Posts by wingo@mastodon.social
 (DIR) Post #B45nskg3Uu0hYN86wi by wingo@mastodon.social
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       just remembering how, a few years ago, a friend applied for a job at philip morris in lausanne.  the interviewer lit up a cigarette during the interview
       
 (DIR) Post #B53z79a2Siq1p4ysj2 by wingo@mastodon.social
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       zomg a neighbor loaned my 7yo tintin au congo and my kid read it; europe is fine and all but this shit would not fly in the usa i grew up in
       
 (DIR) Post #B58EYBnyZfhwUDgoEK by wingo@mastodon.social
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       new bloggery: it's alive, it's alive! ~~ https://wingolog.org/archives/2026/04/09/wastrel-milestone-full-hoot-support-with-generational-gc-as-a-treat
       
 (DIR) Post #B59b3szQSOaVY2WYaW by wingo@mastodon.social
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       my favorite software complexity metric: the number of data structures with "context" or "environment" in their name
       
 (DIR) Post #B5YMntuCk8E9LfZ0KG by wingo@mastodon.social
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       every week i help people with residency and nationality paperwork, but i have been putting off filing my own.  yesterday i learned that in a week the naturalization application fee is quintupling, so now i am studying to take a patriotic test next week
       
 (DIR) Post #B5YMnuQ6pVkQwcUU3U by wingo@mastodon.social
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       going to bring a bell to ring every time the answer is jeanne d’arc or le roi clovis
       
 (DIR) Post #B5zlImrobcuGfDcnFQ by wingo@mastodon.social
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       i am “threw out my back while loading the dishwasher” years old
       
 (DIR) Post #B6Y3hHTUrYoR5jiUSm by wingo@mastodon.social
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       the g7 is coming next month to where i live.  i was marveling at my equanimity but now that it is delaying the tram i feel that old feeling coming on
       
 (DIR) Post #B7oySaQljbprItFKkK by wingo@mastodon.social
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       can't help getting astrology × audiophile vibes from llm enthusiasts: "oh no honey you can't use opus 4.8, it's so nerfed, try glm-5.2 or the codex 5.5, they have a warm gemini sound, very well rounded on details and tone.  but don't use google's gemini models, they are really leos, they have good treble response but you can't trust their mid-range"
       
 (DIR) Post #B7v1VJ8aa0QlhHvCoC by wingo@mastodon.social
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       it occurs to me that i have never built anything that requires an emergency self-destruct capability.this invokes a whole set of odd feelings: relief, wistfulness, envy