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  1. Comment on What programming/technical projects have you been working on? in ~comp

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    Wow I never even thought about this. Right now I run a proxmox server with many VMs and my goal is to move to one or two VMs and orchestrate containers in those.

    Wow I never even thought about this. Right now I run a proxmox server with many VMs and my goal is to move to one or two VMs and orchestrate containers in those.

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  2. Comment on What programming/technical projects have you been working on? in ~comp

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    I read a blog post about using Podman and Systemd to manage containers on a server. I can't stop thinking about it. I am going to set this up with Debian and probably start running some smaller...

    I read a blog post about using Podman and Systemd to manage containers on a server. I can't stop thinking about it. I am going to set this up with Debian and probably start running some smaller applications in my homelab like Penpot and Stump.

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  3. Comment on ‘Marty Supreme’ becomes A24’s highest-grossing film at domestic box office with $80 million in ~movies

  4. Comment on ‘Marty Supreme’ becomes A24’s highest-grossing film at domestic box office with $80 million in ~movies

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    I also saw it in theatres and thought it was a real romp. I kept thinking to myself "man this feels so much like Uncut Gems" and got home, looked it up - Daniel Lopatin composed for both films!

    I also saw it in theatres and thought it was a real romp. I kept thinking to myself "man this feels so much like Uncut Gems" and got home, looked it up - Daniel Lopatin composed for both films!

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  5. Comment on Canada agrees to cut tariff on Chinese electric vehicles in return for lower tariffs on Canadian farm products in ~transport

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    I am sure the existing manufacturers would have problems with that - but BYD is setting up shop internationally (in Brazil, in particular I know) and honestly I would welcome that kind of...

    I am sure the existing manufacturers would have problems with that - but BYD is setting up shop internationally (in Brazil, in particular I know) and honestly I would welcome that kind of manufacturing in the country. Toyota and Honda are still big time employers here - I'm not sure what it would take to let a Chinese firm set up shop.

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  6. Comment on What creative projects have you been working on? in ~creative

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    I have three tracks I've been mulling over that I need to finish. This is on my brain a lot since I haven't pushed a track to my Bandcamp at all in 2025 and I think that's the first time since I...

    I have three tracks I've been mulling over that I need to finish. This is on my brain a lot since I haven't pushed a track to my Bandcamp at all in 2025 and I think that's the first time since I started making music I didn't release something for a whole year. Not sure what's blocking me on these tracks - something is blocking me on finishing things.

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  7. Comment on What's a culture shock that you experienced? in ~talk

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    Also from Canada - having lived in Toronto (and the Golden Horseshoe) for a number of years - I noticed this exact thing when traveling to Chicago. Despite so many similarities, those cities are...

    Also from Canada - having lived in Toronto (and the Golden Horseshoe) for a number of years - I noticed this exact thing when traveling to Chicago. Despite so many similarities, those cities are so different.

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  8. Comment on What are you reading these days? in ~books

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    I was telling my wife that there is a lot of good story to be told from the second novel that would make an awesome second season of the Netflix show.

    I was telling my wife that there is a lot of good story to be told from the second novel that would make an awesome second season of the Netflix show.

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  9. Comment on What are you reading these days? in ~books

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    The series is what made me want to read the books in the first place. I had seen the movie a few times in the past but having a long-form series to explore the actual characters got me way more...

    The series is what made me want to read the books in the first place. I had seen the movie a few times in the past but having a long-form series to explore the actual characters got me way more hooked. Loved the first novel too.

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  10. Comment on What are you reading these days? in ~books

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    I am reading through Karen Hao's Empire of AI after hearing her on a myriad of podcasts I like (especially Tech Wont Save Us). Its incredible how a book written over the years of 2021 to 2024...

    I am reading through Karen Hao's Empire of AI after hearing her on a myriad of podcasts I like (especially Tech Wont Save Us). Its incredible how a book written over the years of 2021 to 2024 still feels so relevant and important. I feel like the way a lot of people are talking about AI and especially the tech industry just echos the thread that Karen is pulling between these companies and how they work. Great read, very verbose, and slightly horrifying.

    Alongside with that, I am finally reading the third book in the Ripliad - Ripley's Game. I'm about 4 or 5 chapters in and not nearly as captivated as I was with the first two books (The Talented Mr. Ripley, and Ripley Underground). Highsmith is a good author, and I am expected this story to really take off, but so far I'm kind of just bored.

    Before all that I just finished the Andromeda: A Space Age Tale and let me tell you - that was a real snooze-fest. I got the recommendation from a Youtube comment on a Sovietwave music mix and was really excited about reading some Soviet scifi but man that book went no where. I'm glad I read it but I would not recommend it.

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  11. Comment on What are you reading these days? in ~books

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    I would love to read the books eventually - but the show is incredible. Glad to hear the books are just as good (would you say better? different?)

    I would love to read the books eventually - but the show is incredible. Glad to hear the books are just as good (would you say better? different?)

  12. Comment on Toy Story's villain is a lie in ~movies

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    This is awesome - we just recently watched this with my kid and it was the first movie he ever sat all the way through. I love this kind of analysis. While watching I was thinking about how Woody...

    This is awesome - we just recently watched this with my kid and it was the first movie he ever sat all the way through. I love this kind of analysis. While watching I was thinking about how Woody is definitely not a good guy, and this video does a great job at laying out why/how.

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  13. Comment on What programming/technical projects have you been working on? in ~comp

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    Yii3 finally launched and I've been going through the documentation and playing around with it a bit. I have been doing a lot of pet projects with a Slim/Twig/PHP-DI/Custom Domain Code set up and...

    Yii3 finally launched and I've been going through the documentation and playing around with it a bit. I have been doing a lot of pet projects with a Slim/Twig/PHP-DI/Custom Domain Code set up and I am finding that the new Yii3 patterns are very similar to what I was bootstrapping myself. As with all these frameworks, there is a lot of overhead to learn but I think I really like the concepts that the Yii team has come up with for the framework. I am going to work on a simple application that will help me organize my contract audio work - Clients, Quotes, Jobs, Invoices, etc.

    Along with that, I was recently introduced to the bhvr stack for JavaScript/TypeScript and I have been curious about doing something with that.

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  14. Comment on Sweden won its third title at the 2026 IIHF World Junior Championship – the first all-European final since 2016 in ~sports.hockey

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    I'll always be a hoser who loves Canadian dominance in junior hockey - but I ultimately believe this final was really good for the game; Even if the two countries are notable Hockey countries, my...

    I'll always be a hoser who loves Canadian dominance in junior hockey - but I ultimately believe this final was really good for the game; Even if the two countries are notable Hockey countries, my understanding is that the junior game isn't nearly as watched as it is over here.

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  15. Comment on What have you been listening to this week? in ~music

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    My buddy got me on Westside Gunn and Griselda. There is some fantastic beat production, great rhymes and hilarious ad libs. The wrestling references are also fantastic. Just a fun listen. Also...

    My buddy got me on Westside Gunn and Griselda. There is some fantastic beat production, great rhymes and hilarious ad libs. The wrestling references are also fantastic. Just a fun listen.

    Also have been keeping Action Bronson on rotation as well.

  16. Comment on I am kinda curious about the demographics of Tildes in ~talk

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    I'm also a Canadian dude in his 30s who works in software development (though its light-manufacturing, not really application or "product" development). I'm also a dad.

    I'm also a Canadian dude in his 30s who works in software development (though its light-manufacturing, not really application or "product" development). I'm also a dad.

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  17. Comment on Oscars shock: YouTube wins TV rights to host Academy Awards from 2029 in ~movies

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    I am curious how your experience with live Netflix events has been to warrant that dig at them? I have watched a lot of WWE events this year on Netflix without any issues in the broadcast....

    I am curious how your experience with live Netflix events has been to warrant that dig at them? I have watched a lot of WWE events this year on Netflix without any issues in the broadcast. Granted, that's the only live thing I have watched on their services.

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  18. Comment on What programming/technical projects have you been working on? in ~comp

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    Not a particular project but I'm going to do a little bit of inter-business consulting. My company has sister companies that also do e-commerce and one of the businesses seems to be struggling...

    Not a particular project but I'm going to do a little bit of inter-business consulting. My company has sister companies that also do e-commerce and one of the businesses seems to be struggling with their backend so I'm looking over a Rails and React app (both things I have little experience with) to figure out where we can make some improvements.

    For myself, I am thinking of working on a small program that lets me manage clients, jobs, and generate invoices for some of the freelance audio work that I do. I have following Gleam a lot and I think this is a great tool for building the application.

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  19. Comment on Bun is joining Anthropic in ~tech

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    I am very skeptical on the direction of Bun now that Anthropic will be at the helm. From the press releases, yes, it looks like Jared and team are still going to work on Bun and push it forward....

    I am very skeptical on the direction of Bun now that Anthropic will be at the helm. From the press releases, yes, it looks like Jared and team are still going to work on Bun and push it forward. However, being owned by a company that needs to turn a profit will mean compromises to the product to push that agenda. Its inevitable. Its always been the big question with Bun - how are they going to make money to maintain our project? - and it looks like Anthropic said "we need your engineering capacity so we'll solve that money problem for you."

    We have started going in on Bun at work and the developers love it. There is a lot of plus side to the developer Experience moving to Bun from Node.js + TSC. I would have been just as fine with the team moving to Deno but they chose Bun (and who am I to get in the way of what developers want?). So I'll be keeping an eye on the changes and releases a little closer now.

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  20. Comment on Conway's Game of Life, but musical in ~creative

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    My first encounter of Conway's Game of life was actually a homebrew sequencer for the NDS called glitchDS. The more I learned about the algorithm the more it became apparent that this is indeed a...

    My first encounter of Conway's Game of life was actually a homebrew sequencer for the NDS called glitchDS. The more I learned about the algorithm the more it became apparent that this is indeed a novel way to sequence music.

    This is awesome.

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