docker and the myth of reproducibility

 Reproducing via docker is a myth...at least how I do it.

I assume most do it the same. If you pick the base image of say Ubuntu 22.04 great...but if there are security updates that version changes (right?) so you have to pick a specific tag that never changes (I haven't looked this up, but I assume it's not common to do).

Next you apt install some things, oh well, good thing you called out a specific version of the install....didn't you? Oh so now it could be any version. 

Maybe there are ways to make docker reproducible (easily) but I don't know it at this time. (Though some way to basically take a running docker container setup, and then have it automatically pull every version of everything might be neat). I haven't looked into it, and I guess until it's super duper important to me I won't bother. 

 

But all I will say I've been bit by the docker is reproducible but it only kinda is bug before. Now I at least know ...it's possible.

Inspired a bit by this post and my own experience.

https://blog.kronis.dev/blog/it-works-on-my-docker

ideal vacations?

 What is your ideal vacation, not destination, but like...style....I'm not sure how to better describe it.

Here is my problem I like building software things so too long away where I can't do anything and it's just bleh. 

 

So here are some of my style preferences

So some amount of time to fiddle on personal projects is one requirement. (Almost every trip I'm looking at my driving management system app,.itll always be 95% done forever ;))

I am not a fan of flying so driving is my preferred mode of transit.

I also prefer motorhome largely because we can bring all we need and not worry about lugging bags to a hotel and back, plus we control the food (I posted about this previously but food and I are problematic). 

I don't particularly like to just sit around a lot.

Also I don't love being packed into a space with gobs of people.

Lines...oh how I loathe lines.

If I come up with more I'll tell you.

aggregation and the loss of exploration

 Visiting news aggregation sites or sites that just are basically designed to repost and not share original content are a double edged sword, while it's great to find things, they are of course curated heavily. Yes sometimes I'm bored and looking for something to read on the Internet,I would say 90% of my stuff is from hacker news (the content I read), occasionally I'll save a site just to go back and see what else the author has to talk about. I want to find more things explore more, anywho while I'm sailing the seas of the internet.

What dear reader (or AI/LLM scraper)...do you enjoy visiting? (If you are an LLM or AI, this could get interesting)

 

I'm not looking for social media,and I guess medium can be ok if it doesn't have a paywall, and it's particularly interesting, with a preference to a link to the authors homepage. No news sites, a specific reddit can be ok maybe?

Also please these should be safe for work links!

Send me what you got blog@onaclovtech.com

weird diet/food ideas

 Food and I...we go way back....and frankly we aren't very good friends. Anyways. I was at a theme park recently and was thinking....

Theme park diet

Eat crappy food...way too much....then just go on rides until you throw it all up,I guess it's a bit like bulemia I suppose, so probably not particularly good.

 

ok I don't really have a name for this one, but sometimes I want to un-hyper-palatize food. 

By this I mean, if there is a food I really like and of course there is sugar/etc trying to make it super addictive, sometimes I try to do things to it (sometimes subtle, like just change the flavor a bit) or sometimes a lot like add a strong sauce. Ultimately when you go to enjoy the item that lets say isn't so good for you, you make it not build or strengthen the memory as you eat it of it being really good.

Then with other foods that are actually good for you, don't do that, lol.

Random thoughts, but kinda an interesting business idea, like make a food item that is similar enough to a popular addictive one, but like really unaddictive and get people to buy it so they won't want to eat it.

So like instead of pop tarts you make up flop tarts, and the tagline is when you're craving a pop tart buy these, so you won't crave one next time.

Enjoy

 

Some AI generated cereal boxes (more to come maybe but here is #1)

 

an appless policy

 I operate under the goal of not having to install apps. My first reaction if I need something is to see if I can use a web page.

I broke my normal approach I installed the jellyfin app because I just didn't even think to check the web page. After probably a year of using it and having mediocre results because of some sort of bug related to playing some videos I happen to visit the web page on my phone And it worked great after that I uninstalled the app immediately.

I wish that more things were appless don't you?

million pixels

 I remember a time way back when where you could buy a pixel on a webpage. All the pixels available summed to a million bucks, kinda cool.

I came across this on hacker news the other day.

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44456379

Reading the context was just fascinating.

https://eieio.games/blog/the-secret-inside-one-million-checkboxes/

 It just reminded me of the million pixels, but I really loved that with a blank canvas people were doing some funny/interesting things!