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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!).

@civodul @kolev @cwebber@octodon.social @futurile Is this the future millennials want?

@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

Kessler-Kaspersky Syndrome: It is impossible to access orbit as the newly-launched object will get instantly pwned by swarms of previously infected satellites, now orbital malware platforms.

@prasoon It works and can be practical if you can tolerate being on a frontier for a while.

@simonmic nice!

If only it could start parsing multiline signatures with leading operators...

@timorl @cwebber@octodon.social @spacelogic Also, playing the "genre" card where it is a rip-off. FTL was roguelike, sure. But its clones are clearly FTL-like.

@spacelogic @cwebber@octodon.social InfiniteJest-like[1]

[1]: The jest is finite, but has an amusing footnote.

@spacelogic @cwebber@octodon.social "Ironmanlike: save scumming is allowed if you scream profanity before loading"

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