Nostr notes by Dualtronic

I finally got around to making an #EBook out of my #cyberpunk ...

2026-10-03T07:08:05Z

I finally got around to making an #EBook out of my #cyberpunk stories, new and old. It's free (with a donation link) so enjoy! https://felix.plesoianu.ro/sci-fi/gray-world/

That would also require educators to respect kids and not do ...

2026-08-21T18:04:27Z

In reply to nevent1q…k3pn
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That would also require educators to respect kids and not do things to them without consent.

Then there was the guy who tried to entice me into a programming ...

2026-08-10T05:25:07Z

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Then there was the guy who tried to entice me into a programming job by saying "you won't have to do it all. You can simply adapt what [competing company] is doing on their website". Cue me trying to explain that the proposal is 1) illegal AF and 2) deeply unethical while this would be employer kept telling me to stay calm.

My timeline this morning is a reminder that for most of my career ...

2026-08-10T04:52:56Z

My timeline this morning is a reminder that for most of my career I kept running into barely competent #programmers who feared code, learned a bare minimum and mistrusted the proper use of language features. They were seniors. Team leads. Bosses.

That's how we ended up where we are. You're welcome.

The techie tendency to overengineer everything is a liability in ...

2026-07-31T11:46:09Z

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The techie tendency to overengineer everything is a liability in a day and age when we need to drastically reduce resource consumption just to keep hardware online so we can stay in touch and spread knowledge.

Unfortunately it still helps to normalize LLM usage, in my ...

2026-07-01T17:30:05Z

In reply to nevent1q…6mag
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Unfortunately it still helps to normalize LLM usage, in my opinion. But I appreciate the sentiment.

This piece resonates with me because I've met so many ...

2026-05-27T12:20:54Z

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This piece resonates with me because I've met *so many* people who think they're owed everything just because they exist, starting with respect. And most of them aren't even businesspeople.

Right on cue: https://hachyderm.io/@inthehands/116581411144375262

2026-05-16T11:59:00Z

In reply to nevent1q…nus2
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Right on cue: https://hachyderm.io/@inthehands/116581411144375262

Before LLMs, higher-ups used to pressure us into coding as fast ...

2026-05-15T11:57:42Z

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Before LLMs, higher-ups used to pressure *us* into coding as fast as possible with no concern for quality. Of course not. It wasn't managers who were going to have to maintain that code. They wouldn't even shield us from yelling customers.

Some crash on opening, some display incorrectly or are unusable ...

2026-04-17T14:19:33Z

In reply to nevent1q…ntkg
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Some crash on opening, some display incorrectly or are unusable in other ways. It's been happening for a while, not just on this tablet. But now it's getting noticeable.

More and more apps from #FDroid are now broken on my aging ...

2026-04-16T06:37:50Z

More and more apps from #FDroid are now broken on my aging #Android tablet. By changing APIs all the time, Google forces even open source developers into planned obsolescence.

Belated nerdy coolness: "Television is 100 years old ...

2026-01-28T07:34:01Z

Belated nerdy coolness: "Television is 100 years old today." https://diamondgeezer.blogspot.com/2026/01/tv100.html

"So this is how democracy dies... with thunderous ...

2026-01-21T15:38:23Z

In reply to nevent1q…62lg
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"So this is how democracy dies... with thunderous applause."

Try PHP, it actually has gradual typing built right into the ...

2025-10-05T08:13:16Z

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Try PHP, it actually has gradual typing built right into the runtime, and will perform the checks for you.

Starting to think #Python's duck typing is a trap. Something ...

2025-10-05T07:52:36Z

Starting to think #Python's duck typing is a trap. Something looks like a dictionary... until it isn't. Something else is some kind of iterable; doesn't matter which kind... until it does. More like wishy-washy typing, am I right?

Good to know, but for now Debian 12 is stuck with Perl 5.36, so ...

2025-04-30T14:23:35Z

In reply to nevent1q…4jf7
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Good to know, but for now Debian 12 is stuck with Perl 5.36, so those goodies have to wait for a little longer.

Just added a page about #Perl to my #programming language #notes: ...

2025-04-30T12:59:09Z

Just added a page about #Perl to my #programming language #notes: https://felix.plesoianu.ro/languages/notes.html#Perl

Because this is the talk of the #internet again: you don't ...

2024-12-12T13:57:50Z

Because this is the talk of the #internet again: you don't preserve digital media by stuffing the One True Version in an #archive. Make countless copies and scatter them to the wind. Make each a different format. You don't know which of them will still be readable next decade, so *don't try to guess*.

That goes for analog media too. The Library of Alexandria contained copies. Many classic paintings only survived as copies.

Copying is how life itself beats death. Embrace it.