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Today's follow-up #FreeSoftwareAdvent entry is vi/vim.
Which I use depends on the situation. Classic vi/nvi tends to be lighter weight and start faster, while vim offers extra features that I find particularly useful). I usually just type `vi` which gets me `vi` on OpenBSD, `nvi` on FreeBSD, and `vim` (or `vim-tiny`) on most flavors of Linux. If I specifically want vim features, I'll invoke it as such directly.
I could go on for ages about favorite features, but a select few:
• the ability to keep my hands on the home row and not use a mouse is helpful for preventing RSI symptoms
• it's a language¹ of editing, involving counts, verbs/commands, and objects/motions, so I can express my editing *intent* and then use the period command to re-issue that same editing *intent*
• the :global or :substitute commands can make massive-yet-precise edits across huge files
• the :*do commands extend that power across multiple files, allowing me to precisely edit millions of lines across thousands of files with targeted precision
• it's ubiquitous—even as some Linux distros have started removing ed(1) from the base installs , relegating it to packages, I can always type `vi` on any Unix-like/POSIX system and be editing with a powerful editor. And with builds for Windows and my phone, I can use it everywhere. No need to install anything
• they work just fine over a SSH connection without a GUI, and use minimal resources so they work even on that old hardware from the 90s.
With the crucial thingy:
did you know that https://www.goodram.com/en/ is a Polish brand which makes stuff in Poland?
#decemberAdventure day 5: Wrapping up the new ilo implementations, today I did GNU Smalltalk. It's in the repository at http://fossils.retroforth.org:8000/ilo/dir?ci=tip With this I now have implemented ilo in 25 programming languages.
This isn't yet good Smalltalk, it's very much like the C original in structure, though I did make some notes on things I need to improve. I might revisit this later this month.
My full logs are at https://charles.childe.rs/DA2025/
Taking #NetBSD for a little test drive...
#Codeberg has a rather small team backing it. As registrations on Codeberg have gone way up as of the past week, we could always use help from (both from non-technical and technical volunteers). To see what we have to offer, take a look here: https://codeberg.org/Codeberg/Contributing/wiki
There isn't necessarily a time commitment involved (if at all). Say, if 20 people spent 5-15 minutes to, say, send a pull request to something that annoyed them in our documentation, it would be in a much better state.
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#Codeberg has a rather small team backing it. As registrations on Codeberg have gone way up as of the past week, we could always use help from (both from non-technical and technical volunteers). To see what we have to offer, take a look here: https://codeberg.org/Codeberg/Contributing/wiki
There isn't necessarily a time commitment involved (if at all). Say, if 20 people spent 5-15 minutes to, say, send a pull request to something that annoyed them in our documentation, it would be in a much better state.
What is it that makes funroll loops so fun?
"Cognitive task" is an ontological sleight-of-hand used to obscure the distinction between the way a human would perform the task, and the nature of the task itself.
Had to slice a cake and couldn't find the right tool. So I used a Bryan Adams CD. Cuts like a knife.
A crane in the evening.
📷️️️️ Canon AE-1
🎞️ Ilford HP5+ @ 800
🔭 Canon FD 50mm/2.0, yellow filter
⚗️ Come Through Lab
#BelieveInFilm #FilmPhotography #AnalogPhotography #35mm #BlackAndWhitePhotography #BlackAndWhite #MonochromePhotography
11月22日｜長門峡 竜宮渕～雪舟滝
山口県萩市/山口市：長門峡
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Nikon D700 + Ai AF Zoom-Nikkor 24-50mm F3.3-4.5S
#misskey写真部 #photography
Shop Small — a collection of things made by hand 💛 https://slowerthings.com/collections/yoyos/products/deepest-state-yo-yo-made-in-oregon-usa-1
Even if you don't use this exact framework/constructions, this provides a good overview on the properties you can expect from how to combine key exchange + symmetric encryption.
RE: https://mastodon.social/@webology/115667153841386470
🗓️ This week's Office Hours start in 30 minutes, but I'm on now to work on some open source work from now until office hours.
Feel free to join or hit me up for a link if you haven't joined before.
Alternatively, consider joining https://2025.conference.pyladies.com/en/schedule/ too if you want to catch some great talks for the next day or two.
Swift compiler settings are a critical part of your project configuration. I took some time to take stock of the current situation, including some (light) recommendations.
For the cis folks: what they do to us is a practice run for what they'll do to you.
I noticed other folks on the tag were doing family portraits, so here's the whole gang. (SUGA was feeling outnumbered by pachyderms, so I added some other small friends.) #plushtodon
pigheaded refusal to learn things
a thing i believe despite all reason is that celsius and fahrenheit are rarely commensurable. freezing and below, yes, but there is no C that equals 50 F, and no F that equals 25 C
apolozen氏によるEktachrome E100 (noritsu scan)のエミュレーションをコンデジのjpegに使う、さいたま市
Canon IXY 210F
https://discuss.pixls.us/t/art-film-emulation-ctl-pipeline/52136/7 #Misskey写真部
I noticed other folks on the tag were doing family portraits, so here's the whole gang. (SUGA was feeling outnumbered by pachyderms, so I added some other small friends.) #plushtodon
Why we built Lightpanda in Zig
Link: https://lightpanda.io/blog/posts/why-we-built-lightpanda-in-zig
Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46165249
Good news everyone! We hit our first milestone: maintenance is 100% funded. Thank you all ❤️
Next up: unlock the stretch goal to co‑design federated groups: community‑owned spaces to organise across the fediverse, with no server or platform lock‑in.
Read about why this matters and how it can empower communities: https://bonfirenetworks.org/posts/why-community-matters-groups-as-the-next-step-for-the-fediverse/
Support the campaign: https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/bonfire/community?refcode=tBIbwXI4dU25KvW4HBM0hQ
Edwardian Christmas card #advent calendar day 5… sorry about the late start, life and health has got in the way. This delightful donkey one folds out..
I bought a job lot of Edwardian Christmas cards earlier in the year and wanted to share them #Edwardian
Coupongogo: Remote-Controlled Crypto Stealer Targeting Developers on GitHub https://lobste.rs/s/shx10i #security
https://www.rastersec.com/blog/coupongogo-cryptostealer
with the latest change, git-pages is now fully incremental: whether you're deploying from a git repository or from a directory via the CLI, it doesn't reupload files that are already a part of your site (± some corner cases)
DPPでTIFF出力からのLightroomのフロー、だいぶ良い。ただしデータサイズが6000*4000で130MBとか、管理どうするかが課題。
#マストドン写真部 #photography #PowerShotV1
As of Friday, the average marketed price for a new vehicle in the United States was $51,131, according to Cloud Theory’s 2025 vehicle price tracker.
In Japan, a new kei truck costs between $8,000 to $15,000, according to the website, Oiwa Garage.
OH: "Wie viele Menschen braucht ein Mensch durchschnittlich beim Lächeln?"
"Mit oder ohne Botox?"
Immer dran glauben.. dann öffnet der Link sich bestimmt 🤣🤣
It is that time of year, so I thought I’d mention that my book YOU DESERVE A TECH UNION is very much a thing you can buy for any tech workers in your life. Or yourself!
You can buy it just about anywhere books are sold, or ask your library to grab a copy! https://ethanmarcotte.com/books/you-deserve-a-tech-union/
"can u explain the gaps in your CV" yes those are spaces they help you know what's a word and what's another word, it's the long bar on the keyboard here gimme your phone I can help u it's easy
Good news everyone! We hit our first milestone: maintenance is 100% funded. Thank you all ❤️
Next up: unlock the stretch goal to co‑design federated groups: community‑owned spaces to organise across the fediverse, with no server or platform lock‑in.
Read about why this matters and how it can empower communities: https://bonfirenetworks.org/posts/why-community-matters-groups-as-the-next-step-for-the-fediverse/
Support the campaign: https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/bonfire/community?refcode=tBIbwXI4dU25KvW4HBM0hQ
Ihr habt gewählt, ich hab regiert.
Hier ist der Eilmeldung-Bot und bei jeder Tagesschau Eilmeldung könnt ihr abstimmen, ob es wirklich eine Eilmeldung ist.
Good news everyone! We hit our first milestone: maintenance is 100% funded. Thank you all ❤️
Next up: unlock the stretch goal to co‑design federated groups: community‑owned spaces to organise across the fediverse, with no server or platform lock‑in.
Read about why this matters and how it can empower communities: https://bonfirenetworks.org/posts/why-community-matters-groups-as-the-next-step-for-the-fediverse/
Support the campaign: https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/bonfire/community?refcode=tBIbwXI4dU25KvW4HBM0hQ
#GitPages now supports incremental site updates when uploading via the CLI!
pictured are logs for two individual uploads:
1a. PUT probe (says blobs are missing)
1b. PUT upload (uploads all the blobs)
2. PUT probe (says all the blobs are already there)
Are you at @bsidesphilly? We are too! Come say hi at our table across from the CTF room!
ブラウザの開発者ツールでネットワークダブを開いておくと誰がどこからエラーを返してるか見えることもあるよぬ
I love using agents for analyzing codebases for me. My prior pattern of `grep` and manual skimming has been fully replaced with agents. I ask it to list sources and line numbers and then I go in and verify for myself (never blind trust). Examples:
- https://ampcode.com/threads/T-f02e59f8-e474-493d-9558-11fddf823672?q=tmux
- https://ampcode.com/threads/T-dbf44464-1708-4d71-b525-f013f06f398c?q=tmux
- https://ampcode.com/threads/T-9670685d-b520-4b5d-a021-d1c5e7c74fa5?q=tmux
Total cost of all of them: less than $2. Gives me a huge jump start on researching things.
Reason versus Sentimental Attachment for Old Projects
https://hackaday.com/2025/12/05/reason-versus-sentimental-attachment-for-old-projects/
Great WhatsApp advice: Leave WhatsApp groups quietly 🤫
#WhatsApp can see everything about your group: profile photo, group description, who’s in your group, even who used to be in it (!), and much more…
Keep your #privacy top of mind. Switch to #Signal.
Download 👉 https://signal.org/install 💙
🚨 Don’t miss out: Today is the *final* day of our Cyber Week sale! Get or gift access to all 346 episodes of Point-Free, as well as all episodes coming in 2026: https://www.pointfree.co/blog/posts/195-last-chance-save-30-on-point-free
the Q in LGBTQ stands for QEMU, the generic and open source machine emulator and virtualizer
UK pushes ahead with facial recognition expansion despite civil liberties backlash #privacy, #HumanRights
https://www.theregister.com/2025/12/05/uk_cops_facial_recognition/
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