Last year, my team shipped a Swift rewrite of Apple's TrueType hinting interpreter. The new code is strictly memory safe, relentlessly tested, and faster than the C code it replaced. This year, it is my pleasure to ship it for a second time—now as an open source package—and to share our experience!

Swift Language@swift.org · 4mo ago

Memory-safe. 13% faster on average. ⚡️ The TrueType hinting interpreter in macOS and iOS has been rewritten in Swift, replacing the original C implementation. Pixel-perfect accuracy was validated across 27 million glyphs. And the results: www.swift.org/blog/migrati...

everything must go

scenes from bart

the horror

I’m a knitter and web designer, and I learned Swift so I could make a ruler and row counting app for my projects. It’s called Fiber Friend and I’m proud of it 🥰 fiberfriend.app

Fiber Friend: Ruler & Row Counter for Knitting and Crochet

Fiber Friend is a free iOS ruler and row counter for knitters and crocheters. Paid users can track multiple projects from their phone or watch.

fiberfriend.app

#NoKings protest at Valley Forge, PA

My wallet fell out of my pocket this morning and I didn't notice until I got back to my motorcycle and noticed it on the ground *under my kickstand*. Impossible odds.

If I'd known finding out was coming for us like this anyway I probably would've fucked around.

@komara.bsky.social I want to buy a copy of your book, where can I find it?

Dragons swim amongst us

I’ve always loved the vibe of classic square-headlight Kawasakis. Nothing wears green better, and this ‘97-00 ZRX1100 looks especially good with the golden state as a backdrop.

hey y'all @maybefriday.bsky.social is here!

it's wild how the internet has gone from "everyone uses a pseudonym and nobody is who they say they are" to "we need impersonation warnings on satire or people will thoughtlessly treat it as fact"

Sharing bsky invites with friends after learning that bored people will "voluntarily self-administer electric shocks" https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/26847946/#:~:text=Previous%20research%20has%20shown%20that,available%20external%20source%20of%20stimulation.

Self-inflicted pain out of boredom - PubMed

Previous research has shown that in response to a monotonous, boring lab situation, non-clinical participants voluntarily self-administer electric shocks. The shocks probably served to disrupt the ted...

pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov

The decentralized social media environment is booming! Between Threads (ActivityPub that doesn't federate) and Bluesky (AT Protocol that doesn't federate), the possibilities are endless.

I wrote a 5-minute freedive on the topic of caching, with a bit of "things software can learn (and build upon) from hardware" thrown in https://numi.st/post/2023/caches-make-predictions-about-the-future/

Caches Make Predictions About the Future

How a paper about CPU caches changed the way I think about software caches too

numi.st

Oh fuck

Tristan Snell@tristansnell.bsky.social · 3y ago

MORE MEADOWS FALLOUT: Meadows flipping changes the entire game. Everyone he texted with about the J6 conspiracy is now in serious trouble. Members of Congress like Marjorie Taylor Greene, Scott Perry, and Louie Gohmert Media figures like Sean Hannity Plus ... Ginni Thomas

Invite trees are a powerful moderation tool for admins, but arbitrary reaction emojis are a powerful moderation tool for the people. Why are we still settling for stars/hearts in this day and age?

And of course they forcibly twist the discourse from "do your job or admit you can't" to just "resign" in the process.

Acyn@acyn.bsky.social · 3y ago

AOC’s skeet on CNN

Both. The invite tree accountability makes people more judicious about bringing in solid people, the early suspensions of bad accounts increased trust/confidence about commitment to safety, and the smaller community feels safer too. I do get nervous for #s going up & harassment campaigns starting

Tommy 🦁@tommyc.bsky.social · 3y ago

Does it feel safer and more fun because of the product itself or because our community is still relatively small so we feel safer to share thoughts? (I dun have an answer)

It's nice to see this place learning something that TMBO has known for years: bans are more effective when you need an invite to get back in Next step: bans (or at least time-outs) for people who invited people who got banned