Aiden Fox Ivey
@aidenfoxivey.com
Compiler Engineer Intern at Shopify.
Opinions are purely reflective of my own beliefs and not those of any employer or other affiliation.
aidenfoxivey.com
Opinions are purely reflective of my own beliefs and not those of any employer or other affiliation.
aidenfoxivey.com
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A university is so much more than its bricks and mortar facilities. It is also an eduroam network with intermittent access
December 15, 2025 at 11:04 PM
A university is so much more than its bricks and mortar facilities. It is also an eduroam network with intermittent access
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when I open my text editor and they've added another new panel to tell me to use their AI agent
December 5, 2025 at 7:47 PM
when I open my text editor and they've added another new panel to tell me to use their AI agent
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happy krampusnacht!
December 6, 2025 at 3:05 AM
happy krampusnacht!
Had a usb dock for my drives falling asleep: man7.org/linux/man-pa... turns out to be the right choice to fix this.
hdparm(8) - Linux manual page
man7.org
November 30, 2025 at 9:23 PM
Had a usb dock for my drives falling asleep: man7.org/linux/man-pa... turns out to be the right choice to fix this.
> Unlike Debian, Raspberry Pi OS is under continual development. As a result, package dependencies sometimes change, so you should always use full-upgrade instead of the standard upgrade.
What?? I had no idea.
What?? I had no idea.
November 29, 2025 at 8:45 PM
> Unlike Debian, Raspberry Pi OS is under continual development. As a result, package dependencies sometimes change, so you should always use full-upgrade instead of the standard upgrade.
What?? I had no idea.
What?? I had no idea.
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According to my overflowing inbox, there is something called "Black Friday", perhaps a herald for those traditions from time immemorial, "Cyber Monday" and "Taco Tuesday".
November 28, 2025 at 10:12 PM
According to my overflowing inbox, there is something called "Black Friday", perhaps a herald for those traditions from time immemorial, "Cyber Monday" and "Taco Tuesday".
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"please install updates"
no. my computer is already perfect.
no. my computer is already perfect.
April 16, 2024 at 11:35 AM
"please install updates"
no. my computer is already perfect.
no. my computer is already perfect.
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how big is your garden, bro? how many seats at your table?
January 17, 2025 at 1:43 AM
how big is your garden, bro? how many seats at your table?
wow, GNU stow is way easier to use than i thought it would be
November 15, 2025 at 4:28 AM
wow, GNU stow is way easier to use than i thought it would be
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DESPITE ALL MY RAGE
LET'S CIRCLE BACK
AND GET ON THE SAME PAGE
DESPITE ALL MY RAGE THERE ARE STILL SEVERAL METRICS TO GAUGE
SOMEONE WILL SAY
TURN THIS IN
BY THE END OF THE DAY
DESPITE ALL MY RAGE
YOU DON'T NEED MY SIGN-OFF
AT THIS STAGE
LET'S CIRCLE BACK
AND GET ON THE SAME PAGE
DESPITE ALL MY RAGE THERE ARE STILL SEVERAL METRICS TO GAUGE
SOMEONE WILL SAY
TURN THIS IN
BY THE END OF THE DAY
DESPITE ALL MY RAGE
YOU DON'T NEED MY SIGN-OFF
AT THIS STAGE
November 11, 2025 at 9:02 PM
DESPITE ALL MY RAGE
LET'S CIRCLE BACK
AND GET ON THE SAME PAGE
DESPITE ALL MY RAGE THERE ARE STILL SEVERAL METRICS TO GAUGE
SOMEONE WILL SAY
TURN THIS IN
BY THE END OF THE DAY
DESPITE ALL MY RAGE
YOU DON'T NEED MY SIGN-OFF
AT THIS STAGE
LET'S CIRCLE BACK
AND GET ON THE SAME PAGE
DESPITE ALL MY RAGE THERE ARE STILL SEVERAL METRICS TO GAUGE
SOMEONE WILL SAY
TURN THIS IN
BY THE END OF THE DAY
DESPITE ALL MY RAGE
YOU DON'T NEED MY SIGN-OFF
AT THIS STAGE
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I mean, the vast majority of people that receive gender affirming care (both hormonal as well as surgical procedures) are cis people.
October 20, 2025 at 3:49 AM
I mean, the vast majority of people that receive gender affirming care (both hormonal as well as surgical procedures) are cis people.
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Interpreter alignment chart
October 15, 2025 at 7:56 PM
Interpreter alignment chart
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you could just ask anyone if they have heard any good rumours recently, go oblivion mode on all your interactions
October 15, 2025 at 2:32 PM
you could just ask anyone if they have heard any good rumours recently, go oblivion mode on all your interactions
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Front page of Scottish newspaper The National today.
October 13, 2025 at 12:32 PM
Front page of Scottish newspaper The National today.
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don't remind people of better albums during your bad album.
*having a billion dollars makes you stupid* music edition
*having a billion dollars makes you stupid* music edition
October 4, 2025 at 12:08 AM
don't remind people of better albums during your bad album.
*having a billion dollars makes you stupid* music edition
*having a billion dollars makes you stupid* music edition
silly facts learned about python this morning
1. heapq methods don't seem to actually be methods - I have no idea exactly why
2. you can frivolously just heappush tuples with random stuff in them and it _just works_?
3. math.hypot does euclidean distance
1. heapq methods don't seem to actually be methods - I have no idea exactly why
2. you can frivolously just heappush tuples with random stuff in them and it _just works_?
3. math.hypot does euclidean distance
September 27, 2025 at 2:43 PM
silly facts learned about python this morning
1. heapq methods don't seem to actually be methods - I have no idea exactly why
2. you can frivolously just heappush tuples with random stuff in them and it _just works_?
3. math.hypot does euclidean distance
1. heapq methods don't seem to actually be methods - I have no idea exactly why
2. you can frivolously just heappush tuples with random stuff in them and it _just works_?
3. math.hypot does euclidean distance
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there's a big problem with the culture here on bluesky, and it's that not nearly enough people are posting about the 10 year anniversary of Carly Rae Jepsen's groundbreaking and timeless album EMOTION being this year and how awesome that is
September 23, 2025 at 6:07 PM
there's a big problem with the culture here on bluesky, and it's that not nearly enough people are posting about the 10 year anniversary of Carly Rae Jepsen's groundbreaking and timeless album EMOTION being this year and how awesome that is
I have acquired a sleepy dog.
September 20, 2025 at 4:55 PM
I have acquired a sleepy dog.
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OMFG HOW COULD I FORGET THAT I WENT TO A PHYSICAL RASPBERRY PI STORE TODAY
September 19, 2025 at 9:17 PM
OMFG HOW COULD I FORGET THAT I WENT TO A PHYSICAL RASPBERRY PI STORE TODAY
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added a cheat sheet to the official Git website
(with a lot of help from other folks who work on the website)
git-scm.com/cheat-sheet
(with a lot of help from other folks who work on the website)
git-scm.com/cheat-sheet
Git Cheat Sheet
git-scm.com
September 16, 2025 at 6:28 PM
added a cheat sheet to the official Git website
(with a lot of help from other folks who work on the website)
git-scm.com/cheat-sheet
(with a lot of help from other folks who work on the website)
git-scm.com/cheat-sheet
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Feeling depressed and anxious about the state of the world? Try working on a 375 year-old math problem from the Platonic realm, which should be completely psychologically safe . . .
youtu.be/QH4MviUE0_s
youtu.be/QH4MviUE0_s
Rupert's Snub Cube and other Math Holes
YouTube video by suckerpinch
youtu.be
September 16, 2025 at 2:23 PM
Feeling depressed and anxious about the state of the world? Try working on a 375 year-old math problem from the Platonic realm, which should be completely psychologically safe . . .
youtu.be/QH4MviUE0_s
youtu.be/QH4MviUE0_s
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in coffee bean culture, there is no higher honour than to be ground into dust. they've been waiting for this moment their whole lives. valhalla awaits.
September 7, 2025 at 1:44 PM
in coffee bean culture, there is no higher honour than to be ground into dust. they've been waiting for this moment their whole lives. valhalla awaits.
i finally figured out why safari doesn’t do bold properly - it’s been font-synthesis this whole time!
remaining question - why does safari need to do any of that when i have a variable font ready for it
remaining question - why does safari need to do any of that when i have a variable font ready for it
August 30, 2025 at 2:35 PM
i finally figured out why safari doesn’t do bold properly - it’s been font-synthesis this whole time!
remaining question - why does safari need to do any of that when i have a variable font ready for it
remaining question - why does safari need to do any of that when i have a variable font ready for it
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On behalf of Piotr
It is with great sadness that I inform of the passing of Piotr on July 29th, after his long fight with cancer. He was a great man, great engineer, a wonderful husband, father, brother and son. A dedicated Ruby community member. He will be sincerely missed
Piotr's wife, Monika
It is with great sadness that I inform of the passing of Piotr on July 29th, after his long fight with cancer. He was a great man, great engineer, a wonderful husband, father, brother and son. A dedicated Ruby community member. He will be sincerely missed
Piotr's wife, Monika
August 29, 2025 at 5:30 PM
On behalf of Piotr
It is with great sadness that I inform of the passing of Piotr on July 29th, after his long fight with cancer. He was a great man, great engineer, a wonderful husband, father, brother and son. A dedicated Ruby community member. He will be sincerely missed
Piotr's wife, Monika
It is with great sadness that I inform of the passing of Piotr on July 29th, after his long fight with cancer. He was a great man, great engineer, a wonderful husband, father, brother and son. A dedicated Ruby community member. He will be sincerely missed
Piotr's wife, Monika
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the thing about Claude Code is that i'm not sure if its effectiveness is more of a testament to the power of LLMs or to the power of the Unix environment
August 22, 2025 at 12:48 AM
the thing about Claude Code is that i'm not sure if its effectiveness is more of a testament to the power of LLMs or to the power of the Unix environment