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cstross, 5 months ago to random

NO FUCK OFF GET AWAY FROM ME YOU CREEP— https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2024/01/ai-comes-for-your-pcs-keyboard-as-microsoft-adds-dedicated-copilot-key/

amszmidt, 8 months ago to random

With #GNU turning 40, and the @fsf turning ?? (pop quiz! https://hostux.social/@fsf/111177276677774798); my hope for is that we will take back control of the hardware we use, so that we can get rid of DRM, non-free blobware, magical boxes and make our computers respect the freedoms that all users deserve.

amszmidt, 1 year ago to random

Scheme is not Lisp. Bite me.

amszmidt, 7 months ago to random

Added bunch of data sheets, should make life slightly easier to navigate. #LispMachine CADR4 hacking.

amszmidt, 1 month ago to random

@Reiddragon @screwtape Common Lisp is both a high and low level language. What I am referring to is more akin to assembler, C is not a suitable language period -- just the compiler is larger than the whole Lisp Machine system including microcode.

amszmidt, 20 days ago to random

Any hackers who want to hack on the CADR, #LispMachine #LispM? Looking for kind spirited hackers who like to do useless things.

amszmidt, 1 year ago to fediverse

#LispMachine Revolution continues. Now you can talk to other #LispM hackers over global Chaosnet. This is the true #fediverse!

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amszmidt, 4 months ago to random

Join us now and hack some #LispMachine -- you'll be a parenthesis. #LispM hacking. Bored? Join #lispm @ Libera on IRC.

amszmidt, 8 months ago to random

Chaosnet will have a wider spread than IPv6 by 2036. #LispM #LispMachine and #PDP-10 revolution is nigh.

amszmidt, 8 months ago to random

Rust exemplifies everything that is wrong with modern computing. For whatever reason, was upgrading my GNU/Linux system, and rust needs to be compiled/installed. On a modern machine, it is eating up all my 8 cores and all my memory and so far has been compiling for half an hour!

There is literally no reason why a compiler should eat this many resources to compile. #RustIsCrust #UnixVirus

amszmidt, 7 months ago to VHDL

Calling on all able bodied #VHDL / HDL hackers to help me with getting the #CADR working on some half modern #FPGA! #LispM #LispMachine

I have no strong opinions, the previous design worked on Spartan 6. The Arty looks nice. ICE40 might be too small, I dunno...

amszmidt, 5 months ago to random

Anyone interested on working on the #CADR / #LispMachine? #LispM I need HDL hackers ideally ... but the more the merrier!

amszmidt, 5 months ago to random

Reinventing Lisp slowly: https://blog.scottlowe.org/2023/12/15/conditional-git-configuration/ -- why not just use a proper programming language for configuration files from the start? The so called Unix philosophy is nonsense.

amszmidt, 4 months ago to random

The #nmap maintainer is now silencing community members. Fun story. #NMap is non-free software saga continues.

https://github.com/nmap/nmap/issues/2199#issuecomment-1899809763

amszmidt, 1 month ago to random

"has banned FOO and its employees from ever contributing to BAR" -- a statement that should never be accepted in an project.

amszmidt, 4 months ago to random

I demand that C finally gets its act together and start being useful for bit manipulation. LDB, DPB, MASK-FIELD ... #SmugLispWeenie

amszmidt, 3 months ago to random

Code review of #LispMachine changes on a #LispMachine .. with files on a remote #LispMachine that is about 100km from here... Happy life!

amszmidt, 1 month ago to random

Random pondering about sustainable software, and operating systems like Project Oberon, Forth, Smalltalk, and the Lisp Machines .. Systems that a single individual can maintain (maybe not write ...)

amszmidt, 2 months ago to random

The deviousness of the xz backdoor… and yet people think that using FOO language or ditching BAR would have mitigated it.

I don’t think people realize how vulnerable us free software maintainers are … been doing this for close to 30 years and I’m not surprised in the least. 😠

lispegistus, 25 days ago to Lisp

I've got some light relaxing reading lined up for my Saturday :) #lisp

awoodsnet, 1 month ago to vim

People often talk about Emacs vs Vim. Every developer I’ve met uses Vim. Occasionally, some of the vim users will say they have previously emacs, but switched to vim.

So where are all the people who are currently using Emacs?

I’m not trolling or looking for an argument. I legit want to know!

#vim #emacs #neovim

abmurrow, 3 months ago to emacs

My journey with #Emacs

Read about how powerful and unique it is

Install it

Finish the tutorial, read the docs, have a nice little time

Feel a little bit of strain in my hand and remember someone on Stack Overflow talking about "Emacs Pinky"

Stay up late reading about Emacs pinky

Gasp in horror at all of the hairbrained rebinds and custom tools that people have used to avoid Repetitive Strain Injury on Emacs

rml, 5 months ago to guix

One of the #Guix maintainers has blocked me for my vocal support for #Palestine, without any confrontation or interaction between the two of us. As a long time activist in the International Solidarity Movement, I'm used to it, but I was under the impression Guix is a more open & progressive project than what is the norm for #GNU and #FOSS

Seems to confirm those bad interactions I started having every time I chimed in on the mailing list over the past two years were in fact people trying to push me out, rather than just people having bad days.