Daniel Janus

@nathell
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My mission is to enjoy life and make the world a better place – one with less hatred, disdain and violence, and more care and mutual support. (I'm thus inherently a leftist.)

I'm a programmer by vocation and occupation. I also love people close to me, cats, Scrabble, and cycling.

Keen to hear from like-minded people!

Homepagehttps://danieljanus.pl
Pronounshe/him (PL: https://zaimki.pl/@nathell)
Identitycishet male against pervasive patriarchalism
Tooting inPolish and English
Clojure: The Documentary [OFFICIAL TRAILER] | Coming April 16th! 🚨

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I just found out that one of my favourite poems – one of those that I can recite by heart from memory – was translated into English, by none other than Stanisław Barańczak and Clare Cavanagh.

Behold:

i couldn't describe my relationship with vim any better than drew just did.

his vim classic is exactly how software should be built: no new features.

meanwhile i'm switching back to vi ❤️
A eulogy for Vim

This is making the rounds in the meme shitpostery channels but I haven’t seen it on here and I found it really heartwarming so here
(by Horpus Corpus)

This sci-fi author chose Emacs over AI tools.

https://itsfoss.com/emacs-the-ux-ideal/

In the Age of AI Writing Tools, I Picked Emacs for My Sci-Fi Novel

The venerable text editor feels timeless and timely in the age of AI and enshittification. A novelist argues that it is perhaps because Emacs is the embodiment of FOSS ideals

It's FOSS
New blog post! A what-if scenario where we try to see how a home computer designer might've dealt with the field-sequential color television, had the Korean War not stopped that standards' rollout. Enjoy! https://nicole.express/2026/the-apple-that-wasnt.html

Z okazji Dnia Kobiet, moi drodzy, życzę Wam wszystkim MATRIARCHATU.

W obecnej sytuacji nic innego już nie ma najmniejszego sensu.

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I am not the first person to point out that a “Luddite” isn’t someone who hates tech — they hated the EXPLOITATION OF PEOPLE by capital through the use of tech. Too many of my peers are on the wrong side of that and a lot of us are watching and making notes and will remember.
Tuskowa prokuratura uparcie kontynuuje zainicjowany przez PIS bandytyzm antyczłowieczy.

"The blood was only ever a means to an end," the vampire confessed in the interview.

"To what end?" the reporter asked.

"Blood carries vigor, life force, vital energy. That's what we feed on."

"So how do you get it, if not through blood?"

"These days, we make doom scrolling apps to drain it."

#MicroFiction #TootFic #SmallStories