squirrel @squirrel@mastodon.org.uk

2020 in a nutshell

TIL about lsd and fd, two command line tools written in Rust

"My tools are going Rusty
Command line tools, rewritten in Rust"

https://elliehuxtable.com/my-tools-are-pretty-rusty/

How can I be expected to work under these conditions??

And that's how npm works

im not kidding

will.i.am or as the french call him will.je.suis

Oh, this looks neat!
Its great how LLVM, and here lld, make this sort of thing possible!
Also the linked paper is a must-read for anyone doing CS research on systems-y things!

https://github.com/llvm/llvm-project/commit/d48d339156916b4dd87a8c06c1c242fd794f08e5

plus my cups are all different sizes

#Matrix at #FOSDEM 2020

https://matrix.org/blog/2020/02/03/matrix-at-fosdem-2020

What I learned this #FOSDEM and at the #summit:
The #xmpp situation on #ios is far better than I imagined :)

#siskinim

" 99 second hand smartphones are transported in a handcart to generate virtual traffic jam in Google Maps.Through this activity, it is possible to turn a green street red which has an impact in the physical world by navigating cars on another route to avoid being stuck in traffic. " #googlemapshacks

http://www.simonweckert.com/googlemapshacks.html

The story on how Mercurial integrated Python and Rust looks interesting:

fosdem.org/2020/schedule/event…

Slides (PDF):

fosdem.org/2020/schedule/event…

The video has not been packaged yet. Is it possible to look back in the live stream?

#FOSDEM2020 #python #mercurial #rust

Coronavirus travel ban is already shutting down logging in New Zealand.

I have no idea why. Presumably because our logging contractors are Chinese?

Probably a net win for the planet, cos every tree felled is more carbon, but, also a reminder of just how weirdly fragile our globally integrated economy is.

https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/119236860/coronavirus-strikes-logging-crews-across-new-zealand

China is marshaling state-owned industries and market controls to build hospitals, ensure stable commodity prices, and provide universal treatment to stop the coronavirus outbreak.

https://www.qiaocollective.com/home/how-chinese-socialism-is-defeating-the-coronavirus-outbreak

Global temperature change over 2000 years.

#climatechange #climatecrisis #climatestrike #strike4climate #xr #fridays4future #climatejusticenow #divest #StopTheMoneyPipeline

RT @benjamincpu@twitter.com

I have just discovered https://matrix.org/ and I like it :D

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/benjamincpu/status/1222585313656217601