Read this over the weekend as I heard Helsinki is a quantum computing city! The book is a nice introduction, easy to read, and awakens your curiousity for more. Like the IQM Academy, which will be my next source. :)

Rakhim Davletkali@rakhim.org · 9mo ago

I wrote a new book: Quantum Computing For Software Engineers. For those who'd like to learn about the realities of the industry, and consider joining it. QC architectures, software stack, compilers, pulse-level, and more. The book is FREE! Or you can pay what you want. leanpub.com/quantum-comp...

That's some serious bullshit from Lufthansa

Making human languages irrelevant rakhim.exotext.com/making-human...

The Jetsons lied to us

Wow, creating a Gmail account after you've created a generic Google account still looks like this!

This is spot on, I feel the same way! >LLMs [...] turn a very autistic do-what-you-say, say-what-you-mean commmunication style with the machine into a neurotypical conversation talking around the issue, but never directly addressing the substance of problem mastodon.online/@EmilyEnough...

My partner just dropped a new album of hard-to-define-a-genre mix of orchestral, electronica, downtempo and techno. Check it out: music.youtube.com/playlist?lis... Or spotify open.spotify.com/album/794Mol... (other links here tashabass.com)

Velvet Memories - Album by Tasha Bass

Listen to Velvet Memories by Tasha Bass on YouTube Music - a dedicated music app with official songs, music videos, remixes, covers, and more.

music.youtube.com

ikigAI

This is a WILD take, but hear me out: Related UI elements should not appear unrelated rakhim.exotext.com/related-ui-e...

Game dev is the only area of programming where bugs often create hilarious effects

Amazing high quality high definition maps by Tom Patterson shadedrelief.com

Finally added dark mode to minifeed minifeed.net

FilePilot is an amazing piece of software for Windows, and there is nothing quite like it for any other OS yet. But Forklift on macOS is pretty close.

Google Translate is fun

Windows 11 after two decades of macOS: okay, but also awful rakhim.exotext.com/windows-11-e... An attempt to use Windows 11 as the main workstation for a couple of months. The good and the bad.

Windows resizing is bad on Tahoe? Meanwhile Windows 11:

TIL about `brew bundle` docs.brew.sh/Brew-Bundle-...

Homebrew Bundle, brew bundle and Brewfile

Documentation for the missing package manager for macOS (or Linux).

docs.brew.sh

Got a PC for the first time in like 2 decades, and the two most impressive things for me are 1. colors and mouse support in BIOS 2. you can alt-tab from a running game without issues

20 docker contains vs. single DB IDE RAM shortage is real

Took some pictures in Helsinki today

I like how cybersecurity stocks are crashing as more and more inherently unsecure AI products are hitting the markets. (pictured below is wisdom tree cyber security etf, which holds stuff like crowdstrike, palo alto networks, datadog, akamai, etc.)

In Windows 11 choosing 150% display scaling setting = blurry fonts, choosing "custom" and putting "150%" manually = crisp. At this point in time neither macOS nor Windows can do external displays properly. Popular Linux distros do better. This is the opposite of how it's been 15 years ago. Amazing

Modern UI is clean and invisible? Ha, I wish! rakhim.exotext.com/modern-ui-is...

@cliophate.wtf Hey Kevin, just read your latest post. I'm also tired of tech. Or rather exhausted. It's just somehow so, so exhausting.

My god... I've been living in a bubble all this time... Default system font stack in browsers looks absolutely atrocious on Windows...

Reviving my Mastodon account btw mastodon.online/@rakhim

Rakhim (@rakhim@mastodon.online)

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Remembering my past life in Ottawa in 2007-2012, some photos I took that capture the vibe

I gotta use Windows 11 for a while. C++ and web development + 3D modeling/graphics apps + Unreal engine. Please share good apps that you recommend. So far I got: - Everything - FilePilot - Powertoys Windows Terminal is okay, but kinda sluggish. Is there something like iTerm for Windows?

16k+ page hits from bots in just a few minutes today. I'm tired of fighting this. I think I'll make Minifeed mostly private - for logged in users only. Sad.