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mvoon Common misconceptions about Homer's Odyssey [video]

I love how this video breaks down the Odyssey using actual historical and archaeological context

mvoon I let Claude talk to PID 1 via MCP and varlink. What could possibly go wrong?

systemd-mcp is an MCP server that auto-discovers systemd's varlink sockets, introspects the IDL, and exposes every method as a typed tool. On a typical system that's 50-80+ tools: units, journals, credentials, factory reset, you name it.

Zero configuration, ~370 lines of Rust. Requires systemd 260+.

mvoon Ask HN: Favorite Podcast Episode of 2021?

Many good ones this year, maybe "Short History Of..." - Space race and Moon landing

https://podfollow.com/short-history-of/episode/2966a9d948fb7...

https://podfollow.com/short-history-of/episode/8588f87525136...

mvoon Unsong, a fantasy novel where the universe is programmable with Hebrew (2015)

I enjoyed this a lot (best book in years for me). There is also an audio version available which is also really good. Thank you Scott Alexander!

I found it unique in many ways and would love to hear if people know more similar books.

mvoon Apt: please make the moo reproducible

Try `aptitude -vv moo` :)

mvoon dd – Destroyer of Disks (2008)

Pretty easy: https://github.com/mvo5/godd