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Yesterday, while preparing a new game prototype, I encountered what is perhaps the dumbest persistent kernel panic I’ve ever encountered. A benign everyday action triggered a catastrophic kernel panic loop in the current version of macOS Tahoe 26.4.1. I want to talk about it. Last night I was settling in to set up a new project. I was unwinding with a short YouTube video before getting started when my Mac suddenly panicked and rebooted. Huh, weird, but whatever. Logged back in, started loading up Unity, and after a minute, the system panicked again. ...

A brief rant into the void. On June 5, 2015 I attended a Glitch Mob concert. It wasn’t my first concert by any means, but it was the first time I saw that band live. It was fun, I enjoyed it, but during the show I noticed that the enclosed space we were in seemed louder than other shows I had been to. I wanted to grab some earplugs, but the venue wasn’t offering any. I was annoyed at the A/V team for the volume, but didn’t think much of it at first. ...

In June 2024 I suddenly started experiencing headaches and migraines with unusual and intense pain patterns. At first, I didn’t think too much of them, but after a couple of weeks of this happening just about every day, I had decided to start seeing some doctors about it. Nothing concrete was found at first, and eventually it was recommended that I have an MRI scan. Thankfully, the scan was normal, and I was merely diagnosed with a new presentation of normal migraines which behave quite differently than when I was younger, which is apparently a thing that just happens sometimes. It’s a bit annoying when your medical diagnosis functionally boils down to “sucks to be you,” but such is life sometimes. At least I was lucky enough to have the reassurance that everything was fine and some helpful advice on how to deal with them. ...