RE: https://mamot.fr/@pluralistic/116158853626133343

Better bookmark this now so I can pull it up later in chat/e-mail discussions where it might be relevant.

Mood: Saturday night, compiling #GCC so I can do #reflection on 8-bit avr, sippin' club mate.
#cpp

As a C++ programmer, this article really raised a lot of interesting points.

IMO, one of the things the C++ community has actually become slowly better at is accepting new ideas.
#Rust really shook things up, but I'd say C++ has started to learn from rust, if not the core language then the idioms.

So I don't think C++ will be going exactly the same route as #Perl, but this should work as a cautionary tale not to.

#cpp

https://www.beatworm.co.uk/blog/computers/perls-decline-was-cultural-not-technical

Very interesting article by @ploum .

Maybe your #DigitalIndependenceDay should be about moving off github?

> Big institutions like my Alma Mater or entire countries have no excuse to still use American monopolies. This is either total incompetence or corruption, probably a bit of both.

How Github monopoly is destroying the open source ecosystem

https://ploum.net/2026-01-05-unteaching_github.html

RE: https://ec.social-network.europa.eu/@EC_DIGIT/115615249774168081

This is rich following a year where technical experts have been screaming their heads off about #ChatControl being awful and weakening #GDPR and other citizen protections in order to please the AI companies is terrible.

It is no longer acceptable that lawmaker sit in the corner and discuss with the lobbyists.

It is 2000. I'm 18 years old. They say my job won't survive quantum computing (IBM is really close).

It is 2005. I'm 23 years old. They say my job won't survive visual IDEs.

It is 2010. I'm 28 years old. They say my job won't survive smartphones.

It is 2015. I'm 33 years old. They say my job won't survive web3.

It is 2020. I'm 38 years old. They say my job won't survive AI.

It is 2025. I'm 43 years old. They say my job won't survive quantum computing.

If anyone is hearing a lot about, "Picks and shovels" by @pluralistic #LibroFM is having a sale on a lot of audiobooks, among others "Red Team Blues", the first book (and also the last?) about Martin Hench.

Libro.fm lets you download the books you buy, so you actually buy them. No take backsies

(my referral link: https://libro.fm/referral?rf_code=lfm707477 )

https://libro.fm/audiobooks/5184389278339-red-team-blues

Just been to the Danish premiere of "Ada & Zangermann" - the movie. (https://ada.fsfe.org)
It struck me it had quite a bit of similarities to @pluralistic 's "unauthorized bread".
Turns out, not only was that story part of the inspiration. Cory also helped in the initial production of the book.

So if you're looking for a version of Unautorized bread, targeted from about 5 years (and with a much lighter view of the future) check out the book and/or movie!
#fsfe #FLOSS #OSS #AdaZangermann

Reading @pluralistic's Little Brother and fell over this little nugget of gold:

> Take it from a Castle Wolfenstein veteran. You don't want the Nazis running the country.

Not sure if this counts as a @kevlin or a @vitaut
But i guess a Danish Oscar nominee doesn't need Danish letters

There is something to be said for reading @pluralistic 's "Radicalized" in drm-free format while waiting for #gcc trunk to compile

Saw this, thought of @Patricia

https://programming.dev/post/17865888

Everybody's Free (To Write Websites)

Enbies and gentlefolk of the class of '24:

Write websites.

If I could offer you only one tip for the future, coding would be it. The long term benefits of coding websites remains unproved by scientists, however the rest of my advice has a basis in the joy of the indie web community's experiences. I will dispense this advice now:

1/10

I really think the #TaxTheRich initiative is good and the right thing to do.

If you are in the EU you can go something about it:
https://citizens-initiative.europa.eu/initiatives/details/2023/000006_en

But i noticed that one of the people behind the initiative is Thomas Pikkety and having read @Patricia's less than stellar review of his book i'm wondering whether the science behind is sound.

@pluralistic's"Enshittify" seems like the thing there would be a japanese kanji for.
The kind that always come with a hirigana character and has subtle hints, dissing the west; but only if you really understand the fine details.

@Patricia I couldn't help thinking of you when I saw this:

https://www.humblebundle.com/software/master-your-workflow-ultimate-project-management-productivity-bundle-software

OK #Cpp #hivemind, or perhaps just @DanielaKEngert 😃
Has anyone managed to get #GCC to make a STD #modules module?

I got stuck with not being able to export some operators, because something is still not implemented, and GCC claims it is duplicately defined.

Do ppl just use header modules and ’import export std’ or somthing? Or is GCC just a lost cause for now?

I'm fully prepared (in fact I'm forced to) make my own std module and not just wait for GCC to provide it.

I could look at qutebrowser (https://qutebrowser.org/)again, but I like being on Firefox, especially after what chrome came out with recently.

TFW you've been coding in #vim all day and suddenly wonder why [Shift]+G doesn't take you to the end of the page and you realise you are in Firefox.

Taking letbanen is not so bad, when you get to find a #KevlinHenney @kevlin 😃