nostr:npub16c2fsg7fp3yxte9ugd9yhcdpa68h924asv5d6pvm5nc37a3nkzmqd2xaj2 I swear bro there's no cryptocurrency it's totally a coincidence that everyone involved in it is a crypto techbro and all of the software has cryptocurrency integrations it's just a protocol man don't worry about it
nostr:npub16c2fsg7fp3yxte9ugd9yhcdpa68h924asv5d6pvm5nc37a3nkzmqd2xaj2 I don't feel the need to explain why cryptocurrency is bad in the year of our lord 2024, go annoy someone else
*taps the sign*
nostr:npub16c2fsg7fp3yxte9ugd9yhcdpa68h924asv5d6pvm5nc37a3nkzmqd2xaj2 well for a start you have a monero address in your fedi profile so that suggests I'm on to something here
nostr:npub16c2fsg7fp3yxte9ugd9yhcdpa68h924asv5d6pvm5nc37a3nkzmqd2xaj2 nostr is crypto garbage
Wait, is blue sky open source?
nostr:npub1xtscya34g58tk0z605fvr788k263gsu6cy9x0mhnm87echrgufzsevkk5s I finished writing my recommendation of House of Suns just as your post came in :)
Some specific recommendations from these authors, to give back a bit :)
A Fire Upon the Deep by Vernor Vinge is a book I've read three times and consider essential reading for any sci-fi fans and in particular hackers -- it has space usenet! It's an epic space opera with an incredible setting and a gripping conflict on a galactic scale which many sci-fi novels promise but few deliver on.
Soliciting scifi/fantasy book recommendations to read while traveling this week. Some books recently read & enjoyed Samantha Shannon, R. F. Kuang, Alastair Reynolds, Vernor Vinge, Adrian Tchaikovsky. Anyone kindred spirits care to share a few titles from their shelf?
I've heard a lot of free speech absolutists defending hate speech but I've never seen one question the legitimacy of an NDA 🤔
The thing is that I fucking empathize with people who believe in a language and are frustrated with the pace of its uptake. Obviously. But I don't use that discomfort and frustration as an excuse to attack anyone who criticizes my language. It's pretty hard not to, given how personal those attacks tend to be, but ultimately I respect people as engineers making the right decisions for themselves and if that means my work isn't applicable to their needs then so be it.
The "spite and jealousy" comment: 138 points on Reddit
"Drew DeVault [...is] someone I just can't stand": 42 points
"yet another drew devault take I can ignore :P": 63 points
Some of these quotes come from HN, some come from Reddit -- some from places where the Rust code of conduct is allegedly in force.
Reviewing git contributions via email: git-am.io
The long-awaited sequel to git-send-email.io is here 🎉
nostr:npub109f4fyf3nlr8l5hkspvfe3a8ncazkyj3cguv6z3pclru64gg2z5qrzlxyh IP reputation, blocking commercial ISPs, heuristics/spam detection on post-registration behavior, rate limiting, etc
Did the US just abolish the rule of law
nostr:npub1tx6lg4pne9m5jnuxfdk2lwvaaqk6gvhzslfjhfmcv4ynulw2m8rsc0rtam osdev wiki for sure
Bunnix - Writing a Unix clone in about a month
Rewatched Be Kind Rewind, and it's still good, but the RIAA cunts misrepresenting fair use is just played straight and that kind of sucks
nostr:npub1ukmjwexrgl27l5yj8h9p24us5zvd8ee4vvswa27rw4344l5ya6hqj8dd9t honestly this seems much to niche to be a first class feature, but you could approximate it with named pipes (fifos)