Posts by bsdphk@fosstodon.org
(DIR) Post #AvpTIjmPiMWlwqE1NQ by bsdphk@fosstodon.org
2025-07-05T08:47:15Z
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@simon_brooke @catgirlQueer @vashti Fun fact:Until 1972-01-01Z we used rubber-time, because astrometry is not nearly as constant as most people seem to think.But it is worse than that.We literally have no idea how long nanoseconds took before 1958-01-01ZIf you go back before observations of solar eclipses, we even barely know how long days took.Any epoch before 1972-01-01Z by defintion causes wrong timekeeping.
(DIR) Post #AvpTIl7Mjwsi672Gfo by bsdphk@fosstodon.org
2025-07-05T08:51:02Z
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@simon_brooke @catgirlQueer @vashti Also:Until we ditch leap-seconds, we cannot predict how many seconds there will be until some timestamp in the future, since that depends on what the director of the Paris Observatory decides twice a year.And on top of that, time-zones are political decisions, so even without leap-seconds, it is anyone's guess how long time there is to 2026-01-01 09:00 in Mississippi.
(DIR) Post #AvpTIp3y4WXYKjTbvs by bsdphk@fosstodon.org
2025-07-05T08:53:23Z
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@simon_brooke @catgirlQueer @vashti So there is no "fix it once and for all" solution to timekeeping, and the best and most robust strategy will always be store timestamps the way the user provided them, and interpret them as best you can, given the knowledge available to you, when you do.
(DIR) Post #AvpTItts5UR1Krn7OC by bsdphk@fosstodon.org
2025-07-05T08:54:54Z
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@simon_brooke @catgirlQueer @vashti And as for nanosecond resolution: Now you also need to think about which relativistic reference frame to use.
(DIR) Post #Aw6G6tfv6QH7RhWwEa by bsdphk@fosstodon.org
2025-07-13T09:39:36Z
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I am a sucker for opto-electronics, so got this discarded kit (ex CNN's London studio?)Each button has a 36x24 LCD display and red+green LEDS.Well-designed hardware: ColdFire (=68k) CPU, plenty of RAM, plenty of FLASH, serial port, ethernet etc.Firmware ? Not so impressive, but very easy to get rid of:Anybody can flash new firmware from ethernet: No userid, no password, all you need to know is the IP# and how they botched their CRC-16 implementation.Now it runs #MicroPython :-)
(DIR) Post #AwMWhT4hwinLOU391M by bsdphk@fosstodon.org
2025-07-21T14:03:09Z
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The least convincing spam of the day:"Your mailbox is 90% full"Dude, you're not even close...
(DIR) Post #Ax7yRWm2Y3QJNYRNpY by bsdphk@fosstodon.org
2025-08-13T12:54:28Z
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Hello #varnish_cache users!A multi-vendor HTTP2 DoS for your enjoyment: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-8671Fixes are in our repos, and making their way though the pipeline:https://varnish-cache.org/security/VSV00017.html#vsv00017Big thanks to Martin for doing the work!
(DIR) Post #Axb8E8jvEGPwCQXiTo by bsdphk@fosstodon.org
2025-08-27T14:22:56Z
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Here's a back-of-the-envelope result from today:USA has approx one million practicing doctors and there are approx one million employees in "Health Insurance" preventing them from doing their job.Approx 7.5 million people are employed by hospitals, approx 2/3 of which are "administrative" which means their job is to ensure somebody pays.Six million employees get a salary for prioritizing money over health.Six million is 3.5% of USA's total employment.
(DIR) Post #Axr7r4HmjNSiFrjtbc by bsdphk@fosstodon.org
2025-09-04T07:40:57Z
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Somebody is conducting an academic survey about AI-SLOP and FOSS projects.The problem is economic in nature, so the solution has to be economic too.My proposal:Charge a €100 fee to file a bug report, to anybody who has not previously filed valid bug reports.Refund the fee if the bug report is valid, otherwise keep it.This is how most consumer/producer arbitration/conflict resolution boards operate in civilized countries.
(DIR) Post #AyPdehanDxtOXMGgbY by bsdphk@fosstodon.org
2025-09-20T16:56:13Z
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@mei @lofty @wren6991 As somebody who once wrote a malloc implementation seeing that makes me want to farm carrots instead...
(DIR) Post #AzdMfcMq6mrZxTKPpo by bsdphk@fosstodon.org
2025-10-27T11:51:14Z
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How to tell that somebody was not competent enough for the job they held:https://www.theregister.com/2025/10/27/jen_easterly_ai_cybersecurity/
(DIR) Post #B0Zp0bnXYkIAugu6Ii by bsdphk@fosstodon.org
2025-11-24T09:11:41Z
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@cmconseils Danish: Nine and half five twenty
(DIR) Post #B14gcrcCKAQ9HnWTce by bsdphk@fosstodon.org
2025-12-09T13:50:59Z
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@lproven Ohh man, I had just gotten over that trauma...
(DIR) Post #B2RQFSwhSknkXf9HRA by bsdphk@fosstodon.org
2026-01-19T11:27:42Z
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Dear everybody:Everything is so much easier to understand, once you realize that the Gold-foil-King is a Mafioso, who only know mafioso methods, and only use mafioso methods.The letter to the .no PM is classical mafia:"Nice country you have there, pity if something happened to it. Better think careful about who gets those peace-prices, capisce ?"EU needs to stop pussying around, and go full in and stand up to the bully.If not new, when ?
(DIR) Post #B2RVorAFuTT7YqBTZg by bsdphk@fosstodon.org
2026-01-19T12:26:08Z
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@benis_redux 1. Realize that USA is a failed state2. Disconnect3. Divest4. Reengage once the civil war is over.
(DIR) Post #B2RWNKYb8RhyZB0ahs by bsdphk@fosstodon.org
2026-01-19T12:35:18Z
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@benis_redux Yes.That hit will come one way or another, because USA is already a failed state.
(DIR) Post #B2RaaI6hxFGuY8Oma8 by bsdphk@fosstodon.org
2026-01-19T12:34:43Z
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@Natasha_Jay You forgot AM/PM, inches, feet, ounces and miles :-)
(DIR) Post #B2VYBQ4FnYJQis6SBs by bsdphk@fosstodon.org
2026-01-21T09:43:36Z
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@niconiconi ... And you will also get the actual organizational diagram, with solid estimates of the amount of friction between the groups.(See also: Conway's Law)
(DIR) Post #B319UzGWasX2uWL96G by bsdphk@fosstodon.org
2026-02-05T16:57:19Z
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I wonder when some smart person will realize that it is easier to murder Hitler before you need a time-machine to do it ?
(DIR) Post #B3BmQGSB6LUaYz83qC by bsdphk@fosstodon.org
2026-02-10T20:12:25Z
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@MidniteMikeWrites US politics make a lot more sense once you realize it is a one-party system cosplaying as a two-party system...