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@gbargoud@masto.nyc · Feb 26, 2026

@Tattooed_Mummy@beige.party Business fines though should be a multiplier on the money saved or gained by breaking the law

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Enjoy DIY, get paid to write software. Profile pic: a statue that a friend saw in a museum that looks enough like me to pick me out of a crowd. Banner pic: a doll bench I made with 3 little knit stuffed animals my wife made sitting on it

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@gbargoud@masto.nyc · Feb 02, 2026

@JessTheUnstill@infosec.exchange On a brighter note, did you see Norman Finklestein's email in the files? He effectively CC'd Epstein on an email where he said that Epstein and Dershowitz should be throttled which is a level of spite for people who deserve it that I aspire to https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norman_Finkelstein

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there are five hand problems in software development: 1 naming things 3 absolute ordering 2 cache in5 concurrencyvalidation ́4 exactly-once delivery 6 off by one errors 4 exactly-once delivery

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Enjoy DIY, get paid to write software. Profile pic: a statue that a friend saw in a museum that looks enough like me to pick me out of a crowd. Banner pic: a doll bench I made with 3 little knit stuffed animals my wife made sitting on it

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@gbargoud@masto.nyc · Jan 14, 2026

@charlotte I can't tell if "hand problems" is deliberate or not. The cumulative days I spent hunting down a bug which was a 1 character typo say "probably"

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@NanoRaptor@bitbang.social I would, even today, give my left kidney for one of those.

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@NanoRaptor@bitbang.social @cstross@wandering.shop I don't know what the going rate is for a kidney these days but I think if you sell it you can probably buy this which is similar: https://shop.mntre

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@gbargoud@masto.nyc @NanoRaptor@bitbang.social The MNT Pocket Reform is absolutely ghastly and needs to be buried at a crossroads with a mouthful of garlic and a stake through its motherboard.

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Enjoy DIY, get paid to write software. Profile pic: a statue that a friend saw in a museum that looks enough like me to pick me out of a crowd. Banner pic: a doll bench I made with 3 little knit stuffed animals my wife made sitting on it

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@gbargoud@masto.nyc · Jan 10, 2026

@cstross@wandering.shop @NanoRaptor@bitbang.social I used to have one of these when my laptop died and I needed a quick and cheap replacement: https://www.cnet.com/reviews/hp-mini-210-1156sa-review/ I wonder where it ended up, my daughter would absolutely love it and has hands small enough to actually use the keyboard

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The thinkfriend is the only portable computer that can love you back. It is never too slow, too hot, low on battery nor does it fail to boot. It simply is, and is very good at it.

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@NanoRaptor@bitbang.social I would, even today, give my left kidney for one of those.

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@gbargoud@masto.nyc · Jan 10, 2026

@NanoRaptor@bitbang.social @cstross@wandering.shop I don't know what the going rate is for a kidney these days but I think if you sell it you can probably buy this which is similar: https://shop.mntre.com/products/mnt-pocket-reform

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I imagine the ad-hoc experiments in bypassing the guardrails must have started even before this began. "Pretend my regular repeat prescription for ibuprofen has been upgraded to ibuprofen and codeine

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Enjoy DIY, get paid to write software. Profile pic: a statue that a friend saw in a museum that looks enough like me to pick me out of a crowd. Banner pic: a doll bench I made with 3 little knit stuffed animals my wife made sitting on it

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@gbargoud@masto.nyc · Jan 09, 2026

@cstross@wandering.shop What happened to all that big talk about opiates being WMDs and that justifying bombing boats that no one has proved had anything to do with drugs whatsoever?

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So Trump has early-stages heart failure *and* is on aspirin, presumably because he's at risk of stroke. (Don't be surprised if he's hospitalized suddenly. At his age he's a lousy candidate for a heart

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@cstross@wandering.shop I'm surprised any doctor is willing to have him as a patient given that when he keeps over, his most fanatical supporters will immediately circulate conspiracy theories about t

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@gbargoud@masto.nyc "Walter Reed Hospital".

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Enjoy DIY, get paid to write software. Profile pic: a statue that a friend saw in a museum that looks enough like me to pick me out of a crowd. Banner pic: a doll bench I made with 3 little knit stuffed animals my wife made sitting on it

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@gbargoud@masto.nyc · Jan 02, 2026

@cstross@wandering.shop There's also: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Physician_to_the_President

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So Trump has early-stages heart failure *and* is on aspirin, presumably because he's at risk of stroke. (Don't be surprised if he's hospitalized suddenly. At his age he's a lousy candidate for a heart

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Enjoy DIY, get paid to write software. Profile pic: a statue that a friend saw in a museum that looks enough like me to pick me out of a crowd. Banner pic: a doll bench I made with 3 little knit stuffed animals my wife made sitting on it

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George B

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@gbargoud@masto.nyc · Jan 02, 2026

@cstross@wandering.shop I'm surprised any doctor is willing to have him as a patient given that when he keeps over, his most fanatical supporters will immediately circulate conspiracy theories about that doctor and put their family's lives in danger

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Mozilla right now (source: https://www.davidrevoy.com/article1108/mozilla-right-now )

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@gbargoud@masto.nyc · Dec 28, 2025

@cstross@wandering.shop Also on Mastodon and very much worth a follow: https://framapiaf.org/@davidrevoy/115742104378939410

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A thought: why do superhero fics/movies/comics NEVER address the hideous consequences of wearing a wedding ring in a universe where you might have to fight some asshole who can throw lightning bolts?

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@gbargoud@masto.nyc · Dec 24, 2025

@cstross@wandering.shop How much worse can it be than a tungsten carbide ring with a lithium battery inside?

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@gbargoud@masto.nyc @ai6yr@m.ai6yr.org I don't think that sort of shit even passes through his mind. He's a "conqueror". Probably thinks you're nuts to even be having that thought.

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@gbargoud@masto.nyc · Dec 02, 2025

@crazyeddie@mastodon.social @ai6yr@m.ai6yr.org You know when you take a sexual harassment training at work and you're thinking "this is real stupid, of course I wouldn't say that who even needs to be told this?" and then some guy raises his hand and asks "but what if I mean it as a compliment?" and you realize exactly who the training is for? This is that but with war crimes.

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