Ricardo Signes :sickos:

Programming, empathy, good drinks, and bad movies. Director @ Fastmail.

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2026-06-09 17:05:02 CEST

Immediately after I installed mouse management software…
https://cdn.masto.host/socialsemioticsystems/media_attachments/files/116/720/762/787/777/092/original/1e1f58d1f08bd863.png

2026-03-15 21:55:08 CET

I don't want to add Powerline fonts, I want the required glyphs added to Unicode please and thank you.

2026-02-06 20:48:18 CET

Sure AI slop is bad, but can we talk about four space indents?

2026-01-28 19:57:37 CET

syslog.h is an interface that should've been replaced a long time ago.

2026-01-14 18:29:26 CET

I continue to find it frustrating that Contacts (especially Apple, but also others) don't let me supply a date of death — in part so that "compose an email" stops suggesting this person, and so that my calendar doesn't show "wish them a happy birthday!"

2025-11-26 21:14:45 CET

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I am reminded of https://www.perl.com/pub/2000/12/advocacy.html/

2025-11-25 17:18:42 CET

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"An illustration of an astronaut and astropenguin floating through a tunnel. She is surrounded by the git history of people who never learned to rebase."

2025-10-01 17:56:10 CEST

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https://metacpan.org/dist/HTTP-Throwable/source/lib/HTTP/Throwable/Role/Status/ImATeapot.pm

2025-08-29 20:40:44 CEST

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Even in Moose, it's not great. But it made more sense when Moose was new, and experimental features didn't exist and "use vX" didn't do much etc.

2025-08-29 16:41:53 CEST

"I'll turn strict and warnings on for you when you import functions from me" was a mistake. #perl

2025-07-18 13:51:22 CEST

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if the train stops suddenly, people in forward facing seats fall out. People in rear facing seats stay safely seated. Rear facing seats appeal to people with a crippling fear of falling from their seats, who represent a powerful lobby.

2025-03-18 08:40:42 CET

Why is GitHub so obsessed with helping people accidentally create complex merges?

2025-03-07 17:19:43 CET

I still chuckle when I remember that IMAP4rev2 updates the protocol to allow for 64-bit message sizes. In case gigabyte-sized messages weren't enough…

2025-02-25 23:20:41 CET

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I had both of those for the first time last year! So good! (Not sure I’d put them together but you do you!) what kind of sauce is that? I was offered chocolate or vanilla or applesauce and too applesauce.

2024-12-24 21:38:25 CET

It’s that time again!
https://cdn.masto.host/socialsemioticsystems/media_attachments/files/113/709/724/510/757/645/original/bc783109a5877432.jpeg

2024-11-28 14:05:36 CET

When I was around 12, I was visiting my grandparents in Germany, and my grandfather asked me to explain when to use "oldest" and when to use "eldest". I couldn't. I still can't. It haunts me.

2024-09-22 18:01:49 CEST

"Why toxic leaders get promoted”
https://www.threads.net/@hiten/post/DAJMxcopQka/