I'm busy reading an essay on #Emacs when suddenly a piercing missile about #magick shows up:
> All spells are cast on the caster.
>
> — https://waxbanks.wordpress.com/2025/08/01/bare-metal-the-emacs-essay/ (@waxbanks)
Touché
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Conversations with a six-year-old on functional programming | blog :: Brent -> [String]
https://byorgey.wordpress.com/2018/05/06/conversations-with-a-six-year-old-on-functional-programming/
#fp #functionalprogramming
https://byorgey.wordpress.com/2018/05/06/conversations-with-a-six-year-old-on-functional-programming/
#fp #functionalprogramming
Steve PurcellThe root of so many problems in software: reflexively upscaling capacity instead of addressing efficiency. Once you see it, it's everywhere.
- Process running out of memory? Don't just give it more, find out why first, and reduce how much it allocates.
- Team delivering too slowly? Don't just expand the team, find out what's slowing them down.
- Too much work to track? Don't just buy Jira and curate a huge backlog, identify the essentials instead, and keep a simple list
Missing The PointNovember 6, 2024
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nullagentInterview with Esolang Academic 2024
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ieqsL5NkS6I
Interview with Esoteric Language Academic 2024
Karl Voit 
@pludikovsky Here is my summary why I do think that #Markdown is not a good lightweight #markup language compared to #orgdown (or the syntax of #orgmode): https://karl-voit.at/2017/09/23/orgmode-as-markup-only/
Org Mode Syntax Is Intuitive, Easy to Learn and Remember
Org Mode Syntax Is Standardized
Org Mode Syntax Is Consistent
Org Mode Syntax Can Be Easily Typed
Org Mode Syntax Makes Sense Outside of Emacs
Org Mode Syntax Has Excellent Tool Support (If You Want)
... and for most of those arguments, Markdown is worse.
Robert MacLeanI'm so honoured to have been able to open DevConf Cape Town today, and more importantly to be able to among an amazing group of beautiful humans who are presenting at the event. It is going to be a great day
Hannah Kolbeck 🏳️⚧️Hi friends,
The http://alt-text.org alt text library project needs a new leader, I have brain cancer.
I built a working, scalable, proof of concept library of shared alt text with fuzzy matching.
I'd like to connect with the #accessibility dev community. I want to hand the project off to a team or a leader if anyone is willing to take it over.
Github: https://github.com/alt-text-org
WIP MVP: a site designed for writing alt text with a private library: https://my.alt-text.org
Boosts appreciated
Abhinav 🌏