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Bill Pollock

@nostarch.bsky.social

No Starch Press Founder and President. Founder and Chair, Hacker Initiative

443 Followers  |  11 Following  |  44 Posts  |  Joined: 22.06.2023  |  1.3551

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Another step backwards. "The Environmental Protection Agency rejected the bedrock scientific finding that greenhouse gases threaten human life and well being. It means the agency can no longer regulate them."

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Claude speaks

Claude speaks

10.02.2026 08:51 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Opinion | ICE and Minnesota Have Pushed the U.S. Closer to Autocracy Measuring America’s slide toward democratic erosion.

www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

06.02.2026 16:25 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

ICE must be stopped. Unchecked vigilantes brandishing weapons, firing tear gas, smashing car windows, dragging people from vehicles, arresting citizens for filming them, killing people. No oversight. No de-escalation. No accountability. No agency is above the law.

01.02.2026 23:50 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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I absolutely love how the book cover turned out!

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25.11.2025 20:23 — 👍 4    🔁 1    💬 1    📌 0

Search is finally fixed on our site (or at least it appears to be). OMG. Let's see what I wake up to tomorrow. And thank you, Claude. @nostarchpress.bsky.social

14.12.2025 08:29 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Oh yes!!

25.11.2025 20:50 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Crazy deal. Please share!

25.11.2025 18:11 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

My Linux machine runs just fine with the latest Ubuntu. Sure graphics aren't ideal but it gets the job done. I dual boot Windows, though rarely run it. Windows 10 is no longer supported and I can't install Windows 11. That's just wrong.

23.11.2025 20:22 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Docker alone is not security.

22.11.2025 22:52 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

The result? The server is now fully patched against years of CVEs (including "Baron Samedit" and "Dirty Pipe"), the kernel is current, and we have a fresh Swap file for stability.

​We publish books on breaking things, but today was about fixing them. 🛠️
​#sysadmin #devops #legacycode #nostarch

19.11.2025 06:48 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

The fix? "Nuclear Option."
​docker rm -f $(docker ps -aq)
​We force-wiped the confused container runtimes. Because we architected the data to live on persistent Hetzner Volumes (and not inside the containers), I was able to rebuild the stack from scratch and re-mount the existing data instantly.

19.11.2025 06:48 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

The OS upgrade went fine, but Docker woke up angry.
​I hit a KeyError: ContainerConfig. The modern docker-compose binary (v1.29) couldn't read the metadata from our ancient containers created by the 2019 engine. The stack refused to boot.

19.11.2025 06:48 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

Rule #1 of Sysadmin Club: Paranoia is a virtue.
​Before running a single update command, I did a "Cold Storage" backup. I shut down the database container and mirrored the raw volume data to physical USB drives.

19.11.2025 06:48 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

Just finished performing open-heart surgery on our legacy production server. ​It was running a stack frozen in 2020 (Debian 10 + old Docker). We needed to pay down that technical debt to close security holes before our upcoming migration. it was nerve-wracking.

19.11.2025 06:48 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

Lamb of God ticket secured.

19.11.2025 03:54 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Gregory B. Newby - Wikipedia

Thank you Greg Newby. We will miss you. 'Gregory B. Newby - Wikipedia" share.google/RzLihGHDsW2U...

23.10.2025 06:31 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

The entire @openlibrary.org team would like to express our deep sadness at the loss of our friend Greg Newby who, for years, has seeded @gutenberg.org with public good, open access values worth continuing to follow. Thank you for your beautiful contributions. You are missed.

22.10.2025 18:28 — 👍 274    🔁 44    💬 2    📌 1
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Project Gutenberg Project Gutenberg is a library of free eBooks.

The Project Gutenberg community mourns the passing of our CEO, Dr. Greg Newby (@gbnewby).

Without his years of leadership, Project Gutenberg wouldn't be what it is today. Learn more about him and his contributions at

www.gutenberg.org/about/newby....

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Greg Newby

Greg Newby

We are deeply saddened by the loss of Greg Newby, who led Project Gutenberg ( @gutenberg.org ) with passion and purpose. Greg’s belief in free and open access to knowledge continues to inspire us and so many others working to preserve our shared culture online. gutenberg.org/about/newby....

22.10.2025 19:40 — 👍 2644    🔁 658    💬 26    📌 47

@nostarchpress.bsky.social

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@buchmesse.de no starch press = 4.0 C 64. We're selling whatever we have left, 30% off.

18.10.2025 07:12 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

Hello Frankfurt!

16.10.2025 21:37 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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The Donald just posted this on truth social. It's May 2nd not April 1st

03.05.2025 03:22 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
Application Process

Hackers, educators, tinkerers:
The 2025 Hacker Initiative grant cycle is open. Apply here 👉 hackerinitiative.org/apply-now/ Signal boost appreciated.

16.04.2025 06:59 — 👍 2    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 1

While they last. Please share!

03.03.2025 19:14 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

The secret to selling books? We like to think we make great books and I hope you agree, but the key is finding our readers. We're always building our worldwide distribution, filling the gaps. There's so much opportunity! Thank you all for helping spread the word! @nostarchpress.bsky.social

24.02.2025 01:15 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

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