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"average person counts ℵ₀ sets a year" factoid actualy just statistical error. average person counts 0 sets per year. Georg Cantor, who lives in cave & counts over ℵₐ each day, is an outlier adn should not have been counted
December 27, 2025 at 4:37 AM
"average person counts ℵ₀ sets a year" factoid actualy just statistical error. average person counts 0 sets per year. Georg Cantor, who lives in cave & counts over ℵₐ each day, is an outlier adn should not have been counted
And done! There's a lot of work to be done after this PR, and I'm sure I introduced some bugs with it, but for the first time, almost all Calibre tests run in Arcalibre. Many of them fail, but *running* tests is a huge improvement!
https://codeberg.org/rereading/arcalibre/pulls/20
https://codeberg.org/rereading/arcalibre/pulls/20
Migrate existing unit tests to pytest.
The original Calibre package used an ad-hoc test discovery framework, wherein each module under test defines a `find_tests` function that is then called by an eventual test harness command in `make.py`. This causes issues such as #19, wherein some modes of test failure can propagate to errors in ...
codeberg.org
December 27, 2025 at 5:46 AM
And done! There's a lot of work to be done after this PR, and I'm sure I introduced some bugs with it, but for the first time, almost all Calibre tests run in Arcalibre. Many of them fail, but *running* tests is a huge improvement!
https://codeberg.org/rereading/arcalibre/pulls/20
https://codeberg.org/rereading/arcalibre/pulls/20
I said in replies that my experience with mypy has been overwhelmingly negative, and I stand by that, but it's also important that it's *my experience*. I'm coming at mypy with the expectation that "type checker" means "program that checks whether a program is well-typed or not," but that seems […]
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wandering.shop
December 27, 2025 at 2:23 AM
I said in replies that my experience with mypy has been overwhelmingly negative, and I stand by that, but it's also important that it's *my experience*. I'm coming at mypy with the expectation that "type checker" means "program that checks whether a program is well-typed or not," but that seems […]
It's past Christmas, so time for more Arcalibre work! Today, got a bunch more unit tests moved out of the src/ tree and into a separate tests folder. Not all of them pass yet, and there's still a bunch more to move over, but 46 / 268 failing isn't quite as bad as I feared […]
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wandering.shop
December 26, 2025 at 11:46 PM
It's past Christmas, so time for more Arcalibre work! Today, got a bunch more unit tests moved out of the src/ tree and into a separate tests folder. Not all of them pass yet, and there's still a bunch more to move over, but 46 / 268 failing isn't quite as bad as I feared […]
I guess I really shouldn't pay as much attention to Home Assistant integration quality scores.
https://github.com/home-assistant/core/blob/dev/.claude/agents/quality-scale-rule-verifier.md
https://github.com/home-assistant/core/blob/dev/.claude/agents/quality-scale-rule-verifier.md
core/.claude/agents/quality-scale-rule-verifier.md at dev · home-assistant/core
:house_with_garden: Open source home automation that puts local control and privacy first. - home-assistant/core
github.com
December 26, 2025 at 10:17 PM
I guess I really shouldn't pay as much attention to Home Assistant integration quality scores.
https://github.com/home-assistant/core/blob/dev/.claude/agents/quality-scale-rule-verifier.md
https://github.com/home-assistant/core/blob/dev/.claude/agents/quality-scale-rule-verifier.md
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real missed opportunity to just call this app "potassium" IMHO https://apps.kde.org/kalzium/
Kalzium
Periodic Table of Elements
apps.kde.org
December 26, 2025 at 9:08 AM
real missed opportunity to just call this app "potassium" IMHO https://apps.kde.org/kalzium/
God *damn* but does the M12 music ever go hard.
December 26, 2025 at 8:16 AM
God *damn* but does the M12 music ever go hard.
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December 25, 2025 at 9:12 PM
Well, that Sanda finale. I hope they get a season 2...!
December 25, 2025 at 5:23 AM
Well, that Sanda finale. I hope they get a season 2...!
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Mild take:
Video games are objectively better when you can play as a woman.
Video games are objectively better when you can play as a woman.
December 23, 2025 at 2:41 PM
Mild take:
Video games are objectively better when you can play as a woman.
Video games are objectively better when you can play as a woman.
Oh, this is a wonderful Christmas present! Spellbook, an upstream project that I've been considering using in Arcalibre to replace the hunspell dependency has been approved, and the Spellbook devs already have a PR implementing the feature!
https://github.com/helix-editor/spellbook/issues/10
https://github.com/helix-editor/spellbook/issues/10
Request: add `remove` method to `Dictionary`. · Issue #10 · helix-editor/spellbook
The Hunspell API exposes a Hunspell::remove method, but there's not currently a corresponding method on spellbook::Dictionary, making it difficult to use Spellbook as a drop-in replacement for Huns...
github.com
December 24, 2025 at 9:03 PM
Oh, this is a wonderful Christmas present! Spellbook, an upstream project that I've been considering using in Arcalibre to replace the hunspell dependency has been approved, and the Spellbook devs already have a PR implementing the feature!
https://github.com/helix-editor/spellbook/issues/10
https://github.com/helix-editor/spellbook/issues/10
We put Chewie in booties, as he's had trouble with traction in his ripe old age. Look back, and he's wagging his tail, grinning as wide as a dog can, wearing exactly one bootie. No idea where he left the others, he's been denning under the kitchen table the whole time.
December 24, 2025 at 9:02 PM
We put Chewie in booties, as he's had trouble with traction in his ripe old age. Look back, and he's wagging his tail, grinning as wide as a dog can, wearing exactly one bootie. No idea where he left the others, he's been denning under the kitchen table the whole time.
I get very few ads, and I've gone to great lengths to ensure that I don't expose my brain to uncontrolled psychological manipulation like that. One of the few places I still see ads, though, is also one of the giant tech things I haven't yet succeeded in breaking out of my life: YouTube.
Which […]
Which […]
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wandering.shop
December 24, 2025 at 8:05 AM
I get very few ads, and I've gone to great lengths to ensure that I don't expose my brain to uncontrolled psychological manipulation like that. One of the few places I still see ads, though, is also one of the giant tech things I haven't yet succeeded in breaking out of my life: YouTube.
Which […]
Which […]
I offer Cassandra's Complete Class Theorem¹.
All "good use cases for AI" break down into one of four categories:
I. Bad use case.
II. Good use case, but not something AI can do.
III Good use case, but it's already been done without AI.
IV. Not AI in the LLMs and GANs sense, but in the machine […]
All "good use cases for AI" break down into one of four categories:
I. Bad use case.
II. Good use case, but not something AI can do.
III Good use case, but it's already been done without AI.
IV. Not AI in the LLMs and GANs sense, but in the machine […]
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wandering.shop
December 24, 2025 at 5:23 AM
I offer Cassandra's Complete Class Theorem¹.
All "good use cases for AI" break down into one of four categories:
I. Bad use case.
II. Good use case, but not something AI can do.
III Good use case, but it's already been done without AI.
IV. Not AI in the LLMs and GANs sense, but in the machine […]
All "good use cases for AI" break down into one of four categories:
I. Bad use case.
II. Good use case, but not something AI can do.
III Good use case, but it's already been done without AI.
IV. Not AI in the LLMs and GANs sense, but in the machine […]
Skip Intro and Skip Credits buttons are fucking awful and need to just die.
December 24, 2025 at 1:39 AM
Skip Intro and Skip Credits buttons are fucking awful and need to just die.
Via a lawyer friend, paraphrased for anonymity: "I would rather sue someone than have to call them."
December 24, 2025 at 12:30 AM
Via a lawyer friend, paraphrased for anonymity: "I would rather sue someone than have to call them."
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💭 new insult: your code is worse than if an AI agent wrote it
December 23, 2025 at 10:26 PM
💭 new insult: your code is worse than if an AI agent wrote it
```
$ which python
╭────────────╮
│ empty list │
╰────────────╯
$ z arc
$ python --version
Python 3.13.9
```
The combo of Zoxide + direnv + Nix + pdm is absolutely magic.
$ which python
╭────────────╮
│ empty list │
╰────────────╯
$ z arc
$ python --version
Python 3.13.9
```
The combo of Zoxide + direnv + Nix + pdm is absolutely magic.
December 23, 2025 at 10:07 PM
```
$ which python
╭────────────╮
│ empty list │
╰────────────╯
$ z arc
$ python --version
Python 3.13.9
```
The combo of Zoxide + direnv + Nix + pdm is absolutely magic.
$ which python
╭────────────╮
│ empty list │
╰────────────╯
$ z arc
$ python --version
Python 3.13.9
```
The combo of Zoxide + direnv + Nix + pdm is absolutely magic.
Tired: Does it blend?
Wired: Does it build?
Wired: Does it build?
December 23, 2025 at 9:58 PM
Tired: Does it blend?
Wired: Does it build?
Wired: Does it build?
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US citizen born in US deported based entirely on DHS/ICE looking at the paperwork proving her citizenship and saying "nah". No judicial process, or rather a court reviewed it and was overridden by ICE.
There is no rule of law in America, and there is no such thing as "Citizenship" in America.
There is no rule of law in America, and there is no such thing as "Citizenship" in America.
"Her family has now been told she has been deported, despite US District Judge Brendan Hurson ruling Thursday that she could not be deported pending a hearing...attorneys said Monday that they have...confirm[ed] with the hospital she was born in Maryland." https://bit.ly/3MMdJvz
ICE detains woman whose lawyer insists is US citizen. DHS says she isn't
Federal agents arrested Dulce Consuelo Diaz Morales on her way home in Baltimore, Maryland.
bit.ly
December 23, 2025 at 4:46 PM
US citizen born in US deported based entirely on DHS/ICE looking at the paperwork proving her citizenship and saying "nah". No judicial process, or rather a court reviewed it and was overridden by ICE.
There is no rule of law in America, and there is no such thing as "Citizenship" in America.
There is no rule of law in America, and there is no such thing as "Citizenship" in America.
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December 19, 2025 at 5:18 AM
I cannot¹ believe how absurd this is after hyping up Avatar in every venue they can, including an MtG crossover set!, for the past two years.
https://www.polygon.com/avatar-last-airbender-movie-2026-release-date-streaming-paramount-plus/
___
¹I can totally believe.
https://www.polygon.com/avatar-last-airbender-movie-2026-release-date-streaming-paramount-plus/
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¹I can totally believe.
Avatar: The Last Airbender fans receive worst present for Christmas as movie plans are scrapped
The movie will tee up a new series, Avatar: Safe Havens, on Paramount Plus
www.polygon.com
December 23, 2025 at 6:51 PM
I cannot¹ believe how absurd this is after hyping up Avatar in every venue they can, including an MtG crossover set!, for the past two years.
https://www.polygon.com/avatar-last-airbender-movie-2026-release-date-streaming-paramount-plus/
___
¹I can totally believe.
https://www.polygon.com/avatar-last-airbender-movie-2026-release-date-streaming-paramount-plus/
___
¹I can totally believe.
Sanda is fucking wild y'all. And way more queer than "dystopian shonen Santa Claus" might lead one to think. Also it's Science Saru.
December 23, 2025 at 9:43 AM
Sanda is fucking wild y'all. And way more queer than "dystopian shonen Santa Claus" might lead one to think. Also it's Science Saru.
I finally watched the 60 Minutes video about CECOT, and I have three immediate thoughts:
• This is absolutely horrific, and it is being done to actual humans.
• The video goes out of its way over and over again to mitigate any critique of the Trump administration or its horrific policies. Why […]
• This is absolutely horrific, and it is being done to actual humans.
• The video goes out of its way over and over again to mitigate any critique of the Trump administration or its horrific policies. Why […]
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wandering.shop
December 23, 2025 at 6:01 AM
I finally watched the 60 Minutes video about CECOT, and I have three immediate thoughts:
• This is absolutely horrific, and it is being done to actual humans.
• The video goes out of its way over and over again to mitigate any critique of the Trump administration or its horrific policies. Why […]
• This is absolutely horrific, and it is being done to actual humans.
• The video goes out of its way over and over again to mitigate any critique of the Trump administration or its horrific policies. Why […]
So, um. Heads up. If you're defending AI in my mentions, I reserve my right to not be terribly polite in my replies.
I won't harass or otherwise be a *complete* dick, but I've far more than hit my patience with that bullshit.
I won't harass or otherwise be a *complete* dick, but I've far more than hit my patience with that bullshit.
December 23, 2025 at 4:02 AM
So, um. Heads up. If you're defending AI in my mentions, I reserve my right to not be terribly polite in my replies.
I won't harass or otherwise be a *complete* dick, but I've far more than hit my patience with that bullshit.
I won't harass or otherwise be a *complete* dick, but I've far more than hit my patience with that bullshit.