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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
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Biden To Repurpose Oil Pipeline To Carry Illegal Immigrants
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The hype around javascript is representative of a more general and widespread problem, which is… https://scribe.rip/@enkiv2/the-hype-around-javascript-is-representative-of-a-more-general-and-widespread-problem-which-is-f953f93cd87d
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Naturally Immune federal workers file class-action suit against Fauci for Health Mandate https://www.thelibertybeacon.com/naturally-immune-federal-workers-file-class-action-suit-against-fauci-for-health-mandate/
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New bipartisan bill takes aim at algorithms
The Filter Bubble Transparency Act would require internet platforms to offer a version of their services where content selections are not driven by algorithms.
"Facebook and other dominant platforms manipulate their users through opaque algorithms that prioritize growth & profit over everything else... users are stuck with few alternatives to this exploitative business model," said co-sponsor David Cicilline (D-RI).
https://www.axios.com/algorithm-bill-house-bipartisan-5293581e-430f-4ea1-8477-bd9adb63519c.html
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Our language has lost meaning under the assault of Leftism and diversity. We can reclaim it by looking at terms through their historical meanings.
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Add some sparkle on your laptop. ✨
Become a monthly donor, of any amount, to @torproject before the end of the year and you'll receive this exclusive holographic 'privacy is a human right' sticker.
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NEW - Puzzling heart disease in soccer: "An unusually large number of professional and amateur soccer players have collapsed recently" (Berliner Zeitung)
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change to non-DST time: fixes your sleep schedule
a week in the capital: wrecks it even worse than it was before
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NEW - French Health Authority (HAS) no longer recommends the Moderna #COVID19 vaccine for people under 30 years of age.
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#apple #iphone
"Disproving Apples Lies About Sideloading Apps" - Mental Outlaw
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pUBe8VM6BFo
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> Intel Confirms DRM Incompatibility Impacts Over 50 Games on 12th Gen Core 'Alder Lake' CPUs
"Truth is, the game was rigged from the start!"
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"FBI Raids Project Veritas, Showing Ashley Biden Diary Bits are Probably Real"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O21oH7ps_mI
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Bad period to be a no coiner, bitcoin is almost $70k
- 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
