@beslayed
Various hats, linguist as my topper (formal semantics & historical linguistics; esp. lgs. of South Asia). Interests in other types of meaning (poetry, decipherment), emacs, lisp, lists and other formal structures. https://github.com/emacsomancer
California recently passed, and Colorado and NY recently introduced, age verification legislation targeting OS providers that is so imprecisely written that it's unclear how to comply. If you live in one of those states, contact your state senator and rep asking them to oppose this legislation.
secureblue v4.8.2 has been released. There's a critical rpm-ostree regression in version 2026.1 causing upgrade failures. To confirm whether you're on the impacted version, check rpm-ostree --version. If the version shows 2026.1, follow the steps in the release notes:
github.com/secureblue/s...
European organizations are under increasing pressure to maintain true data sovereignty.
Join Allan Jude from Klara Inc and Eirik Γverby from Entersekt, as they explain why Entersekt chose ZFS for EU sovereign storage.
Register here: na3.hubs.ly/y0k7Q00
#OpenSource #Datasovereignty #ZFS
"Weβve reached out to Google to inquire about why a custom ROM created by volunteers [@grapheneos.org] is more resistant to industrial phone hacking than the official Pixel OS. Weβll update this article if Google has anything to say." arstechnica.com/gadgets/2025...
Google declared that starting next year no-one can develop Android apps without first registering centrally with Google, requiring
- Paying a fee to Google
- Agreeing to Googleβs Terms & Conditions
- Providing government ID
- Uploading the appβs private signing key
oppose:
keepandroidopen.org
sn-news: #sw #dev Lisp in 99 lines of C and how to write one yourself github.com/Robert-van-E...
Babashka changelog
New #babashka version is out!
#clojure
A few days ago, I coded a floating-point package for the CP1610 processor, and then I made a brand new BASIC interpreter for the Mattel Intellivision ECS because I wasn't satisfied with the speed of the original π€ͺβοΈ #retro #retrogaming #intellivision nanochess.org/ecs_basic.html
Always be crafting
#heathensky #pagansky #woodworking
Mindblowingly cool breakthrough - we made it so all existing Pebble watchfaces/apps now automatically scale up to fill larger and higher resolution Pebble Time 2 display!
The IFComp 2025 logo is an ornate gold-framed mirror with silhouetted profile, stylized text βIFComp,β crown, stars, moons, and a banner reading 2025.
π The 31st Annual #IFComp is live!
85 new interactive fiction entries are ready for you to play and judge. (You only need to rate 5 to cast a ballot!)
Read more about this year's competition at blog.ifcomp.org
Or just dive straight in: ifcomp.org/ballot
The IFComp 2025 logo is an ornate gold-framed mirror with a silhouetted profile, stylized text that says βIFComp,β with a crown, stars, and moons, framed by draped turquoise curtains.
Got plans tomorrow night? Like stories? Browse ifcomp.org/ballot and pick something that fits your mood and schedule! Do that just 5 times before Oct 15, leave a rating for each, and youβre officially an IFComp judge.
Some days you just wanna give up , let everything go and follow the light inside of a red cabbage
Haha exactly
'Cello' comes from 'violoncello'. This Italian word has a funny literal meaning: "little big viola".
That's because it's a double derivative of 'viola':
viola > violone (big viola) > violoncello (little big viola).
The part '-cello' is only a suffix.
Here's more about it, 'violin', and 'fiddle':
SOMETHING BEAUTIFUL IS GOING TO HAPPEN
windows is an operating system in the same way that docker is a game engine
Aerial photo of Castle Ring, Harthill Moor, Derbyshire, image credit Historic England Archive, photo Dave MacLeod 2005
Here's a late entry for #HillfortsWednesday, an aerial of Castle Ring on Harthill Moor, one of Derbyshire's lesser known and more enigmatic sites. Never been excavated, is it really a hillfort? About half a hectare with a bank, external ditch and counterscarp
her.derbyshire.gov.uk/Monument/MDR...
I bought the books immediately on release and liked them and will likely pick up this one too.
Still wouldn't mind a sequel to the game too though... (and was half-hoping that the teaser was about that).
mmmm me every time I use chatgpt. now I'm hungry
![ChatGPT:
Q:
A father and son are in a car crash. Sadly, the son is killed. The father is rushed to the hospital and as he is laid down on the emergency room table, the doctor looks down and exclaims, "I can't operate on this man, he's my father!" How is this possible?
A:
This is a classic riddle that highlights unconscious gender assumptions.
The answer is: [bolded] The doctor is the man's other father. [/bolded]
This suggests that the son had two fathers, making the doctor his other dad.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:n2i5lkhcqi62xv3edolwvj4j/bafkreif5icmzbfsu5rcvk552stlcay67cymzsgjfxuibvr76vvqrb4bfja)
ChatGPT: Q: A father and son are in a car crash. Sadly, the son is killed. The father is rushed to the hospital and as he is laid down on the emergency room table, the doctor looks down and exclaims, "I can't operate on this man, he's my father!" How is this possible? A: This is a classic riddle that highlights unconscious gender assumptions. The answer is: [bolded] The doctor is the man's other father. [/bolded] This suggests that the son had two fathers, making the doctor his other dad.
Iβve been laughing about this all morning
Postcard featuring a photo by Jay Hulme. An arched portal in a gray stone wall gives a glimpse into a ruined church, with an empty window at the far end framing blue sky.
Postcard featuring a photo by Jay Hulme showing a simple arched gray wood door in a stone church. On the left is a leaded glass window; on right, carved in the stone, is a crowned man with a sword. Above the door is a cross.
Thank you, @jayhulmepoet.bsky.social for the wonderful set of postcards, received today! Each one features a different church door. These are 2 of my favorites.
A light blue diagram depicting the sea, with the water's surface at the top, and just below it is an outline of the Mary Rose, with the depth (12m, 40ft or 6.7 fathoms). There is a line showing the seabed, which takes a rapid dive into the vertical...
On the anniversary of the sinking of the Titanic, we thought we'd answer a question that's often asked,
"If they raised the Mary Rose, why not raise the Titanic?"
Allow our scaled diagram to explain...
Portrait with Wolf is choice-based Inform work inspired by the IF art shows of old. Bleak, poetic, nonsensical
even if it's not for everyone, it could be for you
I made it for Spring Thing
www.springthing.net/2025/play.ht...
And what was that all-female space mission 60 years ago?
That would be Vostok 6, which had Soviet cosmonaut Valentina Tereshkova doing a three-day solo flight (during which she, you know, actually operated the spacecraft)
a tweet from eggersfilms with a photograph of robert eggers and a title card for "werwulf": Robert Eggers on the dialogue in his upcoming film Werwulf: βI donβt know who leaked what, but itβs been said β and taken as official β that the movie is in Old English. But obviously, because of the 13th-century setting, itβs Middle English. I just want to be clear on that.β
you fuckin' tell em, bobby eggers
The Zilog Z280 microprocessor. Able to address 16 megabytes of memory, and with MMU for 64k code area and 64k data area. It wasn't so popular, so it ceased manufacturing, but for some reason, Zilog sent all datasheets and manuals to oblivion. Check bitsavers. #zilog
Excerpt from an Ethiopian icon depicting God as the Ancient of Days with his hand raised in blessing. He is placed in a circle carried by the Four Living Creatures and wears a red and blue garment. In his other hand, he holds a book.
Blessings from the α₯αα¨α‘ ααααα‘ ("The Ancient of Days")!
Ethiopia, 15th c. #ancientofdays #god #blessing #icon #africanicon #africanart
I started a Zork I think back in January, then got busy with Spring Thing :( Had some time for it today!
youtu.be/5GwokkXKVcA