Posts by gnomon@mastodon.social
 (DIR) Post #B4J16hyABeCbfU41TM by gnomon@mastodon.social
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       @Gargron holy cow.  That's one for the history books, in all seriousness.
       
 (DIR) Post #B4OtK7XomF9O4FNwn2 by gnomon@mastodon.social
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       @gumnos @mwl there is still room for greater triumphs!  For example you could find a way to make Knuth tell you to fuck off.  That would be worth getting cast in bronze.
       
 (DIR) Post #B4Tt7nHNGhg1X0cEBk by gnomon@mastodon.social
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       @novaMAXIMUM LENGTHMAXIMUM FLOOFhalf twist
       
 (DIR) Post #B5JytCZ3gAJpYMEE7c by gnomon@mastodon.social
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       @owen OpenBSD, I believe.  Possibly others?  I think @mwl might have more specific insight into BSD geographical/jurisdictional distribution, or at least know humans who might?
       
 (DIR) Post #B5Ks8WoEBezUACe372 by gnomon@mastodon.social
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       @mwl intriiiiiiiiiguing
       
 (DIR) Post #B5SV4jymXEYMAeUBX6 by gnomon@mastodon.social
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       OK, confirmed with my manager: work _might_ cover the cost if I asked, but it's more strategically useful to not ask; and it's totally fine if I take the time away from work to go under my own steam.So I'll be going to BSDCan this year!  Looking forward to it already.
       
 (DIR) Post #B5noKF3tESEIMb8ey8 by gnomon@mastodon.social
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       @mntmn @holo_memory hell yeah!  FUCK YEAH
       
 (DIR) Post #B644C1fjpzIyJdIyZM by gnomon@mastodon.social
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       You know that 4GB AI model that Google Chrome silently installs on your machine?Keep in mind that the Chrome team decided to do that because *they thought it was a good idea*.  If user outrage is sufficient to cause that decision to be rolled back, they'll still push the same AI features, only hosted remotely instead of locally.If you're going to trust software from a development team somewhere, you are making a decision to trust their processes and to accept their pressures.Choose wisely.
       
 (DIR) Post #B6HqhaRtuS6Y0QQWkC by gnomon@mastodon.social
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       https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2026/may/13/women-home-buyers-men-datinghttps://www.wired.com/story/meet-the-sad-wives-of-ai/https://sorayachemaly.substack.com/p/26-decentering-men-is-not-misandrySome new developments on the "men as a demographic getting frustrated about having to treat women like actual equal people, women not tolerating anything less anymore" front.(Dear men: live up to those ideals to which you've been paying lip service.  This is the mess that the men before us left and that we get to clean up.  That's the job.)
       
 (DIR) Post #B6QhP1sGZItcOfTUOG by gnomon@mastodon.social
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       @mwl "voluntary separation agreement""our incredible journey""pivot to""rapid unscheduled disassembly"I'm still waiting for the phrase "controlled flight into the limits of user tolerance" to catch on, personally
       
 (DIR) Post #B6gvB98Flzl66SKtqi by gnomon@mastodon.social
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       @netblocks holy schmoly, I did not expect that *at all*.  Thank you for monitoring and reporting.
       
 (DIR) Post #B6nIZBgVOlJYrbY85A by gnomon@mastodon.social
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       @Gina nonsense about text editors aside, is today when you'll be building your machine in that new case??  Or is that more of a weekend project?
       
 (DIR) Post #B6oCOwBhksTNL2pdY0 by gnomon@mastodon.social
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       @Gargron (yoink)
       
 (DIR) Post #B6zbLTGLDpwuJlnvGq by gnomon@mastodon.social
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       I love reading through a codebase liberally annotated with comments noting ideas and techniques cribbed from blog posts, textbooks, research papers, personal correspondence.I feel like a lot of that ends up in pull requests instead of codebase comments now.  That's not necessarily a bad thing, except that pull requests tend to be locked inside walled gardens while git repos move the history durably and fluidly.Anyhow.  Just something I really enjoy.  Thanks to those who do that.  Love it.  ❤️
       
 (DIR) Post #B7h0hfMKL4IlZmo7jk by gnomon@mastodon.social
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       @Gargron superb, magnificent, no notes, standing ovation
       
 (DIR) Post #B8HKKaLw7XajePHTcG by gnomon@mastodon.social
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       @mhoye @lmorchard I really, really hope more young people coming into this industry learn the lesson from Google's controlled flight into terrain that being caring, consistent, and principled beats being smart every single time.
       
 (DIR) Post #B94lEUmvwvGPUDCZhQ by gnomon@mastodon.social
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       @mntmn give it time though
       
 (DIR) Post #B9PlHZfJYfRsWDUFWa by gnomon@mastodon.social
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       @mntmn yessssssssssssThe quality available from even quite cheap IEMs is _amazing_ these days!!
       
 (DIR) Post #B9dck5KAsZSHeXyWCe by gnomon@mastodon.social
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       @mntmn same.  The headlines tell one story, but my community of people doing small important things with care tells a different story, and I prefer the second one.  Helps fill me with hope, resolve, curiosity, and delight, instead of powerlessness and despair.(You and your crew are in the second category, in case it wasn't entirely clear.  Thanks for that.)
       
 (DIR) Post #BAaUGExg5QqjR6naVs by gnomon@mastodon.social
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       @Gargron perfect creature, zero notes, Peaches forever