{"version":"https://jsonfeed.org/version/1","title":"Micro.blog - Kirk Strauser","home_page_url":"https://micro.blog","feed_url":"https://micro.blog/posts/kirk","_microblog":{"about":"https://micro.blog/about/api","id":"1300","username":"kirk","bio":"Extracting chaos from order","pronouns":"","is_following":false,"is_you":false,"following_count":14,"discover_count":0},"author":{"name":"Kirk Strauser","url":"","avatar":"https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/d0e26881a0f918e9d92c7f32c2e3aa9a?s=96&d=https%3A%2F%2Fmicro.blog%2Fimages%2Fblank_avatar.png"},"items":[{"id":"89929325","content_html":"<p>I haven’t finished the morning commute yet and already have five p0 things to do before lunch.</p>\n<p>So it’s gonna be that kind of day, huh.</p>\n","summary":"","url":"https://honeypot.net/2026/05/11/i-havent-finished-the-morning.html","date_published":"2026-05-11T16:08:48+00:00","author":{"name":"Kirk Strauser","url":"","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gravatar.com%2Favatar%2Fd0e26881a0f918e9d92c7f32c2e3aa9a%3Fs%3D96%26d%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fmicro.blog%252Fimages%252Fblank_avatar.png","_microblog":{"username":"kirk"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"16:08","date_timestamp":1778515728,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":["https://freeradical.zone/@tek/116556807510021494"]}},{"id":"89887911","content_html":"<p>Happy Mother’s Day, Mom. I’d give everything to be able to tell you I love you again.</p>\n","summary":"","url":"https://honeypot.net/2026/05/10/happy-mothers-day-mom-id.html","date_published":"2026-05-10T15:22:32+00:00","author":{"name":"Kirk Strauser","url":"","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gravatar.com%2Favatar%2Fd0e26881a0f918e9d92c7f32c2e3aa9a%3Fs%3D96%26d%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fmicro.blog%252Fimages%252Fblank_avatar.png","_microblog":{"username":"kirk"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-05-10 15:22","date_timestamp":1778426552,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":["https://freeradical.zone/@tek/116550963453882736"]}},{"id":"89854233","content_html":"<p>Ahh, the biennial California trip to the smog check station.</p>\n<p>It’s an inconvenience I suffer gladly, though. I have asthma. I like being able to breathe. If keeping junkers off the road means having to prove that our own vehicle is playing by the rules, then so be it.</p>\n","summary":"","url":"https://honeypot.net/2026/05/09/ahh-the-biennial-california-trip.html","date_published":"2026-05-09T16:35:28+00:00","author":{"name":"Kirk Strauser","url":"","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gravatar.com%2Favatar%2Fd0e26881a0f918e9d92c7f32c2e3aa9a%3Fs%3D96%26d%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fmicro.blog%252Fimages%252Fblank_avatar.png","_microblog":{"username":"kirk"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-05-09 16:35","date_timestamp":1778344528,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":["https://freeradical.zone/@tek/116546015179514323"]}},{"id":"89816986","content_html":"<p>I love playing soccer. I’m good at it, not professional or even college level, but still pretty good. I also enjoy watching live soccer and observing, rapt, until a crescendo when the crowd goes wild. And yet, there are few things I’d less rather endure than watching soccer on TV or streaming recordings of...</p> <a href=\"https://honeypot.net/2026/05/08/i-love-playing-soccer-im.html\">honeypot.net</a>","summary":"","url":"https://honeypot.net/2026/05/08/i-love-playing-soccer-im.html","date_published":"2026-05-08T17:22:53+00:00","author":{"name":"Kirk Strauser","url":"","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gravatar.com%2Favatar%2Fd0e26881a0f918e9d92c7f32c2e3aa9a%3Fs%3D96%26d%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fmicro.blog%252Fimages%252Fblank_avatar.png","_microblog":{"username":"kirk"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-05-08 17:22","date_timestamp":1778260973,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"89531305","content_html":"<p>Installing GAM to administer Google Workspace from the command line is an exercise in trust.</p>\n<ol>\n<li>Install with with <code>curl | bash</code>.</li>\n<li>Add an app with some opaque ID to your workspace with full access to everything.</li>\n<li>Go to GCP and give the app access to everything there, too.</li>\n<li>Do it again with another opaque app ID.</li>\n<li>Ta-d...</li>\n</ol> <a href=\"https://honeypot.net/2026/05/03/installing-gam-to-administer-google.html\">honeypot.net</a>","summary":"","url":"https://honeypot.net/2026/05/03/installing-gam-to-administer-google.html","date_published":"2026-05-03T22:30:16+00:00","author":{"name":"Kirk Strauser","url":"","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gravatar.com%2Favatar%2Fd0e26881a0f918e9d92c7f32c2e3aa9a%3Fs%3D96%26d%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fmicro.blog%252Fimages%252Fblank_avatar.png","_microblog":{"username":"kirk"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-05-03 22:30","date_timestamp":1777847416,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":["https://freeradical.zone/@tek/116513016520009653"]}},{"id":"89510647","content_html":"<p><a href=\"https://www.tomshardware.com/software/vpn/utah-becomes-first-us-state-to-target-vpn-use-with-age-verification-law\">Utah first state to hold websites liable for users who mask their location with VPNs</a></p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>[T]he controversial law establishes that a user is considered to be accessing a website from Utah if they are physically located there, regardless of whether they use a VPN or proxy to mask their IP address.</p>\n</blockquote>\n<p>This is the stupidest idea I’ve heard recently. My home router has a built in VPN server. When I’m out running around, my iPhone can route traffic through my house. Pray tell, o sage Utah legislature, by what misguided notion did you expect a website to tell that I’m accessing a it from a hotel in Berlin instead...</p> <a href=\"https://honeypot.net/2026/05/03/081029.html\">honeypot.net</a>","summary":"","url":"https://honeypot.net/2026/05/03/081029.html","date_published":"2026-05-03T15:10:29+00:00","author":{"name":"Kirk Strauser","url":"","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gravatar.com%2Favatar%2Fd0e26881a0f918e9d92c7f32c2e3aa9a%3Fs%3D96%26d%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fmicro.blog%252Fimages%252Fblank_avatar.png","_microblog":{"username":"kirk"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-05-03 15:10","date_timestamp":1777821029,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"89510519","content_html":"<p>These words are illegal in Utah: <a href=\"https://honeypot.net/2026/05/03/utahs-stupid-new-law-prohibits.html\">honeypot.net</a></p>","summary":"","url":"https://honeypot.net/2026/05/03/utahs-stupid-new-law-prohibits.html","date_published":"2026-05-03T15:08:05+00:00","author":{"name":"Kirk Strauser","url":"","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gravatar.com%2Favatar%2Fd0e26881a0f918e9d92c7f32c2e3aa9a%3Fs%3D96%26d%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fmicro.blog%252Fimages%252Fblank_avatar.png","_microblog":{"username":"kirk"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-05-03 15:08","date_timestamp":1777820885,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":true,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":["https://freeradical.zone/@tek/116511278840699862"]}},{"id":"89459801","content_html":"<p>I’ve found the den.</p>\n<p><img src=\"https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/763/2026/image-20260502-094625-ec4f6d74-m.jpg\" alt=\"Street level photo of a parking lot filled with self driving Waymo cars. Some of them have awoken and are starting to look around in hunger and rage, searching for their next prey.\" loading=\"lazy\"></p>\n","summary":"","url":"https://honeypot.net/2026/05/02/ive-found-the-den.html","date_published":"2026-05-02T16:46:28+00:00","author":{"name":"Kirk Strauser","url":"","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gravatar.com%2Favatar%2Fd0e26881a0f918e9d92c7f32c2e3aa9a%3Fs%3D96%26d%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fmicro.blog%252Fimages%252Fblank_avatar.png","_microblog":{"username":"kirk"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-05-02 16:46","date_timestamp":1777740388,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":["https://freeradical.zone/@tek/116505996703250223"]}},{"id":"89457080","content_html":"<p>I’ve been running Ollama on my Mac Studio for local AI experiments. I followed advice to try oMLX instead and it’s ludicrously faster, like maybe 5-10x for both time to first token and completing the response. I haven’t benchmarked it, but it subjectively feels like when I replaced a hard drive with an SSD.</p>\n","summary":"","url":"https://honeypot.net/2026/05/02/ive-been-running-ollama-on.html","date_published":"2026-05-02T15:53:32+00:00","author":{"name":"Kirk Strauser","url":"","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gravatar.com%2Favatar%2Fd0e26881a0f918e9d92c7f32c2e3aa9a%3Fs%3D96%26d%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fmicro.blog%252Fimages%252Fblank_avatar.png","_microblog":{"username":"kirk"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-05-02 15:53","date_timestamp":1777737212,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":["https://freeradical.zone/@tek/116505794495542245"]}},{"id":"89397203","content_html":"<p><a href=\"https://micro.blog/jthingelstad\">@jthingelstad</a> Good luck with it! I got sick as a dog with the second dose.</p>\n<p>But I’d do it again without hesitation. I don’t mind being sick for a day if it means I don’t get shingles, which is reportedly miserable.</p>\n","url":"https://micro.blog/kirk/89397203","date_published":"2026-05-01T17:11:02+00:00","author":{"name":"Kirk Strauser","url":"","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gravatar.com%2Favatar%2Fd0e26881a0f918e9d92c7f32c2e3aa9a%3Fs%3D96%26d%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fmicro.blog%252Fimages%252Fblank_avatar.png","_microblog":{"username":"kirk"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-05-01 17:11","date_timestamp":1777655462,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"89318523","content_html":"<p>Siri is so bad as a voice assistant that it made me stop caring about device-local AI, which is impressive. Yesterday, “hey Siri, turn off the bedroom lights” worked. Today, that responded with “sorry, I can only set one scene at a time”. The proper phrasing — for now —  is “hey Siri, turn the bedroom lights...</p> <a href=\"https://honeypot.net/2026/04/30/siri-is-so-bad-as.html\">honeypot.net</a>","summary":"","url":"https://honeypot.net/2026/04/30/siri-is-so-bad-as.html","date_published":"2026-04-30T14:55:24+00:00","author":{"name":"Kirk Strauser","url":"","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gravatar.com%2Favatar%2Fd0e26881a0f918e9d92c7f32c2e3aa9a%3Fs%3D96%26d%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fmicro.blog%252Fimages%252Fblank_avatar.png","_microblog":{"username":"kirk"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-04-30 14:55","date_timestamp":1777560924,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":["https://freeradical.zone/@tek/116494234209137205"]}},{"id":"89249837","content_html":"<p><a href=\"https://www.sfchronicle.com/travel/article/sfo-non-ticketed-gate-22230750.php\">SFO now lets you walk loved ones to the gate without a plane ticket</a></p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>San Francisco International Airport is now allowing approved visitors without plane tickets to go past security, bringing back a once familiar airport ritual: walking loved ones to the gate and meeting them when they arrive.</p>\n</blockquote>\n<p>This would (almost) win me back from OAK. That’s a brilliant perk.</p>\n","summary":"","url":"https://honeypot.net/2026/04/29/sfo-now-lets-you-walk.html","date_published":"2026-04-29T15:31:59+00:00","author":{"name":"Kirk Strauser","url":"","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gravatar.com%2Favatar%2Fd0e26881a0f918e9d92c7f32c2e3aa9a%3Fs%3D96%26d%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fmicro.blog%252Fimages%252Fblank_avatar.png","_microblog":{"username":"kirk"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-04-29 15:31","date_timestamp":1777476719,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":["https://freeradical.zone/@tek/116488730601382020"]}},{"id":"89179736","content_html":"<p>Sometimes recent loss means being in the middle of a meeting and your body deciding, hey, know what, this would be an excellent time to consider crying.</p>\n","summary":"","url":"https://honeypot.net/2026/04/28/sometimes-recent-loss-means-being.html","date_published":"2026-04-28T16:03:55+00:00","author":{"name":"Kirk Strauser","url":"","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gravatar.com%2Favatar%2Fd0e26881a0f918e9d92c7f32c2e3aa9a%3Fs%3D96%26d%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fmicro.blog%252Fimages%252Fblank_avatar.png","_microblog":{"username":"kirk"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-04-28 16:03","date_timestamp":1777392235,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":["https://freeradical.zone/@tek/116483179219075241"]}},{"id":"88879436","content_html":"<p>I just replied to a recruiter cold call:</p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Hi [recruiter],</p>\n<p>I’ll be honest, in the spirit of feedback: that’s an insultingly low offer at about 60-70% under the local market rate for those skills. Best of luck to your client, because frankly, they’re going to need it with the kind of engineers willing to consider that offer.</p>\n</blockquote>\n<p>As if.</p>\n","summary":"","url":"https://honeypot.net/2026/04/23/i-just-replied-to-a.html","date_published":"2026-04-23T20:18:22+00:00","author":{"name":"Kirk Strauser","url":"","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gravatar.com%2Favatar%2Fd0e26881a0f918e9d92c7f32c2e3aa9a%3Fs%3D96%26d%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fmicro.blog%252Fimages%252Fblank_avatar.png","_microblog":{"username":"kirk"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-04-23 20:18","date_timestamp":1776975502,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":["https://freeradical.zone/@tek/116455868617134926"]}},{"id":"88829264","content_html":"<p>AI is fantastic at configuring Emacs.</p>\n<p>Me: Why does Emacs format this TS differently than Prettier does?</p>\n<p>Droid: There’s the problem. Apheleia’s prettier-typescript formatter includes (apheleia-formatters-js-indent “–use-tabs” “–tab-width”), which injects –tab-width and –use-tabs flags based on your Emacs...</p> <a href=\"https://honeypot.net/2026/04/22/ai-is-fantastic-at-configuring.html\">honeypot.net</a>","summary":"","url":"https://honeypot.net/2026/04/22/ai-is-fantastic-at-configuring.html","date_published":"2026-04-23T04:53:35+00:00","author":{"name":"Kirk Strauser","url":"","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gravatar.com%2Favatar%2Fd0e26881a0f918e9d92c7f32c2e3aa9a%3Fs%3D96%26d%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fmicro.blog%252Fimages%252Fblank_avatar.png","_microblog":{"username":"kirk"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-04-23 04:53","date_timestamp":1776920015,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":["https://freeradical.zone/@tek/116452240308767271"]}},{"id":"88813499","content_html":"<p><a href=\"https://www.wired.com/story/us-senate-candidate-caught-insider-trading-on-kalshi-says-he-did-it-on-purpose/\">US Senate Candidate Caught Insider Trading on Kalshi Says He Did It on Purpose | WIRED</a>:</p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Moran claims that he stopped speaking to Kalshi because he objected to the company’s settlement terms. “They wanted me to make a public statement,” he says. That was the thing that I pushed back on, that’s a violation of my First Amendment rights, to compel my speech.”</p>\n</blockquote>\n<p>What a freaking tool.</p>\n","summary":"","url":"https://honeypot.net/2026/04/22/us-senate-candidate-caught-insider.html","date_published":"2026-04-22T22:24:49+00:00","author":{"name":"Kirk Strauser","url":"","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gravatar.com%2Favatar%2Fd0e26881a0f918e9d92c7f32c2e3aa9a%3Fs%3D96%26d%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fmicro.blog%252Fimages%252Fblank_avatar.png","_microblog":{"username":"kirk"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-04-22 22:24","date_timestamp":1776896689,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":["https://freeradical.zone/@tek/116450707688842096"]}},{"id":"88664754","content_html":"<p>Atlassian Enables Default Data Collection to Train AI | Let's Data Science: <a href=\"https://honeypot.net/2026/04/20/atlassian-enables-default-data-collection.html\">honeypot.net</a></p>","summary":"","url":"https://honeypot.net/2026/04/20/atlassian-enables-default-data-collection.html","date_published":"2026-04-20T21:46:54+00:00","author":{"name":"Kirk Strauser","url":"","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gravatar.com%2Favatar%2Fd0e26881a0f918e9d92c7f32c2e3aa9a%3Fs%3D96%26d%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fmicro.blog%252Fimages%252Fblank_avatar.png","_microblog":{"username":"kirk"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-04-20 21:46","date_timestamp":1776721614,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":true,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":["https://freeradical.zone/@tek/116439230014105894"]}},{"id":"88472125","content_html":"<p>One day I was walking through the office and noticed a coworker’s laptop sitting on their desk, unlocked and open. The little devil on my shoulder whispering “do it! do it!” won. I looked around, made sure they weren’t walking my way, opened their Slack to our #random channel, and typed the first silly,...</p> <a href=\"https://honeypot.net/2026/04/17/one-day-i-was-walking.html\">honeypot.net</a>","summary":"","url":"https://honeypot.net/2026/04/17/one-day-i-was-walking.html","date_published":"2026-04-17T19:44:17+00:00","author":{"name":"Kirk Strauser","url":"","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gravatar.com%2Favatar%2Fd0e26881a0f918e9d92c7f32c2e3aa9a%3Fs%3D96%26d%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fmicro.blog%252Fimages%252Fblank_avatar.png","_microblog":{"username":"kirk"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-04-17 19:44","date_timestamp":1776455057,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"88413987","content_html":"<p>He held the shiny little thing in his hand and blinked. It was as cute and innocuous as it was perfectly lethal. He’d said the right words, and it popped into existence, eager to please by killing everything within reach upon command.</p>\n<p>He paused and aimed, thought once, twice… then launched it.</p>\n<p>Click.</p>\n<p>Nothing...</p> <a href=\"https://honeypot.net/2026/04/16/he-held-the-shiny-little.html\">honeypot.net</a>","summary":"","url":"https://honeypot.net/2026/04/16/he-held-the-shiny-little.html","date_published":"2026-04-17T01:21:13+00:00","author":{"name":"Kirk Strauser","url":"","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gravatar.com%2Favatar%2Fd0e26881a0f918e9d92c7f32c2e3aa9a%3Fs%3D96%26d%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fmicro.blog%252Fimages%252Fblank_avatar.png","_microblog":{"username":"kirk"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-04-17 01:21","date_timestamp":1776388873,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":["https://freeradical.zone/@tek/116417428703071696"]}},{"id":"88386585","content_html":"<p>Google <a href=\"https://www.google.com/intl/en/ipv6/statistics.html\">crossed a threshold</a> last month where over 50% of their users accessed it via IPv6.</p>\n<p>If you were wondering if this would be a good time to make your service available over IPv6: yes. Yes, it would.</p>\n<img src=\"https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/763/2026/scr-20260416-itep.png\" width=\"600\" height=\"154\" alt=\"Closeup of a graph with a peak at 50.1% on March 28, 2026.\" loading=\"lazy\">\n","summary":"","url":"https://honeypot.net/2026/04/16/google-crossed-a-threshold-last.html","date_published":"2026-04-16T16:31:21+00:00","author":{"name":"Kirk Strauser","url":"","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gravatar.com%2Favatar%2Fd0e26881a0f918e9d92c7f32c2e3aa9a%3Fs%3D96%26d%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fmicro.blog%252Fimages%252Fblank_avatar.png","_microblog":{"username":"kirk"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-04-16 16:31","date_timestamp":1776357081,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":["https://freeradical.zone/@tek/116415348815312176"]}},{"id":"88383420","content_html":"<p>Ow, ow, ow. A car pulled mostly through the crosswalk before their light turned and they got stuck. I started crossing the street behind it when the owner panicked and started to back up. I reflexively whacked their trunk with my hand to make them stop. The driver rolled down their window and yelled at me...</p> <a href=\"https://honeypot.net/2026/04/16/ow-ow-ow-a-car.html\">honeypot.net</a>","summary":"","url":"https://honeypot.net/2026/04/16/ow-ow-ow-a-car.html","date_published":"2026-04-16T15:50:09+00:00","author":{"name":"Kirk Strauser","url":"","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gravatar.com%2Favatar%2Fd0e26881a0f918e9d92c7f32c2e3aa9a%3Fs%3D96%26d%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fmicro.blog%252Fimages%252Fblank_avatar.png","_microblog":{"username":"kirk"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-04-16 15:50","date_timestamp":1776354609,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":["https://freeradical.zone/@tek/116415182852107403"]}},{"id":"88379698","content_html":"<p>Pentesters: there’s a fine line between diligence and being freaking annoying. Last year a tester found that our auth provider’s SDK generated a sensitive one-time-use URL for our client to connect to their server with, over TLS. I’m still dealing with this dumb finding, which pissed me off so badly that I...</p> <a href=\"https://honeypot.net/2026/04/16/pentesters-theres-a-fine-line.html\">honeypot.net</a>","summary":"","url":"https://honeypot.net/2026/04/16/pentesters-theres-a-fine-line.html","date_published":"2026-04-16T14:58:36+00:00","author":{"name":"Kirk Strauser","url":"","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gravatar.com%2Favatar%2Fd0e26881a0f918e9d92c7f32c2e3aa9a%3Fs%3D96%26d%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fmicro.blog%252Fimages%252Fblank_avatar.png","_microblog":{"username":"kirk"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-04-16 14:58","date_timestamp":1776351516,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":["https://freeradical.zone/@tek/116414980272378896"]}},{"id":"88353642","content_html":"<img src=\"https://micro.blog/books/9780374110031/cover.jpg\" class=\"mini_cover\">\n<p>Currently reading: <a href=\"https://micro.blog/books/9780374110031\">Beowulf: A New Translation</a> by Maria Dahvana Headley 📚</p>\n","summary":"","url":"https://honeypot.net/2026/04/15/currently-reading-beowulf-a-new.html","date_published":"2026-04-16T05:17:13+00:00","author":{"name":"Kirk Strauser","url":"","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gravatar.com%2Favatar%2Fd0e26881a0f918e9d92c7f32c2e3aa9a%3Fs%3D96%26d%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fmicro.blog%252Fimages%252Fblank_avatar.png","_microblog":{"username":"kirk"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-04-16 05:17","date_timestamp":1776316633,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":["https://freeradical.zone/@tek/116412694364371469"]}},{"id":"88353555","content_html":"<img src=\"https://micro.blog/books/9780300285925/cover.jpg\" class=\"mini_cover\">\n<p>Finished reading: <a href=\"https://micro.blog/books/9780300285925\">The Random Universe</a> by Andrew H. Jaffe 📚</p>\n","summary":"","url":"https://honeypot.net/2026/04/15/finished-reading-the-random-universe.html","date_published":"2026-04-16T05:15:54+00:00","author":{"name":"Kirk Strauser","url":"","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gravatar.com%2Favatar%2Fd0e26881a0f918e9d92c7f32c2e3aa9a%3Fs%3D96%26d%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fmicro.blog%252Fimages%252Fblank_avatar.png","_microblog":{"username":"kirk"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-04-16 05:15","date_timestamp":1776316554,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":["https://freeradical.zone/@tek/116412682890049228"]}},{"id":"88254832","content_html":"<p>I won the Internet! My blog post was shared to Hacker News and was #1 on the page at the same time my karma hit 31337.</p>\n<img src=\"https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/763/2026/scr-20260414-lsrg.png\" width=\"600\" height=\"159\" alt=\"Screenshot of my previous post about Flock ignoring my CCPA request at the top of Hacker News, next to my name showing my karma as 31337\" loading=\"lazy\">\n","summary":"","url":"https://honeypot.net/2026/04/14/i-won-the-internet-my.html","date_published":"2026-04-14T20:13:48+00:00","author":{"name":"Kirk Strauser","url":"","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gravatar.com%2Favatar%2Fd0e26881a0f918e9d92c7f32c2e3aa9a%3Fs%3D96%26d%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fmicro.blog%252Fimages%252Fblank_avatar.png","_microblog":{"username":"kirk"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-04-14 20:13","date_timestamp":1776197628,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"88245431","content_html":"<p>Getting the Flock out: <a href=\"https://honeypot.net/2026/04/14/i-wrote-to-flocks-privacy.html\">honeypot.net</a></p>","summary":"","url":"https://honeypot.net/2026/04/14/i-wrote-to-flocks-privacy.html","date_published":"2026-04-14T17:29:41+00:00","author":{"name":"Kirk Strauser","url":"","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gravatar.com%2Favatar%2Fd0e26881a0f918e9d92c7f32c2e3aa9a%3Fs%3D96%26d%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fmicro.blog%252Fimages%252Fblank_avatar.png","_microblog":{"username":"kirk"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-04-14 17:29","date_timestamp":1776187781,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":true,"is_mention":false,"note":"","syndication":["https://freeradical.zone/@tek/116404251547480216"]}},{"id":"87011724","content_html":"<p><a href=\"https://micro.blog/jthingelstad\">@jthingelstad</a> Nope, no way, no how. I’m not particularly afraid of heights, but no.</p>\n","url":"https://micro.blog/kirk/87011724","date_published":"2026-03-26T16:07:40+00:00","author":{"name":"Kirk Strauser","url":"","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gravatar.com%2Favatar%2Fd0e26881a0f918e9d92c7f32c2e3aa9a%3Fs%3D96%26d%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fmicro.blog%252Fimages%252Fblank_avatar.png","_microblog":{"username":"kirk"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-03-26 16:07","date_timestamp":1774541260,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"84950813","content_html":"<p><a href=\"https://micro.blog/danielpunkass\">@danielpunkass</a> Sign up for an account at factory.ai, then tell me what email address you signed up with. (You can send it to kirk@factory.ai if you’d rather not post your email here.) Then I’ll have our operations person set you up.</p>\n<p>You willl <em>not</em> be pestered by sales or partnerships, etc., promise!</p>\n","url":"https://micro.blog/kirk/84950813","date_published":"2026-02-24T20:40:11+00:00","author":{"name":"Kirk Strauser","url":"","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gravatar.com%2Favatar%2Fd0e26881a0f918e9d92c7f32c2e3aa9a%3Fs%3D96%26d%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fmicro.blog%252Fimages%252Fblank_avatar.png","_microblog":{"username":"kirk"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-02-24 20:40","date_timestamp":1771965611,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"84903942","content_html":"<p><a href=\"https://micro.blog/danielpunkass\">@danielpunkass</a> I’ve followed your work for ages (MarsEdit❤️), and I swear this is an offer and not some sneaky sales pitch. I work at Factory. Want a trial account and a boatload of tokens to experiment with?</p>\n<p>(Say no and I won’t pester again, but will just keep happily following along.)</p>\n","url":"https://micro.blog/kirk/84903942","date_published":"2026-02-24T06:14:10+00:00","author":{"name":"Kirk Strauser","url":"","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gravatar.com%2Favatar%2Fd0e26881a0f918e9d92c7f32c2e3aa9a%3Fs%3D96%26d%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fmicro.blog%252Fimages%252Fblank_avatar.png","_microblog":{"username":"kirk"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-02-24 06:14","date_timestamp":1771913650,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"84856961","content_html":"<p><a href=\"https://micro.blog/danielpunkass\">@danielpunkass</a> At my dad’s funeral, several people looked at me like they were seeing a ghost. I don’t quite see it, but they sure did. That was oddly comforting.</p>\n","url":"https://micro.blog/kirk/84856961","date_published":"2026-02-23T15:32:21+00:00","author":{"name":"Kirk Strauser","url":"","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gravatar.com%2Favatar%2Fd0e26881a0f918e9d92c7f32c2e3aa9a%3Fs%3D96%26d%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fmicro.blog%252Fimages%252Fblank_avatar.png","_microblog":{"username":"kirk"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-02-23 15:32","date_timestamp":1771860741,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"83873776","content_html":"<p><a href=\"https://micro.blog/jthingelstad\">@jthingelstad</a> I’m envious! I had to unplug the phone’s handset and plug that cord into my modem to make a call. Your gear was elite by comparison.</p>\n","url":"https://micro.blog/kirk/83873776","date_published":"2026-02-09T02:09:26+00:00","author":{"name":"Kirk Strauser","url":"","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gravatar.com%2Favatar%2Fd0e26881a0f918e9d92c7f32c2e3aa9a%3Fs%3D96%26d%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fmicro.blog%252Fimages%252Fblank_avatar.png","_microblog":{"username":"kirk"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-02-09 02:09","date_timestamp":1770602966,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"80540859","content_html":"<p><span class=\"h-card\"><a href=\"https://micro.blog/todd@social.lol\" class=\"u-url mention\">@todd</a></span> Please do! I’d like to hear how that’s working for you.</p>\n<p>I’ve tried PARA but it didn’t feel quite right to me, like it was adding a bit more process than it removed. However, I know a lot of people love it so there must be something to it.</p>\n<p>(OTOH, a lot of people love Zettelkasten, and that’s a month of my life I won’t get back, heh.)</p>\n","url":"https://micro.blog/kirk/80540859","date_published":"2025-12-22T15:29:01+00:00","author":{"name":"Kirk Strauser","url":"","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gravatar.com%2Favatar%2Fd0e26881a0f918e9d92c7f32c2e3aa9a%3Fs%3D96%26d%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fmicro.blog%252Fimages%252Fblank_avatar.png","_microblog":{"username":"kirk"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2025-12-22 15:29","date_timestamp":1766417341,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"80037849","content_html":"<p><a href=\"https://micro.blog/jthingelstad\">@jthingelstad</a> Ooh, save me a seat. That looks delicious.</p>\n","url":"https://micro.blog/kirk/80037849","date_published":"2025-12-15T04:17:05+00:00","author":{"name":"Kirk Strauser","url":"","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gravatar.com%2Favatar%2Fd0e26881a0f918e9d92c7f32c2e3aa9a%3Fs%3D96%26d%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fmicro.blog%252Fimages%252Fblank_avatar.png","_microblog":{"username":"kirk"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2025-12-15 04:17","date_timestamp":1765772225,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"75083651","content_html":"<p><a href=\"https://micro.blog/See3p0\">@See3p0</a> I did, too! “What the…”</p>\n","url":"https://micro.blog/kirk/75083651","date_published":"2025-10-05T19:19:00+00:00","author":{"name":"Kirk Strauser","url":"","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gravatar.com%2Favatar%2Fd0e26881a0f918e9d92c7f32c2e3aa9a%3Fs%3D96%26d%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fmicro.blog%252Fimages%252Fblank_avatar.png","_microblog":{"username":"kirk"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2025-10-05 19:19","date_timestamp":1759691940,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"70224337","content_html":"<p><span class=\"h-card\"><a href=\"https://micro.blog/Wrewdison@masto.hackers.town\" class=\"u-url mention\">@Wrewdison</a></span> I wholly approve this direction.</p>\n","url":"https://micro.blog/kirk/70224337","date_published":"2025-07-31T15:52:12+00:00","author":{"name":"Kirk Strauser","url":"","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gravatar.com%2Favatar%2Fd0e26881a0f918e9d92c7f32c2e3aa9a%3Fs%3D96%26d%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fmicro.blog%252Fimages%252Fblank_avatar.png","_microblog":{"username":"kirk"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2025-07-31 15:52","date_timestamp":1753977132,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"69831216","content_html":"<p><a href=\"https://micro.blog/danielpunkass\">@danielpunkass</a> Shame is highly underrated.</p>\n","url":"https://micro.blog/kirk/69831216","date_published":"2025-07-26T05:48:23+00:00","author":{"name":"Kirk Strauser","url":"","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gravatar.com%2Favatar%2Fd0e26881a0f918e9d92c7f32c2e3aa9a%3Fs%3D96%26d%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fmicro.blog%252Fimages%252Fblank_avatar.png","_microblog":{"username":"kirk"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2025-07-26 05:48","date_timestamp":1753508903,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"65569499","content_html":"<p><a href=\"https://micro.blog/danielpunkass\">@danielpunkass</a> I bought a few good clippers to distribute around to my desk, day bag, etc. When a nail gets long, I trim it right then. It finally did the trick for me.</p>\n","url":"https://micro.blog/kirk/65569499","date_published":"2025-05-30T05:03:52+00:00","author":{"name":"Kirk Strauser","url":"","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gravatar.com%2Favatar%2Fd0e26881a0f918e9d92c7f32c2e3aa9a%3Fs%3D96%26d%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fmicro.blog%252Fimages%252Fblank_avatar.png","_microblog":{"username":"kirk"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2025-05-30 05:03","date_timestamp":1748581432,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"62734090","content_html":"<p><a href=\"https://micro.blog/danielpunkass\">@danielpunkass</a> I wholeheartedly agree. I’m not Catholic and I don’t inherently have a lot of love for heads of giant organizations. I vehemently disagreed with him on plenty of things (like his take on Ukraine, which I thought was nuts). And yet he seemed to be full of genuine love, compassion, and empathy for his fellow humans, especially the downtrodden. That’s so sadly uncommon from people at his tier of society that it shines through like a beacon when we see it.</p>\n<p>RIP, Francis.</p>\n","url":"https://micro.blog/kirk/62734090","date_published":"2025-04-22T14:24:15+00:00","author":{"name":"Kirk Strauser","url":"","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gravatar.com%2Favatar%2Fd0e26881a0f918e9d92c7f32c2e3aa9a%3Fs%3D96%26d%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fmicro.blog%252Fimages%252Fblank_avatar.png","_microblog":{"username":"kirk"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2025-04-22 14:24","date_timestamp":1745331855,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"62287455","content_html":"<p><a href=\"https://micro.blog/7robots\">@7robots</a> It’s one of my all-time favorites. I think it holds up so well because it’s about the punk, not the cyber.</p>\n","url":"https://micro.blog/kirk/62287455","date_published":"2025-04-16T05:55:25+00:00","author":{"name":"Kirk Strauser","url":"","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gravatar.com%2Favatar%2Fd0e26881a0f918e9d92c7f32c2e3aa9a%3Fs%3D96%26d%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fmicro.blog%252Fimages%252Fblank_avatar.png","_microblog":{"username":"kirk"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2025-04-16 05:55","date_timestamp":1744782925,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"62197648","content_html":"<p><a href=\"https://micro.blog/JohnPhilpin\">@JohnPhilpin</a> I don’t recall. Which one was it?</p>\n","url":"https://micro.blog/kirk/62197648","date_published":"2025-04-14T13:46:43+00:00","author":{"name":"Kirk Strauser","url":"","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gravatar.com%2Favatar%2Fd0e26881a0f918e9d92c7f32c2e3aa9a%3Fs%3D96%26d%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fmicro.blog%252Fimages%252Fblank_avatar.png","_microblog":{"username":"kirk"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2025-04-14 13:46","date_timestamp":1744638403,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"60091775","content_html":"<p><a href=\"https://micro.blog/manton\">@manton</a> That may not help. 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Thank you!</p>\n","url":"https://micro.blog/kirk/59628899","date_published":"2025-03-12T15:27:37+00:00","author":{"name":"Kirk Strauser","url":"","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gravatar.com%2Favatar%2Fd0e26881a0f918e9d92c7f32c2e3aa9a%3Fs%3D96%26d%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fmicro.blog%252Fimages%252Fblank_avatar.png","_microblog":{"username":"kirk"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2025-03-12 15:27","date_timestamp":1741793257,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"58275384","content_html":"<p><a href=\"https://micro.blog/danielpunkass\">@danielpunkass</a> I love this and I want one for myself. 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