Stephen Yeargin
Software engineer, transit advocate and fraternity volunteer. Occasional sports and politics quips.
A few roles are opening up at @flox@fosstodon.org that are worth your 👀
- Security Engineer
- Solutions Engineer
- Technical Product Marketing Lead
At the rate CoreCivic is going, they'll be looking to change the name *back* to CCA because it has less baggage.
https://wpln.org/post/trousdale-turner-correctional-center-inmate-dies/
It seems ironic that the GitHub Arctic Code Vault has gone from a 🙄 PR stunt to perhaps the last snapshot of open source software before the deluge of AI slop. 🤖
Before you toss your old Kindle next month, take a look at @trmnl@mastodon.social for their Bring-Your-Own-Device (BYOD) program to give it a new life as a personal dashboard.
RIP to the 2025-26 Nashville Predators. It wasn't always fun to watch, but there were at least more bright spots than last season. It's going to be a long summer.
Only appropriate response every time Lindsey Graham says the US should invade a country. You first, Senator.
I absolutely do not expect them to make the playoffs, but for this one shining moment, we can bask in the possibilities.
@PeterRobison@nashtodon.com @luketlancaster@nashtodon.com Agree. That said, I don't doubt their capability to also make a huge mess.
I don't know if we'll ever make true progress in the United States until the brains addled by the put-lead-in-gasoline-paint-and-water era aren't the ones making decisions.
AI : actual problems :: electrolytes : what plants crave
Watching a company that rushed to go "all in" on adding AI features to its SaaS suddenly hype the non-AI portions as the real selling point -- because it turns out their customers could replace that SaaS with their own AI workflows for cheaper. 🍿
Great start, but I'm sure the sharks would love to avenge this one with a similar comeback: https://www.espn.com/nhl/game/_/gameId/401688351/sharks-predators
Exciting time at @flox@fosstodon.org launching the CUDA Kickstart Program, just in time for NVIDIA GTC!
https://flox.dev/blog/deploying-hardened-flox-nvidia-cuda-stacks-in-minutes-not-hours/
I have a love/hate relationship with Dependabot most days.
“There can be no keener revelation of a society’s soul than the way in which it treats its children.” -- Nelson Mandela
https://wpln.org/post/tennessee-could-lock-up-foster-youth-in-facilities-under-new-bill/
For no particular reason, I'm reminded of this 🥇 ✊ ...
https://www.theguardian.com/football/2019/jun/27/megan-rapinoe-donald-trump-white-house
So we've gone from using tariffs being on again / off again to manipulate the markets to ...
ceasefires.
Got it.