#context

Johan Zijlstrawhaha@mastodon.nl
2025-06-14

@wvrede

Heb je wat meer #context voor me?
Ik merk dat ik je vraag niet goed snap.

2025-06-12

today’s #ConTeXt update is a bit of beta, because of:

• reworked control over callbacks
• preparations for an upgrade of grid snapping
• overload protection enabled
• a few fixes
• additional warnings
• some potential speedups

(full version in Hans’ message to the mailing list)

#TeXConTeXt

2025-06-11

one of my bffs sent me this video and i talk about how much i love #fabricAI a lot i haven't even really gotten into the most interesting capabilities of it. it's just brilliant as a way to grab and enrich text, get summaries, and the suggest patterns option is always great.

but watch the first 7 minutes of this and you will see some things that make you want to clear your calendar:

youtube.com/watch?v=QVWAr1j6v6

#context context context. #empathy. a #soulFile? #AI #productivity

2025-06-09

#ConTeXt in #TeXlive was only updated on release so far and didn’t even receive bugfixes.

Max Chernoff has now taken over ConTeXt maintenance for TeX live, so that it will lag only a few days behind the standalone #LMTX distribution from now.

For a few “exotic” platforms there are no current #LuaMetaTeX binaries – but they’re easy to compile yourself, and you’re better off with the lean LMTX distribution anyway.

#TeXConTeXt

2025-06-09

PRODUCTHEAD: Bridging cultural divides

» Different cultures communicate with varying directness; context heavily influences interpretation and meaning

» Leadership, trust, and decision-making styles differ widely across cultural backgrounds and must be adapted to the team

» Bridging cultural divides requires empathy, flexibility, and awareness of one’s own cultural lens

#prodmgmt #conflicts #context #culture #team

📖 Read more: imanageproducts.com/producthea

Producthead logoErin Meyer speaking at DeepL about mapping culture
2025-06-05

@jutty i like out-of-band hashtags, like tumblr does, but an excess of inline ones just looks awful to me.

Also, why does anyone use #generic hashtags with no particular #context? It’s like they’ve heard of SEO, but aren’t really sure how it works or whether it applies here, but are prepared to give it their best anyway.

Felix Palmen :freebsd: :c64:zirias@bsd.cafe
2025-06-03

Solved! 🥳

This was a pretty "interesting" bug. Remember when I invented a way to implement #async / #await in #C, for jobs running on a threadpool. Back then I said it only works when completion of the task resumes execution on the *same* pool thread.

Trying to improve overall performance, I found the complex logic to identify the thread job to put on a pool thread a real deal-breaker. Just having one single MPMC queue with a single semaphore for all pool threads to wait on is a lot more efficient. But then, a job continued after an awaited task will resume on a "random" thread.

It theoretically works by making sure to restore the CORRECT context (the original one of the pool thread) every time after executing a job, whether partially (up to the next await) or completely.

Only it didn't, at least here on #FreeBSD, and I finally understood the reason for this was that I was using #TLS (thread-local storage) to find the context to restore.

Well, most architectures store a pointer to the current thread metadata in a register. #POSIX user #context #switching saves and restores registers. I found a source claiming that the #Linux (#glibc) implementation explicitly does NOT include the register holding a thread pointer. Obviously, #FreeBSD's implementation DOES include it. POSIX doesn't have to say anything about that.

In short, avoiding TLS accesses when running with a custom context solved the crash. 🤯

2025-06-03

Deep Background: Using o3 to make an annotation layer to the "MAHA" report https://mikecaulfield.substack.com/p/deep-background-using-o3-to-make #AI #tools #context

I'll probably be doing a few posts on the CDC
"MAHA" report, because it's such an interesting example of the sort of thing which can benefit from expert context but is also just too vast to check using normal methods.
There's stuff in it that is correct (antibiotic use in children is out-of-control in this country and though new measures are starting to have some impact they are far too limited, most newer depression medications seem to have limited effectiveness for children, despite rising prescriptions). And there's stuff that is wrong or backwards (newer guidelines for lumbar puncture have actually reduced use of the procedure, not increased it, stimulant medication for ADHD generally has positive effects, even if it can't bring children up to a non-ADHD level of behavior).
But it's just page after page after page of it.
Stuff that is fairly solid mixed with stuff that misrepresents the studies it cites, and so forth.
2025-06-03

Deep Background: Using o3 to make an annotation layer to the "MAHA" report mikecaulfield.substack.com/p/d #AI #tools #context

I'll probably be doing a few posts on the CDC
"MAHA" report, because it's such an interesting example of the sort of thing which can benefit from expert context but is also just too vast to check using normal methods.
There's stuff in it that is correct (antibiotic use in children is out-of-control in this country and though new measures are starting to have some impact they are far too limited, most newer depression medications seem to have limited effectiveness for children, despite rising prescriptions). And there's stuff that is wrong or backwards (newer guidelines for lumbar puncture have actually reduced use of the procedure, not increased it, stimulant medication for ADHD generally has positive effects, even if it can't bring children up to a non-ADHD level of behavior).
But it's just page after page after page of it.
Stuff that is fairly solid mixed with stuff that misrepresents the studies it cites, and so forth.
2025-06-02

PRODUCTHEAD: Structuring teams for the work — team topologies and taxonomies

» Organisational changes will reveal weak spots in the current ways of working before you adapt them

» Structure teams differently based on the nature of the work

» There is value in using shared language to describe how teams differ

#prodmgmt #context #organisationalStructure #teamTopologies

📖 Read more: imanageproducts.com/producthea

Producthead logo
Thinking MunkThinkingMunk
2025-05-31

We speak on a lot of contextual layers | @destiny

Joe B. Wallrakontisto
2025-05-31

I'm trying to correct a longtime gap by finally reading Twain's Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn books, and have to admit—I hate them. Yeah, there's real craft here, and some great storytelling, but OMG it's nonstop n****r n****r n****r and I'm sure Twain was trying to be on the right side of things but it's just relentless. Reminds me how we queer folk are supposed to revere The Boys In The Band, which has a similar problem, but with sad gayness.

2025-05-23

The articles of last year’s #ConTeXt journal (proceedings of the ConTeXt meeting 2023) are now available online:
articles.contextgarden.net/jou

The current issue will be published in time for the ConTeXt meeting: meeting.contextgarden.net/

#TeXConTeXt

2025-05-22

Today I discovered one of the neatest tricks when using Docker remotely: create a persistent SSH connection that forwards the remote Docker socket to a local socket, and use that instead of Docker context. it is x10 times faster and truly feels as if you are running Docker locally.

3 days left for the DTA! im working on my gifted piece now :3 one little chibi of the cute birb tamagotchi 💚 #art #artsky #promosky #adopt #dta #context #drawtoadopt #ocsky #oc #tamagotchi #characterdesign #wip #artwip #furry

RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:zaekzfrcxerk5f7jnn3okdkd/post/3lndsacord22o

a sketch of the draw to adopt i quote retweeted this on, its a bird tamagotchi creature
2025-05-18

📢 User Modeling in Model-Driven Engineering: A Systematic Literature Review 📢

In this new paper, led by Aaron David Conrardy and with Alfredo Capozucca and yours truly, we study how users are modeled in current #modeldriven processes.

Modeling user's characteristics (including, e.g. their personality) could open the door to more #personalized applications.

But, unfortunately, we argue that:

❌ User modeling is mostly ignored or very superficial

❌ There is no unified user model that can be easily adopted

❌ Opportunities leveraging AI for user modeling (and viceversa) aren't there yet

Let's change this 💪 . Starting with a discussion in #Koblenz for #STAF #ECMFA!

🔗 modeling-languages.com/user-mo

#SLR #user #context #modeling #ECMFA #JOT

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