Matthew Miller @mattdm.org · 30/08/2026I've been told that this is cheating, a cop-out, or avoiding the "interesting" aspects of the question. I don't think it is. Framing the world as a series of individual can't-win situations and lose-lose decisions _is_ the problem. 121
Matthew Miller @mattdm.org · 30/08/2026It is this: you design the system with positive train control. You make it so the trolley cannot enter a section where there are people, and you make it so the trolley can be stopped quickly if something goes wrong. 110
Reposted by Matthew MillerFramework @frame.work · 19/08/2026The Fedora version is outselling the Windows version by >10:1. It’s the year of the Linux desktop. 425141
Matthew Miller @mattdm.org · 10/08/2026(FTR, I don't mind being a public embarrassment to the family. I'm the _dad_. It's basically my job.) 000
Matthew Miller @mattdm.org · 10/08/2026I'm all for free fare for the T, but it should be on purpose. 100
Matthew Miller @mattdm.org · 10/08/2026When I do, my teenage daughter rolls her eyes at me, like I'm an embarrassment to the family. And she is, normally, a _pathological_ rule-follower. 100
Matthew Miller @mattdm.org · 10/08/2026The new onboard fare collection on the #MBTA is a complete failure. At Gilman — the busiest station on the GLX — I see 0% (zero percent) of people tap on. 100
Matthew Miller @mattdm.org · 04/08/2026Still working to figure out the shape of the new job, but the essence is: we intend to make this good for upstreams. Not as a “way to give back” or mere marketing claims, but because that’s the only way this works long-term. I’m going to help make that intention into fact. 030
Matthew Miller @mattdm.org · 04/08/2026Job news! Starting this week I’m switching back to an individual contributor role to work on Lightwell.redhat.comLightwellA subscription-based offering from IBM and Red Hat that helps organizations move from vulnerability discovery to safer remediation with signed, backported fixes. 152
Reposted by Matthew MillerRoy G Biv @plunkettprime.bsky.social · 22/05/2026Life imitating art next to the Public Garden in Boston. (Officer Mike’s uni’s at the cleaners) 🦆 @universalhub.com 411724
Matthew Miller @mattdm.org · 15/05/2026You don't notice this because most Mennonites are invisible. That's because we tend to wear... jeans and a t-shirt. (For me, this extends to being somewhat uncomfortable dressing up _more_ than that.) 050
Matthew Miller @mattdm.org · 23/04/2026WAIT. Dr. Cassie McKay is BART FROM DIRK GENTLY? This explains some things... but raises many, many more questions. 020
Reposted by Matthew MillerSimon Threadgold @sthreadgold.bsky.social · 13/04/2026Doctor Or Jesus? Round One: 651688298
Reposted by Matthew MillerAsher Elbein @asherelbein.bsky.social · 12/04/2026To any Hungarians annoyed that Americans are placing the credit for your momentous victory on the shoulders of our stunningly repellent little weasel of a VP: you are correct to feel that way, I'm sorry, we just want to seize any available oppurtunity to humiliate him specificially 1177711286
Matthew Miller @mattdm.org · 05/04/2026www.brennancenter.org/our-work/ana...brennancenter.orgThe Constitution Allows for Term-Limited Supreme Court JusticesA former federal judge discusses how term limits for Supreme Court justices would afford them the same status and opportunities that retired justices and federal judges currently enjoy. 100
Reposted by Matthew MillerHarry Turtledove @hntdove.bsky.social · 08/03/2026The US and Canada go to Daylight Savings Time tomorrow morning. 884365904
Reposted by Matthew MillerSeth Cotlar @sethcotlar.bsky.social · 15/02/2026Reading Marco Rubio’s speech about how “western civilization” is about embracing God, rejecting the foolish ideal of cosmopolitanism, and celebrating the genius of bands like The Beatles who were founded by the guy who wrote that song about a world with no countries or the concept of heaven & hell. 681025237
Matthew Miller @mattdm.org · 06/02/2026I am enjoying Starfleet Academy for: 4) over the top angsty teen drama 3) futuristic take on Prarie Style decor 2) just, relentless optimism about people and possiblites 1) Holly Hunter's complete, absolute inability to sit in a chair like a normal person 231
Reposted by Matthew MillerDaniel Suitor @danielsuitor.com · 17/01/2026you know this guy is a FOR REAL photographer because he's telling the story of his brutal, unconditional arrest by federal goons and can't help but slip in a gear review 157163973280
Matthew Miller @mattdm.org · 23/11/2025Whenever D'Arcy Carden is in anything, I can't help but note if she is a Good Janet or a Bad Janet. (In _Loot_, she is definitely a Bad Janet.) 030
Matthew Miller @mattdm.org · 11/11/2025Here is a thing I like a about the English language (not just in specific but by example): "The Beeping": uh ok "The Beepening": oh no 1102
Matthew Miller @mattdm.org · 31/10/2025@publicrecdsource.bsky.social is that "criminal occupation" IWW, as in Industrial Workers of the World? 130
Matthew Miller @mattdm.org · 28/10/2025Also, when she contested, they sent my wife the full list of the poor woman's run-ins with the law, credit history dings, phone number, current and former addresses, the works. US needs a GDPR. 031
Matthew Miller @mattdm.org · 27/10/2025AirBnB deleted my wife's account because there is a woman in Florida with the same name and birthday but also a meth problem and parole violations. 230
Matthew Miller @mattdm.org · 26/10/2025This just solidifies my cardinal rule of European travel — never fly via Charles de Gaulle. www.reuters.com/world/europe...reuters.comSuspects in Louvre jewel heist case arrested near Paris, prosecutor saysSuspects in the brazen daylight heist of some of France's crown jewels from the Louvre were arrested near Paris on Saturday, just as one of them was about to fly out of the country from Charles de Gaulle airport, the Paris prosecutor said on Sunday. 030
Matthew Miller @mattdm.org · 24/10/2025Approximately the same number of human beings were born before 1 CE as those born after. 110
Reposted by Matthew MillerMike Godwin @mnemonic.bsky.social · 07/10/2025If I have not seen further, it is because giants have been standing on my shoulders. 820629
Matthew Miller @mattdm.org · 02/10/2025If Yankee Candle made a candle that smells like the Indian restaurant I just walked past, I would buy that candle. I would buy the hell out of that candle. 110
Matthew Miller @mattdm.org · 01/10/2025Image Mode is awesome.fedoramagazine.orgFrom Zero to Web Server: Building with Image mode for Fedora Linux & Caddy - Fedora MagazineLearn how to use bootc to manage your host operating system using containers. 150
Reposted by Matthew MillerDmitry Grozoubinski @explaintrade.com · 15/09/2025US President back-pedalling furiously after his administration treated some innocent hard-working Koreans like they were innocent hard-working Latinos. 356231686237
Matthew Miller @mattdm.org · 15/09/2025House spiders are pretty good, but I think we should genetically engineer house dragonflies. 040
Matthew Miller @mattdm.org · 25/08/2025Things I have accidentally invented because I don't have a proper CS education: 1. long format data tables 2. k-fold validation 3. simulated annealing To be clear, this is not bragging. Turns out, learning things from others is good, actually. (Notes for 20-year-old-self.) 040
Matthew Miller @mattdm.org · 23/08/2025Wait, you gave cash to the police without counting it first? 030
Matthew Miller @mattdm.org · 19/08/2025The absolute best intervention for poverty: just give people money and stop hand-wringing about what people might spend it on. www.npr.org/sections/goa...npr.orgResearchers discover a secret weapon that saves babies' lives. And it's not medicalTo save the lives of infants and small kids in lower resource countries, there are a handful of tools: anti-malarial drugs, bed nets and vaccines. A massive experiment in rural Kenya suggests another. 095
Matthew Miller @mattdm.org · 15/08/2025Me: You know, this anniversary is a significant milestone! Her: What, because it's a cubic number? *rolls eyes" And that's why we've been married for 27 years. 080
Matthew Miller @mattdm.org · 13/08/2025Anya comes home from her restaurant shift. "Dad — go dish out ice cream. Mom — queue up the video. I'm going to go change into my PJs." *takes a beat* "Now imagine I said that but less bossy." 020
Matthew Miller @mattdm.org · 13/08/2025I like a lot of these candidates, so... it might come down to extra points for those who say "Somervuhl" and "Somervillan" properly. youtube.com/playlist?lis... #SomervilleMAyoutube.comSomerville Municipal Elections 2025 - YouTubeA collection of videos featuring candidates for the Somerville Municipal Elections in 2025. This collection of candidate profiles is incomplete and will grow... 010
Reposted by Matthew MillerPopehat @kenwhite.bsky.social · 06/08/2025People have trouble interpreting this. Nobody’s saying Donald Trump or Pam Bondi are personally selecting Nazi iconography. They don’t read enough for that. The point is they hire and promote Nazis who ARE steeped in Nazi iconography, and they’re fine with it. 462592673
Matthew Miller @mattdm.org · 06/08/2025Oh, I'm a sysadmin, not a computer scientist. Trust me: it _will_ halt. 110
Matthew Miller @mattdm.org · 06/08/2025Recovering from a death spiral swap situation is the part that surprised me. 020
Matthew Miller @mattdm.org · 06/08/2025Undelivered letters Mediocre art Magic rings of questionable utility Tokens that summon various woodland creatures Socks (the missing ones of pairs) 020
Matthew Miller @mattdm.org · 06/08/2025Huh. I did something which made my system load go up to 140 and filled 32gb of ram and 8gb of swap. Desktop wasn't responsive at all, but I could ssh in from another system and ran top and killed some stuff. I expected to have to reboot, but it all just sorted itself out. Good job, modern Linux! 270