pleroma.debian.social

pleroma.debian.social

Jonathan Dowland | @jmtd@pleroma.debian.social

Principal Software Engineer on #OpenJDK #RedHat. #Debian developer (dormant). Computer Science PhD student. Amateur Computing historian (Computer Science and H/W, esp. Commodore Amiga). Guerilla archivist.

I wonder if the Bambu a1 mini’s MMU could be bodged to feed a prusa mini #3dprinting

I routinely download a purchase when I make one anyway, but I have one subscription (Scanner; recommended!) which means I gain new items at random times

Due to some ructions in Bandcamp-land, I’ve been thinking (again) about scripts to ensure local downloads of all purchases

Entertaining and thought provoking https://boringtechnology.club

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New blog post: Promotion https://jmtd.net/log/promotion/ #redhat

Apparently macOS safari has a functioning “local web app” feature now. https://www.jwz.org/blog/2023/09/web-apps/ - I’m still sad Firefox resolutely refuses to do this

@revk @neil hey good luck

@noodles I had signal issues with DAB (on John Lewis players) and I was thinking about an external aerial but then Amazon echo infiltrated

I miss FM radios. I’m close to insisting we reinstate one in our kitchen

Continuing a great streak of radio dramas, this one is mind-boggling fantastic https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m001qt49?partner=uk.co.bbc&origin=share-mobile

@foosel great photo!

Yesterday I watched a movie on prime video with ads and the experience was miserable. Today I learn they’re rolling ads out to the rest of prime video

@alcinnz “Imperative languages provide you with more power and precision than declarative languages. “ is earning some hard frowning from me

@lasombra_br exactly!

@lasombra_br this old free book is absolutely brilliant btw and worth a skim https://withouthotair.com

@lasombra_br it’s very situation specific; maybe they wouldn’t? But the BBC are talking about them like they’re a brand new experimental thing, but they’ve been around maturing for decades

New toy ^W work tool (alas barely had a chance to use it yet!)
A tex shura mech keyboard

My head is in my hands listening to the BBC’s attempt at impartiality wrt heat pumps

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