R. A. Dehi @radehi@qoto.org

How it started (2015)... how it's going (2023)

@radehi @mjgardner @ownlifeful

This <http://notes.secretsauce.net/notes/2016/05/17_numpysane-a-more-reasonable-numpy.html> covers a lot of the cases.

Generalised ufuncs are a core part of the PDL::PP language meaning that every function by default does broadcasting and does it the same way: e.g., <https://gist.github.com/zmughal/fd79961a166d653a7316aef2f010a1a2>. No need for something like `numpy.vectorize` as all functions already broadcast every matching args' dims in C.

Probably not as important as the other points, but PDL doesn't have a limit to the number of dimensions (no `MAX_DIMS`).

@internetarchive blog says: "We have observed some confusion about the Internet Archive’s removal of links to a BBC documentary about Indian PM Narendra Modi (“India: the Modi Question”). Internet Archive can confirm that it has removed links in response to DMCA takedown requests from the BBC."

".text" sections don't contain text. ".data" contains some but not all data. ".bss" stands for block started by symbol, a directive in one particular assembler for the IBM 704 (1954!) that just.. stuck around.

Object files are files but neither are nor contain objects (in the modern sense). Core dumps are memory dump but they've not been dumps of (magnetic) core memory since the 70s.

There are segments and sections, which mean slightly different things in every format.

Apparently people don't just like emulated calculators in the browser - they love it, and want more.

So come enjoy the CALCULATOR DRAWER, a dozen plus emulated calculators and (where I could find them) the manuals. Get calculating!

https://archive.org/details/calculatordrawer

The OI!STER, an STM32L5 Target Board with a QFP48 clamshell socket aimed at debugging and glitching MCUs.

Read my lips:

An audio show that can only be played in an Apple player on an Apple device is not a podcast.

An audio show that can only be played in Spotify is not a podcast.

Repeat ad nauseam for any other proprietary audio show platforms.

A #podcast is an #RSS feed with enclosures of audio files which are playable across the whole ecosystem of podcast players.

Any reporter who reports on exclusive audio shows and calls them “podcasts” are doing a grave disservice to their audience.

New Substack article: Fear and loathing in the world of MCUs

https://lcamtuf.substack.com/p/fear-and-loathing-in-the-world-of

The results of the meta-analyses suggest a definitive association between the protective role of vitamin D and ICU hospitalization. https://www.mdpi.com/1424-8247/16/1/130

What's really strange about adjusting to Mastodon is the stuff that is forcibly broken on corporate sites I just *don't have to worry about* here. Subtle stuff.

You can just *copy links* here. You don't have to de-obfuscate them first like on Twitter or Google News.

I use Twitter in a pathological way because I suspect they're gathering metrics on which features I use. I'm afraid to even load certain iffy features in case it helps Twitter conclude users like it. Here I can just like… do stuff.

Folks are treating the recent tech layoffs as something spontaneous. They were not. The current layoffs were orchestrated by a hedge fund (TCI Fund).

This hedge fund demanded that the big tech companies lay people off because they were being paid too much. Let that one sink in: a hedge fund manager saying that you're being paid too much.

Note that TCI is demanding that Google lay off more people.

Back in my college days, I spent a fair amount of time trying to understand how to compile functional programming languages through self-study, and got introduced to the idea of category theory by way of Ocaml, but frankly never learned anything useful about it. Now, some 35 years later, I'm trying again, with the gentle introduction of Eugenia Cheng's How to Bake Pi, as an audio book during my commute. #wishmeluck

I hope the two guys that keep Google Scholar going as a pet project didn't get laid off. Just as a quiet reminder of the fragile contingency of this core academic service.

We love free software. With much thanks to the talented @SachaChua for illustrating the reasons. See https://www.sachachua.com/blog/ for emacs news and more!

Ten yrs ago, a friend exited this world in a gut wrenching manner, prompting an existential reckoning in my mind. His death rearranged my relationship to / engagement with mental health, the tech sector, and the production of knowledge. My heart mourns for hours spent arguing with one another about sociological ideas. Posthumously, he became a martyr to some, an idea more than a person. But what I miss the most is my flawed, principled, stubborn, passionate friend who challenged me every day.

I have the first five @oshwassociation@twitter.com certifications in China- who do they let run, and sit on the board? Two Chinese men without a single certification between them. The @oshwassociation@twitter.com rank and file is 100% ok with this, there was no outcry, it was never publically addressed.

𝘚𝘩𝘰𝘸 𝘮𝘦 𝘢 10𝘧𝘵 𝘱𝘢𝘺𝘸𝘢𝘭𝘭, 𝘐’𝘭𝘭 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘸 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘢 12𝘧𝘵 𝘭𝘢𝘥𝘥𝘦𝘳!

Google Adwords incentivized sites to peddle SEO optimized garbage. Sites who aren't are forced to optimize for email capture so they can market directly to you. Search results now show "news", ads, and SEO spam instead of surfacing information.

You ought to be able to search something on Google and get an answer to your question without signing up for some newsletter

The idea is pretty simple, news sites want Google to index their content so it shows up in search results. So they don't show a paywall to the Google crawler. We benefit from this because the Google crawler will cache a copy of the site every time it crawls it.

This site shows you that cached, unpaywalled version of the page.

https://12ft.io/