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Kent Pitman

In 2009, I had to cancel a scheduled keynote talk at the European Lisp Symposium (ELS) in Italy because I was due to be in surgery at that exact time for my thyroid cancer. (Surgery went well, and I've seemed thankfully free of it since.) They were kind enough to ask me to speak in Lisbon in 2010 instead. But I didn't at the time, in 2009, speak publicly about the surgery or the cancer. Instead I made a vague excuse about an illness in the family (not technically untrue) being the reason I couldn't do the talk.

On the evening before the surgery, I wrote a somewhat metaphorically cryptic post to my blog that I figured would at least capture my apprehension in case the surgery did not go well, or even if it did, I suppose. It's still interesting to have a window back into my thoughts.

netsettlement.blogspot.com/200?

Back to modern day, I do have a planned procedure (not tomorrow, not dire and far more routine, so not to worry, but please don't ask for additional details just now) that I've been reflecting about just a bit.

Though in all honesty, I and all of us are probably at more risk just walking around on the streets in our emerging fascism (here in the US, though other places are not exactly immune either), and that's on my mind all the time now as well. Any one of us could become an unperson, certainly anyone with decent ethics anyway, as that seems to almost be the criterion for who they're going after.

The tanka I wrote is not specific to one thing in particular, just the sum total of various such things that point to the ephemeral nature of each of our existences.

It's both frightening and infuriating to live in a society where we are at risk merely because of our very existence or nature being seen as a crime.

There may be some among us that don't feel at risk. I wish I could say that's good. But I worry it's obliviousness/denial, or privilege, or something darker, perhaps even being comforted by being on the winning side of bigotry. Maybe give it some thought, because I don't want people to be disempowered by what's afoot, but neither should they feel it's someone else's problem. We have real problems that need to really be addressed. It's a time to feel uncomfortable because no one should be comfortable with what's happening. It's a time for people to empathize and contribute to getting the world back onto an even keel.

Meanwhile we are all individually fragile, too. I had a philosophy class in which the professor told us we could not say with certainty that we would have lunch with someone tomorrow. The future is intrinsically less than certain, we're just talking degree here. But the things going on now are good cause to appreciate those we love, and make sure that we've got things in order in case things get wonky.

And even beyond the politics of the day, the state of climate is dire. I talk enough of that elsewhere, so won't belabor it, but its spectre is ever-present.

Still, it also makes it a time to live, not to put off living to some mythical future time when things will be better. (I wrote a different haiku about that earlier this evening as part of this same pondering.) Let's work toward creating a bright future, but let's also not fail to appreciate that today is all we know we have for sure. Make the best of it. And be the person you want others to remember fondly.

netsettlement.blogspot.comOver the EdgeKent Pitman's blog. Independent, progressive views on Society, Technology, Social Justice and Climate, or sometimes poetry, philosophy, or history.
#love#friendship#legacy
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Erik Jonker

It's not the first time this has been tried,
"The so-called Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) is starting to put together a team to migrate the Social Security Administration’s (SSA) computer systems entirely off one of its oldest programming languages in a matter of months, potentially putting the integrity of the system—and the benefits on which tens of millions of Americans rely—at risk."
wired.com/story/doge-rebuild-s
#DOGE #Cobol #SSA #legacy

WIRED · DOGE Plans to Rebuild SSA Codebase in Months, Risking Benefits and System CollapseAv Makena Kelly
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TomAoki

For anyone who needs 470 series of legacy nvidia-driver on #FreeBSD:
Now there's a review D49457 for upgrading ports to 470.256.02.
reviews.freebsd.org/D49457

It also contains patch for x11/linux-nvidia-libs-470 to keep them in sync.

Without this patch, 470.256.02 does not build.

Although I've opened the review as per request in Bug 285069,
bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show
unfortunately I myself don't using 470 series of drivers. But it is reported to work with default options in Bug 285069.

reviews.freebsd.org⚙ D49457 Update x11/nvidia-driver-470 and x11/linux-nvidia-libs-470 to 470.256.02
#nvidia#legacy#driver470
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Erik Jonker

Hoe om te gaan met ICT-legacy, handreiking van adviescollege ICT-toetsing.
adviescollegeicttoetsing.nl/pu
#adviescollegeicttoetsing #ICT #legacy

www.adviescollegeicttoetsing.nlHandreiking over legacyHet Adviescollege ICT-toetsing ziet regelmatig dat organisaties worstelen met hun legacy-systemen. Nieuwe wetten en regels kunnen niet of niet tijdig worden doorgevoerd omdat aanpassingen in de ICT-systemen niet of met grote moeite kunnen worden gerealiseerd. Vaak besluiten organisaties om deze systemen te vervangen zonder goede onderbouwing of analyse waar de problemen nu echt zitten. Of legacy problematisch is, op onderdelen of niet, ligt genuanceerd en kan per situatie verschillen. Hoe er mee om te gaan, verschilt daarom ook per situatie. In deze handreiking – gebaseerd op onderzoeken van het Adviescollege – werken we drie adviezen uit om beter om te gaan met legacy: hoe zorg je voor een gedegen inzicht in de systemen, hoe kies je vervolgens de kleinst mogelijk oplossing om problemen te verhelpen en hoe voorkom je dat er (opnieuw) problematische legacy ontstaat. Want, voorkomen is natuurlijk beter dan genezen.
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Timothy James

New music! New vibes! This one tugs right at the heart! Family! My father, myself, and my son. Three generations. A legacy I am so proud to put to music! Tag your dad! Tag your son! This is for you too! My latest single “Three Generations” is out now! Go get it! #therealbostoncowboy #timothyjames #countrymusic #country #newmusic #music #threegenerations #love #family #father #son #legacy #heart #boston #nashville #guitar #spotify #youtube #apple #massachusetts #life

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The IT Blog

Kill It with Fire – Manage Aging Computer Systems

I just noticed that I never made a book recommendation, even though I’m reading quite some books – well okay, not too many IT books to be honest. A while ago a – very valued – colleague recommended Kill It with Fire – Manage Aging Computer Systems to me.

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locked.de/kill-it-with-fire-ma
#book #code #legacy

The IT Blog · Kill It with Fire - Manage Aging Computer SystemsI just noticed that I never made a book recommendation, even though I'm reading quite some books - well okay, not too many IT books to be honest. A while ago a - very valued - colleague recommended Kill It with Fire - Manage Aging Computer Systems to me. Renowned for restoring some of the wo
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