13brane.net

Some branes need much more than one dimension.
— @carlosdavidepto

You've reached 13brane.net, the web home of Carlos Davide (@carlosdavidepto).

13brane.net is a zone of the interwebs where spacetime is curvier than usual and all branes are twisted. Here you can navigate through all of the dimensions or read the various rants.

The opinions and views expressed in this website are solely my own and do not reflect official stances of any of my employers (past or future), my country, my family and friends or my pets. They should be taken with a grain of salt. And perhaps a shot of tequilla...

Latest rants:

2022-05-09: GSF is required to extend battery life, and other lies we're told while our data is slurped

The path to complete digital sovereignty is lonely, long and difficult. Sometimes, it is also fraught with improper signage. Exhibit A, shown above, is a screenshot. It was taken on my recently degoogled 2017 Samsung A5. A decent device at a decent price, acquired from a refurbisher to replace my old and worn S5 Mini Duos. The only shortcoming that cannot be overlooked on the A5 is the lack of a user removable battery.[...]

2021-05-30: On the matter of libera.chat

Or, how healthy and sane distributed organisms reject the transplantation of stupid. You’ve heard of EEE: “embrace, extend, extinguish”. Today we’re going to look at some of its lesser known variations, starting with “embrace, smother, repurpose”. This is what happened to CentOS. RedHat takes it under its wing, and all goes well for a while. More resources for CentOS, all pumped to deliver version 8 with support until the second coming.[...]

2020-09-05: Increasing entropy

Hello again, braneswalkers. It’s been a while, hasn’t it? I’m sorry to have kept you all deprived of large braned rantiness for such a long time. I know how absolutely crucial this is for your general well being.1 I promise more brany nastiness in the very near future, but this one rant will be shorter than usual. It’s only purpose is to draw attention to the fact that the branes are now accessible via good old RSS 2.0.[...]