Mark Musante

@mmusante
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Filesystems and other kernel programming. Ex-Sun engineer. Interactive fiction enthusiast. Currently learning #rustlang. he/him
Websitehttp://ministryofpeace.com/mastodon-validation.html
GitHubhttps://github.com/mjmusante
Mark MusanteMar 18
Opus Magnum - Saverio's Test
Minimal cycles (26)
#opusmagnum
Mark MusanteMar 18
Opus Magnum - Saverio's Test
Minimal area (11)
Mark MusanteMar 2
Show threadShoqMar 2

subscriptions.

Reader-supported but open (The Guardian, MotherJones, Axios ) use voluntary contribution rather than hard restrictions.

Of course, none of them can support the big salaries of the big papers of old. But nobody ever said a career in journalism had to be as profitable as medicine, dentistry, or owning a Payday loan outlet.

The issue is not whether journalism has to be paid for, it does. But who pays, how, and how much is the only real issue. “They can just go to the library” …

Mark MusanteFeb 17
Marco BolleroFeb 17

Learning Rust isn’t about new syntax.
It’s about unlearning old habits.
Rust feels simple the moment you stop writing it like C, C++, Python or Java.

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#rustlang #rust

Mark MusanteFeb 13
Jan SchaumannFeb 13
Interesting fact: today is Friday the 13th, but did you know that it is the 388th consecutive Friday the 13th since January 20th, 2025? 💡
Mark MusanteFeb 11

RE: https://mastodon.online/@9to5Mac/116052655160842239

Please don't name it F2, please don't name it F2, please don't name it F2, please don't name it F2

Mark MusanteFeb 7
Charlie StrossFeb 6

THOUGHT FOR THE DAY:

The singularity has been cancelled.

What we're getting is wall to wall spam generators, optimized for passing the (modified) Turing test and convincing gullible humans that they are "intelligent".

Instead of the singularity, we are getting the spamularity.

Mark MusanteFeb 6
2001: A Spaced-Out OdysseyFeb 6
Frame 28,602 of 207,800
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@2001 I've been waiting for this for... when did you start this again? Since then!
Mark MusanteFeb 2
When I was little, I learned to pronounce it "feb-you-airy". When I got older and learned how to spell, I started saying "feh-brew-airy". Now I'm old and lazy, and I just mumble my way through "feh-boo-airy" and most people understand what I'm saying.