Ben Hutchison
@aldaviva.com
Millennial. Threat actor. Silicon Valley techbro with heart of gold. Top 8% Stack Overflow. Posts cause CA Prop 65 birth defects.
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https://social.vivaldi.net/@aldaviva
https://github.com/Aldaviva
https://flickr.com/photos/benhutchison/
It must be great to be you. You get to read my posts. I only come up with them.
January 2, 2026 at 10:31 AM
It must be great to be you. You get to read my posts. I only come up with them.
I'm still writing 2024 on all my jokes about writing years on checks.
January 1, 2026 at 6:49 AM
I'm still writing 2024 on all my jokes about writing years on checks.
3, 2, 1, Happy New Year's Eve
December 31, 2025 at 9:02 AM
3, 2, 1, Happy New Year's Eve
When I was little I really loved Star Wars, but thought Star Trek was dumb and boring. Now that I'm older and wiser and the series have each evolved, I know that they're both bad.
December 31, 2025 at 4:25 AM
When I was little I really loved Star Wars, but thought Star Trek was dumb and boring. Now that I'm older and wiser and the series have each evolved, I know that they're both bad.
Apparently if you're getting net::ERR_FAILED for HTTP requests in some clients, this can be caused by your known good OCSP stapling configuration in Apache httpd which you've successfully used for years. But last time I tried to figure this out, turning off stapling mysteriously didn't fix it.
December 31, 2025 at 4:14 AM
Apparently if you're getting net::ERR_FAILED for HTTP requests in some clients, this can be caused by your known good OCSP stapling configuration in Apache httpd which you've successfully used for years. But last time I tried to figure this out, turning off stapling mysteriously didn't fix it.
How do I know I'm not you? I've never seen myself in the same room at the same time with you.
December 30, 2025 at 8:16 AM
How do I know I'm not you? I've never seen myself in the same room at the same time with you.
After about 4 months, GitHub finally fixed their referrer tracking, which I assume they broke because of their ridiculous Azure migration. Unfortunately, the referrer URL paths have gone from mostly unavailable to totally unavailable.
December 30, 2025 at 7:07 AM
After about 4 months, GitHub finally fixed their referrer tracking, which I assume they broke because of their ridiculous Azure migration. Unfortunately, the referrer URL paths have gone from mostly unavailable to totally unavailable.
I'm planning a RAM heist, and I could use someone with your skills.
December 30, 2025 at 6:52 AM
I'm planning a RAM heist, and I could use someone with your skills.
One inch, or its equivalent for the metric users out there, one centimeter.
December 30, 2025 at 3:20 AM
One inch, or its equivalent for the metric users out there, one centimeter.
I'm gonna win. I'm gonna be the fastest rat.
December 29, 2025 at 6:51 AM
I'm gonna win. I'm gonna be the fastest rat.
Maude is short for maudification. Like "Garry's Maude."
December 28, 2025 at 8:01 AM
Maude is short for maudification. Like "Garry's Maude."
When speaking to people you know in real life, consider addressing them not by their names but with titles, like an RPG NPC who can't voice act a player-supplied character name. For example: Wanderer, Seeker, Traveler, Hunter, Champion, Captain, or Commander.
December 27, 2025 at 9:04 AM
When speaking to people you know in real life, consider addressing them not by their names but with titles, like an RPG NPC who can't voice act a player-supplied character name. For example: Wanderer, Seeker, Traveler, Hunter, Champion, Captain, or Commander.
I seem to have replaced an ISP's shitty router with a great off-the-shelf alternative even though the ISP said it was impossible. Static IP address, incoming connections, hairpinning, and IPv6 all work. The shitty modem doesn't have IP Passthrough, but MAC address cloning avoided double NAT instead.
December 27, 2025 at 12:59 AM
I seem to have replaced an ISP's shitty router with a great off-the-shelf alternative even though the ISP said it was impossible. Static IP address, incoming connections, hairpinning, and IPv6 all work. The shitty modem doesn't have IP Passthrough, but MAC address cloning avoided double NAT instead.
Happy New Year's Eve Eve Eve Eve Eve Eve.
December 26, 2025 at 5:45 AM
Happy New Year's Eve Eve Eve Eve Eve Eve.
Merry Boxing Day Eve.
December 25, 2025 at 7:14 AM
Merry Boxing Day Eve.
The phenomenon of waiting for a repeating timer to next elapse, such as "global cycles" in speedruns, is often described using the bus analogy. However, that's inaccurate because it belies a poor understanding of when busses actually arrive. An accurate analogy is a carousel aka merry-go-round.
December 24, 2025 at 8:42 PM
The phenomenon of waiting for a repeating timer to next elapse, such as "global cycles" in speedruns, is often described using the bus analogy. However, that's inaccurate because it belies a poor understanding of when busses actually arrive. An accurate analogy is a carousel aka merry-go-round.
Reposted by Ben Hutchison
I hate this future where everyone's afraid to think or know anything
December 18, 2025 at 11:51 PM
I hate this future where everyone's afraid to think or know anything
Here I was, innocently reading about video games, when The Verge gut punches me with "opportune opportunity." Christmas is ruined. www.theverge.com/gadgets/8462...
December 18, 2025 at 11:15 PM
Here I was, innocently reading about video games, when The Verge gut punches me with "opportune opportunity." Christmas is ruined. www.theverge.com/gadgets/8462...
Tis the season… for ethernet.
December 18, 2025 at 10:45 PM
Tis the season… for ethernet.
It took a long time for me to recognize and I still don't understand the cause, but apparently every year in December, social media networks generate an incredibly incorrect opinion about cars to try to make you go crazy. At least once you see this bizarre pattern it's easier to ignore.
December 14, 2025 at 8:55 AM
It took a long time for me to recognize and I still don't understand the cause, but apparently every year in December, social media networks generate an incredibly incorrect opinion about cars to try to make you go crazy. At least once you see this bizarre pattern it's easier to ignore.
Instead of copper wire, I'm going to start stripping public infrastructure for sticks of RAM.
December 11, 2025 at 12:30 AM
Instead of copper wire, I'm going to start stripping public infrastructure for sticks of RAM.
I should buy the $26,100 official Dakar foosball table. store.dakar.com/en/others-m-...
December 10, 2025 at 2:04 AM
I should buy the $26,100 official Dakar foosball table. store.dakar.com/en/others-m-...