Zippy Wonderdust

@ZippyWonderdust
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Writer, programmer, sometime-philosopher, parent and lover. Cyclist, hiker, canoer, camper, yoga disciple and Tai Chi enthusiast. Compulsive fixer/builder/maker; my collection of repair tools is prodigious. I almost certainly have undiagnosed #ADHD (inattentive presentation) as well as a few trademark #autistic traits, but folks nevertheless seem to find me friendly and approachable, and I can be fun at parties once you manage to convince me to go.
#lua #cycling #canoeing #yoga #maker

@fname

It's impossible to pretend that our society has not slid backwards when we can no longer provide the same level of services that where common in the 50's though 90's.

Higher GDP or productivity does not matter if quality of life (and hallway medicine is a reduction in quality of life) has declined. It also does not matter if other countries / provinces have it worse; a decline is a decline.

people who have gone from neo/VI/m to Emacs or wise verse - what made you swap? what made you then either stay or revert?

#editorwar #editorwars #vi #vim #neovim #emacs

Notifications were a mistake. I no longer wish to be notified. Of anything. Ever.

Another day, another branded vulnerability. FreeBSD this time. But the website is a real work of art: https://bumsrake.de

(h/t to @rqm)

#FreeBSD #Security #Vulnerability

BUMSRAKETE™ — The Most Beautiful, Most Tremendous FreeBSD Vulnerability In The History Of Computing. BELIEVE ME.

BUMSRAKETE is a HUGE, TREMENDOUS, MANY-PEOPLE-ARE-SAYING FreeBSD kTLS-RX page-cache write primitive. The BEST primitive. Some say the best ever.

" If you've discovered a capsule and are reading this years, decades, or centuries from now - you have everything you need. The pseudocode above is a complete specification. Build a machine that can subtract and compare numbers, load the capsule, and run it. The software inside will come back to life.

No other materials are required."

https://eternal-software.org/
Eternal Software Initiative - Preserving Software for a Thousand Years

The Eternal Software Initiative preserves today's software in a form that can survive millennia, ensuring our digital culture is never lost.

Discord really don't want to be reminded of how behind they are:

https://support.discord.com/hc/en-us/community/posts/360047840052-Add-IPv6-support?page=3

#ipv6

why did they call them "ai datacenters" when they could have called them "slopping malls"

💰 Zulip becomes a Foundation after Anthropic hired its senior team.

"I’m stepping back from Zulip to join Anthropic because of its remarkable commitment to the responsible development of AI for the long-term benefit of humanity. Three additional members of Zulip’s longtime leadership team are also joining me at Anthropic: Alya Abbott, Greg Price, and Alex Vandiver"

https://blog.zulip.com/2026/05/15/announcing-zulip-foundation/

#zulip #opensource #ai #Anthropic

Announcing the Zulip Foundation

Today marks a major transition for the Zulip open-source project and for Kandra Labs, the company behind it: I’m stepping back from full-time Zulip leadership to join Anthropic, alongside three senior team members, and we’re donating the company to a newly created, independent, nonprofit Zulip Foundation. …

The Zulip Blog