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why is it so useful? i find myself commenting out arguments to a function to try a thing _all the time_

folks like to say programming languages are designed to be read not written. but code is meant to be futzed with.

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Going back and forth between released and pre-release #swift compilers made me realize just how small but impactful an improvement this is to my workflow.

In the 15+ years people have been promoting blockchains, this flowchart remains undefeated.

I’m not going to say there’s a lot of overlap between digital preservation librarianship and knitting, because this post says it more clearly than I ever could. digitalpreservation-blog.lib.c
Via @Researchbuzz

Found this beautiful unused keyboard in storage at work. Switches are all Cherry Brown and I really like the feel of them. Only gotcha: the interface may be an oddball.

“Some people choose to see the ugliness in this world, the disarray. I choose to see the beauty. To believe there is an order to our days.”

@noracodes My friend’s three-year-old’s version: ‘This is easy, dad. You go “type, type, type,” and it goes “‘‘pute, ‘pute, ‘pute” ‘.

“The sky was the color of television tuned to a dead channel”

80s meaning: grey
90s meaning: blue
Today: full of ads from the smart tv vendor

an ominous I-am-under-NDA-coded warning to immediately uninstall atop has been posted by a reputable tech blogger. rachelbythebay.com/w/2025/03/2

@lizzy or a secret third thing: the compiler is doing something seriously fucky

while reverse engineering, the eternal question of

"am i misunderstanding what the code is doing or is whoever wrote this really fucking stupid"

OH NO! CARMEN SANDIEGO HAS STOLEN YOUR last ice cube!

HANG UP YOUR SHORTSWORD, TODAY YOU WILL BATTLE DARK THOUGHTS. AND YOU WILL WIN.

"The game's in our heads. We can do what we want."

as I once memorably said off the cuff while DMming.

I actually wasn't nearly that freeform at the time, though I've since grown into the perspective.

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