#INformation Technology

[illusoryxdays]

4.21.25

Today went a little bit better than it has been lately. I managed to lock in over the weekend and finish quite a bit of problem sets for discrete math. Final exam this week 🤌

[nando161mando]

[technologywhis]

[carbon-fiber-internal-organs]

[anonymousdormhacks]

Whats the opposite of gothic? I'm in love with comp sci anti-gothic where it's just people being surprisingly polite and nice and funny through computers. A program's first lines are always "Hello world!". SMTP protocols apparently say "hello, pleased to meet you" to each other to establish a connection with a handshake. Python has a different version called Andaconda, which has a smaller version called miniconda. C++ is just C continuously improving on itself, because the ++ operator means to add one onto a previous value, and C# is two ++ stacked on top of each other. Lawmakers have to talk about the ethics of saving "cookies" to computers because one guy liked fortune cookies and decided to call them that. The internet itself wasn't created with security in mind because it was just meant to be a way for a group of people who trusted each other using it to send each other information, and so on, and so forth

[coffee-dad-studies]

Another all-nighter, but "only" until about 4:45 am this time instead of 6:15. The final paper has been submitted. I'll know by that same time Wednesday morning if I'm done really done or if I need to revise something before they'll give me my degree.

For now, we wait.

[heart-ghost-studyblr]

"He is back and he is seeking revenge!!" That’s what one of my teammates said after we wrapped up a big performance upgrade on a server that was… let’s say, not performing its best. Highs and lows, right? Complex, data-heavy, fast, reliable, and done for the best 'top dogs' in the game (me included).

And then another kind of thing... I was talking with a friend who’s been struggling to find a job in his field (he's studying management, which is a solid and common path). So, why not help a little bit? (That is what is in the image, do not call me a click baiter*)

I strongly believe that if you're struggling to get into any area, a nice way to present yourself is by having a page—it can be pure HTML/CSS or a cloned repo with some kind of "personal website template" using all the NodeJS you want.

Then, turn it into a DNS like "yourname-myprofession.com" so you can show a clean, well-designed QR Code with your avatar during interviews. It’s a cleanest way possible to present your résumé and experience. Tech skills are like magic, especially for those who haven't seen it before.

[disease]

INFORMATYKA KOMPUTERY SYSTEMY [NR/1, 1986]

[notaplaceofhonour]

while the fantastical worlds and storylines of science fiction may at first seem like pure escapism, in actuality, by defamiliarizing our present context with a fantastical setting, science fiction allows us to ask fundamental questions about the nature of humanity and the world we live in

academy award winning tv series Silo for instance asks the question, what if I.T. was evil?

[fly-the-pattern]

[illusoryxdays]

5.24- Saturday

Took a small break from school for the past three days and jumped back in this morning with some readings on argument credibility and fallacies. I’m really enjoying this critical thinking class. It’s a very nice break from discrete math.

Listening to: krisgaldr by heilung

Reading: financial feminist by Tori Dunlap

[urialnathanonwright]

Trump and Musk’s Tech Coup: A Blatant Power Grab to Politicize Government IT

Let’s be absolutely clear about what’s happening, Donald Trump and Elon Musk are executing a full-scale hostile takeover of the federal government’s tech infrastructure, turning nonpartisan, career-protected civil servant positions into political appointees they can install at will. This is not about efficiency. It’s not about governance. It’s about raw, unchecked power.

For decades, agency CIOs have been nonpartisan professionals, selected for their expertise, not their political allegiance. Now, with this move, Trump is stripping away that impartiality and opening the floodgates for political loyalists—potentially Musk’s own allies—to take over the very systems that handle federal cybersecurity, IT budgets, and even the infrastructure of government payments.

This isn’t just a problem—it’s a national security nightmare. We are talking about the people who oversee our country’s most sensitive digital infrastructure being hand-picked based on political loyalty rather than competence. And it gets worse: Musk’s so-called “Department of Government Efficiency” (DOGE) has already infiltrated agencies, accessed critical databases, and clashed with federal officials. Two USAID employees were put on leave simply for trying to protect sensitive government data. That’s not “efficiency.” That’s authoritarianism.

And let’s not forget—Trump just signed an executive order making it easier to fire career civil servants. This means that anyone standing in the way of this coup, anyone trying to blow the whistle on corruption, anyone daring to say “no” to Trump and Musk’s reckless overreach, is now at risk of being tossed out and replaced with yet another yes-man.

This is what happens when you let an unhinged billionaire and a twice-impeached authoritarian work together to consolidate power. It’s no longer about governing; it’s about control. Control of government systems, control of the workforce, and control of the very mechanisms that keep democracy running.

And the kicker: the White House “rightly expects” these new CIOs to not just execute policy but actively sell Trump’s agenda to the public. Translation? These positions aren’t just being politicized—they’re being turned into propaganda arms.

This isn’t just a “tech coup,” it’s a direct assault on the very foundation of an independent and functional government. And if Republicans in Congress—or anyone who still believes in democracy—don’t step up to stop this, we are looking at a federal government whose IT systems, cybersecurity defenses, and sensitive data will be under the control of Trump’s cronies and Musk’s minions.

This is corruption in broad daylight. The only question now is: who’s going to have the courage to fight it?

[nando161mando]

[causticlullaby]

Anyone done this one yet?

[amalgamasreal]

This is so goddamn real, I once saw an unnamed company DDoS itself multiple times in one week because they didn't take into account how their network would be affected by forcing OS patches across the entire fleet through their VPN if they happened all at the exact same time.

And the person who knew how to script the staggering so that wouldn't happen had been laid off because they cost too much less than a year prior.