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   Rich Felker (dalias@hachyderm.io)'s status on Sunday, 04-Oct-2026 10:39:58 JST Rich Felker

   @r Yes, it can (both).

   Generally when we implement a standard, we don't just arbitrarily decide it shouldn't do some things.

   It's possible (like before) that our locale system could just choose not to represent numeric formatting properties, but if they are represented to be exposed to the application, then POSIX specifies that the ' modifier to printf decimal format specifiers makes use of them to format the number.

   Since it needs the ' modifier, it's a non-intrusive feature that doesn't affect anyone not asking for it. Unlike the variable radix point.. 🤬

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   Allie! (dotsie@mastodon.social)'s status on Friday, 11-Sep-2026 09:02:14 JST Allie!

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   There are a lot of idiots with openclaw or similar running things like automated PRs, very funny experiments by some people on here exposed that well.

   People who take this further than a joke are going to hurt individuals who are using open models (which are problematic) and not the labs that are creating these things.

   It isn’t the right solution now. Preventing idiotic PRs totally makes sense.

   But Jane who got a Mac mini and followed a bad YouTube tutorial doesn’t deserve her drive wiped.

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   Rich Felker (dalias@hachyderm.io)'s status on Wednesday, 26-Aug-2026 23:19:45 JST Rich Felker

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   @mhoye @technomancy The way compiling and linking was designed makes it possible to build and run things in resource-constrained environments and to have things that consume only proportionately tiny amount of resources in a shared environment where you want to have lots of things.

   It feels like everyone has forgotten that, and it's really sad.

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   Max Blumenthal (maxblumenthal@mastox.eu)'s status on Monday, 17-Aug-2026 18:10:48 JST Max Blumenthal

   RT: @JamesWebb_16 We no longer have a carrier presence in the Pacific…

   The debate about the food aboard the Lincoln and now the George Washington is largely a red herring. Arguing about food substitutes an emotional argument for a stark practical one. The real issue is how the war on Iran is burning through equipment and people. I.e., now the Lincoln, along with the Ford, will most certainly undergo maintenance for an extended period because of the length of their deployments in support of the war in Iran. Those deployments will also hurt retention (this was a major issue during the Iraq War in particular; remember stop loss?) And the question is: for what? It’s not like they were chasing the Imperial Japanese Navy across the Pacific following an attack like Pearl Harbor.

   Now the Administration, despite all the warnings about Taiwan and a China-focused National Security Strategy, is moving our only carrier out of the Pacific. This is a major strategic signal, coming on the heels of news that we’ve burned through other major capabilities such as interceptors, radars, stand-off munitions, and a large chunk of the MQ-9 fleet, among other things.

   It is clear that the Iran war is not only detrimental to US national security, but a potential strategic blunder worse than Iraq if we don’t cut bait; and this is the conversation pro-war types want to avoid at all costs.

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   Aral Balkan (aral@mastodon.ar.al)'s status on Tuesday, 17-Mar-2026 20:14:28 JST Aral Balkan

   @ainmosni @onepict The term “FOSS” probably has more to do with why we keep getting surprised by these sorts of things over and over again more than anything else.

   The F and the OSS are very separate things.

   It’s like looking at the Corporate Democrats or New Labour and wondering why they’re not progressive.

   The only thing “open source software” and the people who build “open source software” care about is that the source is open. Literally just that. It’s open as in open for business and it’s always been that. Associating with free software has always been a whitewashing effort. And we seem to freely allow it to the detriment of the latter.

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   Andreas (ixs@mastodon.bawue.social)'s status on Wednesday, 11-Feb-2026 21:03:04 JST Andreas

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   @root42 @Philsan no doubt.
   The claim also completely misses what the demo scene is about.

   As far as I remember, none of my demo scene friends ever talked about that demo coming in on time and under budget or how they could have saved millions and salaries by automating things.

   It was always about sitting with other humans, having some drinks and doing some cool stuff with the computer.
   And then - half drunk - at 3 AM having that epiphany and coming up with the ultimate hack that won them the competition.

   I am absolutely certain, a well trained. LLM can create a nice demo. But that’s not what it’s about.
   Which seems to be a common theme with LLMs actually. 🤷🏻♂️