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This was a triumph. I'm making a note here: HUGE SUCCESS.
I finally figured out how to use "Virtual Terminal" functionality in VisiCorp VisiOn, a graphical operating system from 42 years ago.
Took me only 29 days (mostly 1-2 hours a day after work) to go from "there is no developer documentation for this operating system, and there never were any third-party applications" to "we can make a useful application". The actual Homebrew App was made by Akko to my specifications, so it is a clean-room application implementation.
There are still a few more things I want to discover: on-screen buttons, graphics/bitmaps, and keyboard input.
The documentation for my project is mostly a "brain dump" and can be hard to read. I will write a human-readable description after I implement a game for the OS, and maybe port a BASIC to it, or something. I'm thinking of making a 2048 game, but if you have better ideas, let me know.
As somebody who sees college students on the other side of that admissions process: ••yes••, can confirm. What 
@StillIRise1963 said. It’s not just the essays; it’s the people. https://mastodon.world/@StillIRise1963/115571469399844178
websites stop centralizing challenge (impossible)
Instead of doing the game jam this time around, we've been making some interesting new demos! And here's GoblinShare: Secure, Peer-to-Peer File-Sharing with Goblins https://spritely.institute/news/goblinshare-secure-peer-to-peer-file-sharing-with-goblins.html
Combining Goblins, OCapN, and encrypted content addressed storage!
"SOLLEN", "Absichtserklärung" ...
KI und Cloud: Behörden sollen EU-Dienste bevorzugen - Absichtserklärung unterzeichnet
https://orf.at/stories/3411925/
Mathematics and Computation (2019) [pdf]
Link: https://www.math.ias.edu/files/Book-online-Aug0619.pdf
Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45964816
snerk
Instead of doing the game jam this time around, we've been making some interesting new demos! And here's GoblinShare: Secure, Peer-to-Peer File-Sharing with Goblins https://spritely.institute/news/goblinshare-secure-peer-to-peer-file-sharing-with-goblins.html
Combining Goblins, OCapN, and encrypted content addressed storage!
いいぞ
日曜劇場『ザ・ロイヤルファミリー』×玉置浩二『ファンファーレ』SPコラボムービー【TBS】
https://youtube.com/watch?v=DpfZOtlIzx8
Today we celebrate Latvia’s independence – a hard-won freedom we never take for granted.
We thank all friends of Latvia around the world who have helped shape and share our story throughout the years.
Saules mūžu Latvijai! 🇱🇻
Nákladní tramvaje s pomocí cargokol by mohly pomoci udržitelné logistice v Praze. Stávající pražská mikrodepa jsou v dosahu tramvajové, některé i železniční sítě.
Really detest getting widely reposted on Mastodon. For some reason it's a lot worse than when it happened on Twitter. Maybe because of all the German furries here.
Solving a Million-Step LLM Task with Zero Errors
Link: https://arxiv.org/abs/2511.09030
Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45968362
パーカーちょっとほしい
PRESS RELEASE | HHKBとZOZOTOWNがコラボレーション！ZOZOTOWN限定アイテムを発売 | PFU
https://www.pfu.ricoh.com/news/2025/news251118.html
Well before I saw this ... graph? Ad? Assault on reason? I *thought* I was pretty smart, but now my brain is running out of my ears.
I don't know what's worse... the pointless levels, the not-a-pie-chart format, that percents don't add to 100?
Why is it a circle?
It's like someone explained the concept of "multiple intelligences" to someone incapable of understanding that concept.
Anyway, I'm told this kind of 'content' is "the future"
I bet the numbers are made up. From nowhere.
ねむすぎてねおちした結果 早朝に起きる かなしい
It's probably not great that like half of the internet seems to be crashing out about twice a month, right?
My notes on Gemini 3, including analyzing a 3.5 hour council meeting audio recording and performance on a new, improved version of my pelican on a bicycle benchmark https://simonwillison.net/2025/Nov/18/gemini-3/
> looking for a new ide > ask google if their new ide is vscode or an ide > they dont understand > pull out illustrated diagram explaining the difference between rebadged vscode and an actual ide > they laugh and says its a good ide > look inside > vscode
Apple's website in 2002 when the 2nd generation iPod came out. Full story: https://cybercultural.com/p/ipod-2002/
RE: https://infosec.exchange/@briankrebs/115571733879444811
This is a really interesting point. Thinking about this from a state actor perspective. you could definitely see a group targeting something like cloudflare because a singular target was behind it.
What's your favorite bit of disinformation you like to tell others?
@catsaladCat 🐈🥗 (D.Burch) 
The corn husk wrapper of a tamale is perfectly edible and delicious if you try hard enough.
[DSF] Five ways to discover Django packages
New Django ecosystem page plus resources like State of Django survey, Django Packages, Awesome Django, Reddit and newsletters help developers discover third-party Django packages. #djangonews
https://www.djangoproject.com/weblog/2025/nov/02/five-ways-to-discover-django-packages/
Version 1.6 of #Pipilo on #iOS is out. Pipilo is a unique Fediverse app where you view posts one at a time in a horizontal timeline.
The update implements Liquid Glass design, adds support for custom (animated) emojis, and changes cross-device position synchronization to work automatically without the need for confirmation each time.
Check it out, share and enjoy!
Full release notes: https://pipilo.thanel.me/changelog
App Store: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/pipilo/id1584544719
One of my AirTags is inexplicably 1600 miles away in Texas. It's one of my floating ones that I throw into bags when traveling as needed. In an industrial port area. I wish AirTags could tell stories about their adventures.
RE: https://infosec.exchange/@briankrebs/115571733879444811
This is a really interesting point. Thinking about this from a state actor perspective. you could definitely see a group targeting something like cloudflare because a singular target was behind it.
Love this so much. 💜
It seems like some people could not make it after all and returned their #BSidesVienna ticket and their workshop ticket. There are now free seats again for #lockpicking and #AIHacking https://tickets.bsidesvienna.at/7e9/
tf is #cloudflare 
もちきんちゃくぷっぷー
Pebble, Rebble, and a Path Forward
Link: https://ericmigi.com/blog/pebble-rebble-and-a-path-forward/
Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45969250
"Black maternal health care has become a crisis in the United States. We’ve covered the alarming disparity in health outcomes between Black and white women, with Black women being three times more likely to die from pregnancy-related complications than white women.”
https://www.theroot.com/black-woman-allegedly-forced-to-give-birth-in-a-truck-a-2000073644
"Black maternal health care has become a crisis in the United States. We’ve covered the alarming disparity in health outcomes between Black and white women, with Black women being three times more likely to die from pregnancy-related complications than white women.”
https://www.theroot.com/black-woman-allegedly-forced-to-give-birth-in-a-truck-a-2000073644
@StillIRise1963 Seriously, “black women don’t feel much pain” has to be the stupidest shit perpetuated by white patriarchy which still keeps claiming lives.
> looking for a new ide > ask google if their new ide is vscode or an ide > they dont understand > pull out illustrated diagram explaining the difference between rebadged vscode and an actual ide > they laugh and says its a good ide > look inside > vscode
I had the displeasure of reading an article in the Harvard student paper by an economics major who said in apparent seriousness that comp sci majors are wasting time on theory classes like “Introduction to Algorithms and their Limitations” when they could be learning REAL skills like prompt engineering.
Algorithms are not useless theory, you unbalanced red-red tree. They’re the entire fucking point of the degree, you empty hash bucket. Go gamble daddy’s money on a startup your buddies thought up last night, you quadratic insert operation
PRESENTING, FOR THE VERY FIRST TIME
A WAY TO NUMERICALLY CLASSIFY REPLYGUYS
HEAVEN OR HELL
CYBERSMITH OR HANS FROM STUTTGART
THE FEDIVERSE REPLYGUY SCORESHEET
NOW YOU TOO CAN CRUNCH THE NUMBERS
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/16qwltxhxJJPjCswz7dukAeMO-woAxymd_oirZUYg5Kk/edit?usp=sharing
Ditch your (mut)ex, you deserve better https://lobste.rs/s/asgxra #distributed #programming
https://chrispenner.ca/posts/mutexes
I will never forget having to edit Jamal’s final, posthumous piece for the Washington Post, after he was murdered.
He was calling for free expression in the Arab world. You can read it here :
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/glo...
Opinion | Jamal Khashoggi: Wha...
Kubernetes! they said. That will do it!
So far, every single "quick start with kubernetes" tutorial has failed with increasingly opaque error codes. Nothing in the guide for "what happens if the first step crashes and burns".
Gotta find some way to turn today around.
Mobster on the left had the journalist Jamal Khashoggi murdered and dismembered with a bone saw.
Mobster on the right says that’s just fine: “A lot of people didn't like the gentleman you're talking about. Whether you like him or didn't like him, things happen.”
They don't even bother to pretend.
HOPE has been banned from St. John's University. https://www.2600.com/content/hope-conference-banned-st-johns-university
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looking at job apps and just not feeling good enough
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