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Spencer Salyer

@b3rts.dev

Senior engineer, dad, husband, and helper. Disciplined, principled, and multi-passionate. Interested in Linux/Unix, Open Source, Systems & Embedded. https://b3rts.dev

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>they're going to vibecode cobol

so, who's stocking up on canned food and shotguns?

23.02.2026 21:34 πŸ‘ 1261 πŸ” 249 πŸ’¬ 53 πŸ“Œ 33

I think you guys should stop learning languages and start learning programming already.

15.02.2025 09:29 πŸ‘ 344 πŸ” 14 πŸ’¬ 20 πŸ“Œ 4

#3DPrinters aren't the problem, especially in the USA. Lawmakers (and OSHWA) should be ashamed. Reject these bills!

> Printers would have to examine every file, compare it against a centrally maintained list of prohibited designs, reject flagged jobs, and be engineered to resist bypass <

25.01.2026 22:50 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I buy almost all my books on bookshop. We need more mission driven companies we can give our business as alternatives to the techno-oligarchs.

24.01.2026 19:39 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I do it on the reg. I don't even share with my children.

18.01.2026 07:05 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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TIL: Cargo lets you use "host-tuple" as a target πŸ‘€

No need to remember your full target triple anymore! πŸ¦€

#rustlang #cargo #rustdev #buildtools #cli

14.01.2026 10:29 πŸ‘ 30 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

Komorebi (twm for Windows) guy was working on a Mac version, not sure how far along it is.

14.01.2026 06:03 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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The Vanilla Adventure A complete, all-in-one fantasy RPG book with everything you need to start playing NOW.

I just backed The Vanilla Adventure on @kickstarter.com www.kickstarter.com/projects/dra...

Wind and Akhimsa are awesome and this has long been my favorite old-school D&D module, finally getting the glam-up it deserves!

06.01.2026 20:36 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

thanks for the shout out! "an absolute middle finger to tech bros and this horrible era" is the best description of this story that i've heard.

30.12.2025 23:10 πŸ‘ 26 πŸ” 7 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
a voronoi diagram of the world's largest oil reserves, showcasing Venezuela and Saudi Arabia as the largest.

a voronoi diagram of the world's largest oil reserves, showcasing Venezuela and Saudi Arabia as the largest.

Just putting this here if anyone's curious.

31.12.2025 01:23 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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a man with a beard is wearing a black coat and a black shirt . Alt: a man with a beard is wearing a black coat and a black shirt, he says wow, interesting.
22.12.2025 03:35 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Day 6 - Advent of Code 2025

I thought part 2 might be the end of me, but I finally nailed it down after lots of face palming.

I just completed "Trash Compactor" - Day 6 - Advent of Code 2025 #AdventOfCode adventofcode.com/2025/day/6

11.12.2025 17:02 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Day 1 - Advent of Code 2025

I'm not exactly on pace, but I just completed "Secret Entrance" - Day 1 - Advent of Code 2025 #AdventOfCode adventofcode.com/2025/day/1

03.12.2025 16:33 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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elmo from sesame street is surrounded by cookies falling around him Alt: cookie monster from sesame street is surrounded by cookies falling around him
22.11.2025 10:48 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Well, that didn't take long.

blog.adafruit.com/2025/11/21/t...

22.11.2025 10:46 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
A photograph of a lonesome street lamp shining down on a wet, leaf-covered road, evoking the a Miyazaki-esque vibe which might remind the viewer of a scene in the film My Neighbor Totoro.

A photograph of a lonesome street lamp shining down on a wet, leaf-covered road, evoking the a Miyazaki-esque vibe which might remind the viewer of a scene in the film My Neighbor Totoro.

I waited in the rain a long time but the catbus never came.

21.11.2025 19:36 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Ready for the bubble to burst. The world went too hard and too fast on AI. It's revolutionary in so many ways, but vastly outpaces regulation and legislation.

20.11.2025 02:57 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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You can pick up both Nightdive's System Shocks for $20, plus other imsims Shame about the name, though.

Return of the Immersive Sim collection through 11/25 @pcgamer.com

@atari.com @nightdivestudios.bsky.social @newblood.games @fireshinegames.bsky.social @colepowered.bsky.social @90sgraphics.bsky.social @hyperstrangesa.bsky.social @fallenacesdev.bsky.social @mindthunk.bsky.social

bit.ly/48o74jl

20.11.2025 01:19 πŸ‘ 22 πŸ” 7 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 3
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Last night’s lavish White House dinner showed us the global oligarchy coming together in plain sight.

By cozying up to MBS, Trump has signaled to the world that the United States is now on the side of authoritarianism, not democracy.

20.11.2025 01:29 πŸ‘ 2304 πŸ” 637 πŸ’¬ 73 πŸ“Œ 27

This saves your the pain and grief of banging your head against the wall sufficiently long enough to warrant reaching out for help, only to explain the problem to *them* and experience that "Oh, oops.. nevermind, I see what I did wrong! " moment in public.

18.11.2025 02:58 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

One of the most powerful coding habits is stopping to explain the problem to yourself out loud.

17.11.2025 20:06 πŸ‘ 9 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

This picture is upside down. Cat goes on top!

16.11.2025 01:17 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Digiphile - Expert-Curated Game & Book Collections Expert-curated, premium game and book collections from Humble Bundle vets offering discovery options for digital media enthusiasts like the Games Exchange.

We’re genuinely excited to announce our very first collection: Return of the Immersive Sim.

We’re a small, passionate team trying to do things differently. Own some of the games already? Trade them in for something else on the Digiphile Exchange.

We can’t wait to show you what’s next!
digiphile.co

14.11.2025 22:54 πŸ‘ 62 πŸ” 16 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1
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Rust Foundation The Rust Foundation is an independent non-profit dedicated to the stewardship of the Rust programming language and its global community. Visit us at rustfoundation.org.

Movie night, Rust style! πŸΏπŸ¦€

Who needs Netflix when you can binge-watch #RustConf25 keynotes and sessions?

Full playlist: www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...
Event photos: www.flickr.com/photos/rustf...

#RustLang #OpenSource

30.10.2025 18:19 πŸ‘ 8 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
a screenshot of the picotron desktop showing a folder called picotron_0.2.1c with a skull icon on it

a screenshot of the picotron desktop showing a folder called picotron_0.2.1c with a skull icon on it

#picotron 0.2.1c is up on lexaloffle & humble: www.picotron.net

- tracker fx: fade, oscillate, fast arps
- batch matmul() // demo: treegen.p64
- fast tline3d / spr / sspr / map
- external .p64 change reloading
- trinkets wallpaper

full changelog: www.lexaloffle.com/dl/docs/pico...

01.11.2025 02:22 πŸ‘ 77 πŸ” 14 πŸ’¬ 6 πŸ“Œ 1

Nerds candy ain't broken. Quit tryin' to fix it.

01.11.2025 04:44 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

pwned

28.10.2025 13:06 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

:sadreact:

21.10.2025 20:55 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Amazon hopes to replace 600,000 US workers with robots, according to leaked documents They’re taking our jobs.

Spiraling headlong towards The Autofac at incredible speed. Not only do we fill our front porches with their boxes, but they are bankrolled by an insane amount of the internet (including gov't) hosted in their cloud infrastructure. Robots in the warehouses, AI in the cloud. #BoycottAmazon

21.10.2025 20:53 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Hawaii library system bans displays that refer to 'Banned Books Week,' rebrands to 'Freedom to Read' Last week Lani Kawahara, who oversees the young adult section at Kauai’s largest library, set up her annual display to mark Banned Books Week, a national campaign that kicked off Sunday to spotlight t...

Hawaii is trying to ban #BannedBooksWeek? The irony of disallowing words like "censorship"...

apnews.com/article/cens...

08.10.2025 23:58 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0