teacherbuknoy

Francis Rubio

@teacherbuknoy@masto.ai

I eat cringe for breakfast. I produce content for @antaresphdev

Toots include:
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- ukay-ukay finds
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- Gawking on red carpet events and outfits
- Religious trauma as an ex-Jehovah's Witness
- Pinoy excellence
- Philippine politics
- Encantadia

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Comics is wild because what do you mean Madelyne Pryor went from being a Jean Grey clone to becoming the ruler of Limbo going head to head with the Scarlet Witch a.k.a. Living Darkhold 😭

You can never "abuse" a company policy. A corporate entity can *never* be abused; it's not conscious, it's got no morality.

What they call "abuse" is really just shortsightedness from its policy makers.

It's Halloween in a few days so I'm going to share a spooky web dev story with y'all.

This happened earlier this year. I am working on a project that, due to many reasons, doesn't have an automated CI pipeline for deployment. To deploy updates, you push your changes to the company's git server, then enter the app server via SSH, pull the changes from there, and restart the application manually. (1/n)

This project was supposed to be a temporary solution, but we all know there's nothing more permanent than a temporary solution.

The server application also acts as a temporary file storage for user-uploaded files to be intercepted by a different web application. These files are technically single-use, as once the user completes their transaction, the files they uploaded no longer have use. (2/n)

But alas, it was a temporary solution, so automated file deletion was never built into the system. In the most random Tuesday, the app, used by more than hundreds of thousands of users, stopped working.

I checked and yup, the storage is full. (3/n)

"No big deal," I think to myself. "I'll just delete the contents of the uploads folder and restart the application."

I type `rm -rf ./*` and press enter. I wait for it to return back to the command prompt.

And then I look at the path I am currently in: ~/

I lose access to the server via SSH. (4/n)

Immediately I hit Ctrl + C to stop the operation.

I fight the urge to panic, but my face started warming up. I start to feel my knees get weak.

I try reconnecting, and all of my SSH keys suddenly no longer work. (5/n)

Luckily, I do have access to the server's cloud service. I log into the cloud service and I try to restart the server.

Okay, done. It restarted. I retry connecting via SSH; nothing. (6/n)

At this point, about 30 minutes have passed. People from management have been waiting that long for an operation I told them wouldn't take longer than 10 mins.

I've been agnostic for a few years at that point, but I literally started praying. 🤣

I started telling myself affirmations. "It's okay to make mistakes," I tell myself as I take a deep breath.

I finally flag the issue through the team chat, tagging my boss (7/n)

"Hey boss, I think I deleted the production server 😅" I typed into the message board.

I waited for a reply. It felt like a full hour before a response came back (in reality it was like 3 mins). I was beating myself up because I've been in this industry for 6 years. This was such an intern-level mistake, and not only destructive but also embarrassing. (8/n)

I finally received a reply that instructed me on the next steps. I was directed to the DevOps (thank god for his existence) and I told him the entire story.

5 mins after, he came back with a new SSH key. As it turns out, I almost deleted the entire home folder of the app server. It had already deleted the .ssh folder, but I restarted the server through the cloud dashboard just in time before it got to delete other stuff (9/n)

The app remained intact—and running! Transactions just weren't coming through because of the full storage. So the DevOps dude just created a new user and let me use that to enter the other user account via `sudo su`.

In hindsight, this was such a nothing burger. But looking back to this story still makes my ear go warm 🤣 (10/10)

As much as I love Jon Chu, he cannot get all the credit for that scene in Wicked Part 1 where Elphaba sings about being "degreenified" by the Wizard and the light shines through a piece of pink glass, making her skin look not-green.

Because Wicked Broadway has been doing that in No Good Deed to signify that when Elphaba succumbed to wickedness, that is when she's the most like us.

Elphaba's green skin fading into a more "normal" color when pink light shines on her as she sings about the Wizard degreenifying her. Donna Vivino as Elphaba on Wicked Broadway, singing No Good Deed. Her skin is painted green, but the warm lights briefly turn her back into her normal skin color.

Lady Gaga: For Joker 2, I had to learn how to sing not-properly because there's no reason Lee is gonna be able to sing like a professional jazz singer.

Also Lady Gaga: *sings really good anyway*

Corsets are gods' gift to the fashion industry for real. Wdym I hate how my tummy and waist looks like in the mirror but when I wear a corset I feel like a goddess incarnate?? I can't breathe obviously, but that's what happens when you are burdened with the gift of beauty.

It's so funny when I see Filipinos trying to talk shit about the Filipino culture to frame it as barbaric just so they could put themselves on an "oh I don't do that, I'm civilized" pedestal. Like when they say they don't eat food with bare hands.

They just keep reminding me of Doña Victorina from Noli. 🤣

Genshin Impact Luna II major spoilers

Finished Luna II archon quests. God tier. Nefer's backstory shouldn't have been shoehorned in after Rerir's backstory like that, or at least there should've been indications earlier that this detour was Rerir's doing to make it more obvious, even just in hindsight.

But again, it's a slight nitpick for me. The quest was great. I was on the edge of my seat the whole time.

Genshin Impact Luna II major spoilers

It's got a ton of surprises too. I didn't expect the action to begin almost immediately as you start the quest. Rerir vs Columbina was a surprise treat and definitely upped the stakes incredibly.

Arlecchino finally acknowledging Perinheri in an Archon Quest and even performing the ritual mentioned in it. Then we also get Dainsleif in a mainline AQ instead of a Traveler Quest or Interlude. Lots of fun stuff.

Expletives, homophobia

Kaya ayoko na rin mag-gym kamo, yung mga straight manchild fitness influencers puro ang kino-content ay pag-portray sa mga bading na para bang lahat kami hayok sa tite at sexual predator na ginagawang excuse ang workout para humanap ng mabibiktima.

Tas sasabihin ninyo tanggap ang mga bakla rito, ulul

Tatanga ng mga tao sa Threads puro papansin. Kung hindi DDS, mga hilaw na hot takes naman ng mga taong di alam kung ano sinasabi nila dahil gusto lang nilang mag-intelektuwal jakol sa social media.

One of them posted na ang pagkakalikha raw sa bilang wikang pambansa ay ginawa lang bilang anyo ng post-colonial era colonialism. Naging "dialect" daw ang Bisaya, Ilonggo, Ilocano, etc.

Una, diba paano naging kolonyalismo eh wika naman sa Pinas talaga ang ? Pangalawa, walang nakasaad sa kahit anong batas na diyalekto na lahat ng mga wika sa bansa na hindi Filipino.

May dahilan kung bakit Tagalog ang napiling batayan ng Wikang Pambansa. But that's just it—batayan. Basis. Hindi wikang pambansa mismo.

Totoo, for all intents and purposes, Filipino = Standardized Tagalog. Puro higit pa sa Tagalog, obligado ang estado sa Saligang Batas na pagyamanin ang Filipino batay din sa mga wikang sinasalita ng mga Pilipino.

So totoo, Tagalog siya sa una. Pero ilang dekada na rin ang nakalipas. At kitang-kita naman natin na na-develop talaga ang Filipino, kahit pa sabihing sa vocabulary lang.

By the nature of Filipino itself, limitless ang paghiram ng salita sa mraming iba't ibang wika. Hindi lang Kastila. Hindi lang Ingles. Hindi lang din Bisaya. Lahat ng wika.

"Dine-develop" sa halip na "nililinang"
"Nagbibinayot" at "nagpapakabakla"
"Na-persona non grata"
"Pina-lab test"
"Pina-injection-an"

Lahat ng ito, valid sa balarila ng Filipino. Kaya nga kung gumagamit ka ng wikang Filipino, may access ka sa bokabularyo hindi lang ng buong Pilipinas, kundi pati na ng buong mundo basta kaya mong ispilengin ang salitang hiram gamit ang alpabeto nito.

Walang wikang superyor. Ang mga wika ay salamin lamang ng kultura ng mga taong nagsasalita nito. Kinailangan ng mga Pinoy ng wikang mag-iisa sa ating lahat kasi nga nakakalat tayo sa iba't ibang isla/pulo. Kaya sinasalamin ng wikang pambansa ang kagustuhan nating maging united kahit na iba-iba tayo ng kultura.

Ginawa ang Filipino para pag-isahin tayong lahat, hindi para iangat ang Tagalog at bumaba lahat ng iba pang wika.

has gained the ability to declare functions. Who's not a programming language now, huh??

developer.mozilla.org/en-US/do

The MDN Web Docs logo, featuring a blue accent color, displayed on a solid black background. MDN Web Docs Using CSS custom functions - CSS | MDN CSS custom functions enable you to create reusable blocks of CSS code that can accept arguments, contain complex logic (defined using features such as CSS if() functions and @media at-rules), and return values based on that logic. They work similarly to CSS custom properties, but provide more flexibility.

You may say I'm fortunate to not grow up with parents; I'll never be in the same pain as my mother, or turn out to be some kind of monster like a father.

But I am starting to turn into my aunt—eldest, breadwinner, had her life on pause for her family, never found love after a brief tryst with it. Now her experience is haunting my narrative.

Maybe we are just walking stories retold time and again through varying configurations.

i hate motivational speakers. they don't motivate. they just guilt you into being more productive. and that is often without acknowledging the cause of why you aren't as productive or reaching milestones as fast as others.

Tagalog Words of the Day

Kanluran - n. West. From "kalunuran" (place of drowning), since Tagalogs look to the west and see a vast sea.

Silangan - n. East. From "silangan" (birthplace), since the Sun is "born" every morning in the east.

Okay Sang'gre transformations. That felt so much like the earlier versions of Iron Man suiting up, like before the nanotech stuff. I don't know if I like it yet.

Glaring to me on first watch is Kelvin Miranda—terrible acting in the scene. Too rigid. Not enough fluidity despite being the keeper of the Water Gem. And why does he only have arm shields on one side? Where's the armor for the other side? He's naked.

My wifi adapter got borked for some reason, it can no longer connect to my 5G wifi. Thank god I have a long ass Ethernet cable lying around so I can connect through it even if my router is on the other side of the room.

I get really sad when I see posts of queer people who used to be femme-presenting but are now *heavily* masc-presenting because apparently "God changed me; He purified me" when they got into a church.

I know what's happening behind those church doors. It must be so stressful to them and traumatic.

The Christian church has a tendency to turn its members into self-deprecating emotionally-stunted ministers.

When you are queer and are forced to comply to gender-based expectations by the church, you not only comply under duress, you also start to think it's your fault; that something's wrong with you.

And even if you try to hide your genuine identity, you will *never* be able to do it successfully. You'll always be a tad bit softer than other men in the church. You'll always desire people of the same sex. You'll always feel uneasy in your own body. You'll always feel violated, that this life you're living isn't yours to live, a mere performance so everyone can say that, yes, this man used to be gay but now he's not because God baptized him.

A transgender male character who faces microaggression on the daily finally has enough when a group of delinquent students shout out to him and calls him "tomboy na naka-Mio" and starts seriously considering physically transitioning despite not being totally comfortable about it if only to pass as a masculine figure so the microaggressions stop.

A bisexual dude starts doubting himself after years of being questioned about his bisexuality, with people claiming he's actually gay because of his effeminate behavior and the fact that he has never been in a relationship with a woman, romantic or sexual, despite still being attracted to them. He finally comes out as gay again to shut them up, but he meets what he thinks is the love of his life: a woman who would've liked him otherwise if he wasn't "gay".

What makes this episode so scary, even years later? We’ll break down how its setting, creature design, and tension all come together to trap us inside a horror that feels way too real for comfort. It’s claustrophobic, bloody, and hauntingly familiar, the kind of fear that sticks with you long after the last train ride.

youtu.be/HM2Td8B7L-k

YouTube Why ‘LRT’ from Shake, Rattle & Roll Still Scares Us Today

Judging by track record, Brigiding is leading with no bottom or low placements. But I'll be honest, I felt like she faded into the background in terms of editing and screen time, i.e. her screen time didn't move her story forward as much as it did for Viñas and Arizona. Hell, even for Suki Doll.

The editing made it feel like Brigiding was just there so they'd have a winner, but the show revolved around other girls. There's not a lot of flavor to Brigiding's storyline this season.

I am rooting for Arizona, of course. But despite the qualms I have about it, Brigiding *definitely* deserves the win.

I kinda wanna torture Arizona a little bit and put her again as second place just to progress her story even further for when she returns for All Stars or even an international franchise where she'll finally win (against Bernie ofc).

I could also see Arizona winning against Viñas in a Lip Sync for the Win, even if only by a slim chance as they're both assassins. Viñas being on 3rd place would also give her enough fire and keep her threads open for a return in an international season where she'd also place high or even win.

Suki Doll's story I think can be closed with a perfect bow this season even if she places 3rd. Her win is finding a new place to belong, i.e. with her Pinay sisters. It's already starting to show outside of Drag Race too, when she appears in live guesting she blends well with Pinay queens even with those she didn't compete with like Hana Beshie.

Don't worry about me, I'm just going back to when Taylor Swift actually wrote incredible songs that made the mental gymnastics it took me to overlook her being a billionaire affordable.

Ran out of butter AND cooking oil today, so I had no choice but to use virgin coconut oil (not recommended) on low heat to cook fried rice. It turned out okay. I must say I like the coconut aftertaste on the rice, but other people might not. Tastes pretty great in my opinion.

I want to take a longggg vacation where I do nothing except just go to places. I don't even plan it, I just wake up, eat my breakfast, then go wherever I feel like going. It could be down the street, it could be in a different island, it could be miles away, it could be on a different continent.

But alas, I ain't no Taylor Swift, this bitch ain't a billionaire. And fuck, I need to work for I have a family to feed.

I don't understand why Spotify would need to partner up with ChatGPT to recommend music to me. Isn't that what they've already been doing since their inception? Is giving numerical weights to certain songs, artists, and genres not enough?

dark, transphobic, misogynist humor

"You hate trans women because they're trans. I hate them because they're women."

Trans-inclusive Radical Misogyny

—there's a better way to hate. 🥰

Curses in Tagalog are so good. Go watch a video of someone saying "putang ina mo" or "gago" and watch it while muted. You will still feel how "crisp" the cursing is. Imagine how cathartic it is to be cursing in Tagalog. "Fuck" and "bitch" just don't hit the same, I'm afraid.

I felt my mind fully cook at 25 years old when I heard someone say that evolutionary speaking, our brains are wired for survival, not happiness.

Hard times and survival are our nature. Thriving and the good times are not; they require extra work.

I'd never fallen in love with a close friend (thank god) but I do feel for people who did and still do. And that part of trying to keep some form of friendship after a breakup is something I can relate to. A well-written song, teared up a little. 9/10.

My youngest brother used to be very shy and insecure about the way he looks that we would have to literally beg for him to join family photos. Now, he just casually puts old gag videos of him on his IG Stories. That's my boy!!! 🥺

My big fear is being in one of those situations where I'm literally being silent and quiet so I look extra masculine and a smol shy girl builds up her courage for hours to come and talk to me because she develops a little crush so she asks me out and then I accidentally use my gay voice to talk to her and she'll think I fuck with men only 😭

That's one way to fumble a baddie 💀

Then I'm gonna be like no no nooo im bi we can hang out and she'll be like uhm no thanks im good because she thinks she had just been massively homophobic AND biphobic towards me lololol

Do you have a website? You might want to consider creating a /ai page.

Read the /ai manifesto here:

bydamo.la/p/ai-manifesto

More! by Damola Morenikeji The /ai 'manifesto' We are getting to a point where to retain the trust others have in you and your work, tell us how you made use of AI in your craft. Create a page on your website that reflects how you use generative AI. Let’s call it the /ai page. That is, yourwebsite/ai.

A new rally on November 30th... I'll uhh… I'll probably skip this one. It's on a weekend. It's not disruptive to anyone. Should've been a work day with labor groups orchestrating massive strikes. 🤷

Unless those Iglesia Ni Cristo puppets in the senate actually feel even a little inconvenienced, I don't think even more rallies like the Trillion Peso March would work.

I don't wanna say violence… just disruption, whatever the hell that means.

Everything telling you to use AI… is actually kind of a good sign the bubble is about to pop. The whole thing is expensive to run* and there's not enough people using it to justify the expenses. So they try so hard to convince you to use it.

It's going to pop soon.

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*e.g. OpenAI recently being found to use an entire city's worth of energy to keep ChatGPT running

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