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Software engineering, mountain trails, film cameras, Japanese saws, bicycle chains, random facts — or any other combination of these words. https://mksb.me/
Cruise control is the most confusing thing in any car for me. Always overcomplicated for no real reason: redundant modes, weird layouts, different buttons in every brand. The worst I’ve seen is Citroën (maybe PSA-wide now) where the switch hides in the blind zone behind the steering wheel
November 12, 2025 at 8:17 AM
Cruise control is the most confusing thing in any car for me. Always overcomplicated for no real reason: redundant modes, weird layouts, different buttons in every brand. The worst I’ve seen is Citroën (maybe PSA-wide now) where the switch hides in the blind zone behind the steering wheel
never been to a resort where you just lay by the pool and do nothing. Ideally family-friendly but chill, no loud animations, discos, or drunk parties, and with decent food. How do you find such places for a winter trip?
November 10, 2025 at 5:03 PM
never been to a resort where you just lay by the pool and do nothing. Ideally family-friendly but chill, no loud animations, discos, or drunk parties, and with decent food. How do you find such places for a winter trip?
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I love that the Boston cop slide never got fixed and now people just willingly go down it in tribute. It’s basically a national landmark at this point
November 8, 2025 at 6:15 AM
I love that the Boston cop slide never got fixed and now people just willingly go down it in tribute. It’s basically a national landmark at this point
There’s a benefit to devices with replaceable batteries. Found an old Garmin eTrex Legend HCx in my gadget graveyard box, put two AAs and it turned on like new. Now it’ll serve for my kid’s geocaching adventures! While a pile of other devices with dead non-replaceable batteries just sit there
November 8, 2025 at 2:36 PM
There’s a benefit to devices with replaceable batteries. Found an old Garmin eTrex Legend HCx in my gadget graveyard box, put two AAs and it turned on like new. Now it’ll serve for my kid’s geocaching adventures! While a pile of other devices with dead non-replaceable batteries just sit there
Love geocaching, it’s been getting our kid hiking since 2022! Don’t mind paying for services, but web&mobile ux are so terrible. +the monopoly on trackable IDs, ugh. I end up just checking spots on the map without even logging. So now looking into Opencaching and GeoKrety — sound quite promising
November 6, 2025 at 12:17 PM
Love geocaching, it’s been getting our kid hiking since 2022! Don’t mind paying for services, but web&mobile ux are so terrible. +the monopoly on trackable IDs, ugh. I end up just checking spots on the map without even logging. So now looking into Opencaching and GeoKrety — sound quite promising
Хорошо, что всё чаще говорят, что причин, почему земля плоская, гораздо больше, чем просто то, что это чуток сложно самому проверить. За всей этой конспирологией стоит куча психологических и социальных причин. Часто невозможно просто доказать обратное — всё сложнее, зачастую это просто симптомы.
«Люди не просто ошибаются, когда верят дезинформации — некоторые сознательно придерживаются легко опровергаемых утверждений, потому что воспринимают это как способ выразить символическую силу, независимость»
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November 5, 2025 at 1:31 PM
Хорошо, что всё чаще говорят, что причин, почему земля плоская, гораздо больше, чем просто то, что это чуток сложно самому проверить. За всей этой конспирологией стоит куча психологических и социальных причин. Часто невозможно просто доказать обратное — всё сложнее, зачастую это просто симптомы.
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November 5, 2025 at 6:42 AM
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Building Ikea furniture this weekend reminded me of two challenging life facts:
* If it's not aligned, more force won't help.
* If it's aligned, more force won't help.
Take that, #996.
* If it's not aligned, more force won't help.
* If it's aligned, more force won't help.
Take that, #996.
November 3, 2025 at 2:51 PM
Building Ikea furniture this weekend reminded me of two challenging life facts:
* If it's not aligned, more force won't help.
* If it's aligned, more force won't help.
Take that, #996.
* If it's not aligned, more force won't help.
* If it's aligned, more force won't help.
Take that, #996.
always a good idea to keep a hidden lego set (or some other diy surprise project) stashed for emergencies. Teachers get sick, no backup arranged, you still need to work. ROI guaranteed.
November 3, 2025 at 2:21 PM
always a good idea to keep a hidden lego set (or some other diy surprise project) stashed for emergencies. Teachers get sick, no backup arranged, you still need to work. ROI guaranteed.
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I think spreadsheets as a concept are brilliant. Can you imagine computers *without* them?
They are simultaneously databases and user interfaces. Manipulation is direct: the input is the output. Reactive programming and no need to reason about outdated state or cache invalidation.
Simply brilliant
They are simultaneously databases and user interfaces. Manipulation is direct: the input is the output. Reactive programming and no need to reason about outdated state or cache invalidation.
Simply brilliant
November 1, 2025 at 3:40 PM
I think spreadsheets as a concept are brilliant. Can you imagine computers *without* them?
They are simultaneously databases and user interfaces. Manipulation is direct: the input is the output. Reactive programming and no need to reason about outdated state or cache invalidation.
Simply brilliant
They are simultaneously databases and user interfaces. Manipulation is direct: the input is the output. Reactive programming and no need to reason about outdated state or cache invalidation.
Simply brilliant
Always avoided 6:30-type flights because of our daughter. But this time N. flew alone, and S. insisted we drive to the airport together. Even went to bed earlier to wake up in time. Then came back, caught a bit more sleep, and still made it to school on time. So now it’s the adult who’s struggling
October 29, 2025 at 8:10 AM
Always avoided 6:30-type flights because of our daughter. But this time N. flew alone, and S. insisted we drive to the airport together. Even went to bed earlier to wake up in time. Then came back, caught a bit more sleep, and still made it to school on time. So now it’s the adult who’s struggling
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Big news in this year's GitHub Octoverse report: TypeScript is now the most-used language on GitHub!
We are thrilled and grateful to see the TypeScript and JavaScript community continue to grow and thrive. 🚀
Read up more at github.blog/news-insight...
We are thrilled and grateful to see the TypeScript and JavaScript community continue to grow and thrive. 🚀
Read up more at github.blog/news-insight...
Octoverse: A new developer joins GitHub every second as AI leads TypeScript to #1
In this year’s Octoverse, we uncover how AI, agents, and typed languages are driving the biggest shifts in software development in more than a decade.
github.blog
October 28, 2025 at 7:09 PM
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In my first two jobs we used XSLT as a templating engine producing XHTML. In fact, I joined the 2nd company specifically because I already had solid XSLT experience. Those were the days! That constant tension between two camps: declarative/functional apply-templates camp vs imperative for-eachs, lol
Deprecating XSLT in browsers. Chrome plans to remove XSLT (the XML transformation language) due to low usage and security risks. Deprecation starts in version 143, full removal in 155. WHATWG, Firefox, and Safari expressed support. #browser #chrome
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October 28, 2025 at 5:59 PM
In my first two jobs we used XSLT as a templating engine producing XHTML. In fact, I joined the 2nd company specifically because I already had solid XSLT experience. Those were the days! That constant tension between two camps: declarative/functional apply-templates camp vs imperative for-eachs, lol
Planned to see caves in Belgium for the fall holidays. The caves were great, the weather wasn’t. That’s where a campervan proved itself: checked the forecast, chased the sun, and ended up hiking in Luxembourg the rest of the week. No b&b bookings, no rigid plans, so liberating, spontaneous and fun!
October 27, 2025 at 10:18 PM
Planned to see caves in Belgium for the fall holidays. The caves were great, the weather wasn’t. That’s where a campervan proved itself: checked the forecast, chased the sun, and ended up hiking in Luxembourg the rest of the week. No b&b bookings, no rigid plans, so liberating, spontaneous and fun!
found a nice rss-to-email gateway rssby.email All works good, except for "feeds that have not been updated after 90 days will be automatically unsubscribed to reduce server load". Even their own blog only updates every few years, lol
October 20, 2025 at 7:10 AM
found a nice rss-to-email gateway rssby.email All works good, except for "feeds that have not been updated after 90 days will be automatically unsubscribed to reduce server load". Even their own blog only updates every few years, lol
Christmas Lights Diarrhea no more! Finally, I have not just a theme I use, but also an article to point to whenever someone sees my screen and says my syntax highlighting looks broken. Thanks, @tonsky.me !
October 15, 2025 at 9:50 PM
Christmas Lights Diarrhea no more! Finally, I have not just a theme I use, but also an article to point to whenever someone sees my screen and says my syntax highlighting looks broken. Thanks, @tonsky.me !
oh fuck, Gmail's Gemini started to return some of its system prompt with intermediate prompts when asked to refine a message. You know that "My persona is Gemini Advanced, and I am an AI assistant. I should respond in a helpful, professional, and collaborative tone..."
October 15, 2025 at 12:24 PM
oh fuck, Gmail's Gemini started to return some of its system prompt with intermediate prompts when asked to refine a message. You know that "My persona is Gemini Advanced, and I am an AI assistant. I should respond in a helpful, professional, and collaborative tone..."
After weeks of reading Dutch parties’ programs, they all seem to fall into one of these:
— We’ll live better, at the expense of those we won’t let in.
— We’ll live better, thanks to those we’ll let in, but who can’t vote anyway.
— We’ll live better, at the expense of someone else, not you.
— We’ll live better, at the expense of those we won’t let in.
— We’ll live better, thanks to those we’ll let in, but who can’t vote anyway.
— We’ll live better, at the expense of someone else, not you.
October 15, 2025 at 12:00 PM
After weeks of reading Dutch parties’ programs, they all seem to fall into one of these:
— We’ll live better, at the expense of those we won’t let in.
— We’ll live better, thanks to those we’ll let in, but who can’t vote anyway.
— We’ll live better, at the expense of someone else, not you.
— We’ll live better, at the expense of those we won’t let in.
— We’ll live better, thanks to those we’ll let in, but who can’t vote anyway.
— We’ll live better, at the expense of someone else, not you.
looks like @comaps.app fixed the bug with map labels in a wrong language and then regressed back. 😞
October 14, 2025 at 5:53 AM
looks like @comaps.app fixed the bug with map labels in a wrong language and then regressed back. 😞
In Google Chat, these “Google Drive messaged you” notifications are so weird and actually lame. You know who left that comment you’re so eager to tell me about and it’s not Google Drive.
October 13, 2025 at 12:46 PM
In Google Chat, these “Google Drive messaged you” notifications are so weird and actually lame. You know who left that comment you’re so eager to tell me about and it’s not Google Drive.
one-man Overcast by @marcoarment.bsky.social managed to support old iOS, while rolling out iOS 26 style changes. While Telegram could not, broke all UI and forced to upgrade :/
October 11, 2025 at 7:47 AM
one-man Overcast by @marcoarment.bsky.social managed to support old iOS, while rolling out iOS 26 style changes. While Telegram could not, broke all UI and forced to upgrade :/
Keep thinking Telegram would be much better if it stayed just for messaging: chats and groups. No public channels, stories, comments, and all that stuff. Maybe minimal personal updates like stories could’ve been ok but once that door opens, it’s hard to stop the slide :/
October 10, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Keep thinking Telegram would be much better if it stayed just for messaging: chats and groups. No public channels, stories, comments, and all that stuff. Maybe minimal personal updates like stories could’ve been ok but once that door opens, it’s hard to stop the slide :/
Nothing makes your day like finding out the broken kitchen boiler was just a stuck thermostat which you can just reset, and not that you need to replace the whole thing which would’ve meant somehow pulling it out from under the cabinets (nearly impossible). Victory!
October 9, 2025 at 10:14 AM
Nothing makes your day like finding out the broken kitchen boiler was just a stuck thermostat which you can just reset, and not that you need to replace the whole thing which would’ve meant somehow pulling it out from under the cabinets (nearly impossible). Victory!
If you live in NL and can vote but still not sure what those weird 2–3 letter party abbreviations mean, go do your homework and vote on Oct 29.
October 5, 2025 at 11:06 AM
If you live in NL and can vote but still not sure what those weird 2–3 letter party abbreviations mean, go do your homework and vote on Oct 29.