mykhaylo

chrisg, 1 month ago to random

As a DBMS implementor, I have always assumed that a DB transaction should not be bound to a server side construct (a thread or a client connection, but instead should be an identifier that is transparent and transferrable between clients (subject to auth, of course).

So client thread A can start a tx, get a txId, that can be moved to client thread B which can use it to continue the tx.

Is that something useful for users of DBMSs? It's not hard to do, and I don't see many systems doing it.

matricardo, 1 month ago to random

When gazillionaire jerry seinfeld says you cant do comedy now because of cancel culture, he doesnt mean that all opinions are less acceptable nowdays. He means that HIS opinions are less acceptable nowdays. Because his opinions are trash.

e11bits, 1 month ago to rust

Want to change a file with structured data from json, yaml or toml to any of those formats? E.g. a #hugo config file from toml to yaml?

I think one of the easiest way to do this is using the #rust tool convfmt.

If you have #rust installed, installing convfmt is just as quick as:

cargo install convfmt

After that the transformation from toml to yaml is just this:

convfmt -f toml -t yaml < hugo.toml > hugo.yaml

Helps if you start from an example project with an hugo.toml config.

mykhaylo, 1 month ago to telegram

So, #telegram today blocked all Ukrainian bots that were used to gather information about the movement of russian forces and also the sightings of drones. All of that because seemingly they breach the terms.

At the same time all the similar russian bots keep working as usual.

I'm afraid it's official — telegram is under #russia. See the post where Durov announced this few days ago.

The world needs something as good as telegram, but independent, like mastodon.

#ukraine #war #propaganda

marcioaleks, 1 month ago to random

Born yesterday in 1971, Samuel Morse was an American inventor and painter, best known for his invention of the single-wire telegraph system and the co-development of Morse code.

His major contribution, the Morse telegraph, was the first device to effectively exploit electromagnetism for long-distance communication. It revolutionized the way people communicated over long distances by allowing almost instantaneous transmission of messages across continents and oceans.

randahl, 1 month ago to random

It is on baby! 🇺🇸

The US just announced a new USD 6 billion aid package to Ukraine inluding

— Patriot missiles
— Equipment for integration of Western air defense
— Anti drone equipment
— Munitions for laser-guided rocket systems
— Radars
— Counter-artillery radars
— Additional ammunition for HIMARS
— 155mm and 152mm artillery rounds
— Precision aerial munitions
— Switchblade and Puma drones
— Tactical vehicles
— Demolition munitions
— Components for drone production
— Small arms and ammunition

Jimmy Fallon Yes GIF by The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

al3x, 1 month ago to emacs

In other news, #Emacs Newsticker seems to forget the status of some of the feeds between restarts.

It might not be its issue. I haven't seen this with RSS reader apps though.

After two days of excitement, I'm entering the trough of disappointment with RSS in #Emacs.

mykhaylo, 1 month ago to emacs

This is new version of the previous #emacs package. Context specific transient menus. This must be super-convenient.

https://github.com/licht1stein/context-transient.el

mykhaylo, 1 month ago to Portugal

50 years ago #portugal had an anti-fascist #revolution. That started a complex and turbulent period. This #interview will be about it. Hopefully we will finish editing on time to release it today.

#25abril

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/xp4JCz68_8Q

janrosenow, 1 month ago to random

7 countries now generate nearly all of their electricity from renewable energy sources. A further 40 countries generate >50% of the electricity they consume from renewables – including 11 European countries.

Data from Mark Jacobson at Stanford University.

mykhaylo, 1 month ago (edited 1 month ago) to emacs

Made an #emacs library to easily define git repo specific #transient menus:

https://github.com/licht1stein/context-transient.el

I use it a lot for #clojure projects

janrosenow, 1 month ago to random

Reading some of the media coverage you get the impression that EV sales are down.

See the pattern?

Source IEA https://www.iea.org/reports/global-ev-outlook-2024/trends-in-electric-cars

birv2, 1 month ago to emacs

Update on moving .md file into .org on #emacs for #orgmode. Several suggested pandoc, but for some reason I couldn't get that going. Googled how to install, etc., but no joy. So I opened my big old .md file in a buffer, selected All, copied it, and pasted into my big everything in one file org file in the section where I wanted it.

That part worked, but then had to clean up headings. Did it all manually and took about 30 minutes. Oh well. At least now I've got my daily note in orgmode.

alanz, 1 month ago to random

Unpopular opinion: I really dislike the UI style of the magit pane, which is taking over for everything. It gives no feedback on location, the evil bindings don't work well, and it uses a different paradigm from the rest of emacs.

alfvaen, 1 month ago to random

Wtf of the day so far: I finished reading a book, went to open the Goodreads app on my Kindle Fire. And all I get is a screen that says "We no longer support the Goodreads app on Fire tablet." and tells me to go to the website.

So...like...Amazon's own tablet is no longer using the app that they bought? But the website still exists, and my (old) iOS version still works...why just their very own platform? The Google Play store just says that the app is not available for this device.

Kind of pissed off because I liked having it on a portable tablet-sized device. But mostly bewildered because it makes no sense.

(And Bookwyrm has no Android app or I'd switch to that...)

#AmazonSucks