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beasts, 6 days ago to random

https://www.mythic-beasts.com/blog/2024/05/20/out-standing-in-two-fields/, we're outstanding in two fields. Join us at @emf and the Cambridge Beer Festival and say hello!

s_palm, 7 days ago to random

fanf, 6 days ago to random

damnit apple

i'm experimenting with getting my ssh passphrase out of the macOS keychain using Rust

i did some hacking around with the security_framework crate https://docs.rs/security-framework/ so i can get a debug printout of the query and to add a feature

so the query matches the one used by apple's hacked ssh to get the passphrase

GUESS WHAT

Error: Error { code: -34018, message: "A required entitlement isn't present." }

leaverou, 7 days ago to random

We’ve always told devs that browsers prioritize what to implement based on dev demand.

There is one exception: #SVG.

SVG is used on >65% of websites. Yet, browsers have been refusing to work on SVG, ignoring pressure and pain points from web devs.

#StateOfHTML showed SVG as the top content pain point: https://2023.stateofhtml.com/en-US/features/content/#content_pain_points

Tons of work (SVG 2, fill & stroke, and more) has sat unimplemented for years. At this point, in standards circles, we know not to touch SVG with a barge pole.

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matthewskelton, 8 days ago to random

"Surprisingly, our results show that women's contributions tend to be accepted more often than men's. However, when a woman's gender is identifiable, they are rejected more often. Our results suggest that although women on GitHub may be more competent overall, bias against them exists nonetheless."

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/308716997_Gender_bias_in_open_source_Pull_request_acceptance_of_women_versus_men

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nocontexttrek, 7 days ago to StarTrek

#StarTrek

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mjd, 7 days ago to random

TIL that although it's not primitive recursive to compute Ackemann's function (A(x, y)) for given (x) and (y), it is primitive recursive to check whether (A(x,y)= z) for given (x, y, z).

https://mathoverflow.net/a/19743/44852

mhoye, 8 days ago to random

We've all seen the IBM presentation saying, a computer can never be held accountable therefore...

but if you rotate and adjust the gamma settings on the best versions of that image on the internet you can see further text through the page.

https://cohost.org/a-hungry-mouth/post/4039145-chosting-my-reply-be

The header is called THE COMPUTER MANDATE and it is incredible reading.

InternetEh, 8 days ago to random

It's nuts in Star Trek that they postulate nobody would know how to cook anymore bc of replicators. True cooking perverts would love the opportunity to have a kitchen where you could get any quantity of any ingredient instantly, AND (maybe more impressive) any cooking implement.

I could use a huge wok or waffle iron or food processor without worrying about where to put it. Just chuck it back in the replicator with the dishes when you're done

New levels of food perversion unlocked

RuthMalan, 7 days ago to random

That rare one of my posts that got boosted a fair bit … was me stealing (with reference but still) from @coderbyheart so I feel kinda bad about that! I wish quote-boosts were here already!

https://mastodon.social/@RuthMalan/112457208565914597

plaugg, 7 days ago to random

Nice approach to limit google search results to “web” using https://www.google.com/search?q=%s&udm=14
Just tried other udm= parameters and they seem to filter for other verticals . Udm=1 filters to locations, udm=2 to pictures, udm=3 to products.

Great tip @ernie https://writing.exchange/@ernie/112456448904365438

Alice, 9 days ago to random

Improv would be better if it had an "e" at the end.

ZachWeinersmith, 9 days ago to comics

AI
http://smbc-comics.com/comic/ai-12
#smbc #hiveworks #comics #webcomics #ai

wingo, 9 days ago to random

new bloggery: on hoot, on boot https://wingolog.org/archives/2024/05/16/on-hoot-on-boot

tedu, 9 days ago to random

Rust is clearly superior to go based on the most obviously objective scientific measure: the number of blog posts about how strings work. Nobody writes blog posts about strings in go, pathetic, but a vast literature has been developed to explain the greatness of rust strings.

tedu, 9 days ago to random

Leave it to the verge to decree that burritos have no place in shopping centers, only good ol' fashioned merican sandwiches.

https://www.theverge.com/2024/5/16/24158414/a-judge-has-ruled-that-tacos-and-burritos-are-sandwiches

xor, 10 days ago to random

this literally 100-year-old roast of the first crossword convention is so good it's still warm to the touch https://crosswordcraze.today/cross-word-puzzlers-to-hold-10-letter-word-meaning-meet/

jdnicoll, 10 days ago to random

Ranking Science Fiction’s Most Dangerous Awards

A scientific survey of the relative heft, pointiness, and durability of SFF's most sought-after trophies.

https://reactormag.com/ranking-science-fictions-most-dangerous-awards/
#ReacTor

jef, 10 days ago to random

banana / bananus

fanf, 12 days ago to random

on my blog!

https://dotat.at/@/2024-05-13-what-ident.html

Unix version control lore: what, ident

ernie, 12 days ago to random

Every morning at 8:50 I get a sudden case of tendonitis.

fanf, 13 days ago to random

2022 retro-link! https://asteriskmag.com/issues/1/is-wine-fake - Is wine fake?

sarahdal, 13 days ago to random

New fave warning triangle

bortzmeyer, 13 days ago to random French

RFC 9562: Universally Unique IDentifiers (UUIDs)

Ce #RFC normalise les #UUID, une famille d'identificateurs uniques, obtenus sans registre central. Il remplace l'ancienne norme, le RFC 4122, avec pas mal de nouveautés et un RFC complètement refait.

https://www.bortzmeyer.org/9562.html