Mastodawn

#Perl @PerlWChallenge 365 Alphabet Index Digit Sum and Valid Token Counter https://wlmb.github.io/2026/03/16/PWC365/
#noxp

Perl Weekly Challenge 365.

Alphabet Index Digit Sum and Valid Token Counter

wlmb 1d ago

#Perl @PerlWChallenge 365 Task 2: Valid Token Counter
#noxp
```
perl -E '
$r="[[:alpha:]]+";for(@ARGV){say "$_ -> ", 0+grep /^$r(-$r)?[\.,!]?$/,split " "}
' "cat and dog" "a-b c! d,e" "hello-world! this is fun" \
"ab- cd-ef gh- ij!" "wow! a-b-c nice."
```

wlmb 1d ago

#Perl @PerlWChallenge 365 Task 1: Alphabet Index Digit Sum
#noxp
```
perl -MList::Util=sum -E '
@n{a..z}=(1..26);for my($s,$k)(@ARGV){$x=join"",map$n{$_},split "",$s;
$x=sum split "",$x for(1..$k);say"$s, $k -> $x"}
' abc 1 az 2 cat 1 dog 2 perl 3
```

wlmb 2d ago

Matthew Rimmer 2d ago

‘Another internet is possible’: Norway rails against ‘enshittification’ https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/mar/16/norway-rails-against-enshittifcation-deliberate-tech-deterioration @doctorow @pluralistic

‘Another internet is possible’: Norway rails against ‘enshittification’

Absurdist video urges policymakers and users to resist deliberate deterioration of platforms and devices

The Guardian

wlmb 2d ago

Simon Brooke 3d ago

Guess who's behind the sudden rush of age verification legislation?

In the US, #Meta is spending $26.3 Million to hire at least 86 Lobbyists from 40 lobbying firms, and lobbying in at least 45 states. It is confirmed that Meta wrote the Louisiana age verification bill.

In the EU, Meta is spending ten million euros annually on lobbying, retaining 18 lobbying firms.

Edit: this article is based on LLM generated material, and I haven't spent the time to check its sources

https://tboteproject.com/

Age Verification Lobbying: Dark Money, Model Legislation & Institutional Capture

Investigative research into age verification lobbying, dark money, and model legislation

The TBOTE Project

wlmb 3d ago

Project Gutenberg 3d ago

The eye of the mathematician

Is mathematical beauty real? Or is it just a subjective, human ‘wow’ that is becoming redundant in an AI age?

by Rita Ahmadi

https://aeon.co/essays/how-should-we-define-mathematical-beauty-in-the-ai-age?utm_source=Aeon+Newsletter&utm_campaign=93f4888db4-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2026_02_23_COPY_01&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_-4ef8a26106-72664972

Mathematics at PG:
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/bookshelf/102

#books #literature #mathematics

wlmb 3d ago

LINUXexpert.org 3d ago

Perl was weird, messy, brilliant, and absolutely foundational to the early web.

Before modern frameworks and JavaScript everywhere, Perl powered CGI scripts, forms, counters, search tools, admin panels, and the kind of text processing that made the first dynamic websites possible.

A lot of people remember Perl as a joke. History says otherwise.

https://linuxexpert.org/perl-the-strange-language-that-built-the-early-web/

#Perl #Linux #OpenSource #WebDevelopment #CGI #Programming #SoftwareHistory #SysAdmin #LinuxExpert

Perl: The Strange Language That Built the Early Web

A deep dive into Perl’s history, its role in building the early web, and how it influenced modern programming languages, package ecosystems, and developer culture.

LINUXexpert

wlmb Mar 10

iiradned Mar 10

Every billionaire is a machine for producing policy failures at scale.

Billionaires are a danger to themselves and (especially) us @pluralistic
https://pluralistic.net/2026/03/09/autocrats-of-trade-2/

Pluralistic: Billionaires are a danger to themselves and (especially) us (09 Mar 2026) – Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow

wlmb Mar 9

El camino al infierno está pavimentado de buenas intenciones. Las emergentes leyes de verificación de edades, supuestamente para proteger menores, son desastrozas (California, UK...).

wlmb Mar 9