Matthew @mattasdata@qoto.org

so far we've got:

- papers from the gitless project https://sdg.csail.mit.edu/projects/gitless/ (“What's wrong with git?”)
- fossil vs git https://fossil-scm.org/home/doc/trunk/www/fossil-v-git.wiki
- git koans https://stevelosh.com/blog/2013/04/git-koans/
- this paper https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10664-021-10036-y
- this post on lazygit https://jesseduffield.com/Lazygit-5-Years-On/

would love more analyses of the problems with git's UI!

moodboard for running a software company

tl,dr; it’s email

My membership of British Cycling has come around for renewal and I have no hesitation in telling them to get lost. The fact that they took on a major sponsorship deal with Shell (SHELL!) in October and have refused to reverse that decision is appalling. This is classic greenwashing - Shell are continuing to extract all the oil they can. Cycling should not offer shelter to the fossil fuel companies putting profit ahead of the planet.

https://bikebiz.com/a-shocking-decision-industry-reacts-as-british-cycling-signs-deal-with-shell/

#Cycling #UCI #Shell

Put differently: It is not possible for us to recognize and reward the people who have created the free, open tools we all use every day in any way that is even vaguely proportional to what they've given the world. That amount of money doesn't exist.

If you've ever typed ":wq", consider making a donation to the charities Bram Moolenaar supported:

https://iccf-holland.org/
https://www.vim.org/iccf/
https://www.iccf.nl/

Fuck – rest in peace Bram https://groups.google.com/g/vim_announce/c/tWahca9zkt4 #vim

🚨 Help spread the word: 🗳️ Nominations to become a Trustee of Society of Research Software Engineering still open until 4 Aug. 💚 Help lead the community, bring your passion and your ideas 🚀 Here’s what it’s all about: https://society-rse.org/2023-being-a-trustee/ #RSEng

I hate it

😂 from https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/10542519

Do you prefer to perform overt, immediate evil, or slow, indirect evil? 🤔

Covid update!
If you want an update on latest Covid data in England (increasing, from a low base), then check out this summary of my Twitter thread on a NON TWITTER platform!

https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1687051253522583552.html

Move over, blue whales? A colossal ancient whale could be the heaviest animal ever known.

Science News reports: "Perucetus colossus may have tipped the scales at up to 340 metric tons."

https://flip.it/f4blWB

#Whales #Animals #Ocean #Paleontology #Science

Regular reminder: if your site or app doesn’t work in Firefox, it’s broken.

I lived through the “this site requires and/or is best in IE” era, and I’d rather burn it all down than return to that.

Pro-tip: Firefox does most things better anyway. Give it a spin and enjoy a less-tracked web.

Albert Einstein and Leo Szilard write a letter to Franklin D. Roosevelt, urging him to begin the Manhattan Project to develop a nuclear weapon #OTD in 1939.

In 1954 Einstein said to his old friend, Linus Pauling, "I made one great mistake in my life—when I signed the letter to President Roosevelt recommending that atom bombs be made; but there was some justification—the danger that the Germans would make them ..." via @wikipedia

#science #physics

Something neat happens when you sort stars by color and brightness.

In this visualization of the stars in the globular cluster Omega Centauri, we can clearly see several groups of stars emerge from this sort: normal, main sequence stars; red giants; blue, horizontal branch stars; and white dwarfs. These are all stages in the lifecycle of Sun-like stars.

Download: https://hubblesite.org/contents/media/videos/35-Video
#astronomy #space #stars #hubble

I saw this advert from 1956 on Instagram and can’t work out how a fridge from nearly 70 years ago basically has better features than the fridge I own now.

I'm chronicling the development of "Software Design by Example" (a) because I want people to be interested enough to give feedback but also (b) because I want people who have something of their own to say to understand that there's no magic in creating something like this. A lesson is a user interface for knowledge; good lessons are the product of systematic design, just like good interfaces; I hope that seeing how the cake is baked will encourage others to bake cakes of their own. #sdxpy