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Claudius Link
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If anyone wants to recruit a senior R&D code monkey with multiple degrees for a job that will involve neither "AI" bullshit nor "blockchain" bullshit nor "HFT" bullshit nor killing people nor destroying the planet just for the heck of it...
I get cheaper and cheaper by the minute as things descend deeper and deeper into nutty "More cloud and more AI will fix it!!" chaos around me.
Located in Germany. Will only work remote as we're tied to this place due to aging parental units. Strong preference for something related to actual green technology such as solar.
#FediHire #FediHired #Systems #Storage #ProgrammingLanguages #Compilers #GreenTech #Solar #Linux #BSD #Academia #Teaching #noAI #BoostsWelcome
Konstantin 🏳️🌈🔭
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Scientists have crossed the DNA of a crab with a cheetah.
They had to cancel the project because things went sideways *real* fast.
*another critical CVE in a large, important C project drops*
If only there existed some kind of a language that was perhaps a bit safer regarding memory management. 
@rysiek
Yes, I love ABAP!
Jan :rust: :ferris:
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11 years ago today, Rust 1.0 was released to the world! 🎉🦀
Can be quite bad when web forms don't result in any email confirmation.
I was just filling in a web form for my son's school application process. *Extremely important*. For some reason it comes with plenty of forewarning, that they're *not* going to send an email, but promises a "pop up" confirmation.
Made me anxious. I even swapped over from firefox to chrome just in case this "pop up" involved janky javascript.
It's ok. I have seen the pop up. They definitely have our application... right? 😬
![Two screenshots. One is some text from a PDF of info about the application process. One is a screenshot of part of the application form itself.
The text says: "Once you submit your form you will see an immediate ‘pop up’ on the screen to confirm your submission. We will not send a confirmation email. If you believe you have submitted an application for your child to sit the test but have not received the pop up you must contact the Academy before registration closes. Once the registration process has closed, and you have not registered for your child to sit the test we will not be able to accommodate any further requests"
...and then on the application form it had a part at the bottom saying: "I have read the above statement and understand I not receive a confirmation email." [tickbox]](https://cdn.masto.host/enosmtown/media_attachments/files/116/578/493/451/571/351/original/97708f2130ed4a41.png)
@harry_wood good luck
Velocipede Rider
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#meierschulzefährtbus
Warum ihr euch im Bus immer IMMER! einen festen Halt suchen sollt, seht ihr hier:
Träge Masse und so.
Der Fahrlehrer hat aus nur 30 km/h gebremst, der Kollege wusste von der anstehenden Bremsung. Weißt du, wann wir notbremsen müssen, weil wir möglicherweise geschnitten und ausgebremst werden?
Quelle: Das fahrende Klassenzimmer vom ZDF, die einige neue Kolleginnen während der Ausbildung begleitet haben.
https://www.zdf.de/reportagen/das-fahrende-klassenzimmer-100
@janriemer
In germany it is called "Fürst Pückler" in many areas. At least the ice.
Okay, it needs to be sandwiched between two waffles...
@feld
Gert V 🇵🇸
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Every time #Signal says that they will pull out of a country if some law is passed, they remind everyone that they are a single point of failure. How many times have you ever heard that email will pull out of a country if some surveillance law is passed?
EDIT: Yes, of course this has the usual flurry of people saying 'Don't like Signal? Use {thing that is worse than Signal and no one who cares about security takes seriously}'. Please just stop. I am using Signal because I have evaluated alternatives and Signal is the least bad. That doesn't mean I'm going to stop criticising it and it doesn't mean I'm going to use something worse.
American cities can be split up into two groups: ones where jaywalking is enforced and ones where jaywalking is not enforced.
hypebot
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Climate and environmental collapse, inequality, failing public services - but hey, this is fine… as long as billionaire fortunes and lives are safe. Right?
WRONG!❌
It’s time to stop letting the super-rich dodge responsibility.
#TaxTheSuperRich 👉https://act.gp/4kFsaNr
Where's Ed: Anthropic Told Court $5B but Public $19B
https://www.flyingpenguin.com/wheres-ed-anthropic-told-court-5-billion-but-public-19-billion/
Poliverso & Poliversity
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Dieci persone arrestate con l’accusa di aver consultato illegalmente le banche dati dello stato e rivenduto i loro contenuti
La procura di Napoli ha richiesto l’arresto di 10 persone accusate di essere coinvolte in un articolato sistema per la vendita di dati ottenuti consultando illegalmente le banche dati della polizia, dell’INPS, dell’Agenzia delle entrate e delle Poste. I dati venivano venduti ad agenzie di investigazione privata in tutta Italia.
https://www.ilpost.it/2026/05/14/dieci-persone-arrestate-rivendita-informazioni-banche-dati/
A tiny galaxy discovered more than 13 billion light-years from Earth may offer the clearest evidence yet of the universe's earliest stars, according to a recent study by a Japanese-led research team. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/05/15/japan/science-health/japanese-team-galaxy/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #sciencehealth #space #astronomy #kanazawauniversity #nationalastronomicalobservatoryofjapan
Nvidia’s Future in China Remains Unclear After Trump-Xi Summit
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/15/business/nvidia-china-chips.html?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
Posted into Home Page @home-page-newyorktimes
Dieci persone arrestate con l’accusa di aver consultato illegalmente le banche dati dello stato e rivenduto i loro contenuti
La procura di Napoli ha richiesto l’arresto di 10 persone accusate di essere coinvolte in un articolato sistema per la vendita di dati ottenuti consultando illegalmente le banche dati della polizia, dell’INPS, dell’Agenzia delle entrate e delle Poste. I dati venivano venduti ad agenzie di investigazione privata in tutta Italia.
https://www.ilpost.it/2026/05/14/dieci-persone-arrestate-rivendita-informazioni-banche-dati/
@brainwane How do you get people to pronounce your own name correctly? Or have you, like I have, given up?
@RaoOfPhysics There are many situations where I just do not care enough to do the work of teaching someone else how to pronounce my name, and would prefer to spend that time doing something else.
But sometimes someone needs to introduce me on stage, or they are a friend or colleague who will be saying my name a lot (where I can hear it), or for whatever other reason I would prefer they get it right, or not jarringly wrong.
I provide a recording on my website at https://harihareswara.net/about/ . And in-person I scaffold their learning by using a word they're familiar with and that has pretty much the right cadence and vowel sounds: "rhymes with woman-uh."
The Index: Issue #182
It’s Friday, so let’s close out the week with some Good Links™ in The Index #182, sponsored by the great folks at DebugBear
