Notices by Andy Wingo (wingo@mastodon.social)

@daviwil i thought that was raymond library

video games these days are all about some guy called raymond tracing, who is he

tfw you learn that the evolution mail client will render `Content-Type: text/markdown`... by invoking a function from the commonmark C library on your email body to convert to html. what could go wrong?

my four stages of ineffective systems research practice:
1. gosh there is just so much to know! gotta dive in 🤯 (possibly fizzle out here)
2. ok i have an idea, let's build this thing!! 🚀 (possibly fizzle out here)
3. hey that was interesting, let's keep going until i fully understand the space! 😅 (possibly fizzle out here)
4. that was fun, but writing up things is a drag, what if we implement something else instead? 🤪 (repeat from step 1)

whee, i have a generational copying collector

u say u are into gc, name three tracks from minor trace's 1981 debut hardcore 7"

good morning, garbage collection is annoying https://wingolog.org/archives/2025/01/13/an-annoying-failure-mode-of-copying-nurseries

gods help me the architect has tasked me with choosing light switches, humanity has not evolved for this purpose

apparently power-over-ethernet can go to 100 watts DC these days, it would be funny to see a usb-c wall outlet wired as a PoE device

passé : worse is better
outré : worse is worse
respecté : getting better over time

i try to be parsimonious with memory but all of my programs are such good and plucky little rascals, who could deny them a little treat

new bloggery: ephemerons vs generations in whippet, in which we think about ephemerons some more

https://wingolog.org/archives/2025/01/09/ephemerons-vs-generations-in-whippet

@vivia there is no diaeresis in premiered!!!

tfw you want to reserve a terabyte of virtual memory, u will surely not regret building a system that reserves a terabyte of virtual memory,,,

@philn et vième république évidemment

exile update: been in friend’s flat two weeks, was supposed to be only two more but will be four. windows late, floor heating late, heat pump late; but window holes cut and poured, lots of demolition, some drywalling and replumbing, electrician in and out…

about to go into exile for a few weeks while workers install heat pump, heated floors, and new windows. gotta say, prepping for anything with three young kids is quite the handicap

exile update: whole lotta plumbing, heat pump installed but not yet running as floor heating installation happens next week.

afaiu these layoffs affect mozilla _foundation_ staff; not related to _corporation_ staff, the part of mozilla that makes firefox
https://w3c.social/@tink/113453822004851431

finally deleted my twittr