bidding happens.

Please note that this is completely baseless speculation on my part. I’m an idiot on the internet that knows fuck-all about shit.

I was curious so I looked it up. I couldn’t find any quote like that, but I did find a biography about Larry Ellison titled The Difference Between God and Larry Ellison†: Inside Oracle Corporation;
†God Doesn’t Think He’s Larry Ellison.

https://creativecommons.org/faq/#can-i-apply-a-creative-commons-license-to-software

Oh hey, the owner of the publisher is an Ellison! What a fun fact! Megan Ellison is Larry Ellison’s daughter. For those not in the know, Larry Ellison is the owner of Oracle. He and his company are profoundly interesting in the way a tornado’s effect on a wooden shack full of sheep is interesting. This section of a talk from a former Oracle employee does a great job of explaining why we should not fall into the trap of anthropomorphizing Larry Ellison. It’s hilarious and I highly recommend checking it out.

All of this is to say that his children might be a bit like him. Children aren’t doomed to be like their parents, but they certainly can be like their parents.

EDIT: that talk is only of passing relevancy, but it’s really funny and I can’t pass up a chance to share it with people who may not have seen it.

I think this is my favorite version of this fucking meme so far. I am giggling.

I love that this is how I learned Biden is from Delaware.

I had two cats as a kid, and the day one of them hid somewhere to die from undiagnosed cancer was the day I learned that they’ll just secretly go somewhere else :( She went under the basement stairs near the litterbox, and when I ripped the stairs out to get to her, I learned what a bunch of old cat pee and poop smelled like. I got much more serious about cleaning the litter box after that incident, and it’s the reason why I’m waiting until I’m good and ready before getting another cat.

No worries. Mustelids aren’t very well understood by the general populace, so I don’t hold it against anyone.

Nah, the slow hop-hop-hop is like a jog. Mustelids can fucking zoom if they’re in danger or after prey. Like, even dopey-ass domesticated ferrets can get going pretty damn quick when they’ve been hurt or feel threatened. Nobody has posted what species of otter attacked this lady, but river otters can reach speeds of 47 kph (29 mph) on land. Sea otters are slow and fat, but these weren’t sea otters.

You aren’t outrunning a pack of otters in a sprint. It’s no question that you could outrun them over a long distance, but mustelids are zoomy little fuckers.

(note that I like mustelids and had 4 ferrets, so please don’t mistake my tone as being sour on them)

EDIT: holy shit, ferrets can be bred and trained to run at like 22 mph. That’s insane!

The advice I’ve always heard is that if you can do it yourself, it’s always better. Animals can’t tell you that they’re sick, so every bit of info you can get on how they’re doing is important. Having the machine automatically clean the litter box deprives you of that option.

With that being said, a clean litterbox is also really important. I plan on getting a couple of cats in the next 5 years after I’ve gotten my shit together (cats and incredibly messy houses don’t mix), and I will probably get an automatic litter box because I don’t want my depressive episodes to result in my cats being miserable. As this post shows, you should do your research. Find a litter box that has been endorsed by multiple unrelated reviewers if possible. Some of these boxes are dangerous, and many of them are kinda worthless.

The video in the OP was recommended to me a few days ago and was my introduction to this whole fiasco. This person has done a ton of reviews and has a couple of boxes he’d recommend.

EDIT: I literally linked to the video in the OP… I thought it was the video from one of the people who had a cat die.