Patrick Smyth
@patric.fosstodon.org.ap.brid.gy
Python, Lisp, data, docs, teaching, security, accessibility. Not necessarily in that order.
Also weird old books, music, cooking.
devrel at Chainguard.
[bridged from https://fosstodon.org/@patric on the fediverse by https://fed.brid.gy/ ]
Also weird old books, music, cooking.
devrel at Chainguard.
[bridged from https://fosstodon.org/@patric on the fediverse by https://fed.brid.gy/ ]
Another great post in the I Want to Love Linux series, this time about Wayland #accessibility:
https://fireborn.mataroa.blog/blog/i-want-to-love-linux-it-doesnt-love-me-back-post-4-wayland-is-growing-up-and-now-we-dont-have-a-choice/
#a11 #linux #gnome
https://fireborn.mataroa.blog/blog/i-want-to-love-linux-it-doesnt-love-me-back-post-4-wayland-is-growing-up-and-now-we-dont-have-a-choice/
#a11 #linux #gnome
I Want to Love Linux. It Doesn’t Love Me Back: Post 1 – Built for Control, But Not for People — fireborn
fireborn.mataroa.blog
June 19, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Another great post in the I Want to Love Linux series, this time about Wayland #accessibility:
https://fireborn.mataroa.blog/blog/i-want-to-love-linux-it-doesnt-love-me-back-post-4-wayland-is-growing-up-and-now-we-dont-have-a-choice/
#a11 #linux #gnome
https://fireborn.mataroa.blog/blog/i-want-to-love-linux-it-doesnt-love-me-back-post-4-wayland-is-growing-up-and-now-we-dont-have-a-choice/
#a11 #linux #gnome
The Zen of Task Management with #orgmode (in #emacs)
https://bzg.fr/en/the-zen-of-task-management-with-org/
https://bzg.fr/en/the-zen-of-task-management-with-org/
The Zen of Task Management with Org
I don't use Org Mode to be more productive, but to achieve a kind of "ataraxia" (i.e. a "lucid state of robust equanimity" according to Wikipedia) about the things I have to do: pay my bills on time and enjoy concentrating on my work. After more than 15 years of refining my Org configuration, I can't say it's perfect, but it's stable and comfortable enough that I think it might be useful to others.
bzg.fr
April 20, 2025 at 3:28 PM
The Zen of Task Management with #orgmode (in #emacs)
https://bzg.fr/en/the-zen-of-task-management-with-org/
https://bzg.fr/en/the-zen-of-task-management-with-org/
You guys know Clarissa, right? That doorstop by Richardson? *crickets*
OK let me start again. There's this really long book. Not much happens. It's the perfect read for 2025! And some folks from my alma mater are doing a reading group on Substack, reading the letters from the book on the dates […]
OK let me start again. There's this really long book. Not much happens. It's the perfect read for 2025! And some folks from my alma mater are doing a reading group on Substack, reading the letters from the book on the dates […]
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March 22, 2025 at 3:05 PM
You guys know Clarissa, right? That doorstop by Richardson? *crickets*
OK let me start again. There's this really long book. Not much happens. It's the perfect read for 2025! And some folks from my alma mater are doing a reading group on Substack, reading the letters from the book on the dates […]
OK let me start again. There's this really long book. Not much happens. It's the perfect read for 2025! And some folks from my alma mater are doing a reading group on Substack, reading the letters from the book on the dates […]
Candle auctions are still held today as a form of tradition. In Chedzoy ... , a plot of church land is sold by candle auction once every 21 years. In Tatworth, a 6-acre (24,000 m2) plot is auctioned by candle once per year. In Leigh, Dorset, two pieces of land, Alton Mead and Bere (or Beer) […]
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January 11, 2025 at 6:22 PM
Candle auctions are still held today as a form of tradition. In Chedzoy ... , a plot of church land is sold by candle auction once every 21 years. In Tatworth, a 6-acre (24,000 m2) plot is auctioned by candle once per year. In Leigh, Dorset, two pieces of land, Alton Mead and Bere (or Beer) […]
I love landing on one of those #apache or (less common but possible) #nginx pages that is a list of files and directories. Happens less often these days
https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=115522289#DirectoryListings-DirectoryIndexes
#web #internet #old
https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=115522289#DirectoryListings-DirectoryIndexes
#web #internet #old
December 13, 2024 at 9:29 PM
This game is a weird historical curiosity. Interactive fiction game where a genie teaches you #lisp
https://ifdb.org/viewgame?id=zj3ie12ewi1mrj1t
I think @zarfeblong coded a Lisp interpreter in z machine. for this.
#functional #interactivefiction
https://ifdb.org/viewgame?id=zj3ie12ewi1mrj1t
I think @zarfeblong coded a Lisp interpreter in z machine. for this.
#functional #interactivefiction
Lists and Lists
A tutorial in which a genie teaches you the basics of a simplified version of LISP. [--blurb from The Z-Files Catalogue]
ifdb.org
December 8, 2024 at 1:54 AM
This game is a weird historical curiosity. Interactive fiction game where a genie teaches you #lisp
https://ifdb.org/viewgame?id=zj3ie12ewi1mrj1t
I think @zarfeblong coded a Lisp interpreter in z machine. for this.
#functional #interactivefiction
https://ifdb.org/viewgame?id=zj3ie12ewi1mrj1t
I think @zarfeblong coded a Lisp interpreter in z machine. for this.
#functional #interactivefiction
Gary Dahl came up with the idea in a bar while listening to his friends complain about their pets; this gave him the idea for the perfect "pet": a rock. [2] A rock would not need to be fed, walked, bathed, or groomed, and it would not die, become sick, or be disobedient. Dahl said that they […]
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December 8, 2024 at 1:20 AM
Gary Dahl came up with the idea in a bar while listening to his friends complain about their pets; this gave him the idea for the perfect "pet": a rock. [2] A rock would not need to be fed, walked, bathed, or groomed, and it would not die, become sick, or be disobedient. Dahl said that they […]
WTF #kubernetes in like 17k lines of bash #devops #weird
https://github.com/simplenetes-io/simplenetes?tab=readme-ov-file#simplenetes---magic-free-clusters
https://github.com/simplenetes-io/simplenetes?tab=readme-ov-file#simplenetes---magic-free-clusters
December 7, 2024 at 2:35 AM
WTF #kubernetes in like 17k lines of bash #devops #weird
https://github.com/simplenetes-io/simplenetes?tab=readme-ov-file#simplenetes---magic-free-clusters
https://github.com/simplenetes-io/simplenetes?tab=readme-ov-file#simplenetes---magic-free-clusters
Very amusing video. I fixed my lactose intolerence by eating all the lactose"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h90rEkbx95w
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h90rEkbx95w
I fixed my lactose intolerance -- by chugging ALL the lactose
My newfound dark academia knowledge: chug lactose for 2 weeks while your body cries out begging to rend your soul asunder.Don't do it. Or do, I'm not your pa...
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November 30, 2024 at 11:04 PM
Very amusing video. I fixed my lactose intolerence by eating all the lactose"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h90rEkbx95w
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h90rEkbx95w
Just discovered the forgotten websites subreddit. Pretty entertaining
https://www.reddit.com/r/forgottenwebsites/
This parody chemical company website is the kind of stuff you get. Pretty weird/droll
https://www.alliedchemical.com/
#indieweb #webrings #old #internet #reddit
https://www.reddit.com/r/forgottenwebsites/
This parody chemical company website is the kind of stuff you get. Pretty weird/droll
https://www.alliedchemical.com/
#indieweb #webrings #old #internet #reddit
November 29, 2024 at 2:29 AM
Just discovered the forgotten websites subreddit. Pretty entertaining
https://www.reddit.com/r/forgottenwebsites/
This parody chemical company website is the kind of stuff you get. Pretty weird/droll
https://www.alliedchemical.com/
#indieweb #webrings #old #internet #reddit
https://www.reddit.com/r/forgottenwebsites/
This parody chemical company website is the kind of stuff you get. Pretty weird/droll
https://www.alliedchemical.com/
#indieweb #webrings #old #internet #reddit
"Lowlander Great compositions produced with vivid tone colours and floating in a warm reverb... some of it reminiscent of a calming sanctuary hub in an otherwise dangerous computer game. Favorite track: Ritual of the Moon." […]
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November 29, 2024 at 2:21 AM
"Lowlander Great compositions produced with vivid tone colours and floating in a warm reverb... some of it reminiscent of a calming sanctuary hub in an otherwise dangerous computer game. Favorite track: Ritual of the Moon." […]
Let us assume ... that you just hate grass. You have a lawn, and you want to have a lawn't. Your disgust and loathing for the entire notion of lawns burns with the heat of a thousand suns, and you have found yourself in possession of a soulless plot of monoculture ornamental grass, in a […]
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November 28, 2024 at 6:43 PM
Let us assume ... that you just hate grass. You have a lawn, and you want to have a lawn't. Your disgust and loathing for the entire notion of lawns burns with the heat of a thousand suns, and you have found yourself in possession of a soulless plot of monoculture ornamental grass, in a […]
November 26, 2024 at 6:30 PM
Just heard about a historical event called "Disco Demolition night" where they blew up a crate of disco records on an MLB field and folks started rioting O.o https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disco_Demolition_Night #weird #music #disco #mlb
November 25, 2024 at 7:25 PM
Just heard about a historical event called "Disco Demolition night" where they blew up a crate of disco records on an MLB field and folks started rioting O.o https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disco_Demolition_Night #weird #music #disco #mlb
We've got a Learning Lab tomorrow on chainguard's #python container image. Switching your #flask, #django, or #openai app over will drop you down to ~0 known vulnerabilities just by using a different base image. We'll go into depth on it tomorrow at 12 EST […]
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November 18, 2024 at 5:00 PM
Did a deep dive on where the Grype container scanner's data comes from. We also build Grype's DB with their open tooling https://dev.to/chainguard/deep-dive-where-does-grype-data-come-from-n9e
#foss #security #cve #devops
#foss #security #cve #devops
November 13, 2024 at 7:59 PM
Did a deep dive on where the Grype container scanner's data comes from. We also build Grype's DB with their open tooling https://dev.to/chainguard/deep-dive-where-does-grype-data-come-from-n9e
#foss #security #cve #devops
#foss #security #cve #devops