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@isagalaev Been coding in Comic Sans for years. What a masterpiece of a font!

(No, really, try it!)

@wilfredh Haskell's Cabal has some provisions to extract changelogs (and readmes) from package description. This allows Hackage to put a canonical link to the package changelogs. I use it to post new package updates in @hackage without having to get the changelogs myself.

> How unexpected was the internal combustion engine! How surprising! What a creative act, to violate the rule that you shouldn't start a fire inside your vehicle!

@amiloradovsky Of course money is just the means. The end is power.

"And we even know who that person is."

@cwebber The lost art of distinguishing check boxes and radio buttons!

Great news, everybody! Google has approved the updated XScreenSaver Privacy Policy. I assume that this means that they find it 100% factual and endorse it entirely.

jwz.org/xscreensaver/google.ht

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I really appreciate the folks who pointed out that yyyy-mm-dd is the only sane date format and I now use it for almost everything, not just a programming context.

SimpleX network: v5.8 released with private message routing, IP address protection for messages, files & media, new chat themes and more!

Also new in v5.8:

- group improvements - reduced traffic and additional preferences.
- improved networking, message and file delivery.
- Persian interface language - thanks to our users.

Read more: simplex.chat/blog/20240604-sim

Install the apps: simplex.chat/downloads/

Please upgrade your self-hosted servers!

See the new server guide: simplex.chat/docs/server.html

A friend just pointed out:

"ADHD creates impulse control issues and, consequently, advertising takes advantage of a disability.  Ergo, ad blockers are assistive devices and interfering with their operation for commercial gain constitutes a willful violation of the ADA."

Let’s do this.

@koz Not quite your case, but "The next 500 module systems" paper gives a nice overview of the problem, bridging modules, type classes and records (and scopes!).

@grumpy_website Everything is "guess what it is" toggle now, argued by "the users don't know what radio buttons are, and everything is a «guess what it is» toggle anyway."

@glyph try searching for USB TV, less niche, get radio for free.

@MartinBe @simplex I see 5.6 on f-droid org:

Version 5.6 (192) - Added on Mar 28, 2024

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