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Lowell Vaughn @lowellvaughn.com · 29/06/2026

In love SB and BS, but the original Producers is my favorite Mel Brooks

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Pavel @spavel.bsky.social · 04/05/2025

Inside you there are two wolves. One is active, the other one is on hot standby and becomes active if the first one fails or is taken down for maintenance. Add more wolves as necessary for increased redundancy load balancing. A quorum badger can be added for environments with multiple active wolves.

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Beth Popp Berman @epopppp.bsky.social · 26/02/2025

It is really hard to watch people willfully tear down an infrastructure that allowed us to double lifespans, drastically reduce poverty, and become one of the richest countries in the world.

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Peter Brown! @peterbrownstudio.com · 11/12/2024

Sorry, but I really hope people who love THE WILD ROBOT movie know it was inspired by my book. It's mentioned in the credits but most people don't read that stuff. If you love the movie you should check out the book! There's more to the story and it's a quick read.

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Lowell Vaughn @lowellvaughn.com · 25/12/2024

Yeah, there's no way in hell. Someone who was really good in networkx or something similar could do it in a couple of minutes, but I don't think you can grok the problem statement/file format fast enough to do it in 30 seconds.

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Lowell Vaughn @lowellvaughn.com · 25/12/2024

I've completed "Code Chronicle" - Day 25 - Advent of Code 2024 #AdventOfCode adventofcode.com/2024/day/25 My completionist side is happy, 500 stars! This was a fun year. Days 17, 21, and 24 were all especially nice challenges

A screen shot of my Advent Of Code events page that show that I have 500 starts (which means I've completed all 10 years)

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Lowell Vaughn @lowellvaughn.com · 24/12/2024

I've completed "Crossed Wires" - Day 24 - Advent of Code 2024 #AdventOfCode adventofcode.com/2024/day/24 It's been a while (decades) since I did a bitslice architecture, but I managed to make it work. Also my most manual answer in a long time. github.com/lvaughn/adve...

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Lowell Vaughn @lowellvaughn.com · 23/12/2024

That last bullet point takes some real work, but it sounds like he managed it.

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Kelsey Hightower @kelseyhightower.com · 23/12/2024

I'm doing a lot of technical analysis these days and nothing raises red flags higher than the overuse of buzzwords to explain commodity technologies. Boring technologies that just work are exciting. It means your customers can buy your product and move on to something else. Focus on that.

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Lowell Vaughn @lowellvaughn.com · 14/12/2024

I just completed "Restroom Redoubt" - Day 14 - Advent of Code 2024 #AdventOfCode adventofcode.com/2024/day/14 Oh I see, we're going to have one of *those* puzzles today

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Lowell Vaughn @lowellvaughn.com · 11/12/2024

I've completed "Plutonian Pebbles" - Day 11 - Advent of Code 2024 #AdventOfCode adventofcode.com/2024/day/11 What happens when you over-engineer part 1 of your solution: part 2 goes really quickly and your rank improves a lot.

Scores from Advent Of Code, showing on day 11 that part 1 took 8:59 (and ranked 1897), but part 2 was done by 9:40 and the rank was down to 300.

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Lowell Vaughn @lowellvaughn.com · 10/12/2024

Frost on the spider web this morning

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Lowell Vaughn @lowellvaughn.com · 09/12/2024

I did one small optimization that cut my runtime by 70%. I have a path in my head to improve it well beyond that. Or, I could sleep, which is sounding like a good idea right now :-)

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Lowell Vaughn @lowellvaughn.com · 09/12/2024

I just completed "Disk Fragmenter" - Day 9 - Advent of Code 2024 #AdventOfCode adventofcode.com/2024/day/9 Top 1000 for the first time this year. Part 2 was running slow, so I got up to get a drink and think about how to make it faster, and when I got back it was done. Still, I should improve it.

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Lowell Vaughn @lowellvaughn.com · 08/12/2024

If you’re going to be like that…

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Lowell Vaughn @lowellvaughn.com · 05/12/2024

I just completed "Print Queue" - Day 5 - Advent of Code 2024 #AdventOfCode adventofcode.com/2024/day/5

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Lowell Vaughn @lowellvaughn.com · 01/12/2024

Got my editor fired up, I'm logged in, and I'm ready to start #adventOfCode 2024. Let the nerdery begin!!!

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Lowell Vaughn @lowellvaughn.com · 28/11/2024

The ribs are how you know it’s authentic

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Lowell Vaughn @lowellvaughn.com · 20/09/2024

I feel for your crew at The Onion. How do you do satire after news days like today?!

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Lowell Vaughn @lowellvaughn.com · 20/09/2024

At this rate I'm honestly a little scared about any Friday afternoon news dumps this week.

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Lowell Vaughn @lowellvaughn.com · 20/09/2024

When I think they've hit rock bottom the bust out a pick axe and keep on going

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Lowell Vaughn @lowellvaughn.com · 17/09/2024

Bluesky now has over 10 million users, and I was #2,490!

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Lowell Vaughn @lowellvaughn.com · 11/05/2024

Got to see the aurora tonight

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Lowell Vaughn @lowellvaughn.com · 19/04/2024

I miss having that kind of metabolism

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Lowell Vaughn @lowellvaughn.com · 09/04/2024

I felt that a lot in the Shepherd’s Crown as well, maybe even more so, like he wanted to get plot arc to a good place and knew it had to be done quick.

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Lowell Vaughn @lowellvaughn.com · 27/02/2024

Even more normal in the context of the tornado in Wisconsin a week or two ago. This is getting worse faster than I thought it would.

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Lowell Vaughn @lowellvaughn.com · 13/02/2024

His encapsulation of sin in Carpe Jugulum is the best I’ve seen (from Granny Weatherwax): “….And sin, young man, is when you treat people as things. Including yourself. That’s what sin is.” “It’s a lot more complicated than that . . .” “No. It ain’t.”

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Popehat @kenwhite.bsky.social · 28/01/2024

To be fair I don’t think I could handle working in the Trump White House unless I was completely fucked up on benzos

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Popehat @kenwhite.bsky.social · 27/01/2024

Some lawyers would argue that you should get started BEFORE the $83.3 million verdict and possibly even before trial.

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Lowell Vaughn @lowellvaughn.com · 02/01/2024

Please give her a good scritch behind the ears for me.

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Mike Godwin @mnemonic.bsky.social · 30/12/2023

I had resolved last New Year's Day to build my bunker for riding out the Apocalypse, but after shopping around in 2023 for a bunker plan that fit my budget, I've decided that in 2024 I will generously cast my lot with the rest of humanity.

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Popehat @kenwhite.bsky.social · 22/11/2023