Daniel Moch @djmoch@mastodon.danielmoch.com

Astronomers make history in a split second with localization of fast radio burst https://news.ucsc.edu/2019/06/fast-radio-burst.html

LISP is like if the person responsible for the RPN calculator went on to write a programming language. The thing is, that’s kind of a compliment.

Mozilla promotes privacy technology, gets called ‘Internet Villain’ by British ISP’s https://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/2019/07/08/isps-call-mozilla-internet-villain-for-promoting-dns-privacy/

Again, this is a serious question. Help me out!

Note to self: In addition to explicit rules, Nginx might also give a 403 error because it doesn’t have permission to access the requested file

I’m a software engineer by trade, but did my undergrad in electrical engineering. I’ve never had to learn LISP before. I think it’s time to change that.

Seriously question—and I feel a bit naive for having to ask—but is there any advantage to Guix versus any other distribution’s package manager? The literature all makes it sound revolutionary, *but it’s a package manager.*

Is it the commitment to packaging only free software? Because that’s great, but it’s not unique either.

Signed,
Oblivious in Orlando

Looks like we’re settling into the standard weather pattern for summertime in Orlando. About 90 degrees. About 50% chance of rain, usually in the form of an afternoon thunderstorm.

I’m grateful to my brother-in-law for introducing me to grilled bacon. I’ll tell my grandchildren about this day.

Mobile experience needs improving ...

Full disclosure, the new sidebar is pretty much cribbed from @sir, but it works a lot better than what I had before. I’ll “make it my own” over time.

Just redesigned my personal website, dumped the landing page in favor of a more traditional blog format, and toned down the colors. What do you think? https://danielmoch.com

Looks like I should give Blackadder a watch https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2019/07/rumor-has-it-theres-a-cunning-plan-to-bring-back-blackadder-for-fifth-season/

Cloudflare: the silent Google

Secure boot probably wasn’t strictly necessary, but I got it working and I’m glad I did

http://www.rodsbooks.com/efi-bootloaders/secureboot.html