l'empathie mécanique @dpwiz@qoto.org

Public Service Announcement

Today it's only 15 years left until the end of the (signed) 32bit UNIX Epoch. It is likely that the first devices that will be in active use in 2038 are beginning development now.

The UNIX ecosystem is surely ready for larger than 32bit timestamps?

evil, deep laughter

AI has won. It's too late for us. #AIart

This is fascinating! The Braille Institute has developed a font - free to download - that's designed to be clearer for readers with lower vision.

An example of one of the aspects of low legibility that they tackled attached.

It's named Atkinson Hyperlegible. Atkinson was the Institute's founder - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J._Robert_Atkinson

Here's where you can read about the font and download it: https://brailleinstitute.org/freefont

#Accessibility

Via @tombofnull

music is mostly just really loud math

@toychicken Maybe the people who write the email assistant will put the prompt into a mail header for, umm, debugging / QA purposes:

X-GPT-Prompt: tell them to fuck off, but politely

A Lisp Interpreter Implemented in Conway’s Game of Life

https://woodrush.github.io/blog/posts/2022-01-12-lisp-in-life.html

#programming #lisp #tech

Happy birthday @Blender !

Today is Blender's birthday again. Happy birthday to this 29 years young program :)

The screenshot was made on my old SGI Indy, because Blender was initially made by @tonroosendaal on an SGI machine.

#b3d #Blender3D #birthday #celebration

As a maintainer of OpenSource libraries and packages, there is something that kept feeling off in the whole Software Supply Chain discourse. I think this comes down to something simple.

I am not a Supplier.
You can read more explanation there https://www.softwaremaxims.com/blog/not-a-supplier

#opensource

"Writing is nature’s way of letting you know how sloppy your thinking is."

Don't know the source. Found here https://brooker.co.za/blog/2022/11/08/writing.html

He's making a list
He's checking it twice
The CAP theorem dictates this to be irrelevant, it is simply impossible to guarantee the list be consistent, available at all delivery locations, while also distributed around the world

Stack v2.9.3 https://github.com/commercialhaskell/stack/releases/tag/v2.9.3

Good morning everyone.

This holiday season, take a moment to hold this timeless message close to your heart

Do you understand sampling bias? Please boost after voting so the poll can have better statistics

Still thinking about the author list on the recent Epic Games PL paper.

Shared by @gershom

https://t.co/KvZZZwkEo5

Your bi-annual reminder about Volunteer Responsibility Amnesty Day.

This solstice, take a moment to think about what responsibilities you want to step away from.

https://www.volunteeramnestyday.net/

If I say "that's very clever", it's generally a complement, unless I'm commenting on your security protocol. Then it's also a warning.