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Ret @ret.furry.engineer.ap.brid.gy · 22/06/2026

Me in 1768: I dislike the new Prime Minister and the Steam Machine is still too expensive. Me in 2026: I dislike the new Prime Minister and the Steam Machine is still too expensive.

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curche @curche.hachyderm.io.ap.brid.gy · 18/09/2026

Never realized how extensive a list wikipedia maintains for its table of dosa variations. Shout out to everyone for contributing. Keep adding more! en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dosa_(food)#V…

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curche @curche.hachyderm.io.ap.brid.gy · 06/09/2026

Websites which need me to upload images within specific size limits (and format) should really just be able to do the conversion themselves ;-;

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✧✦Catherine✦✧ @whitequark.treehouse.systems.ap.brid.gy · 30/07/2026

it has been not that uncommon to write tests (entirely by hand!) in a manner where the skeleton of a test is written out and then the values in it are adjusted until they match whatever the implementation does. this is mostly but not entirely useless. it also happens to be something that is […]

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curche @curche.hachyderm.io.ap.brid.gy · 01/08/2026

There should be a way to Turn off Location Permission after the app which requested for it is done with it or is closed.

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✧✦Catherine✦✧ @whitequark.treehouse.systems.ap.brid.gy · 27/07/2026

OH: "10.0 CRITICAL: blank silicon wafers can implement arbitrary logic functions, potential for arbitrary code execution, data tampering and denial of service"

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✧✦Catherine✦✧ @whitequark.treehouse.systems.ap.brid.gy · 25/07/2026

Sphinx (the documentation system) has a very competent internationalizatoin scheme here's how it works. the input documents are processed (macros expanded, etc) then each page becomes a gettext catalog, and each AST node becomes its own gettext message "that sounds ludicrous" you might say (I […]

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curche @curche.hachyderm.io.ap.brid.gy · 20/07/2026

TIL, although my bank website restricts auto filling passwords when on desktop (gotta type it manually), it can't block auto filling when you open it using your mobile's browser app

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curche @curche.hachyderm.io.ap.brid.gy · 19/07/2026

Back when I was job hunting in the US, every few months I'd get an Indeed job alert saying HEB is hiring for a Haskell Developer. And it always struck me as surprising (but also inspiring!)

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curche @curche.hachyderm.io.ap.brid.gy · 18/07/2026

Is it called schrodinger's chat when new messages only appear when you go afk

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Adrianna Tan @skinnylatte.hachyderm.io.ap.brid.gy · 08/07/2026

Ok, I did my talk. Beyond responsible AI. Key highlights: - if someone says they’re doing responsible AI but has no TEVV (test, evaluate, verify, validate) plan or team, they are not responsible at all - Who is testing AI now? Only research scientists, engineers, mostly in China and San […]

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curche @curche.hachyderm.io.ap.brid.gy · 08/07/2026

Instant Messaging has become (psychological) Russian Roulette for my brain

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curche @curche.hachyderm.io.ap.brid.gy · 01/07/2026

Achievement unlocked: Sent a Fax

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curche @curche.hachyderm.io.ap.brid.gy · 21/05/2026

Oh shit we might finally be getting a new census (after like 15yrs; wow 2011 India feels like a super duper long time ago)

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Stefan Bohacek @fediverse.stefanbohacek.online · 11/05/2026

FediLearns Classifieds is a pretty neat project from @inherentlee that lets you find people offering to teach various skills. And you can submit a listing yourself! fedilearns.fyi #fediverse #FediLearns

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Learning together, by and for the fediverse

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✧✦Catherine✦✧ @whitequark.treehouse.systems.ap.brid.gy · 12/05/2026

they should make `.cmake` a TLD

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curche @curche.hachyderm.io.ap.brid.gy · 10/05/2026

Man shoutout to inria.fr for having a selfhosted gitlab instance, protected with anubis for scraper ddos (with a custom banner that I believe you get by sponsoring the anubis project), and doing proper scheduled maintenance notices while also providing a link to their selfhosted mattermost […]

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Glyph @glyph.im · 25/04/2026

Now I'm learning about the lesson that users have learned from yes/no "consent" modals is that they just always have to say "yes" or the computer will deny them critical access to functionality that they need in order to perform their desired task, complete assigned work from an employer or […]

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✧✦Catherine✦✧ @whitequark.treehouse.systems.ap.brid.gy · 24/04/2026

the phenomenon of "you buy a more expensive, higher-end product and it sucks on an unpredecented, previously unimaginable scale" always frustrates me

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✧✦Catherine✦✧ @whitequark.treehouse.systems.ap.brid.gy · 22/04/2026

i wonder what would happen to civilization if we collectively completely got rid of day trading

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curche @curche.hachyderm.io.ap.brid.gy · 21/04/2026

it would be nice if github alternatives had an option to specify a link to upstream repo which might still be in github or elsewhere. So I can still have a "forked from ($codeberg-instance/$user/$repo)" instead of just mentioning it in README

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curche @curche.hachyderm.io.ap.brid.gy · 17/04/2026

>Printer randomly stops responding to print >no one can print >restart printer, printing works again >except one of the two pdf I'm trying to print prints out in landscape even tho I can see I was printing a portrait A4 Literally, I swear to god, what the hell is even happening

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GreenSkyOverMe (Monika) @greenskyoverme.ohai.social.ap.brid.gy · 14/04/2026

British online friend: "Saw a flying banana tonight. I only noticed because of the purple light shining upwards" Everyone: ??? "We have track measurement trains. They run around, checking the tracks for faults, the power cables, etc They're bright yellow. So […] [Original post on ohai.social]

The yellow train at night with a purple glow going upwards

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curche @curche.hachyderm.io.ap.brid.gy · 27/03/2026

man why does Apple need me to install the entirety of XCode Command Line Utilities just to be able to use `git`

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Julia Evans @b0rk.social.jvns.ca.ap.brid.gy · 26/03/2026

how diffie hellman key exchange works (with as little math as possible)

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✧✦Catherine✦✧ @whitequark.treehouse.systems.ap.brid.gy · 23/03/2026

💭 the difference between "AI" and "ML" is whether it primarily benefits capital or labor

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✧✦Catherine✦✧ @whitequark.treehouse.systems.ap.brid.gy · 28/02/2026

@niconiconi thought: that one xeon is the costco hotdog of shenzhen markets

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✧✦Catherine✦✧ @whitequark.treehouse.systems.ap.brid.gy · 26/02/2026

> start using a dependency with 1.1 million dependents, 132 releases, 116 contributors, and version 4.67.3 > immediately hit an obvious bug smh

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curche @curche.hachyderm.io.ap.brid.gy · 22/03/2026

Everyone asks what is my IP but no one stops to ask how is my IP .-. (my I(S)P is doing very bad with routing, in case you're asking; send thoughts and prayers tyvm)

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curche @curche.hachyderm.io.ap.brid.gy · 19/03/2026

RE: mastoart.social/@StevenLawsonPhotog… I'm not a particularly avid user of hashtags on mastodon, but this one - Monochrome March - has been delightful, thank you! If you haven't already seen it, have a look. Excited for the e-zine!

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Felicitas Pojtinger 🌅 @pojntfx.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 11/03/2026

The fact that I can use a Linux phone in China and be a fully participating member of society, including mobile payments and everything, but I can't do that in any EU country, the US or Canada due to the payment methods there requiring SafetyNet and China not requiring that, has really broken my […]

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curche @curche.hachyderm.io.ap.brid.gy · 14/03/2026

Never lose hope about the internet, for it can be a beautiful place. And it is on us to continue to make it so

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curche @curche.hachyderm.io.ap.brid.gy · 14/03/2026

RE: hachyderm.io/@samhenrigold/11621635… a totally different view to think about the new macbook neo separate from all the reviews. I like the idea - personally because I think constraints forces you to thrive. Its kinda why I might be on a m1 macos26 fighting Finder but yearn […]

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curche @curche.hachyderm.io.ap.brid.gy · 14/03/2026

setting up 2FA using TOTP on an old account (because why not /shrug (its literally pixiv I use it to lurk occasionally but hey why not the setup is simpler than most bank apps)) (under the qr code to setup totp) "My 2D code won't scan" (i.e. click to do it manually) ok but now I'm curious to […]

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curche @curche.hachyderm.io.ap.brid.gy · 14/03/2026

>step away from macos for a while >come back to see crash reporter in the dock >don't remember anything crashing or having crashed before (except when I ran out of ram and had to kill firefox) >tried opening crash reporter: it is no longer responding aaaaa

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curche @curche.hachyderm.io.ap.brid.gy · 13/03/2026

A question for the PL folks in my timeline: do you remember a particular talk or paper (or perhaps unofficial video/sigbovik?) that essentially compares the different notations/symbols/syntax used in PL papers for representing operational semantics & often the same things (and how this "jungle" […]

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Ambivalent Dictator For Life @pikesley.mastodon.me.uk.ap.brid.gy · 23/02/2026

The old world is dying, and the new world struggles to be born; now is the time of unimaginably stupid shit every fucking day

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Julia Evans @b0rk.social.jvns.ca.ap.brid.gy · 23/02/2026

(continued from ^) Google search doesn't work as well anymore because the results are full of LLM-generated articles? I hear about CEOs putting pressure on their teams to produce more faster because they've been told that AI will increase productivity? it feels sad. even though I find LLMs […]

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