2025-09-13T11:39:55Z https://nostr.now lambdageek https://nostr.now/npub1jdw9k8hupmxwfm4jzec3xwmzrgvrc39gfxx9t9ev4cen23zz484qn5n3ey https://files.mastodon.social/accounts/avatars/108/192/858/366/847/246/original/9939dc805fb7775b.png https://files.mastodon.social/accounts/avatars/108/192/858/366/847/246/original/9939dc805fb7775b.png https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsreqygcl45zwc0ygynmmxyz8qgdalgurdwddz57r9hkxf9gmckvrqzyzf4ckc7ls8vee8wkgt8zyemvgdps0zy4pycc4vh9jhrxd2yg2575xlrn2f There was a Copilot mini-hackathon at the office today. With a theme of interacting with the real world.<br/><br/>But the *real* real world is messy and fickle. So I decided to burn through some tokens having Copilot interact with a *fake* real world.<br/><br/>Humankind has always hated playing video games. So now Copilot can play a 30 year old game for you, while you go fill out your TPS reports<br/><br/>#textAdventure #interactiveFiction #modelContextProtocol #copilot #llm #mcp #emacs #dunnet<br/><br/> <img src="https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/114/674/031/819/419/591/original/9efc7381aaed7357.png"> 2025-06-13T03:58:39Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs9p0c93qc094wzh22jjmqecc0dngnn47enwwx3ldcpkg8fun54n0czyzf4ckc7ls8vee8wkgt8zyemvgdps0zy4pycc4vh9jhrxd2yg2575ue74f3 What exactly do we taste when something tastes &#34;salty&#34;?<br/>Is it possible to make something taste salty without sodium? Is there a way to use a small amount of salt in a way that tastes extra-salty?<br/><br/>#cooking #foodScience 2025-05-20T16:27:27Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqst3anjugs6whndc4dfyxdgad8al9jsyeyjcnapuukm5na73j9mkfqzyzf4ckc7ls8vee8wkgt8zyemvgdps0zy4pycc4vh9jhrxd2yg2575dkqne7 Apparently a book about the toxic work environment at Facebook came out last week, but zuck and co sued to prevent the author from promoting it. Would be a damn shame if people bought it and read it anyway<br/><br/>Meta Seeks to Block Further Sales of Ex-Employee’s Scathing Memoir <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/12/technology/meta-book-sales-blocked.html?unlocked_article_code=1.3k4.VUuA.fUv1huo783m_&amp;smid=nytcore-android-share">https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/12/technology/meta-book-sales-blocked.html?unlocked_article_code=1.3k4.VUuA.fUv1huo783m_&amp;smid=nytcore-android-share</a><br/><br/>#nytimes #books #facebook #meta 2025-03-13T11:03:06Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqszjpsuqz2vtac43rsg4n99f4clwzgqlgg9w4mdaf49lpwvvlua43gzyzf4ckc7ls8vee8wkgt8zyemvgdps0zy4pycc4vh9jhrxd2yg2575vv65ln In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsy5fyxnd4sutu3qxk75qcn0cvjzw4e7u836f08j360a7p58lwzj9spz4mhxue69uhhyetvv9ujumt0wd68ytnsw43qxm3c6h'>nevent1q…3c6h</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/><span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/nprofile1qy2hwumn8ghj7un9d3shjtnddaehgu3wwp6kyqpq6afy7z9swu2cje6hv0xf3a0w34eescrtp6rglfywsq29l5wswlxq7n59dk" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>nprofile1qy2hwumn8ghj7un9d3shjtnddaehgu3wwp6kyqpq6afy7z9swu2cje6hv0xf3a0w34eescrtp6rglfywsq29l5wswlxq7n59dk</span> (<span class="italic">nprofile…59dk</span>)</a></span> Used to see ads for this laptop in Computer Shopper and I always really wanted one of these back in high school. Seemed like such a cool idea at the time 2025-01-26T18:38:45Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqst0ychjukd5z6tzmk8sp98ekh6tyznjyjv35p0s8teerdwjqqxf6czyzf4ckc7ls8vee8wkgt8zyemvgdps0zy4pycc4vh9jhrxd2yg2575w6mjah This is actually close to the hot take I was gonna post the other day:<br/><br/>Rust is Haskell fan-fic with all the headaches of C++<br/><br/><a href="https://mastodon.online/@arialdo/113071828433755409">https://mastodon.online/@arialdo/113071828433755409</a><br/><br/>#rust #cplusplus #haskell #programmingLanguages #hottake 2024-09-03T17:44:36Z