‘It’s better for them than being in a cage!’ Why are cat cafes suddenly so controversial?
News article about how some folk (and I do wonder how few folk really) seem to think cat cafes are a bad thing.
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Ghostty Config
Very impressive and possibly very useful Ghostty configuration generator application.
How Broken OTPs and Open Endpoints Turned a Dating App Into a Stalker’s Playground
A pretty amazing and worrying story of one person's exploration of a data app's API.
Strudel REPL
A pretty amazing live-coding tool for creating music.
Asyncio Demystified: Rebuilding it From Scratch One Yield at a Time
How to do async in Python the hard way, as a way to learn how it works so you undersatnd things better when you do it the easy way.
Certifying a document
How to get a copy of a document certified in the UK.
Bicameral, Not Homoiconic
A different take on the whole "Lisp is homoiconic" thing.
OpenNext Gets Closer to Making Next.js Truly Portable
I've read so many thanks about Next.js that suggest it's not a good time if you want to deploy anywhere other than with Vercel. It seens that this project aims to solve that problem.
ernestofgonzalez/epub-utils: A Python CLI and utility library for manipulating EPUB files
Useful-looking library for working with EPUB files from Python.
Exploring TypeScript
Free online book providing an introduction to all things TypeScript.
artempyanykh/marksman: Write Markdown with code assist and intelligence in the comfort of your favourite editor.
An LSP server for Markdown.
Google TypeScript Style Guide
TypeScript style guide based on what's used inside Google. Looks worthwhile and might make a good reference for ideas.
R.E.M. - Tourfilm
One of my favourite live performance movies ever; I played the hell out of my VHS copy of this back in the 90s...
An Intro/Update From Gina
All change at the top at Fosstodon. This is the introduction from the new admin. Let's see how this goes...
Why Boltzmann Brains Are Bad
In a more general sense, this paper gives rise to the shower-thought that a theory can be self-defeating; which then gives you pause for thought about how you handle that realisation.
What Does "use client" Do? — overreacted
Interesting description of what "use client" and "use server" do in React.
Death Stranding Interactive Map | Map Genie
Useful map of important locations in Death Stranding..
The dark side of the Moomins
I remember the Moomins from my childhood. This gives some interesting background as an adult.
Crysis VR
Mod that gets Crysis workign in VR
Far Cry VR Mod
Mod that gets Far Cry working in VR
GitHub - vydd/sketch: A Common Lisp framework for the creation of electronic art, visual design, game prototyping, game making, computer graphics, exploration of human-computer interaction, and more.
Very useful-looking library for doing all sorts of plotting/graphics type things with Common Lisp.
How to Use Async Agnostic Decorators in Python
Interesting article on how you can go about writing Python decorators that are async-agnostic.
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/supply-chain-attack-on-popular-github-action-exposes-ci-cd-secrets/
Ouch.
Horror stories of cryonics: The gruesome fates of futurists hoping for immortality
So, yeah, what has happened to all those folk who paid to be frozen...
Understanding the Value of TypeScript Enums
Useful article for understanding how TypeScript folk see enums in their language.
maurymarkowitz/101-BASIC-Computer-Games: Type-in programs from the original 101 BASIC Computer Games, in their original DEC and Dartmouth dialects. No, this is *not* the same as BASIC Computer Games.
A fantastic collection of old BASIC games. Any that are full-screen text-based could be fun to turn into Textual-based apps, for example.
Is Valve Deckard Out?
Well? Is it?
Keep a Changelog
A reasonable-looking standard for, and rationale for, keeping a ChangeLog.
From the SimulationTheory community on Reddit: If y’all needed more evidence we’re in a simulation… I accidentally built one.
Poe's law alert, but still... some dude seems to think he AI coded himself into a proof that the universe is a simulation.
Mandelbrot Set Explorer
A pretty near web-based mandelbrot set explorer.