Mastodawn

Really enjoyed watching the Artemis II launch today. USA can still do great things when it wants to.

Thanks should be given to the Mercury, Gemini, and Apollo projects and the greats of that era like Gene Kranz who laid the groundwork for launching these kind of missions.

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porcelainhamster Mar 11

@georgetakei Israel has wanted the USA to engage Iran in a war for a long time, and finally got a dumb enough leader to do it.

porcelainhamster Feb 16

Tomasz Nurkiewicz Feb 16

Impressive collection of #Java code snippets, showing how the language evolved: https://javaevolved.github.io/ by @brunoborges

java.evolved Code Snippets | java.evolved

A collection of modern Java code snippets. Every old Java pattern next to its clean, modern replacement — side by side.

java.evolved

porcelainhamster Jan 9

Jay Kuo Jan 9

I needed to let off some steam after watching JD Vance lie about and smear the name of Renee Good. It’s been a long practice of his to “create stories” to drive the narratives he wants, even if completely bogus. Let’s take Vance to task. My write up in the replies.

porcelainhamster Dec 25

PC Dec 24

A "shithole country" isn't a poor country that can't feed its children. It's a rich country that won't feed its children.

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porcelainhamster Nov 30

@mkennedy @talkpython Use of Python as an embedded language in other platforms (e.g., Java) as a way to implement malleable DSLs.I have a Java application that has to do complex calculations; if I could do that in an embedded language rather than hard-coded in Java and store the embedded language in a database somewhere I'd be pretty happy. Considering options; Python is one.

porcelainhamster Nov 4

Merlin Mann Nov 4

After the events of September 11, 2001, the Vice President was said to be secured at "an undisclosed location."

So, I bought that domain name and have never looked back.

UndisclosedLocation.com

porcelainhamster Oct 13, 2025

@jerod You asked for book recommendations — I'll add Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir. Brilliant.

porcelainhamster Sep 29, 2025

Jason Snell Sep 29, 2025

people forget how much of Lord of the Rings is travel details and pony wrangling
https://mastodon.social/@shire_reckoning_west/115288689939296983

porcelainhamster Sep 23, 2025

Merlin's Wisdom Project Sep 20, 2025

Your kids are not little versions of you; they are little versions of themselves. So, don't be sad or alarmed whenever they are becoming something different from you. Because, they will become *lots* of things that are different from you, and that's arguably the whole point. It is inarguably a thing that you need to cheerfully celebrate and support.