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About once a month I think about a line from Brennan Lee Mulligan's "Message From The CEO of GoFundMe."

"I run a website that hosts popularity contests where if you lose you die."

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tIsXEkR5OVs

Finally, my project goal proposal got approved! Thanks Jack for championing it.

"Incremental Systems Rethought" is now officially supported by the Rust project and isn't just a imaginary concept!

 

https://github.com/rust-lang/rust-project-goals/pull/439

#rust #programming #opensource

Add Incremental System Rethought Project Goal by blyxyas · Pull Request #439 · rust-lang/rust-project-goals

Design, propose, and implement a redesign of the incremental system to allow for shared common bases between different Rustc invocations with different arguments (i.e. cargo build and cargo check) ...

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Client Challenge

Please boost for freedom.

#privacy

PSA: we're aware that Signal is down for some people. This appears to be related to a major AWS outage. Stand by.
vampire missionaries

I can't explain why I've watched this 12 times

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/NZtfn2lj4Fs

can i get a curry goat with rice and peas

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New blog post: I am a Rust compiler engineer looking for a new job

https://nnethercote.github.io/2025/07/18/looking-for-a-new-job.html

Not so happy, this one :(

I am a Rust compiler engineer looking for a new job

UPDATE 2025-09-03: I have found a new job and will be starting next week. I will post more details soon. Many thanks to everyone who helped publicize this post and to everyone who contacted me about possible work. Rust is being used in many interesting places!

Nicholas Nethercote
Someone put this together... #HandsOff #protests #Politics
Highly recommend this short overview of the current status of the fight to save U.S. constitutional democracy. https://www.democracydocket.com/opinion/25-hours-all-gas-no-brakes-in-the-fight-for-democracy/
25 Hours: All Gas, No Brakes in the Fight for Democracy

Opinion | Momentum is on our side. The people are on our side. We’re louder, smarter and more relentless than they are.

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