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Reblogged by isagalaev ("Ivan Sagalaev :flag_wbw:"):

ivan@hachyderm.io ("Ivan :nix_snowflake_logo:") wrote:

You can’t even do code search on #GitHub without being signed in anymore

#enshittification

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

Free_Press@mstdn.social ("Aure Free Press") wrote:

Mastodon is the place to be...it has the people...the app...and NO ADS!

Meta’s Threads app looks set for an uphill climb if it’s ever to take the microblogging crown.

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg told employees that despite its impressive start in early July when around 100 million people activated a Threads account in its first five days of availability, more than half of those users have stopped checking in.
#Mastodon #Threads #Twitter #mastodonrocks #AureFreePress

https://www.digitaltrends.com/social-media/threads-has-lost-half-its-users-zuckerberg-says/

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

Weather: 🌦 Light rain, +69°F, 75%, ↘11mph, 1017hPa
Timezone: America/New_York
Now: 12:07:54-0400 | Dawn: 05:26:49 | Sunrise: 05:59:55
Zenith: 13:16:54 | Sunset: 20:33:09 | Dusk: 21:06:08
Location: Rochester, Monroe County, New York [43.1572,-77.6151]

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

breaktime for bonzo #LearningRust

::poof::

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

okay, Vec is def worth some concentrated study time

#LearningRust

Reblogged by bcantrill ("Bryan Cantrill"):

oxidecomputer@hachyderm.io ("Oxide Computer Company") wrote:

A little summer hiatus for Oxide and Friends: @ahl and @bcantrill will be back on August 14th. In the meantime, check out the back catalog -- and if there are particular episodes you'd like to see, let us know!

https://oxide-and-friends.transistor.fm/

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

ah, this looks like a very interesting learning exercise...

https://doc.rust-lang.org/nomicon/vec/vec.html

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

ugh, not my favorite way to encourage folks to program:

"This method is best used when you want your program to crash if there’s an attempt to access an element past the end of the vector."

normalizing crashing out of programs #SMH

#LearningRust

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

gbhnews wrote:

📡 for those of you who are just tuning in

GBH News is a PBS/NPR newsroom in Boston, Massachusetts.

We start each day with a greeting, the weather, a news brief, and a poll.

It surprises me when we get people who say they think this is the full output of our newsroom, but of course it is not. We simply care enough about the #fediverse to engage here.

If you want livestreams/video, see here: https://www.youtube.com/c/gbhnews

If you want to do a deep dive, visit our website: https://www.wgbh.org/news/

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

I think I may like this pattern much better than over-use of try/catch blocks in Java

#LearningRust

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

with apologies to Phil Karlton...

there are only two hard problems in programming: naming things, cache invalidation, and off-by-one errors

judicious use of of 'Option' with 'match Some/None' seems like a path to avoiding a lot of common programming errors

#LearningRust

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

the niceness of 'Option' with 'match Some/None' is starting to grow on me #LearningRust

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

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.

jsonstein@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

Reblogged by kornel ("Kornel"):

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

jsonstein@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

jsonstein@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

nadim@symbolic.software ("Nadim Kobeissi") wrote:

LaTeX really makes writing audit reports so much nicer.

Gargron ("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.

Reblogged by teller ("Siim Teller"):

OkayKay@beige.party wrote:

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.

Reblogged by teller ("Siim Teller"):

jimray wrote:

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.

Attachments:

• An example of protected “car lanes” in a North European capital city, built to ensure motorists are protected from roving gangs of blood-thirsty cyclists.

pzmyers@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/

Attachments:

• Creationists through the centuries, constantly making excuses (remote)

nadim@symbolic.software ("Nadim Kobeissi") wrote:

Today's work soundtrack: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MJGuSJMOf1U

Reblogged by slightlyoff@toot.cafe ("Alex Russell"):

jed ("Jed Schmidt") wrote:

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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• b4d440e18f658645.jpeg

Reblogged by slightlyoff@toot.cafe ("Alex Russell"):

MostlyHarmless@thecanadian.social wrote:

You millennials and your obsession with public healthcare. Back in my day we just died.

Reblogged 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).

rmrenner ("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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• Screencap of Codename: Iceman. 16 color, fairly low-res illustration of a woman with a literally sparkling smile. Something about the perspective or proportions feels slightly off.

rmrenner ("The Old Gay Gristle Fest") wrote:

I'm trying to be more consistent about using my backloggd account https://www.backloggd.com/u/kimpira/

Reblogged 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!

Attachments:

• A zoomed in view of my epicycle clock, there is a series of loops from 10-o'clock to 12, and little dots to mark each minute. (remote)

rmrenner ("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