Andrew Hewus Fresh

@AFresh1@bsd.network
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he/him. So many interesting things to know and do. At the moment, spend my free time as an #OpenBSD hacker, #Perl programmer, and fan of pockets.
Other places I'm on the Internetshttps://andrew.afresh1.com
githubhttps://github.com/afresh1
Show threadAndrew Hewus Fresh1d ago
@christi3k we have the fuel Thermacell bug repellant, friends have the rechargable. They seem to work for mosquitos and somewhat on gnats. Did not have any wasps without them and they didn't seem to attract any.
Andrew Hewus Fresh1d ago
Mohammad Sajid Anwar2d ago
Here’s another information-packed #Perl weekly newsletter, enjoy!
https://perlweekly.com/archive/728.html
Perl Weekly Issue #728 - Perl Conference

Show threadAndrew Hewus Fresh2d ago
@ctuffli afaiu "all" webcams now are "windows ready" and use the same driver.
Andrew Hewus Fresh3d ago
eevee 🦊4d ago
down with Whatever https://eev.ee/blog/2025/07/03/the-rise-of-whatever/
The rise of Whatever

This was originally titled “I miss when computers were fun”. But in the course of writing it, I discovered that there is a reason computers became less fun, a dark thread woven through a number of events in recent history. Let me back up a bit.

Show threadAndrew Hewus Fresh4d ago
@josh or, after that, really the entire post in a single sentence.
> What the fuck is going on here?
@eevee
Show threadAndrew Hewus Fresh4d ago
@josh so many
> Genuinely good new tools don’t tend to need coercion to fuel their adoption only a few years into their existence, right?
@eevee
Show threadAndrew Hewus Fresh4d ago
@josh so far:
> What are you all even writing that so much of it consists of generic slop?
@eevee
Andrew Hewus Fresh5d ago
MetaCPAN5d ago

Version 42, subversion 0 of Perl 5 is now available.

https://metacpan.org/release/BOOK/perl-5.42.0

"iPad & iPhone Wallpaper - 42 b" by Patrick Hoesly is licensed under CC BY 2.0.

Andrew Hewus Fresh5d ago
Dave Cross5d ago

Perl 5.42 was released this afternoon. Perl still has a major release every year (don't believe people who tell you it hasn't changed since Perl 5.0 was released in 1994). This is not your father's Perl.

Release notes - https://metacpan.org/release/BOOK/perl-5.42.0/view/pod/perldelta.pod

perldelta

what is new for perl v5.42.0

MetaCPAN
Andrew Hewus Fresh5d ago
Feeling extra powerless today.