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bcantrill ("Bryan Cantrill") wrote:

The video for my TalosCon 2025 keynote, "The Complexity of Simplicity", is now up:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cum5uN2634o

Slides:

https://speakerdeck.com/bcantrill/the-complexity-of-simplicity

Boosted by jakedel@mamot.fr ("S. Delafond"):
freexian@hachyderm.io ("Freexian :debian:") wrote:

In October 2025, contributions to #Debian by #Freexian collaborators involved upstreaming cPython patches, making autopkgtest for ansible-core robust and more!

Read the full report at https://www.freexian.com/blog/debian-contributions-10-2025/?utm%5Fsource=mastodon&utm%5Fmedium=social

We thank the organizations subscribing to our Long Term Support contracts (https://www.freexian.com/lts/?utm%5Fsource=mastodon&utm%5Fmedium=social) and consulting services (https://www.freexian.com/services/?utm%5Fsource=mastodon&utm%5Fmedium=social) for making this possible.

#python #cpython

fromjason ("fromjason.xyz ❤️ 💻") wrote:

Brother in law sent me this pic of his daughter's new snake, caption: "Maverick won't eat his meal"

ChrisWere@toot.wales ("Chris Were ⁂🐧🌱☕") wrote:

I've popped up a complication of videos I recorded in 2021, with @uoou, @mattpalka, and others. I go back and listen to them myself, so I compiled the playlist into a single video for #PeerTube. Enjoy!

https://video.thepolarbear.co.uk/w/gqjraHVvYfCWAeeyfeTZTF

Boosted by db@social.lol ("David Bushell ☕"):
annie@social.lol wrote:

After reading1 the recent news about the unsurprising lack of diversity in podcasting — “64% of the hosts of the most popular US podcasts of 2024 were men…Shows with video... https://anniemueller.com/posts/my-new-business-tech-podcast

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

I have to say that spending the past couple of days being too distracted from working on my own stuff because the main project is waiting on other people sorting their own stuff, has mostly been a waste of time, and not the fun, diverting kind of waste.

Oh, well.

Boosted by baldur@toot.cafe ("Baldur Bjarnason"):
cferdinandi ("Chris Ferdinandi") wrote:

⚓️ New Article: Open source is still broken https://gomakethings.com/open-source-is-still-broken/ #WebDev #FrontEndDeveloper #100DaysOfCode #CodeNewbie

Boosted by ChrisWere@toot.wales ("Chris Were ⁂🐧🌱☕"):
hamstercorpse@kirakiratter.com ("hamsternet") wrote:

What Valve isn't going to tell you is that even if you have the Steam Deck, Steam Machine, Steam Frame, and Steam Controller, you still won't be able to combine them into the Steam Super Robot without the Steam Link

db@social.lol ("David Bushell ☕") wrote:

I've never upgrading
https://blog.jim-nielsen.com/2025/tahoes-terrible-icons-b-sides/

Boosted by baldur@toot.cafe ("Baldur Bjarnason"):
MichaelWhelan@mastodon.art ("Michael Whelan") wrote:

The painting later became the cover for a comic by Harlan Ellison. 4/4

https://www.michaelwhelan.com/galleries/subterraneans/

fromjason ("fromjason.xyz ❤️ 💻") wrote:

I've learned my lesson about criticizing #Latinos in mixed company. But, I will say this— it's infuriating how some people from failed socialist states don't make the connection between the failure and the country that forced it to fail (USA), resulting in them perpetuating the policy in the voting booth that they ran from

db@social.lol ("David Bushell ☕") wrote:

interesting read: Perfecting Baseline
https://piccalil.li/blog/perfecting-baseline/

my beef with Baseline is that is doesn't adequately account for bugs, and even if it did, I can't afford to report bugs, because I'm too busy working around them 🫠

jscalzi@threads.net ("John Scalzi") wrote:

I don't drink coffee, so for me not crossing this picket line will not be difficult. But many of you DO drink coffee, so until this strike action is resolved, get your drinks elsewhere. Maybe try out that local coffeeshop near you, you know, the one that isn't part of a large national chain.

https://www.cnbc.com/2025/11/13/starbucks-workers-united-union-strike-red-cup-day.html

jscalzi@threads.net ("John Scalzi") wrote:

Polite reminder that my "debate" philosophy here is "don't engage, just block," so if you swoop into my comments to troll, derail or hijack, you'll be consigned to the cornfield and I will never once think about you again. Have a fantastic day!

ChrisWere@toot.wales ("Chris Were ⁂🐧🌱☕") wrote:

YouTube video: Mastercard, Steam, and the future of digital payments
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f3oj48tzgTE

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

We have a local cult of Asatru followers. They are so cringe.

https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2025/11/13/its-all-cringe/

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/G-ZuxmV487c

jscalzi@threads.net ("John Scalzi") wrote:

You know, the competent black lady isn't plastered all over the emails of the dead sex criminal

Boosted by kornel ("Kornel"):
xkcdbot@indieweb.social wrote:

title text: 'They really shouldn't let those small cars drive in traffic. I worry I'm going to kill someone if I hit one! They should have to drive on the sidewalk, safely out of the way.'

desktop link: https://xkcd.com/3167
mobile link: https://m.xkcd.com/3167
explainxkcd: https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/3167

Boosted by baldur@toot.cafe ("Baldur Bjarnason"):
davidgerard@circumstances.run ("David Gerard") wrote:

The key weakness in AI agents is that they're a lie. They don't work. They just don't fuckin' work. You can't set a hallucination engine to work doing tasks. It's pants on head stupid. The hype pretends this isn't the case and hypothesises a fabulous future where they work *at all*. This is a lie.

A useful model for "AI agents" is that they're the current excuse meme for AI. They're not a thing that works at all, now or in the fabulous future. But they're *such* good material for hypecrafting. No sausage at all, but *my god* that sizzle.

kornel ("Kornel") wrote:

The old Valve #Index has the best audio of any VR headset.
The goofy floating speakers sound great, and are incredibly immersive, because the sound literally comes from "outside" instead of touching my ears or conducting sound through my bones like in-ear headphones.

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

“AI Grief Observed”

https://2ndbreakfast.audreywatters.com/ai-grief-observed/

> AI is the symptom of a broken world. AI is the symptom; and AI is the disease.

I just can’t summarise this essay in a few short and witty words. Just read it. You won’t regret it

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

Second species of mosquito found in Iceland. Boo. Hiss.

“Moskítóflugur fundust í hesthúsi á Suðurlandi - RÚV.is”

https://www.ruv.is/frettir/innlent/2025-11-13-moskitoflugur-fundust-i-hesthusi-a-sudurlandi-458767

Boosted by jwz:
bagder ("daniel:// stenberg://") wrote:

Parsing integers in C. Aka "bye bye atoi".

https://daniel.haxx.se/blog/2025/11/13/parsing-integers-in-c/

#curl #development

db@social.lol ("David Bushell ☕") wrote:

reading: “A.I.” browsers: the price of admission is too high

https://vivaldi.com/blog/a-i-browsers-the-price-of-admission-is-too-high/

maybe I'll give Vivaldi a try today 🤔

Boosted by slightlyoff@toot.cafe ("Alex Russell"):
wingo ("Andy Wingo") wrote:

mastodon should fix the bug where typos are invisible in the editing box but obvious on the timeline

Boosted by jwz:
Nickiquote@mstdn.social wrote:

Instead of using AI images to illustrate your blogpost or presentation, why not go deep into the forest, lie down in a pile of autumn leaves and allow the earth to consume your body.

Boosted by jwz:
gknauss ("Greg Knauss") wrote:

I don’t remember what Patreon did to me to cause this, but apparently it was eleven times worse than what Facebook did to me.

Welcome to the Class-Action Settlement Economy.

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

Central Minnesota is getting the aurora tonight.

https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2025/11/12/aurora-tonight/

Boosted by isagalaev ("Ivan Sagalaev :flag_wbw:"):
appassionato ("earthling") wrote:

A once-in-a-lifetime shot — the moon perfectly framed by a rainbow.

via tithsokphanny31

#photography
#moon
#rainbow

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
KevinCarson1@kolektiva.social ("Kevin Carson") wrote:

ICE Prosecutor in Dallas Runs White Supremacist X Account

https://www.texasobserver.org/ice-prosecutor-dallas-white-supremacist-x-account/