R. A. Dehi @radehi@social.cleverlibre.org
I read a lot. Sometimes I learn things. I like making things. I think reading and doing are complementary.
Joined Nov 2022
@Hortense I used to be pretty addicted to Twitter, but ultimately I think it was really unhealthy. It fosters combative, defensive interaction styles because those are the most effective at driving engagement. I don't know what Musk is going to do with it (try to burnish his public image I guess), but before he took it over, Twitter already got a reality TV host elected president of the US. So how much worse can it get? Maybe it'll improve!
Not holding my breath, though.
@finnegan the VFX and CGI stuff sounds awesome! Are you doing it on your own these days?
@TillSawala hmm, I think it's been 24 years since I had to use IDL. It was not my favorite!
I think it's in the category of acronyms which are misleading if spelled out. There are lots of interactive data languages; IDL is just one of them.
@thelinuxEXP hey, is there a version of this on peertube or something?
R. A. Dehi
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There's something oddly comforting about the idea that "if you're not paying for the product, you're the product," namely, the corollary: "If you can afford to pay for a product, you won't be the product." But it's bullshit. Companies don't make you the product because you don't pay - they make you the product because you can't stop them.
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@Hortense your post is what inspired me to create an account, so, thank you. I guess I have the opposite of impostor syndrome?
@dichotomiker heh, that's great
@ambihelical Cool, thanks! I was wondering if it was a problem with my browser or something.
I love the impossible nut, btw.
Yeah, so it handles fenced code blocks, but not syntax highlighting.
I wonder if it supports fenced code blocks?
```javascript
for (let x of items) process(item, 'now')
```
Hmm, some of those worked, but not the bulleted list or the blockquote, so I guess this isn't really Markdown or close to it.
Oh neat, Markdown support is new since I last used Mastodon! Maybe I can use *italics* and horizontal separators
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and bulleted lists:
* Italics
* Bulleted lists
* Links
* Headers
* Blockquote
* Preformatted text
A link should be like [hafnium oxide](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hafnium_oxide):
> It is an electrical insulator with a band gap of 5.3~5.7 eV.
And preformatted text should be like
x = 1:10
@acherontia@ravenation.club eu
@Ninjatrappeur that's very impressive, I've never seen a compiler that could do constant folding through mutation like that before
@w84death congratulations!
R. A. Dehi
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I have just published the @nlnetlabs perspective on the @EU_Commission #CyberResilienceAct proposal vs #OpenSource:
https://blog.nlnetlabs.nl/open-source-software-vs-the-cyber-resilience-act/
We feel the current proposal misses a major opportunity. The CRA could bring support to #OpenSource devs maintaining the critical foundations of our digital society. But instead of introducing incentives for integrators or financial support, the current proposal will overload small developers with compliance work.
Talk to me. Spread the word. Read the CRA
I'm getting nice pretty Computer Modern glyphs, including \mathbb, but there's like a giant superscript that screws up the layout for my whole post. Do other people see the same thing?
I read a lot. Sometimes I learn things. I like making things. I think reading and doing are complementary.
Joined Nov 2022
