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Just finished 'git commit murder'. Such a fun! Recommended!
When I read all those delightful Agatha Christie's books, there were always things that didn't make sense for a young South American boy *... Now an adult, reading a story where all the nerd stuff makes sense was fantastic!
Now it's time to get back to serious stuff: 'SSH Mastery'.
* 'meat pudding'?
I failed to recreate the 1996 Space Jam Website with Claude
Link: https://j0nah.com/i-failed-to-recreate-the-1996-space-jam-website-with-claude/
Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46183294
Apparently Threads has also implemented a post quote feature.
I say “apparently” because posts seen through fedi-link only have “RE:” followed by *absolutely nothing*, but if you use the Threads app and open the same post, it has the expected embedded (quoted) post.
Not sure where the breakdown is, but I’m betting that Threads is not using the same APIs as native Mastodon instances.
Driving me nuts, but getting those folks to abandon Threads for a true Mastodon instance just won’t happen: “but my followers!”
There was no real market rationale for including AI in Calibre. It's not like people were going to switch to a competitor if it didn't have AI integration, because Calibre effectively has no competitors. It's the one name that always crops up when you ask how to do something even moderately complicated with ebooks. And now people are actively looking for alternatives.
Anyone looking at the US news with increasing horror as it starts firming up the US is going Full Fascist Forward?
And yeah, to my fellow Canadians, you all saw that bit where the new US military strategic planning will shift to "combat operations in the Western Hemisphere" away from competing power blocs.
That is us those are for. Go on. Tell me I'm wrong. It ain't just Venezuelan oil and water on the menu.
They mean to slaughter us. We are nothing to them but resources and possible chattel.
AAAARRRGGGLLLL !!!!!!!!
Calibre Release: 8.16.2 [04 Dec, 2025]
New features
- Allow asking AI questions about any book in your calibre library. Right click the "View" button and choose "Discuss selected book(s) with AI"
- AI: Allow asking AI what book to read next by right clicking on a book and using the "Similar books" menu
- AI: Add a new backend for "LM Studio" which allows running various AI models locally
Ora il canale Telegram LibreCaffè ha anche un sito dedicato, le iscrizioni sono sempre aperte! ☕ https://librecaffe.it
In the Starfleet Technical Manual, there is a throwaway detail of the LCARS user interface that when it is upgraded, users can still utilize the previous several versions. This is because their work is mission-critical and it is unacceptable to compromise the mission by forcing unfamiliar changes; eventual retraining is part of their job, but the flexibility allows them to take the retraining at their own pace.
I think about this from time-to-time and how this is still a sci-fi idea that is seen all too rarely in how we do actual computer UIs.
How UI degrades over time.
Top (Windows 95): great contrast, obvious shapes. Instantly readable.
Middle (Windows 11): shapes are still self-explanatory, but contrast is gone.
Bottom (Windows 11 Insiders): what am I even looking at? The only shape I can understand here is the Run button. Barely visible, though.
Then, on the left, there’s another something that says Run and has an icon. What is it? A window title? Another button? Why does it have to say Run twice?
... 1/3
Sometimes I look in the replies of 
@mekkaokerekemekka okereke 
's posts when he talks about how the Fediverse is not friendly to Black people. Just tons of people tripping over themselves to say they don't see race... therefore they don't see the problem. Making their point even more valid :)
It’s a good idea
#OpenBSD
What was on the #vegan plate tonight?
Butternut Squash, Chickpea and Kale Curry. Served w/ Basmati Rice, and Salt & Pepper Roasted Butternut Squash.
#VeganForTheAnimals #ItsEasy2bVegan #VeganFood #Vegan4Life #SvenskaVeganer #KeepDeathOffThePlate #HomeCooking #Vegansk #Vegaani
F35 Fighter Jet’s C++ Coding Standards https://lobste.rs/s/loqwsc #pdf #c++
https://www.stroustrup.com/JSF-AV-rules.pdf
Defeating Prompt Injections by Design https://lobste.rs/s/ldfsmq #ai #security
https://arxiv.org/pdf/2503.18813
Estimates are difficult for developers and product owners https://lobste.rs/s/lp2m1v #practices
https://thorsell.io/2025/12/07/estimates.html
An Interactive Guide to the Fourier Transform
Link: https://betterexplained.com/articles/an-interactive-guide-to-the-fourier-transform/
Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46118358
The widespread publishing of AI slop (and relatedly, even predating LLMs, the enshittification of Google search results) is a much more interesting discussion than most of LLM Discourse.
https://mastodon.green/@Tarnport/115679627597776698
Portrait of a great nation bespoiled by a hate-fueled, malignant regime: People who did everything right, followed all the rules, did all the work, passed the test, and then, at what should have been a celebration, humiliated, pulled out of line, citizenship yanked at the last minute.
https://www.wgbh.org/news/local/2025-12-05/immigrants-kept-from-faneuil-hall-citizenship-ceremony-as-feds-crackdown-nationwide
@silverpill I had to dig around in the code to find the extra_supported_types configuration option:
@
@
leyrer
mcc
Ian Wagner
# Limits
limits:
media:
extra_supported_types: ["application/pdf"]
# file_size_limit: 20M
# emoji_size_limit: 500K
posts:
character_limit: 10000
and was thinking of doing a PR on the docs, but I'm not sure where it would fit
Scala 3 slowed us down?
Link: https://kmaliszewski9.github.io/scala/2025/12/07/scala3-slowdown.html
Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46182202
System design interview cheatsheet, by 
@jadi https://open.substack.com/pub/jadi/p/system-design-interview-cheatsheet?r=24524&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true
👨💻 Hallihallo. Kurz was in eigener Sache.
Das hier ist jetzt innerhalb von 48 Stunden auf fast 500 FollowerInnen angewachsen. Es ist eins dieser Spaßprojekte, die ich immer mal wieder ankündige, nur dass ich dieses Mal die Idee zu witzig fand, um sie einfach zu ignorieren.
Also seht es bitte als genau das: Ein Spaßprojekt. Gemessen an journalistischen Standards kommt der Öffentlich Rechtliche Rundfunk dem unerreichbaren Ideal noch am nächsten.
Wenn ihr wirklich etwas zum Besseren verändern wollt, sind Abstimmungen im Internet der falsche Weg (selbst wenn es im Fediverse passiert).
Und wo ihr gerade schon da seid: Lasst euch nicht unterkriegen, bleibt solidarisch mit euren Mitmenschen, macht tolle Sachen. Alles Liebe, 
@oli
初めて見たターミナルマルチプレクサーを親だと思って死ぬまでscreenに付いていくおっさん←
Es ist Winter und egal wie kalt es ist. Grünkohl geht auf jeden Fall.
The memory upgrade price for Apple MacBook is justified now…😜
Locks in PostgreSQL
Link: https://habr.com/en/companies/postgrespro/articles/504498/
Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46182496
ラーメン食ーべたぃ♪こーってり食ーべたぃ♪
So... the Calibre release 8.16.2, dated December 4, includes new "AI” features. It might be time to stop updating.
bringing out tampermonkey because I have to click through 98 pages to enable Trusted Publishing for them on npm 🙃
OpenAI disables ChatGPT app suggestions that looked like ads
Link: https://techoreon.com/openai-disables-chatgpt-app-suggestions-ads-backlash/
Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46182582
Why Fighter Jets Ban 90% of C++ Features [video]
Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gv4sDL9Ljww
Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46183657
Oh shiiiiiiiit
It's glitchy but this one comes up, if I give it at least 80 mA at 3.75 V. (The batteries are long dead, and the factory charger wires got eaten by rats, so it's hooked up to my bench supply via test leads.)
I have such fond memories of these ridiculous tiny LED displays. This one is on an HP-35.
もう4時やんけ..
Mastodon Bird UI support for Mastodon v4.6.0 with CSS properties is coming soon. The theme will also be modularized using SCSS partials to match Mastodon's new style infrastructure.
The build process will include npm scripts and Parcel, making the theme ultra-portable for any Mastodon instance, whether added through the Custom CSS textarea or directly by a Mastodon admin.
I'll also create a simple bash script for Mastodon admins to enable the theme as a selectable option more easily than the current fork-and-cut method.
This is no easy feat, but definitely worth it.
GitHub: https://github.com/ronilaukkarinen/mastodon-bird-ui
Progress in the nightly branch.
#MastodonBirdUI #CSS #OpenSource #MastoAdmin #Theming #BirdUI #Mastodon #BuildInPublic
Lazy Sundays are for updating to 
@astro Starlight v0.37! 🌟
Fixed some typos and outdated links on my site while I was also there to refresh/downplay the old Gitpod (RIP) content.
@lcamtuflcamtuf 
privacy is not just a human right.
Hey fellow people interested in independent music and sonic exploration, analog tape recording, tools and online community.
I wanted to give a shout out to 
@SpaDogs who joined the Fediverse after I suggested it to him.
I think he deserve some more friends, follower or whatever fedizens are called as he is a friendly and positive guy interested in cool stuff and always comments in a positive, friendly and non-scary way that I appreciate.
So how about giving him a follow?
Boosts appreciated.
Gruppe D des #Obstturnier hofft Ihr hattet einen stressfreien Samstag...
#ObstturnierVote
Kurze Vorstellungen:
Die Kaki (Persimmon), auch genannt Chinesische Quitte oder "Götterspeise", ist die süße, orangefarbene, einer Tomate ähnelnde Frucht des Kakibaums. Sharon ist eine Unterart.
Zur Zuckermelone gehören u.a. "Netzmelone" und Galiamelone, beide entsprechend nicht extra im Turnier.
Achtung: In der Gruppenphase finden 2 Abstimmungen am Tag statt, Start um 08:00 Uhr und 20 Uhr, je 24 h lang
Liebe alle, helft meiner heißgeliebten Grapefruit gern über die Vorrunde!
The correct spelling is the "FIFA World Cup Appease Prize".
Fraktal falscher Unsinn des Jahres: "Europa ist abgehängt bei KI"
#NowPlaying
Track: Comfort Chain
Album: Comfort Chain
Artist: Instupendo
How's your day going? #vibe #VibeCheck #poll
slowed + reverb も好き
snowfallすき
DevelopersIO 
@reiver ⊼ (Charles) 
v4rd4453n
Quincy
Evan Prodromou
