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Eleanor Saitta @dymaxion.infosec.exchange.ap.brid.gy · 10/10/2026

Oh, my sweet summer child. It's always the C++ programmers, isn't it?

Anonymized response from another network, quoting "Abstractions are fine as long as you never forget they're a lie" and then saying:
NO Abstractions are a layering of specializations.
The layer above does not need to know (and should not know) the implementation of the layer below.
With abstractions the layer below can be seamless be swapped out (based or your platform or need)s and your layer continues to function exactly the same.
One layer is protected from other layers messing with its internals.
Honor the interface. It is your contract that you will continue to work.
It is called encapsulation, look it up. And that is not a lie.

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Eleanor Saitta @dymaxion.infosec.exchange.ap.brid.gy · 08/10/2026

Abstraction is the original sin of technology. It's essential to do anything and we have taught two generations to treat abstractions as real, but not what's beneath the ones they use nor the implications of this lie, and we wonder why no one can see the impact the lie has on their work and world.

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Matt Blaze @mattblaze.federate.social.ap.brid.gy · 28/09/2026

It's just like the way the Segway completely changed the way cities work.

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Matt Blaze @mattblaze.federate.social.ap.brid.gy · 28/09/2026

The "AI changes everything" people rhyme remarkably well with the "blockchain changes everything" people.

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Prof Heino Falcke @hfalcke.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 28/09/2026

Today we had the most unusual PhD defense of my career. Leon Houben fell 15 m in the Alps, landing on his head and loosing his memory while working on his PhD thesis. When he met me again, he had to google me. He had to re-learn everything and wrote two more […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

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Tamara Munzner @tamara.cosocial.ca.ap.brid.gy · 22/09/2026

Ravebots Tech or Treat What If 2027 Sound Camp Fundraiser Join us for a night of beats, bass, and bots as we get the Vancouver Burning Man community warmed up for the season. This will be a taste of the Ravebots experience. It's a little treat before we reunite […] [Original post on cosocial.ca]

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Adam :CApride: @adam.mstdn.ca.ap.brid.gy · 21/09/2026

A beautiful day for a ride around the seawall #Vancouver #biketooter

The silver globe of the top of Science World in Vancouver.

The Lions Gate suspension bridge, stretching over a large expanse of water.

A view Donna’s Rock, standing with a tree on top just off shore from Stanley Park.

A map of Vancouver showing a bike track 39 km long, and a bike time of 2 hours and 32 minutes.

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Tamara Munzner @tamara.cosocial.ca.ap.brid.gy · 22/09/2026

We're hiring at UBC CS in our tenure-track teaching stream. We're in search of systems expertise: our greatest needs are in operating systems and computer architecture; also networking, distributed systems, database systems, cloud computing, and systems security […]

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Scott Francis @darkuncle.infosec.exchange.ap.brid.gy · 28/05/2026

RE: mastodon.social/@Daojoan/1166496159… “Every ordinary decision now comes with a research burden.” omg, 1000% this

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Tim Bray 🇨🇦 @timbray.cosocial.ca.ap.brid.gy · 18/04/2026

Having a little issue where we tie up our boat at the cabin.

A floating dock entirely covered with boisterous sea lions.

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The Birdbassador @birdbassador.jorts.horse.ap.brid.gy · 15/12/2025

a single corgi is called a corgus a single husky is called a huskus more than one chihuahua are called chihuahuae

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Tamara Munzner @tamara.cosocial.ca.ap.brid.gy · 27/10/2025

UBC Computer Science invites applications for up to two full-time tenure-track positions with the following priority areas: visualization, robotics, reinforcement learning, data management, and data mining. Applications are due Wed Dec 10, 2025 […] [Original post on cosocial.ca]

Aerial view of the UBC campus in the foreground with forest behind it, surrounded by ocean on the left and right, with overlapping layers of mountains fading off into the distance on the right. The text on top says "UBC Computer Science is hiring up to 2 full-time tenure-track Assistant Professor positions. Applications due Dec 10 2025"

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Tamara Munzner @tamara.cosocial.ca.ap.brid.gy · 29/05/2025

🎧 Epic DJ Lineup - dance the night away to electrifying beats from our talented Ravebots crew 🔹8-9:30pm🔸 Revi 🔹9:30-11pm🔸 Red Dragon 🔹11pm-12:30am🔸 Tango 🔹12:30-2am🔸 Diem 🍸 Bar - we’ll have alcoholic and non-alcoholic options available 💥 Fundraiser vibes - all profits go directly toward […]

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Tamara Munzner @tamara.cosocial.ca.ap.brid.gy · 29/05/2025

✨ Beeps, boops, and basslines await. Ravebots Fundraiser & Megan’s Birthday Celebration Sat May 31st, 8pm-2am 55 W 8th Ave, #Vancouver Join us for an unforgettable evening as we celebrate love, life, and lasers - all in support of bringing the Ravebots sound stage back to What If! A night […]

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Tamara Munzner @tamara.cosocial.ca.ap.brid.gy · 04/05/2025

For anybody who has read the Wess'Har series from Karen Traviss -- one of my 5-star all-time absolute favorites -- a thoughtful and intriguing discussion of her current take on the ethics of the major characters preview.mailerlite.com/c3n6s2m3a3/2… via latest […]

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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 25/03/2025

Half of business owners on this Toronto street estimated that more than 25% of their customers arrived by car. In fact, it was 4%. And the % of customers who who walked or cycled? 72%. Retailers routinely overestimate the # of “car customers.” Via @carltonreid.com www.forbes.com/sites/carlto...

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highly praised and little read @hannah.posts.rat.pictures.ap.brid.gy · 10/03/2025

Breaking into Pantone headquarters in the middle of the night and cutting all the cage locks to let the colors escape

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Tim Bray 🇨🇦 @timbray.cosocial.ca.ap.brid.gy · 06/03/2025

1/2 Ever feel like writing a calculator app? That’d be pretty easy, right? Nope. This write-up is freaking awesome: chadnauseam.com/coding/random/calcu… But wait, there’s more… #mathematics

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calculator-app - Chad Nauseam Home

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bert hubert 🇺🇦🇪🇺🇺🇦 @bert-hubert.fosstodon.org.ap.brid.gy · 03/03/2025

So I didn't know, but Europe already has a backup of PubMed, the database of biomedical research publications. The US PubMed broke down over the weekend. And here is our alternative: europepmc.org #pubmed #pmc

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Europe PMC

Europe PMC is an archive of life sciences journal literature.

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Tim Bray 🇨🇦 @timbray.cosocial.ca.ap.brid.gy · 03/03/2025

I suppose everyone else already knew this, but it turns out that the “Leopards eating people’s faces” meme has historical roots; Here’s a Roman-empire mosaic from what is now Tunisia, said to be of a leopard eating a condemned man’s face. Source […] [Original post on cosocial.ca]

Mosaic, some pieces missing, showing a fierce creature apparently eating the face of a man who is wearing only a loincloth.

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Tamara Munzner @tamara.cosocial.ca.ap.brid.gy · 23/02/2025

Yes!!! The crucial script I finally found: how to *bulk* download my Kindle files from Amazon. Instead of 4 clicks per book, 25 books per page, 59 pages of hell, it was 1449 books downloaded in 8 minutes, as easy-to-DeDRM AZW or AZW3. github.com/treetrum/amazon-kindle-b… […]

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Tim Bray 🇨🇦 @timbray.cosocial.ca.ap.brid.gy · 21/02/2025

I already boosted this, but I want to add more emphasis. I think every Canadian citizen of the Fediverse ought to sign this petition to get the Government of Canada off Xitter: www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en/Peti… Could anyone who has any Canadian followers […]

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Dan Piponi @dpiponi.mathstodon.xyz.ap.brid.gy · 18/02/2025

When I was younger I expected my (running, cycling) fitness to slowly decline with age. But what actually happens is a sawtooth where you get fit, have an injury, but don't quite recover to previous levels. But if you average everyone's sawtooth waves you'll […] [Original post on mathstodon.xyz]

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Eleanor Saitta @dymaxion.infosec.exchange.ap.brid.gy · 15/02/2025

Unrelated to all the terrible things, even the most un-noticed fonts have fascinating and beautiful histories: aresluna.org/the-hardest-working-fo…. I still have my dad's Keuffel & Esser set, plus a couple of loose sticks of circuit diagram symbols

A wooden case open on a table containing a set of white plastic Leroy letter templates and a pantograph stylus

Two white plastic Leroy template sticks with a variety of symbols for circuit diagrams sitting on a table.

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Tamara Munzner @tamara.cosocial.ca.ap.brid.gy · 13/02/2025

@coop @emd There's also Kafka at Smithe and Homer.

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Tamara Munzner @tamara.cosocial.ca.ap.brid.gy · 13/02/2025

@coop @emd I'm a fan of Analog, at Helmcken and Hamilton

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Tamara Munzner @tamara.cosocial.ca.ap.brid.gy · 10/02/2025

#HotChocolateFest Round 6 was a bust. Got to Purebread, discovered the one I had in mind (Salted Caramel Pecan) was only for the first two weeks. My friend got the current Cocoa-nut Royale, I figured I'd hate it given the ingredient list, tried one sip of hers to confirm. Rating: Blergh (Yuck) […]

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Tamara Munzner @tamara.cosocial.ca.ap.brid.gy · 10/02/2025

#HotChocolateFest Round 5. Oolong As You Love Me from Drunken Chocolatier. Oolong tea 85% dark choc with maple syrup. Served volcanically hot, with an oolong elderflower truffle side treat I saved for later due to a day of far too much sugar. Rating: Nice (Quite Good). Also got a […]

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Tamara Munzner @tamara.cosocial.ca.ap.brid.gy · 08/02/2025

#HotChocolateFest Round 4. The Hazelnut Praline from Artigiano was also well done. Giant clouds of whipped cream on top, with lots of chocolate shavings, and the praline crumble on top of that worked well. I feared it would be too sweet, but it did work for me (with a glass of water on the […]

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Tamara Munzner @tamara.cosocial.ca.ap.brid.gy · 08/02/2025

#HotChocolateFest Round 3. The Samba Queen from Doughgirls was situational not targeted, it was convenient to meet with somebody there - but that one was on my 'maybe' not 'yes' list. Solid but not amazing, the tropical fruit was a fine idea. The side treat chocolate had flaked coconut on top […]

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Tamara Munzner @tamara.cosocial.ca.ap.brid.gy · 08/02/2025

#HotChocolateFest Round 2. Wow, Fife totally wins with their outstanding Goddess in the Storm, bringing back a favourite from 2022. Featuring jasmine tea, Iron Goddess oolong tea cloud, pop rocks, and passionfruit oolong tea dust. The side treat also great […] [Original post on cosocial.ca]

White paper to-go cup of hot chocolate topped with green topping and dark sprinkles. Next to it is a half-eaten chocolate mochi hojicha cookie, both on a brown napkin. Everything is on a warm brown wooden table as a backdrop.

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Tamara Munzner @tamara.cosocial.ca.ap.brid.gy · 08/02/2025

We're lurching into the fourth and final week of hotchocolatefest.com Time for a #Vancouver #HotChocolateFest thread. Here's my rating scale: * Blergh = Yuck * Meh = Acceptable but Nothing Special * Nice = Quite Good * Ooh! = Excellent and Highly Recommend To date, in short: - 49th […]

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The Birdbassador @birdbassador.jorts.horse.ap.brid.gy · 23/01/2025

was just told that the medical doctor equivalent is "For my own learning, why did you [x]?", where x is a thing they think was world-shatteringly stupid

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The Birdbassador @birdbassador.jorts.horse.ap.brid.gy · 20/01/2025

you might think that an academic saying they are "confused" would be a sign of humility or a request for clarification. but i've found that usually "i'm confused by" = "i think you are stupid" (not just wrong, but specifically wrong + stupid). kind of like how southern us "bless your heart" = […]

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