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Post-Irony

Just before starting my timer to sprint out this entry, I sat for a moment to try and think of some kind of game plan for how I wanted to structure this entry. After about maybe fifteen seconds of ...

TIL: how to check why a Nix package is in the Nix Store

Ever wondered why a package ended up in your Nix store? Here's how nix why-depends can help you find out.

Examples for the tcpdump and dig man pages

Hello! My big takeaway from last month’s musings about man pages was that examples in man pages are really great, so I worked on adding (or improving) examples to two of my favourite tools’ man pag...

Russia Expects Iran to Endure U.S.–Israeli Strikes

Pavel K. Baev

New Laptop

It is hard to believe that I’ve been at AWS almost four years, but it turns out that is about the amount of time one needs to qualify for a laptop replacement. When I joined I could choose a 14-inc...

"See MAGA, Shoot MAGA" in TikTok Video Was Criminally Punishable Threat

From U.S. v. Segari, decided today by Judge Kathryn Mizelle (M.D. Fla.): In August 2025, Desiree Doreen Segari posted TikTok… The post "See MAGA, Shoot MAGA" in TikTok Video Was Criminally Punishab...

Meteorit in Koblenz

In Koblenz hat ein Meteorit ein Loch in ein Hausdach geschlagen.

Daily News Stuff 9 March 2026

Petabyte Pie Edition Top Story Two court cases have ruled that AIs aren't people. (Yahoo) And they're not lawyers either, though lawyers also aren't people. Mostly. Will the Anthropic's Pentagon co...

Pikachu and Eevee become handmade Lladró porcelain sculptures to celebrate Pokémon’s 30th birthday

Pokémon franchise celebrates its 30th anniversary with a partnership with the Spanish luxury ceramics craftsmen. When looking for a Pokémon to grace your home, the usual choice is between a cuddly ...

A Lost Page of an Archimedes Manuscript Is Found, with an Enigmatic Image Added Over the Ancient Text

The history of science and classical philology experienced this March 2026 a chapter worthy of an academic intrigue novel, although in this case the setting was not a remote archive in Istanbul nor...

Like a Mouse in a Wallet

Yesterday's post introduced the phrase more muris in pera, "like a mouse in a wallet." It was said by William of Tyre about Andronikos Comnenos, a cousin of the Byzantine Emperor who came to the Ki...

So Much of Whatever-the-fuck Has Happened So Far

07th March 2026, 3:33 PM-5:16 PMI have been pushing and dragging and coercing and compelling myself to write this. Write here. Come here and write. Open the incognito and log in to my alter self an...

MacBook Neo: The Starting Point of Apple's Return to Campus - Fatbobman's Swift Weekly #126

Last week, Apple launched several new hardware products. Unlike previous launch events, this release was unusually low-key. Initially, I was only interested in the newly announced monitor, but afte...

Disabling Some Truly Bad Parenting

Read Disabling Some Truly Bad Parenting Kid #1: "Mom, why does that man only have one foot?" Mom #1: "I don't know. We can ask him if you want." Mom #2: "No, don't do that. I know why he's without ...

Cracking The Vaultek LifePod 1.0 (VLP10-BK) Safe

Summary I have a Vaultek LifePod 1.0 (VLP10-BK) safe I bought a few years ago to store valuables or keep firearms away from children. Not to mention keep away from those who may attempt to steal th...

MidnightBSD Bans Users in Brazil and California, Warns More Regions Could Follow

Colorado, Illinois, and New York could join the list if their proposed age verification bills pass.

Morning Docket: 03.09.26

* After about-face on withdrawing lawsuits against law firms, Justice Department uncorks almost 100 pages of vitriol against federal judges for ruling against the administration generally. [NY Time...

IRC Log: rm -rf /var/opt/gitlab/postgresql/data

2026W10

Nobody Gets Promoted for Simplicity — The Engineer A vs Engineer B comparison is painfully recognizable. A ships a 50-line solution in days, B builds an event-driven architecture over three weeks, ...

Programmers will document for Claude, but not for each other

A couple of days ago I recounted a common complaint: I keep seeing programmers say how angry it makes them that people are willing to write detailed CLAUDE.md and PROJECT.md files for Claude to use...