JJ :blobblackcat:
JJ :blobblackcat:
jj@types-pl.mostr.pub
final-year undergraduate at ubc studying language, in its various forms talk to me about natural/pro:rust: :racket: :lean: :nim: :java: :python: :blobcatlambdas: en tok la
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It is so amazing how the entire (?) Linux world seems to have got converted to flatpak and similar things, which are a huge regression as far as both user-facing system integration (e.g. themes, font configuration, etc.) and security (since they bypass distributed libraries, etc.). Usually such u
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Salty Dinosaur this is not remotely my experience using linux, nor that of my friends. flatpak is nigh-irrelevant on arch linux and nixos i do not see it as enshittification -- it's just a method of package distribution offering some different tradeoffs with respect to sandboxing. this can be useful. for example
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Brief Lynx oh very cool! ...do you happen to know of good bookbinding resources, by any chance? i have some books i have been meaning to make hard copies of, one way or another. one is large enough i will likely have to go to a print-on-demand service but i've been kicking around the idea of using the other
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i actually hate being on the computer but heres my setup :: desktop I built 8 years ago w dual boot macOS and linux mint. it has 3.5tb of storage, pretty good graphics card/processor/ram for its age (evga gtx 980 sc gpu, intel i5 6600k processor, 32gb ram). showing it off because im vaguely excited
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Brief Lynx cool! nice bone folder also. for origami?
what a beautiful day out......
Why does the Discord app need so many "updates"? Every time I open it (which is daily) it takes about 20 seconds to get all the updates and restart itself. I miss the days of normal damn software that you just install and it works, and then every year or two you upgrade it. It is so beyond not OK t
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Salty Dinosaur i forgot that discord does this... this is one of many things this third-party wrapper called vesktop fixes. the rest are linux specific. but if this annoys you a bunch you could give it a whirl.
I'm looking for a summer internship in programming languages or related fields. If you or someone you know is hiring (and hiring undergraduates), please let me know! Especially interested in positions involving types systems, WebAssembly, web standards, security, and compilers. Not interested in blo:boost_ok:
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I was wrong, I should be done reading Donna Tartt's Secret History before þe year is over.
Wicked Jaguar hope you're enjoying it! one of my favourite books, such beautiful prose
Square Goat the phrase and choice of colours reminded me very strongly of a recent movie
long shot, but does anyone happen to know: is a there an "i'm feeling lucky" search for MDN? i would very much like to type !mdn css-property in my search bar and jump directly to the first result. i am not normally anal about saving clicks but this is something i do extremely frequently #mdn #webdev