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eightbitraptor\u2014

@eightbitraptor@ruby.social

Ruby core committer. Low-key weeb. Drinks a lot of coffee, listens to loud music. Makes keyboards. Fixes MiniDisc players. Proud Luddite. I love Fountain Pens, Linux & Emacs. 

日本語を勉強しています。でもまだ上手じゃないです。助けてくださませんか 🙇

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Joined November 04, 2022

Web:

https://www.eightbitraptor.com

Github:

https://www.github.com/eightbitraptor

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eightbitraptor\u2014 @eightbitraptor@ruby.social · Jun 02, 2026

It doesn't happen very often but I wrote a thing. Typically it's about Linux admin stuff. In this case the rather painful process of getting Guix system on my ThinkPad.

https://www.eightbitraptor.com/2026/06/02/installing-guix/

eightbitraptor\u2014 @eightbitraptor@ruby.social · Apr 22, 2026

@yujiyokoo@ruby.social https://www.copetti.org/writings/consoles/

eightbitraptor\u2014 @eightbitraptor@ruby.social · Apr 20, 2026

Welp. I have added another story to my collection of adventures. Stuck on a train in Sendai during a magnitude 7.5 earthquake.

I'm not going to get to Hakodate today, the train is limping towards Morioka. But hey! I get to explore the nightlife of a new city!

Silver linings and all that.

eightbitraptor\u2014 @eightbitraptor@ruby.social · Apr 19, 2026

A pilgrimage! Bought a CRKBD V4!! can't wait to build it.

eightbitraptor\u2014 @eightbitraptor@ruby.social · Apr 18, 2026

ヒースロー空港で日本に向かっています。ワクワクします。

eightbitraptor\u2014 @eightbitraptor@ruby.social · Apr 10, 2026

I loved this.

https://leehanchung.github.io/blogs/2026/04/05/the-ai-great-leap-forward/

Han, Not Solo

The AI Great Leap Forward

In 1958, Mao ordered every village to produce steel. The steel was useless. The crops rotted. Today's top-down AI mandates are producing the same pattern: ba...

eightbitraptor\u2014 @eightbitraptor@ruby.social · Apr 07, 2026

Doing my 6 month work review, trying to justify my continued participation in capitalism, while at the same time not being able to guarantee that there won't be a nuclear war going on when I wake up tomorrow is certainly a vibe.