I learned a lot of cool shit in this past year, in large part by being around you lot, so thanks for that :)

just saw a speedrun titled "any% SLA". I thought that was a cloudflare thing.

*picks up 200A power supply* *pulls a face* *puts down 200A power supply* *removes metal wedding ring* *picks up 200A power supply*

the biggest nut on this site costs £69 and I feel like this was intentional.

M100 Full Nuts Grade 8 Self Colour

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ok so instead of doing that thing where I talk about what I achieved this year, I'm gonna instead highlight some cool stuff I saw other people doing this year. no particular order or theme, just whatever pops off the top of my dome first. it'll all be in this thread so you can mute it if you're not interested :)

ah, PGP/GPG, the "free as in mattress" gift that keeps on giving.

dropping a fully functioning heartbleed-style exploit against mongodb on xmas day is a fucknugget level dick move for defenders on call. I hope a horse kicks the guy in the crotch.

I wish Led Zeppelin had recorded their early stuff on something other than beeswax cylinders

does anyone know of an artist taking commissions who has a sense of humour and a style somewhere in the realms of Hieronymus Bosch / medieval era classical painting, who would be willing to make me a t-shirt design? (paid work, of course.) I'm looking to get a seasonal parody recreation of Slayer's Seasons In The Abyss album cover, in the theme of "Sleigher - Season's Greetings In The Abyss".

as someone who actually likes and uses Windows (I know, the tiny minority on here among the Linux stans), reading the things upper-level Microsoft folks are saying has been a constant source of psychic damage these past couple of years. it's like waking up to find a text message that says "hey, you know that dog walker you hired? he's saying he's replacing your dog with a 'better' one."