Adrian Chadd
* he/him
* VR/AR prototype work at Facebook/Meta
* KK6VQK when RF
* Discord - therealerikarn
* FreeBSD, WiFi drivers/stack, Retro Computing, Random Electronics, and occasional kid/puppy stories
* erikarn.github.io for links to everything else
- wait a sec are they editing out the VP being booed during the winter olympics opening? for real? lol
- Reposted by Adrian Chaddwelp, this destroyed me first thing upon waking up
- You know, the first time i saw "sigint" as practiced at a previous job i .. was kinda laughing a bit? anyway thats why palantir is scary now, its an upgrade from excel spreadsheet pivot tables
- I opened up a power supply to, you know, check before i used it. mmmmmm these are some leaky bois (I tossed the PSU, screw it.)
- Today's hot post: Know what the federal government has done in 2025/2026? They've proven they could absolutely house all unhoused people, absolutely pay teachers and absolutely fund schooling. Whatever happens after all of this, I'm going to likely shout THAT from the rooftops forever.
- Reposted by Adrian ChaddIf Jeff Bezos could afford to spend $75 million on the Melania movie & $500 million for a yacht to sail off to his $55 million wedding to give his wife a $5 million ring, please don't tell me he needed to fire one-third of the Washington Post staff. Democracy dies in oligarchy.
- Reposted by Adrian ChaddNaah, I want them on trial.
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- Miss 12yo brought home a bunch of rocks from camp today. I do not like having to be bad cop here and tell her they're a million percent unsafe there and she needs to move them. :(
- Reposted by Adrian ChaddYesterday, five-year-old Liam and his dad Adrian were released from Dilley detention center. I picked them up last night and escorted them back to Minnesota this morning. Liam is now home. With his hat and his backpack.
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- Reposted by Adrian Chaddyeah, so Fallout nailed it
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- what is it with the digikey ads on youtube that sound like they've just AI generated the audio? I guess they .. did AI generate the audio?
- Reposted by Adrian ChaddHuh. This entire administration is an Epstein Island afterparty.
- who the heck tear gasses kids, like wtf
- Never mind the jobs you had, tell me five classes you took in college. Statistics Statistics Statistics Statistics Statistics (yes i did a psychology degree)
- Reposted by Adrian ChaddIt’s meeeeeeeee! Let me know what you think.
- Forth Worth teacher Chanea Bond says sticking with pen and paper keeps generative artificial intelligence out of her American literature classes. n.pr/4c3cdzs
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- deleting signal now that i know it's comprimised using tls encrypted IRC to irc.efnet.net instead
- Requickstarting ELF files (see rqsall(1)) ..
- ev nova ... so much ev nova
- Reposted by Adrian ChaddI would like to gently request that AI pharmacy bots stop trying to kill my mother
- Reposted by Adrian ChaddBTW when I say abolish ICE, I mean abolish it entirely and replace it with exactly nothing. Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free. That's it.
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- Reposted by Adrian Chadd“don’t give them what they want” they are manufacturing their justifications post-hoc. they are already doing what they want. you are not responsible for the actions of your oppressor. you are only responsible for keeping your neighbors safe and that will always be seen as defiance
- (in between being angry at the news) why yes I'm staring at why power8 performance on 160 CPUs is like 90% kernel and not userland, and wow I see some shit
- I may 99% repost what others say about the current situations in the US than write my own takes because quite honestly the world doesn't need another middle aged white dude immigrant american citizen giving his hot take. However, holy fuck I /see/ the events over the last couple of weeks, and FUCK.
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- Reposted by Adrian ChaddAlex Pretti’s last words were “are you ok?” said the woman next to him who ICE also pepper sprayed in the face.
- Reposted by Adrian ChaddICE just gunned down ANOTHER person, beating a man half to death before shooting him at point blank range. What the fuck are we doing? ARREST ICE NOW. PROSECUTE ICE NOW. I will not rest until every single one of these murderers is held accountable to the communities they terrorize.
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- i'll write a post about it soon but in the meantime please enjoy photos of the leakybois caught in action and preventing my 1992 Technics CD player from working.
- "do a 6 month stint in Antarctica" has been on my bucket list since 2011
- *stares at quad g5 powermacs being > $1000 on ebay* err does anyone have one they don't want and would like it to run freebsd? so i can put a pin in the multi-year SMP bug and describe it once more so people don't have to re-learn when hardware is silly?
- why yes i just spent three evenings narrowing down why freebsd wasn't booting in qemu ppc64 w/ the g5 mac emulation and .. well it's a trip. around 32 bit address space. literally. gitlab.com/qemu-project...
- Reposted by Adrian Chaddif someone punches your neighbor and you go to protect them, that does not make you a protester. that makes you someone who protects your neighbor.
