"how many times have you actually implemented a linked list? ... okay, okay, how many times have you actually implemented a linked list *on purpose*?"

open poll what's your favorite weird cpu instruction

any architecture, any time period.

@videogame_hacker physical jvm machines when

"i will simply look up the datasheet"

the datasheet:

Here's a slightly better head-on shot.

Don't worry, I kept plenty in working order. I'm excited to see what these sound like.

Well, this is pretty fun! 1T313A germanium transistors, manufactured in the Soviet Union in, looks like, 1986.

The Elements of Programming Style (1978). Would anyone be interested in a blog post revisiting this book, 42 years on?

it's official, obeying copyright is only for the plebs and proles, rich people and big companies can do whatever they want

oh my gods. they literally have no shame about this.

GitHub Support just straight up confirmed in an email that yes, they used all public GitHub code, for Codex/Copilot regardless of license.

@ultranova there's no way. I have hope but I do not have faith.

Hey mastofolks... Programming Rust, 2e is available in e-book form, and printed copies are soon to follow!

O'Reilly has several purchasing options: https://www.oreilly.com/library/view/programming-rust-2nd/9781492052586/

You can get DRM-free PDFs at ebooks dot com: https://www.ebooks.com/en-us/book/210313783/programming-rust/jim-blandy/

look at this neat analog TV receiver Sam got me from work

y'all! Julia Evans (@b0rk@twitter.com) is really neat and she made all her comics available online recently! they're very educational and you should check them out if you like to do the computering

https://wizardzines.com/comics/

@ekaitz_zarraga you see, when you ask someone to open source the software for their instrument, it's basically just like asking for free labor from the community,

today in "people don't get free software":

"I think the reality distortion thing with open sourcing both commercial things and personal projects in general is too high expectations for what it means in practise, and perhaps too little of what it means in principle."