Alecu Ștefan-Iulian @alecui@qoto.org

I couldn't help but feel that #XKCD 1269 was relevant to the #selfhosted #Mastodon #fediverse.

Be sure to catch the end of this clever NASA "climate spiral" video showing monthly global temperature changes between 1880 and 2021
https://climate.nasa.gov/climate_resources/300/video-climate-spiral/ #dataviz #boost #climatechange #climate

Clojure eBooks featured in the Pragmatic Programmers Bundle

https://www.humblebundle.com/books/functional-programming-pragmatic-programmers-books?charity=15428130493145136

Discussions: https://discu.eu/q/https://www.humblebundle.com/books/functional-programming-pragmatic-programmers-books?charity=15428130493145136

#clojure #programming

From Common Lisp to Julia

https://mfiano.net/posts/2022-09-04-from-common-lisp-to-julia/

Discussions: https://discu.eu/q/https://mfiano.net/posts/2022-09-04-from-common-lisp-to-julia/

#lisp #programming

I just get in to xkcd comixs, here is my favoryte one so far.

Something feels a bit off...

100 Mastodon myths:

1. Mastodon is hard.

FALSE. It’s a "soft"ware. Not hardware.

2. You have to use Linux to post on Mastodon.

FALSE. FreeBSD and OpenBSD are also supported.

3. You need to learn to use the Vim editor before posting on Mastodon.

FALSE. There’s also an emacs plugin.

4. Mastodon is only for computer nerds.

FALSE. As you can see, we sometimes try to make jokes that everyone could understand.

moving out ❄️
#mastoart #pixelart

An opinionated list of excellent Clojure learning materials

https://gist.github.com/ssrihari/0bf159afb781eef7cc552a1a0b17786f

Discussions: https://discu.eu/q/https://gist.github.com/ssrihari/0bf159afb781eef7cc552a1a0b17786f

#clojure #programming

As long as the code behind "smart" home devices is proprietary, these companies are free to spy on us as much as they like. Help us fight back: tell your friends about free software and urge then to join the FSF! Support #FreeSoftware. https://fsf.org

Virtually #travel to Transylvania on Ziua Marii Uniri, the national holiday of #Romania https://cromwell-intl.com/travel/athens-to-paris/gura-humorului-sighisoara.html?s=mb

https://www.smbc-comics.com/comic/private-information

Fire Them All; God Will Know His Own: Harvard's 7,024 Administrators

Link: https://www.thecrimson.com/article/2022/11/29/anderson-bureaucratic-bloat-harvard/
Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33831936

I was having a hard time finding the continuation of the #Systemcrafters steam after it crashed, so here's a link to the continuation in case anyone else has the same issue: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E2KGCbLDcp8

@daviwil #Emacs

Meteorology homework

Often when I work on an issue I make a git branch "issue-1", make a total mess and finally I make another branch "issue-2", take the learnings from "issue-1" and fix the issue with minimal changes.