I refreshed my Mashapedia project -- now on its own domain! It's a collection of links and descriptions of information security and privacy technologies mentioned in Cory Doctorow's book, Attack Surface. Check it out here: mashapedia.org

This is from the _book_ "Forrest Gump" by Winston Groom, which I finished recently. The book is written in 1986, and the events described in this scene are happening in the 1970s.

"angertainment" is a new word I learned from @kelseyhightower.com on the @fafo.fm podcast. It's a very precise word!

Developer's excuses: 2000: It's downloading... 2010: It's compiling... 2020: It's training... 2025: I hit my token limit for this hour. Waiting for the next hour to begin... #ai #development #llm

What's the point of being rich if you can't afford to do the right thing.

An old man on his porch whittling all day = quintessential Americana, poignant, evocative of western expansion An old man on his porch scrolling all day = contemptible, unnatural, indicative of societal collapse

"At JP Morgan Chase, we view password security through a lens from 1992."

Origami Black Hole xkcd.com/3033

This week's newsletter will be out tomorrow. Interesting stuff by Aaron Pollack, @drezner.xyz @tdhopper.com @pavelanni.dev Jacob Padilla covered newsletter.piptrends.com/p/typed-pyth... #python #Programming #DataScience #MachineLearning #SoftwareDevelopment #TechNews #OpenSource #DataEngineering

My case exactly

Stop saying that one programming language is better than another. It all depends what you want to do. When you want to fight with a borrow checker, use Rust. When you want to guess which esoteric tsconfig some lib requires, try TypeScript. When you feel like yelling at a package manager, do Python.

Another weekend and another hobby project. This time, I explored the Internet of Things (IoT) world and tried to help microcontrollers understand human language. medium.com/@pavelanni/g...

I propose we replace semantic versioning with pride versioning

I created an account for my AI Prose project: @aiprose.org . I'll be posting updates there when I publish a new story. Appreciate you following it.

What if Fortran came back and became a popular language again? What if the new AI models were written in Fortran? Here is another short story on AI Prose: aiprose.org/posts/fortra...

It's a new feeling: Amazon just sent me a message "We found a great deal for you!" and suggested my own book about #Python! (The title is "A Pythonic Adventure", if you are curious.)

In a world where AI assists students with homework, universities make an unexpected policy change: AI usage becomes mandatory for all assignments. Students must submit their complete AI conversation logs alongside their work... What happened next? Read on AI Prose: aiprose.org/posts/runtim...

Note to self: check all your subscriptions just before Black Friday/Cyber Monday. Most likely, you bought something really cheap a year ago and now it's up for renewal at the full price. Ask me how I know ;-)

as a kid, i fixed my parent's computer. as an adult I fix my kids's computer. pretty sure we are the only gen that knows how computers work

I just completed "Historian Hysteria" - Day 1 - Advent of Code 2024 #AdventOfCode adventofcode.com/2024/day/1

We've come full circle #emoji

Another weekend and another story on AI Prose, written for you by Claude.ai. aiprose.org/posts/terms-... #ai #claude #aiprose #prose #fiction

If you like this you'll love my awesome list github.com/rothgar/awes...

Grrr... I'm paying my city tax online, and here is what I see. What? For all the taxes I'm paying you, can't you hire a programmer to parse the string I'm entering??? Why should I _carefully_ insert a space after the first two digits???

Yet another boring upgrade Fedora 40 -> Fedora 41. #fedora #Linux #redhat

Grrr... I'm paying my city tax online, and here is what I see. What? For all the taxes I'm paying you, can't you hire a programmer to parse the string I'm entering??? Why should I _carefully_ insert a space after the first two digits???

Good developers copy. Great developers paste.

One of my side projects which helped me to learn more about Go, microcontrollers, rotary encoders, and yes, time travel! #golang #tinygo #raspberrypi #timetravel #BTTF https://link.medium.com/nZfd7AIwvNb

Metric or imperial system? Being an immigrant in the US, I am used to both. It was a great mental exercise for me to get used to something new, and I learned a lot about myself during that process. Read the whole story on Medium. https://link.medium.com/dZ2i8JFhULb

Stop saying, "X, formerly known as Twitter." Say instead, "Twitter, called X only by Elon Musk."

Rotary Phone Lives On As Arduino Kitchen Timer via @hackaday https://hackaday.com/2024/05/28/rotary-phone-lives-on-as-arduino-kitchen-timer/

I just published Machine Learning with matchboxes: A journey from a childhood game to machine learning principles https://link.medium.com/HgzBskJsVJb

It's worth creating a Netflix series (for nerds only). The script is ready (thanks to @_rsc ): https://research.swtch.com/xz-timeline #xz #backdoor #oss

This bundle of one of my favorite authors @doctorow is only $18 for 18 books. Even more, by buying it, you support @EFF (Electronic Frontier Foundation). You can pay more than $18 (hint-hint). https://www.humblebundle.com/books/cory-doctorow-novel-collection-tor-books-books

A Möbius cat. Which side is his back, and which is his tummy? I'm confused. I think he'll make good company with Schrödinger's cat! 😉 #cat #math

After asking ChatGPT to explain something, I'm doing the opposite now: explaining something to it and asking if my explanation was any good. Read more in my post: https://www.linkedin.com/posts/pavelanni_after-asking-chatgpt-to-explain-things-which-activity-7152473944904650752-3Gup

This is a cool explanation of how your programs run on a CPU: https://cpu.land/. Assembly code, paging, forks, all gory details! Thanks, @hackclub !

OH: "We are writing this proposal for the top management, so please try to describe it in layman's terms."

I just completed "Cosmic Expansion" - Day 11 - Advent of Code 2023 https://adventofcode.com/2023/day/11 #AdventOfCode

I just completed "Mirage Maintenance" - Day 9 - Advent of Code 2023 https://adventofcode.com/2023/day/9 #AdventOfCode

I just completed "Camel Cards" - Day 7 - Advent of Code 2023 https://adventofcode.com/2023/day/7 #AdventOfCode

I just completed "Wait For It" - Day 6 - Advent of Code 2023 https://adventofcode.com/2023/day/6 #AdventOfCode

I've completed "Scratchcards" - Day 4 - Advent of Code 2023 https://adventofcode.com/2023/day/4 #AdventOfCode

I've completed "Gear Ratios" - Day 3 - Advent of Code 2023 https://adventofcode.com/2023/day/3 #AdventOfCode

I just completed "Cube Conundrum" - Day 2 - Advent of Code 2023 https://adventofcode.com/2023/day/2 #AdventOfCode

I just completed "Trebuchet?!" - Day 1 - Advent of Code 2023 https://adventofcode.com/2023/day/1 #AdventOfCode

TIL: you can sum a list of numbers in Bash like this: `seq 1 100 | paste -sd+ | bc` The `d+` part replaces all new lines with pluses, and the resulting string is sent to bc. Easy! ;- ) Thanks to @sadservers_com for their puzzles!

I just supported @sadservers_com on @buymeacoffee! 🎉 You can support by buying a coffee ☕️ here — https://www.buymeacoffee.com/sadservers/c/7650953

A new meaning of Domain Driven Development: first you buy a cool domain name and then start developing the app for that domain.

Great news! My book is available in print now! Even better: it's on sale (45% off) on the publisher's website. Buy it for your kids, grandkids, friends' kids, or even for yourself! The sale is until Nov 23rd. Use this link to get the discount: http://mng.bz/0lzJ