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  The purpose of a system is what it does. The purpose of cryptocurrency is crime and money laundering. Every so often, though, I have an impulse to support bitcoin on my store. Take payment, immediately convert it to cash, transfer to my pocket. Wouldn't that be better than sending that cash to crooks? Then I come to my senses. That ecosystem soils all who touch it. Looking at the news today: I chose wisely.

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  After decades of working with computers I am generally correct--after all, "It will all end in tears" is evergreen. That's why I encouraged @zzclaybourne@wandering.shop to Kickstart his new book. I wanted to be right about something happy for once! If this breaks $8k in the next 38 hours, he will net more than a trad pub advance would get him. Make the world better. https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/obsidiansky/khumalo-tales

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  Got the "All the Novels and Collections" and "The Full Michael" updated on my bookstore for #TwistedPresents and #tormentedByTeledildonics. My art skills are marginal, but I am very pleased with how the image for TFM came out. Even if the youngsters won't get it. https://www.tiltedwindmillpress.com/product/the-full-michael-2026-10/

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  Fermi would like pets, please. Quercy is giving the thumb-beast all deserved trust. #petRats #rats

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  About 60 hours left to back @zzclaybourne@wandering.shop's new book. https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/obsidiansky/khumalo-tales Zigs has had a rough year. You'd make it much better by dragging this thing past $8k. Even after fulfillment, that'd earn him more than a midlist trad deal. Stick it to The Man. Back ZZ.

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  I had plans to travel alone for Thanksgiving, but my shoulder surgery canceled them. Filed a claim with the airline insurance last Friday. The check arrived today. I am very surprised that something works the way it's supposed to!

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  The new @zzclaybourne@wandering.shop book is within kissing distance of $7k. Not even a thorough kiss. More like how you kiss that one aunt on the cheek. No, not *that* aunt. The one you wish you could spend more time with. Give https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/obsidiansky/khumalo-tales that kiss. You won't regret it.

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  As a Gen X, I am pleased to see the youngsters keeping up my ways. That stare will serve you well throughout your life, child. Polish it. Hone it. Turn it into a weapon as we did before you. https://www.cnn.com/2026/10/24/health/gen-z-stare-wellness

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  In the best Halloween tradition I have prepped my abomination, applied the electrodes, and raised the lightning rod. I expect to set it lurching towards the villagers tomorrow.

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  the secretary state verified receipt of my balllot. :flan_strong:

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  Yes, the world sucks. Help bring a little joy into the world via @zzclaybourne@wandering.shop. https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/obsidiansky/khumalo-tales

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  My web site is back up, so I should probably... shill a book? :flan_shout: "Books! Get your fresh hot books here! Inna bun! With mustard!" https://tiltedwindmillpress.com there... nailed it!

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  The world is quite baffling when you're tiny. #petRats #rats

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  Finished watching Ted Lasso. 10/10, would believe again.

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  All my web sites, and all the sites I host, are shut down until the PHP patch is out and I can apply it. Folks I trust assure me it's really that bad. https://arstechnica.com/security/2026/10/php-maintainers-tell-web-devs-to-prepare-themselves-for-critical-security-patches/

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  So there's the PHP announcement. Ick. No #FreeBSD quarterly packages yet. Might be time for me to finally set up my own package builder, dammit.

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  Hey Patronizers on Patreon and #TwistedPresents Kickstarter backers! The epub is available for you to download. Direct Patronizers: as soon as I have PHP updated, I'll post links to your copy.

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  This tail does not belong to this rat. I have friends, but not "rest your teeth on my tail" friends. #petRats #rats

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  wrote about send:encrypted, which should make @dexter@bsd.network happy. #openzfsmastery

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  The world is our hard-boiled egg. Once we figure out how to get through the shell, it is OURS. But getting that first crack is an absolute pain. #petRats #rats

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  Me, 4PM: "dang it, why is my incremental zfs send of /var/mysql sending the entire file instead of just the changes from yesterday???" Me, now: "Oh. The contents of /var/mysql churn 99% between yesterday and today." Anyway, I'm working hard on #openzfsmastery. I'd appreciate your support. https://mwl.io/sponsor

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  Rust is memory-safe. https://github.com/Speykious/cve-rs/tree/main I also appreciate the license.

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  I wish I could scritch behind my ears with my feet, like Truffle. #petRats #rats

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  "As the old saying goes: everybody has a test environment. Some people are lucky enough to have a separate environment to run production in." #openzfsmastery #footnote

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  Fermi needed pets. #petRats #rats

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  The oatmeal box is a cozy hit. #petRats #rats

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  Today in #openzfsmastery: "Whoever has your keys can decrypt your data. Protect the keys from intruders and unauthorized users. Conversely, whoever doesn’t have your keys cannot decrypt your data. That includes you. It especially includes the authors of this book.[1] Losing your keys equals losing your data. Back up your keys! 1 - Seriously, we can't help you."

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  Happy "By the standards of his time, Columbus was an abhorrent dick" day to one and all!

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  Today's typo: # zfs create encrypted/databae