lori

@lori@cambrian.social


blog: https://astoundingteam.com

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pat »
@pat@patpatpat.xyz

It is pretty fun how Perl treats all arguments as just a list

No fancy shenanigans needed to allow variable-number-of-arguments, and no need for a special apply keyword (since every function call f(a, b, c) is basically (apply f (list a b c)))

Same with return types. Every function returns a list, so no special values stuff going on

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lori »
@lori@cambrian.social

Perl has fallen out of favor because it seduces people into playing a particular kind of code golf, seeing if you can reduce the number of named variables all the way to zero.

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    pat »
    @pat@patpatpat.xyz

    Obviously code golf gets silly, but I do always hate coming up with meaningless variable names (like in a quick foreach), so I like just being able to use the standard $_ variable

    When other languages do it, its called "tacit" or "point-free" programming, but when Perl does it its called "a mess" and "a crime against humanity"

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      lori »
      @lori@cambrian.social

      Android Studio just spellchecked me for writing "disp" in

      android:id="@+id/disp_time"

      Apparently View identifiers should be made up of actual (English?) words.

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        lori »
        @lori@cambrian.social

        My poor instance still isn't fetchable from the larger Fediverse. I am stumped.

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          Justine Smithies »
          @justine@snac.smithies.me.uk

          Well I see it no problem.

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            lori »
            @lori@cambrian.social

            snac to snac works, mastodon not so much, at least from hachydermio

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              lori »
              @lori@cambrian.social

              Might be a hachyderm problem and not a cambrian problem.

              CC: @justine@snac.smithies.me.uk

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                Cait the Proud Trans Woman »
                @oldladyplays@wargamers.social

                FOSS search help, please?

                Anyone got recommendations for a site offering surveys/polling that isn't tied to variously problematic and horrible providers? And is free?

                Thanks!

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                  gmc »
                  @gmc@snac.chasmcity.net

                  I had the same question recently and was recommended https://framadate.org/ :)

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                    gmc »
                    @gmc@snac.chasmcity.net

                    Thete's also https://cryptpad.fr/ which has a 'forms' application.

                    CC: @oldladyplays@wargamers.social

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                      JennyFluff :heart_trans: 💾 »
                      @JennyFluff@chitter.xyz

                      mmm anyone has recommendations for TVs that work without connecting them to the internet?

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                      gmc »
                      @gmc@snac.chasmcity.net

                      I hear good things about the Sony Trinitron.

                        Victor Moral ⁂ »
                        @victor@taquiones.net

                        LA VERDADERA HISTORIA DEL ÁTICO - David Fernández

                        https://davidfernandez1975.substack.com/p/la-verdadera-historia-del-atico

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                        Victor Moral ⁂ »
                        @victor@taquiones.net

                        Según lees es mucho peor. La famosa Planifica tiene un consejo de administración con nueve miembros, más plantilla aparte, para comprar y vender inmuebles de uso administrativo. En cinco años ha vendido uno y ha comprado dos, sin contar con el ático de marras que no hay por dónde encajarlo en sus estatutos ni en nada que tenga que ver con ella.

                        Es todo acojonante y no me extraña que la loca asquerosa ésta siga dando versiones y enfadándose con el tema. Y eso que ha conseguido que sus perros de guerra (cómo me recuerda a Mad Max II, con lo majo que era el malo) en las tertulias ya apenas lo mencionen.

                        Está empezando a ser molesta, me temo, con tanta chulería y me gustaría mucho saber dónde espera terminar. La Espe es noble y rica.

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                          Victor Moral ⁂ »
                          @victor@taquiones.net

                          La CAM tiene casi cinco mil inmuebles en Madrid. Cinco. Mil. De los cuales 107 están disponibles. Ciento. Siete. Disponibles. Y nos hemos gastado más de 1000 millones de pesetas en algo que ocupa 400m2. Lo de que esté frente a la casa de su mami puede ser casualidad.

                          Y si iba a ser residencia de antiguos presidentes de la CAM, ¿dónde meteríamos al o a los siguientes? ¿Más millones de euros en áticos chulos y céntricos?

                          (Supongo que os habréis dado cuenta de lo bien que funciona , el más mejor servidor del mundo, y del que estreno nueva versión).

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                            lori »
                            @lori@cambrian.social

                            Someone has unleashed the dogs of war?

                            CC: @victor@taquiones.net

                              khm »
                              @khm@hj.9fs.net

                              llm shit [SENSITIVE CONTENT]this is what full-blown AI psychosis looks like

                              https://righttorun.us/

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                              lori »
                              @lori@cambrian.social

                              llm shit [SENSITIVE CONTENT]Their use of "forced service" suggests a libertarian agenda. I smell a rat.

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                                lori »
                                @lori@cambrian.social

                                llm shit [SENSITIVE CONTENT]Seems to be one of those lantern jaw and lumberjack beard guys. I shouldn't judge by looks, though. Career in marketing, so probably somewhat sleazy.

                                CC: @khm@hj.9fs.net

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                                  aga »
                                  @aga@tiny.buni.dev

                                  Hai please boost this let's crash this server!!! It's like 256MB of ram and 1/2 a core omg

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                                  Andrew :neocat_blep: »
                                  @piepants@snac.acook.jp

                                  Hello, fellow snac user! :neocat_catmode: Or should that be snaccer? I like snaccer.

                                    Daniil »
                                    @daniil@d.miku-dominant.ts.net

                                    Hi, fellow snac selfhoster

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                                      lori »
                                      @lori@cambrian.social

                                      Can I haz an account on ur instance?

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                                        ManMachine »
                                        @max@manmachine.me

                                        4lyfe

                                          Paul SomeoneElse »
                                          @pkw@snac.d34d.net

                                          Do any users find that they will enter text into the new post
                                          box thinking they are performing a web search ?

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                                            lori »
                                            @lori@cambrian.social

                                            "Searching" fully qualified URLs is part of all flavors of Fediverse experience, as far as I know. It's probably a core weakness of the Fediverse when it comes to wider adoption. At this time, a "non-technical" interface seems to strongly imply non-visibility of URLs. I don't think that's reasonable, but it is what it is.

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                                              Paul SomeoneElse »
                                              @pkw@snac.d34d.net

                                              oh sorry I was clearly not being clear :)
                                              I meant it like "haha" I actually get confused and think I am using
                                              a search engine sometimes when I am posting something.


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                                                Amity (temping in the Narakas) »
                                                @aleteoryx@s2.aleteoryx.me

                                                hello from on !

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                                                  lori »
                                                  @lori@cambrian.social

                                                  Hello from my corner of the snactiverse!

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                                                    thedæmon (Clay Ayers) [he / him] »
                                                    @thedaemon@snac.9front.club

                                                    Every day @ work I feel like I find something else to be angry at M$ for!

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                                                      Mason Loring Bliss »
                                                      @mason@partychickens.net

                                                      Upgrading Mastodon was a hot mess as usual. I'm looking forward to going back to Friendica and going forward to SNAC2 and GoToSocial, all at once.

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                                                      marina »
                                                      @marina@azulmarina.xyz

                                                      @grunfink@comam.es just wanted to express my thanks for building snac. I've just setup this instance on a 1 vCPU, 1 GB RAM VPS and it's running smoothly! it's great to finally have my own instance

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                                                        The Real Grunfink »
                                                        @grunfink@comam.es

                                                        You're welcome! Enjoy your

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                                                          Daniel Gultsch »
                                                          @daniel@gultsch.social

                                                          A lot of my colleagues are concerned that could kill all of humanity by the end of this decade. This is not a marketing stunt.

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                                                            khm »
                                                            @khm@hj.9fs.net

                                                            vimeo is owned by bending spoons, who shitcanned most of the vimeo staff back in January. their whole business model is buying SaaS shitware, firing everyone, and vibecoding minimum viable hosting. They're absolutely interested in both dropping low-dollar users and absolving themselves of content moderation.

                                                            CC: @aral@mastodon.ar.al

                                                              Sin Vega »
                                                              @sinvega@mas.to

                                                              the trouble with roguelikes is even if you force yourself to go through their bullshit long enough that you get to a good part and start enjoying yourself, as soon as something goes wrong all the fun will completely vanish and it will demand you waste more time doing the shitty part again for no reason, and you'll feel more bored and annoyed than if you hadn't bothered

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                                                              Sin Vega »
                                                              @sinvega@mas.to

                                                              roguelikes are the most English of all game designs, because their top priority is in stopping you from having a good time

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                                                              uoou »
                                                              @uoou@fedi.friendo.monster

                                                              I'm so tired of seeing a game that otherwise looks interesting to me then noticing it's roguelike. I enjoy them sometimes but I'm so sick of everything being roguelike.

                                                              I like long games sometimes, long games where I can experiment, rather than use the one thing I know works for fear of having to start from the beginning again.

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                                                                Sin Vega »
                                                                @sinvega@mas.to

                                                                @uoou i already felt like this by early 2018 😑

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                                                                  uoou »
                                                                  @uoou@fedi.friendo.monster

                                                                  Yup same.

                                                                  I really like non-JRPG turn based tactics games. And 99% of the new otherwise-cool looking ones are fucking roguelikes.

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                                                                    Sin Vega »
                                                                    @sinvega@mas.to

                                                                    @uoou it just adds so little to most things it's shoved into. and half the time it's just there because that's What You Do

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                                                                      uoou »
                                                                      @uoou@fedi.friendo.monster

                                                                      That and chasing whatever the last-big-thing did, yeah.

                                                                      To an extent I get it. If you're a single dev or a small group it's a way of stretching less material over more time. But when it's working against the qualities of your game, I dunno, think a bit harder.

                                                                      I've also seen a good few games marked as roguelike by their devs, cos I think it's still seen as a selling point, which aren't really - they just have a permadeath option or an overmap that works like some popular roguelikes, and that's frustrating too.

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                                                                        lori »
                                                                        @lori@cambrian.social

                                                                        Savescumming is a thing, but so, so looked down on in roguelike country.

                                                                        CC: @sinvega@mas.to

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                                                                          lori »
                                                                          @lori@cambrian.social

                                                                          Yes, and on restarting you're speedrunning the boring early game and inviting even more stupid death opportunities.

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                                                                            rubén »
                                                                            @ruben@friendship.quest

                                                                            it's done! My pixelfed account is no more, now all my pictures are where they belong, having a snac

                                                                            https://friendship.quest/minoltacos

                                                                            it's still older content as I just finished reposting my pixelfed posts, but I have a big backlog of negatives to scan and upload!


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                                                                              thoe »
                                                                              @thoe@snac.9space.no

                                                                              Fuck Omarchy and DHH. Want opinionated Linux? Go Slackware. Patrick Volkerding has built Slackware since 1993, largely alone, without a foundation behind him and without billionaire patrons and without the fucking drama. When someone made a pride logo for Slackware (which looks great by the way!), Pat's response was a friendly "Nice work!".

                                                                              Compare that to Omarchy: dot files for Arch, backed by billionaire patrons and marketed as the future of Linux, with a founder who's spent years publicly campaigning against DEI, disbanded his own company's diversity committee, cheered the end of race-conscious college admissions, and recently wrote a blog post comparing Romani people to wolves that need culling and ending with "when gypsies take over public spaces, you deport them."

                                                                              If you want to put money or attention behind open source projects, consider those who are actually improving the space and not the guy with the biggest megaphone...

                                                                              Here's Patrick's patreon if you feel like giving him some love: https://www.patreon.com/c/slackwarelinux/


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                                                                                pat »
                                                                                @pat@patpatpat.xyz

                                                                                I would very much like to see an illuminated source code manuscript, like an old BASIC magazine meets the Lindisfarne Gospels

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                                                                                  lori »
                                                                                  @lori@cambrian.social

                                                                                  Manuscript as in hand written?

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                                                                                    Simon »
                                                                                    @exiguus@0xe10.de

                                                                                    Everytime I see the retro Winamp design from , it's a treat for my eyes.

                                                                                    Browser showing ampcast classic winamp design connected to navidrome

                                                                                    Alt...Browser showing ampcast classic winamp design connected to navidrome

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                                                                                      lori »
                                                                                      @lori@cambrian.social

                                                                                      Is that a thing that runs in-browser?

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                                                                                        Simon »
                                                                                        @exiguus@0xe10.de

                                                                                        Yes, it's an alternative frontend for subsonic/navidrome and plex/jellyfin.

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                                                                                          ‏‏ꙮ‏ »
                                                                                          @pxlzm@quietplace.xyz

                                                                                          Привет, феди, такой вопрос: грузится ли у вас из России bandcamp.com?

                                                                                          да:1
                                                                                          нет:1
                                                                                          да, но медленно:0
                                                                                          на разных операторах по-разному:0
                                                                                          не из России / не имею возможности проверить:1
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                                                                                          Daniil »
                                                                                          @daniil@d.miku-dominant.ts.net

                                                                                          С мобильного интернета (тинькофф-мобайл) - нет, с домашнего (NewLink) - да

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                                                                                            Onno Bos »
                                                                                            @admin@snac.adtension.com

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                                                                                            Nick »
                                                                                            @Nickiquote@mstdn.social

                                                                                            One *should* judge a book by its cover when it is an AI cover. An AI cover leads inevitably to the judgement Do Not Buy This Book, Ever.

                                                                                            Daltux »
                                                                                            @daltux@snac.daltux.net

                                                                                            So much hate directed at those who warn about the danger of free software becoming proprietary without Copyleft:

                                                                                            https://studio8502.ca/@mos_8502/117231188233431841

                                                                                            People could just say they don't want Copyleft. That would be perfectly okay. No need for bashing. ✌️


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                                                                                              lori »
                                                                                              @lori@cambrian.social

                                                                                              Tbh I am not knowledgeable enough about licensing issues to know what side I'm on, let alone how to argue any side's merits.

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                                                                                                gmc »
                                                                                                @gmc@snac.chasmcity.net

                                                                                                A VPS provider where you get one (1) IPv6 address. What madness is this? I'd expect a /64 at a minimum.


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                                                                                                  lori »
                                                                                                  @lori@cambrian.social

                                                                                                  What happened to too cheap to meter? Hopefully as a consolation prize you can have 64 email addresses. Or is this one of the ones that blocks port 25?

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                                                                                                    gmc »
                                                                                                    @gmc@snac.chasmcity.net

                                                                                                    I wouldn't know, I closed the tab after I read '1 IPv6 address included' :)

                                                                                                      Simon »
                                                                                                      @exiguus@0xe10.de

                                                                                                      Providers like Netcup, Hetzner, Contabo, OVH, and Webtropia offer /64 IPv6 subnets on their VPS and dedicated servers. Additionally, Netcup and Hetzner also provide IPv6-only options, if I recall correctly.

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                                                                                                        gmc »
                                                                                                        @gmc@snac.chasmcity.net

                                                                                                        Many of those will also take your stuff offline without notice or recourse if someone as much as suggests they don't like what you've got online. Especially Hetzner.

                                                                                                        gmc »
                                                                                                        @gmc@snac.chasmcity.net

                                                                                                        Also, at least OVH also provides only one IPv6 address for a VPS without the option to add more.

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                                                                                                          Simon »
                                                                                                          @exiguus@0xe10.de

                                                                                                          Currently, I don’t have a VPS with OVH to look it up, only dedicated servers. From what I’ve checked, OVH allows you to add extra IPv6 /56 addresses for free, though you initially receive a /128. If I recall correctly, OVH VPS starts with a /64, but I’m unsure if additional ranges are available. I think that might also depend on which package you buy.

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                                                                                                            gmc »
                                                                                                            @gmc@snac.chasmcity.net

                                                                                                            I have a bare metal server with ovh (that I'll be shutting down soon) and there you can get all the free IPv6 you can eat. VPS, only /128, support confirmed that to me today.

                                                                                                              Michael W Lucas :flan_on_fire: »
                                                                                                              @mwl@io.mwl.io

                                                                                                              Tempted to do a ST:TNG rewatch, but there's that first two seasons...

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                                                                                                              thedæmon (Clay Ayers) [he / him] »
                                                                                                              @thedaemon@snac.9front.club

                                                                                                              You can skip "Code of Honor" at the very least. It's probably the worst TNG episode. Definately makes me cringe and press skip when I'm set on shuffle and it start playing!

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                                                                                                                lori »
                                                                                                                @lori@cambrian.social

                                                                                                                Had to look that up. I never learned episode titles. Internally I think of that one as the "Planet of the Africans" episide, and I cringe as hard at my internal episode title as I do at the episode itself. It's almost as uncomfortable to watch as the "Flying Pierogi" episode.

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                                                                                                                  thedæmon (Clay Ayers) [he / him] »
                                                                                                                  @thedaemon@snac.9front.club

                                                                                                                  I usually have to look up titles as well. I just google what the vibe is for the episode and that usually works out in my favor haha! Ooo I looked up the Pierogi episode, that's the Geordi is a creeper with Dr Brahms. I rank that and the 2nd worst episode "Galaxy's Child", after Code of Honor.

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