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troi

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Retired programmer, also same on the bird. The bird was the word, but Elon made it weird. #programming #pascal #emacs #lisp #mainframe #fortran

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troi, to design
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several good bits here, I note this as one key for me

I know Wirth was horrified by the repulsive syntax choices of today's dominant languages; he could never accept that a = b should mean something different from b = a, or that a = a + 1 should even be considered meaningful. The folly of straying away from conventions of mathematics carefully refined over several centuries (for example by distorting "=" to mean assignment and resorting to a special symbol for equality, rather than the obviously better reverse) depressed him. I remain convinced that the community will eventually come back to its senses and start treating language design seriously again.

https://m-cacm.acm.org/blogs/blog-cacm/279178-niklaus-wirth-or-the-importance-of-being-simple/fulltext

futurism, to random

CEO Roasts Human Workers He Fired and Replaced With ChatGPT https://t.co/lV2RTuyKGm

troi,
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@futurism may he burn in hell

GayOldTime, to gay
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Rum, sodomy, and lash. But mostly sodomy.
#vintageAd #gay #tobacco

troi,
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@GayOldTime aye matey,Thursday's yer turn in the barrel, arrrrrr

MissingThePt, to random
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When you die, what social media post will you best be known for?

troi,
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@MissingThePt does old usenet count as social media, what about blog posts? from my old smalltalk programming days I can point to this http://computer-programming-forum.com/3-smalltalk/a31f3d4235c913e2.htm smalltalk needs women.

Radical_EgoCom, to random

The Archbishop of Kampala Diocese, Paul Ssemogerere has called on Christians "to work hard and break free from poverty if they are to see heaven in the afterlife." The Archbishop added, "God will say I created you with eyes, the brain, and gave you life, and you die poor?!. You will perish in hell."

troi,
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@Radical_EgoCom this man has not read the new testament.

yaneerbaryam, to whn

The Case for Keeping Masks Mandatory in Health Care

#covid @whn

https://whn.global/scientific/the-case-for-keeping-masks-mandatory-in-health-care/

troi,
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@yaneerbaryam @whn I miss smiles, and I'm hard of hearing and rely on seeing a mouth form words, but in spite of all that, yes to keeping masks in Healthcare.

christianselig, to random
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Got off my call with Reddit just now about the API. Bad news unless I come up with 20 million dollars (not joking). Appreciate boosts. https://www.reddit.com/r/apolloapp/comments/13ws4w3/had_a_call_with_reddit_to_discuss_pricing_bad/

troi,
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@christianselig and as soon as they force Apollo off reddit, I'm off reddit. Apollo is great software and I hope you can use it as a framework for something new. I'll be watching...

Radical_EgoCom, to random

Agree or Disagree?

troi,
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@Radical_EgoCom ever read Revolt in 2100? AKA If This Goes On.

micahflee, to random

A lot of criticism of Mastodon community vibes going on over at Bluesky

troi,
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@micahflee if thiss is failure I don't want to be successful.

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