technosophist

@technosophist@thoughtfull.systems
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Having fun discovering how things work and why they're here.

Find me at https://www.thoughtfull.systems/

Githubhttps://github.com/technosophist
Show threadtechnosophistJun 11
@zak for real
Show threadtechnosophistJun 11
@matthew @andybaio wondering the same. Maybe it was directed at a contractors website and the contractor went out of business or was hacked or the attackers got a recycled IP from a cloud service?
technosophistJun 5
I wanted to register notfake.email to use for email aliasing, but it's already taken (blast!). However, the site that it forwards to (https://allenpooley.ca/) is glorious! It tickles me that someone else's mind has the same twists and turns. Let's be friends?
Allen Pooley; System Administrator, Wordpress Guy

The home of  Allen Pooley Not literally; he has a place he lives. This is just a website. He does not live in the website. That would be silly, and he is a

Allen Pooley
technosophistMay 30
How to reuse a macro like a function https://www.thoughtfull.systems/notes/2025-05-30-how-to-reuse-a-macro-like-a-function/ #clojure
How to reuse a macro like a function

Having fun discovering how things work and why they're here.

Thoughtfull Systems
technosophistMay 28
mhoyeMay 27

Proposal: A “yes but only if there’s an agenda” option for meeting invitations.

I want the calendar equivalent of “come back with a warrant”.

technosophistMay 23
My niece just had a babby [sic]. Now I'm a great uncle ... AMA
technosophistMay 22

What do ethics (probably not the ethics you're thinking about) and compilers have to do with each other? An ethical compiler is one that lets the programmer express what ought to be (like security) and preserves that (by not optimizing away code that overwrites secrets).

Very interesting...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=72w9c2fFxW8

[PEPM'25] The Ethical Compiler: Addressing the Is-Ought Gap in Compilation (Invited Talk)

YouTube
technosophistMay 21
There's this https://www.mentalfloss.com/where-did-all-the-minivans-go but I love my minivan. I'm at the beloved pet stage with my minivan where I may bluster about how there's a limit I'm willing to pay, etc, etc, but really I'd pay anything to keep it alive!
Where Did All the Minivans Go?

You’ll still spot the occasional minivan out on the road. But they’re a scarce sight in today’s school drop off lines.

Mental Floss
Show threadtechnosophistMay 20
@chrisbetz Yup that was great! Thanks for pointing it out.
Show threadtechnosophistMay 20
@chris__martin at some point it shifts from cause to institutions which must to justify their own existence or identities which must be maintained to avoid an identity crisis.