valarauca
@valarauca1.bsky.social
page is slowly becoming less about computers — i mostly do linux package management these days — he/him/they — tenuous grasp on reality at the best of times — mov edi, edi
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valarauca
@valarauca1.bsky.social
· Feb 15
looking for a func to canonicalize paths without expanding symlinks
ask the docs if `std::path::absolute` blocks
docs doesn't understand the question|pull out illustrated diagram explaing what accessing fs means
docs laughs and says "its a good function sir"
invoke function
it blocks
ask the docs if `std::path::absolute` blocks
docs doesn't understand the question|pull out illustrated diagram explaing what accessing fs means
docs laughs and says "its a good function sir"
invoke function
it blocks
Bell Hooks would've loved DBZ
December 10, 2025 at 3:08 AM
Bell Hooks would've loved DBZ
in 1 minute 44seconds libaom-avi takes a 4.5MiB jpeg converts it into a 138KiB avif, which has PSNR over 42dB SSIM 98.1%, wtfff
December 9, 2025 at 7:49 AM
in 1 minute 44seconds libaom-avi takes a 4.5MiB jpeg converts it into a 138KiB avif, which has PSNR over 42dB SSIM 98.1%, wtfff
College: Garbage in, garbage out. Strong datatyping.
Career: Feed it all to the slop machine.
Career: Feed it all to the slop machine.
December 4, 2025 at 4:51 AM
College: Garbage in, garbage out. Strong datatyping.
Career: Feed it all to the slop machine.
Career: Feed it all to the slop machine.
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100%
if an api server crashing causes a client side 404/disconnection that is sign of a major problem within your company's infrastructure, load balancing, and fail over system
if an api server crashing causes a client side 404/disconnection that is sign of a major problem within your company's infrastructure, load balancing, and fail over system
December 3, 2025 at 4:33 AM
100%
if an api server crashing causes a client side 404/disconnection that is sign of a major problem within your company's infrastructure, load balancing, and fail over system
if an api server crashing causes a client side 404/disconnection that is sign of a major problem within your company's infrastructure, load balancing, and fail over system
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oh cool I’ve been meaning to learn anxiety
February 24, 2025 at 9:51 PM
oh cool I’ve been meaning to learn anxiety
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my stupid stupid brain had to draw this
December 1, 2025 at 6:05 AM
my stupid stupid brain had to draw this
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the Michelin man is kinda like a Greek god in the sense that he presides over tires and which restaurants are good
November 30, 2025 at 5:01 AM
the Michelin man is kinda like a Greek god in the sense that he presides over tires and which restaurants are good
i would simply never dereference
November 28, 2025 at 5:55 AM
i would simply never dereference
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Yahtzee and I have a very productive working relationship.
November 26, 2025 at 6:16 PM
Yahtzee and I have a very productive working relationship.
class consciousness is realizing vampires were a peasants way of describing the horror of their feudal overloads without directly naming them.
November 26, 2025 at 6:40 PM
class consciousness is realizing vampires were a peasants way of describing the horror of their feudal overloads without directly naming them.
did a deep dive on how they actually do AI coding benchmarks
passing LLM change -> docent.transluce.org/dashboard/6f...
actual training data -> github.com/astropy/astr...
So did it actually fix the issue lmaoo
passing LLM change -> docent.transluce.org/dashboard/6f...
actual training data -> github.com/astropy/astr...
So did it actually fix the issue lmaoo
November 26, 2025 at 6:00 AM
did a deep dive on how they actually do AI coding benchmarks
passing LLM change -> docent.transluce.org/dashboard/6f...
actual training data -> github.com/astropy/astr...
So did it actually fix the issue lmaoo
passing LLM change -> docent.transluce.org/dashboard/6f...
actual training data -> github.com/astropy/astr...
So did it actually fix the issue lmaoo
living in the bay area actually has a huge benefit I recently learned about, i can just file small claims court cases against companies.
so even if your startup doesn't have legal team, enjoy getting served asshole, give me my money back.
so even if your startup doesn't have legal team, enjoy getting served asshole, give me my money back.
November 24, 2025 at 7:15 PM
living in the bay area actually has a huge benefit I recently learned about, i can just file small claims court cases against companies.
so even if your startup doesn't have legal team, enjoy getting served asshole, give me my money back.
so even if your startup doesn't have legal team, enjoy getting served asshole, give me my money back.
look into mirror, sees evil, declares mirrors evils
November 24, 2025 at 7:05 AM
look into mirror, sees evil, declares mirrors evils
Oh boy! Another chance to litigate if enabling asserts in production is good/bad.
November 19, 2025 at 2:03 AM
Oh boy! Another chance to litigate if enabling asserts in production is good/bad.
hot take: google sres don't get enough credit
November 19, 2025 at 1:54 AM
hot take: google sres don't get enough credit
diff -5092/+182
[submit]
great, lets see what breaks
[submit]
great, lets see what breaks
November 18, 2025 at 7:06 PM
diff -5092/+182
[submit]
great, lets see what breaks
[submit]
great, lets see what breaks
love when the content delivery network doesn't deliver content
November 18, 2025 at 5:26 PM
love when the content delivery network doesn't deliver content
(tears in the rain monolog voice) I've seen things you people wouldn't believe. Porn actresses selling currated minecraft texture packs
November 18, 2025 at 3:31 AM
(tears in the rain monolog voice) I've seen things you people wouldn't believe. Porn actresses selling currated minecraft texture packs
whale talk direct.mit.edu/opmi/article...
Vowel- and Diphthong-Like Spectral Patterns in Sperm Whale Codas
Abstract. The sperm whale communication system, consisting of groups of clicks called codas, has been primarily analyzed in terms of the number of clicks and their inter-click timing. This paper repor...
direct.mit.edu
November 17, 2025 at 9:02 PM
whale talk direct.mit.edu/opmi/article...
the current generation(s) are cooked wanting faster compilers
fuck that. the company pays me hourly/weekly. less builds per unit time is to my benefit.
fuck that. the company pays me hourly/weekly. less builds per unit time is to my benefit.
November 16, 2025 at 2:13 AM
the current generation(s) are cooked wanting faster compilers
fuck that. the company pays me hourly/weekly. less builds per unit time is to my benefit.
fuck that. the company pays me hourly/weekly. less builds per unit time is to my benefit.
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I genuinely believe this is a huge part of the LLM worship; half of these people are functionally illiterate
Putting aside all the horrible shit in them: I cannot believe the global elite composes emails like fucking horses who somehow learned to crudely type. My emails read like Shakespeare compared to the lowercased, unpunctuated screeds written to the worlds biggest pedophile. Fucking write like adults!
November 12, 2025 at 6:40 PM
I genuinely believe this is a huge part of the LLM worship; half of these people are functionally illiterate
girls only want one thing and it is disgusting.
November 12, 2025 at 3:17 AM
girls only want one thing and it is disgusting.
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[sweating]
v...video??
v...video??
November 11, 2025 at 6:04 AM
[sweating]
v...video??
v...video??