In case you missed the last John Scalzi bundle at @humblebundle.com - or you are missing any of the 22 (twenty-two!) books in this collection, head right away to get yer @scalzi.com books AND donate to charity - @wck.org no less! It’s a no-brainer! (heh!) www.humblebundle.com/books/john-s...

Humble Book Bundle: The John Scalzi Collection: Old Man's War & More by TOR Books

Discover your new favorite author with this bundle of books from sci-fi humorist John Scalzi! Pay what you want and support World Central Kitchen!

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Dear Open Source Developer, I have privately cloned your repository and renamed all the packages so that I can pass your work off as my own, but now things aren't working. Please help me debug the unspecified changes I made to your code. #oss

I was cleaning my closet and found these. Decades ago, I stole them from my Mom's office. I treasure them. Kids don't know how easy they have it.

Street art in Barcelona, Spain, unknown artist. #Spider-Man

Unlike RFC1149, Feline Carrier TCP is hardened against packet loss yet is susceptible to random wandering, unpredictable routing and really long naps.

absolute horses@jcoglan.com · 4mo ago

you know you've been computering for too long when you can recognise what this is

Watch out: “De-naturalization” of other kinds of undesirable citizens comes next.

The New York Times@nytimes.com · 3mo ago

Breaking News: The Justice Department wants to revoke the citizenship of hundreds of foreign-born Americans, part of a push to increase the pace of denaturalizations, according to a U.S. official.

you know you've been computering for too long when you can recognise what this is

Whatever is in those Trump Files has to be really bad.

The New York Times@nytimes.com · 5mo ago

Dozens of attacks in Iran were carried out by warplanes launched from bases and aircraft carriers around the Middle East. President Trump said the targets included missile sites, Iran’s navy and nuclear facilities.

read online that someone set-up a premium rate phone number where callers get charged $3.99/ min. then they posted flyers in their neighborhood that said "call this number to report illegal aliens," but the number just puts them on hold with music. so far, they've made $17,000

#FOSDEM

"…and Magda Goebbels made a great strudel.”

We Just Made History! #Commodore Is Home! #retrogaming #gaming

I feel seen.

Jen@ladyjenpool.bsky.social · last yr.

Me on Independent Bookstore Day

not a new observation but Elon Musk genuinely isn't very bright, genuinely has no idea how most things work, and his entire supergenius engineer persona is a tech press-enabled mythology (they've never been held accountable for)

We are not going to know when this makes the human to human leap. I am moving accordingly, and so should you.

NPR@npr.org · last yr.

After going quiet on bird flu, CDC scientists have published a report on its spread among veterinarians. The findings suggest a need for better surveillance.

Good morning! Here’s a kitty.

a close up of a cat 's face with a pink nose

Alt: a close up of a cat 's face with a pink nose

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Too much, or just about right? 🤷🏼‍♂️

It's the final hours of the John Scalzi Collection at @humblebundle.com - restock your reading pile for the holidays with some of @scalzi.com's best books while donating to charity. Win-win! www.humblebundle.com/books/john-s...

Humble Book Bundle: The John Scalzi Collection: Old Man's War, The Interdependency, and More, by Tor Encore

Dive into Hugo Award winner John Scalzi's beloved sci-fi! Get Old Man's War, Redshirts, and other great books & support First Book with your purchase!

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Give me a single screenshot from a videogame that immediately makes you hear the soundtrack in your head.

ジョルディ - jordi@jordiv.me · 2y ago

Compartiu una captura de pantalla d'un videojoc que us faci sentir la seva banda sonora al vostre cap d'immediat.

Much better

I just completed "Bridge Repair" - Day 7 - Advent of Code 2024 #AdventOfCode adventofcode.com/2024/day/7 Had a late (early?) start, and for the second part early optimization was quite a problem. Should refactor to improve performance. github.com/codehead/adv...

Become ungovernable.

Bodega Cats@bodegacats.bsky.social · 2y ago

I managed to improve the performance of the second puzzle by almost 75% just by placing blocks along the guard's path, but surely we can still do better. github.com/codehead/adv...

adventofcode-2024/day06 at main · codehead/adventofcode-2024

Solutions to Advent of Code 2024. Contribute to codehead/adventofcode-2024 development by creating an account on GitHub.

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Javier Arturo Rodríguez@codehead.bsky.social · 2y ago

I just completed "Guard Gallivant" - Day 6 - Advent of Code 2024 #AdventOfCode adventofcode.com/2024/day/6 For the second part my initial approach detected only the edge case where the loop completes on the next step. Went for a brute-force solution, but a decision tree should be MUCH faster.

On the sixth day of the #Perl Advent Calendar 2024, Lincoln D. Stein (LDS) leans on OpenAI::API to generate heartwarming Christmas cards, extending the stock image generator and creating AI-generated AI prompts (yes, you read that right). VERY cool! perladvent.org/2024/2024-12...

I just completed "Guard Gallivant" - Day 6 - Advent of Code 2024 #AdventOfCode adventofcode.com/2024/day/6 For the second part my initial approach detected only the edge case where the loop completes on the next step. Went for a brute-force solution, but a decision tree should be MUCH faster.

On the fifth day of the #Perl Advent Calendar 2024, BDFOY tells us how Santa uses Data::Rx to sort data structures into Naughty and Nice lists, with really neat examples for custom types. perladvent.org/2024/2024-12...

I've completed "Print Queue" - Day 5 - Advent of Code 2024 #AdventOfCode adventofcode.com/2024/day/5

Found out about #AdventOfCode from @blockstackers.net - it's really fun! So here's my own repo with the solutions for day 1 so far, hope to catch up soon. github.com/codehead/adv...

GitHub - codehead/adventofcode-2024: Solutions to Advent of Code 2024

Solutions to Advent of Code 2024. Contribute to codehead/adventofcode-2024 development by creating an account on GitHub.

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One of the finest delights of the season is here: The Perl Advent Calendar is out! So far they've talked about MooseX::StrictConstructor, the HTTP::XS*+URI::XS* combo, Ref::Util and using GitHub Actions in the Perl ecosystem. Looking forward to 20 more days of #Perl goodness! perladvent.org/2024/

Oh no. This is worse than feathered dinosaurs.

Barkitect - FWA@barkitect.bsky.social · 2y ago

Difficult time for sabertoothed cats as scientists found a 35,000 year old preserved sabertoothed kitten in Siberia and something was discovered. Sabertoothed cats have a pouch where their teeth slide into when they close their mouths, so their teeth actually did not protrude out of their muzz.