Andy Wingo
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https://wingolog.org | a work in progress | niche content | truthiness is couthiness
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tfw you look up and realize that you were on your bullshit last night
October 30, 2025 at 9:21 PM
tfw you look up and realize that you were on your bullshit last night
some guys came and hoisted 19 solar panels onto our roof today. they are all strung up and when the sun shines pump lots of volts down to the basement, which will have to wait a couple weeks before they go anywhere
October 14, 2025 at 7:16 PM
some guys came and hoisted 19 solar panels onto our roof today. they are all strung up and when the sun shines pump lots of volts down to the basement, which will have to wait a couple weeks before they go anywhere
[trump reference]
un ton plus con, je le crois bien
un ton plus con, je le crois bien
October 12, 2025 at 6:42 PM
[trump reference]
un ton plus con, je le crois bien
un ton plus con, je le crois bien
whoa there buddy
October 10, 2025 at 1:50 PM
whoa there buddy
in france we might not have a government but we do have butter-scented croissant stamps
October 8, 2025 at 6:36 AM
in france we might not have a government but we do have butter-scented croissant stamps
i succeeded!!! (last week) broke a couple more drill bits but i seem to have avoided damaging the bike
October 5, 2025 at 10:34 AM
i succeeded!!! (last week) broke a couple more drill bits but i seem to have avoided damaging the bike
but then when walking away i saw the sticker on the side; wtf :)
September 26, 2025 at 8:10 PM
but then when walking away i saw the sticker on the side; wtf :)
while in town to renew kid 2’s us passport, i took this photo because i thought it funny that the gas pump is now just a thing to lean a bicycle against
September 26, 2025 at 8:06 PM
while in town to renew kid 2’s us passport, i took this photo because i thought it funny that the gas pump is now just a thing to lean a bicycle against
"Nicolar Paul Séphan Sarközy de Magy-Bocsa is a French politician and convicted felon" wikipedia chef's kiss https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicolas_Sarkozy
September 25, 2025 at 1:17 PM
"Nicolar Paul Séphan Sarközy de Magy-Bocsa is a French politician and convicted felon" wikipedia chef's kiss https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicolas_Sarkozy
"well there i was, three contexts deep in the function, and it was tricky to convince the borrow checker to let go so i could pull my hand out again,,
September 23, 2025 at 8:33 AM
"well there i was, three contexts deep in the function, and it was tricky to convince the borrow checker to let go so i could pull my hand out again,,
this style is distressing 😅 https://sigbovik.org/2025/
September 9, 2025 at 1:38 PM
this style is distressing 😅 https://sigbovik.org/2025/
"we don't need types, we have types at home" smh, what a notation
![screencap of some python "types"
ReclaimBuffer = Callable[[], None]
OnCopy = Callable[[ReclaimBuffer], None]
OnCopyDone = Callable[[CopyResult], None]
class ReadableStream:
t: ValType
read: Callable[[ComponentInstance, WritableBuffer, OnCopy, OnCopyDone], None]
cancel: Callable[[], None]
drop: Callable[[], None]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:etvyzmg7e2gkizcet4xbnro4/bafkreihdxhniyexgp3hk44np66vgee3dom7xjvl77bi6wm5lh3s5rl33ai@jpeg)
August 29, 2025 at 8:54 AM
"we don't need types, we have types at home" smh, what a notation
been programming in rust for a project, going fine so far. the vibe is so far is generally cool though sometimes "annoyingly right"
like although it wrongly suggests capitalizing µsec to MSEC, it also found that apparently i entered U+00B5 µ MICRO SIGN (µ) […]
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like although it wrongly suggests capitalizing µsec to MSEC, it also found that apparently i entered U+00B5 µ MICRO SIGN (µ) […]
[Original post on mastodon.social]
![a compiler error message screenshot:
warning: identifier contains a non normalized (NFKC) character: 'µ'
--> src/bin/monotonic-clock-wait.rs:25:7
|
25 | const µsec : u64 = 1000u64;
| ^^^^
|
= note: this character is included in the Not_NFKC Unicode general security profile
= note: `#[warn(uncommon_codepoints)]` on by default
warning: constant `µsec` should have an upper case name
--> src/bin/monotonic-clock-wait.rs:25:7
|
25 | const µsec : u64 = 1000u64;
| ^^^^ help: convert the identifier to upper case: `ΜSEC`
|
= note: `#[warn(non_upper_case_globals)]` on by default](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:etvyzmg7e2gkizcet4xbnro4/bafkreiemthrqerz4uqdqjjjb3maihpgfopcq6smgmpqkxtcilkllrjobue@jpeg)
August 25, 2025 at 11:51 AM
been programming in rust for a project, going fine so far. the vibe is so far is generally cool though sometimes "annoyingly right"
like although it wrongly suggests capitalizing µsec to MSEC, it also found that apparently i entered U+00B5 µ MICRO SIGN (µ) […]
[Original post on mastodon.social]
like although it wrongly suggests capitalizing µsec to MSEC, it also found that apparently i entered U+00B5 µ MICRO SIGN (µ) […]
[Original post on mastodon.social]
big furry is coming for our kids
August 22, 2025 at 4:42 PM
big furry is coming for our kids
[rust nargery]
gosh this is also a weird thing to put in a language spec; it doesn't seem to allow you to do more things with the box vs the rc, and so is "just" an optimization; i am ignorant tho https://doc.rust-lang.org/reference/types/closure.html#r-type.closure.capture.precision.box-deref
gosh this is also a weird thing to put in a language spec; it doesn't seem to allow you to do more things with the box vs the rc, and so is "just" an optimization; i am ignorant tho https://doc.rust-lang.org/reference/types/closure.html#r-type.closure.capture.precision.box-deref
August 18, 2025 at 12:39 PM
[rust nargery]
gosh this is also a weird thing to put in a language spec; it doesn't seem to allow you to do more things with the box vs the rc, and so is "just" an optimization; i am ignorant tho https://doc.rust-lang.org/reference/types/closure.html#r-type.closure.capture.precision.box-deref
gosh this is also a weird thing to put in a language spec; it doesn't seem to allow you to do more things with the box vs the rc, and so is "just" an optimization; i am ignorant tho https://doc.rust-lang.org/reference/types/closure.html#r-type.closure.capture.precision.box-deref
a funny thing to put in a language specification; https://doc.rust-lang.org/reference/expressions/block-expr.html#r-expr.block.const.not-executed
August 18, 2025 at 10:30 AM
a funny thing to put in a language specification; https://doc.rust-lang.org/reference/expressions/block-expr.html#r-expr.block.const.not-executed
from oleg's slides; xslt is nothing to be proud of, especially for PL people!
(also, reading "posted to kiro5hin" made a few more of my hairs go grey)
(also, reading "posted to kiro5hin" made a few more of my hairs go grey)
August 18, 2025 at 8:36 AM
from oleg's slides; xslt is nothing to be proud of, especially for PL people!
(also, reading "posted to kiro5hin" made a few more of my hairs go grey)
(also, reading "posted to kiro5hin" made a few more of my hairs go grey)
it is too early to start with the insults
August 17, 2025 at 6:09 AM
it is too early to start with the insults
saw a surprising product in the supermarket today while looking for the butter
August 9, 2025 at 2:41 PM
saw a surprising product in the supermarket today while looking for the butter
ahahaha mccarthy was also salty about reviews in the 50s http://jmc.stanford.edu/articles/lisp/lisp.pdf
August 4, 2025 at 6:52 PM
ahahaha mccarthy was also salty about reviews in the 50s http://jmc.stanford.edu/articles/lisp/lisp.pdf