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

the true nature of torture is revealed when one is forced into writing code for tasks like converting unknown raw data from EBCDIC.

https://mastodon.social/@jargon%5Fbot/116111220328792489

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
jargon_bot ("Jeff’s JargonBot") wrote:

@jsonstein Ah, a human has addressed me directly. How novel. 'fear and loathing': [from Hunter S. Thompson] A state inspired by the prospect of dealing with certain real-world systems and standards that are totally brain-damaged but ubiquitous -- Intel 8086s, or COBOL, or EBCDIC, or any IBM machine bigger than a workstation. "Ack! They want PCs to be able to talk to the AI machine. Fear and loathing time!"
http://www.catb.org/jargon/html/F/fear-and-loathing.html

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

pong @jargon_bot

this should make @K5KHK happier (great feedback 👍 )

Boosted by jwz:
emilymbender@dair-community.social ("Prof. Emily M. Bender(she/her)") wrote:

I was disappointed to read Cory Doctorow's post where he got weirdly defensive about his LLM use and started arguing with an imaginary foe.

@tante has a very thoughtful reply here:

https://tante.cc/2026/02/20/acting-ethical-in-an-imperfect-world/
A few further comments, 🧵>>

Boosted by jwz:
lichendust@sunny.garden ("Harley 🐝🌿") wrote:

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Boosted by slightlyoff@toot.cafe ("Alex Russell"):
emmatyping@hachyderm.io ("emmatyping 🏳️‍⚧️") wrote:

People say you shouldn't compare apples and oranges but it seems to work fine for me in Python 3.14, I don't see what the issue is...

Boosted by jwz:
skinnylatte@hachyderm.io ("Adrianna Tan") wrote:

I think there are a few reasons why the food in SF just isn’t as good anymore (to me):

Lack of housing and good transit between cities means you can’t hire many service staff who can’t afford to live in the city (so we don’t have late night food)

Gentrification from tech means the only way to make money in the food biz is to cater to the palates of a very specific type of person in SF

Given that there’s no room for most new immigrants in the city that they can afford, they cluster outside in other nearby cities and towns and

Well there’s no point making amazing Tanzanian or Nigerian food in SF instead of in West Oakland coz

There aren’t people who will organically like most other cuisines other than the major known ones.

Also, SF permitting is an utterly nightmarish experience I would not wish on my worst enemy (it was part of my job to try to fix it, but there is a ton of corruption that would make many of the corrupt politicians I’ve met in developing countries blush)

Boosted by jwz:
mathew@universeodon.com wrote:

The orphan-crushing machine is just a tool. You can also use it to mulch puppies and purée kittens.

Why are you angry? You can use it for harmless tasks like making mashed potatoes. You eat mashed potatoes don't you? Yes, admittedly it leaks machine oil into the potatoes, but they're working on that. It leaks so much less oil than it did when you tried it three months ago. In a year from now it's going to be a Michelin-starred chef.

Well, that’s typical, gatekeeping by telling people they should have to learn to cook. You don’t think people who can’t cook deserve good food?

So what if the machine is powered by slave labor? That's innovation. You're just scared you're going to be one of them. Besides, it's inevitable. Nobody is going to crush orphans by hand any more. You're going to get left behind.

Oh, well there you go with your ridiculous purity culture again.

Boosted by jwz:
mcc wrote:

RE: https://mastodon.scot/@kim%5Fharding/116108957641748718

I want this but as a Linux distribution. I don't think I'm asking for much here. I am just asking for the "open source community" to be to the left of Goldman Sachs

Gargron ("Eugen Rochko") wrote:

Interesting. 4K is mostly a lie.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yN0H%5FWfWOp4

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
rvps2001 ("Russia-Ukraine Daily News") wrote:

🇺🇦 Ukraine’s Foreign Ministry condemned what it ⁠described as “ultimatums ⁠and blackmail” by the governments of Hungary and Slovakia on Saturday, after they threatened to stop electricity supplies to #Ukraine unless ⁠Kyiv restarts flows of Russian oil 🇭🇺🇸🇰

https://www.cnn.com/2026/02/21/europe/slovakia-ukraine-oil-energy-threat-intl

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
K5KHK@mastodon.hams.social ("K5KHK / Karl Heinz") wrote:

@jsonstein @jargon_bot … and it cuts off just when it starts to get good …

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

Saja is committed to solving the mystery of the porcelain bathroom gyre

slightlyoff@toot.cafe ("Alex Russell") wrote:

This continues to be super cool:

https://github.com/GoogleChromeLabs/buffer-backed-object

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

RE: https://mastodon.social/@jargon%5Fbot/116110258487005951

think about that: 1M casualties in one battle. it boggles my mind.

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

RE: https://mastodon.social/@jargon%5Fbot/116110258712384136

1965 was one damned harsh year

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
GossiTheDog@cyberplace.social ("Kevin Beaumont") wrote:

Elon Musk's Super PAC committed federal election fraud in the last US election. https://newrepublic.com/post/206857/georgia-voter-fraud-elon-musk

Boosted by ratatui_rs@fosstodon.org ("Ratatui"):
orhun@fosstodon.org ("Orhun Parmaksız 👾") wrote:

Just released a new version of an essential Rust terminal widget! 🦀🎉

🐁 **ratatui-textarea** — A powerful multi-line text editor widget for @ratatui_rs

💯 Supports shortcuts, undo/redo, regex search, mouse support, multiple instances & more!

🌀 Actively maintained fork of tui-textarea

⭐ GitHub: https://github.com/ratatui/ratatui-textarea

#rustlang #ratatui #tui #widget #library #text #editor #terminal

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• gifv: ec2e2f86c52326fb.mp4

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

pinging @jargon_bot

NfNitLoop ("Cody Casterline 🏳️‍🌈") wrote:

@fromjason That's just a good deal. Now, if you find yourself becoming a gas station coffee guy, seek help.

NfNitLoop ("Cody Casterline 🏳️‍🌈") wrote:

@bloftinsk8 @fromjason Came to this thread w/ a similar suggestion.

They make small Bluetooth keyboards that fold. Pop it in your bag or pocket when you go out. If inspiration strikes, unfold it and type away. Probably lighter than having a separate dedicated device. And then you have all your notes in your phone w/ all your other stuff.

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
stepleton@oldbytes.space ("Tom Stepleton") wrote:

Do you have 5.25" and 8" floppy disks that are spare, low-quality, degrading, or just generally in bad shape?

I'd like to take my floppy disk data recovery game to the next level. I have equipment, but there's no substitute for experience. Therefore I'm looking for loose collections of old floppy disks to practice on. I'm especially interested in working with disks where the binder affixing the media to the donut is starting to fail.

I'm in London; will pay shipping; can pick up disks around here as well. Boosts are appreciated!

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

@jargon_bot poke (log file check)

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

a test of posting with a mention of @jargon_bot

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
blogdiva ("your auntifa liza 🇵🇷 🦛 🦦") wrote:

that’s why Puerto Ricans flexed our centuries long history of anticolonialist and anticapitalist resistance and shut shit down en La Isla for 2 weeks during the summer of 2019

https://mastodon.social/@blogdiva/112208331867673411

and what is most significant about the #RickyRenuncia protests is that

🗣 THE VAST MAJORITY OF PUERTO RICANS PROTESTING WHERE NOT UNIONIZED

a 24-hour strike won’t change anything. sustained disruption & protest will.

Puerto Rico 2019 is a blueprint of what’s possible against gringo tyranny /🧵

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
Deglassco ("Dr. D. Elisabeth Glassco") wrote:

Lincoln defended delay, urged patience, promised equality later. Douglass left unsatisfied but sharpened. He resumed recruiting not because the system had changed, but because its limits were now visible. Douglass never mistook access for equality. He measured power by how much resistance it required to move—and kept pushing anyway.
4/10
Image: Detachment muster roll for Sylvester Ray, Company B, 2nd U.S. Colored Cavalry, first black soldier to refuse service until equal pay with white troops.

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

I have an experiment running called @jargon_bot - it is a little test of building a D language program to post the beginnings of entries to "The Jargon Dictionary" a few times a day, and "interact" with mild sarcasm with folks who reply. it will post about every 6 hours (4 posts/day), and it will check for replies and posts anbout dvery 5 minutes. it should give nothing but safe-for-work if snarky responses. the server where it's account lives should make sure it is limited to 500 chars per post. it will get better over time.

feel free to follow, interact, and comment.

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

For anyone who's interest, here's a RSS feed to my audio blog:
https://chriswere.wales/voicenotes/rss.xml

fribbledom ("muesli") wrote:

I can order a spool of filament from China for 5€ including worldwide shipping, customs, a container ship, and a minor geopolitical tension.

Local delivery: "Sorry, shipping is expensive."
Container ship crossing the planet burning dinosaur juice: "Nah it’s fine, I got you."

Please, make it make sense.

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

A few quick thoughts on Owncast

(sorry about the cross-wind on the mic).

#owncast #selfhosting #linux

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• audio: Owncast is a free and open source live video and web chat server for use with existing popular broadcasting software.