My 13-year-old is writing Tetris using an assembly language they invented in Scratch (because x86 assembly is "too much"). I may need to get them a risc-v board soon.

Look, you have to fight fascism NOW. Oppose it everywhere in any way you can and see fit.

The longer you just sit on your arse the harder it will be.

You WILL have to fight them.

And it will get violent.

This is a truth.

It's a hard truth to accept; I grapple with it myself.

But defeatism now will only lead to the camps. Not for other people; it will be YOUR way to the camps.

Believe you me: it is that fucking simple, and it is that fucking true.

It's in the history books. Plain, true and simple.

The Nazis could have been stopped around the late 20s early 30s. Later on, resistance meant certain death.

You will not be able to switch sides or go "under cover". They have lists, and if you are - by whatever fate of whatever God - are not on those lists, they will put you there if they need someone there. And fascism always needs someone on a list.

Fight them now! Fight them in whatever way you can.

You will have to fight!

Some of you know today as π-day.

But the real insiders know that today is the 30th anniversary of the 1.0 release of Linux.

It's time to build scout trucks again! Here's my kid's last year entry.

A better headline: "Democrats seek ways to cut off Putin's Johnson."

https://www.reuters.com/world/us/us-ukraine-supporters-advance-effort-force-house-vote-aid-2024-03-12/

"To shift into drive, reverse, or park, Tesla owners will need to use their car's touchscreen.”

Look, touchscreens in vehicles are horrible:

1. It's really hard to hit the right area on the screen when the vehicle is moving, because you have nowhere to rest your hand to steady it.
2. I don't want to take off my gloves to turn anything off or on. No, "use special tactile gloves" is not a solution, because they are expensive, you can't be very precise while wearing them, and they gradually lose that magic touch over time as you wear them and get them grimy.
3. No, "use voice commands" is not a great alternative. Try yelling "turn off defrosters" loud enough to be heard over the noise of those defrosters.
4. I shouldn't need to wear my reading glasses to operate a vehicle. Progressive lenses are not an option for many due to cost and bifocals remove a large chunk of the vision field that you need for actual driving.

So, please let's all collectively move past the point where touchscreens are used for anything other than infotainment and GPS.

https://i.insider.com/64f77b8c7819260019119931?width=1200&format=jpeg

Is... is that IPv5?

Age of cringillionaires.

Note, Trump has already cut off all funding for Ukraine via his limp sockpuppet in congress.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-68533351

Welcome back to the time of year when my OCD is triggered every time someone tries to schedule a meeting with me in "EST."

Happy Women's day to all. Women's rights are human rights. May you never feel like a prop, trope or property.

I propose referring to "open-core" software as "open-sore" -- it will intentionally bleed you unless you pay for the enterprise version.

https://github.com/hoppscotch/hoppscotch/pull/3266#issuecomment-1984106576

Engineering,

My calisthenics program has a problem. Instead of proper opponents the holodeck is only creating cartoon ponies.

Worf

China: “Remove all VPNs”
Apple: “Sure thing”

China: “…and podcast apps”
Apple: “Can do boss!”

China: “…and also hand over all iCloud data for our citizens”
Apple: “I mean why wouldn’t we? Here you go!”

EU: “Allow alternate app stores, and do it fairly”
Apple: “Ahhh hell no! This is so unfair you guys are bullies! Malware! Privacy! We have standards! Unlike you we care about our users!”

During the day I'm all "gender is a social construct, you can be whoever you like, your anatomy does not define you!"

But then I put on my other hat to help my local baseball association with registrar duties and go full sadpanda as I sift through questionnaires with questions like "would your daughter like to join the all-girls team?"

Sigh. And this is especially stupid for baseball, because such gender modalities like muscles and aggressiveness have almost zero impact on how good a player is, especially for younger kids.

Today's goal is inbox... well not zero, but at least under 50.

POLL: A majority of Americans now believe that the New York Times, which was founded 172 years ago, is too old to be an effective newspaper. - Andy Borowitz