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kittylyst

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Queer, cisgender author / educator / software engineer mainly known for #tech stuff, especially #Java / #JVM / #performance etc.

Much more likely to post pictures of #cats and rant about society, #antifascism, food and #queer stuff than tech, though.

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kittylyst, to DoctorWho
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OK, super random thought - but what if The Devil's Chord was not originally intended to be the 3rd episode of the season (as there is, per dialogue, a 6-month gap between the end of Space Babies and TDC) but that the season was rearranged after filming to air TDC on the same day as Eurovision?

So, we may, in fact, be seeing the season out of order. It would make some of Ruby's dialogue in TDC make a bit more sense. #DoctorWho

kittylyst, to DoctorWho
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EJxaW-lrDqY - Nucti being a cutie and describing past Doctors

But - his first memory of the show being The Christmas Invasion? Ouch, now I feel really old.

vicgrinberg, to random
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For a bit of Sunday happiness & silliness: tell me about some a book you've recently excitedly told someone about and why!

I've talked about Erin Meyer's "Culture Map" because it opened my eye to a lot of intercultural interactions I have in both, my everyday and my work life.

And about Marcin Wicha's "Things I Didn't Throw Out" because it made me laugh and cry at the same time + made me fall in love with Daunt books because I would not have found out about the book without them.

kittylyst,
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@vicgrinberg "This is How You Lose The Time War" - by Amal El-Mohtar and Max Gladstone

and the site https://standardebooks.org/ for gorgeous, professionally produced, free digital editions of out-of-copyright & public domain works

jwz, to random
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San Francisco sky update

kittylyst,
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@Viss @jwz The furthest-south reports of visible-to-the-naked eye I've seen come from ~41N - which would be about the CA / OR border.

kittylyst,
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@jwz @Viss That would be seriously impressive. I'll go and see what I can find.

kittylyst,
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@Viss @jwz Looking at the aurora hashtag, looks like the European experience bottomed out at around 41N (frustratingly, just north of BCN) and then another, stronger storm hit a couple of hours ago, so the American West got a bit luckier.

kittylyst, to space
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There is a decent chance of seeing the tonight, over a huge chunk of Northern Europe (perhaps as far south as Switzerland) - https://www.space.com/solar-storm-coronal-mass-ejections-mothers-day-weekend-storm-watch - the sun is having a major geomagnetic event.

kittylyst, to random
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As you might know, I have no academic training in computing of any kind. My training was in Mathematics and Theoretical Physics.

It is, therefore, often a surprise when I encounter a CS paper (often a vintage one) and realize just how beautifully it is written and what it expresses.

dpp, to random
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Reminds me of when NeXT did a big layoff in 1992. They started by firing the person in the mail room. Steve Jobs had to hand address the fedex envelopes with termination notices to impacted NeXT employees who did not work out of headquarters.

Read the wild email Tesla is sending to suppliers amid Supercharger chaos https://electrek.co/2024/05/03/read-the-wild-email-tesla-is-sending-to-suppliers-amid-supercharger-chaos/

kittylyst,
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@dpp Something smells about this. The entire dept? There's an underlying reason. Maybe stealth unionization that mgmt got wind of?

Jyoti, to random
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In the middle of studio tidying / soldering XLRs, this song assassinated me:
https://youtu.be/nykWr50KeUU?si=ovjbROpzWRiZNadG

kittylyst,
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@Jyoti Fuck me, that's good.

Tutanota, (edited ) to privacy
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Our CEOs Arne and Matthias signed an open letter against the EU Chat Control bill.

➡️ https://edri.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/48-NGOs-and-26-experts-warn-Mass-surveillance-and-undermining-encryption-still-on-table-in-EU-Council.pdf

Let's fight for together! 💪 🔒

And check here why Chat Control must fail: ➡️ https://tuta.com/blog/chat-control-criticism

kittylyst,
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@Tutanota For the love of God, don't try to brand it as "Chat Control".

I saw that and immediately thought that this was some sort of industry astroturfing to prevent the EU regulating shitty LLMs.

kittylyst, to ai
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CAPTCHA's are now being AI-generated. This is a plan with no possible flaw whatsoever, as this morning's example neatly demonstrates.

kittylyst, to random
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You will likely need a strong stomach, but I think it is quite important that you read this piece: https://prospect.org/power/2024-04-24-my-dinner-with-andreessen/

mikemathia, to random
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kittylyst,
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@mikemathia Awww. Shouldn't you have saved this for ShutTheFuckUp Friday?

kittylyst, to random
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Two great "burying the lede" examples in one day - https://archive.is/WyKMh - this is actually a ludicrous puff piece for an NFT company (NFTs? In 2024? Really?) cc/ @davidgerard

jwz, to random
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DNA Lounge Update, Wherein the Millennial influencers weigh in on staying until last call
https://www.dnalounge.com/backstage/log/2024/04/22.html

kittylyst,
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@jwz I have, for several years, wondered to myself "Why the fuck does TikTok exist?" - and now, finally, I have an answer.

kittylyst, to opensource
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"People of the same trade seldom meet together, even for merriment and diversion, but the conversation ends in a conspiracy against the public, or in some contrivance to raise prices." - I wonder what Adam Smith would have made of

kittylyst, to random
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Sound familiar?

jwz, to random
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He mad.

Even if there are no legal consequences from any of these trials, it's important to remember that the whole thing just makes him really angry.

And that is a gift that we must treasure.

Trump Rages About His Trial Sketch Artist, Courtroom Nap...
https://jwz.org/b/ykPY

kittylyst,
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@jwz Reportedly, he also hates being referred to as "West Clare hotelier" in the local Irish press, close to one of his golf courses.

kittylyst, to Cats
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No, you just moved the sous vide with tonights dinner in it into your study because the cat doesn't like the high-pitched noise it makes.

kittylyst, to random
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Woman_with_the_Handbag - be the middle-aged woman hitting fascists with your handbag that you wish to see in the world.

liztai, to Netflix
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Watching .

Welp.

China's Tencent version is still far superior.

The Netflix version whacks you over the head and yells, "Do you get it?? Do you get it??"

Tencent's version was poetic compared to Netflix's.

There's little nuance, gravitas, depth. Ye Wenjie's character was butchered beyond repair 🥴☠️

That's the most unforgiveable of all.

kittylyst,
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@liztai I'm a big fan of the books. I managed two episodes.

Not even John Bradley's excellent interpretation of some truly dreadful writing could induce me to watch episode 3.

There's just so much wrong with it. I could rant at length...

kittylyst, to random
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In the last week or so, I've noticed that mastodon.social has started hiding the profiles of basically harmless accounts, whilst leaving what are obviously pro-Putin disinfo accounts visible.

Does anyone know what's going on with the admin, and who do I talk to?

In not-unrelated news, it may finally be time for me to get off my arse and move to a smaller server. Does anyone have a good guide on how to do that as of early 2024?

array, to Java
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Back to the basics. I've started another web pet project, this time with . And I mean plain vanilla Java, with no backend or frontend frameworks. I get the utility of those when doing corporate stuff, but for a relatively simple web project, with time on my side? It more than suffices, it will likely be way lighter, and I get to see behind some of the framework's abstractions, so it's another opportunity to learn. :)

kittylyst,
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@array Ah OK. Don't quote me on this, as it's been ~8 years since I last touched Eclipse IDE - but I think the implementing code for the javax specs you reference will be in the internal com.sun.net.httpserver package - which is what JEP 408 exposes as a properly supported API.

So, for Java 21, you could use those APIs as an alternative - might be a nice counterpoint to doing it in terms of servlets; and it could be seen as even more "bare bones".

fitheach, to music
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I'm really excited! I've just purchased tickets to see Eddi Reader in concert at The Perth Concert Hall. The gig is on Sunday, April 21st, 2024. This will be the first time I've seen her perform.

A review, hopefully with photos, will follow shortly afterwards.

kittylyst,
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@fitheach I didn't know she was still touring. Jealous!

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