Mastodon Feed: Posts

jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:

I have not built and fielded a production server since before SSL evolved into TLS.

having to use nginx as a reverse proxy "screen" to deal with low level TLS attacks against my service frosts me. the alternative, forking low level connection request handling code in someone else's library (ick, OPP aka Other Peoples' Code) to deal with ppl *deliberately trying* to crash my service, well that *really* frosts me.

so I hate everybody tonight. f*ck script kiddies, f*ck them with a pitchfork

Attachments:

• gifv: mob of muppets with pitchforks

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
br00t4c wrote:

Trump Announces New 'Dodger Dividend' For Anyone Who Avoided Military Service

#MilitaryService #Cowardice #Satire #AvoidWar #DodgerDividend

https://theonion.com/trump-announces-new-dodger-dividend-for-anyone-who-avoided-military-service/

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
br00t4c wrote:

'An electoral liability' | Majority of young Republicans oppose aid to Israel, poll finds

#USIsraelRelations #AntisemitismDebate #ElectoralLiability #NetanyahuFavorability #YoungRepublicans

https://www.haaretz.com/us-news/2025-12-18/ty-article-magazine/.premium/an-electoral-liability-majority-of-young-republicans-oppose-aid-to-israel-poll-finds/0000019b-2783-d5c5-a3df-bfe7e7320000

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
cammerman@mstdn.social ("Chris Ammerman") wrote:

If the U.S. learns nothing else from this dark era that we are in, we should at least learn that propriety and tradition absolutely cannot be treated as load-bearing.

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
mattblaze@federate.social ("Matt Blaze") wrote:

Reportedly both the professor and the suspect attended the same undergraduate university, at the same time, in Lisbon. But Prof. Loureiro went on to get his PhD at the Princeton Plasma Physics Lab, while the suspect went to Brown (where he didn't finish).

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
evan@cosocial.ca ("Evan Prodromou") wrote:

Is the Gaza genocide as divisive in US politics today as the Vietnam War was in its time?

#EvanPoll #poll

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
terrytangyuan.xyz@bsky.brid.gy ("Yuan Tang") wrote:

2. Senior Machine Learning Engineer, LLM Compressor and Quantization: https://redhat.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/jobs/job/Senior-Machine-Learning-Engineer--LLM-Compressor-and-Quantization%5FR-047155-1

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
terrytangyuan.xyz@bsky.brid.gy ("Yuan Tang") wrote:

4. Machine Learning Engineer, vLLM Inference, Tool Calling and Structured Output: https://redhat.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/jobs/job/Machine-Learning-Engineer--vLLM-Inference---Tool-Calling-and-Structured-Output%5FR-052780

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
terrytangyuan.xyz@bsky.brid.gy ("Yuan Tang") wrote:

3. Principal Machine Learning Engineer, Distributed vLLM Inference: https://redhat.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/jobs/job/Boston/Principal-Machine-Learning-Engineer--Distributed-vLLM-Inference%5FR-050962-1

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
StillIRise1963@mastodon.world wrote:

To test his vaccine theories, I think that non scientist should expose himself to diseases he WASN’T vaccinated for and see how that works out.

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
rrmutt wrote:

RE: https://socel.net/@catandgirl/115741862295216461

"What does it do to our souls to have our daily purchases and communications require us to assume that everyone involved is acting in bad faith?"

jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:

Weather: ☁️ Overcast, +49°F, 52%, ↑17mph, 1006hPa
Timezone: America/New_York
Now: 22:24:08-0500 | Dawn: 07:05:14 | Sunrise: 07:38:24
Zenith: 12:07:25 | Sunset: 16:37:06 | Dusk: 17:10:16
Location: Rochester, Monroe County, New York [43.1572,-77.6151]

jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:

quite the wind tonight, hope my end-fed "random wire" antenna doesn't tangle with that tree again 📡

#HamRadio

Boosted by kornel ("Kornel"):
carnage4life@mas.to ("Dare Obasanjo") wrote:

I’m not an expert but is it a good sign that Trump just announced the Hunger Games?

https://thehill.com/blogs/in-the-know/5655553-trump-patriot-games-2026/amp/

jwz wrote:

The "Donut Shop Ends Police Discount" guy is no longer Deputy Director of the FBI.

"I think he wants to go back to his show," Trump said.
https://jwz.org/b/yk0p

Boosted by jwz:
mawhrin@circumstances.run ("flere-imsaho 🇺🇦") wrote:

“we're working very hard on becoming the world leaders in ethical goatfucking, boasts the new CEO of mozilla, mr. anthony enzor-demeo.

research into the value of goatfucking itself and the potential consent issues was found unnecessary.”

Boosted by jwz:
davidrevoy@framapiaf.org ("David Revoy") wrote:

Mozilla right now.

#firefox #mozilla

Boosted by jwz:
johnrogers.bsky.social@bsky.brid.gy ("John Rogers") wrote:

"We don't want to be Luddites --" brother, Luddites were opposed to bosses concentrating wealth by using technology to make inferior product with warehouses fulls of starving exploited child labor. You don't have to wear the team jersey but respect the game.

Boosted by jwz:
claytoncubitt.bsky.social@bsky.brid.gy ("Clayton Cubitt") wrote:

Fortunato Depero 1932 / Peter Saville 1981

Boosted by jwz:
deanpreston@sfba.social ("Dean Preston") wrote:

Many San Francisco politicians rushed to embrace the Fillmore Safeway development, but are running as far away from the Marina Safeway development as they can get. The starkly different reactions to these two Safeways are exposing the racism, classism, and hypocrisy at the core of SF’s housing discourse. https://www.deanprestonsf.com/blog/two-safeways

Boosted by jwz:
mhoye wrote:

If I understand this correctly the reason RAM has quadrupled in price is that a huge quantity of RAM that hasn't been produced yet has been bought with money that doesn't exist to populate GPUs that also haven't been produced to go in datacenters that haven't been built powered by infrastructure that may never exist to meet a demand that doesn't exist at all to make profit margins that mathematically can't exist while economists talk about this thing they call the "rational markets hypothesis".

Boosted by jwz:
zzt@mas.to ("[object Object]") wrote:

@firefoxwebdevs @SamatSattarov “why are you being so mean, we’re developers too” be fucking serious. Firefox is fucking cooked and so’s the web and you’re giving me PR language from an Oops! Not Actually Official! account and expecting me to not notice I’m talking to a salesperson under the employ of a millionaire who only recently told me and the rest of the Firefox userbase to personally go fuck ourselves

Boosted by cstanhope@social.coop ("Your weary 'net denizen"):
Yuvalne@433.world ("Talya (she/her) 🏳️‍⚧️✡️") wrote:

i came across this accidentally and now you get to hear it too.
https://maccabeats.bandcamp.com/track/latke-recipe

Boosted by cstanhope@social.coop ("Your weary 'net denizen"):
mikehendley@vis.social ("Mike Hendley") wrote:

This griffon vulture wasn’t planned but insisted on being drawn. Used .3 & .5 Pentel mechanical pencils plus graphite powder. Vultures are survivors. Quiet, patient, powerful. Like floating grief with wings. #sciart #birds

Boosted by cstanhope@social.coop ("Your weary 'net denizen"):
t54r4n1@mspsocial.net wrote:

so many days I think about @naomikritzer 's idea for a cop whose job is to actually help people and writes you a ticket if you are outside in winter without a coat and the ticket is a voucher for a coat at any store in the city

Boosted by cstanhope@social.coop ("Your weary 'net denizen"):
mhoye wrote:

God, _finally_.

https://dl.acm.org/openaccess

Boosted by fromjason ("fromjason.xyz ❤️ 💻"):
fancysandwiches@neuromatch.social wrote:

@fromjason but it's especially important to stay grounded in your analysis otherwise you become one of those dumbass "LLMs are going to become AGI and AGI will destroy the world" people.

Boosted by slightlyoff@toot.cafe ("Alex Russell"):
zeldman@front-end.social wrote:

Once more for the folks in the back: accessibility is a human right. Your web standards godfather shares thoughts on a small atrocity.

https://zeldman.com/2025/12/13/accessibility-is-a-human-right-cruelty-a-human-wrong/?utm%5Fsource=mastodon&utm%5Fmedium=jetpack%5Fsocial

slightlyoff@toot.cafe ("Alex Russell") wrote:

@owa Also, if you know anyone working at one of the big AI firms, pass this along. All are making browsers, none are investing in the commons. Looking to salve their guilt? How about $10-100K donations to OWA? Literally the least they can do.

slightlyoff@toot.cafe ("Alex Russell") wrote:

@owa If you happen to be at a BigCo, your internal giving portal will find OWA listed as "Aspiration" (a US umbrella for tech non-profits). The tax details on OWA's donation page should be all you need, but be sure to include the text "in support of OWA's charitable cause" (or similar) as a note with your donation so that Aspiration knows to route your contributions to them.

And if you can afford it, why not set up a recurring donation with matching? The good you can do on autopilot is huge.