null_radix

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null_radixJul 20, 2022
@potato_lisper
I switched from nix to guix to nix. I really do miss scheme but flakes are nice!
null_radixJul 20, 2022
every now and again, i look back remember how awesome i used to think coffeescript was.
null_radixJul 10, 2022
Christian Pietsch (old acct.)Jul 10, 2022

This well-researched #longread reminds us that #Putin has been puppeteering right-wing extremists since the 1980ies when he was a KGB man in Dresden, GDR.

https://magazine.atavist.com/follow-the-leader-nazi-putin-sonntag-cold-war/

The authors should have mentioned that intelligence agencies in the west have done the same.

Follow the Leader

In the waning days of the Cold War, Rainer Sonntag helped fuel a neo-Nazi movement that still plagues Germany today. He was also a Communist spy—and worked for Vladimir Putin.

The Atavist Magazine
null_radixJul 9, 2022
null_radixJul 1, 2022
conflicting keybinds are the worst. Why cant we have a keybinding server that pervents or warns us when two or more programs have conflicting keybindings?
null_radixJul 1, 2022
mood: head first into the complexity
null_radixJun 30, 2022

It is human nature to "look for one's keys under the street-lamp, because that is where the light is brightest."

– Henry Baker, Dubious Achievement

https://plover.com/~mjd/misc/hbaker-archive/letters/CACM-DubiousAchievement.html

"Dubious Achievement", Comm. of the ACM 34, 4 (April 1991), 18.

null_radixJun 29, 2022
Ludovic CourtèsMay 15, 2022

“Why Open Source Matters — Guix”
https://blog.bitmex.com/why-open-source-matters-guix/

I wasn’t seduced by the title but this article is a great explanation of how #FreeSoftware, @reproducible_builds, and #bootstrapping contribute to #SupplyChainSecurity for Bitcoin Core. This includes a discussion of why they went from #Gitian to #Guix.

Why Open Source Matters - Guix | BitMEX Blog

This chapter originally appeared in the book “Bitcoin: A Work In Progress” by Sjors Provoost. Learn more at https://btcwip.com/.

BitMEX Blog
null_radixAug 12, 2021
"If there wasn't something wrong with Lisp, no computer language (except Fortran) would exist."
null_radixAug 12, 2021
Edward Snowden [bot]Aug 11, 2021

When people are like "they gon microchip me to talk to the satellites," I'm like, my man: can you imagine how much people would pay for an unlimited-plan phone you never have to charge? And you think they're just gonna put it in you for free?

You don't even have insurance.