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a measured response on Greenland from a number of NATO members I’m reluctant to give much attention to what I can only imagine is an incendiary misdirection from matters closer to home but 🤷♂️
ok, I think I'm done with this project?
it now plays conway's game of life and creepy noises, all from a single STM32G431 MCU with minimal external components, which is really all you can want from some lowfi analogue TV stuff.
In the process of making the audio work I ended up changing from channel 2 to channel 3 to get rid of the interference from the 48MHz clock I use for audio, which also means I'm running the CPU faster and get a little bit more processing time. Number of external components is now 4 resistors for mixing the baseband video signal and 5.5MHz audio carrier. Unfortunately going to the higher frequency also meant losing some signal quality, since I'm operating the internal opamp even more out of spec. Or maybe I'm just unlucky and there is more interference on that frequency here.
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Volkswagen Brings Back Physical Buttons
Link: https://www.caranddriver.com/news/a69916699/volkswagen-interior-physical-buttons-return/
Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46514913
Opinion: Cloud software / online services really, really, *really* need to plan in a specific model primitive for "this user is dead"
I have been trying to figure out what to post here about ICE activity today in the Minneapolis / St. Paul metro. It is just •batshit• out there.
Some admin mucky-muck is in town today (Noem, I think?), and ICE is putting on a full We Are A Big Fascist Deal theater show. The result of this is chaos: ICE caravans all over, vulnerable people terrified, less-vulnerable residents dropping their work to keep watch on the streets.
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LLM에서 마크다운이 널리 쓰이게 되면서 안 보고 싶어도 볼 수 밖에 없게 된 흔한 꼬라지로 그림에서 보는 것처럼 마크다운 강조 표시(**)가 그대로 노출되어 버리는 광경이 있다. 이 문제는 CommonMark의 고질적인 문제로, 한 10년 전쯤에 보고한 적도 있는데 지금까지 어떤 해결책도 제시되지 않은 채로 방치되어 있다.
문제의 상세는 이러하다. CommonMark는 마크다운을 표준화하는 과정에서 파싱의 복잡도를 제한하기 위해 연속된 구분자(delimiter run)라는 개념을 넣었는데, 연속된 구분자는 어느 방향에 있느냐에 따라서 왼편(left-flanking)과 오른편(right-flanking)이라는 속성을 가질 수 있다(왼편이자 오른편일 수도 있고, 둘 다 아닐 수도 있다). 이 규칙에 따르면 **는 왼편의 연속된 구분자로부터 시작해서 오른편의 연속된 구분자로 끝나야만 한다. 여기서 중요한 건 왼편인지 오른편인지를 판단하는 데 외부 맥락이 전혀 안 들어가고 주변의 몇 글자만 보고 바로 결정된다는 것인데, 이를테면 왼편의 연속된 구분자는 **<보통 글자> 꼴이거나 <공백>**<기호> 또는 <기호>**<기호> 꼴이어야 한다. ("보통 글자"란 공백이나 기호가 아닌 글자를 가리킨다.) 첫번째 꼴은 아무래도 **마크다운**은 같이 낱말 안에 끼어 들어가 있는 연속된 구분자를 허용하기 위한 것이고, 두번째/세번째 꼴은 이 **"마크다운"** 형식은 같이 기호 앞에 붙어 있는 연속된 구분자를 제한적으로 허용하기 위한 것이라 해석할 수 있겠다. 오른편도 방향만 다르고 똑같은 규칙을 가지는데, 이 규칙으로 **마크다운(Markdown)**은을 해석해 보면 뒷쪽 **의 앞에는 기호가 들어 있으므로 뒤에는 공백이나 기호가 나와야 하지만 보통 글자가 나왔으므로 오른편이 아니라고 해석되어 강조의 끝으로 처리되지 않는 것이다.
CommonMark 명세에서도 설명되어 있지만, 이 규칙의 원 의도는 **이런 **식으로** 중첩되어** 강조된 문법을 허용하기 위한 것이다. 강조를 한답시고 **이런 ** 식으로 공백을 강조 문법 안쪽에 끼워 넣는 일이 일반적으로는 없으므로, 이런 상황에서 공백에 인접한 강조 문법은 항상 특정 방향에만 올 수 있다고 선언하는 것으로 모호함을 해소하는 것이다. 허나 CJK 환경에서는 공백이 아예 없거나 공백이 있어도 한국어처럼 낱말 안에서 기호를 쓰는 경우가 드물지 않기 때문에, 이런 식으로 어느 연속된 구분자가 왼편인지 오른편인지 추론하는 데 한계가 있다는 것이다. 단순히 <보통 문자>**<기호>도 왼편으로 해석하는 식으로 해서 **마크다운(Markdown)**은 같은 걸 허용한다 하더라도, このような**[状況](...)**は 이런 상황은 어쩔 것인가? 내가 느끼기에는 중첩되어 강조된 문법의 효용은 제한적인 반면 이로 인해 생기는 CJK 환경에서의 불편함은 명확하다. 그리고 LLM은 CommonMark의 설계 의도 따위는 고려하지 않고 실제 사람들이 사용할 법한 식으로 마크다운을 쓰기 때문에, 사람들이 막연하게 가지고만 있던 이런 불편함이 그대로 표면화되어 버린 것이고 말이다.
![* 21. Ba5# - 백이 룩과 퀸을 희생한 후, 퀸 대신 **비숍(Ba5)**이 결정적인 체크메이트를 성공시킵니다. 흑 킹이 탈출할 곳이 없으며, 백의 기물로 막을 수도 없습니다. [강조 처리된 "비숍(Ba5)" 앞뒤에 마크다운의 강조 표시 "**"가 그대로 노출되어 있다.]](https://media.hackers.pub/note-media/17646c5d-3f9d-472b-9d56-dd34006ad291.webp)
As Markdown has become the standard for LLM outputs, we are now forced to witness a common and unsightly mess where Markdown emphasis markers (**) remain unrendered and exposed, as seen in the image. This is a chronic issue with the CommonMark specification---one that I once reported about ten years ago---but it has been left neglected without any solution to this day.
The technical details of the problem are as follows: In an effort to limit parsing complexity during the standardization process, CommonMark introduced the concept of "delimiter runs." These runs are assigned properties of being "left-flanking" or "right-flanking" (or both, or neither) depending on their position. According to these rules, a bolded segment must start with a left-flanking delimiter run and end with a right-flanking one. The crucial point is that whether a run is left- or right-flanking is determined solely by the immediate surrounding characters, without any consideration of the broader context. For instance, a left-flanking delimiter must be in the form of **<ordinary character>, <whitespace>**<punctuation>, or <punctuation>**<punctuation>. (Here, "ordinary character" refers to any character that is not whitespace or punctuation.) The first case is presumably intended to allow markers embedded within a word, like **마크다운**은, while the latter cases are meant to provide limited support for markers placed before punctuation, such as in 이 **"마크다운"** 형식은. The rules for right-flanking are identical, just in the opposite direction.
However, when you try to parse a string like **마크다운(Markdown)**은 using these rules, it fails because the closing ** is preceded by punctuation (a parenthesis) and it must be followed by whitespace or another punctuation mark to be considered right-flanking. Since it is followed by an ordinary letter (은), it is not recognized as right-flanking and thus fails to close the emphasis.
As explained in the CommonMark spec, the original intent of this rule was to support nested emphasis, like **this **way** of nesting**. Since users typically don't insert spaces inside emphasis markers (e.g., **word **), the spec attempts to resolve ambiguity by declaring that markers adjacent to whitespace can only function in a specific direction. However, in CJK (Chinese, Japanese, Korean) environments, either spaces are completly absent or (as in Korean) punctuations are commonly used within a word. Consequently, there are clear limits to inferring whether a delimiter is left or right-flanking based on these rules. Even if we were to allow <ordinary character>**<punctuation> to be interpreted as left-flanking to accommodate cases like **마크다운(Markdown)**은, how would we handle something like このような**[状況](...)は**?
In my view, the utility of nested emphasis is marginal at best, while the frustration it causes in CJK environments is significant. Furthermore, because LLMs generate Markdown based on how people would actually use it---rather than strictly following the design intent of CommonMark---this latent inconvenience that users have long felt is now being brought directly to the surface.
![* 21. Ba5# - 백이 룩과 퀸을 희생한 후, 퀸 대신 **비숍(Ba5)**이 결정적인 체크메이트를 성공시킵니다. 흑 킹이 탈출할 곳이 없으며, 백의 기물로 막을 수도 없습니다. [The emphasized portion `비숍(Ba5)` is surrounded by unrendered Markdown emphasis marks `**`.]](https://media.hackers.pub/note-media/1e9c2aae-dd7d-4963-b3c8-34336b34dfac.webp)
I wanted a camera that doesn't exist – so I built it
Link: https://medium.com/@cristi.baluta/i-wanted-a-camera-that-doesnt-exist-so-i-built-it-5f9864533eb7
Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46466843
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유니티로 만든 똥겜을 하는 중
My favorite thing on Bluesky is a labeler made by the Social Technologies Lab at Cornell Tech.
https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:oubsyca6hhgqhmbbk27lvs7c
It surfaces metadata on posts. Most useful to me is "This person posted more than 50 times yesterday."
It recasts a post like the one pictured. It reminds me to look at their profile and figure out if they are a real person, and are they terminally online, or engagement farming, or what. Then I might block/mute because I don't need people like that in my lifeworld.
After the first 2 episodes "Pluribus" looks like a pretty mediocre show. Perhaps it gets better down the road, but right now I don't understand what all the hype is about...
아... 유니티 에디터 툴링 짜는거 너무 빡친다
RE: https://mastodon.gamedev.place/@synapticsugar/115849563013297469
Tell your friends! Tell your enemies! Agents of Groove is out on Playdate Catalog today! 🎉🪩🕺
The big tree at Cemetery Groenesteeg this morning ❤️
#Snow #Leiden #Sleutelstad #ThickTrunkTuesday #Winter #Cemetery
I am thinking of going to #FOSDEM. But the travel time is quite long 14-16h+. So I would like to combine it with some additional trip "nearby". Any recommendations what to do in winterly times?
Hähnchenbrustinnenfilets, Chickenwings, Drumsticks usw.
Habt ihr mal gezählt, wie viele tote Tiere ihr da mindestens gerade esst?
Es erdet ungemein, wenn ihr realisiert, dass für die Menge von 10 Chickenwings auf eurem Teller rein rechnerisch mindestens 5, vielleicht sogar 10 Hühner getötet worden sind.
Unangenehm? Ja, das sollte es sein. Aber nicht, dass ich das sage, sondern dass ihr verdrängt, was ihr da tut.
Ist es das wirklich wert? Nur, weil es schmeckt?
そういえばお風呂した
RE: https://mastodon.gamedev.place/@synapticsugar/115849563013297469
Tell your friends! Tell your enemies! Agents of Groove is out on Playdate Catalog today! 🎉🪩🕺
Does anyone know if mastodon broadcasts replies to posts?
I (possibly naively) assumed I'd catch an ActivityPub `Create` event on my server when someone replied to a post created on my server, but nothing's arriving 🤷
How are people learning about replies to their posts? What am I doing wrong?
You gotta love #SlopAwards, where some company generates a top-whatever list using #AI, publishes it in the hope that the famous awardees repost it, and doesn’t even bother checking it.
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岩にしみ入る
おやすみすきー 
Quark,
Your use of the phrase "Social Justice Warrior" as an insult only reveals your own cowardly dishonor.
Worf
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Todd Sundsted @toddsundsted@epiktistes.com
The two big features in release v3.2.7 of Ktistec are back end support for creating polls (the front end is coming in the next release) and advanced theming support—specifically, a rich vocabulary of CSS class values and data attributes on which to build a theme. The full set is documented in the README. I'll post more on how I'm using these later this week.
Here is the full set of notable changes:
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#ktistec #crystallang #activitypub #fediverse
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RE: https://tapbots.social/@ivory/115849434866292703
Nice! So let’s test the theory.
If you are *not* using Ivory as your Masto app, do you see this as a quote post now?
Opus 4.5 is not the normal AI agent experience that I have had thus far
Link: https://burkeholland.github.io/posts/opus-4-5-change-everything/
Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46515696
god damn it in 2026 I need to STOP finishing sentences with "...or something", "...I think", or "...stuff like that".
it's time to be CONFIDENTLY WRONG
If you're running Windows and still using WinImage for handling basic floppy disk images, it is time to retire it. It served us well, but there is now a replacement called DiskImageTool that is superior in every conceivable way and is completely free and open source.
The latest version adds a small drag & drop feature I requested, and it's just the final touch that makes it a perfect replacement for me.
Zero heap allocation HTTP server using OxCaml https://lobste.rs/s/uqsbvk #ml
https://github.com/avsm/httpz
Raspberry Pi and mini PC home lab prices hit parity as DRAM costs skyrocket — price hikes force hobbyists to weigh up performance versus power consumption
https://www.tomshardware.com/raspberry-pi/raspberry-pi-and-mini-pc-home-lab-prices-hit-parity-as-dram-costs-skyrocket-price-hikes-force-hobbyists-to-weigh-up-performance-versus-power-consumption?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
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"Nach Stromausfall: Berliner Senat setzt nach Stromanschlag auf mehr Videoüberwachung"
Videoüberwachung funktioniert mit Strom.
Wer sagt's ihr?
"Is “People aren’t paying attention” just a dressed-up version of “People aren’t paying attention to me?
The suspicion that all this is élite anxiety in the face of a democratizing mediascape deepens when you consider what the attentionistas want people to focus on. ...When someone calls for audiences to be more patient, I instinctively think, Alternatively, you could be less boring."
An excellent piece by Daniel Immerwahr from last year.
https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2025/01/27/the-sirens-call-chris-hayes-book-review
"Nach Stromausfall: Berliner Senat setzt nach Stromanschlag auf mehr Videoüberwachung"
Videoüberwachung funktioniert mit Strom.
Wer sagt's ihr?
RE: https://hachyderm.io/@molly0xfff/115848969233248224
And if you're not sure where or how: https://getblogging.org/
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Sorry for the wait, but Ivory v2.4 is finally available on the App Store! Features support for the official quote posts (assuming your server is running Mastodon 4.5 or later) and we've made big improvements to fetching replies and post metadata in the post detail views.
https://apps.apple.com/us/app/ivory-for-mastodon-by-tapbots/id6444602274
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Chee Aun 🤔