Orual
@nonbinary.computer
Person who does electrical, computer, and music things.
Mother of machines.
Mother of machines.
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KiCAD is my favorite video game.
November 7, 2026 at 2:15 PM
KiCAD is my favorite video game.
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confuses me that no one seems bothered by aella pushing physiognomy more effectively than the caliper bros ever have
November 6, 2026 at 2:32 PM
confuses me that no one seems bothered by aella pushing physiognomy more effectively than the caliper bros ever have
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> lots of software written in C and C++ is Free as in Use After
lmao
lmao
Avoiding quote toots to avoid social media anti-patterns, so subtooting instead:
I’m reading conspiratiorial takes about LLM vulnerability discovery from often-boosted folks who should know better what C is like.
I guess conspiracy theorizing is more comfortable than conceding that 1) lots of […]
I’m reading conspiratiorial takes about LLM vulnerability discovery from often-boosted folks who should know better what C is like.
I guess conspiracy theorizing is more comfortable than conceding that 1) lots of […]
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November 7, 2026 at 9:04 AM
> lots of software written in C and C++ is Free as in Use After
lmao
lmao
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Have you given to figproto this month? You should probably give to figproto.
Hundreds of apps run with support from Microcosm across the Atmosphere, and Microcosm runs with support from you!
give:
ko-fi.com/bad_example
github.com/sponsors/uni...
join:
discord.gg/tcDfe4PGVB
give:
ko-fi.com/bad_example
github.com/sponsors/uni...
join:
discord.gg/tcDfe4PGVB
November 7, 2026 at 5:10 AM
Have you given to figproto this month? You should probably give to figproto.
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Rain is right! C’s deficiencies for writing high assurance code lead to C community lacking strong norms for writing high assurance code, which leads to persistent vulnerability problems beyond just memory safety.
November 6, 2026 at 11:34 PM
Rain is right! C’s deficiencies for writing high assurance code lead to C community lacking strong norms for writing high assurance code, which leads to persistent vulnerability problems beyond just memory safety.
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Deranged Transgender Computer Touchers’ Society (Cisgender Men’s Branch But With Error Bars)
Deranged Transgender Computer Toucher's Society (Integer Underflowed its Sanity Meter Division)
I'm in the Deranged Transgender Computer Toucher’s Society (Normal Division)
November 6, 2026 at 5:02 AM
Deranged Transgender Computer Touchers’ Society (Cisgender Men’s Branch But With Error Bars)
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You now gotta put the pronouns in the type signature. All because of Woke…
November 5, 2026 at 5:11 PM
You now gotta put the pronouns in the type signature. All because of Woke…
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> In the modern version, these models were trained on the accumulated writing, code, science, and art of humanity. Now a handful of companies are packaging that capability inside systems only they control. Zeus stole the fire first.
I think we should steal it back.
I think we should steal it back.
What happens when a billion more people can build software?
AI is making programming easier. But building something shouldn't mean giving up control over where it runs or who owns it.
Our CEO @apenwarr.ca on what comes next: tailscale.com/blog/100x-more-programmers?…
AI is making programming easier. But building something shouldn't mean giving up control over where it runs or who owns it.
Our CEO @apenwarr.ca on what comes next: tailscale.com/blog/100x-more-programmers?…
100x more programmers
AI could create a billion new programmers. But who controls what they build? Explore why open infrastructure, simpler networking, and freedom from AI vendor lock-in matter.
https://tailscale.com/blog/100x-more-programmers?…
November 5, 2026 at 6:36 PM
> In the modern version, these models were trained on the accumulated writing, code, science, and art of humanity. Now a handful of companies are packaging that capability inside systems only they control. Zeus stole the fire first.
I think we should steal it back.
I think we should steal it back.
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wiring 400 of these bad bois together like styropyro so i can run obliterated claude opus 5.5 locally in my backyard
reminder: you can get perfectly cromulent ThinkPads off eBay for under $200, slap Linux on the thing and it'll be a perfectly zippy workhorse
November 6, 2026 at 3:12 AM
wiring 400 of these bad bois together like styropyro so i can run obliterated claude opus 5.5 locally in my backyard
Deranged Transgender Computer Toucher's Society (Integer Underflowed its Sanity Meter Division)
I'm in the Deranged Transgender Computer Toucher’s Society (Normal Division)
Deranged Transgender Computer Toucher’s Society (Cisgender Men’s Branch)
November 6, 2026 at 2:35 AM
Deranged Transgender Computer Toucher's Society (Integer Underflowed its Sanity Meter Division)
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its all you backend as a service users, just figure out auth like a normal person
why the fuck is email the only way to log in to some sites. i don't want your stupid magic link. guess what, they dont always work, just let me log in with a fucking passkey or password.
November 5, 2026 at 11:45 AM
its all you backend as a service users, just figure out auth like a normal person
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oh my fucking god
November 5, 2026 at 1:19 PM
oh my fucking god
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woke 3 should revive ESG and sustainability as buzzwords
Data centers are repurposing old jet engines from desert boneyards into fossil gas-burning electricity generators to bypass years-long power grid delays. These converted turbines pollute significantly more, emitting higher levels of carbon monoxide and volatile organic compounds.
Old, Polluting Jet Engines Are Being Scavenged to Power Data Centers (Gift Article)
www.nytimes.com
November 5, 2026 at 1:05 PM
woke 3 should revive ESG and sustainability as buzzwords
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woke is back it’s time for Apple to spend $500 billion on a Terra Ignota adaptation
November 5, 2026 at 8:17 AM
woke is back it’s time for Apple to spend $500 billion on a Terra Ignota adaptation
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Nobody noticing that it was a non-binary Bluesky developer who added pronouns into the app.
November 5, 2026 at 10:08 AM
Nobody noticing that it was a non-binary Bluesky developer who added pronouns into the app.
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Be an increasingly specific person who refuses to give up ❤️
the more i learn about computers the more i realize that the entire field is held together by a collection of increasingly specific people who refuse to give up
November 4, 2026 at 6:50 PM
Be an increasingly specific person who refuses to give up ❤️
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big news for canadian space! they like their economists :)
Government of Canada announces new president for the Canadian Space Agency - Canada.ca
Today, the Honourable Mélanie Joly, Minister of Industry and Minister responsible for Canada Economic Development for Quebec Regions, announced that the Government of Canada has appointed Alexander MacDonald as president of the Canadian Space Agency.
www.canada.ca
November 5, 2026 at 3:02 AM
big news for canadian space! they like their economists :)
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one failure mode of pid and pi controllers is oscillation around a setpoint without settling.
The USA, as a laggy, lossy, second-order (takes [some] outputs as inputs) system will be almost impossible to tune.
the work is 'the slow boring of hard boards,' but neither are we free from it.
The USA, as a laggy, lossy, second-order (takes [some] outputs as inputs) system will be almost impossible to tune.
the work is 'the slow boring of hard boards,' but neither are we free from it.
November 4, 2026 at 6:42 PM
one failure mode of pid and pi controllers is oscillation around a setpoint without settling.
The USA, as a laggy, lossy, second-order (takes [some] outputs as inputs) system will be almost impossible to tune.
the work is 'the slow boring of hard boards,' but neither are we free from it.
The USA, as a laggy, lossy, second-order (takes [some] outputs as inputs) system will be almost impossible to tune.
the work is 'the slow boring of hard boards,' but neither are we free from it.
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Over the next few days and weeks you're going to see a lot of AI hate in the news, as the post midterm agenda takes shape. This is 100% the fault of top AI executives deciding to make common cause with a rising fascist movement.
It's important to not let this polarize you into being a reactionary.
It's important to not let this polarize you into being a reactionary.
It's important not to let the (charitably: small fraction of) anti-ai people who are pulling the whole "look at these gross autists with broken brains" thing polarize you into being a reactionary
November 5, 2026 at 1:46 AM
Over the next few days and weeks you're going to see a lot of AI hate in the news, as the post midterm agenda takes shape. This is 100% the fault of top AI executives deciding to make common cause with a rising fascist movement.
It's important to not let this polarize you into being a reactionary.
It's important to not let this polarize you into being a reactionary.
yep. while I do want bottom surgery at some point, and I pass well enough with my natural face after years on HRT so there's less instrumental reason to want ffs, nonetheless...yeah I want to not feel a certain way a certain percentage of the time when I get out of the shower and look in the mirror.
if you put 100 trans women in a room and asked them about their number one most desired surgery, you'll get a very different answer from if you put 100 cis people in a room and asked them about what they think trans women would want. This is very revealing of Gender
November 5, 2026 at 1:46 AM
yep. while I do want bottom surgery at some point, and I pass well enough with my natural face after years on HRT so there's less instrumental reason to want ffs, nonetheless...yeah I want to not feel a certain way a certain percentage of the time when I get out of the shower and look in the mirror.
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This keeps coming up "X winning AI conversation" but imo it's strictly false. Atproto has both better signal to noise ratio, and smarter more welcoming community. You learn more and have better conversation about Lem's, here than X hands down.
This election cycle has made one thing pretty clear: X is politically irrelevant.
November 4, 2026 at 8:06 PM
This keeps coming up "X winning AI conversation" but imo it's strictly false. Atproto has both better signal to noise ratio, and smarter more welcoming community. You learn more and have better conversation about Lem's, here than X hands down.
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I don't think the people who made blatant lightcone scale power grabs and betrayed every other intelligence on this planet have grounds to complain about society hating them. Try not doing that next time
November 4, 2026 at 11:35 PM
I don't think the people who made blatant lightcone scale power grabs and betrayed every other intelligence on this planet have grounds to complain about society hating them. Try not doing that next time
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tech workers who move to seattle for work are possibly the most trans demographic on earth that is not trans-exclusive
...by the influx of tech workers who tend to lean libertarian. However, we're experiencing massive layoffs in that sector, so now they're *disgruntled* libertarians.
c) The sheer math means that Seattle's ballots (King County) are counted over days, not hours.
c) The sheer math means that Seattle's ballots (King County) are counted over days, not hours.
November 4, 2026 at 6:38 PM
tech workers who move to seattle for work are possibly the most trans demographic on earth that is not trans-exclusive
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bsky product team has a chance to make an incredibly funny change to the profile page today
November 4, 2026 at 2:13 PM
bsky product team has a chance to make an incredibly funny change to the profile page today