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1. Jim Harris (jimcoach@kwat.chat)'s status on Thursday, 21-Feb-2019 18:18:35 EST Jim Harris
   Hello, for everybody!
2. Nate Cull (natecull@mastodon.social)'s status on Monday, 08-Oct-2018 01:47:28 EDT Nate Cull

   Spambots Try To Sell Me The Darndest Things

   (I have never lived in South Africa)

   << From: Johannesburg water Supply Chain <info@joburg-water.info.za> Subject: Invitation to Bid >>

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   • Nate Cull (natecull@mastodon.social)'s status on Monday, 08-Oct-2018 03:19:32 EDT Nate Cull

     • 𝖕𝖆𝖈𝖔 𝖍𝖔𝖕𝖊 🇺🇸 🇬🇧 🇪🇺

     @paco Yes, if the local time bank were running their operation on a Linux box in their closet in my city in New Zealand, I'm fairly confident this wouldn't have happened.

     I mean South Africa wouldn't even have been in the loop, would it?

     Let's stop the rush to put lots of things into our loops which have no business belonging in our loops.

   • Nate Cull (natecull@mastodon.social)'s status on Monday, 08-Oct-2018 03:22:20 EDT Nate Cull

     • 🍅 Craig 🍅

     @smallsees hmm, so maybe it wasn't the South African timebank website that sold my email?

     But I wonder why .za businesses would be interested in Australian and New Zealand addresses?

   • rocky1138 (rocky1138@kwat.chat)'s status on Tuesday, 19-Feb-2019 16:29:02 EST rocky1138

     in reply to
     @natecull I own powerhouse.mx and I continually get contacts and other nonsense from people buying Honda ATVs in Mexico. There must be some URL close to mine that people get confused with.
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3. Nate Cull (natecull@mastodon.social)'s status on Sunday, 07-Oct-2018 23:49:23 EDT Nate Cull

   For one brief shining moment in the 1980s-1990s, it seemed like we the people would own and control our own computing infrastructure.

   That we wouldn't ever after need permission from opaque central authorities to process data, send messages, create devices, teach machines ideas. No corporations or governments could put themselves between us and the data bits in our machines. We would be free to think.

   That moment is rapidly slipping into a history that feels ridiculously over-optimistic.

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   • Nate Cull (natecull@mastodon.social)'s status on Monday, 08-Oct-2018 17:05:23 EDT Nate Cull

     in reply to

     • Shanan

     @shanan That and you could always pull out the power and modem cables.

     The idea that 'all our home and business records are wired 24/7 into Russian military computers, the NSA, Chinese state security and Jihadist rebels and we don't know if we're secure against them but we can't ever just unplug' was so far beyond our idea of the plausibly stupid in the 1980s that I think we still haven't caught up even now.

   • Nate Cull (natecull@mastodon.social)'s status on Monday, 08-Oct-2018 17:27:16 EDT Nate Cull

     • Ed H

     @edheil Yep! The 1980s culture of your personal computer being your *personal* computer. Air-gapped by default. An operating system in BIOS that would last the machines entire life, and could be instantly reset. If you wanted software, you made a deliberate choice to install it. If you didn't have a disk in the drive and the cover latched at boot, you knew you literally *could not get* a virus.

     I don't know how to recover that level of trust that we had back then. But we've lost something big.

   • Nate Cull (natecull@mastodon.social)'s status on Monday, 08-Oct-2018 17:29:27 EDT Nate Cull

     in reply to

     • Ed H

     @edheil It was really the switch from dial-up to broadband Internet that did us in.

     With dial-up, you could always air-gap when required.

     Broadband and Wi-Fi? You can turn on 'Flight Mode' and.... something *might* get disabled, deep in the bowels of your OS and NIC and management CPU. You don't know, though.

     Pulling an RJ-45 cable out of the phone jack was a MUCH more verifiable solution to privacy.

4. rocky1138 (rocky1138@kwat.chat)'s status on Monday, 18-Feb-2019 14:45:30 EST rocky1138
   Weird that Minecraft doesn't support certs signed by Let's Encrypt. Server resource packs hosted at URLs signed by Let's Encrypt certs sit at "Making Request... 100%" when the client joins a server.
5. brennen (brennen@mastodon.social)'s status on Saturday, 06-Oct-2018 14:33:34 EDT brennen

   https://github.com/Microsoft/MS-DOS/tree/master/v2.0/source

   "The user manual contains some significant errors. Most of these are due to last minute changes to achieve a greater degree of compatibility with IBM's implementation of MS-DOS (PC DOS). This includes the use
   of "\" instead of "/" as the path separator, and "/" instead of "-"
   as the switch character."

   it's always kind of interesting when you encounter a fossil trace of someone's Giant Mistake as it happened.

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   • Vertigo (vertigo@mastodon.social)'s status on Sunday, 07-Oct-2018 17:41:23 EDT Vertigo

     • kragen

     @kragen @brennen It had COPY instead of PIP. Only the kernel was a clone. The command set was original, IIRC.

   • Vertigo (vertigo@mastodon.social)'s status on Sunday, 07-Oct-2018 17:44:31 EDT Vertigo

     • Modernist Microfiche Minotaur
     • bhtooefr (copper-doped zinc sulfide aspect)
     • kragen

     @enkiv2 @ACE_Recliner @brennen @bhtooefr @kragen Unix was implemented on a PDP-7 and later ported to PDP-11. You might be thinking of TOPS-10 and TOPS-20, which were implemented for the PDP-10 and compatible family of computers.

     That said, Unix is agnostic about word-length, except insofar as pointers are required to fit in a single word.

   • Vertigo (vertigo@mastodon.social)'s status on Sunday, 07-Oct-2018 17:45:46 EDT Vertigo

     • Modernist Microfiche Minotaur
     • bhtooefr (copper-doped zinc sulfide aspect)
     • kragen

     @enkiv2 @ACE_Recliner @brennen @bhtooefr @kragen Minix was initially released for the 8086, as I recall; I think he was pulling your leg.

6. Jean Hertel (jlhertel@mastodon.technology)'s status on Thursday, 19-Jul-2018 12:11:28 EDT Jean Hertel

   Don't forget to do it the right way.

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   • Drew DeVault (sir@cmpwn.com)'s status on Saturday, 06-Oct-2018 14:24:08 EDT Drew DeVault

     in reply to

     @jlhertel

     "The most effective debugging tool is still careful thought, coupled with judiciously placed print statements."

     - Brian Kernighan

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   • Drew DeVault (sir@cmpwn.com)'s status on Saturday, 06-Oct-2018 15:43:27 EDT Drew DeVault

     • pounce

     @pounce @jlhertel I've often said that most of my life consists of reading text or figuring out why some text isn't the right text

7. Vertigo (vertigo@mastodon.social)'s status on Saturday, 06-Oct-2018 12:58:26 EDT Vertigo

   • @h

   @haitch It was quite a bit of work to get the dependencies built. Once the deps were in place, though, Yosys compiled trivially.

   That said, there has been some pay-off already. The properties I've defined for my modules have already caught subtle bugs that unit testing alone wouldn't have caught.

   Though, I often ask myself if it was all worth it. I mean, unit testing gets me 80% to 90% to where I need to be. FV finds some slick edge cases, but in practice, how often will they occur?

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   • Vertigo (vertigo@mastodon.social)'s status on Saturday, 06-Oct-2018 13:14:07 EDT Vertigo

     in reply to

     • @h

     @haitch Someone seems to be making some progress on a VHDL input processor for Yosys though. https://github.com/YosysHQ/yosys-plugins/tree/master/vhdl It's 3 years old though. Not sure if it's because it's functionally complete or it the authors just gave up.

   • Vertigo (vertigo@mastodon.social)'s status on Saturday, 06-Oct-2018 13:16:55 EDT Vertigo

     • matthew (NB0X)
     • @h

     @nonlinear @haitch Well, that'll be the test, won't it? If FV lets me build the Kestrel-3 computer without once resorting to me having to use an oscilloscope to debug[1] what's going on inside the chip, then it'll be a success. ;)

     ____
     1. I already had to use an o'scope to debug what was happening with the flash ROM chip. To be fair, this was prior to my adoption of FV; however, I don't think FV would have helped in this case anyway, so I'm willing to discard this incident as an out-lier.

   • Vertigo (vertigo@mastodon.social)'s status on Saturday, 06-Oct-2018 13:20:04 EDT Vertigo

     • @h

     @haitch For better or for worse, Verilog is the EDA community's Javascript. It's literally everywhere like feces. Smells as bad too, but unlike actual Javascript, it actually gets the job done. ;P

8. Ayo (ayo@niu.moe)'s status on Saturday, 06-Oct-2018 10:58:07 EDT Ayo

   Latest addition to my #metal playlist: Drudkh - A Furrow Cut Short
   https://drudkh.bandcamp.com/album/a-furrow-cut-short

   Excellent music for when I need to get some programming done.

   • Ayo (ayo@niu.moe)'s status on Saturday, 06-Oct-2018 11:00:07 EDT Ayo

     in reply to

     I just wish they'd release an instrumental version. In fact, I'd love it if all metal bands would get rid of their vocals altogether. There's so much good music I can't listen to because the vocals are much too distracting. At least Drudkh's don't seem to annoy me that much...

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9. 𝕣𝕥𝕨𝕩 (rtwx@fosstodon.org)'s status on Saturday, 06-Oct-2018 07:57:02 EDT 𝕣𝕥𝕨𝕩

   • Puffinux

   @puffinux I get 1GB/day free wifi at access points in towns from my provider. I don’t actually care, because that’s way less secure isn’t it? and it’s always slower than 4G anyway.

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   • 𝕣𝕥𝕨𝕩 (rtwx@fosstodon.org)'s status on Saturday, 06-Oct-2018 20:37:42 EDT 𝕣𝕥𝕨𝕩

     • resist.berlin
     • Puffinux

     @puffinux @resist_berlin both same provider, so I was thinking mitm wifi

   • 𝕣𝕥𝕨𝕩 (rtwx@fosstodon.org)'s status on Saturday, 06-Oct-2018 20:38:27 EDT 𝕣𝕥𝕨𝕩

     • Puffinux

     @puffinux exactly

   • rocky1138 (rocky1138@kwat.chat)'s status on Friday, 15-Feb-2019 02:46:45 EST rocky1138

     in reply to
     @rtwx probably fine with a VPN
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10. ColinTheMathmo (colinthemathmo@mathstodon.xyz)'s status on Saturday, 06-Oct-2018 04:30:08 EDT ColinTheMathmo

    Remember to say the right thing in the right place, but also, and more difficult, to leave unsaid the wrong thing at the tempting moment.

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11. ˗ˏˋ Liaizon Wakest ˎˊ˗ (wakest@mastodon.social)'s status on Saturday, 06-Oct-2018 02:08:59 EDT ˗ˏˋ Liaizon Wakest ˎˊ˗

    GIMP stands for GNU Image Manipulation Program and GNU stands for GNU’s Not UNIX and UNIX stands for Uniplexed Information and Computing Service so the full proper name for GIMP is actually:

    GNU’s Not Uniplexed Information and Computing Service Image Manipulation Program

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    • التنينوكس (dragnucs@social.touha.me)'s status on Saturday, 06-Oct-2018 10:02:26 EDT التنينوكس

      in reply to

      @wakest GTK+ stands for GIMP Tool Kit. ...

    • rysiek ✅ (rysiek@mastodon.social)'s status on Sunday, 07-Oct-2018 10:01:12 EDT rysiek ✅

      in reply to

      @wakest and GIMP uses GTK which used to be known as "GIMP Toolkit".

      Or:
      GNU’s Not Uniplexed Information and Computing Service Image Manipulation Program Toolkit

      👍🏾

12. Focus on Fun Games (focusonfungames@kwat.chat)'s status on Tuesday, 05-Feb-2019 20:13:39 EST Focus on Fun Games
    Streaming every Tuesday and Wednesday at 9PM EST. Tuesdays is Potioneer and Wednesdays is Star Squadron! https://www.twitch.tv/focusonfungames #unity #vr #potioneer #starsquadron
13. rocky1138 (rocky1138@kwat.chat)'s status on Tuesday, 05-Feb-2019 20:10:54 EST rocky1138
    I would absolutely love to see what a CRT TV would look like if designed today with all of our modern knowledge, skills, and technology. 2160p CRT would be incredible.
14. rocky1138 (rocky1138@kwat.chat)'s status on Saturday, 02-Feb-2019 22:31:28 EST rocky1138
    Do emergency crews and police know to check Android's emergency details section on my phone?
15. rocky1138 (rocky1138@kwat.chat)'s status on Saturday, 02-Feb-2019 18:25:29 EST rocky1138
    When I click the Back button, it doesn't mean I want you to scroll to the top of the article, Tech Crunch :( I hate websites that break basic browser functionality.
16. Davit Masia / PixelArt (davitmasia@mastodon.social)'s status on Saturday, 02-Feb-2019 06:24:46 EST Davit Masia / PixelArt

    In this pack you will find 1000 Particles at 512x512.

    https://kronbits.itch.io/particle-pack

    They are under CC0 license. That means you can use them in you personal and commercial projects with no credit needed.

    This pack is free, but as always any donation is welcome, that helps to continue releasing more and more assets in a free way. Or you can buy some of my tools ;)

    Thanks for your support!

    #gamedev #indiedev #creativetoots #mastoart

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17. rocky1138 (rocky1138@kwat.chat)'s status on Saturday, 02-Feb-2019 14:29:45 EST rocky1138
    Very happy that C# supports a lot of functional stuff like Aggregate combined with anonymous functions.
18. Game Blaster 64 (gameblaster64@kwat.chat)'s status on Friday, 01-Feb-2019 00:20:55 EST Game Blaster 64
    Whoever had the foresight and genius of taste to hire Sonic Mayhem for the Quake II soundtrack, thank you.
    --gamers
    
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z6VpX-feA2M
19. Focus on Fun Games (focusonfungames@kwat.chat)'s status on Friday, 01-Feb-2019 00:07:12 EST Focus on Fun Games
    We are such a long way from it, but raytraced VR is going to be out of this world.
20. Game Blaster 64 (gameblaster64@kwat.chat)'s status on Sunday, 27-Jan-2019 15:06:22 EST Game Blaster 64
    Second best dogfighting music of all time: Airforce Delta (Dreamcast) - Track 5.
    
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n_z2-md60v4&list=PLbPd0JMiEHj_VXKSpjAkhw4BbLS6YZu6a&index=5