@SRAZKVT yeah i realized a few months ago that macros are kind of a local minimum in metaprogramming without something like emacs pcase destructuring for deep introspection and kinda decided i was probably done with being a straight lisper outside of emacs
@SRAZKVT really glad you turned me on to haskell
DON'T WORRY EVERYONE it turns out we've all got *super powers*
Who wants to team up and form a Sinister Six style super team. What might our various styles be?
@TheBreadmonkey on the other hand, the thing I struggle with the most is that I find it very difficult to uncritically accept bullshit.
Sigh... It must be nice.
@hipsterelectron not a fan of common lisp because it's just so big
@SRAZKVT yeah i realized a few months ago that macros are kind of a local minimum in metaprogramming without something like emacs pcase destructuring for deep introspection and kinda decided i was probably done with being a straight lisper outside of emacs
Japanese engineers are turning wastewater into clean energy through osmosis. A water treatment facility breakthrough offers new hope for sustainable power generation. #RenewableEnergy #CleanTech
In dealing with those who are undergoing great suffering, if you feel burnout setting in, if you feel demoralized and exhausted, it is best, for the sake of everyone, to withdraw and restore yourself. The point is to have a long-term perspective. ~ Dalai Lama
Sorry, travel and conferences.
I was happy with this for FOSDEM, but my perspective is as a user rather than an expert:
https://neilzone.co.uk/2026/02/flo-mask-pro-thoughts/
But I don't wear glasses, so I don't know about fogging :(
Preprint server arXiv will ban submitters of AI-generated hallucinations
One of the site's moderators described the new policy on social media.
https://arstechnica.com/science/2026/05/preprint-server-arxiv-will-ban-submitters-of-ai-generated-hallucinations/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social
@linos I became a fan of making it as simple as possible to create recurring copies in contrast to a single recurring event.
This has many advantages and simplifies things.
Org-mode has this: https://karl-voit.at/2017/01/15/org-clone-subtree-with-time-shift/
@publicvoit Spoiler: The tendency is indeed getting into the direction of not asking for any remote software in the Fediverse to parse RFC-5545 or https://schema.org/Schedule rules for event recurrence. But that shouldn't mean that rules are available, sometimes it's maybe nice to have an immediate hint like "this event happens every friday at 3pm, expect...".
The only way an occurrence can have a stable ID is via the ID of the event that defines the occurrence rules and the occurrence start date and time, best in utc and local time to take into account timezone changes, and maybe the sequence, .i.e. the revision number of the recurrence rule-set.
And now there comes RSVPs, i.e. the intent to be marked as a participant in an event. Here a problem was clearly visible, which is also true for non-recurring events: is a RSVP targeted towards just an event (so just its ID), or maybe further to a specific start time, or location, or even price offer, or more?
Schedule - Schema.org Type
People who had a lot to say about how fictional DEI hires were incompetent and the root of all problems in Corporate America are strangely quiet now that actual government incompetence is staring them in the face and is the root of the decline of America we are all watching unfold.
Nice password manager you got there.
A shame if someone refactored its multimillion line (eh? For a password manager?) codebase with AI then boasted about it online!
@neil damn... 1password I guess. It cost me over 6 months to get my wife on a password manager (that's 3 years ago). Getting her to switch to Keepassxc will be like going through hell.
We just released Bonfire Social 1.0.3 🔥
Blog post with all the details: bonfirenetworks.org/posts/bo...
It comes with dozens of bug fixes and UX improvements, plus:
#CalmEmpowerment: a new design pattern that starts with a few sensible defaults, offers a middle layer of common adjustments, and reveals the full options only when you need them. Boundaries and post permissions got this treatment first, more to follow...
Modular community rules: a first step in bringing research and co-design with students and researchers at @hci@micro.blogs.princeton.edu into Bonfire, so governance becomes something communities can better define and share, and that others can fork and adapt.
They burn books.
Across all Utah public schools, every district copy of each banned book must be destroyed
https://www.sltrib.com/news/education/2026/05/14/nearly-all-utah-book-bans/?utm_campaign=snd-autopilot
RE: https://mastodon.social/@OpenMediaOrg/116517516303137157
CANADIANs ...
If you have not come across this effort yet, or have not reviewed and signed on ... please take a moment and do so.
Bill C22 is as bad if not worse than it's predecessor attempt C-2, and the earlier implemented C-18 which had the exact opposite effect on Canadian online media presence than everyone (well, everyone but us already-federated folk) thought.
Consider that Signal Messenger has indicated it will withdraw access from us rather than compromise privacy. it's bad.
10 Ways to Upgrade & Optimize Your Laptop for Gaming
@chartier my "favourite" version of this is the fishing industry. Left to their own devices they will literally fish themselves out of business. Fisheries regulations are there to ensure that fisheries continue to exist.
Every AI Bro: We are here to save humanity. We will start by making electricity, water, and electronics more expensive in order to build a machine to put you out of a job. You may begin showering us with gratitude now.
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