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fix: first go at replacing AI illustrations with photography in reverse chronological order
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ai: "Photo by Xe Iaso"
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desc: "Trust me, there's a reason for this"
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file: "pike-place-market"
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desc: "Nuance about AI and the 'danger' of datasets"
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If you haven't read ["The Layoff"](/blog/2024/the-layoff/) yet, you should do so before reading this post. This post is a behind the scenes look at the story and contains spoilers.
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desc: "I got tired with all the AI scrapers that were bullying my git server, so I made a tool to stop them for good."
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desc: "What you need when even HTMX is too much."
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prompt: "A picture of a path in Berlin surrounded by trees, giving the scene a lot of lovely colour contrasts."
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[PolyMC](https://polymc.org/) is a modpack manager for
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lume/src/blog/fresh-cors.mdx
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lume/src/blog/fresh-cors.mdx
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title: How to use a fork of the Go compiler with Nix
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- nix
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Sometimes God is dead and you need to build something with a different
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However, we're in Nix land. We can do anything\*.
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<XeblogConv name="Aoi" mood="coffee">\*with sufficent hackery.</XeblogConv>
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\*with sufficent hackery.
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I got accepted to [Gophercon EU](https://gophercon.eu/speakers) and a
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lot of it involves doing weird things with WebAssembly and messing
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to pull this into my monorepo's Nix flake so that I can run `gowasi
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build foo.go` and get `foo.wasm` in the same folder to experiment with.
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<XeblogConv name="Mara" mood="hacker">A CL in the Go ecosystem is a
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Turns out this is really easy. In order to do this, you need to do
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<XeblogConv name="Aoi" mood="wut">Why are you using a `'` and calling
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it `wasigo-prime`?</XeblogConv>
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<XeblogConv name="Cadey" mood="enby">If I don't name it something
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else, I will create an infinitely recursive definition. Nix is lazy
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`wasigo` and using the name `wasigo` inside that will create infinite
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recursion when it is evaluated. I don't know of a better name for
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this, but a common pattern in Nix land is to use primes (`'`) for
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distinct values with the same name. Just like in
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Haskell.</XeblogConv>
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<XeblogConv name="Aoi" mood="wut">What about that `VERSION`
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file, what's that there for?</XeblogConv>
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<XeblogConv name="Cadey" mood="enby">That is there to tell the Go
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compiler toolchain what version it is. When you clone a git repository
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checkout (because it's not byte-for-byte reproducible and random
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changes there could cause unwanted rebuilds of a lot of packages). If
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the `VERSION` file doesn't exist, the Go toolchain will try to
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discover what version it is from the `git` metadata, which doesn't
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exist. This file lies to the toolchain so that builds
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work.</XeblogConv>
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<XeblogConv name="Aoi" mood="cheer">I see, thanks!</XeblogConv>
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Why are you using a `'` and calling it `wasigo-prime`?
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</XeblogConv>
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<XeblogConv name="Cadey" mood="enby">
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If I don't name it something else, I will create an infinitely recursive
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definition. Nix is lazy and only evaluates things when it needs to. Making a
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binding called `wasigo` and using the name `wasigo` inside that will create
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infinite recursion when it is evaluated. I don't know of a better name for
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this, but a common pattern in Nix land is to use primes (`'`) for distinct
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values with the same name. Just like in Haskell.
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</XeblogConv>
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<XeblogConv name="Aoi" mood="wut">
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What about that `VERSION` file, what's that there for?
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</XeblogConv>
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<XeblogConv name="Cadey" mood="enby">
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That is there to tell the Go compiler toolchain what version it is. When you
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clone a git repository into the Nix store, all of the git metadata is purged
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from the checkout (because it's not byte-for-byte reproducible and random
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changes there could cause unwanted rebuilds of a lot of packages). If the
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`VERSION` file doesn't exist, the Go toolchain will try to discover what
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version it is from the `git` metadata, which doesn't exist. This file lies to
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the toolchain so that builds work.
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</XeblogConv>
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I see, thanks!
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## Make a wrapper script
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exec /nix/store/px67cnp39lzynhknqqjjn9c3b838qnw9-go-1.20.2/bin/go $*
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```
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<XeblogConv name="Mimi" mood="happy">The exec builtin command in Bash
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do not get executed.</XeblogConv>
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replaces the current shell process. The original shell process is destroyed
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and overwritten by the new command. Any commands after the exec command in the
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And then you can go off to the races and compile things to your
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heart's content!
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I have a Raspberry Pi embedded into my main shellbox. This allows me
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<XeblogConv name="Mara" mood="hacker">
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In `dd`, the `if=` is the _input_ file and the `of=` is the _output
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file_. These can be any files you want, even normal files on the
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disk. If you SD card reader doesn't have two slots, you will have to
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set the output file to somewhere on the disk, and then use that file
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as the input file for the next run. It'd be something like:
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```
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sudo dd if=/dev/sde of=./sdcard.img bs=4M status=progress
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(swap cards)
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sudo dd if=./sdcard.img of=/dev/sde bs=4M status=progress
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basically working without guardrails or handbrakes. You need to be
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_absolutely certain_ that you are dealing with the correct devices.
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`lsblk` lets you see the storage "block" devices that are connected
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Linux machine's NVME drive:
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```
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$ lsblk /dev/nvme0n1
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NAME MAJ:MIN RM SIZE RO TYPE MOUNTPOINTS
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nvme0n1 259:0 0 931.5G 0 disk
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├─nvme0n1p1 259:1 0 923G 0 part
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├─nvme0n1p2 259:2 0 8G 0 part [SWAP]
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└─nvme0n1p3 259:3 0 511M 0 part /boot
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`dmesg` lets you see the kernel log buffer. You may want to run it
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with `-w` so that you can continuously watch the changes. When
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figuring out which SD card was which, I used `dmesg -w` to look for
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new block storage devices being connected, and then `lsblk` to
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figure out which one was the old/new one. Gokrazy sets up 4
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partitions (boot, root A, root B, and persistent storage), so you
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can also use that to help you figure out which is which.
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In `dd`, the `if=` is the _input_ file and the `of=` is the _output file_.
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These can be any files you want, even normal files on the disk. If you SD card
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reader doesn't have two slots, you will have to set the output file to
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somewhere on the disk, and then use that file as the input file for the next
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run. It'd be something like: ``` sudo dd if=/dev/sde of=./sdcard.img bs=4M
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status=progress (swap cards) sudo dd if=./sdcard.img of=/dev/sde bs=4M
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status=progress ``` Keep in mind that when you're running `dd` commands like
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this, you are basically working without guardrails or handbrakes. You need to
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be _absolutely certain_ that you are dealing with the correct devices. You can
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check these by using the `lsblk` or `dmesg` commands. `lsblk` lets you see the
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storage "block" devices that are connected to a Linux machine. For example,
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here's what you could see on a Linux machine's NVME drive: ``` $ lsblk
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/dev/nvme0n1 NAME MAJ:MIN RM SIZE RO TYPE MOUNTPOINTS nvme0n1 259:0 0 931.5G 0
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disk ├─nvme0n1p1 259:1 0 923G 0 part ├─nvme0n1p2 259:2 0 8G 0 part [SWAP]
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└─nvme0n1p3 259:3 0 511M 0 part /boot ``` `dmesg` lets you see the kernel log
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buffer. You may want to run it with `-w` so that you can continuously watch
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the changes. When figuring out which SD card was which, I used `dmesg -w` to
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look for new block storage devices being connected, and then `lsblk` to figure
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out which one was the old/new one. Gokrazy sets up 4 partitions (boot, root A,
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root B, and persistent storage), so you can also use that to help you figure
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out which is which.
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The data copy took at least half an hour, which I left running while
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lume/src/blog/iaso-fonts.mdx
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lume/src/blog/iaso-fonts.mdx
···
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- CSS
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hero:
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ai: Anything
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file: park-drawing
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prompt: 1girl, light green hair, green eyes, black hoodie, long hair, outdoors, seattle, picnic table, wearing headphones, sketchpad, drawing, pondering, ponytail, space needle
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ai: Photo by Xe Iaso
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file: yyz-coming-in-landing
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prompt: A picture of an airplane coming in for a landing at Toronto Airport
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Hey all! You may have noticed things looking a little different on the
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lume/src/blog/idk-about-email.mdx
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lume/src/blog/idk-about-email.mdx
···
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- email
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file: uncertain-foxgirl
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prompt: a girl with yellow eyes, pink hair, fox ears, a white hoodie, and a short skirt walking through a park; her hair is very long and is wearing a very uncertain look.
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file: red-tulip-graded
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prompt: A color-graded photo of an unusual red tulip
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So recently I've been trying to use email and I just don't know how I
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lume/src/blog/jsx-quasi-quoting.mdx
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lume/src/blog/jsx-quasi-quoting.mdx
···
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- JavaScript
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- Lisp
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file: sky-sigils
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prompt: glowing sigils, sigils, zen, yin yang, taoism, landscape, world trade center, peaceful, arknights, scifi, runic energy, spellcraft
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ai: Photo by Xe Iaso
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lume/src/blog/lesson-online-feedback.mdx
···
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title: "You don't have to engage with people on the Internet"
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date: 2023-01-18
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hero:
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ai: "Waifu Diffusion v1.3"
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file: "seattle-onsen-coffee"
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prompt: "zen, peaceful, onsen, shibuya, anime, coffee shop, colorful, manga, sunset, space needle, thick outlines, hyrule"
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This is a lesson that was very hard for me to learn and I feel I should share
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lume/src/blog/mdn-ai-gaslighting.mdx
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lume/src/blog/mdn-ai-gaslighting.mdx
···
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- philosophy
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file: bad-trip
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prompt: A blue-haired foxgirl stands in front of a campfire while camping in winter, with snow covering the tips of the trees.
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file: wild-grass-seeding
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prompt: Wild grass ready to seed so that its next generation can repeat the cycle
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Mozilla is one of the most important companies on the Internet. For a
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lume/src/blog/more-coso-bypasses.mdx
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lume/src/blog/more-coso-bypasses.mdx
···
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- RubyOnRails
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Hi there. This is a followup to my article about [the vulnerabilities I found in
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lume/src/blog/move-away-rsa-ssh.mdx
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lume/src/blog/move-away-rsa-ssh.mdx
···
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file: volcano-bliss
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prompt: a rolling green landscape by makoto shinkai, breath of the wild, active volcano, windows xp bliss, manga style, ((thick outlines))
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file: the-return-path
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[RSA](<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RSA_(cryptosystem)>) is one of the most
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lume/src/blog/nix-flakes-go-programs.mdx
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lume/src/blog/nix-flakes-go-programs.mdx
···
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- nix
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ai: Waifu Diffusion v1.3 (float16)
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file: aoi-starbucks-hacker
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prompt: Baby blue gopher, laptop computer, starbucks, 1girl, hacker vibes, manga, thick outlines, evangelion, angel attack, chibi, cat ears
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ai: Photo by Xe Iaso
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file: green-plant-thing
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prompt: Some kind of fuzzy green plant that's probably poisonous. Not for eating or licking.
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Sometimes you wake up and realize that reality has chosen violence against you.
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lume/src/blog/nix-flakes-look-up-package.mdx
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lume/src/blog/nix-flakes-look-up-package.mdx
···
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- flakes
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series: nix-flakes
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hero:
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file: fall-archons
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prompt: The fall of the Archons, colored pencil drawing, fireball spell, bright sky, digital art, lake of fire
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ai: Midjourney
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file: ballard-mallard
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prompt: A mallard duck in a park in Ballard, Seattle
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ai: Photo by Xe Iaso
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---
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Sometimes God is dead and you need to figure out what the version of a package
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-3
lume/src/blog/nix-flakes-terraform.mdx
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lume/src/blog/nix-flakes-terraform.mdx
···
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- NixOS
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- Scaleway
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ai: Eimis Anime Diffusion v1.0
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file: nix-flake-terraform-waifu
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prompt: "a girl, Phoenix girl, fluffy hair, pixie cut, red hair, red eyes, chuunibyou, war, a hell on earth, Beautiful and detailed explosion, Cold machine, Fire in eyes, burning, Metal texture, Exquisite cloth, Metal carving, volume, best quality, Metal details, Metal scratch, Metal defects, masterpiece, best quality, best quality, illustration, highres, masterpiece, contour deepening, illustration, (beautiful detailed girl), beautiful detailed glow, green necklace, green earrings, kimono, fan, grin"
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ai: Photo by Xe Iaso
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file: snowy-sunset
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prompt: "A picture of the sunset taken near the Ottawa River in winter, snow covers the ground"
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---
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For the sake of argument, let's say that you want to create all of your cloud
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nixpkgs.lib.nixosSystem rec {
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modules = [
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({ ... }: { system.configurationRevision = self.sourceInfo.rev; })
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};
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lume/src/blog/nixos-nginx-openssl-1.x.mdx
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-3
lume/src/blog/nixos-nginx-openssl-1.x.mdx
···
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- nginx
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series: nixos
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hero:
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ai: "Waifu Diffusion v1.3 (float16)"
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file: "alrest-orcas"
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prompt: "cloud sea, xenoblade chronicles 2, azurda, blue sky, giant tree, orca, 1girl, red hair, katana"
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ai: "Photo by Xe Iaso"
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file: "small-island"
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prompt: "A picture of the small island in a retaining pond near a walking path"
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---
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One of the strengths of NixOS is that you can use NixOS modules to do things
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-3
lume/src/blog/openssl-3.x-secvuln-incoming.mdx
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-3
lume/src/blog/openssl-3.x-secvuln-incoming.mdx
···
6
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- vuln
7
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- noxp
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hero:
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ai: Waifu Diffusion v1.3 (float16)
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file: dark-sky-tokyo
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prompt: cityscape, dark, red and black, monotone, black sky, smoke, tokyo
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ai: Photo by Xe Iaso
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file: montreal-riverside
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prompt: A picture of some kind of industrial feature near a river in Montreal
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---
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Hoooo boy, 2022 keeps delivering. It seems that the latest way things are
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-7
lume/src/blog/openssl-alarm-fatigue.mdx
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-7
lume/src/blog/openssl-alarm-fatigue.mdx
···
7
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- security
8
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- noxp
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hero:
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ai: "Waifu Diffusion v1.3 (float16)"
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file: "angy-foxgirl-disapproves"
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prompt: "1girl, kimono, animal crossing, klaxon, loud noises, overwhelming, red sky, clouds, storms, long hair, purple hair, yellow eyes, fox ears, thick outlines, ink outlines, black outlines"
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ai: "Photo by Xe Iaso"
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file: "eclipse"
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prompt: "The solar eclipse, if you look closely you can see a pink blob, that's a coronal mass ejection"
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---
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So, the OpenSSL security issue embargo ended today and the patches dropped.
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">
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Turns out the OpenSSL advisory was more disruptive than the vulnerability.
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</p>
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— dkp (@tweetdkp){" "}
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<a href="https://twitter.com/tweetdkp/status/1587537224618369032?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">
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November 1, 2022
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</a>
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</blockquote>
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NixOS has stack protection enabled, so it was never vulnerable to this issue in
+1
lume/src/blog/prompt-engineering.mdx
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lume/src/blog/prompt-engineering.mdx
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-3
lume/src/blog/pronouns-service.mdx
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lume/src/blog/pronouns-service.mdx
···
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twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/videos/1700512891
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youtube: https://youtu.be/tHQaGv1ugYU
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ai: Waifu Diffusion v1.3 (float16)
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file: trippy-seattle
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prompt: landscape, breath of the wild, vaporwave palette, CGA colors, space needle in distance, manga style, thick outlines, ink, acid trip, kanji, genshin impact
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ai: Photo by Xe Iaso
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file: montreal-canal
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prompt: A canal in Montreal, multiple tower cranes are doing building work of some kind.
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---
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On November 28, 2022, Heroku discontinued their free tier. This free tier had
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lume/src/blog/protos.mdx
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lume/src/blog/protos.mdx
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lume/src/blog/push-2fa-considered-harmful.mdx
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lume/src/blog/push-2fa-considered-harmful.mdx
···
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- web3
9
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- collab
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hero:
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ai: Waifu Diffusion v1.2
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file: evil-hacker-lain
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prompt: an evil hacker at a laptop hacking into the pentagon, anime style, hacker den, monitors everywhere, serial experiments lain, evangelion
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ai: Photo by Xe Iaso
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file: greenery-and-lush
13
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prompt: A scene of greenery and lush around a pond. A metal grating is near centre frame.
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---
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Sooooo [Uber got
···
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You should really use [WebAuthn](https://webauthn.io/) as your two-factor
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auth solution with dedicated security hardware like Yubikeys or the security
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chip burned into most corp owned devices. Finally there’s a good use for the[manglement engine](https://www.fsf.org/blogs/sysadmin/the-management-engine-an-attack-on-computer-users-freedom) that Stallman said was going to literally destroy Linux!
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</XeblogConv>
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</details>
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lume/src/blog/redfall.mdx
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lume/src/blog/redfall.mdx
···
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- redfall
8
8
- steam
9
9
hero:
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ai: Ligne Claire
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file: vampire
12
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prompt: ligne claire, flat colors, vampire, spooky house, 1girl, green hair, green eyes, flashlight, indoors, ambiance, face mask, hoodie, pop art
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ai: Photo by Xe Iaso
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file: path-pond-suburbia
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prompt: A path by a pond in a suburban environment.
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---
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I bought an RTX 4080 recently. It's a fantastic card and can easily
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-3
lume/src/blog/rip-twitter.mdx
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-3
lume/src/blog/rip-twitter.mdx
···
6
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- fediverse
7
7
- rant
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hero:
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ai: "Waifu Diffusion v1.3 (float16)"
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file: "bird-fleeing"
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prompt: "light blue bird, sunset, crying, landscape, anime style, space needle, clouds, sun, genshin impact, teyvat, breath of the wild, hyrule"
9
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ai: "Photo by Xe Iaso"
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file: "be-a-good-neighbour"
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prompt: "Handwritten sharpie on the side of a metal bridge reading: 'Be a good neighbour, fight capitalism'"
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---
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I have been watching in horror as Elon Musk seems to be doing his best to
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-7
lume/src/blog/xeact-esbuild.mdx
+8
-7
lume/src/blog/xeact-esbuild.mdx
···
8
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- frontend
9
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series: xeact
10
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hero:
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ai: Ligne Claire v1
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file: inspiration-vibes
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prompt: 1girl, green hair, green eyes, tshirt, sweatpants, long hair, full body, sitting, outside, landscape, chromatic aberration, smile, looking to the side, backpack, space needle
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ai: Photo by Xe Iaso
12
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file: berlin-tv-tower
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+
prompt: A color-graded photo of the Berlin TV tower against a blue sky
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14
---
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[Xeact](https://github.com/Xe/Xeact) has succeeded in its goal of
···
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unspoken behavior of separate transitive dependencies. This has lead to them
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giving up and shipping vendored `node_modules` folders.
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Can you see why I like Rust as a distribution packager? I don't have to deal with
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any problems other than making sure the binary builds and I can slap it in the
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package. It is so _easy_ in comparison.
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Can you see why I like Rust as a distribution packager? I don't have to deal with
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any problems other than making sure the binary builds and I can slap it in the
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package. It is so _easy_ in comparison.
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</XeblogConv>
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However, I really don't want my builds to randomly start breaking at
···
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```
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/deno-dir/deps/
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`-- https
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`-- xena.greedo.xeserv.us
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`-- xena.greedo.xeserv.us
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|-- 15c8dd50d4aede83901b65e305f1eca8dd42955da363aca395949ce932023443
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|-- 15c8dd50d4aede83901b65e305f1eca8dd42955da363aca395949ce932023443.metadata.json
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|-- 6291a9332210dc73f237e710bb70d6aab7f8cd66ea82cb680ed70f83374b34a3
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lume/src/notes/2023/nix-flakes-terraform-unfree-fix.mdx
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lume/src/notes/2023/nix-flakes-terraform-unfree-fix.mdx
···
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- terraform
8
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- enshittification
9
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hero:
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ai: Furryrock
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file: coffee-birb
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prompt: A pink haired avali wearing a sweater and sweatpants drinking coffee indoors.
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ai: Photo by Xe Iaso
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file: corona
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prompt: The corona of the sun during a solar eclipse
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---
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Recently Terraform [changed licenses](https://www.theregister.com/2023/08/11/hashicorp_bsl_licence/) to the Business Source License. This is a non-free license in the eyes of Nix, so now whenever you update your project flakes, you get greeted by this lovely error:
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lume/src/notes/2023/vscode-go-ext.mdx
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-3
lume/src/notes/2023/vscode-go-ext.mdx
···
2
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title: "Why does VSCode keep uninstalling the Go extension?"
3
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date: 2023-11-15
4
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hero:
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ai: Counterfeit-XL
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-
file: galaxy-waifu
7
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prompt: A green-haired anime woman with cyberpunk style clothing drinking coffee in a cyberpunk space station
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ai: Photo by Xe iaso
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+
file: contrail
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+
prompt: An airplane contrail above the Berlin TV tower near sunset
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basename: ../vscode-go-ext
9
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---
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lume/src/notes/2024/ai-hype.mdx
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-3
lume/src/notes/2024/ai-hype.mdx
···
2
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title: "iTerm2 and AI hype overload"
3
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date: 2024-05-21
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hero:
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ai: Kohaku XL
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file: iterm-hacker-waifu
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prompt: "A green-haired green-eyes anime woman in a dark hacker nest with a laptop and a cup of coffee"
5
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ai: Photo by Xe Iaso
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+
file: airplane-side-sunset
7
+
prompt: "A photo of the sun setting, taken from an airplane"
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---
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[iTerm2](https://iterm2.com/) is the most popular terminal emulator for macOS machines. I've used it for years and it has gotten out of my way. It's great software. Recently [an update](https://iterm2.com/downloads/stable/iTerm2-3_5_0.changelog) was released that among other things includes new AI integration:
+3
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lume/src/notes/2024/introducing-chatmimi.mdx
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lume/src/notes/2024/introducing-chatmimi.mdx
···
2
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title: "Introducing ChatMimi: The Xe Iaso Cinematic Universe (XICU) Chatbot"
3
3
date: 2024-04-01
4
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hero:
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file: "../shitpost/mimi-hime"
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ai: Kohaku XL
7
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prompt: "flat colors, ligne claire, 1girl, brown hair, brown eyes, sumeria, temple, white robe, cat ears, full body, long hair, hime, masterpiece, best quality, high quality, solo, best eyes, pupils"
5
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file: "goose-migration"
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+
ai: Photo by Xe Iaso
7
+
prompt: "A flock of geese migrating south for the winter on a blue sky"
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tags:
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- aprilFools
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---
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lume/src/notes/2024/iterm2-update.mdx
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-4
lume/src/notes/2024/iterm2-update.mdx
···
3
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date: 2024-05-25
4
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desc: "You'll need to install something else to use the AI features in the future, you can put down your pitchforks now."
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hero:
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ai: "Kohaku XL"
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file: iterm2-update
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prompt: "An exhausted green-haired green-eyes anime woman in a dark hacker nest with a laptop and a cup of coffee, looking at the viewer."
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social: true
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ai: "Photo by Xe Iaso"
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file: frozen-river
8
+
prompt: "A frozen river enclosed with snow"
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---
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A fair bit has happened since [my last article about the iTerm2 AI integration fiasco](/notes/2024/ai-hype/) and I wanted to give an update on the situation. First, I want to apologize for a critical error I made that I didn't catch until after the article was published.
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-4
lume/src/notes/2024/pop-quiz-tar.mdx
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-4
lume/src/notes/2024/pop-quiz-tar.mdx
···
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date: 2024-08-19
4
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desc: "It's stupider than you think"
5
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hero:
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ai: "Flux [dev]"
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file: laptop-anger
8
-
prompt: "A green haired anime woman with green eyes and very long hair angrily typing on a laptop, headphones, seattle, space needle, black hoodie, best quality, coffee shop"
9
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social: true
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+
ai: "Photo by Xe Iaso"
7
+
file: nightbreak
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+
prompt: "A photo of the sunset taken from an airplane, it looks like night is breaking into the sky."
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---
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Pop quiz: what is wrong with this tar command?
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-3
lume/src/notes/2025/s1-simple-test-time-scaling.mdx
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-3
lume/src/notes/2025/s1-simple-test-time-scaling.mdx
···
3
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desc: "TL;DR: when the model thinks it's done thinking, tell it to think some more. Yes, really."
4
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date: 2025-02-03
5
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hero:
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ai: "Flux [pro] Ultra v1.1 via fal.ai"
7
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file: "orca-wave"
8
-
prompt: "A green-haired anime woman riding an orca through a wave while taking a selfie"
6
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ai: "Photo by Xe Iaso"
7
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file: "field-of-tulips"
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prompt: "A field of pink tulips at a very wide aperture."
9
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social: false
10
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---
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