tonic 
Cory Doctorow on why he's on Mastodon and only Mastodon.
"Enshittification isn’t merely the result of greed or foolishness — it is the inevitable consequence of a captive userbase."
--thx @JoshuaACNewman for putting this in my timeline!
https://pluralistic.net/2023/08/06/fool-me-twice-we-dont-get-fooled-again/
you don't want bsky. you don't even want fedi. you want yourhandle at the library dot a society worth living in
Tiny Lego Computers 
James Brown, a WETA Workshop engineer, created some itty-bitty LEGO computer displays that actually display stuff. What it takes to build a tiny Lego computer...
He has a 
account btw
https://mastodon.social/@ancientjames
https://www.theverge.com/2022/8/20/23308217/lego-brick-computer-james-brown
#maxima talk at #emacsconf -dev track! https://live0.emacsconf.org/dev.webm
By a wonderful Brazillian #logician
excited to share that lichen-markdown is now in the yunohost application catalog ⚙️ 🌿
been thinking about the programming language ruby
i would use it for more if it wasn't associated with so much webshit
not sure if this is a poor reason to structure one's programming language preferences, but much of my desire to adopt a language is based on how i like its syntax.
for me, whatever features or power a language has is secondary to the beauty of its syntax
makes me think--i wonder what good purpose ruby could be put towards?
Wishing everyone a great time at EmacsConf by EmacsConf team starting today in the Internet
https://foss.events/2024/12-07-emacsconf.html
#emacsconf #EmacsConf #EmacsConfteam #foss #floss #freesoftware #opensource #events #europe
Hey everyone, #liveNow in a minute
https://live0.emacsconf.org/dev-480p.webm
#archive https://emacsconf.org/2024/talks/mcclim/
Thanks to @sacha
my #emacsconf talk on #commonLisp #mcclim #slime in #emacs
themed around #Sandewall's 1978 The Lisp Demo Program is happening.
Live Q&A after pre-rec.
Stream:
I'll be in Paradise sushi in #lambdaMOO for questions, and answer them in the bigbluebutton room for the talk I am going to hopefully find a link for in a moment!
having thoughts
these systems on chips are sometimes very beefy
makes me think about using ulisp on them and doing the 'starting again from scratch' idea
the problem is social and institutional--lisp systems are inherently superior to C and UNIX, yet here we are
#WritersCoffeeClub Dec7. What do you think is the most critical element in storytelling?
Reader attention.
A reasonable bar for a habitual reader is 300 words per minute, or 180wpm for audiobooks. Normal human focussed attention span is <= 40 minutes. So your story needs beats/scene breaks/plot punctuation every 12,000 words at most (ideally 7,200 words) or you risk your readers losing track/getting bored.
(There's a lot more … but calibrate your chapter length to be no more than this!)
The long lost KIM-5 suddenly appeared!
https://retrocomputingforum.com/t/the-long-lost-kim-5-suddenly-appeared/4570/1
insanely deep and scientifically rational explanation for the decline in flavour of exported Kenyan coffee beans.
i've never learned so much about coffee production in a single, well-written and researched article
https://christopherferan.com/2021/12/25/kenya-and-the-decline-of-the-worlds-greatest-coffee/
@m455 i've never really used it, but when i find myself on there so many times i see people making so many mean-spirited comments to genuine questions...
should i have to scroll through pages of 'why are you even thinking this?' for a single helpful comment?
one more:
https://www.the-diy-life.com/making-an-ultra-low-power-arduino-pro/
This 3.3V Arduino Pro Mini uses over 600 times less power than a traditional Pro Mini, using a couple of simple, low power, changes that cost around $2 to make.
this is pretty incredible
https://hackaday.io/project/197267-tiny-bit-machine
Solar powered, battery free hardware to run an interpreter on the ATTiny85. Currently have a working game written in 127 byte program. Charge time in full sun: 3-6 minutes. Run Time: 30-45 minutes.