2026-07-24T23:47:13Z https://nostr.ae mathew https://nostr.ae/npub1h2x75tgtgtdtjfks5mcksurqtgetlmsejuzkqhrr82q30zw4z28sm5a88l https://media.universeodon.com/accounts/avatars/109/418/720/278/016/305/original/8d4f335fd065fe5c.jpeg https://media.universeodon.com/accounts/avatars/109/418/720/278/016/305/original/8d4f335fd065fe5c.jpeg https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqspvxfztk5my6r00ww3w095lssx2adrya4vzqhs99a8qg4duurttjszyzagm63dpdpd4wfx6zn0z6rsvpdr90lwrxts2czuvvagz9uf65fg78gxm8z In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs9ce7evqxutnp0e76w4y2zegx7jsh9vjjsgp7p47vx73f3a9dd3rszcr0lt'>nevent1q…r0lt</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Reminds me of this classic cartoon by <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1rkpy6tcdz7us8v8syu47h8wlfl8j5wg20tlgj3759qdrgqw06hgq0wdy04" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Zach Weinersmith</span> (<span class="italic">npub1rkp…dy04</span>)</a></span> <br/><br/><a href="https://www.smbc-comics.com/comic/gold-3">https://www.smbc-comics.com/comic/gold-3</a> 2026-07-13T22:25:05Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsvlljgpcwtdzl7gd543e45s8u0yfhky0h5m9rcy9td4jtwgtzynjszyzagm63dpdpd4wfx6zn0z6rsvpdr90lwrxts2czuvvagz9uf65fg73n8jks In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs0shjxdpqsqjtwptmeu450qqpndu0r8yxjjxdmh2d0evr3a5n0a5senw67q'>nevent1q…w67q</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>X5O!P%<span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1rvz2pdrzj2570f6cw4e7d6xr63rk629qujn6ljfpulyplnpj0x8q64q4j8" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>AP</span> (<span class="italic">npub1rvz…q4j8</span>)</a></span>[4\PZX54(P^)7CC)7}$EICAR-STANDARD-ANTIVIRUS-TEST-FILE!$H+H* 2026-07-10T02:17:05Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqswf5hxjkf5nv04f7emwv7he07z32g6zdgw6k9x0uzhxnse3mms6xczyzagm63dpdpd4wfx6zn0z6rsvpdr90lwrxts2czuvvagz9uf65fg7q3fzym In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs0tftrq84k2dnuk4qsl0cxv9nt8ha7544cyqvrglvchvhavt4wm3qmjjmka'>nevent1q…jmka</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Right now I’m considering sitting outside in the sun for a bit. Since my time has value, by the same argument, sitting in the sun isn’t free. Nothing is free that takes up any time at all in our consciousness. In which case, how is it contributing to the discussion to point that out? And what does “free” even mean in that world view? It clearly has very little resemblance to everyday uses of the word. 2026-07-09T14:22:12Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs8uw40m64tuzxd86rgywaa5grrgnddznt6gy2dr9et0g4rudrtangzyzagm63dpdpd4wfx6zn0z6rsvpdr90lwrxts2czuvvagz9uf65fg73gtvwf #4thOfJuly<br/> <img src="https://media.universeodon.com/media_attachments/files/116/862/320/431/416/539/original/f3fd57ded9e00d39.jpg"> <br/> 2026-07-04T15:06:21Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsdyql0n2qrfs8qwaegrd2utz6ju4z9d2056k8k6k6sn8wt9u2dehczyzagm63dpdpd4wfx6zn0z6rsvpdr90lwrxts2czuvvagz9uf65fg7rjv8ww I was planning to finally learn nftables, which replaces ipset, which enhanced iptables, which was also replaced by nftables, except that everyone uses ufw, which uses iptables on the back end, or sometimes a compatibility layer for nftables that makes it support iptables config. Except people using RedHat, who use firewalld.<br/><br/>Except then I discovered libvirt-daemon requires iptables, at which point I decided I had better things to do. Getting rid of dnsmasq was bad enough, and far more rewarding. 2026-06-28T21:09:53Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsv4j9cav642g8x6lhk89fc3e8mr6wjeupe2t66gnmg5rdm99erp0qzyzagm63dpdpd4wfx6zn0z6rsvpdr90lwrxts2czuvvagz9uf65fg7fyg543 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsfa5gp82lmkpx2qdvg73eqg8jwxsakvleqysaqrjyw2cks0w6cl5c5tsm7v'>nevent1q…sm7v</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Look for news stories. For example, ExpressVPN, CyberGhost, and Private Internet Access:<br/><br/><a href="https://www.newstarget.com/2025-04-07-how-israeli-military-connected-corporations-are-secretly-controlling-your-online-privacy.html">https://www.newstarget.com/2025-04-07-how-israeli-military-connected-corporations-are-secretly-controlling-your-online-privacy.html</a> 2026-06-27T21:51:37Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsdfl6wr8x2atcxsax8ghnua709x30m7ltlshgtpd9y0uvvmpx56cgzyzagm63dpdpd4wfx6zn0z6rsvpdr90lwrxts2czuvvagz9uf65fg7h8ffna In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsqe3ytt8u85ce9ty97ujsyndqavm6gyexpez5wcum5depy3fsfz0c3dwh3e'>nevent1q…wh3e</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Given what we know about Toyota&#39;s software quality (11,000 global variables!) and the fact that they launched a &#34;Global AI Accelerator&#34; a year ago, I bet they&#39;re vibe-coding car firmware right now.<br/><br/><a href="https://www.edn.com/toyotas-killer-firmware-bad-design-and-its-consequences/">https://www.edn.com/toyotas-killer-firmware-bad-design-and-its-consequences/</a> 2026-05-28T16:07:34Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsrag5n6eu7thuppn2u6d5r2pkvf3dpc38jtxc9es0y9jz0znfjpaszyzagm63dpdpd4wfx6zn0z6rsvpdr90lwrxts2czuvvagz9uf65fg7rw3cqe In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsdv25hftlf937khn4nsu6nrjt7wxv2erpujltcvap6zrx682qu25qmezarc'>nevent1q…zarc</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>This is a beautiful documentary. #otters <br/><br/><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fkoNeESBH94">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fkoNeESBH94</a> 2026-05-27T21:12:15Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsdv25hftlf937khn4nsu6nrjt7wxv2erpujltcvap6zrx682qu25qzyzagm63dpdpd4wfx6zn0z6rsvpdr90lwrxts2czuvvagz9uf65fg7gzpsel In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsd6zhdlgukg3hyxnveuzcacx7wrqhtug7j4zt32alrcc4pvwfn5wqr89f4y'>nevent1q…9f4y</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>LEGO launched a sea otter set this year. The otter doesn&#39;t float, but the clam is a nice touch. #otters <br/><br/><a href="https://www.lego.com/en-us/product/floating-sea-otters-21366">https://www.lego.com/en-us/product/floating-sea-otters-21366</a> 2026-05-27T21:00:41Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsd6zhdlgukg3hyxnveuzcacx7wrqhtug7j4zt32alrcc4pvwfn5wqzyzagm63dpdpd4wfx6zn0z6rsvpdr90lwrxts2czuvvagz9uf65fg740jgak It&#39;s World Otter Day, so time for some otter content. #otters<br/> <img src="https://media.universeodon.com/media_attachments/files/116/648/501/825/957/310/original/3791ea9b47bc6cbd.jpg"> <br/> 2026-05-27T20:48:52Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsv2tn7ku3rpygxpagwdsyxw2fmq00yr05s629u5np98w7nxwv9nrqzyzagm63dpdpd4wfx6zn0z6rsvpdr90lwrxts2czuvvagz9uf65fg77z2ln6 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsr6et4hcjullr253vrq6vppqt25vvgqj2sw6s5cmgt5msnegcj6msxvkxl9'>nevent1q…kxl9</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>May&#39;s Patch Tuesday addressed 120 separate vulnerabilities, including 17 classified as critical. GitHub&#39;s uptime is now zero nines, and they just had 3,800 internal repositories hacked. For a lot of businesses, those would be catastrophic events, but long term Microsoft customers are used to poor security and unreliability.<br/><br/><a href="https://mrshu.github.io/github-statuses/">https://mrshu.github.io/github-statuses/</a> 2026-05-24T01:10:19Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsqrpz9duwjgtnu587t44cl9yxnypgfa3x88dl9ll4tgp6vtnnmt7czyzagm63dpdpd4wfx6zn0z6rsvpdr90lwrxts2czuvvagz9uf65fg7h2qlmz In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsflcs8gmfn8nnygwzs3vzdycu7a2t32a0q405e7nmld08m9ms4qvcz4g9cx'>nevent1q…g9cx</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Funnily enough Shakespeare is a bit like that too. The first time I heard it with the original pronunciation was a revelation, because suddenly it actually rhymed and had consistent meter. 2026-05-18T20:16:40Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsg8vdhzfrzu7tfnn3dlu3x8pt7wmyrzcdl8r26uyhznu2at8wthegzyzagm63dpdpd4wfx6zn0z6rsvpdr90lwrxts2czuvvagz9uf65fg7ahsed9 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsrpep9v5axre834dfply5kzcwcem6t5qtddd8686uwcjvaz65ppugtv0mh0'>nevent1q…0mh0</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Might it depend on the translation? I know Lem&#39;s &#34;Solaris&#34; has a dull old translation (that was translated via French), and a new one that makes it seem like a whole new novel. 2026-05-18T19:49:01Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsp2r3alfxqhfmxfrpqxsa5y606jjgqwmsk6el6305jr3jfptz392szyzagm63dpdpd4wfx6zn0z6rsvpdr90lwrxts2czuvvagz9uf65fg7ffjfc7 This is pretty much what popular country music sounds like to me.<br/><br/><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lR2pslqKNP8">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lR2pslqKNP8</a> 2026-05-18T15:27:15Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsv52rqgn5v3frzudcsn9t20l6aewdt2cx9fca4ma965qutngfkjdszyzagm63dpdpd4wfx6zn0z6rsvpdr90lwrxts2czuvvagz9uf65fg7ykcaxm Went to see if I could update the Alpine NetHack package for 5.0.0. I&#39;ve got it building on every platform except RISC-V. <br/>Nethack 5 now tries to download and build Lua for preprocessing its data files, and apparently that fails on RISC-V..<br/>In general, NetHack&#39;s build scripts for Linux and macOS could use some serious work, and the Xcode project doesn&#39;t even load. 2026-05-07T18:20:16Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs8wupcja26yhehwe6yqj5wwcu3jh2gpau7xnm8kknhnwz7dy8v6wczyzagm63dpdpd4wfx6zn0z6rsvpdr90lwrxts2czuvvagz9uf65fg7w84q29 We haven&#39;t had any snow in 4 days, or rain for that matter, and a few of the trails opened up. I&#39;ve taken the snowshoes off the hiking poles. Probably time to swap the car tires ready for summer.<br/><br/>I went out to get the mail a few days ago and saw that a bear had stripped the bark from a tree to feed on the sapwood. It has been a chilly spring, no berries and not much in the way of green shoots yet. Warm enough today to sit outside and drink iced coffee after lunch, though.<br/><br/>Migratory birds are passing by, and a lot of birders were up on the ridge with binoculars and big camera lenses. Saw some hawks out looking for brunch. One of our neighbors has been away for a few days, and I see that they now have a robin nest on their fireplace vent, complete with broody-looking robin. Left them a note, not much else I can do. 2026-05-02T20:47:24Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqswue8qu8d8sqp8g3nczl67pq8ra7x2a60x8g7jxsy74u7k0376cwqzyzagm63dpdpd4wfx6zn0z6rsvpdr90lwrxts2czuvvagz9uf65fg7kcfup8 If you&#39;re one of the (other) people still masking to avoid COVID, you might be interested to know that Flo Masks with EU FFP2 certification are currently 50% off. They&#39;re reusable masks with silicone seals and disposable filters. The combo is more breathable than regular disposable N95s; there&#39;s also a 99% efficiency filter option. All the parts are replaceable.<br/><br/>I&#39;ve no commercial relationship with the company other than as a customer.<br/><br/><a href="https://www.flomask.com/">https://www.flomask.com/</a> #COVIDIsNotOver #COVID 2026-05-01T21:34:04Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsp4ydnvehweshhymr9hyfc5q045udf24s2sn4spvz4gzjqfkhun3szyzagm63dpdpd4wfx6zn0z6rsvpdr90lwrxts2czuvvagz9uf65fg7wsgu9p RE: <a href="https://universeodon.com/@mathew/116439688014417081">https://universeodon.com/@mathew/116439688014417081</a><br/><br/>I wrote a followup to this:<br/><a href="https://www.midwist.com/posts/2026/04/music-and-emotion/">https://www.midwist.com/posts/2026/04/music-and-emotion/</a><blockquote class="border-l-05rem border-l-strongpink border-solid"><div class="-ml-4 bg-gradient-to-r from-gray-100 dark:from-zinc-800 to-transparent mr-0 mt-0 mb-4 pl-4 pr-2 py-2">quoting <br/><span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Article"><a itemprop="url" href="/note1y58hvy57rmmlsaf0prdtksdhpxfe5fjnutrhr3xlawlyth94azvsjwx4zx" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1">note1y58…x4zx</a></span><br/> </div> Have you ever cried from listening to a piece of purely instrumental music, not from any conscious memories or associations, but just from the music itself?<br/><br/>(Feel free to post links to the music.) #music </blockquote> 2026-04-29T02:04:44Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsty7ddeyxl96jxeswzakwd3vrpnfzx4qj3qpjkf5qxdmy590mkytszyzagm63dpdpd4wfx6zn0z6rsvpdr90lwrxts2czuvvagz9uf65fg79lj80y In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsfjlsa80q3rdd9rp92v55qnaqznm6hm4v4slkuk39uzn3av9x2t0qxsdamr'>nevent1q…damr</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Frost River? Not quite as large, but close.<br/><br/><a href="https://frostriver.com/products/big-manitou-shoulder-bag">https://frostriver.com/products/big-manitou-shoulder-bag</a> 2026-04-28T23:52:57Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsz2rmkz20paalcw5hs3k4mgxmsnyu6yef793m3cn07h0j9mj673xgzyzagm63dpdpd4wfx6zn0z6rsvpdr90lwrxts2czuvvagz9uf65fg7mymp0q Have you ever cried from listening to a piece of purely instrumental music, not from any conscious memories or associations, but just from the music itself?<br/><br/>(Feel free to post links to the music.) #music 2026-04-20T23:43:57Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsthwla3q69u5sn4wg2wv939a48s2afayzdfg34ksaf7s7qv4hj9yczyzagm63dpdpd4wfx6zn0z6rsvpdr90lwrxts2czuvvagz9uf65fg7rxefss Controversial opinion: IPv6 is good, actually. 2026-04-18T00:11:44Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs87gfyepv77gx9jz8r9dfmzcyhjanrl9q2zku6mwjxyc0sttjw78qzyzagm63dpdpd4wfx6zn0z6rsvpdr90lwrxts2czuvvagz9uf65fg76aarfw Thinking about all the software developers who&#39;ve now seen the Claude Code source code and said &#34;Yes, that&#39;s the system I’m going to keep using to build and analyze *my* code.&#34; 2026-04-06T14:55:44Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs2yzvq2zgjsr9dpg7ctzfkpqpm3adh4ut08ajlk3nxe285d6xnf4szyzagm63dpdpd4wfx6zn0z6rsvpdr90lwrxts2czuvvagz9uf65fg7ejan0c In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqstqq02a7q7cnr36af97xjauv8u5w0jk000n6hqxhhsr9qwd8jvvkca8c6mq'>nevent1q…c6mq</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>If it’s not a Lisp I’ll be very disappointed. 2026-04-04T18:18:44Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqszu00qxp7eq9s3zfs9ggwgflfwpyww03rkjum0xfd0pldllum2wzqzyzagm63dpdpd4wfx6zn0z6rsvpdr90lwrxts2czuvvagz9uf65fg7j66ej2 On reflection, I think the worst part of Cory Doctorow’s argument in favor of LLM use is this:<br/><br/>« Doubtless some of you are affronted by my modest use of an LLM. You think that LLMs are &#34;fruits of the poisoned tree&#34; and must be eschewed because they are saturated with the sin of their origins. I think this is a very bad take, the kind of rathole that purity culture always ends up in.<br/><br/>Let&#39;s start with some context. If you don&#39;t want to use technology that was created under immoral circumstances or that sprang from an immoral mind, then _you are totally fucked._ »<br/><br/>This is a form of argument beloved by awful people. I can’t be pure and perfect, they say, so there’s no point my trying to make better or less damaging moral choices.<br/><br/>Stop buying from Amazon? Walmart and Target aren’t perfectly moral. Stop driving an SUV? Your car pollutes too, and so do buses. Stop using Twitter? Facebook and Bluesky are far from morally perfect, and mastodon.social has poor moderation. And so on.<br/><br/>I see this kind of excuse all the time online. It’s a cousin to both whataboutism and Mister Gotcha. It also rests on a false premise. The idea that anyone is expected to achieve complete purity is a straw man. You’re not having sainthood demanded of you, people are just hoping you’ll consider *reducing* the amount of immoral and damaging behavior you engage in *when there are perfectly viable alternatives*. Sure, we can argue about whether the alternatives are truly viable, but the idea that if you can’t be perfect you may as well not even try to be better? That’s moral bankruptcy.<br/><br/>Mocking the desire for people to behave more ethically as “purity culture” is like mocking it as “virtue signaling”. It says things about the person doing the mocking, none of them good. It’s also deeply hypocritical coming from someone who has gone out of his way to avoid using DRM. Isn’t that “purity culture”? 2026-02-21T23:30:28Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs96vlyl2a3hxu6p8u0k5r0xg3u66hrjfw03l67t7ap0t7h8aqa0kczyzagm63dpdpd4wfx6zn0z6rsvpdr90lwrxts2czuvvagz9uf65fg7qapzdt The orphan-crushing machine is just a tool. You can also use it to mulch puppies and purée kittens.<br/><br/>Why are you angry? You can use it for harmless tasks like making mashed potatoes. You eat mashed potatoes don&#39;t you? Yes, admittedly it leaks machine oil into the potatoes, but they&#39;re working on that. It leaks so much less oil than it did when you tried it three months ago. In a year from now it&#39;s going to be a Michelin-starred chef.<br/><br/>Well, that’s typical, gatekeeping by telling people they should have to learn to cook. You don’t think people who can’t cook deserve good food?<br/><br/>So what if the machine is powered by slave labor? That&#39;s innovation. You&#39;re just scared you&#39;re going to be one of them. Besides, it&#39;s inevitable. Nobody is going to crush orphans by hand any more. You&#39;re going to get left behind.<br/><br/>Oh, well there you go with your ridiculous purity culture again. 2026-02-21T15:21:30Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsgj3zmtcfe623r2dx7ed2rvl8jtc25g3s8tttuzwe7p35tqtzwrgqzyzagm63dpdpd4wfx6zn0z6rsvpdr90lwrxts2czuvvagz9uf65fg74w5c7g First it was &#34;dumb terminals&#34;. <br/><br/>Then &#34;diskless workstations&#34;.<br/><br/>Then &#34;network computers&#34;.<br/><br/>Now it&#39;s &#34;cloud PCs&#34;.<br/><br/>Seems like every 10-15 years the industry tries to push the idea of being utterly dependent on a remote server, and everyone hates the idea and it dies.<br/><br/>#GetOffMyLawn #OldManYellsAtCloudPC 2026-01-22T21:03:45Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsrfj77pnfh0mdyqzkxs7m5denc04ctzjmcmh8qdhghqf4wesyp4nqzyzagm63dpdpd4wfx6zn0z6rsvpdr90lwrxts2czuvvagz9uf65fg7pem68y In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs8rdffu69kqwmlwkpur0rda36yyqhukpdhel45e8qs7ynrfg4qveg2ajzht'>nevent1q…jzht</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>How about Reason 4: I edit details into articles, including references to print publications and links to them in Google Books, and someone just edits them out again. After a while it stops being worth trying. 2026-01-15T23:27:44Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsyakfds5zuz6r5gv0dxhy0vta54qmw2a2662sjt8tfkuqxhx2353czyzagm63dpdpd4wfx6zn0z6rsvpdr90lwrxts2czuvvagz9uf65fg7aflvvt I knew that Infocom’s ZIL was based on MDL, which was based on Lisp. What I didn’t know until this week is that ZIL doesn’t have lists. Lisp without lists!<br/><br/>The reason being that Zork was supposed to be a quick hack to make some money while Infocom built their actual product, and they already had Zork written in MDL at MIT. So it was a case of implementing the least MDL possible with the smallest runtime possible so they could port Zork to popular home computers.<br/><br/>Anyway, an article by <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub10qk92l4rdv9nc633jn90ldpj3fc9d6r4utcyf2kxym580ly37jdq6wn28t" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Andrew Plotkin</span> (<span class="italic">npub10qk…n28t</span>)</a></span> will tell you a lot more about ZIL if you’re interested:<br/><br/><a href="https://blog.zarfhome.com/2019/04/what-is-zil-anyway.html">https://blog.zarfhome.com/2019/04/what-is-zil-anyway.html</a> #InteractiveFiction 2025-12-16T21:13:21Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs0w5ueszfhsva6tu6wzled4uh6rr4sc2sppp8jueh82msc8qa6uzqzyzagm63dpdpd4wfx6zn0z6rsvpdr90lwrxts2czuvvagz9uf65fg7a2d0z0 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsqfkqlkf228eaw7aeq0gvh7kavn7ervxu4q2fnnkxnpmtp7ndzh0slc5ple'>nevent1q…5ple</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Wow, I just tested and it still exists. Doesn’t seem to be bidirectional any more though. 2025-12-09T16:11:09Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsyncymesmnhm35ep28df7vltf9rvw0wxuu8q06n2k7gj0lq464g9szyzagm63dpdpd4wfx6zn0z6rsvpdr90lwrxts2czuvvagz9uf65fg7m55a3d In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsv6qg54lhxtyrs5t7dh23dhw240st6emna4ucyrjrx9fp6kzp8y2gfpkwdc'>nevent1q…kwdc</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Back in the 90s US mobile phones had unique email addresses assigned by the carrier. I don’t actually remember when that stopped being a thing, I think part way through the BlackBerry era? 2025-12-09T15:38:37Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsvct4qtr8uksh5dd2z870xpv05euvwczprsut9kxaepz87t0gwr7czyzagm63dpdpd4wfx6zn0z6rsvpdr90lwrxts2czuvvagz9uf65fg7e8k2qm In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs0tqxktshndlhp2c6au3rnus2qlcwtvtrq90x4u4leeatq0zq6uncn6cwss'>nevent1q…cwss</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I see complexity as the key problem that the industry is dismally failing to address. It’s everywhere. Programming languages all get more and more features dumped in and end up with horrible complex syntax and bloated standard libraries — or in the case of JavaScript, totally inadequate standard libraries so that you get a combinatorial explosion of dependency complexity. I like Go because its team is trying hard to avoid the complexity trap; other than that it’s pretty mediocre. The complexity problem is also why I’m more interested in Zig than in Rust, and don’t get me started about C++. 2025-11-19T14:16:35Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsxpscrd57ekthmtxz3cxrpvztc40cm6af5m2xmk87rqvkkgp7cd9qzyzagm63dpdpd4wfx6zn0z6rsvpdr90lwrxts2czuvvagz9uf65fg7twndjn In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs2vg2vg44gwhgh3y6726rjqe3clppr06udmv6ksl4jflah7vu8e2s0zym9l'>nevent1q…ym9l</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>SoftBank dumped all their Nvidia shares too. The tech bro community knows that the bubble they all engineered is going to burst, so it’s time to look for bag-holders and make a swift and profitable exit.<br/><br/><a href="https://apnews.com/article/japan-softbank-son-nvidia-ai-chips-d8a10172850628c317a214280a4d94c9">https://apnews.com/article/japan-softbank-son-nvidia-ai-chips-d8a10172850628c317a214280a4d94c9</a> 2025-11-17T13:28:12Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsy8y4cv3wulmrn8kjeer2ukh4z3ffekegqpg06zg7afcvq6vrsf4czyzagm63dpdpd4wfx6zn0z6rsvpdr90lwrxts2czuvvagz9uf65fg77fgrmr <img src="https://media.universeodon.com/media_attachments/files/115/544/966/291/470/070/original/fed9410e66668a9c.jpeg"> <br/> 2025-11-13T23:26:01Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs2x2cxkc9tc9a4yujmqm27exv6wcuf4fcpmmctx28f9063fvwtr8szyzagm63dpdpd4wfx6zn0z6rsvpdr90lwrxts2czuvvagz9uf65fg7xvcpcf A mysterious company called Harmony Group, LLC wants to build a massive AI data center 9.5km from my house, and the local police want to start using Axon Draft One generative AI to write their reports for them.<br/><br/>Can we please burst this fucking bubble? 2025-10-15T17:19:58Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsvf5znzlpwwzghtk2sc7y6pnkwdg2scxk3rsd5avr0ju4hq84mhcgzyzagm63dpdpd4wfx6zn0z6rsvpdr90lwrxts2czuvvagz9uf65fg7lgsmht The POS at Costco crashed, so I got to watch a Java stack trace followed by a core dump scroll up the display.<br/> <img src="https://media.universeodon.com/media_attachments/files/115/293/966/827/023/714/original/6e7e3abb24581b56.jpeg"> <br/> 2025-09-30T15:32:43Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs8sygwsplrjq0te9jz3zsk5y5pmlncmep9hk7ejqh7jzjj0phq6cgzyzagm63dpdpd4wfx6zn0z6rsvpdr90lwrxts2czuvvagz9uf65fg7tfqgc6 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsv2yuu8m64x94cafjt4lgq2ydqnxjklny8r72eckqzns0w340xezqlx7ny6'>nevent1q…7ny6</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>A security-minded comparison with Eternal Terminal would be good too. 2025-08-20T02:10:40Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsdz7mf9eypuah8nvt5r5sludlacvyh7rzlth6x4xqytva8qcd0agczyzagm63dpdpd4wfx6zn0z6rsvpdr90lwrxts2czuvvagz9uf65fg7025vz6 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsxfrgmh28qm5dpv4majeswz6k6s7grg63thx20u4t7w792pxfa6vqjj60cu'>nevent1q…60cu</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I tell people that Rust is for people who like C++, whereas Go is for people who think C++ was a horrible mistake. 2025-06-30T21:06:02Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsp7cz7ysfktha3yg037g7gnugr704vnyc0lmd9vj0n3uy9wj7u84qzyzagm63dpdpd4wfx6zn0z6rsvpdr90lwrxts2czuvvagz9uf65fg7n06msh This is some next level AI bullshit.<br/> <img src="https://media.universeodon.com/media_attachments/files/114/234/994/409/469/263/original/21a33b9309abb76b.png"> <br/> 2025-03-27T15:02:55Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsgrm98uxes4c93e7xfseudk8rpmdkrx7x6stekud6vn4dwy59h5gczyzagm63dpdpd4wfx6zn0z6rsvpdr90lwrxts2czuvvagz9uf65fg73p0jru User interface menu control options. #ui #ux<br/> <img src="https://media.universeodon.com/media_attachments/files/114/196/207/844/015/396/original/08976b9000b8e37e.png"> <br/> 2025-03-20T18:38:55Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs8es8svn3wckqjz36yg5ug4jgkfsatwww5ph0xktsa3wd7kerjn2qzyzagm63dpdpd4wfx6zn0z6rsvpdr90lwrxts2czuvvagz9uf65fg7y085v5 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsyx4xvvkx7zqnt8zy480t0kcdny9a8grqy444mh872mnk50hkmwdqm5fqzv'>nevent1q…fqzv</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Is the point you&#39;re making that a person shouldn&#39;t criticize what someone&#39;s doing right now, if the person doing the criticizing makes use of a service that used to be run by someone who made a questionable decision about some other matter at some time in the past? 2025-01-09T03:25:21Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsyf5ydyg8mgfmpfc3gfm270adg7s7k6sp3jqfgq3xwrejsrp4fhpszyzagm63dpdpd4wfx6zn0z6rsvpdr90lwrxts2czuvvagz9uf65fg7mu6h9k In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsw0f46d7sxrlyu5ccuzf26yz7pyhg9hnfyr37me8g2q8qa6p46qgc5luj8x'>nevent1q…uj8x</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Ah, found it, Byron Miller.<br/><br/>Though it sounds like he&#39;d also be defederating Threads at this point:<br/><a href="https://medium.com/@sn2006gy/universeodon-com-planning-for-the-future-2dd66a7d66ef">https://medium.com/@sn2006gy/universeodon-com-planning-for-the-future-2dd66a7d66ef</a> 2025-01-09T02:53:09Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsdp6hdykwcuavv3gcn2yf6wv8qs4yzu0y9jspjhudwzh8clpl36jczyzagm63dpdpd4wfx6zn0z6rsvpdr90lwrxts2czuvvagz9uf65fg7plr8sg In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs9a5d6nwx8pkzpy3c7l4dae5mm89c8qal5kskh9e9gvkev74ax0tceuqwf3'>nevent1q…qwf3</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I don&#39;t remember anything about Ryan Wild meeting with Meta. Even if he did, he&#39;s now participating in fediblock and limiting Threads.<br/><br/><a href="https://universeodon.com/<span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub19au2earmh5avej8vhxpgad4h6qdffa4s2xm87umvgqtvvc93dsnqw79lss" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Ryan Wild</span> (<span class="italic">npub19au…9lss</span>)</a></span>/113788958867855420">https://universeodon.com/<span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub19au2earmh5avej8vhxpgad4h6qdffa4s2xm87umvgqtvvc93dsnqw79lss" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Ryan Wild</span> (<span class="italic">npub19au…9lss</span>)</a></span>/113788958867855420</a> 2025-01-09T02:37:22Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs9wpvqveyya9mvp067c83kdy24xp2zvh53tf53kdmas6t3mnfr5eczyzagm63dpdpd4wfx6zn0z6rsvpdr90lwrxts2czuvvagz9uf65fg7srxmn4 Happy New Year!<br/> <img src="https://media.universeodon.com/media_attachments/files/113/753/952/576/314/049/original/e91f163b18ef690c.jpg"> <br/> 2025-01-01T16:07:33Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsdhsaxaxc7efv54yk5lp043cf7au2a6crpwtst6uwkhyzny5kle4gzyzagm63dpdpd4wfx6zn0z6rsvpdr90lwrxts2czuvvagz9uf65fg72akamm In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs0y5ure23vj45mg2hqnppmz3xh8gglcx35hv63xj0vdzgplcuamgs2h8luq'>nevent1q…8luq</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Attn <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1ep8n2uxqvdxgqcud4ldtg7pdp8jrdws23sxk7psywef4tytmm5hqxz29a5" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>CoffeeGeek</span> (<span class="italic">npub1ep8…29a5</span>)</a></span> ↑ 2024-10-29T23:23:28Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsdy35tq6mhk8dnj2wwaa9pqugmzsl8exgpgerw32gdggft3cu3skqzyzagm63dpdpd4wfx6zn0z6rsvpdr90lwrxts2czuvvagz9uf65fg7kzwr2u In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsxhslm4lw4s9l5xk6z7ecgmn5ehcszyjmlz7mushgrsu5nh6pzlmcxvg0fq'>nevent1q…g0fq</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Nobody&#39;s telling you that there won&#39;t ever be a more important election than this one. 2024-10-28T23:01:14Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsrcf9vk4pdvtk5w2spy6nexmzxdhwusqfgs8y8tcxvldd26tecckqzyzagm63dpdpd4wfx6zn0z6rsvpdr90lwrxts2czuvvagz9uf65fg7n6u8fn In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs9t7syrqgazg9v99wggupzu2dpthe8yyhpd25p55rfz0u4snz7mrsgm2myq'>nevent1q…2myq</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I got told that 2022 was the hottest year on record. Then I got told that 2023 was the hottest year on record. You&#39;re crying wolf, climate scientists! 2024-10-28T20:01:23Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs2ykj0kzmjq80ryux6myw92xj4v3z33tujktyrexsj26jaam4v8eczyzagm63dpdpd4wfx6zn0z6rsvpdr90lwrxts2czuvvagz9uf65fg7uc69rc GIMP maintainers respond to criticism of project name, change it to GNU Open Art Tools Supporting Editing. 2024-08-20T21:04:55Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs2ggrmke593r8l64g47nlgezqzhy0sauxem9efvl96xaeqr5224uszyzagm63dpdpd4wfx6zn0z6rsvpdr90lwrxts2czuvvagz9uf65fg7yywt5r FYI: mpox can be transmitted through the air.<br/><br/><a href="https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanmic/article/PIIS2666-5247(23)00059-9/fulltext">https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanmic/article/PIIS2666-5247(23)00059-9/fulltext</a><br/><br/>CDC web site states that it can be spread through &#34;prolonged face-to-face interactions (such as talking or breathing)&#34;.<br/><br/><a href="https://www.cdc.gov/poxvirus/mpox/if-sick/transmission.html">https://www.cdc.gov/poxvirus/mpox/if-sick/transmission.html</a><br/><br/>Mentioning this now because you might remember that the authorities insisted for years that COVID-19 wasn&#39;t airborne, even though there were studies as early as July 2020 suggesting strongly that it was.<br/><br/><a href="https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-022-00925-7">https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-022-00925-7</a><br/><br/><a href="https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/26/7/20-0764_article">https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/26/7/20-0764_article</a> #mpox 2024-08-18T21:36:02Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqspgettfp8nl2v9l93hmlgeq4hr2p59gx3advej7zxea6dnqn2vvxqzyzagm63dpdpd4wfx6zn0z6rsvpdr90lwrxts2czuvvagz9uf65fg7zxx5nc <img src="https://media.universeodon.com/media_attachments/files/112/969/148/996/436/892/original/589d470ed333a7e5.jpg"> <br/> 2024-08-16T01:40:54Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs984h2j6ynsfjnpmpaxhsve7ue4rp0rqeznn4x8gtkfvv5nyarfxqzyzagm63dpdpd4wfx6zn0z6rsvpdr90lwrxts2czuvvagz9uf65fg7783lxa On a scale of 1-10, how likely are you to recommend screaming into the void to a friend? 2024-08-15T01:10:01Z https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsfhyjt9s3zx3wusuvywf9qv9hfqpq7h780ljze725erku8zqaxxrszyzagm63dpdpd4wfx6zn0z6rsvpdr90lwrxts2czuvvagz9uf65fg7g7klxh In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsq6aef4pwfje3ua96mskndat702wulmcm85wzydc47vf9tk5mtsjqytm0w8'>nevent1q…m0w8</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>AC is certainly significantly better for long range high voltage transmission, but I&#39;m not convinced it&#39;s enough of a factor at house scale and house voltage. As far as heat from the wiring goes, in data centers the use of DC apparently reduces heat produced and cuts AC costs.<br/><br/>There are also other issues to consider — e-waste from all the circuits inside light bulbs, electric cars with batteries that need DC, increased efficiency of DC heat pumps (that we need to replace our heating and cooling systems with if we&#39;re going to get to net zero), and the houses now generating DC from solar panels and having to convert it to AC to feed it into the house then convert it back to DC in each device in order to use it.<br/><br/>Anyway, the IEEE seem to think it&#39;s even worth pursuing as a larger scale distribution method now:<br/><a href="https://www.ieee.org/content/dam/ieee-org/ieee/web/org/about/european-public-policy/eppi-dc-electricity-distribution.pdf">https://www.ieee.org/content/dam/ieee-org/ieee/web/org/about/european-public-policy/eppi-dc-electricity-distribution.pdf</a> 2024-07-09T02:15:32Z