Lance Ball

TIL about benign masochism and now I think I understand the appeal of this website

@Brett_Jensen Shut your mouth you lying liar.

I spent Tuesday outside of Bat Cave, located in the mountains of NC. It’s one of the hardest areas hit by Hurricane Helene 11 days earlier. I spoke to residents that don’t have electricity, internet & cell service. I asked each of them about the help they’ve received from FEMA, the state of NC & others. To a person, they said they’ve yet to see or hear from FEMA or any NC govt official. I spoke to a man that is helping distribute necessities to his neighbors in the area. Me: What are you seeing or hearing from FEMA or even from the state government level? Man: (3 seconds of silence) Do you hear that silence? (Another second of silence) That’s what we’ve heard. In another area just outside Bat Cave, there sits a sign asking where FEMA is located. At another location, a sign thanks @elonmusk and encourages people to vote. (Pics below) The responses are all the same, including from road repair workers. Me: How has it been interacting with the governments and local authorities. Worker: The local governments have been great. The state and federal governments suck. We haven’t even see FEMA. Of the seven people I spoke to that reside several miles apart, they all responded the same way and said only “civilians” and some road crews are helping.

@nancy_incognito @NC_Governor I am on the ground in Asheville right now and I can tell you Nancy that YOU are wrong.

@NC_Governor Baloney. We're hearing it from people on the ground. YOU guys are the abject failures. and musk's starlink saved lives. Without his voice things would have been worse.

As we continue our unprecedented response to Hurricane Helene, the nation is beginning to understand that impacted areas have been the target of a relentless vortex of disinformation, dialed up by bad actors and platforms like X. 🧵

@marcsavy I am okay. I’m sure you have seen some of the catastrophic destruction. It’s been pretty intense this week. But we are hanging in there.

Hi @lanceball — hope you're OK out there in Asheville?

@ReservoirLogs @KevinGall1985 @PattieSmitty @AsherAthena @NCNationalGuard I’m beginning Kevin to fuck all the way off. I am here now, and support has been arriving since Saturday morning. He’s a keyboard warrior and that’s all.

North Carolina National Guard air assets have completed 146 flight missions, resulting in the rescue of 538 people and 150 pets. #Burnsville #BurnsvilleNC 🎥: Maj. Monica Ebert #Helene #HeleneNC

@MrLands368390 @KaosnEffect @cat_momma84 @NCNationalGuard I am here in wnc and YOU are full of shit. If it matters so much to you, why aren’t you here right now doing something instead of fighting your stupid fucking keyboard wars.

It didn't take us a week to respond. All 50 states kicked in to help. Are you seeing that happen now? NOPE. It was a shit show but this is 100x's worse. Where's all the volunteer Nat'l Guards, cops, fire, EMT's rushing in from around the U.S.? Hmm? Just wait, Sadly it will be death and destruction on a Biblical Scale. I was there, were you? Its just starting. Sooo There's that Bro...

@MarkHamill @Acyn Like

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Greene: They are going to put President Trump in prison…

@ScottyWitte @mkraju Deplorable, you might say

GOP Rep. Troy Nehls, a staunch Trump supporter, told us in response to this: “Paul Ryan you’re a piece of garbage. You’re a piece of garbage and we should kick you out of the party. … Don’t go spouting your mouth off and saying that you’re a conservative. You’re spitting in the face of the leader of our party. I mean grow up a little bit.”

@SpeakerJohnson How exactly is a locally elected DA, and a jury of peers part of Biden's "weaponization of the Justice system"?

My statement on President Trump trial verdict: Today is a shameful day in American history. Democrats cheered as they convicted the leader of the opposing party on ridiculous charges, predicated on the testimony of a disbarred, convicted felon. This was a purely political exercise, not a legal one. The weaponization of our justice system has been a hallmark of the Biden Administration, and the decision today is further evidence that Democrats will stop at nothing to silence dissent and crush their political opponents.   The American people see this as lawfare, and they know it is wrong—and dangerous. President Trump will rightfully appeal this absurd verdict—and he WILL WIN!

@marcsavy How it should always be, imo

Watching a video of a conference technical talk on YouTube and there is someone doing realtime sign language interpretation. How cool!

Big fan of David Byrne. Wondering if @dieworkwear would give us a breakdown of his fit here. Confession, I’m a fan.

@marcsavy Did you say, “it’s pronounced Jiff.”?

My 92 year old grandma just asked me what a GIF is 😁

Seriously @washingtonpost … Don’t you mean to say, “normal compassionate humans”?

Hug someone if you can. And hold on tight.

@BlueRidgePublic They better hurry up with the renovation. As soon as it’s finished it will be time for another one.

A record 2.2 million passengers flew into or out of Asheville Regional Airport last year, a figure reflecting the region’s explosive growth as a tourism destination. The number represents a 22.2 percent increase from 2022: bpr.org/2024-01-25/a-r…

@Ashevegas The math makes it seem as though the Sports Park in Enka is getting about $4 million. Is that right?!

The Buncombe County Tourism Development Authority announced it would award three local projects a total (combined) $6.14 million to fund projects aimed at increasing local tourism. Here they are...

@ModeofChoice @TeachLesley @asberry_cooper @nckhui Do you understand math? 270 days is 54 weeks of 5 day work weeks. You don’t know wtf you are talking about.

@TeachLesley @asberry_cooper @nckhui Welcome to the real world! Stop whining Most of us work far more than your annual 215 days Traditional private sector jobs are typically based on 270 working days Now sit down and #stfu

Sen. Michael Lee says the $41K base salary new NC teachers would make in their 2nd year in the new state budget doesn't include the up to $5K salary supplement the state is providing to most counties. He says by 2024-25 avg. NC teacher salary will be $60,671. #nced #ncpol #ncga

@steak_umm Gopher

tell me how old you are based on the first internet thing you can remember

@rjmemphisdev @gunnarmorling I don't really know the market need and @gunnarmorling has a relevant point that what goes into the decision making for customers has changed. But all of the shouts of INJUSTICE!!! seem a little reactionary when the truth is, Red Hat gives more to FOSS than just about anyone.

@lanceball @gunnarmorling I think people are using CentOS and the other clones (heh the clone wars) but not converting to RHEL for a reason. I think it’s an indication of unmet market need. If I remember correctly, RHEL licenses are several thousand per node.

A staggering amount of entitlement expressed by some towards Red Hat. RHT has thousands of engineers on payroll and makes all their work available for free (not only RHEL btw.). But they also are an enterprise, and precluding pure rebuilds of their product seems fair to me.

@rjmemphisdev @gunnarmorling When the competition is just ripping the label off and rebranding, how much out-innovating can there be? IMO it's fair for RHEL to say to the clones, "go ahead and build your clone from the same upstream sources we do, but you don't get to reap the rewards of our investment".

@gunnarmorling I think it’s relevant because it feels like RH is pulling up the bridge rather than figuring out how to out-innovate the competition. I don’t disagree with their view / frustration but I think the rise of clones with cheaper support contracts demonstrates unmet market needs.