MattI'm trying to learn some golang, and found this interesting post on why variable declarations are 'backwards' https://blog.golang.org/gos-declaration-syntax
drwatson
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no time for games / 90's tech / #graphics / native code
Nolan Lawson"Legends of the Ancient Web" http://idlewords.com/talks/ancient_web.htm
Another sobering talk from Maciej Ceglowski. He's shaping up to be a good candidate for "conscience of the tech industry."
suzanne
Allison Parrishstringing together middle segments of letterforms based on similarity at the top and bottom of the segments https://mastodon.social/media/gvRrkTRdANymacTOuFI
⛈️ Information ⛈️Oh. My. GOD.
A pack of all my old favorite console fonts. https://int10h.org/oldschool-pc-fonts/readme/
Nate Cull (.social)An idea:
Let's all stop saying 'algorithms' when we just mean 'massive, opaque, centralised, automation'
An algorithm is a step-by-step process. A recipe.
Not all programs are algorithms.
Not all automation is even a 'program' in the usual sense.
Automation might use neural nets! Production rules! A random dice roller! Electrodes wired into a cerebellum of a proprietary, genetically enhanced megasquid! You don't know!
So let's just say 'automation' when we really mean 'we don't know'.
I had emptied my fridge but stashed a pizza in the freezer before a long trip. Weeks later I felt like a genius coming back home hungry after a late flight :)
pamela 🌺 (archived!)Years of cynical and patronizing computer security coverage have convinced my family (correctly, I suppose) that absolutely everything digital is up for grabs and true security is impossible.
This has rendered them unwilling to follow even the most basic measures to protect themselves. 😕
jessicaPixaTool - converts images to palette limited pixel art.
ohhhhhhhhhhh my gosh the results on here are fanatstic
https://kronbits.itch.io/pixatool https://toot.cafe/media/J9zuIQw6eHXcqPho-Vs
Some very reasonable critique on blockchain tech: "The blockchain paradox: Why distributed ledger technologies may do little to transform the economy"