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typst ("Typst") wrote:

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dysfun@treehouse.systems ("gaytabase") wrote:

in the absolute worst case of holy shit i can't believe it got this sparse, this is still going to require up to 31 selection indexes and we'll be adding the packing cost on top, but that seems extremely unlikely to actually happen and the opportunities for getting away with fewer selections are maximised

dysfun@treehouse.systems ("gaytabase") wrote:

there is a variant of HOT node key material picking that i came up with a while back. the original paper has two modes:

• pick 8 consecutive bytes
• pick 1 byte, n times

the former only works if you're in a dense region of the tree and you have to fall back to the latter otherwise. this of course is all branchy.

we could eliminate the branch if we instead picked 8 bytes every time and then only kept some of them, according to a bitmask. left packing those bytes, if you will. in the fast case, it only runs one iteration.

dysfun@treehouse.systems ("gaytabase") wrote:

i think it might be time to left pack, for shits and giggles

fromjason ("fromjason.xyz ❤️ 💻 ✍️ 🥐 🇵🇷") wrote:

Gosh, how bad I want a mobile word processor machine.

It would be stout, a little wider than a normal smart phone to better lay out the keys. Still touch screen, I think. But maybe add a little BlackBerry-style trackpad.

It opens to a blank document after X minutes. No cloud, but can use WiFi and Bluetooth to share docs. Maybe even a custom POST.

And finally, a clicky keyboard. The clickiest keyboard ever on a mobile device.

That's what I want. 🤤

jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:

it was 70°F a few days ago. March is cruel.

fromjason ("fromjason.xyz ❤️ 💻 ✍️ 🥐 🇵🇷") wrote:

RE: https://appdot.net/@morrick/116223173719412889

Is there a German or French (or Arabic or Swahili) word for the desire to want things less efficient?

It's objectively better to have this magical glowing rectangle that can do everything, than multiple single-purpose devices in our bags. But, I kind of want multiple single-purpose devices in our bags.

I want a device for my contacts, a music player, and a little mobile word processor with a clicky QWERTY keyboard. Each device designed for its single purpose. I mean, I don't but i do.

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morrick@appdot.net ("Riccardo Mori") wrote:

The image I used in the previous post was taken from the web to illustrate how the card system works: you insert a card in the slot on the left part of the device, and those icons you see on the card are actually touch buttons you press for the desired function.

This photo is of my unit. I replaced the batteries today. I’m pleasantly surprised at the quality of the LCD display, which hasn’t degraded in the least in all the device’s lifetime.

(Yes, the ABCDEF layout of the keyboard is abysmal.)

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morrick@appdot.net ("Riccardo Mori") wrote:

The Sharp IQ7300-M databank with 64KB of internal memory was released in 1990. I purchased it in 1991 after saving for months. I loved the idea of it having a series of external cards that extended its functionalities. I remember there were games like chess, there were dictionaries and other utilities. This thing is a bit like an Apple Newton, in the sense that it has kept going for 35 years, just by periodically replacing batteries. It still holds memos and phone numbers I saved 30 years ago.

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mithfindel ("JB Lièvremont") wrote:

In France, we don't say "vibe-coded contribution" but "merde request" and I think it's beautiful 💩

#AISlop #ChIAsse #NoAISlop

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realGulDukat ("Gul Dukat") wrote:

We won the war with the Gorn on the first day basically, but it will probably last 6-8 weeks. They should just surrender and absolutely NOT MINE THE WORMHOLE!! That would be a BIG MISTAKE! #StarTrek #Sisko197

adam@social.lol ("Adam") wrote:

dysfun@treehouse.systems ("gaytabase") wrote:

okay i am very bored of reading about ARM versioning, but I think i've found out a few interesting things:

• you cannot have SVE2 before ARMv9. this is to force you to pay more for ARMv9 instead of using ARMv8.
• everything else is a clusterfuck
• i should probably just target v8 and v9 plainly because i'm not sure the added shit is going to matter.

typst ("Typst") wrote:

Where does each new user of your package start? By reading your docs! @andreask presents Toot, a new tool to document your #Typst package on the web, complete with examples.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=05rAAuKV4nw

dysfun@treehouse.systems ("gaytabase") wrote:

New FJCVTZS (Floating-point JavaScript Convert to Signed fixed-point, rounding toward Zero) instruction.

:blobfoxconfused:

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rosey@catgirl.sex (":oppa: kittymaxxing :oppa:") wrote:

bro i love living in current year

dysfun@treehouse.systems ("gaytabase") wrote:

Users can ask questions captured as a litmus test or develop an intuitive understanding of the model

ahahaha, intuitively understand weak memory ordering, good one, ARM

baldur@toot.cafe ("Baldur Bjarnason") wrote:

Just to make it clear because I've got a few comments that didn't get it: I'm literally only talking about my own choices here. You do what you want. I'm not your mom.

fromjason ("fromjason.xyz ❤️ 💻 ✍️ 🥐 🇵🇷") wrote:

My blog's notebook was supposed to be a catch-all for my writings, including rants and such. Turns out, my microblog has assumed that role, and my notebook is where I post my more deliberate essays about technology.

So, I was thinking, should I change the name "Notebook" to something cooler? Something that's sounds more "techie?"

https://fromjason.xyz/p/notebook/

dysfun@treehouse.systems ("gaytabase") wrote:

does anybody actually understand ARM platform version numbering?

fromjason ("fromjason.xyz ❤️ 💻 ✍️ 🥐 🇵🇷") wrote:

Every morning, for the past six months or so, I write down my “Cold Harbor” task for the day. Then I guesstimate how many pomodoros it’ll take me to finish.

Why? Because The Work is Mysterious And Important.

lol jk it’s cause I have a heaping bowl-full of Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity
Disorder, so I must gamify my entire life to get shit accomplished.

pzmyers@freethought.online ("pzmyers 🕷") wrote:

My inside source on military activities in the Pacific won't tell me ANYTHING.

https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2026/03/13/whats-the-point-of-having-inside-info-if-they-wont-talk/

dysfun@treehouse.systems ("gaytabase") wrote:

imagine for example, that you wish to build versions with optional SVE, because vectors good. as far as i can tell, to do that, i have to know which version you are targeting because i cannot sniff it fully. why do i have to know? because on aarch64, you specify optional features with -march=target+feat1+feat2. how do i fill in target? or am i supposed to just build for the 18 different arm base targets and for each of those all the optional features?

i do not think so.

dysfun@treehouse.systems ("gaytabase") wrote:

okay so it seems i can get the major version. the problem is that all the minor versions matter too.

dysfun@treehouse.systems ("gaytabase") wrote:

#define clang_version "20.1.8 "

dear clang, why is there a space in your version number?

dysfun@treehouse.systems ("gaytabase") wrote:

not that anyone cares but i only accept human contributions to my FLOSS.

pzmyers@freethought.online ("pzmyers 🕷") wrote:

Billionaires love Citizens United.

https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2026/03/13/a-graph-of-corruption/

dysfun@treehouse.systems ("gaytabase") wrote:

This will improve experience of developers using modern AI tools to
contribute to s6.

(That is, Claude will just refuse to work with s6 repository, as per
their documentation: [1])

https://skarnet.org/lists/supervision/3353.html

fromjason ("fromjason.xyz ❤️ 💻 ✍️ 🥐 🇵🇷") wrote:

Are you a refrigerator family?

What items go in the fridge in your house?

fromjason ("fromjason.xyz ❤️ 💻 ✍️ 🥐 🇵🇷") wrote:

Omg, this reminds me of something my nephew said a few years ago. I was really going through it at the time, so I came down to Florida to visit family.

I ask my 4 year old nephew what he's been up to and he said:

"Getting hair cuts and crying."

As someone going through a break up, I never felt something so hard in my life lmao.