A reminder in these weeks of nonstop fresh hells: the fact that someone is posting silly, lighthearted things, or content otherwise unrelated to today's horrible, does not mean that they aren't empathetic or taking things seriously. We all need occasional breaks, especially now. #

I'm using pre-made roux from a jar so nothing matters. Be free! #

Creating a Windows VM on AWS or GCP:

* click * boot

Creating a Windows VM on Azure:

[ ] Please confirm you have a license for this. * click * NO, CONFIRM!

Uh, I dunno? Is a license included in this VM I'm paying you for? And if not, why not? Is there a checkbox for that too? #

Use a password manager #

If you do a PUT without chunking or Content-Length to Azure instance metadata server,

HTTP/1.1 411 Length Required Server: Microsoft-HTTPAPI/2.0

Once you fix that,

Server: Microsoft-IIS/10.0

I like how you can watch the "Server" to see it snaking its way through layers. #

"Robots Will Makes Us Better Humans" is my post for today. kk.org/thetechnium/ro… As we engineer ethics into AIs we will see that our own ethical notions are shallow and inconsistent. Teaching robots will be like teaching our children. We'll have to upgrade our own practices. #

Many people have been using quarantine as a time to perfect their bread or coffee making skills, but I personally have taken this as an opportunity to make increasingly unsettling eggs #

wavefunctions when you observe them #

measuring by the microsecond for *sustained use discounts* seems extremely necessary #

This is the plot for the office space sequel… those extra minutes get rounded…. #