rlamacraft @rlamacraft@qoto.org

Thinking about it, this is probably why using pure functional programming languages feels like writing an interpreter for some weird domain specific variant of lambda calculus.

Also, by this definition, is return-oriented programming the process of tricking a domain specific machine into being a different domain specific machine?

Software
noun. Carefully crafted data that can trick a general purpose computer into thinking it is a domain specific machine

Think I finally understand monad transformers

https://wiki.haskell.org/Monad_Transformers_Explained

I feel like understanding the monad is the boss battle of a computer science education

"'The naughtiest thing I have ever done? Invaded a country', says Tory leadership contender"

This could have been a headline two hundred years ago, have things changed so little?

https://news.sky.com/story/the-naughtiest-thing-i-have-ever-done-invaded-a-country-says-tory-leadership-contender-tom-tugendhat-12649464

PureScript is to JavaScript what sourdough is to Chorleywood bread, or what greenwood working is to nailing chipboard together.

I've been on a bit of a rabbit hole lately about how other types of engineers (carpenters, metalworkers, clockmakers, etc) use, buy, build, and share tools; really interesting similarities and differences with software engineers

It's days like this that we have to remember the progressivism is not inevitable.

@aeveltstra @sir I think Drew’s mastodon account is dead, but he’s pretty quick to respond to the mailing list ~sircmpwn/sr.ht-discuss@lists.sr.ht

Treesitter integration alone is reason enough to be tempted to move from vim to neovim

TIL The war of 1812 in North America started the same week as Napoleon's invasion of Russia

A vanilla soy latte is, technically, a 3 bean soup https://cuberule.com/

The experience of going to the post office feels like it hasn't changed in over a century… Between modern supermarkets with self-checkout machines and the ubiquity of ATMs in banks, post offices just feel absolutely archaic; like I'm stepping back into an old butcher or greengrocer

Started a new hobby this year: basketry. This is my fourth attempt, and first that I'm truly happy with. Still doesn't have a flat bottom, but oh well

@markusl @trinsec Sturgeon's not perfect, but she's a damn sight better than the Tories, or any of the westminster lot for that matter. The welsh first minister too, only heard good things about him. Just in general, the two devolved nations of GB seem to do things much better

Each Tory prime minister is worse than the previous. On the one hand I hope Boris goes this week, on the other hand I cannot fathom what ghoul'll replace him.