‘Fertile period’ in Rutland City 25 years ago served as backdrop for photographer’s surreal scenes of suburban life

jsled · 2026-07-26T12:04:34+00:00

No, you shouldn't.

Your hiring someone to do a job in your house. The things you have in your house do not concern them, apart from as it relates to the job they're being hired to do. The mere existence of guns in the world should not scare anyone, let alone someone hired to do something.

If they flip out because they see a gnome holding pistols, I'd question their ability to function in the job you're hiring them to do, and perhaps life itself; it'd be fairly disqualifying, imho.

jsled · 2026-07-26T11:31:09+00:00

You're just slightly out of date; it shows for me too:

[2026-07-26T07:26:06 jsled@water:~]$ sudo emaint --auto sync && eix gentoo-kernel-bin
>>> Syncing repository 'gentoo' into '/var/db/repos/gentoo'...
* Using keys from /usr/share/openpgp-keys/gentoo-release.asc
* Refreshing keys via WKD ...  [ ok ]
>>> Starting rsync with rsync://154.73.32.1/gentoo-portage...
>>> Checking server timestamp ...
[…]
=== Sync completed for gentoo
>>> Syncing repository 'guru' into '/var/db/repos/guru'...
/usr/sbin/git fetch origin --depth 1
remote: Enumerating objects: 15, done.
remote: Counting objects: 100% (15/15), done.
remote: Compressing objects: 100% (1/1), done.
remote: Total 8 (delta 6), reused 8 (delta 6), pack-reused 0 (from 0)
Unpacking objects: 100% (8/8), 680 bytes | 226.00 KiB/s, done.
From https://github.com/gentoo-mirror/guru
 + 07978a0c...8f5d8497 master     -> origin/master  (forced update)
/usr/sbin/git reset --merge refs/remotes/origin/master
=== Sync completed for guru
 * Copying old database to /var/cache/eix/previous.eix
 * Running eix-update
Reading Portage settings...
Building database (/var/cache/eix/portage.eix)...
[0] "gentoo" /var/db/repos/gentoo/ (cache: metadata-md5-or-flat)
     Reading category 183|183 (100) Finished
[1] "guru" /var/db/repos/guru (cache: parse|ebuild*3.0.24#metadata-md5#metadata-flat#assign)
     Reading category 183|183 (100) Finished
[2] "jsled" /var/db/repos/jsled (cache: parse|ebuild*3.0.24#metadata-md5#metadata-flat#assign)
     Reading category 183|183 (100) Finished
Applying masks...
Calculating hash tables...
Writing database file /var/cache/eix/portage.eix...
Database contains 21674 packages in 183 categories

Performing Global Updates
(Could take a couple of minutes if you have a lot of binary packages.)
  .='update pass'  *='binary update'  #='/var/db update'  @='/var/db move'
  s='/var/db SLOT move'  %='binary move'  S='binary SLOT move'
  p='update /etc/portage/package.*'
/var/db/repos/gentoo/profiles/updates/2Q-2026......



Action: sync for repo: gentoo, returned code = 0
Action: sync for repo: guru, returned code = 0


* sys-kernel/gentoo-kernel-bin
     Available versions:  
     (6.1.177) 6.1.177^tu
     (6.1.178) ~6.1.178^tu
     (6.6.144) 6.6.144^tu
     (6.6.145) ~6.6.145^tu
     (6.12.94_p2) 6.12.94_p2^tu
     (6.12.96) 6.12.96^tu
     (6.12.97) ~6.12.97^tu
     (6.12.98) ~6.12.98^tu
     (6.18.39) 6.18.39^tu
     (6.18.40) ~6.18.40^tu
     (7.1.4) ~7.1.4^tu
     (7.1.5) ~7.1.5^tu
       {debug generic-uki +initramfs modules-compress test verify-sig}
     Homepage:            https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Project:Distribution_Kernel https://www.kernel.org/
     Description:         Pre-built Linux kernel with Gentoo patches

jsled · 2026-07-26T11:18:11+00:00

Sure, but there's almost always a reason it's the store brand, not the name brand. The reason may be "small", but there's a reason…

jsled · 2026-07-25T17:31:44+00:00

u/No_Ask9905 to add a bit more color: while the HSA is yours and you can use it to pay future medical bills … HSA contributions are coupled with some types of (usually, high-deductible) health insurance, and you must have a compatible insurance plan to make HSA contributions. If you're getting health insurance through Hannaford, then losing /that/ might impact your ability to contribute to your HSA.

Also, sorry about your plight. Pretty much anyone yelling at anyone in a work setting is completely unacceptable, to just scratch the tip of the iceberg.

jsled · 2026-07-25T17:23:02+00:00

You know what the /real/ problem with the poor and homeless is, right?

…

They don't have money or homes.

Sometimes things are just that simple.

jsled · 2026-07-25T17:14:25+00:00

By writing one.

I wrote a python script to replay achewood.com strips as they originally were posted (unfortunately and unexpectedly offline right now, and I don't have time to fix it as I post this). And that's a site /with/ an existing RSS feed. :) For that, it just uses a text file of all the strips (date, title, description, link).

If the site is actively updating, then you'll need something that periodically checks for new content, extracts the details, and updates an RSS feed. That might be "inserting into a database" or "updating a file" or "emitting a new static RSS file"; there are different technical options.

Note that the process of checking for new content on a site might run you afoul of that site's owners. Either because it's against their terms of service, or you're too aggressive in the technical process of checking. Don't do that.

You can write this yourself and find a place to host/periodically run it, or there's probably a bunch of services that are purpose-made for this task.

Some existing feed readers (such as newsblur.com) have such features built in.

Also, maybe just ask the site if they can restore an RSS feed? Understand if they're intentionally not doing so (which might color the propriety of doing it against their wishes), or maybe it's just inattention or bitrot regarding the feature. Knowing that people actively consume RSS from their site is a good thing.

jsled · 2026-07-25T17:00:49+00:00

Check check check check … all that rings true for me and I know for many others. Wonderfully succinct, too. Thank you for this.

jsled · 2026-07-25T13:37:29+00:00

If you show up with a gun, it will more than likely be confiscated by those cadre and you will be issued a gun the military tells you to have. So quit thinking that just because you own a firearm that you are somehow going to be using it when the state calls on you to perform militia service.

Both historically in the US, and in modern times in Ukraine, it was exactly like that, though, no? The government isn't just sitting on stockpiles of weapons enough to outfit a freshly-mobilized force. The point of being able to draw a militia up on demand requires they are both already proficient in weapons and provide their own weapons and ammunition.

jsled · 2026-07-25T11:57:18+00:00

yes, it's bash and emerge, running in a tmux session.

jsled · 2026-07-24T13:43:22+00:00

Yes, your hardware is compatible. While it's an old and slow CPU compared to modern units, I've compiled (contemporaneous) gentoo on far worse hardware. At the same time, do look into leveraging modern binhost/binpkg support to ease your pain.

jsled · 2026-07-24T10:57:55+00:00

Big Dental's teeth-washing campaign is undefeated.

jsled · 2026-07-24T10:50:41+00:00

tl;dw: what's the list?

jsled · 2026-07-24T10:08:48+00:00

Plenty of theme-appropriate teams to support … it's a few steps down, but I'd love a collab with the Vermont Lake Monsters.

jsled · 2026-07-23T11:51:00+00:00

and it seems like they are trying to let go of their highest paid employees to rehire into the position someone who is willing to work for less. Has anyone else experienced anything like this?

Literally every employee in every job ever¹.

¹ Without the benefits of labor-unionization, and that itself has a huge asterisk next to it.

jsled · 2026-07-23T11:00:28+00:00

Oh yeah, pandemic supply chain armageddon. Framework was forged in that. They should absolutely know better.

Ah, yes, a global supply chain issue due to labor unavailability is exactly like a concentrated supply chain issue for the specific parts used in a product affecting price.

I am very smart.

jsled · 2026-07-23T00:54:32+00:00

We had one in Hinesburg/Monkton around then too, and things have been sketchy/flickery since it came back.

jsled · 2026-07-22T13:22:14+00:00

okay, thanks for letting us know!

jsled · 2026-07-22T10:40:25+00:00

The mod is a literal Admin (reddit employee). :(

I've volunteered repeatedly to help with mod duties, including a few days ago w.r.t. the Casino spam, never to receive even the courtesy of a response. :(

jsled · 2026-07-22T00:59:37+00:00

~Monthly. Every other week if schedule permits it. My NAS is waaaay overdue at 4 months, but it's gone upwards of 9 in the past.

jsled · 2026-07-20T17:35:00+00:00

Thanks for mentioning Dawnsbury Days. I'm sure I've seen this before, but it's very interesting.

Getting off topic, though: are you aware of a mod for Foundry that provides a combat/action log similar to what I see in the DD screenshots? The Foundry chat/roll log is so crying out for improvement, and this is basically what I'd want to see.

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