Ruben Schade 
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Hi 👋 I’m a human, blogger, technical writer, IaaS engineer, weeb traveller, urbanist, third-culture kid, profile list enumerator, and retro computator in Sydney, Australia, formerly Singapore. He/them. Friend. 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️
Runs #NetBSD, #FreeBSD, #illumos. Slings #Xen and #QEMU at work. Co-host of #BSDNow!
I am bad at replying; sorry.
Joined Dec 2018
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If you started following me, I’d love to know why! Please ping me and say hi, it makes my day :).
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Took all weekend, but finally got the desk sorted! I have the 32-bit corner, the current corner, and the 8-bit corner!
The nest of upscaler, KVM, and input selector cables is truly horrifying. But it all works!
We’re looking at moving into somewhere bigger soon, so we can have a proper “computer lab”. But super happy for this for now :’)
(And 16-bit stuff like an Amiga or Atari 1040ST would be incredible, but also no space right now!)
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@acsawdey @stepleton @brouhaha @DosFox How about the actual prototype breadboard 68030. It was running at 1 MHz. Source: https://retrocomputingforum.com/t/68030-prototype-at-1-mhz-18-boards-of-ttl
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Making art isn’t a particularly logical or reasonable response to the multitude of catastrophic problems the world currently faces. But I like art anyway.
It's days like this where I am *so relieved* I got something in writing. Always, *always* get it in writing!
"If I can offer you only one tip for the future, sunscreen would be it." Wait sorry, writing.
I admit that I sometimes "watch" a @janbeta video on my phone with just audio as I'm walking back from a meeting, especially if it was a difficult one!
He deserves a full watch, but just hearing him laugh and talk through something with his knowledge and skill is very calming.
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@jessta Public space should not be expected to be used for private parking.
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Machine translations are often brought up as a gotcha whenever I criticize LLMs. It's worth pointing out two things: Machine translations existed decades before LLMs, and yes, machine translations are useful. However: I would never in my life read a machine translated book. Understanding what a social media post is talking about in rough terms? Sure. Literature? Absolutely not. Hell, have you ever seen machine translated subtitles? It's absolute garbage.
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the thing about productivity is i am EXTREMELY productive. i have produced. several thoughts. today. some of them good. do not email me
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Someone tagged a pylon alongside the train track near North Sydney with “FSCK”.
If they’d run ZFS, they wouldn’t have needed to do that.
I'm approaching that age where I think I qualify for my first midlife crisis.
Motorbikes sound scary, and I don't want a sports car. But a reel to reel tape machine would be AWESOME. I can get one, right?
https://rubenerd.com/reel-to-reel-tape-machines/
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Update: Should have known the Fedi would endorse such a purchase haha. Thanks :)
Lenovo emailing me excited to tell me that the laptop I bought from them two weeks ago "has had a massive price drop!" doesn't instil the level of joy I think they're expecting.
"I don't like how you did it $FOO way."
Okay, we'll do it $BAR way.
"Nah, I didn't like $BAR way."
Today is going great so far!
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an LLM is a compiler in the same way that a slot machine is an ATM
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TIL the word for a "vibe-coded commit" is a "vomit", and... I just... yes. Well done, internet. Good jorb.
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"Don't Fuck with Paste" is an essential extension for Firefox/Chrome. But it shouldn't be, because no browser should EVER even have the capacity to prevent you from pasting.
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Do you ride a motorbike?
Do you live in Naarm or anywhere in/near Australia?
I’m trying to find fellow riders on the fedi, to say Hi and trade hashtags/follows
Boosts very much welcome
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Super quick little needle-keeper project cos I'm travelling next week. Probably took me as long to put the snaps in as it did to sew the pocket.
All discrimination makes no sense, but racism is also offensive for being so damn lazy. Ooooooooh this person looks different from me ooooooooh I can’t handle this ooooooooh! Wankers. </rant>
- Weblog
- https://rubenerd.com
Hi 👋 I’m a human, blogger, technical writer, IaaS engineer, weeb traveller, urbanist, third-culture kid, profile list enumerator, and retro computator in Sydney, Australia, formerly Singapore. He/them. Friend. 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️
Runs #NetBSD, #FreeBSD, #illumos. Slings #Xen and #QEMU at work. Co-host of #BSDNow!
I am bad at replying; sorry.
Joined Dec 2018
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