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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 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

#CatBurns #Alone

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 #scottish #independence 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 #Java. 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 OK - I'm curious - when you say: "plain vanilla " what do you mean exactly?

Zero dependencies outside the JDK? If so, does that include the Java 21 APIs provided by https://openjdk.org/jeps/408 ?

Or did you have something else in mind?

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".

ianbetteridge, to random
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Imagine, for one second, if a national newspaper referred to gay young people as “sexuality distressed”, rather than just calling them “gay young people”.

kittylyst,
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@ianbetteridge @otfrom Which includes a FULL RANGE of POSSIBLE TREATMENT OPTIONS. https://archive.is/6QqoZ

ProTip: When Badenoch thinks you've gone too far, you're a fucking fascist.

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.

#music #folk #Perth

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

jwcph, to random
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Excellent thread, keep it going @pvonhellermannn ...

You, dear reader, should peruse it, but even if you don't, understand this: When somebody's reaches a certain point it just keeps growing, on its own, like a giant, malignant tumor. The superrich have all their time free to further reshape society for their own benefit; they need do nothing for their mountainous quantities of passive riches - the most useless & harmful substance in the world - to multiply.

https://mastodon.green/@pvonhellermannn/112047945347154458

kittylyst,
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@jwcph @pvonhellermannn And that point is a lot, lot lower than most people think it is.

10M will do it, provided that you're sensible & follow non-risky, mainstream advice. 100M will do it under almost all circumstances.

The other side of that is the "joke": What's the difference between a millionaire and a billionaire? About a billion dollars.

kittylyst, to opensource
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F/OSS Friends, the @commonhaus_fdn is now officially open, aiming to provide a long-term, stable home for projects / communities that are frequently of critical importance to their users. https://github.com/commonhaus

The focus is on libraries & components, rather than standards or language runtimes. The key aims are Stability, Low-Overhead Governance & Access To Funding in a way that preserves project / community individuality and identity.

#opensource #freesoftware #programming #software

kittylyst, to random
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This has been a largely dreadful week, in which I have lost a vast amount of respect for a large number of people that I previously held in quite high regard.

Should it have entered your mind that you might want to tone-police me about, well, literally fucking anything, then I recommend that you take a deep breath and reconsider your life choices.

If, after that, you still want to go, then, oh boy, am I ready to go.

MissingThePt, to random
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ACAB does not include sheriffs seizing Trump property.

kittylyst,
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@MissingThePt Todos los gatitos son bonitos, pero algunos gatitos son más bonitos de los otros.

cstross, (edited ) to random
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The foundational tenet of "the Cult of Mac" is that buying products from a $3t company makes you a member of an oppressed ethnic minority and therefore every criticism of that corporation is an ethnic slur:

https://pluralistic.net/2024/01/12/youre-holding-it-wrong/#if-dishwashers-were-iphones

This actually says something about cultural continuity because back in 2004, when Apple was a roughly $3Bn (not $Tn) company, it really was a minority pursuit in a sea of Windows, universally oppressed by corporate IT departments! It only shifted after iPhone ...

kittylyst,
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@ratkins @cstross I want a mostly-decent quality Unix laptop that I can also watch videos / play music & a few games on.

I had my fill of the thrill of taking toasters apart decades ago - I just want to make toast now.

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