2026-05-20T16:19:41Z https://njump.me Hailey https://njump.me/npub1qrutk0v9kq82u2hd8k62zemyyx3mf0sfrcvj5xeec4axnk2vj5psu9shcs https://social.hails.org/system/accounts/avatars/109/319/693/759/850/810/original/e49a9d54254d31fa.png https://social.hails.org/system/accounts/avatars/109/319/693/759/850/810/original/e49a9d54254d31fa.png https://njump.me/nevent1qqsfft9ne26knmr4ygaw4ahtnthhac5mvazj8sgcchdqru3kfe29u6gzyqq03weaskcqat32a57mfgt8vss68d97py0pj2sm88zh56wefj2sxgtqrx2 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs2kfc5m5cqw065uaz0s5c349lgxsc7wgplwuw0vt7cl9ftlf3wh0qqgm4xq'>nevent1q…m4xq</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>this whole &#34;broken promise&#34; thing is such a beat up too!!! There never was such a promise, only &#34;no plans&#34; and &#34;not considering taking it to the election&#34; after days of media pressure trying to force them into a position in 2024. Receipts: <a href="https://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/anthony-albanese-says-hes-not-considering-taking-negative-gearing-changes-to-voters/higxqtdre">https://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/anthony-albanese-says-hes-not-considering-taking-negative-gearing-changes-to-voters/higxqtdre</a> 2026-05-17T11:20:33Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsy9eftp8es7v4hyhrgx7e0sg6wy0pexzqdqexwh9hrkxq4cktq9lgzyqq03weaskcqat32a57mfgt8vss68d97py0pj2sm88zh56wefj2sxsftrwg we could solve the ram crisis by bringing back 32 bit pointers and bringing back segmented addressing for those few apps that use more than 4GB of RAM 2025-12-18T04:39:49Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqs8rfhm02n5wy6pyvkgtvnucfxnmf3flca2wt4eqfzzydptlnx2nwczyqq03weaskcqat32a57mfgt8vss68d97py0pj2sm88zh56wefj2sxtfr8f0 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsda54kwltntpkqavpuwv8hvqt5y4y65wefwq6dxwg6gz4a2dplqfsx23xph'>nevent1q…3xph</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I&#39;m still a little bit unclear on what exactly happens when you run a 32 bit Windows program from a DOS prompt. The Windows program runs in the System VM and the DOS prompt waits for it to exit, but any console output written by the Windows program doesn&#39;t show up? (if the command redirects output to a file though it does get written to that file) 2025-12-14T02:32:43Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsda54kwltntpkqavpuwv8hvqt5y4y65wefwq6dxwg6gz4a2dplqfszyqq03weaskcqat32a57mfgt8vss68d97py0pj2sm88zh56wefj2sxc76lar question for folks more familiar with DOS and Win9x than I am: is it possible to run 32 bit code in a DOS VM? I know 32 bit DOS extenders were a thing and I see DPMI lets you request 32 bit protected mode but this doesn&#39;t seem to work under Windows and I wonder if I&#39;m missing something or whether you just couldn&#39;t do this 2025-12-14T02:27:41Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsqxvgc7ang64adev4leukmfl36wfw9t94ek5xgkhd4xzf6cmkz9sqzyqq03weaskcqat32a57mfgt8vss68d97py0pj2sm88zh56wefj2sxu6s8hx the g in gobject stands for glib, and the g in glib stands for gtk, and the g in gtk stands for gimp, however the g in gimp stands for gnu, so really the g in glib stands for gnu, but you shouldn&#39;t confuse it with gnulib, which is developed by the gnu project, who shouldn&#39;t be confused as the developers of glib, which is the gnome project, in which the g also stands for gnu 2025-12-11T07:21:28Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqs8lk50hdcd7fhe8dylhndnqrsh65r7d9juj96prvl54ytlwv080rqzyqq03weaskcqat32a57mfgt8vss68d97py0pj2sm88zh56wefj2sxzszpdm hmmmm idk about this verification method Discord is offering<br/> <img src="https://social.hails.org/system/media_attachments/files/115/693/746/597/209/222/original/8636cdcb14a547d9.png"> <br/> 2025-12-10T06:02:36Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsxjvu5zhm6hulxjspdmqygpq034ytmxcy2f7k60rylyxfs2jyjygqzyqq03weaskcqat32a57mfgt8vss68d97py0pj2sm88zh56wefj2sxwr643t In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs0p24adm6shqvredhpydt36txuh3q06f4c9mvpaauuh5a07gadd2gwvnc4k'>nevent1q…nc4k</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>enjoyed reading this piece on perl and its decline <a href="https://www.beatworm.co.uk/blog/computers/perls-decline-was-cultural-not-technical">https://www.beatworm.co.uk/blog/computers/perls-decline-was-cultural-not-technical</a> 2025-12-07T04:44:39Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqs0p24adm6shqvredhpydt36txuh3q06f4c9mvpaauuh5a07gadd2gzyqq03weaskcqat32a57mfgt8vss68d97py0pj2sm88zh56wefj2sx50jkjr hypothesizing that having exposure to Perl or not is a kind of programmer generational cleavage 2025-12-07T04:24:05Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqs042h3e65x0hsa0ymv0yjag97v6hwcfnsl2d54kjs3n4whyetsg7czyqq03weaskcqat32a57mfgt8vss68d97py0pj2sm88zh56wefj2sxq5s7yx does anyone know where it might be possible to acquire 90s PC firmware ROMs for emulation purposes? 2025-12-04T05:17:46Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsgscwmm9przkmwrstsgqlkawtx5gdrcvlfzwhje84az3s87jtrv3gzyqq03weaskcqat32a57mfgt8vss68d97py0pj2sm88zh56wefj2sx5eg4jj the other thing about all these dogshit AI features getting crammed into everything is they always do the most dogshit job of the cram in. see: firefox, the other day<br/><video controls width="100%" class="max-h-[90vh] bg-neutral-300 dark:bg-zinc-700"><source src="https://social.hails.org/system/media_attachments/files/115/597/634/173/865/752/original/27501b4ec99e5a13.mp4"></video><br/> 2025-11-23T06:39:25Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsxmyv7l46e3spf222akaz6tyy2lemr6cgfwta4sjnnmruja57gc8szyqq03weaskcqat32a57mfgt8vss68d97py0pj2sm88zh56wefj2sxt4c2dx Do you use git gui or other Tcl/Tk apps and find yourself annoyed that your staid old unix program does not look very nice on your beautiful new hidpi monitor?<br/><br/>Simply LD_PRELOAD=tk-hidpi.so and enjoy Tcl/Tk in gorgeous high definition! <a href="https://codeberg.org/hails/tk-hidpi">https://codeberg.org/hails/tk-hidpi</a><br/> <img src="https://social.hails.org/system/media_attachments/files/115/411/813/736/144/558/original/548be2d9218ba35d.png"> <br/> 2025-10-21T11:05:53Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqszxn60dn50t9p4f69t498jtt70vsjpprcwu0z6qjegm739mzp7r6gzyqq03weaskcqat32a57mfgt8vss68d97py0pj2sm88zh56wefj2sxk0t5lv FYI web developers: you don’t have to set up an IntersectionObserver or onscroll handler to hide images when they’re scrolled outside the viewport. Browsers actually do this for you! Hope this helps 2025-10-17T00:26:57Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqs8kgrwjf0tkup6p4ac5erm0lzvd5690gq28vpx750l63ttw6g97jgzyqq03weaskcqat32a57mfgt8vss68d97py0pj2sm88zh56wefj2sx58evjf Was checking some stuff in the local laws and discovered it&#39;s not just allowed to create a nuisance with a bike, it&#39;s mandatory<br/> <img src="https://social.hails.org/system/media_attachments/files/115/279/473/237/730/923/original/0ded4e095cabc775.png"> <br/> 2025-09-28T02:07:34Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsdu9geg4986z27mptycc76mehnd3qqqew6tzcrl60a3d6tquzvayczyqq03weaskcqat32a57mfgt8vss68d97py0pj2sm88zh56wefj2sxeumvjg In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsd0223s90nsy6hf03kg38kj9xu5wj3ua6mank5xu2ndxm8lh2ands27fjyy'>nevent1q…fjyy</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>new way to attach a dom remove event that isn&#39;t MutationObserver just dropped 2025-09-26T05:29:26Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsp8597eyc4t6lsp9gzy8rer2vlfetl5da0ugyzf8h8r6x25ufrweszyqq03weaskcqat32a57mfgt8vss68d97py0pj2sm88zh56wefj2sxfvvf9k Why is it that windows laptops don’t sleep? Why do they sit there punching the fans the whole time the lid is closed??? Come on guys, even Linux has got sleep sorted out 2025-09-17T00:08:11Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqs0ujlhwczjh4ch7pdwmgcxf0wjnfvwqtakcxrzd3nh904w943pdhszyqq03weaskcqat32a57mfgt8vss68d97py0pj2sm88zh56wefj2sx035xtf In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsw9fgmp0skyyzw3tzhj79x2x0tdz468h3tam7uv70vxasqfjfmdvsgrna5h'>nevent1q…na5h</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>the cloud is just Worse than well-run normal linux servers. but running your business on well-run normal linux servers yields over too much power to labour, so the cloud wins 2025-08-17T22:53:06Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsw9fgmp0skyyzw3tzhj79x2x0tdz468h3tam7uv70vxasqfjfmdvszyqq03weaskcqat32a57mfgt8vss68d97py0pj2sm88zh56wefj2sxefzuau In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsdxmarvq4fdnjmkncwhcgjz8kg9qg8y5zkgkmllxzdq0u6564wz3qeamz9g'>nevent1q…mz9g</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>the problem with elastic cloud services is that they will scale as far as your wallet does. But usage running away outside of predicted growth is always something I want to know about. normal servers hit a wall sooner (out of disk, out of memory, etc) and raise your attention so you can go and fix them. cloud shit just runs up your bill and you find out well after the fact 2025-08-17T22:45:07Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsdxmarvq4fdnjmkncwhcgjz8kg9qg8y5zkgkmllxzdq0u6564wz3qzyqq03weaskcqat32a57mfgt8vss68d97py0pj2sm88zh56wefj2sxwctxpd In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsgdvhnxf0247v4n4pss5q55vug5c2d40ap0k8pnwzrydhefmgp43cj6k49f'>nevent1q…k49f</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>every time I&#39;ve deployed something &#34;&#34;&#34;properly&#34;&#34;&#34; with cloud shit it has ended up costing a bomb while having mediocre performance and reliability. conversely every time I&#39;ve deployed something to just a normal debian server it has been rock solid with no issues and no ops effort required for years 2025-08-17T22:41:23Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsgdvhnxf0247v4n4pss5q55vug5c2d40ap0k8pnwzrydhefmgp43czyqq03weaskcqat32a57mfgt8vss68d97py0pj2sm88zh56wefj2sxsap88z Had a support ticket open with Vultr requesting a refund for a couple month&#39;s worth of charges for a cloud storage bucket I couldn&#39;t delete due to errors on their end. I said I&#39;d begin the chargeback process with my bank if they couldn&#39;t refund me and they nuked my account on the spot! Glad there wasn&#39;t anything important left in there 2025-08-17T22:39:07Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqs8j5569ya4mfelexej9qtgm750c6ylnqh6uefzwxkq8jm85650n5szyqq03weaskcqat32a57mfgt8vss68d97py0pj2sm88zh56wefj2sx8kshak i ran fastfetch on my cat&#39;s feeder<br/> <img src="https://social.hails.org/system/media_attachments/files/115/042/120/516/212/457/original/3333a162d2869e01.png"> <br/> 2025-08-17T04:05:33Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqs29f48sl925mr74tclks83fthuppt84w0ypvx6gj7fdzfljn5c5gszyqq03weaskcqat32a57mfgt8vss68d97py0pj2sm88zh56wefj2sxgjhth4 scientists: climate change will cause massive upheaval to the global economy and poses an existential threat to humanity<br/><br/>everyone: eh, i don’t subscribe to doomerism. we’ll figure it out. life finds a way<br/><br/>tech guys: my slop generator will cause massive upheaval to the global economy and poses an existential threat to humanity<br/><br/>everyone: holy SHIT 2025-08-07T22:23:26Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqs09xkgzrrx5fnnyj2zyfz68fa6nhcn4nmatd6wk2ch7va9z6hz49szyqq03weaskcqat32a57mfgt8vss68d97py0pj2sm88zh56wefj2sxg0a207 “When developers are allowed to use AI tools, they take 19% longer to complete issues—a significant slowdown that goes against developer beliefs and expert forecasts. This gap between perception and reality is striking: developers expected AI to speed them up by 24%, and even after experiencing the slowdown, they still believed AI had sped them up by 20%.” <a href="https://metr.org/blog/2025-07-10-early-2025-ai-experienced-os-dev-study/">https://metr.org/blog/2025-07-10-early-2025-ai-experienced-os-dev-study/</a> 2025-07-10T23:55:04Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsqann4qasj8yfmn2ckxl0u9akwpx52pvveylllp2z84j4yf7xkx5czyqq03weaskcqat32a57mfgt8vss68d97py0pj2sm88zh56wefj2sxthrn3a In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsvlwtrgfxzfatdz6jsthu3as3fuknttapj0j2hmzfhucrq8dwdwug64mmde'>nevent1q…mmde</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>please do write it, even if it might be hard to see anyone’s mind being changed in the short term. there’s value in having it on the record that we knew 2025-07-08T11:54:04Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqs88z996rat83avj6wv3ypvsynacnevj7xmp8al6e87a2ykhqymjdqzyqq03weaskcqat32a57mfgt8vss68d97py0pj2sm88zh56wefj2sxsy5p3u In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqszk8xw4jy24u39ltcxtusm6v2n6xqjy0dncmf2sdf95ay02l0uvagsdzpn2'>nevent1q…zpn2</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>in recent years the cops here seem to have decided to fly their helicopters heaps more all the time, and the thundering sound travels for miles in the cold still air at night and it drives me fucking crazy 2025-07-02T11:56:06Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqs9z0vkensetvnmrnqzmf8djkrj2dsrnpghn86lw3adgtj3tywvjrszyqq03weaskcqat32a57mfgt8vss68d97py0pj2sm88zh56wefj2sxsvkywa In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsvcag9ph6wdekvg9mrc36pkrert4rmdalvk83v54ta4tqzxcvrxfs92dcr7'>nevent1q…dcr7</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I spent a couple of hours yesterday getting Audacity building, reproducing and diagnosing the bug, and wrapping my head around the complex logic in this part of the code so that I could implement a correct fix. To have copilot review my work, which I contributed back for free, is just so incredibly disrespectful to my time and effort. 2025-06-26T23:09:05Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsvcag9ph6wdekvg9mrc36pkrert4rmdalvk83v54ta4tqzxcvrxfszyqq03weaskcqat32a57mfgt8vss68d97py0pj2sm88zh56wefj2sxacq3yh In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsd8d9cg6vf7gvnhctzn48qr3dp0f2xvlyhulqk577ujzrlpznl3ucsf0907'>nevent1q…0907</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>You know back in my day, we had static analysis tooling that would give you exactly this kind of feedback, except it was correct. Now we have shit which only looks at the vibes of the source text and does no semantic analysis whatsoever, so of course it&#39;s just fucking wrong 2025-06-26T23:01:13Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsd8d9cg6vf7gvnhctzn48qr3dp0f2xvlyhulqk577ujzrlpznl3uczyqq03weaskcqat32a57mfgt8vss68d97py0pj2sm88zh56wefj2sx0n0r86 Sent a pull request to Audacity fixing a crash bug I&#39;d been running into frequently. The cause was an out-of-bounds memmove. Classic C++ areas.<br/><br/>Anyway I got a fucking copilot review on my PR which left two comments, both completely wrong, one of which suggesting I reintroduce the out of bounds memory access. I&#39;m furious!<br/> <img src="https://social.hails.org/system/media_attachments/files/114/752/131/328/495/177/original/fb81f01d09e9d532.png"> <br/> <img src="https://social.hails.org/system/media_attachments/files/114/752/134/514/863/761/original/f66e28f5aba93a52.png"> <br/> 2025-06-26T22:59:21Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsqx72nx8hucgsn8kvc94kapuc5pngwuhkeere93twzxry9tuys40qzyqq03weaskcqat32a57mfgt8vss68d97py0pj2sm88zh56wefj2sxwycfr0 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqstwa0thdwsk9hy9ecasheudxdr0kkghtct0nsafkg47gtmnqm272q0hjlmg'>nevent1q…jlmg</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>This result should raise serious questions about the consequences of this effect in software development where the work is a continuous process of building upon and refining a body of knowledge 2025-06-16T06:47:35Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqstwa0thdwsk9hy9ecasheudxdr0kkghtct0nsafkg47gtmnqm272qzyqq03weaskcqat32a57mfgt8vss68d97py0pj2sm88zh56wefj2sx48c9ew Remarkable chart in a new paper out of MIT looking at cognitive performance of LLM users in an essay writing task - <a href="https://arxiv.org/abs/2506.08872">https://arxiv.org/abs/2506.08872</a><br/> <img src="https://social.hails.org/system/media_attachments/files/114/691/639/874/965/449/original/000bf6d521d93c19.jpeg"> <br/> 2025-06-16T06:35:17Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsx9lf98429ntd45pjjtvygru24ht9rmu9pf4pupu433y2gu5c5e0czyqq03weaskcqat32a57mfgt8vss68d97py0pj2sm88zh56wefj2sxc4w0y4 shot, chaser<br/> <img src="https://social.hails.org/system/media_attachments/files/114/618/614/757/156/252/original/437e45cc8550e38b.png"> <br/> <img src="https://social.hails.org/system/media_attachments/files/114/618/619/199/367/215/original/02fa2fb7baf4bcdf.png"> <br/> 2025-06-03T09:02:54Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqs0rfhl968htp97jm5jcxys5lnnx8y5yfulmsvanhupay556a4qeeczyqq03weaskcqat32a57mfgt8vss68d97py0pj2sm88zh56wefj2sxmezmyx AI guys, everyone<br/> <img src="https://social.hails.org/system/media_attachments/files/114/476/261/844/351/206/original/f506604930ce76d2.jpeg"> <br/> <img src="https://social.hails.org/system/media_attachments/files/114/476/261/869/567/836/original/7656fa1599df3e3a.jpeg"> <br/> 2025-05-09T05:40:02Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqs0nw4la34rhvlmtuyusp9gl6t6qmzqg4s8erwgjawm49zlgx40drgzyqq03weaskcqat32a57mfgt8vss68d97py0pj2sm88zh56wefj2sxunwl0f In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqstdn6lsl2jxls0vep0h6hr38rwl8fvftg250zgqzaz3e4x9pmfxdqpcmf6w'>nevent1q…mf6w</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>we don&#39;t sell your data! but, look, we actually kinda dooooo,<br/> <img src="https://social.hails.org/system/media_attachments/files/114/084/237/945/321/576/original/0506c82d8e998ab9.png"> <br/> 2025-03-01T00:02:59Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsp24w0zajdfhk3mpyhyvx5f38uqgfu0wmwjjfyvkqrnda09hqr0dgzyqq03weaskcqat32a57mfgt8vss68d97py0pj2sm88zh56wefj2sxxwf7c0 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqstdn6lsl2jxls0vep0h6hr38rwl8fvftg250zgqzaz3e4x9pmfxdqpcmf6w'>nevent1q…mf6w</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Mozilla have been up to a lot of clown shit lately, but slapping SaaS terms on a piece of software which is distributed to end users, with these kinds of overbearing and categorically inapproriate terms, has to be the clowniest. Fire these lawyers 2025-02-28T23:16:13Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqstdn6lsl2jxls0vep0h6hr38rwl8fvftg250zgqzaz3e4x9pmfxdqzyqq03weaskcqat32a57mfgt8vss68d97py0pj2sm88zh56wefj2sxyc0u49 not allowed to watch porn on Firefox anymore<br/> <img src="https://social.hails.org/system/media_attachments/files/114/084/035/975/894/217/original/e50684233e1e83d6.png"> <br/> 2025-02-28T23:12:09Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqs9zkk7gte2g9yqnl9zy4melyep6fr8phc27dx2d5ndn5atq7dwwgczyqq03weaskcqat32a57mfgt8vss68d97py0pj2sm88zh56wefj2sxzn5l5s firefox has put a &#34;sponsored&#34; weather widget in my new tab page which doesn&#39;t even dignify with the temperature unit basically the entire world uses<br/> <img src="https://social.hails.org/system/media_attachments/files/114/061/701/365/016/833/original/155f94186ddf308b.png"> <br/> 2025-02-25T00:32:02Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqst56r7c0g4xy35lcnxxv46g3g389qgjs4hu865wg4k222cduz5qqqzyqq03weaskcqat32a57mfgt8vss68d97py0pj2sm88zh56wefj2sx4rgfj6 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsxc896rj2t0vcdhuv9ymrpdz8su9h9uvcf3ktcryeakn5xszlwzsc82pje5'>nevent1q…pje5</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>you are going to have to pay me even more if i have to do a bad job 2025-01-15T04:32:33Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsqshzraxerp3g755t74argktecz5ec2eypfewjq9ssku0fsmsttwqzyqq03weaskcqat32a57mfgt8vss68d97py0pj2sm88zh56wefj2sx0ra9pa I&#39;m open for Ruby on Rails contract work in 2025!<br/><br/>I&#39;m an experienced systems and performance engineer with deep knowledge of Rails and the Ruby VM, and I have code committed and CVEs credited in both projects. I am also highly proficient with web tech, databases, and Linux systems.<br/><br/>I&#39;ve worked at every layer of the stack from kernel to browser frontend, and I&#39;m comfortable with cracking open the code to answer questions the documentation doesn&#39;t.<br/><br/>From 2013 to 2018 I worked on systems and performance at GitHub, where I led efforts to upgrade the main Rails app from Rails 2.3 to 3.2 (old heads know) and from Ruby 1.9 to the 2.x series.<br/><br/>I&#39;m based in Melbourne, Australia and am experienced and comfortable working remotely, however I am also open to hybrid arrangements if you&#39;re local.<br/><br/>Available for immediate start on short-to-mid-term contracts. DM here, or reach out via email at hailey@hails.org.<br/><br/>boosts appreciated :) #ruby #rails #fedihired 2025-01-08T21:50:24Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqspkaw4fqcxdsc69xlv3s83vc8xtlcpa5kvfalv5ls4ll290at9n8czyqq03weaskcqat32a57mfgt8vss68d97py0pj2sm88zh56wefj2sxqtm25h In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsv6k69q90pjsxv8lfsftcgnlqwpj84nkmayhw3ryefk6ttnekfc9gyjnhkr'>nevent1q…nhkr</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>this industry is lucky there hasn’t been a bigger backlash, given that one of the dominant business models is Ransom 2024-12-27T04:36:13Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsr2njcx88422tap922gwkxlu9rjjsrm4c3gka7jyzn87g0pf95v7gzyqq03weaskcqat32a57mfgt8vss68d97py0pj2sm88zh56wefj2sxuwu6u5 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs2nejuy8uyxlr5v72ydjdax9cg6ksnd6z58vgyxtrrqlwv8jd9d2g633q97'>nevent1q…3q97</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>How do normal people deal with this shit? Do they just put up with their life’s memories being locked away in their device and sometimes just lost entirely? 2024-12-27T04:29:53Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqs2nejuy8uyxlr5v72ydjdax9cg6ksnd6z58vgyxtrrqlwv8jd9d2gzyqq03weaskcqat32a57mfgt8vss68d97py0pj2sm88zh56wefj2sxwevraq In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsgdcayd05s9nmlaejaaftk4v0hjwauvgx03szmgdt9nnhkpzswvkqtfqt30'>nevent1q…qt30</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>this is the thing with Apple, their stuff is pretty sure, but damn if you aren’t on their blessed path (in this case paying them to store my photos on iCloud) the most basic tasks are *such* a chore. And I have no idea how I’d even pull these photos off my phone for archival if I didn’t have this old macbook hanging around 2024-12-27T04:28:08Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsgdcayd05s9nmlaejaaftk4v0hjwauvgx03szmgdt9nnhkpzswvkqzyqq03weaskcqat32a57mfgt8vss68d97py0pj2sm88zh56wefj2sx4crp0j In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsqq94xf33affm5m6ksgv6l0xzmrjqg0gzhe9e47gx2rcdnw3mj8dcmvj2tx'>nevent1q…j2tx</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I’m pulling off a year’s worth of old photos to free up space on my phone, and having imported and archived to my NAS all of 2020 I am currently watching Image Capture delete them one by one at the blistering rate of &lt;2 per second 2024-12-27T04:24:37Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsqq94xf33affm5m6ksgv6l0xzmrjqg0gzhe9e47gx2rcdnw3mj8dczyqq03weaskcqat32a57mfgt8vss68d97py0pj2sm88zh56wefj2sxlkk4zn every time I pull out my 2018 macbook pro (the one with the shit keyboard) for some occasional task I ask myself how I ever put up with this thing<br/><br/>this is the computer that drove me to linux for good 2024-12-27T03:56:20Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsdfwrymuxe40tar523v4y3t35kcurcglgjakg82528l5559yuq7uszyqq03weaskcqat32a57mfgt8vss68d97py0pj2sm88zh56wefj2sx78ja7c In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqspmremyyhmkvplg4cjgmt57gl7zhu64pruz9rwgjaw4ne0urv9p7qhj0jq0'>nevent1q…0jq0</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>the plot thickens! it appears that qemu patch from 2021 never actually landed. it was only fixed with this commit in september 2024 <a href="https://github.com/qemu/qemu/commit/5504a812611">https://github.com/qemu/qemu/commit/5504a812611</a> 2024-11-24T13:16:01Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqspmremyyhmkvplg4cjgmt57gl7zhu64pruz9rwgjaw4ne0urv9p7qzyqq03weaskcqat32a57mfgt8vss68d97py0pj2sm88zh56wefj2sxcr4fkj In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqszt8l9yrz8uq40rzkud8jk4f6f52rf8nhsrpfl2pc2l3c3e5gu8ycx003xq'>nevent1q…03xq</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>and its this kernel change from 2021, released in 5.12, which changed the number of memslots on x86 from 512 to SHRT_MAX. that&#39;d do it <a href="https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/4fc096a99e01d">https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/4fc096a99e01d</a> 2024-11-24T13:08:58Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqszt8l9yrz8uq40rzkud8jk4f6f52rf8nhsrpfl2pc2l3c3e5gu8yczyqq03weaskcqat32a57mfgt8vss68d97py0pj2sm88zh56wefj2sx83pfcf In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsvgzvq9edk2kr8l74wxsm63apc7xvl06y3e4rxt42gwsmtrtnvrsczm9guv'>nevent1q…9guv</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>figured out the real reason why this is so slow poking around in gdb some more. kvm_log_clear iterates kvm_state-&gt;nr_slots times clearing out dirty bitmaps on each memory slot. the code seems to assume nr_slots is relatively small - 32 is the default value for it if KVM_CAP_NR_MEMSLOTS is unspecified.<br/><br/>on my machine, KVM_CAP_NR_MEMSLOTS is 32764 :)<br/><br/>tracking down this mismatch between assumption and reality has led me to find it&#39;s been fixed already upstream. neat! <a href="https://patchew.org/QEMU/20230421032522.999-1-robert.hoo.linux@gmail.com/">https://patchew.org/QEMU/20230421032522.999-1-robert.hoo.linux@gmail.com/</a> 2024-11-24T13:03:09Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsvgzvq9edk2kr8l74wxsm63apc7xvl06y3e4rxt42gwsmtrtnvrsczyqq03weaskcqat32a57mfgt8vss68d97py0pj2sm88zh56wefj2sxmjr7lh noticed my home assistant VM always idled at around 10% CPU on the host, even though the guest didn&#39;t report that much CPU activity (in fact, it was mostly idle)<br/><br/>so I busted out the old profiler<br/> <img src="https://social.hails.org/system/media_attachments/files/113/537/082/167/390/017/original/85ef71db81f25a8b.png"> <br/> 2024-11-24T08:54:26Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqs27xzdjy8ayx6kvjjxg5yh95xh082vjv54s37mcc82stgmphegp9czyqq03weaskcqat32a57mfgt8vss68d97py0pj2sm88zh56wefj2sxhxdyyl In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsgtkzrj8d055saq7k9gzj55mfmd4tda7nrne9283jtl2swc50tfjsdtupyq'>nevent1q…upyq</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I tend to err on the side of being less fancy with JS. if scrolling is janky, so be it - that&#39;s kind of how the web is already. Using canvg adds to bundle size, is slower by wall time (even if smoother feeling), and adds to complexity that might come back to bite in an unpredictable way (there&#39;s a large space for potential problems here: canvg API changes, rendering differences between canvg and native that make it difficult to move back to native in the future, opportunity cost of future browser optimisations that can&#39;t be replicated in canvg, etc) 2024-11-11T01:13:36Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsrqrgzngadxtw9epzc4jwgdchcn7c0tnc9kwdca38dr8ftku4k67gzyqq03weaskcqat32a57mfgt8vss68d97py0pj2sm88zh56wefj2sxl7ndkm In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs9jfnztjp5dgwt9ep8v6lq9cy3a57qd5m4hku0xym07de8ca0qkfqj5e4z5'>nevent1q…e4z5</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>more info needed: what’s the issue with dropping frames? Is there an animation that’s being interrupted? How does it compare to a native img tag with no canvas involvement? 2024-11-11T00:47:32Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsg94razcfjq2vfxqn0sqzxn6rwtasjf6wj7afdvdp5wa8n0grjxkqzyqq03weaskcqat32a57mfgt8vss68d97py0pj2sm88zh56wefj2sxasak6t we are about to find out which tech companies become IBM and which of our colleagues are happy going along with it 2024-11-06T22:44:36Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqstfk6mmqgg5zt7lwxc8an923uf2q45qqvv5tpjg86mgrg9r7u02wgzyqq03weaskcqat32a57mfgt8vss68d97py0pj2sm88zh56wefj2sxagvxt3 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs28mqsa8szxas564xpxjtm6knzeqvzzk8fve07awqxly6r49ytvqgluw59p'>nevent1q…w59p</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>nothing really important happened before 1 jan 1970 anyway 2024-10-30T23:29:49Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqs28mqsa8szxas564xpxjtm6knzeqvzzk8fve07awqxly6r49ytvqgzyqq03weaskcqat32a57mfgt8vss68d97py0pj2sm88zh56wefj2sx8y8kkg hackernews mindset<br/> <img src="https://social.hails.org/system/media_attachments/files/113/398/963/912/147/762/original/2a34b8feb922cb74.png"> <br/> 2024-10-30T23:28:10Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqswm8202je9hy4fhyyxncsxkl684smdq985fjr929vjn4uy3d46adqzyqq03weaskcqat32a57mfgt8vss68d97py0pj2sm88zh56wefj2sxwdzhae omg bluesky’s default moderation settings are liberal civility politics in a nutshell. Hilarious<br/> <img src="https://social.hails.org/system/media_attachments/files/113/344/104/685/968/129/original/e114f2e9ab801e0e.jpeg"> <br/> 2024-10-21T06:57:37Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqs2xtvpq0m0gyn2j74nmmrf7dzgrdw7rw7s9fs4ys76rfwquey42vqzyqq03weaskcqat32a57mfgt8vss68d97py0pj2sm88zh56wefj2sx77udz5 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsdk0eftfvfckh2u4m9alpqn4mcunsarpwaqdwq2d7ddjd7uhm7xvg3cqrvm'>nevent1q…qrvm</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>is this a good idea? maybe, maybe not.<br/><br/>but it is cool 2024-10-16T00:23:08Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsdk0eftfvfckh2u4m9alpqn4mcunsarpwaqdwq2d7ddjd7uhm7xvgzyqq03weaskcqat32a57mfgt8vss68d97py0pj2sm88zh56wefj2sxqpe5we imagining a scifi future where all syscalls run over io_uring, then you replace the submission and completion ring buffers with a network pipe, then you could run programs on disparate physical hosts all under a single-homed kernel 2024-10-16T00:22:50Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsd7wwc3th82gc350qc5pnvwpqz3vdthetvctakur79pc0mh7q5zsgzyqq03weaskcqat32a57mfgt8vss68d97py0pj2sm88zh56wefj2sxe3mq5y FM radio is so cool. I am sitting at home listening to some quite modern dance music through a 40 year old device faithfully reproducing sounds that weren’t even invented when it was built. I love that you can still listen to music this way and I hope FM broadcasting never turns off. 2024-09-28T11:18:29Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsvp8v38w3vkvu2jc6hrweg7vtgpkv243z5c8auw35x6kapytt0aqgzyqq03weaskcqat32a57mfgt8vss68d97py0pj2sm88zh56wefj2sxpy88u3 every internet company rebrand is like &#34;we&#39;re so excited to launch our new brand identity designed in collaboration with [prestigious sounding design firm] which aims to capture the playfulness at the heart of what we do&#34; and then you look at it and its just their name but they picked a different font 2024-09-26T11:17:38Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsqkqw50xlf9srlev0r9kqg45z793q7q9232lfl5hkkyt3wkrgl6sqzyqq03weaskcqat32a57mfgt8vss68d97py0pj2sm88zh56wefj2sxwqmac2 I have seen the infamous Metro Trains JSON PID<br/> <img src="https://social.hails.org/system/media_attachments/files/113/095/291/068/838/427/original/a0a45fbf46ba2517.jpg"> <br/> 2024-09-07T08:21:23Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsgdv6s6lj8ewh5sqhyg4j8z4utk6vqm5k4umpv4l98hlvzy0nlzegzyqq03weaskcqat32a57mfgt8vss68d97py0pj2sm88zh56wefj2sxck69ge The Internet Archive losing its appeal means one thing: pirate stuff. Pirate brazenly. There’s no point trying to do it the nice way - you’ll get shut down anyway. Copy, share, and archive to your heart’s content. It’s the only way we’re keeping digital media and our cultural memory intact. 2024-09-04T22:58:48Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsfjfnj08tf64sp208juzzxn4ll0afqpthtuvf9xkka4dmsnfvw5dczyqq03weaskcqat32a57mfgt8vss68d97py0pj2sm88zh56wefj2sxunp87h did you know bash supports generics<br/> <img src="https://social.hails.org/system/media_attachments/files/113/067/067/038/694/770/original/d5c9625589e58bd3.png"> <br/> 2024-09-02T08:42:43Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqstde6q0c76cpshq90242cm5em7zlktawg9fp6hys5cn8lhsjsf84gzyqq03weaskcqat32a57mfgt8vss68d97py0pj2sm88zh56wefj2sx7qhlka I am a big fan of rust and think it&#39;s a natural fit for linux into the future. What isn&#39;t a natural fit is the npm tier dependency sprawl situation.<br/><br/>I really do think we need to listen to what distro maintainers are telling us, because they are the ones who understand how the rubber hits the road when it comes to maintaining and supporting software long term. 2024-08-31T15:08:54Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqs0as5q5lt4v905zcjx23v4umpj2fcas5g4g9kgwccgf7fujtln2eqzyqq03weaskcqat32a57mfgt8vss68d97py0pj2sm88zh56wefj2sxvnemh2 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsq0lapqhd0aav4pcxeqscz5ngxhr622gwxtqt74dj5s2kqnjjk9cg2p2ulx'>nevent1q…2ulx</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>musl-cross-make is really good in my experience, if glibc isn’t a hard requirement. agree building a glibc cross compiler is a complete pain in the ass though 2024-08-31T02:51:38Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsfdzj205zqke0f48hxjhjp7zt5t3jq57aq9q9fruykuff3nh0z8rqzyqq03weaskcqat32a57mfgt8vss68d97py0pj2sm88zh56wefj2sx5rgzym idle thought but it would be cool if linux had an arch-independent universal executable format. Maybe wasm, maybe not, but something fully portable which can access the entire syscall interface, with raw performance being less of a priority 2024-08-31T01:38:55Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqs0usdtfmsvzqhjrcz7lp9mvp9gphxhhnzredw6m5wgddyz4jvsa8gzyqq03weaskcqat32a57mfgt8vss68d97py0pj2sm88zh56wefj2sxgxqw59 Absolutely beggars belief how many queers are still happily posting away on X<br/><br/>Like, how are we supposed to liberate ourselves if y’all won’t liberate yourselves 2024-08-18T10:54:16Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsfwgvp8t599v2h0s9epk034pqj3usktvaqntc03kgs6stqp7pkuggzyqq03weaskcqat32a57mfgt8vss68d97py0pj2sm88zh56wefj2sxywdhwq it really is some sweet cosmic justice that the 4chan window manager guy, having alienated the entire mainstream linux desktop community on account of being a highly unpleasant character, is now unable to fix bugs all on his own 2024-08-17T10:12:06Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsp43pme57a5kgx693wq090m5ufgmsxmljde6630v0yfvz2jpj969gzyqq03weaskcqat32a57mfgt8vss68d97py0pj2sm88zh56wefj2sxew4l0n Thanks Google 👍<br/> <img src="https://social.hails.org/system/media_attachments/files/112/958/341/445/688/633/original/5fc8978361ffbc20.jpeg"> <br/> 2024-08-14T03:53:02Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsrq7j9quy3r8ywnlqlxjt0c2tseewpgah9fxccspc5f7xqcg48j7qzyqq03weaskcqat32a57mfgt8vss68d97py0pj2sm88zh56wefj2sx5spht0 looking for recommendations: I want a dirt simple CI runner, something that works with Forgejo/Codeberg, no containers, something that just runs on a machine and invokes a shell script in a repo checkout. What options are there? 2024-08-14T02:22:09Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqs2uatk2dg9pfg2tjd9cpt4s7wn35uvejwg4jlsz34vnqwjsxn9eyszyqq03weaskcqat32a57mfgt8vss68d97py0pj2sm88zh56wefj2sxtd9slt i sooooo struggle to deal with this kind of writing style<br/><br/>you can just write &#34;we&#39;re not doing masks btw&#34;. like just own it. it&#39;s fine. it is, for better or worse, the norm.<br/><br/>this kind of writing just reads like you know it&#39;s not great, you know it&#39;s incompatible with the rest of the accessibility stuff you&#39;re talking about, you know to expect some blowback for it, and you&#39;re trying to preempt that blowback with therapy speak. it&#39;s the appearance of accountability while dodging accountability that gets me<br/> <img src="https://social.hails.org/system/media_attachments/files/112/940/770/414/781/950/original/830ca8cd70aaa417.png"> <br/> 2024-08-11T01:29:55Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqspfs3hqa3pcen4msv8h0j5nw28uhnaeup9dgyvze7jsew5up5xggszyqq03weaskcqat32a57mfgt8vss68d97py0pj2sm88zh56wefj2sxztq3hx just one more lane bro<br/> <img src="https://social.hails.org/system/media_attachments/files/112/895/939/321/626/154/original/8a7d220172b8a3fa.png"> <br/> 2024-08-03T03:23:30Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqs9cccj97j2q4xer44j4r708kv8kwvv5e0aa9dcdf9scvjh5t7mkrqzyqq03weaskcqat32a57mfgt8vss68d97py0pj2sm88zh56wefj2sxuwftag In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs98fdsj4s3qjksch8qclp5f0q9h8sufj4s0fs4cgtzz8297rql3ks797emh'>nevent1q…7emh</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>reading about how things are done over in golang<br/> <img src="https://social.hails.org/system/media_attachments/files/112/880/177/697/953/305/original/613c3066ad29c8b6.png"> <br/> 2024-07-31T08:34:04Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqs98fdsj4s3qjksch8qclp5f0q9h8sufj4s0fs4cgtzz8297rql3kszyqq03weaskcqat32a57mfgt8vss68d97py0pj2sm88zh56wefj2sxzvd5tr reading about how things are done over in node.js<br/> <img src="https://social.hails.org/system/media_attachments/files/112/880/174/031/079/276/original/1c6e1beff2d13085.png"> <br/> 2024-07-31T08:33:26Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsy9h7dkxctn3dp7xaxalc9y2fm9sfwzeea88vpjgraef7s30ec92qzyqq03weaskcqat32a57mfgt8vss68d97py0pj2sm88zh56wefj2sx26r8ew every time I see someone else&#39;s shell script I check that it sets (at least) -eu. if it does, it&#39;s probably a fine script, if not, suspicion builds, and usually turns out to be warranted 2024-07-10T23:15:37Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsqyh0m7t784udy2szaejqkvc9l66tfly667xv3astemg7daupeseszyqq03weaskcqat32a57mfgt8vss68d97py0pj2sm88zh56wefj2sxq2n686 is there a binary serialisation format with json like data types where keys are explicitly a number for the wire?<br/><br/>don&#39;t say protobufs, i explicitly do not want protobufs 2024-06-16T02:52:25Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsq6xl97ye95f95ynqqhu36ena0s0ztr4n8z42dfh3ufdek6wftcwgzyqq03weaskcqat32a57mfgt8vss68d97py0pj2sm88zh56wefj2sxfaar2v fedi meta<br/> <img src="https://social.hails.org/system/media_attachments/files/112/594/767/316/327/653/original/429385a9698e49d9.png"> <br/> 2024-06-10T22:51:30Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsf543f3rars5en2tr2fqnwfdrahcltymu5e97cld90jtm3gq479aqzyqq03weaskcqat32a57mfgt8vss68d97py0pj2sm88zh56wefj2sx08r30c everybody wants to be the guy to write the filesystem that solves data loss once and for all because it would look good as hell on a resume 2024-06-04T08:50:32Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqspyfe9paexkgh3fckq9cfpzlaercsyajcgfc36kh93vf5uk7rgpxgzyqq03weaskcqat32a57mfgt8vss68d97py0pj2sm88zh56wefj2sxu3w6hw what on earth is going on over at C++<br/><br/>are they ok<br/> <img src="https://social.hails.org/system/media_attachments/files/112/147/778/634/127/097/original/15ca4b19581a4d30.png"> <br/> 2024-03-24T00:16:46Z