Post #3988643
2026-07-21 15:03 UTC
I don't know if @mwl@io.mwl.io has overtly commented on this, but I think my favorite thing about his tech manuals is the cultural transmission inherent to statements like
Iocage can manage hundreds of your most
common types of jail, freeing you up to painfully maintain a couple of festering
hand-tweaked artisan jails that require their own exotic weirdness.
...which verily informs you, at a visceral level, that if you want to get into this form of wizardry, if you want to be the calm bearded sage in the LoudFansRoom, completely placid as you tame and direct the Daemons Of The Blinkenlights, you must remember that you live on the edge of utter futility at every moment. You must bring your own tility.
murmuring of meditating BSD monks in the background grows louder. Jimmy backs off to one side, and gestures the camera to get closer. As it nears the long table, the voices resolve into a chant:
NOTHING IS SECURE
EVERYTHING IS HORRIBLE
NOTHING IS SECURE
EVERYTHING IS HORRIBLE
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