oh the table of contents looks so good. i have never seen a table of contents for ECC crypto that did not piss me off before. great sign

I don’t generally yell at people using AI, but if you have any power over the hiring process at your company and you are asking candidates to talk to an AI screener, you are a creep, and thoroughly unqualified to make any decisions about hiring.

@rooster

There's eVi and classic vim if you don't mind the fact that classic vim is based on Vim 8 @mawhrin

@neil I’m calling it - the reason it won’t be removed is because #neovim is probably in line from some of that sweet sweet tech bro foundation cash.

They're bragging about how corrupt they can make people. It's a show of power and what they can get away with.
Idiots still play along (cops, ICEis, etc) as they're fleeced for billionaire profits where liberties are a thing of the past.
@aram

Very low on energy today.

Finally got myself back upright to do one of the smallest things on my to do list: subscribing to the RSS feed for my local subreddit to see when people post about doctors taking new patients.

And Reddit won't fucking talk to my RSS reader.

What's even the point.

RE: https://stefanbohacek.online/@stefan/117167402865398907

תמיד חיפשתי איזה מישהו או משהו טובים שקרו ביומולדת שלי. עכשיו כשהזזתי אותו בשלושה חודשים מביאים לי את זה?

@rooster So much milkshake and it's DHH flavoured.

https://circumstances.run/@mawhrin/117167738907856218

If you're #queer and in any way dabbling in or involved with #folklore and #folk traditions (whatever that means to you), then Queering at the Hedge wants your stories:

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1uheqRCSb8bF3KsgxlowaFMo2xnTlSar6wzn7YVNtgQs/viewform?edit_requested=true

That's an expression of interest form to participate in their oral history efforts, and the form gives more context.

Boost for reach!

(Not my project but I'm obviously going to take part. I'm like 70% folklore in a stretchy t-shirt, struggling with modernity.)

#LGBTQIA #queerOralHistory

@corpsmoderne moi aussi 🤣 @lyon5avelo

Secret Panel HERE 💦 https://tinyview.com/mrlovenstein/2026/08/26/sweat-the-small-stuff

Police using surveillance technology “to stalk people, especially romantic interests, current or former partners, is so common that in the NSA they actually have a cute little word for it,” EFF’s @evacide said. “They call it ‘LOVEINT.’ It’s short for love intelligence.” https://www.wave3.com/2026/08/27/shively-officers-flock-camera-case-reflects-pattern-officers-misusing-surveillance-tech-track-women-expert-says/

@lyon5avelo j'ai lu "les piétons ne servent pas à grand chose"

Je... Vais me coucher 😩

Give me a few minutes, and I'll be booting Linux up on it.

@mawhrin @onepict am I going to need just spin up vim and freeBSD or what

@neil oh bollocks! This is why we can't have nice things.

Well, back to vim it is then.

oh yeah sci-hub just stopped doing TLS anymore too and it always redirects me to whatever domain it wants. that is not a normal thing to do lol

https://sci-hub.ru/storage/2024/5146/76c41155c5be051d5f30bbd2f55c5047/menezes1993.pdf

anyway menezes has a textbook here. it has a foreword by koblitz whom i very unfortunately cannot stand but 1993 is exactly when i would expect to see better intros to the subject get written after it developed a bit