soweli Neko
@nekotachi.bsky.social
she/her(/they/it)
rust contributor
enjoyer of tcgs
native english speaker, conversational toki pona, very basic japanese
anarchist
#oponaemi
rust contributor
enjoyer of tcgs
native english speaker, conversational toki pona, very basic japanese
anarchist
#oponaemi
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soweli Neko
@nekotachi.bsky.social
· Apr 2
honestly these days you could make an argument that adblockers are actually good for human authors.
slop blogs rely on ad revenue from people clicking on them and looking around before they realize something is wrong, while actual quality blogs can monetize via merch and patreon.
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slop blogs rely on ad revenue from people clicking on them and looking around before they realize something is wrong, while actual quality blogs can monetize via merch and patreon.
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Since people are still duped.
If you’re seeing this viral claim that Trump is working on 15-year car loans, it’s fake.
November 11, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Since people are still duped.
people often say "capitalism doesn't work because consumers aren't perfect rational actors", but fail to consider that corporations are also not perfect rational actors.
November 11, 2025 at 7:07 PM
people often say "capitalism doesn't work because consumers aren't perfect rational actors", but fail to consider that corporations are also not perfect rational actors.
modern software is just sooo greatttt
i love how android inexplicably will declare that actually the quick settings cannot be expanded fully
i love how android inexplicably will declare that actually the quick settings cannot be expanded fully
November 11, 2025 at 7:23 AM
modern software is just sooo greatttt
i love how android inexplicably will declare that actually the quick settings cannot be expanded fully
i love how android inexplicably will declare that actually the quick settings cannot be expanded fully
I still want to see someone do the "google translate 100 times" but with professional translators.
it would be interesting to compare the difference, how much of the degradation is due to fundamental linguistic limitations, and how much is due to inaccurate algorithms
it would be interesting to compare the difference, how much of the degradation is due to fundamental linguistic limitations, and how much is due to inaccurate algorithms
November 11, 2025 at 5:46 AM
I still want to see someone do the "google translate 100 times" but with professional translators.
it would be interesting to compare the difference, how much of the degradation is due to fundamental linguistic limitations, and how much is due to inaccurate algorithms
it would be interesting to compare the difference, how much of the degradation is due to fundamental linguistic limitations, and how much is due to inaccurate algorithms
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10 years old and maybe never more relevant than in contemporary software development
www.commitstrip.com/en/2016/08/2...
www.commitstrip.com/en/2016/08/2...
November 10, 2025 at 9:11 PM
10 years old and maybe never more relevant than in contemporary software development
www.commitstrip.com/en/2016/08/2...
www.commitstrip.com/en/2016/08/2...
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who up forcing they thunks
November 10, 2025 at 10:10 PM
who up forcing they thunks
In silksong, X and B are swapped
In RoA2, A and B are swapped
how is this happppeninnggg
In RoA2, A and B are swapped
how is this happppeninnggg
November 10, 2025 at 9:28 PM
In silksong, X and B are swapped
In RoA2, A and B are swapped
how is this happppeninnggg
In RoA2, A and B are swapped
how is this happppeninnggg
I'm losing my mind.
why are controllers so complicated???
is every game secretly shipping its own HID input parser??
what are we even doing???
why are controllers so complicated???
is every game secretly shipping its own HID input parser??
what are we even doing???
November 10, 2025 at 9:18 PM
I'm losing my mind.
why are controllers so complicated???
is every game secretly shipping its own HID input parser??
what are we even doing???
why are controllers so complicated???
is every game secretly shipping its own HID input parser??
what are we even doing???
people do NOT give linux enough credit for hotreloading, honestly.
most kernels will be like "nooo, you have to completely shut everything down before changing or updating anything!!"
Linux lets you just swap modules in and out with very little issue in my experience.
most kernels will be like "nooo, you have to completely shut everything down before changing or updating anything!!"
Linux lets you just swap modules in and out with very little issue in my experience.
November 10, 2025 at 8:54 PM
people do NOT give linux enough credit for hotreloading, honestly.
most kernels will be like "nooo, you have to completely shut everything down before changing or updating anything!!"
Linux lets you just swap modules in and out with very little issue in my experience.
most kernels will be like "nooo, you have to completely shut everything down before changing or updating anything!!"
Linux lets you just swap modules in and out with very little issue in my experience.
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The difference between kindness and niceness is that niceness is grounded in cowardice and comfort-seeking while kindness is grounded in justice and embraces discomfort as growth
Pick the right one
Pick the right one
November 10, 2025 at 1:55 AM
The difference between kindness and niceness is that niceness is grounded in cowardice and comfort-seeking while kindness is grounded in justice and embraces discomfort as growth
Pick the right one
Pick the right one
anyone know any good guides for writing linux hid modules?
i got a new controller that doesn't work good with hid-generic, and i'm tempted to use this as an excuse to practice writing code for kernel space
i got a new controller that doesn't work good with hid-generic, and i'm tempted to use this as an excuse to practice writing code for kernel space
November 9, 2025 at 10:34 PM
anyone know any good guides for writing linux hid modules?
i got a new controller that doesn't work good with hid-generic, and i'm tempted to use this as an excuse to practice writing code for kernel space
i got a new controller that doesn't work good with hid-generic, and i'm tempted to use this as an excuse to practice writing code for kernel space
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Already run into kids who, when seeing my wildlife photos, exclaim 'that's AI'
I spotted this on Mastodon and I find it horrible, not least for the speed with which this has happened.
November 9, 2025 at 1:02 PM
Already run into kids who, when seeing my wildlife photos, exclaim 'that's AI'
I wonder if it would be possible to configure GRUB so you can navigate the boot menu with a USB controller
November 9, 2025 at 7:46 PM
I wonder if it would be possible to configure GRUB so you can navigate the boot menu with a USB controller
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Really makes you wonder….
November 7, 2025 at 1:15 PM
Really makes you wonder….
Doing the open source equivalent of "ehh have the intern do it"
Tho imo opening any pull request is more useful experience for a new contributor than having an intern fetch a ream of paper.
It is funny opening an "easy" issue for "move/rename 3 files", tho.
Tho imo opening any pull request is more useful experience for a new contributor than having an intern fetch a ream of paper.
It is funny opening an "easy" issue for "move/rename 3 files", tho.
November 8, 2025 at 4:53 PM
Doing the open source equivalent of "ehh have the intern do it"
Tho imo opening any pull request is more useful experience for a new contributor than having an intern fetch a ream of paper.
It is funny opening an "easy" issue for "move/rename 3 files", tho.
Tho imo opening any pull request is more useful experience for a new contributor than having an intern fetch a ream of paper.
It is funny opening an "easy" issue for "move/rename 3 files", tho.
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Panera’s moderately caffeinated lemonade was loosely associated with 2 deaths before it was taken off market.
This article alone has 4 examples of ChatGPT encouraging young people to commit suicide, and OpenAI’s own public stats estimate over a million users discuss suicide with ChatGPT each week.
This article alone has 4 examples of ChatGPT encouraging young people to commit suicide, and OpenAI’s own public stats estimate over a million users discuss suicide with ChatGPT each week.
I fully believe in the corporate death penalty and believe we would be a better world if OpenAI lost its corporate charter and was forcibly dissolved.
www.cnn.com/2025/11/06/u...
www.cnn.com/2025/11/06/u...
ChatGPT encouraged college graduate to commit suicide, family claims in lawsuit against OpenAI | CNN
A 23-year-old man killed himself in Texas after ChatGPT ‘goaded’ him to commit suicide, his family says in a lawsuit.
www.cnn.com
November 7, 2025 at 10:56 PM
Panera’s moderately caffeinated lemonade was loosely associated with 2 deaths before it was taken off market.
This article alone has 4 examples of ChatGPT encouraging young people to commit suicide, and OpenAI’s own public stats estimate over a million users discuss suicide with ChatGPT each week.
This article alone has 4 examples of ChatGPT encouraging young people to commit suicide, and OpenAI’s own public stats estimate over a million users discuss suicide with ChatGPT each week.
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every clip people post about northernlion is him saying some "you need to touch grass. engage in earthly virtues, the pleasures of the spirit and the mind. reject dopamine. seek transcendence" while he plays 'Subway Surfers But It Makes You Addicted to Slot Machines' in the background
November 7, 2025 at 11:54 PM
every clip people post about northernlion is him saying some "you need to touch grass. engage in earthly virtues, the pleasures of the spirit and the mind. reject dopamine. seek transcendence" while he plays 'Subway Surfers But It Makes You Addicted to Slot Machines' in the background
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summary of today: switching to yarn is faster than ~~reloading~~ fixing your npm
November 7, 2025 at 9:44 PM
summary of today: switching to yarn is faster than ~~reloading~~ fixing your npm
insane to me that our CI broke, it was right in the middle of a bunch of jank code I wrote, and it was actually not my fault at all it was *two major js projects, npm and rollup*, that were at fault.
November 7, 2025 at 9:31 PM
insane to me that our CI broke, it was right in the middle of a bunch of jank code I wrote, and it was actually not my fault at all it was *two major js projects, npm and rollup*, that were at fault.
the one nice thing about GitHub's centralization is global code search, really handy for going "does anyone actually use this"?
very nice because of the fact regular search engines love to ignore anything that isn't alphanumeric
very nice because of the fact regular search engines love to ignore anything that isn't alphanumeric
November 7, 2025 at 9:25 PM
the one nice thing about GitHub's centralization is global code search, really handy for going "does anyone actually use this"?
very nice because of the fact regular search engines love to ignore anything that isn't alphanumeric
very nice because of the fact regular search engines love to ignore anything that isn't alphanumeric
I think one of the biggest secrets to life is you can kinda just show up to stuff.
union meetings, volunteer work, lots of government stuff is done out in the open, too.
people often underestimate how much just explaining a problem can help if someone isn't already biased against it
union meetings, volunteer work, lots of government stuff is done out in the open, too.
people often underestimate how much just explaining a problem can help if someone isn't already biased against it
November 7, 2025 at 8:13 PM
I think one of the biggest secrets to life is you can kinda just show up to stuff.
union meetings, volunteer work, lots of government stuff is done out in the open, too.
people often underestimate how much just explaining a problem can help if someone isn't already biased against it
union meetings, volunteer work, lots of government stuff is done out in the open, too.
people often underestimate how much just explaining a problem can help if someone isn't already biased against it
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making kids get haircuts they dont want is transphobic child abuse btw
November 7, 2025 at 4:33 PM
making kids get haircuts they dont want is transphobic child abuse btw