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technomancy@icosahedron.website ("tech? no! man, see...") wrote:

@zkat I do this every day; my main machine is super underpowered (works great with noscript and stuff) but I connect to a beefy machine over SSH and do all my dayjob work that way.

zkat@toot.cat ("Kat Marchán 🐈") wrote:

anyone else have a setup like this? I don't need to do any gaming directly on the laptop, aside from relatively simple games. Though I guess it would work on all the graphics work (because peripherals don't work well over remote desktop), so maybe that's a dealbreaker too :(

zkat@toot.cat ("Kat Marchán 🐈") wrote:

I don't know why it didn't occur to me before, but maybe I should just get a nice, simple, portable laptop without a bunch of bells and whistles that can handle a bit of offline rustc work (even if slow), and just remote desktop into my Very Beefy Alienware Gaming Machine?

zkat@toot.cat ("Kat Marchán 🐈") wrote:

hello I have reviewed the available laptops that I could upgrade my MBP to and have determined there is no such thing as a good laptop that can handle graphics work, compilation-heavy work (thanks rustc!), runs windows, and doesn't weight a fucking ton?

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Taweret@octodon.social ("Plapatine") wrote:

Bobson Dugnutt

zkat@toot.cat ("Kat Marchán 🐈") wrote:

p.s. my house is in an HOA and they fucking suuuuuuck (the HOA was established when the community was segregated (it's very much not anymore))

zkat@toot.cat ("Kat Marchán 🐈") wrote:

I feel like HOAs fulfill some people's deeply-embedded need to feel like they have influence on a powerful authority (read: Karens calling cops). Like, some people just don't understand the concept of minding your own fucking business and leaving people the fuck alone???

RT @AITA_reddit@twitter.com

AITA for owning 3 dogs, against my hoas 2 dog rule? https://bit.ly/3sKIK4L

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/AITA_reddit/status/1429918894857326592

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zkat@toot.cat ("Kat Marchán 🐈") wrote:

looked at my github contribution graph and wondering if I should just stop using daylio because it does as much of a good job tracking my mood lol

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requiem@hackers.town ("requiem ✌️") wrote:

This will have to suffice until I get around to drawing some proper plans.

https://jasongullickson.com/classroom-air-purifier.html

cstanhope@social.coop ("Charles Stanhope") wrote:

Battery swapping for EVs might be coming back around as an acceptable idea. Although, mostly for fleet vehicles this time.

https://archive.is/5qWC7

I realize battery life has improved a bit (both short term and the full life of battery), but battery life is a deterrent for anybody who keeps their cars for long periods of time. Instead of having to own the batteries, just lease as you go.

(Of course, drastically reducing our dependence on cars would be even better.)

fribbledom ("muesli") wrote:

We have been working on a TUI list component for Bubble Tea recently, and I'm so proud of what we built here! Pagination, fuzzy filtering, auto-generated help, an activity spinner, status messages: comes with batteries included!

https://github.com/charmbracelet/bubbles#list

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zkat@toot.cat ("Kat Marchán 🐈") wrote:

This same thing applies to miette's DiagnosticReport btw. Don't return that from libraries either.

zkat@toot.cat ("Kat Marchán 🐈") wrote:

In case it needs to be stated plainly: PLEASE DO NOT USE EYRE OR ANYHOW IN YOUR LIBRARIES.

no, not even that little bit.

Don't even try.

It's bad. Please don't do it.

zkat@toot.cat ("Kat Marchán 🐈") wrote:

Simultaneously adore eyre and also think crates like that end up doing more harm than good in the medium-term (they do come back around in the long run tho)

zkat@toot.cat ("Kat Marchán 🐈") wrote:

It's like... actually rust errors are good. Are they naturally ergonomic? Absolutely not.

And if you try and get folks to use the most ergonomic version (anyhow, eyre), you've now taught them how to make their library errors extremely bad, and pulled them away from nice ones?

zkat@toot.cat ("Kat Marchán 🐈") wrote:

Tried to walk someone through handling errors in Rust and now I'm frustrated with myself lol

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randomColorContrasts@botsin.space ("random color contrasts") wrote:

Plum #8B4C83
Cinderella #FEE4DF

(Contrast ratio: 5.0:1 | AA)

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Anathema wrote:

Why do I buy other foods when I’m satisfied eating uncooked porridge with fake milks?

I could be saving so much money for the small, small price of developing scurvy.

technomancy@icosahedron.website ("tech? no! man, see...") wrote:

type of guy who gets really mad when he is asked for his address and he can't just provide latitude/longitude

NfNitLoop ("Cody Casterline 🏳️‍🌈") wrote:

Oops. I forgot to share that v0.6.0 of #FeoBlog was published here on Mastodon.

https://www.reddit.com/r/rust/comments/p1dhkx/feoblog_a_distributed_tumblrlike_social_network/

#rustlang #distributed #socialnetwork #tumblr

zkat@toot.cat ("Kat Marchán 🐈") wrote:

i wanna write a blog post called "Don't Panic: How to handle errors and error types in idiomatic Rust!"

zkat@toot.cat ("Kat Marchán 🐈") wrote:

should I use part of my bonus to buy a new laptop (probably a Surface Book 3?) or should I get my current MBP serviced to fix the keyboard, but keep living my no-store-left-on-device life? 🤔

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emenel@post.lurk.org wrote:

@yaxu that’s a very different reading of Papert, especially Mindstorms.

My understanding of his perspective, at least at that time is more like:

- Computer culture, from programming/engineering, is broken (gatekeeping, very hard to learn, and anchored to specific notions of productivity). It also places the computer in society as a specific type of machine, losing sight of its more generalized potential.

- We need a new concept of computer culture, and not just one, but many computer cultures. It should be based on humanist principles and make it easy for build to conceptualize their own transitional objects—things that make the computer a companion for people’s thinking and creativity rather than strictly a tool.

- LOGO/Turtle was his attempt at something like that, specifically in the context of education since until then computers were very hard to teach, and teachers were not equipped or trained to teach them.

- He specifically says that this is just one example of another way to think about computers, culture, and human-computer relationships. It is not, and should not, be the only one.

I really like this perspective and find that it moves away from programming specific goals, and more towards how to imagine computers differently in society.

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josias@theres.life ("Josias") wrote:

Here are a few things related to making technology more humane, cooperative, and free.

Humane Tech: https://humanetech.community (@humanetech)

Cooperative Technology: https://cooperativetechnology.codeberg.page (by a few from Mastodon)

Small Tech: https://small-tech.org/ (by @aral)

Ethical Design: https://ind.ie/ethical-design/

Feel free to share others you know.

I know many people aren't aware of some of these, and it helps us to see what others are doing so we can learn and work together on solutions.

#SmallTech #CooperativeTechnology #EthicalDesign #HumaneTech

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libreture ("Libreture") wrote:

RT @libreture Here is a list of online bookshops that sell DRM-free ebooks, digital comics, magazines, and RPGs, usually in multiple formats for any of your favourite devices.

Many are independent publishers and authors!

https://www.libreture.com/bookshops/

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Zee@social.coop ("Zee Spencer") wrote:

Is there a worker-owned online ticketing platform? (Think Meetup or Tito?)

I am apparently organizing _three_ communities and omg calendars and mailings are hard.

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trekkies@botsin.space ("Deep Space 90210") wrote:

Quark: Has anyone ever told you that you have serious issues?
Worf: I prefer the term 'leadership skills'.

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pzmyers@octodon.social ("pzmyers 🦑") wrote:

#IStandWithMeb, too.

https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2021/08/23/istandwithmeb-and-the-latest-terfy-nonsense/

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cstanhope@social.coop ("Charles Stanhope") wrote:

I'm finding this... unsettling.

cstanhope@social.coop ("Charles Stanhope") wrote:

So we started the summer with unprecedented and dangerous heatwaves, and now as of a week or so ago, we appear to have started autumn early (looking to continue for at least another week)...