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Hey everyone,

a quick one to notify you I am moving to another Mastodon instance. Once the backup is ready, I will setup the redirect to https://c.im/@andreacfromtheapp

I have imported all my follows, so don't freak out if you see me requesting again :) Also, I'd appreciate you following back :)

Cheers

@rustlab thank you :) I had to ask, perhaps one day!

@rustlab is there online attendance available? Perhaps on e that costs less? I’m poor af and in love with Rust and I can’t afford a conf atm.

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Google keeps getting worse. Here are alternative search engines and how they work: https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/google-is-a-monopoly-should-you-use-another-search-engine/

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Rust in the Linux Kernel - A Status Check has been released on media.ccc.de and YouTube #mrmcd24 #C120RainbowWarrior https://media.ccc.de/v/2024-323-rust-in-the-linux-kernel-a-status-check https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aAZ7YKYY6_w

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Case in point: there's no way to build a backdoor that only the "good guys" can use.

When the entire technical community says that the EU's ChatControl legislation + similar pose serious cybersecurity threats, we're not exaggerating for effect.

https://www.wsj.com/tech/cybersecurity/u-s-wiretap-systems-targeted-in-china-linked-hack-327fc63b?st=byoB7m

(Turn and face the strange) Ch-ch-ch-ch-changes!

After +20y of /vi/ #vim/ #neovim /*vim distros/ and having tried/used every editor on the face of the earth and many notes apps...... I decided to take the plunge with #DoomEmacs and #OrgMode. HOW HAVE I LIVED WITHOUT THEM UNTIL NOW!?!?

I like Doom Emacs because 1) I hate Emacs convoluted key combos; 2) it comes fully fledged and very familiar to what I was using latest ( #lazynvim ); 3) evil-mode-everywhere; 4) which-keys.

(Doom) Emacs is truly an amazing IDE now. One that I tried to recreate myself in the past few years with nvim lazyvim and others. Doom Emacs feels perfect to me. I'm also starting to understand and like emacs-lisp. One day maybe I'll go vanilla and DIY.

Org Mode is just fantastic. I could ditch office suites, notes apps, blog engines, presentation, music players, and lots more. I intend to do so ASAP.

And because I want to go DAWless with my music setup ( #SynthstromDeluge FTW ) and I'd code for a living (working on it) I may switch back to Linux as well. After all I switched to Mac in 2012 - after many many years of "hardcore" usage - mainly because of Ableton and my attempt at "making it as a musician" and then as sound designer. No grammys so far....... Beforehand I used #Linux exclusively and made music anyway....

I feel I am going to miss some software.and the flawless Apple integration but given how everything (not just Apple) is turning to shit..... it may be time "to go back home". I'll keep using my iPad for music tho and not sure about ditching the iPhone. Android just doesn't cut it. I'll try to export/convert what I can.

Also, I have bought a split columnar keyboard and switched to Colemak DHm (matrix). Still learning but all pain and RSI is gone after a couple of weeks already! I am adjusting to it nicely and LOVING IT.

In the mean time I finished Zero 2 Production and finally started coding my itch to scratch #RustLang app with #Crux by Red Badger.

Cheers

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My kind of trucks :nkoCool:

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Bill Gates enjoys tremendous worldwide influence in pharmaceuticals, agriculture, public policy, and more. Unaccountable, unelected power.

On the new https://techtonic.fm I interview @timschwab about his book "The Bill Gates Problem: Reckoning with the Myth of the Good Billionaire."

LISTEN:
https://wfmu.org/archiveplayer/?show=144583&archive=259439&starttime=0:2:36

EPISODE LINKS:
https://www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/144583s/shows/144052

More Techtonic: https://techtonic.fm

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Save energy by replacing Copilot with a script that returns a random fortune entry and boils the kettle.

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I'm not in research at all, but I am working on a series of blog posts around the benefits of pure code (without side-effects).

Put another way, it's about the benefits that have been spoiled by having side-effects in programming languages.

@quaff @arendjr I tried to oxidize (means migrating tools to Rust everything) myself but it was short lived. I'd say use the best tool for the job. If it happens to be written in Rust, all the better. Regarding pre-commit vs CI: I use both. Not all contributors may abide to the pre-commit rule, and it's best to make sure.

So far I experimented with a little CLI and kinda went bananas with this. Have a look here: https://github.com/gacallea/freesound-credits

@supernov @SocketSecurity @joshbressers @andrewnez @luis_in_brief my pleasure :) I am sure Bruce Perens needs no introduction here. If there is someone to entrust with this it's him.

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Hot take: Side-effects in programming languages ruined programming.

@supernov @andrewnez @SocketSecurity @joshbressers @luis_in_brief

Bruce Perens is trying tackling these issues with #postopen − https://postopen.org/

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Solo open source maintainers are carrying the weight of critical software, often unpaid and overwhelmed by growing security demands. 60% have quit or considered quitting their maintenance work. Sobering insights from Tidelift's 2024 survey: https://socket.dev/blog/the-unpaid-backbone-of-open-source #OpenSource #Security
With comments from @joshbressers @luis_in_brief @andrewnez

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When I first started my #rustlang journey, I thought maybe contributing to an open source project would help me leap ahead in my understanding of rust. I found myself spending more time learning the code base than learning rust fundamentals.

On the advice of some lovely mastodon peeps, I stuck to what I know, and built a #webdev app with rust.

This was the best exercise I’ve had so far that allowed me to understand rust better 🫡

Thank you rust community of mastodon! Onto the next exercise 🙏

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It's talk like a pirate day! Here I go:

"I just want to access the media I already own in a portable format that I can watch or listen to in high quality on all my devices without DRM or adverts."

Did I do it right?

@christianp I've always believed this problem to be a cultural one. What people come to expect of open source is a 1:1 reflection of the general belief that it is indeed just "gratis". Without a true cultural shift no technological revolution/advancement can be apprecciated. let alone come to fruition. There’s so nuch to say here but I'm sure you can extrapolate. To conclude constructively: look into what Bruce Perens is doing with Post Open!

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Massive China-state IoT botnet went undetected for four years—until now

75% of infected devices were located in homes and offices in North America and Europe.

https://arstechnica.com/security/2024/09/massive-china-state-iot-botnet-went-undetected-for-four-years-until-now/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

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