Reading the Rust book and I feel like this would've blown my mind ~15 years ago, the last time I was writing C/C++ in anger. Right now it makes me feel like I became dumb in the last decade and a half.

I'd never seen a single episode of Kimmel's show before his return last week, but now I'm watching forever more if for no other reason than he and his show — and, eventually, ABC — have shown that it's possible to beat these authoritarian bullies and right wing sycophantic conglomerates. Kimmel […]

One Battle After Another is the best movie I've seen in a long time. Folks are comparing it to Eddington but I think a better comparison is Dunkirk. Incredible use of sound to build tension throughout. #movie #movies #film

It's rare for me to link to Novara, but this read on Your Party is incredible. Utter chaos from the outset, dogged by incompetence, factionalism, and the egos of deeply weird and unserious people. What a proposition it is to suggest that these people should run the country. #ukpolitics #ukpol […]

This is a really worthwhile watch. Rainn Wilson as an EMT, sort of framing how they're positioned alongside other emergency workers and doctors while exploring his attitude to death, their role, and public perspectives on them. Also Rob Riggle as a disgruntled ER doctor and Shirley from […]

Hmmm. I remember protesting against ID cards when Blair pursued them. Nowadays... I'm not sure how I feel. It'd certainly be convenient, especially in the age of voter ID. My general view of government has changed too. I don't view government as an adversary anymore; rather I want government […]

Oh man, nothing makes me happier than seeing Gripens being employed against Russian MiGs and Sukhois. Just as nature intended. https://defence-blog.com/hungarian-fighter-jets-scramble-to-intercept-russian-jets/

Burnham clearly wants to be PM but he's also a long way away from being PM so perhaps we can calm down about bond markets.

Man, I absolutely love playing chess, but I am terrible. I can't remember the last time I loved something I was so bad at. StarCraft, piano, BJJ, Amy, photography... all pale compared to chess.

This is one of half a dozen or so similar pieces in the last week I just find baffling. The premise is that voters should trust with the responsibility of running the government and our public services a gaggle of incompetent nutters who've been unable to run a party launch — or even a party […]

This is... odd. As a great enjoyer of Intel's troubles, it's bizarre seeing the US government being so interventionist and seeing sycophantic tech companies bend to Trump's will. It's hard to identify any reasons why an Apple investment in Intel would make sense so soon after they moved to […]

Nothing bad can happen; only good happen.

Excellent. He's an insane, corrupt, kleptocraptic toddler and wannabe dictator who other leaders — diplomatic titans, men and women of stature — have to mollycoddle, cajole, and appease. But somehow he's been turned around and in among all the nightmarish horrors is this glimmer of goodness […]

Currently searching for what the best nose hair trimming solution is. Another regrettable milestone in my ever-distressing march into middle age.

I hate these chic terms, and adopting the language of the far right is always troublesome, but the 'Boriswave' is a real thing that highlights the dishonesty, hypocrisy, and insanity of Brexit and the Boris years. We made it hard for migrants from the EU to come/remain here and actively […]

Maybe I'm just old and cantankerous now, but this is like my fifth cycle of having charlatans try to impose domain driven design and development on me and I'm kinda feeling like maybe nuclear armageddon isn't such a bad idea.

Streeting is right here: don't listen to people like him and Trump, politicians, on matters of science. Listen to doctors, scientists, the NHS — people actually knowledgable, competent, and experts on the subject. Except when it comes to trans healthcare, of course. Then you should listen to […]

Streeting is right here: don't listen to people like him and Trump, politicians, on matters of science. Listen to doctors, scientists, the NHS — people actually knowledgable, competent, and experts on the subject. Except when it comes to trans healthcare, of course. Then you should listen to […]

One of my earliest memories is me and my dad sat cross-legged in front of the TV copying BASIC from a magazine into a Sinclair ZX Spectrum. This week he turns 72, and he's getting a high end desktop from me — if DPD ever frigging deliver my parts.

Apropos nothing, I deleted my LinkedIn two jobs ago and suffered not at all from doing so. I realise I'm in a privileged position to be able to have done so, but I'd add that their apparent necessity isn't quite as strong as some folks think. In some circles, demonstrating that you're not […]

Ugh, this is MAHA all over. At the very best, this is a hugely premature move born of RFK's utter misunderstanding of scientific process. At worst, which is more likely, this will cause panic and misinformation and lead to people and doctors misunderstanding autism and avoiding […]

Yearning for your drama fix after having canceled your Disney+ subscription? Why not try the Fediblock hashtag! Guaranteed to fill that petty personal drama-shaped hole in your life.

Oz is one of very few accounts from elsewhere who remain unbridged and who I miss greatly. #labour #ukpolitics #ukpol

Definitely true. Father Ted was gentle, thoughtful and funny.

Ugh, this is MAHA all over. At the very best, this is a hugely premature move born of RFK's utter misunderstanding of scientific process. At worst, which is more likely, this will cause panic and misinformation and lead to people and doctors misunderstanding autism and avoiding […]

Excellent. It's been a political football for years with nobody willing to take the plunge — and while I'll never be a single issue voter, getting shit built is likely the closest to a single issue I'll ever coalesce around. I'd prefer it were trains or some good bridges, but I'm cool with any […]

Sammy McDonald, president of the Cambridge Union, advancing the motion that modern conservatism is incompatible with modern democracy. The debate is from March but I very much enjoyed seeing this for the first time today. https://youtu.be/b8mFRElgSoY?t=256s

RE: https://mastodon.social/@augieray/115242553712144761 My first quote post! Along these lines, Joe Menn (is he here?) at WaPo had a good story the other day about how Russian state-controlled media outlets and allied social media accounts have seized on Kirk's killing to push narratives that […]

We are now the first nation in the G7 to recognise a Palestinian state: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cpw1qkyke4nt?post=asset%3A06a8226c-c837-41ba-8864-fa0328fb9f51#post This is fraught with danger — risking legitimising Hamas's undemocratic regime, affording them unwarranted influence and […]

Behold! The cursed monitor setup has got worse!

The problem with the Ezra Klein view of the world is it's based on the existence of a centre-right and centre-left willing to find common ground. Authoritarians aren't interested in common ground, just power.

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I find the dichotomy between accelerationists and doomers fascinating. AI is literally useless, but it'll steal your job. AI isn't going to improve productivity, but it will destroy the world. Here a piece examining that latter form, with an emphasis on the world destruction angle popular among […]

More from the world's worst humanitarian crisis, in which hundreds of thousands are dead, at least half a million children have died to famine, and fourteen million have been displaced by the ongoing ~2.5 year-long genocide. This attack, though tragic, appears minor compared to what looms. The […]

Having some fun mucking around vibe coding with rust. I do not know rust. I read a thing where someone suggested AI coding tools are just another layer of abstraction like compilers and interpreters. Folks have objected to every stage of abstraction from ASM onwards, vociferously so with jumps […]

I’m contemplating making piefed.art since piefed has significantly less stigma to it than lemmy does

Russia knows NATO is terrified of a war. They've known it since 2014, and every day since the full scale invasion we've let their militarism and their atrocities continue. Now they're actively goading the alliance, testing their certainty that we won't dare stop them. We're inviting a future […]

The sun never sets on the Welsh Empire 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 #wales #victoria3

CRIMES HAVE BEEN COMMITTED ☎️💥 #retrocomputing

In an era when we're getting really good at bringing back eradicated diseases and scientists are making great strides towards bringing back extinct species, I really truly believe some effort should be spent on bringing back rock power ballads.

The republicans spent 4 years planning a full authoritarian government takeover, and in just 8 months, they’ve implemented nearly half of it. Didn't Trump deny he knew anything about it? #uspol https://www.project2025.observer/en

Behold! A terrible mistake.

Decided to do a new build. I currently have a 9900x/7900xtx gaming machine and a 5800x/a750 file and media server with twelve HDDs hanging out the back of its Fractal Design North case. I have a ton of spare parts lying around so I've opted to buy a 9950x3D and a Fractal Design 7XL — which can […]

Your Party is amazing. Accidentally announced prematurely, wracked by factionalism before it even has a name and membership structure, and now facing a schism in its top team before it even gets formally launched. They're speed-running left-wing chaos. #ukpolitics #ukpol […]

Watching the joint press conference, and while it does look to have gone extremely well with Trump even suggesting Starmer got a better deal than the US did, it's seriously shocking how mentally unstable Trump is. He can barely string two thoughts together. His decline is overtly noticeable […]

This captures my mood on the subject. The invitation for this second state visit was savvy, expedient, and necessary given our tight economic and military bonds with the US. It's also disgusting, stomach-turningly so. That dichotomy is painful to reconcile in my soul. We must work with whoever […]

Some straight out of camera shots from today. Phone transfers with my camera are a pain so these are just the things that jump out as having okay-ish composition on first pass. #sooc #photo #photography #protest #stoptrump #protestphotography

Two of my very favourite devices. #pebble #fujifilm #fuji #camera #llama

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