Lunatech

"We used to debate using tabs vs spaces in code we'd type out"

@docmilanfar evolution is not optimization . .. it will usually stop at first design that works. /cc @jackerhack

My meager education in biology and evolution gave me the mistaken impression that evolution optimized everything. But it didn't. One example is the recurrent laryngeal nerve (RLN). It goes from behind your ear, loops down below your aorta, and then back up to the voice-box 1/3

Marty at Id did ask for a video from me, but there was a miscommunication about when he needed it, so I didn’t get it done by the actual anniversary…

@sparklingmixer The assembly language flavour FFmpeg writes cannot be learnt in class

3/ Saying "good programmers/lawyers/... will do better by leveraging the technology" is to the point: the pool is necessarily shrinking.

Resist the tendency to anthropomorphize that which is not human

I was one of the 16 devs in this study. I wanted to speak on my opinions about the causes and mitigation strategies for dev slowdown. I'll say as a "why listen to you?" hook that I experienced a -38% AI-speedup on my assigned issues. I think transparency helps the community.

I just heard that one of my heroes and friends Bill Atkinson has passed away. He was one of world’s greatest programmers and a true genius. Bill was extraordinary. He was one of Steve Jobs closest friends, led the original software team of the Mac, created MacPaint, invented one of the first low-code tools HyperCard, and in co-founding my first employer @generalmagicmov was a major contributor to the birth of the smartphone. He was also an accomplished neuroscientist and taught me a great deal not only about software development but also about how our consciousness perceives the world. Bill was also incredibly fun-loving, mischievous, and loved an adventure. For example, he took my wife @SarahKerruish and I skydiving! The world is better for having @billatk in it and I will sorely miss him. Good night, sweet prince. And flights of angels sing thee to thy rest.

Can't wait to see this in Nolan's movie

Simply, academics are scared of nitpickers; free human beings treat them like flies.

Twitter used to be my favorite place on the Internet. I've derived enormous value from it in the past 16 years. Not true anymore. Most of the people I enjoyed reading have left. My feed, which used to feature art and science and technology and humor, has become constant political propaganda -- on the opposite side of the Enlightenment values I believe in. (I like the rule of law, free speech, free markets, and democracy. I like science and reject obscurantism. I can see that Putin is a dictator, not a genius role model, and that it is Russia that is invading Ukraine, not the other way around.) I have been coming here less and less as a result -- it only brings me negative emotions. I never thought that would be possible, but I might eventually stop coming altogether.

Dailydot reports group "the puppygirl hacker polycule" leaked police policy manuals. [1] Some police dpts proactively publish their policy manuals online. You can see the freely available one with this google search : google.com/search?q=%22Co… [1] dailydot.com/debug/lexipol-…

I have officially found the most cursed #dataviz 🤮

The best music player, Winamp, did not survive

chatgpt is great for diving into rabbit holes for topics you know only 10% about. For example: explain the social background for Nirvana's song "Polly wants a cracker"

If you're based on Southern California and can find it in your heart to temporarily house an animal, please consider doing so. Many shelters are overwhelmed with pets as a result of the fire. Contact your local animal shelter to see how you can help.

in case you didn't know, this is how you're actually supposed to do software versioning

The King, in whose hands, Rhythm became Magic, has left us… RIP my dear Zakir, we will meet again

@t3rmin4t0r Welcome back

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