Mastodawn

Hey #dotnet - we on the .NET SDK team are all about making the `dotnet` CLI more capable and powerful over time. But how do you usually _get_ the `dotnet` CLI and other tooling? Today that answer is a _bunch_ of different ways. We have a plan to centralize these ways into a new tool, and we'd like to get your feedback on it! Please check out the design spec over at https://github.com/dotnet/designs/pull/339 and let us know what you think! Do you like/dislike the plan? Would this solve your needs? What else would you like an SDK management CLI to be able to do?

Add proposal for `dnup` CLI-based acquisition tool by baronfel · Pull Request #339 · dotnet/designs

This is the content from https://hackmd.io/oyAjpxTNQKa60ipv-MmYSQ?view, polished up a bit for the format and general layout of this repo. Note that the name dnup is not solid by any means - it'...

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bitbonk Aug 3

@entomology
I wrote a little text about the pine processionary that I want to use in an art project. I am not an entomologist, just a Jean-Henri Fabre fan.
Dear #entomology community in the fediverse, could you proofread and fact check this for me?

Full text is the also in the image description.

#insects #caterpillars #Fabre #JeanHenriFabre

cc @alexwild @tlmcleod

bitbonk Jul 29

It looks like Visual Studio 2026 is just around the corner.

https://www.visualstudio2026.com

#VisualStudio #VisualStudio2026 #vs2026 #dotnet

bitbonk Jul 28

Avalonia UI Jul 28

Meet Beutl - a FOSS video editor built with Avalonia! 🎬

✅ Runs on Windows, macOS & Linux
✅ GPU-accelerated compositing
✅ Keyframes & pro effects
✅ Extensible plugin system
✅ 100% .NET

This is what modern cross-platform looks like! 🚀

https://github.com/b-editor/beutl

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bitbonk Jul 23

„irmadium valve“

#philipkdick #sciencefiction #sciencefictionauthors #literature

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bitbonk Jul 23

„Thurston gate response crystals“

#philipkdick #sciencefiction #sciencefictionauthors #literature

bitbonk Jul 20

„It makes a noise, he thought, like a thousand cosmic babies dropping an endless number of giant pot lids on to a titanic concrete floor.“

Philip K. Dick, A Maze of Death

Clearly this book has been written with the help of psychoactive substances. What a weird and awesome piece of science fiction literature.

#philipkdick #sciencefiction
#sciencefictionauthors
#literature

bitbonk Jul 17

Simon Cropp Jul 17

can anyone get c#14 extension constructors to work?
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/csharp/language-reference/proposals/extensions#constructors
for that sample i get "Method must have a return type"

Extension members - C# feature specifications (preview)

This proposal enables new kinds of extension members. These new extension members support extension properties, extension static members, including extension operators.

bitbonk Jul 8