I mean, with everyone switching their perfectly fine declarative configs into Lua and forcing their users to learn an ugly programming language, why shouldn't this be acceptable too?

I really hate the Zig syntax on these things (from worst to still bad): - Multiline string literals - comptime keyword (instead of a symbol) - the vertical bars on for loops | capture_values | - switch branch => operator - array literal declarations

Hey @ThreeIreland, you are filtering or blocking zigtools.org/. Only way to access is from outside your network. The domain resolves correctly to Cloudfare IPV4 addresses 104.21.40.193 and 172.67.188.67. And traceroute reaches them through your network. #ziglang

Here's an elementary school exam question: If US did a nuclear strike on Iran, wouldn't that mean Iran would be now legitimized to pursue a nuclear defense program? How many 9 year olds you think would ace the exam? Bonus points to who says "and the rest of the world too".

Male grooming salons are ruining the western society.

Aren't AI service providers great? They have full control over the means of production. And if you don't use it, you are a loser, and you are ngmi. Let's all have a show of hands for Anthropic making this a better world!

I'm hereby starting a petition to fund a special place in hell for "people with opinions". Please donate. It's a hole in the ground with exit arrows pointing at all four walls. From above, a recording on a loop of all the stupid opinions that got them stuck in this hole.

I don't think they ever taught touch-typing in European middle schools. Not me in the 80s, and not my millenial son and gen Z daughter. I was only taught to touch type in the army. And then quickly forgot it.

He was also a film and stage actor. Particularly impressive on stage. But none of that matters, I guess... Rest in peace Picard. You will be properly remembered. We are all here waiting for Godot.

Let me just grab a lifetime of supplies while we wait for a black belt in spin to reconsider his life choices.

So AI devs are not getting in the job marketplace? Color me surprised. Sorry Debbie. It sucks. I'm not one to laugh at someone losing a job opportunity. But take a step back and consider if you really want to throw away all your 10+ years of training for the convenience of AI.

I see a lot of my replies to posts disappearing from the thread view. The reply counter still acknowledges them, but the only way I can see my own reply to other people posts that disappear like this is by going to my profile. What's going on? They haven't been hidden by the OP either. Their hidden replies list is empty.

So, I gave @bluesky a shot for a week. But let me tell you, it's a complete graveyard for tech and software development. After 4 years, its #feeds feature has turned into a spammy promo mailbox. You'll be assaulted by product announcements if you add any one of those feeds. It's very hard to find anyone interesting unless they happen to drop on your regular feed. But the problem with that is the whole place is now almost entirely a political social media service, and no one uses Bluesky except to vent their political grievances. Starter packs can't be found after you created your account either. Or so it seems. So, I can't even comb through other people's following suggestions. It's ironic that the offshoot of Tweeter and the alternative to X turned into a platform both less topic diverse than tweeter ever was and more politically oriented than X can ever be. Crossed off.