Michael
@sourcenouveau.bsky.social
👨🏻🏭 Software engineer
💚 Genealogy, birding, gaming
📍 Buffalo, NY, USA
💚 Genealogy, birding, gaming
📍 Buffalo, NY, USA
Invincible's Reins just dropped for me!
I first ran ICC when it was current content. It's been a journey.
I first ran ICC when it was current content. It's been a journey.
December 3, 2025 at 11:57 PM
Invincible's Reins just dropped for me!
I first ran ICC when it was current content. It's been a journey.
I first ran ICC when it was current content. It's been a journey.
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Our 'Giving Tuesday' Gift to YOU:
The New York State Death Index, 1880-2017
After YEARS of fighting with the state of New York, we just put it all online -- and there might even be some more data to come!
Read all about it in our latest newsletter issue:
mailchi.mp/reclaimthere...
The New York State Death Index, 1880-2017
After YEARS of fighting with the state of New York, we just put it all online -- and there might even be some more data to come!
Read all about it in our latest newsletter issue:
mailchi.mp/reclaimthere...
Reclaim The Records
We’re Reclaim The Records, a new not-for-profit activist group of genealogists, historians, researchers, and open government advocates. We identify important genealogical records sets that ought to be...
mailchi.mp
December 3, 2025 at 4:53 AM
Our 'Giving Tuesday' Gift to YOU:
The New York State Death Index, 1880-2017
After YEARS of fighting with the state of New York, we just put it all online -- and there might even be some more data to come!
Read all about it in our latest newsletter issue:
mailchi.mp/reclaimthere...
The New York State Death Index, 1880-2017
After YEARS of fighting with the state of New York, we just put it all online -- and there might even be some more data to come!
Read all about it in our latest newsletter issue:
mailchi.mp/reclaimthere...
I'm surprised that common modules like functools or cachetools don't have cache decorators with async support.
The aiocache and async-lru packages from aio-libs seem decent.
The aiocache and async-lru packages from aio-libs seem decent.
December 3, 2025 at 3:07 PM
I'm surprised that common modules like functools or cachetools don't have cache decorators with async support.
The aiocache and async-lru packages from aio-libs seem decent.
The aiocache and async-lru packages from aio-libs seem decent.
I wish services like GitHub and Docker would let me explore business and org settings from a personal or lower-tier account.
Sometimes I want to see whether a certain configuration is possible, even though I don't have access to change it myself. The docs are never quite detailed enough.
Sometimes I want to see whether a certain configuration is possible, even though I don't have access to change it myself. The docs are never quite detailed enough.
December 2, 2025 at 5:21 PM
I wish services like GitHub and Docker would let me explore business and org settings from a personal or lower-tier account.
Sometimes I want to see whether a certain configuration is possible, even though I don't have access to change it myself. The docs are never quite detailed enough.
Sometimes I want to see whether a certain configuration is possible, even though I don't have access to change it myself. The docs are never quite detailed enough.
When using VS Code, do Copilot CLI or Claude Code have any benefits compared to just using the sidebar extensions?
They seem largely equivalent to me, just with a different user interface.
They seem largely equivalent to me, just with a different user interface.
December 1, 2025 at 7:51 PM
When using VS Code, do Copilot CLI or Claude Code have any benefits compared to just using the sidebar extensions?
They seem largely equivalent to me, just with a different user interface.
They seem largely equivalent to me, just with a different user interface.
Async stack traces in Python are horrendous. Doubly-so when your code is executed in a web framework. The actual exception and relevant part of the stack trace are a needle in a haystack of 400 lines of junk.
November 18, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Async stack traces in Python are horrendous. Doubly-so when your code is executed in a web framework. The actual exception and relevant part of the stack trace are a needle in a haystack of 400 lines of junk.
I like the "edge light" feature being adding in macOS 26 Tahoe. I work in a darkened room and this would be super convenient.
Are there any apps on Linux (Mint) that can do this? I want an overlay of a white border around the whole screen.
Zoom please add!
Are there any apps on Linux (Mint) that can do this? I want an overlay of a white border around the whole screen.
Zoom please add!
November 17, 2025 at 7:22 PM
I like the "edge light" feature being adding in macOS 26 Tahoe. I work in a darkened room and this would be super convenient.
Are there any apps on Linux (Mint) that can do this? I want an overlay of a white border around the whole screen.
Zoom please add!
Are there any apps on Linux (Mint) that can do this? I want an overlay of a white border around the whole screen.
Zoom please add!
Critical Role Campaign 4 is off to an extremely strong start and I can't wait to see everywhere it goes.
November 14, 2025 at 3:39 AM
Critical Role Campaign 4 is off to an extremely strong start and I can't wait to see everywhere it goes.
FBI is investigating archive.today.
It's a shame because it's a great and needed service.
www.heise.de/en/news/Arch...
archive.is/FEcEi
It's a shame because it's a great and needed service.
www.heise.de/en/news/Arch...
archive.is/FEcEi
Archive.today: FBI Demands Data from Provider Tucows
The mysterious website Archive.today is coming under the FBI's crosshairs. A court order is forcing the provider Tucows to hand over user data.
www.heise.de
November 6, 2025 at 11:58 PM
FBI is investigating archive.today.
It's a shame because it's a great and needed service.
www.heise.de/en/news/Arch...
archive.is/FEcEi
It's a shame because it's a great and needed service.
www.heise.de/en/news/Arch...
archive.is/FEcEi
Firefox lets you drag tabs to your bookmark bar.
This is pretty annoying when you want to quickly tear off a tab into a new window by dragging it down. If you stop over the bookmark bar, it bookmarks it instead of tearing it off.
I haven't found a config setting to disable this.
This is pretty annoying when you want to quickly tear off a tab into a new window by dragging it down. If you stop over the bookmark bar, it bookmarks it instead of tearing it off.
I haven't found a config setting to disable this.
November 4, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Firefox lets you drag tabs to your bookmark bar.
This is pretty annoying when you want to quickly tear off a tab into a new window by dragging it down. If you stop over the bookmark bar, it bookmarks it instead of tearing it off.
I haven't found a config setting to disable this.
This is pretty annoying when you want to quickly tear off a tab into a new window by dragging it down. If you stop over the bookmark bar, it bookmarks it instead of tearing it off.
I haven't found a config setting to disable this.
On October 9 Governor Hochul vetoed a bill that would have required the NYS DOH to digtize and index NY vital records.
I really can't understand the DOH's dysfunction with vital records. What are they hiding?
#genealogy
www.newyorkfamilyhistory.org/blog/vital-r...
I really can't understand the DOH's dysfunction with vital records. What are they hiding?
#genealogy
www.newyorkfamilyhistory.org/blog/vital-r...
Vital Records Advocacy Update | New York Genealogical & Biographical Society
On October 9, 2025, Governor Hochul vetoed New York Senate Bill S7782A, which would have required the New York State Department of Health (DOH) to enter into a contract for the digitization and indexi...
www.newyorkfamilyhistory.org
November 3, 2025 at 5:48 PM
On October 9 Governor Hochul vetoed a bill that would have required the NYS DOH to digtize and index NY vital records.
I really can't understand the DOH's dysfunction with vital records. What are they hiding?
#genealogy
www.newyorkfamilyhistory.org/blog/vital-r...
I really can't understand the DOH's dysfunction with vital records. What are they hiding?
#genealogy
www.newyorkfamilyhistory.org/blog/vital-r...
Are there any distributed (remote-only) organizations out there that have a solid culture for delivering written critique?
Giving feedback usually goes better via Zoom, but it's not always convenient with time zone and schedule differences.
Giving feedback usually goes better via Zoom, but it's not always convenient with time zone and schedule differences.
October 31, 2025 at 3:07 PM
Are there any distributed (remote-only) organizations out there that have a solid culture for delivering written critique?
Giving feedback usually goes better via Zoom, but it's not always convenient with time zone and schedule differences.
Giving feedback usually goes better via Zoom, but it's not always convenient with time zone and schedule differences.
Compared to TikTok it's like YouTube Shorts has no algorithm at all.
I don't know if it's a content availability problem or what, but it's really bad at showing me anything of interest.
I don't know if it's a content availability problem or what, but it's really bad at showing me anything of interest.
October 31, 2025 at 1:04 PM
Compared to TikTok it's like YouTube Shorts has no algorithm at all.
I don't know if it's a content availability problem or what, but it's really bad at showing me anything of interest.
I don't know if it's a content availability problem or what, but it's really bad at showing me anything of interest.
People are much more suspicious now if you tell them you are developing software or tech to solve a problem. They think you're going to screw them in some way.
It wasn't this way 10 years ago. People were more open.
It wasn't this way 10 years ago. People were more open.
October 30, 2025 at 3:19 PM
People are much more suspicious now if you tell them you are developing software or tech to solve a problem. They think you're going to screw them in some way.
It wasn't this way 10 years ago. People were more open.
It wasn't this way 10 years ago. People were more open.
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"hi! I'm your hardware that used to work just fine, but now fails to do a fairly basic thing you counted on it for because of an automatic required update. brought to you by, the makers of: everything! everything does this now™️"
December 17, 2024 at 2:06 AM
"hi! I'm your hardware that used to work just fine, but now fails to do a fairly basic thing you counted on it for because of an automatic required update. brought to you by, the makers of: everything! everything does this now™️"
I wanted to use Thunderbird as my email client, but as best as I can see it can't sync with Outlook (office.com) calendars.
October 28, 2025 at 7:28 PM
I wanted to use Thunderbird as my email client, but as best as I can see it can't sync with Outlook (office.com) calendars.
This is an honorable decision by the PSF and I'm sad that the US Government is no longer promoting the social good.
pyfound.blogspot.com/2025/10/NSF-...
pyfound.blogspot.com/2025/10/NSF-...
The PSF has withdrawn a $1.5 million proposal to US government grant program
In January 2025, the PSF submitted a proposal to the US government National Science Foundation under the Safety, Security, and Privacy of Op...
pyfound.blogspot.com
October 28, 2025 at 2:57 AM
This is an honorable decision by the PSF and I'm sad that the US Government is no longer promoting the social good.
pyfound.blogspot.com/2025/10/NSF-...
pyfound.blogspot.com/2025/10/NSF-...
It's insulting to read your AI-generated blog post
blog.pabloecortez.com/its-insultin...
blog.pabloecortez.com/its-insultin...
It's insulting to read your AI-generated blog post
It seems so rude and careless to make me, a person with thoughts, ideas, humor, contradictions and life experience to read something spit out by the equivale...
blog.pabloecortez.com
October 27, 2025 at 7:37 PM
It's insulting to read your AI-generated blog post
blog.pabloecortez.com/its-insultin...
blog.pabloecortez.com/its-insultin...
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-citizen, do you know your Gestapo from your Sipo? Your SA from your SD? Your Waffen SS from your..
October 24, 2025 at 12:14 PM
-citizen, do you know your Gestapo from your Sipo? Your SA from your SD? Your Waffen SS from your..
Pylance is giving me a lot of false-positive errors lately. Something being cached incorrectly?
October 20, 2025 at 1:36 PM
Pylance is giving me a lot of false-positive errors lately. Something being cached incorrectly?
Reposted by Michael
Did you know you can tell what software a 3D artist uses by how their nails look?
October 19, 2025 at 12:30 PM
Did you know you can tell what software a 3D artist uses by how their nails look?
"On one wall a woman smiled and drank orange juice simultaneously. How does she do both at once, thought Montag, insanely. In the other walls an X ray of the same woman revealed the contracting journey of the refreshing beverage on its way to her delighted stomach!"
Bradbury predicted AI ad slop.
Bradbury predicted AI ad slop.
October 19, 2025 at 5:31 PM
"On one wall a woman smiled and drank orange juice simultaneously. How does she do both at once, thought Montag, insanely. In the other walls an X ray of the same woman revealed the contracting journey of the refreshing beverage on its way to her delighted stomach!"
Bradbury predicted AI ad slop.
Bradbury predicted AI ad slop.
Reposted by Michael
Here’s last night’s story about Bari Weiss, CBS News, Paramount Skydance, and why the Upper West Side is a lot more than just “Seinfeld territory.” youtu.be/gieTx_P6INQ
Bari Weiss: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)
YouTube video by LastWeekTonight
youtu.be
October 13, 2025 at 2:59 PM
Here’s last night’s story about Bari Weiss, CBS News, Paramount Skydance, and why the Upper West Side is a lot more than just “Seinfeld territory.” youtu.be/gieTx_P6INQ