Hisham

@hisham_hm
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Still coding free software — Created htop, Teal (typed dialect of Lua), LuaRocks package manager, GoboLinux distro

PhD (PUC-Rio), interested in dataflow, PL ∊ HCI

Occasional music and cat content

en/es/fr/pt/de: he/Êl/lui/ele/er

remember personal websites?https://hisham.hm/
my newer music@signifier
my older musichttp://colorbleed.com.br/
toots in pt_BR:https://masto.donte.com.br/@hisham
I really appreciate the vulnerability that comes with writing something like this and releasing it to the public. We need to do a better job of recognizing these traits and supporting one another. 💕
https://kennethreitz.org/essays/2026-03-18-open_source_gave_me_everything_until_i_had_nothing_left_to_give
Open Source Gave Me Everything Until I Had Nothing Left to Give

I thought I was having a spiritual awakening. I was having a psychiatric emergency. I was at a tech conference in Sweden when it started. I hadn't slept in...

Kenneth Reitz
By that logic, NSYNC should be Nash, Stills, Young, Nash and Crosby.
if you want to know how information is sorted in my brain, I just read a toot that mentioned "CSYNC" and my mind went "Crosby, Stills, Young, Nash... and Crosby"
By that logic, NSYNC should be Nash, Stills, Young, Nash and Crosby.
if you want to know how information is sorted in my brain, I just read a toot that mentioned "CSYNC" and my mind went "Crosby, Stills, Young, Nash... and Crosby"

the "ethical AGI" side of OpenAI are yudkowsky believers, including the CTO who is now CEO

it is important to remember that yudkowsky's ideas are dumb and wrong and he has actually zero technological experience. he's an ideas guy.

this is gonna be fucking wild.

EDIT EDIT: Tony Hoare probably did pass away https://blog.computationalcomplexity.org/2026/03/tony-hoare-1934-2026.html

EDIT: Tony Hoare may have not, in fact, passed away

Tony Hoare has passed away https://lefenetrou.blogspot.com/2026/03/in-memoriam-tony-hoare.html

Rest in processes, may they be communicating even if individually sequential

Tony Hoare (1934-2026)

Turing Award winner and former Oxford professor  Tony Hoare passed away last Thursday at the age of 92. Hoare is famous for quicksort, ALGO...

I'll be spending the next nine days without a computer. See ya! 🏖

Sending good vibes to everyone at #FOSDEM! I couldn't make it this year, but I hope to be there next time!

If you're there, reply with your favorite talk so far!

Sending good vibes to everyone at #FOSDEM! I couldn't make it this year, but I hope to be there next time!

If you're there, reply with your favorite talk so far!