Dylan Perks
@perksey.com
Microsoft MVP | Software Engineer @ QinetiQ | C++, Rust, among others | Creator of Silk.NET | Member of .NET Foundation
Has anyone done any market research on the affect of AI usage on open-source projects? Is it a loud minority that would avoid a dependency that uses AI, or is this the overriding opinion?
I have a horrible habit of typing my response into the message box, but not sending it, then still marking it as responded mentally. Do not expect a response from me. For reasons unclear to me I wrote it but did not press send.
Sad, I think MAVEN was the first mission I remember paying attention to.
NASASpaceflight.com@nasaspaceflight.com · 3mo agoOn June 3rd, NASA announced the end of its MAVEN Mars mission after a six-month battle to save the spacecraft. Though MAVEN is no longer active at Mars, its data is still being used, with teams recently discovering a new phenomenon in Mars’ atmosphere ⬇️ www.nasaspaceflight.com/2026/06/mave...
This dog must have an amazing sense of humor. Original post
We only rate dogs. This is a precious little seal. She is laying on the beach and everything. Please be more respectful of our craft, and only send dogs. Thank you… 12/10 (IG: jaynjoyyy)
Why are cybertruck drivers the WORST at parking
Apple announces that John Ternus, senior VP of Hardware Engineering, will become Apple's next CEO on September 1; Tim Cook will become executive chairman (Business Wire) Main Link | Techmeme Permalink
![Comic. [Person and person with white hat facing two boxes stacked with $80 price tag and sale tag on each box.] PERSON 1: They want $80 for this? I could make one myself for $10 in parts, an hour of work, a trip to the hardware store, another $30 in parts, another few hours of work, two more trips to the store for $20 more in parts, another hour of work to redo the first hour of work because I messed up, and $80 to buy this when the one I made breaks.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:cz73r7iyiqn26upot4jtjdhk/bafkreifdsd32pjwefxji33c5eferlek4o6kkadoosqisb5uatqjmrq4q4q)
![Comic. One... two... THREE! [text in red] X Deprecated [line break] One... two... three... GO! [text in red] Deprecated [red curly bracket around top two lines] Too easy to mix up [line break] Three... two... one... GO! [text in green] [check mark] ISO Standard [caption] If I were in charge of ISO, the first thing I’d do would be to standardize the way people count out loud before doing something in sync.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:cz73r7iyiqn26upot4jtjdhk/bafkreigrejwbg64jtzv6hvauqkucxefcn7cn33kyuar44f6jz5degv6nma)
![Comic. [Sign above four people. A person sits at a desk working on a laptop. A person with ponytail is talking to person with white hat. A person with short hair walks away.] SIGN: It has been [-0.00000000000000044] days since our last floating point error](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:cz73r7iyiqn26upot4jtjdhk/bafkreifrf3ayk2vpoka4s35aamdjbub5fcd62ou5zihkzfcj4neth3v27i)
truly the best times on Octopus Agile at the moment. Getting paid to use electricity in the UK thanks to investments in wind 💨 and solar ☀️
After almost twenty years on the platform, EFF is logging off of X. This isn’t a decision we made lightly, but it might be overdue. 🧵 (1/5) www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...
EFF is Leaving X
After almost twenty years on the platform, EFF is logging off of X. This isn’t a decision we made lightly, but it might be overdue.
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Internal memo: Julia Liuson, head of Microsoft's developer division, will resign after 34 years and move to an "advisory role" at the end of June (Tom Warren/The Verge) Main Link | Techmeme Permalink
To be fair, I always found it strange that U.S. airports had government-controlled security anyway coming from the UK where it’s on the airport to provide their own security that comply with regulations.
The Verge@theverge.com · 5mo agoLike much of Trump’s second-term agenda, his position on the shutdown makes little sense on its face. But the strategy becomes clear when examined through the lens of the Heritage Foundation’s Project 2025, which calls for the complete dismantling of the TSA.
The desire for Xbox exclusives is a bit elusive. Never would I have thought that “please eliminate choice and make me buy a specific box for this game rather than what’s cheapest/best at the time” would be a prevailing sentiment.
![Comic. [Person 1 talking to a person with shoulder-length hair and a person with a white hat.] PERSON 1: I would never get an electric vehicle. Sure, they sound great, but what do you do if the battery runs out of charge? [caption] I felt pretty silly when someone finally explained tome that EVs are rechargeable.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:cz73r7iyiqn26upot4jtjdhk/bafkreid6f347sqdimhkt27mkvy4xar2cl54zzczyokkzbymwrtuz22qmtq)
