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jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:
the niceness of 'Option' with 'match Some/None' is starting to grow on me #LearningRust
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BBC_News_Labs@social.bbc ("BBC News Labs") wrote:
Hi, we are BBC News Labs #introduction
We’re charged with driving innovation for BBC News. Our team of technologists and journalists explore how new tools and formats affect how news is found and reported.
You can find out more at https://bbcnewslabs.co.uk/ and we’ll be posting here about our work
This account is part of an experiment from BBC R&D in establishing a BBC presence in the Fediverse.
Mastodon Feedjsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:
looking at the vec! macro reminds me that hiding the details can be a two-edged sword... stylistically, I think I prefer
'let mut v: Vec = Vec::new();'
over
'let mut v = Vec::new();'
so the person scanning my code can see what is going on better... different styles for different folks #LearningRust
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BBCRD@social.bbc ("BBC Research & Development") wrote:
Hi! 👋 Here's our #introduction.
We're BBC Research & Development; we explore and test new technology to discover how the BBC can best make use of it in the future.
For 100 years our engineers have been at the forefront of developments in broadcasting.
We're now researching how everyone could get TV & radio via the internet – along with all the flexibility and creativity that brings.
5G, AI, next-gen audio, UHD, personal data… we are investigating all these – and more!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rzztGFXYR1Y
Mastodon Feedjsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:
this page on collection types, particularly the when-should-you-use-which discussion, is very well done https://doc.rust-lang.org/std/collections/index.html #LearningRust
Mastodon Feedjsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:
must remember: array and tuple types are stack data, the other collection types like vectors, strings, and hash maps are heap data... life is full of tradeoffs #LearningRust
Mastodon Feednadim@symbolic.software ("Nadim Kobeissi") wrote:
LaTeX really makes writing audit reports so much nicer.
Mastodon FeedGargron ("Eugen Rochko") wrote:
Dune predicted AI getting banned but it'd be funny if instead of some all out robot war it'd just be because of copyright violations.
Mastodon FeedReblogged by teller ("Siim Teller"):
Dolly Parton has put over 200,000,000 FREE BOOKS in the hands of children in the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, Australia, and Ireland.
200 MILLION BOOKS!
She didn't build a penis space rocket or dive in sub to see the titanic. She invested her money in the next generations to come.
Dolly Parton's Imagination Library ... that's a beautiful thing.
Mastodon FeedReblogged by teller ("Siim Teller"):
The Times is right — e-bikes are a scourge and we must do everything we can to protect our fragile SUV-driving elites from these teen terrors. I propose we construct a nationwide network of separated e-bike enclosures to segregate these monsters from god-fearing motorists.
I’ve attached one such example from a European petrostate that has spent years valiantly protecting cars from the ravages of cycling. With work, we may be able to reduce the number of cyclist-on-motorist deaths to zero.
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Mastodon Feedpzmyers@octodon.social ("pzmyers 🦑") wrote:
Having picked off a few ticks this weekend, I'm well aware of their ability to avoid crushing.
https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2023/07/31/theyre-like-ticks/
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Mastodon Feednadim@symbolic.software ("Nadim Kobeissi") wrote:
Today's work soundtrack: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MJGuSJMOf1U
Mastodon FeedReblogged by slightlyoff@toot.cafe ("Alex Russell"):
like that scene in back to the future where marty watches his hand fade away at the sea of enchantment dance.
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MostlyHarmless@thecanadian.social wrote:
You millennials and your obsession with public healthcare. Back in my day we just died.
Mastodon FeedReblogged by keul@fosstodon.org ("Luca Fabbri"):
bladecoder@androiddev.social ("Christophe B. :android:") wrote:
If you're still using Chrome for performance reasons:
- Firefox is now faster than Chrome out-of-the-box
- Firefox uses less memory than Chrome
- Contrary to Chrome, Firefox does not restrict Ad blockers, which will make your browsing experience much faster (and safer).
Mastodon Feedrmrenner ("The Old Gay Gristle Fest") wrote:
My icon on there (and steam) is cropped from this screenshot of Codename: Iceman, which I haven't actually played yet. But how could I resist after seeing this in GOG's gallery of preview screens
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Mastodon Feedrmrenner ("The Old Gay Gristle Fest") wrote:
I'm trying to be more consistent about using my backloggd account https://www.backloggd.com/u/kimpira/
Mastodon FeedReblogged by cstanhope@social.coop ("Your friendly 'net denizen"):
Sophie@dice.camp ("Sophie 🎲🧩🏳️⚧️") wrote:
Saw that my epicycle clock was getting noticed a bit again, so I finally took the time to make it use vector graphics - you can zoom in and it still looks good!
https://sophiehoulden.com/randomstuff/epitime/
Fun bonus: Animated time offsets, watch it go spinny!
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Mastodon Feedrmrenner ("The Old Gay Gristle Fest") wrote:
Arches ended up being pretty short but the art, writing and programming are a big step up. In this case the artist is different, but the years of experience that the writer/programmer has put into renpy really show through
Mastodon Feedpzmyers@octodon.social ("pzmyers 🦑") wrote:
For a supposedly smart guy, I sure can do some stupid things.
https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2023/07/30/letting-you-all-know/
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trc@social.coop ("Tyng-Ruey Chuang") wrote:
Apparently I can have a cup of coffee with a harmless snake.
We visited the Snake Cafe before we left Taitung. The owner of the place is a retired professor with a research specialty in snakes. The cafe aims to be a place where people can know more about snakes (a "snake ecological education cafe"). It has a Facebook page:
https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100089101092965
OpenStreetMap address:
https://www.openstreetmap.org/node/10706247875
友蛇咖啡：蛇類生態教育咖啡廳
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Mastodon Feedcstanhope@social.coop ("Your friendly 'net denizen") wrote:
If I were my past self, I would simply not fuck up so much.
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luckytran@med-mastodon.com ("Dr. Lucky Tran :verified:") wrote:
Every government’s real policy for the climate crisis
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Mastodon FeedReblogged by cstanhope@social.coop ("Your friendly 'net denizen"):
AkaSci@fosstodon.org ("AkaSci 🛰️") wrote:
Oops! Earth has temporarily lost contact with the Voyager 2 spacecraft.
A series of planned commands sent to the spacecraft on July 21 inadvertently caused its antenna to get mispointed by 2°. NASA can no longer send commands or receive data from Voyager 2 via the DSN.
Voyager 2 is programmed to reset its orientation periodically to keep its antenna pointing at Earth; the next reset will occur on Oct 15, which should restore communications.
https://blogs.nasa.gov/sunspot/2023/07/28/mission-update-voyager-2-communications-pause/
#Voyager
1/n
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Mastodon FeedGargron ("Eugen Rochko") wrote:
There's a new #TesseracT song! Looks like new album is coming in September.
Mastodon Feedjsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:
this kind of concentration of power in a private individual is very dangerous when the person is stable, and he is not:
With Starlink, Elon Musk’s Satellite Dominance Is Raising Global Alarms - The New York Times
Mastodon Feedjsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:
how could anyone who claims to be an “originalist” then ignore the plain language in this opinion from the 1930s?
Mastodon Feedcstanhope@social.coop ("Your friendly 'net denizen") wrote:
Rodrigo y Gabriela at KEXP!
Mastodon Feedjsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:
the key change that lead to our current bloody situation:
‘Historically, the N.R.A.’s opposition to firearms laws was tempered. Founded in 1871 by two Union Army veterans — a lawyer and a former New York Times correspondent — the association promoted rifle training and marksmanship. It did not actively challenge the Supreme Court’s view, stated in 1939, that the Second Amendment’s protection of gun ownership applied to membership in a “well regulated Militia” rather than an individual right unconnected to the common defense.’
Mastodon Feedjsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:
‘Investigators also found an open computer screen that showed the engineer running a Motorola radio programming software. According to the warrant, the software “contained the entire Arnold air force base (AAFB) communications system”… also reported that… he had a USB which contained “administrative passwords and electronic system keys” for the AETC radio network.’
talk about being wide open… and the Air Farce has “secure” systems and processes which allow one to possess and insert a USB-drive??