ijk64✅ @ijk64@m.futex.au

New blog post: https://surfingcomplexity.blog/2022/11/24/writing-docs-well-why-should-a-software-engineer-care/

"Needless to say, NASA didn’t just grab an iPad off the shelf and ram it into Orion. The hardware had to be modified such that it’s protected from all that nasty radiation in deep space."

Safe from space nastiness, hooked directly to earth nastiness.
https://gizmodo.com/nasa-messages-ipad-orion-alexa-1849820626

So, don't tell anybody, but we're going to announce Palm Pilot emulation in the browser at Internet Archive in the next week or so. I've still got to get descriptions in for the hundreds of apps that are uploaded, and add a few more classics. But if you want to help with that, or just let me know how it's going, ping me here.

But don't tell anybody! It's a secret!

https://archive.org/details/softwarelibrary_palm

For when you quickly want to inspect the contents of a binary file, I’ve created this web-based viewer: https://iamkate.com/code/binary-file-viewer/

The file is processed in your browser and doesn’t leave your computer. You can verify this as the 5KB of source code isn’t minified: https://iamkate.com/code/binary-file-viewer/page.js

To avoid the browser being slowed down by potentially millions of DOM elements, only the portions of the file currently visible in the viewport are rendered.

#WebDev #WebDevelopment #JavaScript

Would I post this to the bird site? Absolutely not. My mentions would become a trash fire the moment I even implied existence of my boobs.

Be sure to commit those changes to production before you sign out for the long weekend. Happy thanksgiving!

When measured by energy required to move people around, it's obvious that the real game changer in the EV field is not a Tesla, or even a car (although microcars come closer). The revolution here is the #ebike.
It's cheaper, safer, more efficient, more fun and it makes users healthier and happier. Although it also shares the problem of sustainability for battery production, the scale of this issue for ebikes is drastically reduced (close to 100x)
And the charging infrastructure already exists.

The antibiotic and probiotic manufacturers should call a truce until they figure it out.

#DadJoke #pun

friend: is this a real dinner party or are you acting out another movie fantasy

me: *picks up ornate box* I suppose you’re all wondering why I gathered you here tonight

late morning #eurorack #modular #synth jam w/ @rossedman

https://soundcloud.com/eskesk/datahowler-x-esk-morning-synth-jam-nov-23-2022

@Blaine @Alyzande Ok - few things: The Atari 2600 is amazing for only having 128 BYTES of RAM, the ZX Spectrum has brought the affordable computer to the home, and the Amiga 500 has shown that home computers can kick ass in Graphics and Sound! So to answer which one is the best: Yes.

The summer of '77 is when I worked with the #UNIX group at #BellLabs. Ritchie and Kernighan were working on their famous C book. I present Draft Version 1: #ComputerHistory

If you see this toot (yeah this one right here), can you boost it for me? It will help my new server federate with the wider Mastodon network. 🚀 🙏

☄️Asteroid impact predicted with stunning accuracy☄️

On Nov 18, the Catalina Sky Survey detected an asteroid on collision course with Earth.

Although the 1m rock was harmless, it triggered the test of an automated system designed to warn humanity of a more dangerous impact.

Within hours astronomers calculated that it would hit southern Ontario on Nov. 19 at 3:27 am EST.

At the predicted time, people across the region saw the bright trail as it blazed across the sky.

https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/nasa-program-predicted-impact-of-small-asteroid-over-ontario-canada

If you're interested in the #fediverse and #ActivityPub then I suspect you'll want to hear about Solid (https://solidproject.org/)

It's the project Sir Tim Berners-Lee is working on. You might know him as the created of the World Wide Web.

Solid is a project that hopes to separate user data from the app that uses it.

A person would store their data in a "pod" and give/revoke access to that data to/from the app.

This means user/account data is very portable! More so even than Mastodon.

A group at Johns Hopkins has created a scrollable, interactive map of the entire universe, from here to the cosmic microwave background.
Extraordinary discoveries at your fingertips for free, unimaginable when I was a kid. https://mapoftheuniverse.net/ #astronomy #space #exploration

Had to verify. And yes. Kernighan and Ritchie really did this. TIL :)