antekone @antekone@mstdn.io

I've created a pull request adding support for UnRAR v5 decompression to libarchive.

I'd really appreciate help with testing/code review of this code!

https://github.com/libarchive/libarchive/pull/1061

#opensource #libarchive #unrar

I've used #dvorak layout on my smartphone for 10 years. This year is the year I'm returning to #qwerty.

Probably no benchmark measures how much time a Dvorak typist wastes on trying to write on someone else's keyboard, which most probably is a qwerty keyboard.

Screen keyboards in TVs, Playstation consoles, your colleague's hardware, your SO's smartphone, default button mappings, iPhone, are all qwerty, and often you just can't switch to anything else (no option or someone else wants qwerty).

#OpenBSD adventures

1. From some reason, one of my server's date is shifted by 1 month to the past.

2. ntpd contacts Google's trusted server via https.

3. When trying to fix the invalid date thing, SSL verification fails due to "certificate not yet valid" and connection to Google's host fails.

4. From some reason, when connection to the "constraint" server fails, `pool.ntp.org` connection also fails.

5. I can't synchronize the date through NTP because I have an invalid date.

Wat?

latimes.com

"Unfortunately, our website is currently unavailable in most European countries. We are engaged on the issue and committed to looking at options that support our full range of digital offerings to the EU market."

Thank you #GDPR, I feel much safer now.

The future of #programming:

"If it typechecks, you can ship it!"

I believe the depdendent types concept (from i.e. Idris, F* [Fstar]) is the way to go!

"Where a calculator on the ENIAC is equipped with 18,000 vacuum tubes and weights 30 tons, computers in the future may have only 1,000 vacuum tubes and perhaps weigh 1,5 tons."

-- Popular Mechanics, 1949

I find listening to #audiobooks is more interesting when using 1.5x speed instead of 1.0x. Not only 10 hour can be compressed to 7.5h, but the mind will have less chances of wandering off during slow moments, because there will be no slow moments ._.

Good audiobook player shouldn't have any problems producing perfectly understandable voices.

I'm very excited to finally see some kind of trend towards native compilation of #programming languages; It seems that the club of Rust, Go, Crystal, Swift will be expanded by Scala.

http://www.scala-native.org

The amount of virtual machines these days is too damn high!

Embedded C++:

"The language has had a poor reception with many expert C++ programmers. In particular, Bjarne Stroustrup says, "To the best of my knowledge EC++ is dead (2004), and if it isn't it ought to be." [...] Nevertheless, a restricted subset of C++ (based on Embedded C++) has been adopted by Apple, Inc. as the exclusive programming language to create all I/O Kit device drivers for Apple's Mac OS X and iOS operating systems of the popular MacBook, iPhone, and iPad products."

Oh...

I don't love #Microsoft nor their products, but the Language Server Protocol they've created is the best thing ever. It allows to create really nice integrations of #programming languages with the editors that support the #LSP, like #Vim.

So even for Vim users like me, the #VisualStudioCode train is influencing the way I work.

Currently testing with Dart and it's working quite nice.

Seems Google is playing with necromancy to raise #Dart language from the dead in #Flutter framework.

The bad thing is that Dart doesn't really introduce any groundbreaking features. The good thing is that since it's so similar to other languages, it's very easy to learn.

The framework itself is pretty cool, I was able to create a small mobile app after few hours of reading. Can't wait for #Fuchsia

Better be an idiot for 5 minutes than for a lifetime.

#AskStupidQuestions

Track for today's wonderful evening

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oisEq7JP7eQ

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8gl_wUQcl1E

#stoner #drone #doom #earth

Just got this email from Gemini Bitcoin exchange. Thanks GDPR!

"Since we are unable to do business in your jurisdiction, we are deleting all of the data you have provided us when opting in for updates. Deletion will take effect on or before May 25, 2018, at 0:00 EEST. As such, you will not be able to create an account with Gemini Trust Company, LLC until we are licensed in your area."

#gdpr #bitcoin

You don't know what's life if you're not using the YouTube autoexpander script for WeeChat! 😜

https://github.com/antekone/youtube-autoexpand

Screenshot included :)

#weechat #irc #youtube

In the last 3 months: one Polish Bitcoin exchange stopped paying Polish taxes because of relocation to a different country, another one started the liquidation process because of problems with bank deals preventing them from accepting fiat currencies, and another, biggest one, declared relocating to Malta in nearest weeks.

This is what happens when people that have no idea about a subject try to regulate things.

#bitcoin #blockchain #cryptocurrencies

Google Duplex

I'm not sure if I'm impressed or afraid

https://ai.googleblog.com/2018/05/duplex-ai-system-for-natural-conversation.html

#ai #machinelearning #skynet