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timClicks

@timClicks@mastodon.nz

Data/software person with an interest in computer art and creation culture.

I like to teach software development via tutorials and videos online. I'm also the Author of Rust in Action and an unbearable Rustacean. I'm on the planet to build a better planet.

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digs, to conservative
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Want the latest from the world, like when we’re next expecting breeding, and how the birds in the newest population at Maungatautari are faring? Check out our latest newsletter: https://newsletters.doc.govt.nz/t/i-7FAFEAD70E40A11D2540EF23F30FEDED Pic: Dani Whitaker.

timClicks,
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@digs Good luck with the programme. It sounds tricky. Hopefully the lure of food will keep them away from that fence.

timClicks, to rust
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Fun (?) 4 min watch for #rustlang developers https://youtu.be/dJiL9gHNgKU

timClicks, to random
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Challenge accepted

timClicks, to random
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Apple's just released the M4.

What are Intel and AMD doing?

I am somewhat grumpy that Apple seems to be the only people pushing CPUs forward at the moment.

timClicks, to rust
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A tip: Parsing CLI arguments without 3rd party dependencies https://timclicks.dev/parse-cli-args-without-3rd-party-crates/

Sometimes, bringing in a third-party dependency, such as clap, to your project can feel like a bit of a burden.

For example, to improve your prospective users’ first impressions, you might want your examples to compile as quickly as possible.

That's admirable. But messages from crashing apps are not user friendly.

timClicks, to random
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I don't know who needs to hear this, but please don't use alcohol as medication.

timClicks,
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@tippfehlr TIL

timClicks,
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@tippfehlr Wow, a serious amount must be needed "Ethanol is less expensive but is harder to dose accurately, requires close monitoring of the serum ethanol concentration, and causes inebriation that may necessitate intensive care monitoring.".

timClicks, to Autism
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I don't usually do personality quizzes, but this one got me

https://dlcincluded.github.io/MQ/

timClicks,
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@zeh Yesterday was my intro to it. I am glad that sharing it helped others to find it. I had never heard of the term before.

PurpleBooth, to random
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Til: a Jaffle is what they call a toastie from a toastie maker (In Australia & New Zealand) (h/t @xssfox )

timClicks,
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@PurpleBooth @xssfox Not NZ

timClicks, to random
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I am fairly confident that the entity that benefits most from YouTube's algorithm is YouTube.

timClicks,
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Occasionally I get frustrated that videos I invest many hours to produce only receive a few hundred views, but then I remember that giving a talk in a seminar room is likely to be watched by less than a dozen people and takes similar amounts of preparation.

timClicks, to rust
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Discussing proposals about adding effects to

https://youtu.be/y0AHjJZeV1M

KathyReid, to ai
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I'm humbled and awed to be in the company of so many accomplished artists, researchers, practitioners, guardians, technologists and designers as part of the Fantastic Futures Conference Key Speakers lineup - presented by on behalf of the community.

Peter-Lucas Jones, and the work of Media in preserving and protecting Indigenous speech data of is an effort I have long admired. Associate Professor Kirsten Thorpe's work at the Jumbunna Institute at University of Technology Sydney also centres on data sovereignty for Indigenous data, from an archival perspective.

Eryk Salvaggio - @CyberneticForests - also an alum of the School of , like myself does incredible work in interrogating social and cultural impacts of , especially in .

Kartini Ludwig's use of creativity at Kopi Su Studio to empower artists runs counter to the prevailing norm of scraping the internet to build and models.

And Associate Professor Sydney Shep's trans-disciplinary work in book history and print culture, as well as her practice as a letterpress printer and bookbinder, is a fascinating exploration of how our cultural histories shape our futures.

Together, we hope to convene conversations that help shape the future of and within the sector.

Huge thank you to Keir Winesmith and @ingridbmason for the opportunity, and to Ashlinn H. who I know is doing incredible work behind the scenes.

https://www.nfsa.gov.au/fantastic-futures-canberra-2024-key-speakers

timClicks,
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@KathyReid @CyberneticForests @ingridbmason Wow what an event

timClicks, to random
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Sorry about the self-promotion, but I think that this is one of the best videos I've produced. If you're learning Rust, I strongly recommend scheduling an hour on the weekend to watch it. https://youtu.be/J3C6sNK2wnk?si=5js8GOAOdfUmnhGs

timClicks, to random
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YouTube measures everything. This is a plot of the clickthrough rate, e.g. percentage of impressions that generate a click, for a video I posted today. It looks like the algorithm is finding my people.

timClicks, to rust
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I've just uploaded a long-form tutorial that I think you'll enjoy https://youtu.be/J3C6sNK2wnk

timClicks,
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@bino That's excellent. Enjoy!

timClicks, to random
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What makes a Rust library delightful to use?

cwayne, to random
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I have been on vacation one day and so far have gotten yelled at 3 times for checking slack. My team is great.

timClicks,
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@cwayne Turn the phone off Chris!!

timClicks, to random
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"New studio" is YouTuber slang for getting sent to the garage for recordings.

timClicks, to random
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nix is melting ❄️😰

afaict the community has been invaded by trolls and now the maintainers are quitting.

let's talk hypotheticals. let's say that you had a few million dollars to invest in creating a package manager that could "fix Nix".

what would that look like?

timClicks,
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@zeborah But what would they build?

timClicks,
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@ashguy Well, I know that I know people with a few million dollars who are always looking for the right thing to spend their money on.

bmac, to random
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Bag 15 of the Lego Dungeons & Dragons set adds quite a bit more bulk to this section...mostly in the form of stairs. Also rocks. Not exactly super exciting, but you get what you get. Fortunately, the stairs aren't intricate this time, just the standard spiral staircase parts that have been around since Harry Potter sets from 2001. Still effective, though.

timClicks,
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@bmac Those are some fun steps

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