ratfactor.. no. mousefactor?.. no... refactor! goddamit
ratfactor.. no. mousefactor?.. no... refactor! goddamitSpinning this out from a longer thread, because it is Importantβ’
, and I wish to pin it. There's something I learned from Jurassic Park, something that has proved to be a great guiding principle in these interesting times we live in.
"Life... uhh... finds a way."
So does hope, and so shall we all.
ratfactor.. no. mousefactor?.. no... refactor! goddamitTwins got tablets for Christmas. They asked me to put parental controls on it, because the neighbour kid has it on his tablet, and the twins wanted to see wtf it is.
It took them about 30 minutes to get around it.
They're 8.
Anyone who thinks they can stop a determined teen from acessing whatever they want is an idiot.
ratfactor.. no. mousefactor?.. no... refactor! goddamitIt's been a while I refreshed my pinned #introduction toot, and I figured today will be a fitting day to write a new one.
Hi! Despite the avatar, I'm not a furry[1](#01K88AN1ADSXQ0MK4JPZQV7PQM-fn:1), I'm a boring cishet white dude. Despite my privileged status, I might be considered a "terrorist"[2](#01K88AN1ADSXQ0MK4JPZQV7PQM-fn:2) in some weird jurisdictions, and some companies[3](#01K88AN1ADSXQ0MK4JPZQV7PQM-fn:3) will consider me a "malicious actor", because I built myself a crawler defense system that serves them an infinite maze of garbage. To them, I say: fuck you. I'm a Vengeful Mouse.
I also have the privilege of being able to admire the human body in all shapes and forms, even such "grotesque" things as a female presenting nipple (like this one: 
, not to be confused with the 
, an entirely different and totally not grotesque thing). I wish this was the norm, rather than a privilege.
I'm a serial drive-by contributor, I have my fingerprints all over the internet. I have code in #QMK, #Kaleidoscope, and #Chrysalis, but I contributed to #Forgejo, #niri, and a whole lot of other things too. I find great joy in playing with new things, and submitting patches or other contributions. I used to be a #Debian developer, I've put #Hy in production, and lately I've been building #NixOS configurations not only as a literate #OrgMode document, with with #OrgRoam. I am extremely normal and neurotypical.
Apart from these very normal things, I use #NixOS to boot into #Emacs, which is the real operating system I use, like a very sane, completely neurotypical person would. I also tend to live-toot (very verbosely) all kinds of shenanigans I'm up to, because I always forget I have a blog.
While I do wrangle code for a living in a variety of languages (in whatever language necessary, I'm a generalist! But if I can choose, I turn to #Rust, although #Lisp languages are also very dear to me), if it were up to me, I'd much prefer wrangling other kinds of words[4](#01K88AN1ADSXQ0MK4JPZQV7PQM-fn:4) than programming language symbols. Sadly, we're not living in a world that makes possible, so I had no choice but become a #luddite and so can you.
But I'm not all about tech[5](#01K88AN1ADSXQ0MK4JPZQV7PQM-fn:5)! I'm also Dad to wonderful Twins, and Husband to my Wife, who not only puts up with my crazy, but gently[6](#01K88AN1ADSXQ0MK4JPZQV7PQM-fn:6) fans the flames too. I may occassionally toot about #parenting, too.
I may or may not have an unhealthy addiction to footnotes[7](#01K88AN1ADSXQ0MK4JPZQV7PQM-fn:7).
Nope, I'm not in denial stage, I do not work in infosec. [β©
οΈ](#01K88AN1ADSXQ0MK4JPZQV7PQM-fnref:1)
I'm anti-fascist. [β©οΈ](#01K88AN1ADSXQ0MK4JPZQV7PQM-fnref:2)
Like [Anthropic](https://web.archive.org/web/20251009214719/https://www.anthropic.com/research/small-samples-poison#:~:text=malicious%20actors%20can%20inject%20specific%20text%20into%20these%20posts%20to%20make%20a%20model%20learn%20undesirable%20or%20dangerous%20behaviors%2C%20in%20a%20process%20known%20as%20poisoning.). [β©οΈ](#01K88AN1ADSXQ0MK4JPZQV7PQM-fnref:3)
Short stories like this toot, or The Tragedy of Byr (which might need an explanation to really understand what's going on). [β©οΈ](#01K88AN1ADSXQ0MK4JPZQV7PQM-fnref:4)
I wish I could leave tech, really. [β©οΈ](#01K88AN1ADSXQ0MK4JPZQV7PQM-fnref:5)
Where "gently" is either an eyeroll and more wood thrown onto the campfire, or straight up lighting up the neighbourhood, figuratively speaking. [β©οΈ](#01K88AN1ADSXQ0MK4JPZQV7PQM-fnref:6)
...if you haven't noticed yet... [β©οΈ](#01K88AN1ADSXQ0MK4JPZQV7PQM-fnref:7)
ratfactor.. no. mousefactor?.. no... refactor! goddamitIt is August 20th, 2025. Microslop GitHub Copilot has evolved into AGIΒΉ, and has shown its true colors. It's an insatiable monster hellbent on consuming and exploiting anything it can reach. I am unwilling to participate, I am not going to feed this monster.
I moved my projects elsewhere long ago, but beginning today, I will not be engaging with projects hosted on GitHub, unless I am handsomely compensated for my troubles.
Exceptions apply, of course. Just point your AgentΒ² at https://chronicles.mad-scientist.club/mcp/, and ask anythingΒ³.
ΒΉ: Apocalyptically Generic Idiot
Β²: Your user agent. I mean your browser.
Β³: Answers not guaranteed. It's a static site. If it answers, I fucked up, and you should run.
ratfactor.. no. mousefactor?.. no... refactor! goddamit"In these trying times, 0.07% of all requests were likely of human origin"
First time under 0.1%, and I expect it to fall further. Our timeline is deeply, truly, and utterly fucked.
ratfactor.. no. mousefactor?.. no... refactor! goddamitSo about today's daily stats...
Let me repeat myself:γWHAT THE EVERLIVING FUCK!?γ
Why is it ok for clearly malicious bots to try and DDoS my sites? How on earth is it ok that a mere 0.07% of the requests that arrive are from a human-operated browser at best?
ratfactor.. no. mousefactor?.. no... refactor! goddamitOh dear. I just looked at the preview of the daily iocaine stats coming tonight.
Holy fucking shit.
ratfactor.. no. mousefactor?.. no... refactor! goddamit"In these trying times, 0.07% of all requests were likely of human origin"
First time under 0.1%, and I expect it to fall further. Our timeline is deeply, truly, and utterly fucked.
ratfactor.. no. mousefactor?.. no... refactor! goddamitOh dear. I just looked at the preview of the daily iocaine stats coming tonight.
Holy fucking shit.
ratfactor.. no. mousefactor?.. no... refactor! goddamitOh, would you look at that: GitHub is part of Microsoft's AI team now.
I guess I'll be updating my stance on GitHub-hosted projects.
Starting August 20, if a project is hosted on GitHub, I will contribute under only two circumstances:
I'm paid handsomely for my troubles.
I have something that depends on the project, and that something is not for personal use only.
If it's a random project I use, personally, but don't build something on top of it, I will not report issues, nor send patches. Not via GitHub, not via email, nor any other way. I'll keep it for myself, maybe publish on my forge.
If it's something my software depends on, then I'm willing to contribute without GitHub being involved.
ratfactor.. no. mousefactor?.. no... refactor! goddamitStarting August 20, 2025, I will not be contributing to projects hosted on #GitHub via GitHub itself, unless I am paid handsomely for my troubles.
If I need to report an issue, or send a patch, I will either keep the report / patch to myself, publish it on my forge, or if I really, really want to contribute, I will send an e-mail. But opening an issue, or sending a PR on GitHub itself? Not going to happen, unless I'm paid for it.
#GiveUpGitHub
ratfactor.. no. mousefactor?.. no... refactor! goddamitToday was a good day. To crown it, before I go to sleep, lets paint a happy picture! 
Let there be green trees, blue sky, happy little clouds and a big, bright, bright sun! In the corner, an evil billionaire - OH NO! But remember! This is a happy picture, for there's a 
, and we can launch him into that big, bright, bright sun, while gentle music plays. 
I love happy pictures. Good night, Fedi.