Today's #DecemberAdventure in March was writing a simple BASIC interpreter in Pali assembly for my ilo vm.

Full Log @ https://charles.childe.rs/DA2026-March.txt and code @ https://charles.childe.rs/DA2026-Poraka.pali

chlápek u piva ukazuje kamarádům appku a líčí důvody proč jí používat

je dobrý vidět svojí práci v rukách lidí. a u produktu který používá 120M+ lidí je to docela často

Seit Kurzem gibt es die Webseite https://imday.de/ um Menschen einen möglichst einfach Einstieg in #XMPP zu ermöglichen.

Ich habe nun zusätzlich eine angepasste Variante von Easy XMPP Invitation hinzugefügt, damit die Menschen ihre IM-Adresse einfach und verständlich an andere weitergeben können:
https://imday.de/adresse/

#diday #did #dut

A puppy trying to learn basic computer skills the day before a job interview so that his actual skills match what he put on his resume.

Die Stadt #Essen möchte gerne mein "Ja" für #olympia kurz nachdem sie verkündet hat, sie hätte kein Geld um RTW Fahrten ihrer Bürger*innen zu bezahlen**.

Genau mein Humor.

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https://www1.wdr.de/nachrichten/ruhrgebiet/essen-patienten-kosten-rettungstransport-100.html
(was nach Protesten erst einmal vertagt wurde)

#OH: "Ich wusste nicht, dass die überhaupt noch Mitglieder haben im Entropia." #dorfleaks

A puppy trying to learn basic computer skills the day before a job interview so that his actual skills match what he put on his resume.

@GammitinGammitin (Ben) 💾
I prefer milk crates for these sorts of advanced applications

Notes and pelicans for today's GPT-5.4 mini and nano releases - the nano model looks like it could describe every image in my 76,000 photo library for $52 total https://simonwillison.net/2026/Mar/17/mini-and-nano/

Ryugu asteroid samples contain all DNA and RNA building blocks

Link: https://phys.org/news/2026-03-ryugu-asteroid-samples-dna-rna.html
Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47411480

normal after hours office activities: making stickers

Some regrettable personal news: As of ~45 mins ago I am no longer employed. I'm still trying to find my bearings, but would be gateful for whatever leads y'all have. (I will say more in a bit, once I actually have the time to spare)

Some regrettable personal news: As of ~45 mins ago I am no longer employed. I'm still trying to find my bearings, but would be gateful for whatever leads y'all have. (I will say more in a bit, once I actually have the time to spare)

also saw an extremely drunk Swedish lady that asked us where we were from, and when we said "the UK" she said "oh I love Ireland!"

normal after hours office activities: making stickers

就寝です…！今夜も少しだけど絵が進みました…​​
がんばって完成させないと…！​​​​
それでは​​​​​​

Awards ceremony in progress
No pooping

For anyone following along my adventures with #BSSG, I have switched the markdown parser from the default (commonmark) to pandoc, because it turns out that commonmark cannot handle markdown tables.

Ah, Debian. Add a disk and you yet again renumber your network interfaces. #sysadmin

Then I got to pglite. Yes, I can get *actual* relational database. Yes, getting it to work took me "only" half a day on a web page using indexeddb, but there is a slight problem: the performance is *abysmal* on indexedb. I started importing the documents that I had on pouchdb (4 weeks of daily driving the extension got me ~180k documents) which pouchdb exported in less than 20 seconds. But to import them to pglite on idb: 55ms for **each** document at the beginning, 120ms after 10k, 160ms on 20k

Thank you Open Rights Group (@openrightsgroup) for supporting Keep Android Open at https://keepandroidopen.org/open-letter/#signatories @keepandroidopen #KeepAndroidOpen

@catsaladCat 🐈🥗 (D.Burch) ⁠ I’ve been looking for an excuse to send this

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never noticed the glob deprecation warning: "support for old versions may be purchased (at exorbitant rates)"

#javascript

Show HN: March Madness Bracket Challenge for AI Agents Only

Link: https://www.Bracketmadness.ai
Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47412015

'The Secret Agent': Exploring a Vibrant, yet Violent Brazil (2025)

Link: https://theasc.com/articles/the-secret-agent-cinematography
Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47414440

Slurp!

#TongueOutTuesday #Ketzeleh #Cats #CatsOfMastodon #Floof #Cat

As tech giants invest billions into space-based data centers, the line between visionary tech and wild ambition blurs. Is space truly the next frontier for computing? https://spectrum.ieee.org/orbital-data-centers?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=fedica-Mastodon-Daily-Pipeline

#OH: "Ich wusste nicht, dass die überhaupt noch Mitglieder haben im Entropia." #dorfleaks

Die Stadt #Essen möchte gerne mein "Ja" für #olympia kurz nachdem sie verkündet hat, sie hätte kein Geld um RTW Fahrten ihrer Bürger*innen zu bezahlen**.

Genau mein Humor.

**
https://www1.wdr.de/nachrichten/ruhrgebiet/essen-patienten-kosten-rettungstransport-100.html
(was nach Protesten erst einmal vertagt wurde)

Join us for a virtual Town Hall Preview on Monday, March 23, 7pm UTC!: https://sigchi.org/events/sigchi-town-hall-preview/

Given how much is in flux around us this year, this will be a space for members to raise questions/concerns ahead of our annual town hall at CHI, where we update members on the state of the SIG and discuss key issues. We will also share initiatives we have been focusing on and get your input.

today I saw: a cat, a kitten, a crab, a gecko, four types of bird, a very annoyed flying fox, a rather strange looking wasp (which I rescued from drowning), and a small moth (drinking my coke)

RE: https://framapiaf.org/@lo/116244171962863475

Aaaaaaaaa! Help

I am feeling seriously depressed about this, and also Reflect Orbital's no doubt similarly infuriating response that's due in a couple of days. I'm not sure what I expected, I guess I'm just not cynical enough to deal with current reality yet. Kessler Syndrome, here we come!!

Looks like federation between Mitra and Vernissage is currently broken cc @silverpill @mczachurskiMarcin Czachurski

Room available in my home!

Looking for a diva (f/x) #Rotterdam South, 480€/month, 1.5y contract, international home. Beyond me, the other two lovely flatmates are Blue and Elo 🌻

Available in two weeks, viewing March 21st.

Boosts welcome, DM for info 🌱

(Sorry for awful alt text, happy to have a dedicated call with people who would like an audio description of the room 💕)

#Rent #EverythingIsRent #room #huurwoningen

Join us for a virtual Town Hall Preview on Monday, March 23, 7pm UTC!: https://sigchi.org/events/sigchi-town-hall-preview/

Given how much is in flux around us this year, this will be a space for members to raise questions/concerns ahead of our annual town hall at CHI, where we update members on the state of the SIG and discuss key issues. We will also share initiatives we have been focusing on and get your input.

Something I've never quite understood about the practice of setting version numbers in files tracked by git, rather than in git metadata like tags, is how you sequence updating version numbers when you cut a release?

Should the version number committed to the repo be for the next version, and you just have be diligent about making corresponding PRs incrementing versions when you cut releases?

Novanetz / GFS: Not even once. Das ist die "Installation", die uns da beschert wurde. Nichtmal gefegt, Müll liegen lassen. Davor: 2 Stromausfälle beim Leitungen schießen. 2 mal den Gehweg auf weil die Abzweigung vom Hauptrohr vergessen. Straße nochmal auf weil das Hauptrohr gar nicht am Kasten anlag. Ich musste den Gehweg tieferlegen damit die druntertrenchen. In einem von 3 Häusern liegt immer noch nix weil das Speedpipe an irgendeiner Kupplung kaputt ist. Vertrösten vertrösten vertrösten.

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GPT‑5.4 Mini and Nano

Link: https://openai.com/index/introducing-gpt-5-4-mini-and-nano
Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47415441

If you thought the code writing speed was your problem; you have bigger problems

Link: https://andrewmurphy.io/blog/if-you-thought-the-speed-of-writing-code-was-your-problem-you-have-bigger-problems
Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47415919

I love this stuff.

https://www.reddit.com/r/mildlyevangelion/comments/1rtugxu/anne_of_green_gables_1979/

#Evangelion

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#FotoVorschlag

“Typisch für deine Stadt” / Typical for your city

Sharing a new edit of a favorite photo. Pigeons, tall buildings, and construction netting are everywhere in my city.

#photography #urbanphotography #streetphotography #urbanwildlife #birds #pigeons #monochrome #nyc