how do you even synchronize clocks in like HFT or over networks and shit
Jessica Paquette
@barrelshifter.bsky.social
compiler engineer from hell
today is my birthday send me your favourite program
it’s 2026 why aren’t you going to the gym and getting hotter you dumb bitch
the difference between compiler engineers and normie engineers is compiler engineers have resigned themselves to the fact that they have no control over the code that people write
ah yes, the well-known "branch on [incoherent sputtering noise]" instruction
offices should impose mandatory daily yoga on employees
i was walking in my neighbourhood and saw a dude who i regularly see at my gym and it kind of bothered me. you’re not supposed to exist outside the gym. why are you outside of your room. this isn’t right
a work of art is a creature that wants to destroy you and replace you with something else. it is in your interest that you allow this to happen, sometimes
counterpoint: it is good and correct to view engaging with a piece of art as an act of consumption. you just have it backwards. *you* are the thing being consumed
i’ve become hopelessly obsessed with doing the laundry
i recommend stretching daily life is better as a piece of limp spaghetti
bought uniqlo trousers and borax today. i’m dead inside
the horse girl fandom is so funny like a retired racehorse dies irl and these people draw sad fanart of the horse girl version of the horse fucking dying
Everyone knows that the x86 ISA is big. Modern CPUs have ~1000+ mnemonics. Guess how many make up 90% of compiled C/C++ code? TWELVE. I'm not kidding. The question is…what if we shrank it?
Happy birthday to the MOS 6502! It was 50 years ago today that people were able to buy their first samples of the chip from a jar in a hotel room at WESCON. Here's my oldest 6502 from the 52nd week of 1975. Still works perfectly!
people say the fish grill in japanese houses/apts instead of a full oven is lame but ngl i fuck with the fish grill
when people ask me why i do pull ups i tell them it’s so that if i fall into a 6ft hole i’ll be able to pull myself out and not die of starvation and it makes them really mad for some reason
i tried to have type 3 fun but it didn’t work out