I got asked over on Tumblr to explain how EPROMs work/are used, so I ended up explaining the whole basic timeline of mask ROMs to flash memory, in an attempted accessible-to-non-techie fashion. It's here if you'd like to read it or fact check me:
https://foone.tumblr.com/post/760820423089930241/sure-basically-computers-and-any-other
I have done The Thing.
https://catfox.life/2024/09/05/porting-systemd-to-musl-libc-powered-linux/
I have ported #systemd to #musl. Properly. Passing all tests, properly. Booting my 2012 Ivy Bridge in 3.2 seconds, properly.
I'm aware of how unpopular this will be in some circles. But change does not happen without competition, and musl environments deserve more than what they have right now. systemd isn't a panacea, it isn't even that great, but it's here, it solves real issues people have, and it's now an option. Not a requirement, but an option.
#fediblock qoto.org - admins CONSTANTLY get too silly - federates with the dangerous alt-right instance authenyo.xyz - SEVERAL violations of the TOS. This instance isn't the kind of vibe we want - federation with the usual suspects - harbouring wanted fedicriminals guilty of fedisins - misuse of the #fediblock hashtag - too many neocat emojis (click on view remote)
Hello, Fediverse!
This is Clew, an independent search engine developed by @amin that is copyleft, self-hostable, prioritizes sites of independent creators, and downranks ads. Happy to be here on this wonderful platform with you. (If you wanna help kick of federation, please boost!)
We'll be posting a variety of things here, from status updates to blog posts to, very probably, jokes related to independent search.
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elect me as Unicode consortium president! I will:
mandate sitelen pona support in modern operating systems
implement xkcd’s non-breaking snake proposal
assign codepoints to the neocats, with ZWJ sequences for the hugging variants to allow for combinatorial variation
introduce full configurability of the number of eyes in your cyryllic multiocular O
remove the redundancy between the flags of Poland and Indonesia, factoring it out into a universal “rotate by 180 degrees” codepoint that will definitely not unleash chaos unto the world
the future is in our grasp! vote mei today!
WebVM is a server-less virtual Linux environment running client-side
Link: https://webvm.io/
Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40940225
Software developer, open-source enthusiast, wannabe software architect. I like learning and comparing different technologies. Also general STEM nerd.