Bill Nottingham
@notting.bsky.social
Doing product @ Sonar. Formerly Tidelift, Ansible, Red Hat. Not usually posting about that sort of thing, though. Blog (mostly NC Courage at this point): https://splat.cc/
Also @[email protected]. He/him
Also @[email protected]. He/him
I'm not sure there's a better example of how staying on X pickles your brain than the state of Wayland discourse.
November 26, 2025 at 6:01 PM
I'm not sure there's a better example of how staying on X pickles your brain than the state of Wayland discourse.
One of these years the Canes will finally do the right thing and schedule Whalers Night against Vancouver.
wrote about the kind of cinema that can only be appreciated in a friend's basement. that's right, I wrote about MALLRATS!
www.theringer.com/2025/11/24/m...
www.theringer.com/2025/11/24/m...
“The Little Movie That Couldn’t”: ‘Mallrats’ Turns 30
In the fall of 1995, Kevin Smith’s second film was a box office humiliation. Now, it’s become an embarrassment of riches. We chat with Smith about the movie and how it forever altered his career.
www.theringer.com
November 25, 2025 at 12:59 AM
One of these years the Canes will finally do the right thing and schedule Whalers Night against Vancouver.
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This PR is like the perfect distillation of LLM-assisted hubris. Dev who has never written a compiler or even studied the DWARF spec vibe codes out 13k LOC of "support" in OCaml with a bunch of shallow test cases, and doesn't think he needs to understand his own PR because "Claude understands it!"
One of the many joys of using AI for programming is the creation of huge PRs on complex topics that the authors barely understand, but still suggest "because they work". Here's a great example from #OCaml github.com/ocaml/ocaml/...
Kudos to OCaml's maintainers for handling this so gracefully.
Kudos to OCaml's maintainers for handling this so gracefully.
DWARF support for macOS and Linux by joelreymont · Pull Request #14369 · ocaml/ocaml
DWARF v5 Debugging Support for OCaml Native Compiler
This PR adds DWARF v5 debug information to the OCaml native compiler, allowing proper source-level debugging in GDB and LLDB.
What's Impleme...
github.com
November 24, 2025 at 8:46 PM
This PR is like the perfect distillation of LLM-assisted hubris. Dev who has never written a compiler or even studied the DWARF spec vibe codes out 13k LOC of "support" in OCaml with a bunch of shallow test cases, and doesn't think he needs to understand his own PR because "Claude understands it!"
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cryptography is a mathematical system for transforming problems which aren't key-management problems into key-management problems
November 22, 2025 at 2:15 AM
cryptography is a mathematical system for transforming problems which aren't key-management problems into key-management problems
Reposted by Bill Nottingham
Reposted by Bill Nottingham
this week's newsletter is titled "aren't you tired of feeling insane all the time?" and I think it speaks for itself
it is also free to read
youngvulgarian.substack.com/p/arent-you-...
it is also free to read
youngvulgarian.substack.com/p/arent-you-...
November 21, 2025 at 10:18 AM
this week's newsletter is titled "aren't you tired of feeling insane all the time?" and I think it speaks for itself
it is also free to read
youngvulgarian.substack.com/p/arent-you-...
it is also free to read
youngvulgarian.substack.com/p/arent-you-...
Microsoft making the IMPORTANT announcements at Ignite this week.
opensource.microsoft.com/blog/2025/11...
opensource.microsoft.com/blog/2025/11...
Preserving code that shaped generations: Zork I, II, and III go Open Source
Microsoft’s Open Source Programs Office (OSPO), Team Xbox, and Activision are making Zork I, Zork II, and Zork III available under the MIT License.
opensource.microsoft.com
November 20, 2025 at 8:06 PM
Microsoft making the IMPORTANT announcements at Ignite this week.
opensource.microsoft.com/blog/2025/11...
opensource.microsoft.com/blog/2025/11...
I feel bad for our league but this is tremendous content.
DC Power of the Gainbridge Super League have extended an offer for free agent Trinity Rodman that the NWSL can't currently match due to the salary cap.
Jessica Berman: "We want Trinity in the NWSL and we will fight for her."
w/ @tombogert.bsky.social
www.nytimes.com/athletic/682...
Jessica Berman: "We want Trinity in the NWSL and we will fight for her."
w/ @tombogert.bsky.social
www.nytimes.com/athletic/682...
Trinity Rodman receives contract from Super League team larger than what NWSL can match: Sources
Berman said she the league wants Rodman in the NWSL and that it will 'fight' for her.
www.nytimes.com
November 20, 2025 at 8:04 PM
I feel bad for our league but this is tremendous content.
Don't worry, Jessica Berman is ready with life lessons learned that will help. After all, Scalia joined in RBG's goals, right?
(from @tamerra-griffin.bsky.social's excellent profile at the Athletic)
www.nytimes.com/athletic/682...
(from @tamerra-griffin.bsky.social's excellent profile at the Athletic)
www.nytimes.com/athletic/682...
November 20, 2025 at 6:53 PM
Don't worry, Jessica Berman is ready with life lessons learned that will help. After all, Scalia joined in RBG's goals, right?
(from @tamerra-griffin.bsky.social's excellent profile at the Athletic)
www.nytimes.com/athletic/682...
(from @tamerra-griffin.bsky.social's excellent profile at the Athletic)
www.nytimes.com/athletic/682...
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Great list by @838carlisle.bsky.social of players to watch in the tournament (and I’m about to head out to see Dudley and Hudson in person). Also love the Vailana Tu’ua praise, she has been maybe my favorite freshman to watch this season.
11 goal fiends in college woso that you need to know
if you like watching the ball go into the net then these are the people you need to follow
btvc.beehiiv.com
November 20, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Great list by @838carlisle.bsky.social of players to watch in the tournament (and I’m about to head out to see Dudley and Hudson in person). Also love the Vailana Tu’ua praise, she has been maybe my favorite freshman to watch this season.
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if she actually gave a shit about protecting women in sports she would’ve been loudly speaking about her own coaches but that’s not what it’s about.
An incident in a locker room has always been key to Riley Gaines’ anti-trans fame.
But @msjpauly.bsky.social spoke to swimmers who were present at the same 2022 meet. They shared a very different narrative.
But @msjpauly.bsky.social spoke to swimmers who were present at the same 2022 meet. They shared a very different narrative.
How right-wing superstar Riley Gaines built an anti-trans empire
The swimmer tied a trans woman for fifth. The MAGA industrial complex took care of the rest.
www.motherjones.com
November 20, 2025 at 2:35 PM
if she actually gave a shit about protecting women in sports she would’ve been loudly speaking about her own coaches but that’s not what it’s about.
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Thanks to a $5 million settlement with the NY, DC and IL OAG, the NWSL is required to report their investigations.
The semi-annual report and its exhibits give us a teensy bit of transparency into the NWSL’s process.
With @dianamoskovitz.bsky.social for Defector!
defector.com/nwsl-43-comp...
The semi-annual report and its exhibits give us a teensy bit of transparency into the NWSL’s process.
With @dianamoskovitz.bsky.social for Defector!
defector.com/nwsl-43-comp...
The NWSL Received 43 Complaints In 2024, And Five In The First Half Of This Year, Public Records Show | Defector
When the National Women’s Soccer League settled with three separate attorneys general earlier this year—following investigations by all three into the league’s years of failure to prevent or adequatel...
defector.com
November 20, 2025 at 2:21 PM
Thanks to a $5 million settlement with the NY, DC and IL OAG, the NWSL is required to report their investigations.
The semi-annual report and its exhibits give us a teensy bit of transparency into the NWSL’s process.
With @dianamoskovitz.bsky.social for Defector!
defector.com/nwsl-43-comp...
The semi-annual report and its exhibits give us a teensy bit of transparency into the NWSL’s process.
With @dianamoskovitz.bsky.social for Defector!
defector.com/nwsl-43-comp...
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In and around 2023, Roy and Rianne Schestowitz were subject to a horrific campaign of online abuse. Unfortunately they blamed me for it, and in turn wrote and published an astonishing array of articles making false accusations against me. Last year, I sued them in the high court in London.
November 20, 2025 at 12:08 PM
In and around 2023, Roy and Rianne Schestowitz were subject to a horrific campaign of online abuse. Unfortunately they blamed me for it, and in turn wrote and published an astonishing array of articles making false accusations against me. Last year, I sued them in the high court in London.
- contains GNOMEs
- a number are daemons
- some passed-down practices say to go to great length to avoid them
- if you summon one by name you can use it
- a number are daemons
- some passed-down practices say to go to great length to avoid them
- if you summon one by name you can use it
are the fae
open source
open source
Turning into my father one "the problem is no one reads enough books these days" grumble at a time
November 20, 2025 at 4:46 AM
- contains GNOMEs
- a number are daemons
- some passed-down practices say to go to great length to avoid them
- if you summon one by name you can use it
- a number are daemons
- some passed-down practices say to go to great length to avoid them
- if you summon one by name you can use it
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Maestro. Magician. Manaka Matsukubo. 🪄
Your 2025 Midfielder of the Year.
Your 2025 Midfielder of the Year.
November 19, 2025 at 11:11 PM
Maestro. Magician. Manaka Matsukubo. 🪄
Your 2025 Midfielder of the Year.
Your 2025 Midfielder of the Year.
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Fish have committed credit card fraud
November 19, 2025 at 9:49 PM
Fish have committed credit card fraud
You can just call anything "security" nowadays.
November 19, 2025 at 8:33 PM
You can just call anything "security" nowadays.
A 0-0 draw sends Mak Lind's BK Häcken to the Europa Cup quarters.
Häcken's season is now done until February, in case you were wondering when something may or may not happen.
Häcken's season is now done until February, in case you were wondering when something may or may not happen.
In case any local North Carolina NWSL fans find themselves wanting to check out Inter vs BK Häcken for some reason...
www.inter.it/it/inter-tv/...
www.inter.it/it/inter-tv/...
Women's Europa Cup | Inter vs Häcken LIVE | Inter.it
Dal KONAMI Football Centre, la diretta di Inter-BK Häcken FF: le nerazzurre ospitano la formazione svedese nel ritorno degli ottavi di finale della UEFA Women’s Europa Cup
www.inter.it
November 19, 2025 at 7:35 PM
A 0-0 draw sends Mak Lind's BK Häcken to the Europa Cup quarters.
Häcken's season is now done until February, in case you were wondering when something may or may not happen.
Häcken's season is now done until February, in case you were wondering when something may or may not happen.
In case any local North Carolina NWSL fans find themselves wanting to check out Inter vs BK Häcken for some reason...
www.inter.it/it/inter-tv/...
www.inter.it/it/inter-tv/...
Women's Europa Cup | Inter vs Häcken LIVE | Inter.it
Dal KONAMI Football Centre, la diretta di Inter-BK Häcken FF: le nerazzurre ospitano la formazione svedese nel ritorno degli ottavi di finale della UEFA Women’s Europa Cup
www.inter.it
November 19, 2025 at 5:44 PM
In case any local North Carolina NWSL fans find themselves wanting to check out Inter vs BK Häcken for some reason...
www.inter.it/it/inter-tv/...
www.inter.it/it/inter-tv/...
disappointed that this wasn't named "Semper UBI Sub UBI"
Red Hat Introduces Project Hummingbird to Accelerate Cloud-Native Development and “Zero-CVE” Strategies
https://www.redhat.com/en/about/press-releases/red-hat-introduces-project-hummingbird-zero-cve-strategies
#redhat #opensource #linux #infosec #cve #zerocve #security
https://www.redhat.com/en/about/press-releases/red-hat-introduces-project-hummingbird-zero-cve-strategies
#redhat #opensource #linux #infosec #cve #zerocve #security
Red Hat Introduces Project Hummingbird for “Zero-CVE” Strategies
Project Hummingbird is an early access program for Red Hat subscription customers, providing a catalog of minimal, hardened container images.
www.redhat.com
November 19, 2025 at 5:30 PM
disappointed that this wasn't named "Semper UBI Sub UBI"
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"We’re sinking into a quicksand of tiny, dumb administrative tasks. It is the most tedious quicksand imaginable. Tasks once accomplished with a quick phone call now require logging into a new website, which requires remembering yet another password." -- great piece
People are holding administrative burden parties to collectively take on tasks
www.wsj.com/lifestyle/re...
www.wsj.com/lifestyle/re...
Essay | How to Turn the Bureaucratic Grind of Life Into a Party
We all feel it: the growing stream of administrative tasks sapping our time, spirits and social lives. Admin Night represents a tiny, nerdy resistance.
www.wsj.com
November 19, 2025 at 4:11 PM
"We’re sinking into a quicksand of tiny, dumb administrative tasks. It is the most tedious quicksand imaginable. Tasks once accomplished with a quick phone call now require logging into a new website, which requires remembering yet another password." -- great piece
congrats and/or condolences
Screw it, I’m installing Linux
Screw it, I’m installing Linux
It’s the year of Linux on my desktop.
buff.ly
November 19, 2025 at 3:32 PM
congrats and/or condolences
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“The son of the recently fired USMNT manager is one of the more important players on the team even after his dad’s contentious firing”
November 19, 2025 at 12:41 AM
“The son of the recently fired USMNT manager is one of the more important players on the team even after his dad’s contentious firing”