swiley @swiley@qoto.org
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swiley.net
Email mastodon+swiley@swiley.net (this makes all of my computers beep and turn on an indicator light and is always the fastest way to reach me.) I was on octodon a while ago but abandoned my account. I've never been a member of gab or parlor.
If you’d like to learn to program I would consider the SICP [1] more or less the peak of American CS pedagogy (at least as far as beginners go) along with “The Practice of Programming” once you get through that.
I play ukulele, I’m ok at reading music and decent at improv. I learned from Walter Piston’s “Harmony” and some of Adam Neely’s videos.
My main phone is a pine phone so if I don’t pick up when you call the battery is probably dead, the modem is probably dead, or I’m currently swearing at calls/pulseaudio/alsa. I’d strongly recommend sending an email instead.
Dispite what my web page says I’ve stopped uploading my scratch projects to GitHub once I started to understand the basics of collaboration with git. I was using the flamegraph as gamification/motivation but it doesn’t work as well with feature branch/squash merge workflows so I just keep most things on my VPS until I’m happy with publishing updates.
[1] https://mitpress.mit.edu/sites/default/files/sicp/full-text/book/book.html
Joined Jan 2021
swiley
boosted
Even though all the election folks were, I didn't and nothing was said. Demoncraps playing on fear tactics again.
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2021/11/report-poll-workers-telling-virginia-voters-cant-vote-without-face-mask/
swiley
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PRE-PLANNED: Weeks before covid appeared in U.S., Congress redefined the word “vaccine” to include mRNA injections https://www.newstarget.com/2021-11-01-corruption-covid-congress-redefined-vaccine-mrna-injections.html
swiley
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STUDY: In order to “save” 14 children from covid, 28 MILLION kids have to get “vaccinated” with experimental cocktail posing severe long-term risks https://www.newstarget.com/2021-11-01-save-14-childrens-lives-covid-28-million-vaccinated.html
swiley
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Virginia GOP: Voters incorrectly being told at polling locations masks must be worn to vote | Just The News https://justthenews.com/government/congress/virginia-gop-voters-are-incorrectly-being-told-polling-locations-masks-must-be?
More Unicode bugs: http://textboard.org/sol/394
swiley
boosted
As It Turns Out, The Push For Vaccine Passports Is Directly Tied To US Intelligence & The Department Of Defense https://thegrayzone.com/2021/10/26/cloak-dagger-military-intelligence-digital-vaccine-passport/
swiley
boosted
TN Congresswoman Introduces the "Natural Immunity Is Real Act" - UncoverDC https://uncoverdc.com/2021/11/01/tn-congresswoman-introduces-the-natural-immunity-is-real-act/
@werwolf
Surprise surprise
swiley
boosted
Signal is making a part of their server source code proprietary software:
"To keep Signal a free global communication service without spam, we must depart from our totally-open posture and develop one piece of the server in private".
Taking into account it's centralized nature and that they don't allow third party clients, Signal seems to be just as bad as other "privacy" oriented companies.
Leave Signal and join a truly private, decentralized and libre protocol like #XMPP
swiley
boosted
Beijing Biden Endangers America, Decides to Raid Emergency Gov Stockpiles to Make Up for Rampant 'Shortfalls' https://www.westernjournal.com/biden-endangers-america-decides-raid-emergency-gov-stockpiles-make-rampant-shortfalls/
swiley
boosted
Programming is when you never have the time or money to do it right, but always have the time and money to do it twice.
swiley
boosted
Employers and the State are playing a dangerous game of chicken with those who have chosen to maintain their bodily autonomy. This is the backfire we warned about. https://thefreethoughtproject.com/mandates-causing-mass-havoc-and-shortages/
swiley
boosted
>boomer remover
>boomers are still alive
fucking made in china crap
>boomers are still alive
fucking made in china crap
@matrix I remember waiting until the 11th hour (literally) for that assignment, getting it to work on Linux, getting it to work on wine (all submissions had to have .exes included heh) and then realizing that I had only found *a* spanning tree and not *the minimum* spanning tree.
swiley
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'Racism! COVID! Trump!' Screams McAuliffe Over And Over In Desperate Last-Minute Appeal
@LoveAlmonds@freeatlantis.com I live in one of these. "increase security" means cops driving around in circles.
@velartrill They don't metabolize ethanol well.
swiley
boosted
Study: Americans with J&J COVID Vaccine 3.7 Times More Likely to Develop Blood Clots Than Average Person https://www.westernjournal.com/study-americans-jj-covid-vaccine-3-7-times-likely-develop-blood-clots-average-person/
- mastodon+swiley@swiley.net
swiley.net
Email mastodon+swiley@swiley.net (this makes all of my computers beep and turn on an indicator light and is always the fastest way to reach me.) I was on octodon a while ago but abandoned my account. I've never been a member of gab or parlor.
If you’d like to learn to program I would consider the SICP [1] more or less the peak of American CS pedagogy (at least as far as beginners go) along with “The Practice of Programming” once you get through that.
I play ukulele, I’m ok at reading music and decent at improv. I learned from Walter Piston’s “Harmony” and some of Adam Neely’s videos.
My main phone is a pine phone so if I don’t pick up when you call the battery is probably dead, the modem is probably dead, or I’m currently swearing at calls/pulseaudio/alsa. I’d strongly recommend sending an email instead.
Dispite what my web page says I’ve stopped uploading my scratch projects to GitHub once I started to understand the basics of collaboration with git. I was using the flamegraph as gamification/motivation but it doesn’t work as well with feature branch/squash merge workflows so I just keep most things on my VPS until I’m happy with publishing updates.
[1] https://mitpress.mit.edu/sites/default/files/sicp/full-text/book/book.html
Joined Jan 2021
