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Boosted by cstanhope@social.coop ("Your weary 'net denizen"):
brianbilston@mastodon.online ("Brian Bilston") wrote:

Sometimes the poems I write aren’t the ones I intend to write.

Boosted by cstanhope@social.coop ("Your weary 'net denizen"):
alexshendi@rollenspiel.social ("Alexander Shendi") wrote:

Stand by for a demo of Visi Corp Visi On on real hardware!

Yes, the fabled GUI whose demo at the 1982 Comdex sent one William H. Gates III screaming into the dev department to initiate the creation of Window 1.0!

#pda #hp200lx #VisiOn #VisiCorp #retrocomputing

Boosted by cstanhope@social.coop ("Your weary 'net denizen"):
alexshendi@rollenspiel.social ("Alexander Shendi") wrote:

OK, here is the promised demo:

#VisiCorp #VisiOn #pda #hp200lx #visicalc #retrocomputing

Attachments:

• video: Running Visi On: 1. Loading mouse driver 2. Starting Visi On 3. Running Tutorial 4. Running Visi Calc spreadsheet

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

I semi-regularly check whether any of the browsers have shifted on supporting ES modules in SVG or XHTML and year after year the answer is still the same: the only browser that supports it without hacks is Firefox.

https://caniuse.com/?search=script%3A+type%3A+module

The sad part is that I think XML might have useful answers for a few of the needs of modern web dev but we're probably never going to find out because we can't even test modern module-based JS in it.

Boosted by brib@bribstodon.xyz ("brib :neofox_floof:​ :Nonbinary:"):
jonny@neuromatch.social ("jonny (nonvenomous)") wrote:

The technology the left needs, apparently, is more like "a reasonable and secure chat app with channels and reputational vouching" than AI. If signal were to fall then all the affinity groups would get smoked, but in the meantime their capacity is hampered in no small part from signal exhaustion lmao.

dysfun@treehouse.systems ("gaytabase") wrote:

anyway, i now have a nightly zig compiler, which means i am free to play with async i/o and my code has a chance of still working when 0.17 lands. or the work will be minimised. hopefully.

i may have to write an async i/o backend in time, we'll see what happens. i can at least prototype using the sync backend for now with theoretically no code changes between i/o provider.

dysfun@treehouse.systems ("gaytabase") wrote:

yeah the link took ~13 minutes 😬

dysfun@treehouse.systems ("gaytabase") wrote:

i figured it out and i'm so close to having built the compiler

the zig part? not so bad, kept crunching through files. the final link, provided by LLVM? SO BAD. still waiting.

now, the link probably wouldn't be so bad if it didn't have to pull in LLVM for the LLVM backend, so there's a double incentive to get rid of it.

Boosted by baldur@toot.cafe ("Baldur Bjarnason"):
andrewrk ("Andrew Kelley") wrote:

The domains in which a programming language is popular influences the ecosystem. I'm deeply grateful to Jarred and Anthropic for giving Zig communities a chance to reroll for something other than LLMs. Hoping for better than a nat 1 next time

dysfun@treehouse.systems ("gaytabase") wrote:

i can't build the build script to ask it its options 😬

dysfun@treehouse.systems ("gaytabase") wrote:

error: process exited with error code 1

i see.

dysfun@treehouse.systems ("gaytabase") wrote:

building the zig compiler for the first time.

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

Space Virgins are back with a double movie podcast. Find out why Drew rated these films so highly.

https://video.thepolarbear.co.uk/w/gFZ8Y2XjG6exEJSLe7VdNH

Boosted by brib@bribstodon.xyz ("brib :neofox_floof:​ :Nonbinary:"):
lydiaconwell@todon.nl ("Lydia Conwell") wrote:

@quixoticgeek People are happy doing fulfilling duties to feed and nurture the community, but no one wants to do the soulless, pointless jobs of contemporary society.

Boosted by brib@bribstodon.xyz ("brib :neofox_floof:​ :Nonbinary:"):
charles@crabsin.space ("Charles") wrote:

The current programming job market is absolutely dreadful.

In 2024, I sent out a single application to a very widely known software company and made it to the final stage, but they selected someone else with more years of experience.

In 2025, I sent out three applications. One ghosted me, one rejected me and explained why (which was very nice of them), and one interviewed me, though I wasn't selected for that one either.

In 2026, I was laid off in mid-January from my job of nearly five years. Since then, I've sent out 82 applications, of which 30 have rejected me and 51 have ghosted me. (Or they just haven't responded yet: the longest time between sending an application and receiving a response has been 48 days so far.)

I'm writing this post now because the remaining one did actually want to move me forward... into their trap. They wanted me to install malware disguised as a VPN client as part of their interview process. (Luckily, I had noticed several red flags in time, so I did not become one of their victims.)

isagalaev ("Ivan Sagalaev :flag_wbw:") wrote:

OK, so I tried to actually write a blog post in one sitting. I'm two hours in, and it's "done". As in, I'm facing the most hated part: read the entire thing all over again and edit it. I need a break and some tea.

(I'll publish it tomorrow, so no need to wait for me!)

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

blogged: Web whetstones
https://dbushell.com/2026/05/18/web-whetstone/

how to stay sharp as a web developer?

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

AI grifters being fiercely booed by college graduates gives me hope for the future

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xwWaoyIy5e8

soatok@furry.engineer ("Soatok Dreamseeker") wrote:

I suppose it's time I spoke to the allegations:

I am not, nor have I been, a good boy.

I'm not especially deservinng hugs, pets, ear scratches, belly rubs, or cuddles.

Boosted by soatok@furry.engineer ("Soatok Dreamseeker"):
haicen@infosec.exchange ("Brandon") wrote:

@soatok @hlieberman

That is correct, it was a comic illustration done by sicklyhypnos that appeared in the Oh Joy Sex Toy webcomic about watersports.

aredridel@kolektiva.social ("Mx. Aria Stewart") wrote:

Captain bunks double #Monsterdon

aredridel@kolektiva.social ("Mx. Aria Stewart") wrote:

I see France supplied the SST #Monsterdon

fromjason ("fromjason.xyz ❤️ 💻 ✍️ 🥐 🇵🇷") wrote:

Or something like that. I'm on three Benadryl. You get what I'm saying

fromjason ("fromjason.xyz ❤️ 💻 ✍️ 🥐 🇵🇷") wrote:

The only problem with the social network is the same problem as The Joker. It's only good if you can grasp the greater societal message while not losing sight of who the bad guy is.

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

Failing to act on SLAPP legislation is a gift by Labour to the UK's far right, because it's the far right that is funded by the billionaires Labour is shielding from accountability:

https://open.substack.com/pub/democracyforsale/p/how-lawyers-to-the-super-rich-strangled

aredridel@kolektiva.social ("Mx. Aria Stewart") wrote:

Let’s go! #Monsterdon

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

Stumbled over this, and IDK what to tell anyone still trapped in React except that they need to be charting a path out of the deep hole they dug themselves [1]. Paying for compat with IE6 & 7 by denying yourself access to new web platform features, in 2026, is a fool's errand:

https://github.com/facebook/react/issues/32478

[1]: https://infrequently.org/2024/11/if-not-react-then-what/

fromjason ("fromjason.xyz ❤️ 💻 ✍️ 🥐 🇵🇷") wrote:

"If I was a drug dealer I couldn't give free drugs to 650 people in one day." The most succinct description of the platform era.

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

Doing some weekend (technical) gardening around the (smart)home, and this could not be more timely:

https://github.com/caplaz/home-assistant-sfpuc

fromjason ("fromjason.xyz ❤️ 💻 ✍️ 🥐 🇵🇷") wrote:

Watching The Social Network...what a time capsule of a movie. I wouldn't be surprised if it becomes just as popular with younger generations.