One day, I'll be good at producing quality software and will have intelligent things to say about it
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Last Notes npub1f0rwg0z2smrkggypqn7gctscevu22z6thch243365xt0tz8fw9uqupzj2x Mark Tool - Pnuema time signature explained https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WX656XCml9Q npub1f0rwg0z2smrkggypqn7gctscevu22z6thch243365xt0tz8fw9uqupzj2x Mark Fil-C - compiler adding memory safety to C programs https://fil-c.org/ npub1f0rwg0z2smrkggypqn7gctscevu22z6thch243365xt0tz8fw9uqupzj2x Mark The man who killed Google search https://www.wheresyoured.at/the-men-who-killed-google/ npub1f0rwg0z2smrkggypqn7gctscevu22z6thch243365xt0tz8fw9uqupzj2x Mark Zoe Keating - Optimist npub1f0rwg0z2smrkggypqn7gctscevu22z6thch243365xt0tz8fw9uqupzj2x Mark p2p video calls - I've not validated it https://neverrain.net/ npub1f0rwg0z2smrkggypqn7gctscevu22z6thch243365xt0tz8fw9uqupzj2x Mark https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boustrophedon npub1f0rwg0z2smrkggypqn7gctscevu22z6thch243365xt0tz8fw9uqupzj2x Mark https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=bdKV93pK8qo npub1f0rwg0z2smrkggypqn7gctscevu22z6thch243365xt0tz8fw9uqupzj2x Mark https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Derinkuyu_underground_city npub1f0rwg0z2smrkggypqn7gctscevu22z6thch243365xt0tz8fw9uqupzj2x Mark Damn hackers copying and pasting https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/dec/23/epstein-unredacted-files-social-media npub1f0rwg0z2smrkggypqn7gctscevu22z6thch243365xt0tz8fw9uqupzj2x Mark Good summary of the consequences of europe seizing russian assets https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=nQZnPfOh3y8 npub1f0rwg0z2smrkggypqn7gctscevu22z6thch243365xt0tz8fw9uqupzj2x Mark Can't find the source, but it might be by Rob Pike: npub1f0rwg0z2smrkggypqn7gctscevu22z6thch243365xt0tz8fw9uqupzj2x Mark Vivaldi on accordion: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=9SE222v1eyM npub1f0rwg0z2smrkggypqn7gctscevu22z6thch243365xt0tz8fw9uqupzj2x Mark More card magic https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=CvzMqIQLiXE npub1f0rwg0z2smrkggypqn7gctscevu22z6thch243365xt0tz8fw9uqupzj2x Mark Card magic https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=TJX-z0O9TOE npub1f0rwg0z2smrkggypqn7gctscevu22z6thch243365xt0tz8fw9uqupzj2x Mark You see articles like by both left and right commentstors. The other side is always shown as ridiculous and ridiculed. npub1f0rwg0z2smrkggypqn7gctscevu22z6thch243365xt0tz8fw9uqupzj2x Mark US living wage analysis https://www.yesigiveafig.com/p/part-1-my-life-is-a-lie npub1f0rwg0z2smrkggypqn7gctscevu22z6thch243365xt0tz8fw9uqupzj2x Mark Holocaust survivor story: https://chrishedges.substack.com/p/you-have-a-mother npub1f0rwg0z2smrkggypqn7gctscevu22z6thch243365xt0tz8fw9uqupzj2x Mark Great podcast on AI psychosis https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CllJPWmm9So npub1f0rwg0z2smrkggypqn7gctscevu22z6thch243365xt0tz8fw9uqupzj2x Mark UK house prices haven't changed since 1950s when measured in gold npub1f0rwg0z2smrkggypqn7gctscevu22z6thch243365xt0tz8fw9uqupzj2x Mark Also good utf8 explainer https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=vpSkBV5vydg npub1f0rwg0z2smrkggypqn7gctscevu22z6thch243365xt0tz8fw9uqupzj2x Mark for music: https://strudel.cc/workshop/getting-started/ npub1f0rwg0z2smrkggypqn7gctscevu22z6thch243365xt0tz8fw9uqupzj2x Mark https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=iu5rnQkfO6M npub1f0rwg0z2smrkggypqn7gctscevu22z6thch243365xt0tz8fw9uqupzj2x Mark Live coding trance musichttps://m.youtube.com/watch?v=iu5rnQkfO6M npub1f0rwg0z2smrkggypqn7gctscevu22z6thch243365xt0tz8fw9uqupzj2x Mark Funny how much of this kind of elitism touches. Rob Pike on Go: npub1f0rwg0z2smrkggypqn7gctscevu22z6thch243365xt0tz8fw9uqupzj2x Mark More going on with immutable linux distros than I realised https://jnsgr.uk/2025/09/immutable-linux-paradox npub1f0rwg0z2smrkggypqn7gctscevu22z6thch243365xt0tz8fw9uqupzj2x Mark https://www.ee.torontomu.ca/~elf/hack/recovery.html npub1f0rwg0z2smrkggypqn7gctscevu22z6thch243365xt0tz8fw9uqupzj2x Mark I'd guess it's people ethically aligned with what nostr aims to be that will stick around. That's who to approach, in my opinion npub1f0rwg0z2smrkggypqn7gctscevu22z6thch243365xt0tz8fw9uqupzj2x Mark Expensive bed requires an internet connection (and online AWS servers...) https://www.dexerto.com/entertainment/aws-crash-causes-2000-smart-beds-to-overheat-and-get-stuck-upright-3272251/ npub1f0rwg0z2smrkggypqn7gctscevu22z6thch243365xt0tz8fw9uqupzj2x Mark Prediction time. npub1f0rwg0z2smrkggypqn7gctscevu22z6thch243365xt0tz8fw9uqupzj2x Mark Straightforward explanation of US bubble: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rXCVrLPTUHQ npub1f0rwg0z2smrkggypqn7gctscevu22z6thch243365xt0tz8fw9uqupzj2x Mark It says something about western society's psyche that something so fundamental to navigating the human condition needs to be written down. npub1f0rwg0z2smrkggypqn7gctscevu22z6thch243365xt0tz8fw9uqupzj2x Mark 50 cent - Many men AI cover https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=S4GrSKMzQg0 npub1f0rwg0z2smrkggypqn7gctscevu22z6thch243365xt0tz8fw9uqupzj2x Mark Comments are great npub1f0rwg0z2smrkggypqn7gctscevu22z6thch243365xt0tz8fw9uqupzj2x Mark https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rX0ItVEVjHc npub1f0rwg0z2smrkggypqn7gctscevu22z6thch243365xt0tz8fw9uqupzj2x Mark Time to rewatch it, again... npub1f0rwg0z2smrkggypqn7gctscevu22z6thch243365xt0tz8fw9uqupzj2x Mark "Every physician carries within himself a small cemetery, where from time to time he goes to pray." - René Lerich npub1f0rwg0z2smrkggypqn7gctscevu22z6thch243365xt0tz8fw9uqupzj2x Mark Detailed recursion + alternatives explainer https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=YuaJ8x_NcLw npub1f0rwg0z2smrkggypqn7gctscevu22z6thch243365xt0tz8fw9uqupzj2x Mark Text rendering hates you https://faultlore.com/blah/text-hates-you/ npub1f0rwg0z2smrkggypqn7gctscevu22z6thch243365xt0tz8fw9uqupzj2x Mark Want to try programming my own UI now... https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=XYFBOIr6n_s npub1f0rwg0z2smrkggypqn7gctscevu22z6thch243365xt0tz8fw9uqupzj2x Mark "At first, I was going to go through a bunch of Michael Novati’s claims and debunk them. npub1f0rwg0z2smrkggypqn7gctscevu22z6thch243365xt0tz8fw9uqupzj2x Mark How a Competitor Crippled a $23.5M Bootcamp By Becoming a Reddit Moderator npub1f0rwg0z2smrkggypqn7gctscevu22z6thch243365xt0tz8fw9uqupzj2x Mark Multi-core by default code - very good article https://www.rfleury.com/p/multi-core-by-default npub1f0rwg0z2smrkggypqn7gctscevu22z6thch243365xt0tz8fw9uqupzj2x Mark https://x.com/ForrestTheWoods/status/1976432433634607548 npub1f0rwg0z2smrkggypqn7gctscevu22z6thch243365xt0tz8fw9uqupzj2x Mark "A crooked tree lives its own life, but a straight tree is turned into wood." npub1f0rwg0z2smrkggypqn7gctscevu22z6thch243365xt0tz8fw9uqupzj2x Mark James Mickens on the security community: https://www.usenix.org/system/files/1401_08-12_mickens.pdf npub1f0rwg0z2smrkggypqn7gctscevu22z6thch243365xt0tz8fw9uqupzj2x Mark Now that's how cookie notices should be done https://image.nostr.build/d63564b495a75d21c2b822376d39e7cc68a469e73e48f19cd88977e19cec7cc9.jpg npub1f0rwg0z2smrkggypqn7gctscevu22z6thch243365xt0tz8fw9uqupzj2x Mark https://x.com/xwanyex/status/1974546739819651112 https://image.nostr.build/91b9c577ad3672f221091ec89ebabd0d318d29699cb7893dcd7fa0a561e1f5e9.jpg npub1f0rwg0z2smrkggypqn7gctscevu22z6thch243365xt0tz8fw9uqupzj2x Mark Quake3 netcode https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=b8J7fidxC8s npub1f0rwg0z2smrkggypqn7gctscevu22z6thch243365xt0tz8fw9uqupzj2x Mark Several spiritual traditions mention telepathy as something that happens at higher attainment. npub1f0rwg0z2smrkggypqn7gctscevu22z6thch243365xt0tz8fw9uqupzj2x Mark https://suno.com/embed/5964aa78-d010-4775-b83f-b75a4a0f84c3 npub1f0rwg0z2smrkggypqn7gctscevu22z6thch243365xt0tz8fw9uqupzj2x Mark Dumb code is clever code; clever code is dumb code npub1f0rwg0z2smrkggypqn7gctscevu22z6thch243365xt0tz8fw9uqupzj2x Mark https://x.com/ErikSTownsend/status/1971699511140798942 npub1f0rwg0z2smrkggypqn7gctscevu22z6thch243365xt0tz8fw9uqupzj2x Mark Article from 2024 about how the west is failing: https://ednews.net/en/news/world/641606-emmanuel-todd-are-witnessing-the npub1f0rwg0z2smrkggypqn7gctscevu22z6thch243365xt0tz8fw9uqupzj2x Mark "Art should comfort the disturbed and disturb the comfortable" npub1f0rwg0z2smrkggypqn7gctscevu22z6thch243365xt0tz8fw9uqupzj2x Mark https://www.medievalists.net/2012/03/what-we-are-so-you-shall-be-preparation-for-death-in-the-late-middle-ages/ npub1f0rwg0z2smrkggypqn7gctscevu22z6thch243365xt0tz8fw9uqupzj2x Mark LinkedIn profile prompt injection https://image.nostr.build/6238332a7f319b2af86827bc55569aa7bc484829037ca331ac54430c1348996b.jpg https://image.nostr.build/e2a38cfdb28ce4272e37f6f362260622472bc5b576351d0ead0495d9b51aaad8.jpg npub1f0rwg0z2smrkggypqn7gctscevu22z6thch243365xt0tz8fw9uqupzj2x Mark "All empty souls tend toward extreme opinions." W.B. Yeats npub1f0rwg0z2smrkggypqn7gctscevu22z6thch243365xt0tz8fw9uqupzj2x Mark "A human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an invasion, butcher a hog, conn a ship, design a building, write a sonnet, balance accounts, build a wall, set a bone, comfort the dying, take orders, give orders, cooperate, act alone, solve equations, analyze a new problem, pitch manure, program a computer, cook a tasty meal, fight efficiently, die gallantly. Specialization is for insects." - Robert Heinlein npub1f0rwg0z2smrkggypqn7gctscevu22z6thch243365xt0tz8fw9uqupzj2x Mark Free cisco training materials: https://www.netacad.com/ npub1f0rwg0z2smrkggypqn7gctscevu22z6thch243365xt0tz8fw9uqupzj2x Mark They who have put out the people's eyes reproach them of their blindness. npub1f0rwg0z2smrkggypqn7gctscevu22z6thch243365xt0tz8fw9uqupzj2x Mark If correct, surprising that such a big incident scores the hackers so little. https://decrypt.co/338864/crypto-exploit-creates-panic-steals-1k npub1f0rwg0z2smrkggypqn7gctscevu22z6thch243365xt0tz8fw9uqupzj2x Mark With the xz utils / jia tan exploit pressure was put on the maintainer until they got their person in charge. npub1f0rwg0z2smrkggypqn7gctscevu22z6thch243365xt0tz8fw9uqupzj2x Mark Sounds like nostr but not json: https://devmesh.platformos.com/projects/unravel - and by a very capable programmer npub1f0rwg0z2smrkggypqn7gctscevu22z6thch243365xt0tz8fw9uqupzj2x Mark https://darknetdiaries.com/episode/163/ npub1f0rwg0z2smrkggypqn7gctscevu22z6thch243365xt0tz8fw9uqupzj2x Mark Me working with a midsized typescript node_modules madness codebase - just substitute "crown" for "reasonable code" https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=wTOy1aOxoEc npub1f0rwg0z2smrkggypqn7gctscevu22z6thch243365xt0tz8fw9uqupzj2x Mark Interesting takes on C https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=ES5_IWG8rcw npub1f0rwg0z2smrkggypqn7gctscevu22z6thch243365xt0tz8fw9uqupzj2x Mark Penn and Teller burn a flag https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=wVSNL-3Ru7M npub1f0rwg0z2smrkggypqn7gctscevu22z6thch243365xt0tz8fw9uqupzj2x Mark Solid debugging advice: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=sfrnU3-EpPI npub1f0rwg0z2smrkggypqn7gctscevu22z6thch243365xt0tz8fw9uqupzj2x Mark Learning from dirty jobs https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=IRVdiHu1VCc npub1f0rwg0z2smrkggypqn7gctscevu22z6thch243365xt0tz8fw9uqupzj2x Mark The terrifying power of conformity https://jonathanshedler.substack.com/p/when-pressure-to-conform-overrides npub1f0rwg0z2smrkggypqn7gctscevu22z6thch243365xt0tz8fw9uqupzj2x Mark https://x.com/Wassimulator/status/1957805300716622213 npub1f0rwg0z2smrkggypqn7gctscevu22z6thch243365xt0tz8fw9uqupzj2x Mark https://drpippa.substack.com/p/american-glasnost-stockholm-syndrome npub1f0rwg0z2smrkggypqn7gctscevu22z6thch243365xt0tz8fw9uqupzj2x Mark Fading audo can be CPU intensive: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=y-NOz94ZEOA npub1f0rwg0z2smrkggypqn7gctscevu22z6thch243365xt0tz8fw9uqupzj2x Mark How to do science https://substack.com/inbox/post/166679358 npub1f0rwg0z2smrkggypqn7gctscevu22z6thch243365xt0tz8fw9uqupzj2x Mark Sneaking changed into a git merge commit: https://tavianator.com/2025/sneaky.html npub1f0rwg0z2smrkggypqn7gctscevu22z6thch243365xt0tz8fw9uqupzj2x Mark *mind npub1f0rwg0z2smrkggypqn7gctscevu22z6thch243365xt0tz8fw9uqupzj2x Mark "If you cannot take on the suffering of the Great Universe, you will not attain the happiness of the Great Universe either. To attain the joy of this timeless indestructibility, this great peace of mine, one has to see through every obstacle and put all of one's life into this one breath" Rev. Kanko Ishimoto npub1f0rwg0z2smrkggypqn7gctscevu22z6thch243365xt0tz8fw9uqupzj2x Mark Hunger macht frei npub1f0rwg0z2smrkggypqn7gctscevu22z6thch243365xt0tz8fw9uqupzj2x Mark Under the heavens, till the end, end, end of all fields, npub1f0rwg0z2smrkggypqn7gctscevu22z6thch243365xt0tz8fw9uqupzj2x Mark More optimizations https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=19ae5Mq2lJE npub1f0rwg0z2smrkggypqn7gctscevu22z6thch243365xt0tz8fw9uqupzj2x Mark RPCS3 PS3 emulator optimizations https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=0HWOmEjlpMs npub1f0rwg0z2smrkggypqn7gctscevu22z6thch243365xt0tz8fw9uqupzj2x Mark https://image.nostr.build/bd2b120a83bc208ad641651a93af6e171d883a967c5233f6754a9d93d875556f.jpg npub1f0rwg0z2smrkggypqn7gctscevu22z6thch243365xt0tz8fw9uqupzj2x Mark The Personality Syndromes by Jonathan Shedler https://jonathanshedler.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/Shedler-2021-The-personality-syndromes-R.pdf npub1f0rwg0z2smrkggypqn7gctscevu22z6thch243365xt0tz8fw9uqupzj2x Mark Jai demo and design by Jonathan Blow https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IdpD5QIVOKQ npub1f0rwg0z2smrkggypqn7gctscevu22z6thch243365xt0tz8fw9uqupzj2x Mark Posting this with the caveat that different projects have different requirements, but I've seen plenty of programmers who consider cutting corners universally unacceptable. There are no absolutes. The correct answer is always "it depends". https://www.joelonsoftware.com/2009/09/23/the-duct-tape-programmer/ npub1f0rwg0z2smrkggypqn7gctscevu22z6thch243365xt0tz8fw9uqupzj2x Mark https://writings.stephenwolfram.com/2020/04/finally-we-may-have-a-path-to-the-fundamental-theory-of-physics-and-its-beautiful/ npub1f0rwg0z2smrkggypqn7gctscevu22z6thch243365xt0tz8fw9uqupzj2x Mark Wolfram's theory of everything https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o8Cu0_A_rfg npub1f0rwg0z2smrkggypqn7gctscevu22z6thch243365xt0tz8fw9uqupzj2x Mark XOR trick https://florian.github.io//xor-trick/ npub1f0rwg0z2smrkggypqn7gctscevu22z6thch243365xt0tz8fw9uqupzj2x Mark "Who shall I say is calling?" for me implies that the person is intending to lie about who is calling. Not seen anyone else suggest this interpretation npub1f0rwg0z2smrkggypqn7gctscevu22z6thch243365xt0tz8fw9uqupzj2x Mark https://www.ou.org/holidays/full_text_of_unetaneh_tokef/ npub1f0rwg0z2smrkggypqn7gctscevu22z6thch243365xt0tz8fw9uqupzj2x Mark Who by fire - Leonard Cohen https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ilGahIwQEQ0 npub1f0rwg0z2smrkggypqn7gctscevu22z6thch243365xt0tz8fw9uqupzj2x Mark The rule of idiots https://substack.com/@chrishedges/p-165340048 npub1f0rwg0z2smrkggypqn7gctscevu22z6thch243365xt0tz8fw9uqupzj2x Mark Good talk explaining strength and weaknesses of AI and what we can realistically expect from AI https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LCEmiRjPEtQ npub1f0rwg0z2smrkggypqn7gctscevu22z6thch243365xt0tz8fw9uqupzj2x Mark I'd like to hear him explain what a "peaceful bombing" is. A bombing that avoidee casualties I could understand, but peaceful? npub1f0rwg0z2smrkggypqn7gctscevu22z6thch243365xt0tz8fw9uqupzj2x Mark https://glsl-captcha.vercel.app/ npub1f0rwg0z2smrkggypqn7gctscevu22z6thch243365xt0tz8fw9uqupzj2x Mark Bob Dylan's Dream: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WAgWklREPWI npub1f0rwg0z2smrkggypqn7gctscevu22z6thch243365xt0tz8fw9uqupzj2x Mark https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dorodango npub1f0rwg0z2smrkggypqn7gctscevu22z6thch243365xt0tz8fw9uqupzj2x Mark Schizoid personality style: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=CanNb-VweD8 npub1f0rwg0z2smrkggypqn7gctscevu22z6thch243365xt0tz8fw9uqupzj2x Mark Debussy - Clair de lune https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Bxpm0EmOMU npub1f0rwg0z2smrkggypqn7gctscevu22z6thch243365xt0tz8fw9uqupzj2x Mark Depressive Personality Style with John Puder and Jonathan Shedler: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J2TiCHMsOls
