samebchase @samebchase@mastodon.social

I wanted to fix some code, but that requires more thinking than I'm currently willing to do. So I'm going to play dwarf fortress instead.

I'm not slurring my speech, I'm speaking in cursive.

Automatically lock screen on OpenBSD using xidle and xlock

https://dataswamp.org/~solene/2021-07-30-openbsd-xidle-xlock.html
gemini://perso.pw/blog/articles/openbsd-xidle-xlock.gmi

#openbsd #security

@solene

For those that care, this is green Darjeeling FTGFOP1 (Finest Tippy Golden Flowery Orange Pekoe number 1). I like it hot or cool, I like it steeped less and more, so for me it's a good strategy to just dump some leaves in a cup and leave them there. The leaves contain enough flavour for a second pouring, which tends to be a tad mild in the beginning and then turn to the more bitter, longer-steeped flavour. I therefore have a mild preference for drinking the first cup a little faster.

This sign really struck me today:

Reminded me of this article I read last year about this small, restoration era village in England, whose inhabitants displayed considerably more common sense, fortitude and willingness to sacrifice for the common good than any place in modern America.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/history/2020/03/02/bubonic-plague-coronavirus-quarantine-eyam-england/

Made the long swim to secret-turtle-cave bay this afternoon and swam until dark.

Mazda MX-81 Aria concept

Basically, the reef is filled with all sorts of holes and hiding places. The eel will enter a hole in the reef and flush prey which the grouper will hopefully intercept at one of the exit points and then they share the kill. Hunting together increases the odds of a meal. One of the few other species to hunt together is man and dog.

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I recently received a letter (and a gift coupon) from my employer, congratulating for 15 years of work.

I've done a lot of things while working there, in fields like LAN/WAN networking, IP telephony, firewalls, remote access, IT security management, and in recent years, virtualization infrastructure (and network virtualization), so it's never really been boring.

Still, I keep wondering if I shouldn't try to see different environments before I'm ultimately too old, or too lazy. It's exhausting.

Please don't write code like this. You've already got the return value within the if test.

Running an #OpenBSD snapshot upgrade followed by userland package updates before heading off to the classrooms. 🐡👍🏻 #runbsd #bsd

@samebchase Here is my full config for a vm running in vmd: https://gist.github.com/qbit/8322553bc95c97a9bba01b5fb1a3cab9

It builds 2 kernel modules that specifically help with running linux in openbsd's vmm (both modules from dv@).

That doesn't specifically help you with the networking bit, but it will make running the vm less painful later on :D