Stig (not The Stig)

Unix DevOps person tweeting about whatever I find interesting, funny or horrible.

[Alex Vanopslagh @AlexVanopslagh]

Jeg vil gerne fortælle dig en hemmelighed.

I nat, mens du sov, brugte Danmark atomkraft.

Igen.

Vinden lagde sig over Nordsøen, solen var gået i seng, og så gjorde vi det, vi altid gør, når ingen kigger: Vi satte vores lid til et kabel dybt nede i Øresund og lånte strøm fra de svenske atomkraftværker.

Vi har gjort det i årtier, og svenskerne ved det selvfølgelig godt. De sladrer ikke til nogen, de sender bare en regning.

Lidt historie: Folketinget tog atomkraft ud af dansk energiplanlægning i 1985. Det er før, jeg blev født. Vi opfandt endda logoet med den lille smilende "Atomkraft? Nej tak"-sol. Den blev tegnet i Aarhus i 1975 og er formentlig noget af det mest udbredte danske design efter legoklodsen.

Vi er simpelthen verdensmestre i at sige nej tak. Vi har bare aldrig rigtig fået sagt, hvad vi gerne vil have en aften, hvor solen ikke skinner og vinden ikke blæser.

For at gøre det endnu mere skørt er danske ingeniører endda blandt de dygtigste i verden til at udvikle den næste generation af små reaktorer. Vi har Copenhagen Atomics, vi har Seaborg. Men de må bare ikke bygge dem i Danmark.

Prøv at forestille dig, at Lego havde fået at vide, at de kun måtte lave klodserne i Tyskland.

Så hvad vil Liberal Alliance egentlig? Vi vil først og fremmest have ophævet forbuddet. Og vi vil omprioritere de 55,2 mia. kr., der er afsat til havvind, til blandt andet to atomkraftværker med små, modulære reaktorer ved Studstrup og Kalundborg, som skal levere strøm senest i 2040.

Så kan vi selv producere stabil strøm med lave CO₂-udledninger, også på en vindstille aften i februar. Det synes jeg faktisk fortjener en chance, selv om nogen i Aarhus engang har tegnet et logo.

Indtil da: Tak for lån, Sverige. Sig det nu ikke til nogen.

[Alex Vanopslagh @AlexVanopslagh]

Her ser du den enkeltperson, som har støttet Ukraine mest.

Det er Howard Buffett, Warren Buffets søn, som i alt har doneret 1,4 milliarder dollars - over 9 milliarder kroner! - til alverdens ting i Ukraine.

Han har støttet Ukraine med landbrugsmaskiner, udstyr til at fjerne miner, doneret massive beløb til soldaterhospitalet Superhumans, betalt for genopbygning af hele bydele, broer, kraftværker, generatorer - og 642 millioner (!!!) måltider. Alt det, der foruden krudt og kugler også skal bruges for at vinde krigen og freden bagefter.

Det er dybt beundringsværdigt.

I min nye bog har jeg efterspurgt, at vores moderne elite lader sig inspirere mere af fortidens godgørende titaner i stedet for at putte sig bag flad og bureaukratisk CSR, ESG, og hvad de ellers kalder det.

Det må man sige, at Howard Buffett er et beundringsværdigt eksempel på. Vi har nemlig brug for, at de store tager et ekstraordinært ansvar.

Ikke ved, at vi brandbeskatter og gennemregulerer værdiskabelse, men gennem at fremelske stærke normer for godgørende arbejde og samfundsansvar.

Vi kunne aldrig være blevet så gode og stærke samfund, hvis ikke de store følte sig kaldet til at gøre meget for fællesskabet.

Og husk, at man ikke behøver at være millionær for at kunne støtte Ukraine. Man behøver såmænd bare at forstå, at frontlinjen i kampen for Vestens fremtid går direkte gennem Ukraine.

Lad Howard Buffet inspirere os alle - politikere, rigmænd og alle andre.

[Skattebetalerne @Skattebetalerne]

Nå, @pelledragsted. Skal vi snart bytte plads?

Bliv medlem i dag og hjælp os i bestræbelserne på at blive større og mere kraftfulde end noget dansk parti: https://t.co/sCFrUfZRFK

[Annie @AnnieForTruth]

Trump could tell a doozy of a lie like this and MAGA would still believe it! 🙄

[Massimo @Rainmaker1973]

Automatic locking mechanisms

[Jason Koebler @jason_koebler]

tried the shirt that confuses AI camera object recognition algorithms:

https://t.co/v2QayW0DUw

[なまぬるいおにぎり🍙 @onigiritan]

猫をいれて一緒にいられるTシャツ良すぎる https://t.co/xb5efuWIRE

[Johnny Midnight ⚡️ @its_The_Dr]

Quick entrance

[Elizabeth Sanchez @Elizabeth2_004]

Real Heroes 🫡

[WB @xeanyway]

Love you mom 🫶🥹

[Frothy Friar @frothyfriar]

"Gimme a DEX check"
"No..."

[IT Unprofessional @it_unprofession]

I've been collecting a second salary from this company since 2017.

Her name is Sarah, and she's technically a Python script I wrote over a long weekend.

Sarah's official title is Director of Asynchronous Workflows.

Every two weeks, the payroll department deposits $4,500 into an LLC I registered in Delaware.

It started as an experiment to see if our HR software had any verification protocols.

It doesn't.

I created a fake social security number, a stock photo headshot, and a resume that was just a word cloud of corporate jargon.

HR processed her onboarding in 14 minutes.

Over the last 6 years, Sarah has become an integral part of our corporate culture.

She sends out automated birthday emails that are just slightly too personal.

She replies to all marketing requests with a generic template about bandwidth constraints.

She routinely declines calendar invites from the sales team by stating she's blocking time for holistic strategy synthesis.

The sales guys absolutely love it.

They think she's a powerhouse who doesn't take any nonsense from middle management.

Last month, the VP of Marketing nominated Sarah for an internal leadership award.

He wrote a 3-paragraph Slack message about how her invisible hand has guided the department through turbulent times.

He specifically cited a time she automatically rejected his budget proposal, which forced him to think leaner.

I had to accept the physical award on her behalf at the company banquet.

I told the executive team she was attending an intensive retreat on quantum operational synergy in the Swiss Alps.

The CEO nodded profoundly and said we need more people with her kind of visionary detachment.

He actually told the rest of the leadership team to try and emulate Sarah's ruthless prioritization.

He gave me a crystal plaque with her name engraved on it.

I use it as a coaster in the server room.

Yesterday, HR sent me an email asking if Sarah was ready to take on a direct report.

They wanted to assign her a junior analyst to mentor through the pipeline.

I replied and said her leadership style is fundamentally incompatible with traditional hierarchical structures.

I used the phrase "decentralized human capital allocation."

I explained that placing a human subordinate under her would disrupt her flow state.

They immediately backed down and apologized for trying to micromanage her process.

They even asked if there was a way to integrate her flow state into the company handbook.

I'm currently rewriting her code so she can negotiate a 12% raise during her next performance review.

I've programmed her to use phrases like market rate adjustment and paradigm-shifting deliverables.

She's going to get the raise.

I know she's going to get the raise because I'm the one who approves the departmental budget.

It's a perfect closed-loop economy.

If this company ever figures out what they're paying for, I'll just claim I built a proprietary artificial intelligence.

I'll rebrand the grift as enterprise automation and ask for a massive promotion.

Until then, Sarah is going to keep rejecting meeting invites and cashing checks.

She's honestly the best employee this company has ever had.

[Alvin @Alvin1492840]

A guy bought a $1,800 Samsung TV and watched it for 3 years.

Netflix. YouTube. Sports. Movies. Every night. Same screen. Same picture. He thought it looked fine. He assumed that's just what a TV looks like.

His friend, a home theater installer who calibrates 200+ TVs a year across luxury homes came over to watch a fight one Saturday night. He sat on the couch, looked at the screen for about 5 seconds, and said:

"You're in Vivid mode."
"What's Vivid mode?"
"It's the picture setting Samsung puts on every TV so it pops under the fluorescent lights at Best Buy. Maximum brightness. Oversaturated colors. Artificial sharpness cranked to 50. It's designed to catch your eye on a showroom wall next to 60 other TVs not for watching content in a living room. You've been watching a Best Buy demo reel on your couch for 3 years."

He picked up the remote and started going through Settings.

"Your skin tones are orange. Your motion smoothing is making every movie look like a soap opera. The eco mode is dimming your brightness by 40% during dark scenes. The sharpness filter is adding digital noise to every frame. Your HDMI ports are blocking HDR from your streaming stick. Your TV is taking screenshots of your screen and selling your viewing data. And Bixby has been listening through the remote's microphone since the day you plugged this in."

He changed 9 settings in 11 minutes.

The guy looked at the screen and said "did you buy me a new TV while I wasn't looking?"

His friend said: "Same TV. Same panel. Same $1,800 you spent 3 years ago. Samsung builds incredible displays and then ships them with settings designed for a retail store, not your living room. Nobody tells you to change them because Samsung makes money from the defaults you leave untouched."

Here's every setting he changed 🧵

[Annie @AnnieForTruth]

It’s a three ring circus between bobble head bimbo, babbling Bobby and Sleepy Don! 🤣🤡🤡 RFK Jr looks like he’s going through withdrawal. That excessive shaking is not due to Spasmodic Dysphonia. He’s got a neurological issue. That’s what snorting coke off toilet seats and doing heroin for 14 years gets you.

[Yasir Ai @AiwithYasir]

If someone hacks your Gmail, they don't need your passwords.

They can reset everything.

Bank. Instagram. Apple ID. Crypto. PayPal. Password manager.

Your Gmail isn't email.

It's the master key to your entire life.

Here's how to lock it down in 10 minutes: 🧵

[Takeshi Kovacs @PrzemekShura]

🇨🇳 Remake „Głupi i głupszy” w wersji chińskiej 🤓 Myśleliście, że widzieliście już wszystko? To zobaczcie to! Na jednym z chińskich lotnisk, jeden z pasażerów, wykończony czekaniem na opóźniony lot, twardo zasnął na lotniskowych krzesłach. Podczas snu zsunął się tak niefortunnie, że jego głowa wpadła w wąską szczelinę między oparciem a siedziskiem. Utknął na amen.

Widząc wierzgającego kumpla, do akcji wkracza jego genialny kolega. Zamiast wezwać pomoc, uznaje, że przeprowadzi pokazową lekcję ratownictwa. Aby zademonstrować, jak łatwo się wyplątać... wsadza własną głowę w identyczną dziurę obok.

Efekt? Dwóch dorosłych facetów leży ramię w ramię na metalowym stelażu, machając bezradnie nogami w powietrzu przed tłumem rozbawionych pasażerów.

Ostatecznie do akcji wkroczyły służby techniczne lotniska, które z zestawem kluczy musiały rozkręcić fotele na części pierwsze, żeby uwolnić obu „geniuszy”.🥳

[Aviator Anil Chopra @Chopsyturvey]

Ever wondered where luxury restaurants get such ideas from 😂😂

[The Figen @TheFigen_]

This guy just exposed every magician out there. 😂

[Marco @maarcoofdezz]

ESTE TIPO CONSTRUYÓ UN SISTEMA AUTOMATIZADO PARA DEFENDER SU BALCÓN DE LAS PALOMAS

Las palomas no dejaban de hacer nidos en su balcón, así que diseñó un sistema completo de detección y disuasión.

Así es como funciona:

Una cámara captura vídeo en tiempo real.
Un modelo de IA identifica a la paloma en tiempo real.
Una pistola de agua montada sobre servomotores gira para apuntarle.
La rocía automáticamente con agua.

El hardware:

Una Orange Pi 5 que ejecuta el modelo de detección.
Una pistola de agua eléctrica a batería desmontada.
Una cámara USB.
Dos servomotores para apuntar.
Resistencias y un transistor para accionar la pistola de agua.

La detección se realiza con un modelo de visión por IA (YOLO-World v2) que aprovecha la unidad de procesamiento neuronal (NPU) integrada del Rockchip RK3588.

Lo mejor es que no está limitado a las palomas. Como utiliza detección de vocabulario abierto (open-vocabulary detection), puedes reprogramar el objetivo para detectar prácticamente cualquier objeto: ardillas, gatos, mapaches o cualquier animal que esté causando problemas en tu balcón.

Es un sistema totalmente automatizado, funciona las 24 horas del día, los 7 días de la semana, y no requiere ninguna intervención manual.

Cada día me sorprende más la originalidad de la gente.