Notices by रञ्जित (Ranjit Mathew) (rmathew@mastodon.social)

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“The Militia And The Mole”, Pro Publica (https://www.propublica.org/article/ap3-oath-keepers-militia-mole).

On HN: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42594766

#USA #ArmedMilitia #MAGA #AP3 #OathKeepers #ProudBoys #DomesticTerrorism #Racism #WhiteSupremacy #Militia #Espionage

@robpike @aka_pugs You Rob them of the Joy of Unix? 😎

#TimeZones are some of the weirdest things you encounter in #programming:

“Australia/Lord_Howe Is the Weirdest Timezone”, Ulysse Carion (https://ssoready.com/blog/engineering/truths-programmers-timezones/).

Via HN: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41992314

On Lobsters: https://lobste.rs/s/ktjpvq/australia_lord_howe_is_weirdest_timezone

#UTC #TZ #DST #Time #TzInfo #TZDB

“Many Physicists Assume We Must Live In A Multiverse – But Their Basic Maths May Be Wrong” [2023], The Conversation (https://theconversation.com/many-physicists-assume-we-must-live-in-a-multiverse-but-their-basic-maths-may-be-wrong-216106).

#Universe #Multiverse #Science #Physics #DarkEnergy #Maths #Mthematics

Dijkstra’s snark notwithstanding, #BASIC was immensely helpful to me in learning #programming 🫡:

“BASIC Was Not Just A Programming Language”, Guillaume Chereau (https://gcher.com/posts/2023-12-24-basic/).

Via HN: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38777427

#ProgrammingLanguages #REPL #RetroComputing #OldSkool

@ryanhoulihan A comma or an exclamation mark after the “NO” would make this easier to parse.