mastodon 4.6.9Not using this instance since it has been downgraded to that mastodon 4.2.0 abomination.
It is obviously the result of Zuckenberg demanding (in the secret meetings with the mastodon developers) to join facebook's war against accessibility.
What an unusable piece of shit.
I heard what a screenreader does with my username... so I thought for anybody who is curious about my Gaelic pronounciation here's my username in genuine Scottish Gaelic with Italian Accent.
Uilebheist means monster, so I'm also adding a common use of the word: Uilebheist Loch Nis, the Loch Ness Monster.
CLC-INTERCAL 1.-94.-2.1 escaped a few minutes ago
New in this escape:
* Full IPv6 support with a mechanism to store 128-bit addresses in 32-bit registers.
* IPv6 multicast to locate other CLC-INTERCAL programs.
* Reproducible build.
* Performance improvements.
* New compiler extension mechanism.
* Dissociative identity disorder (multiple personalities).
* Vastly updated documentation.
Full escape notes: https://git.sr.ht/~uilebheist/CLC-INTERCAL/blob/main/announce/1.-94.-2.1
TIL
I was reading about the Burroughs MCP operating system, as one does, and noticed the bit about being able to open a non-existing file for reading. This would cause the process to block until the file became available by whatever means (operator or user copying another file to that location, or redirecting the program to read a different file, etc).
Well...
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Has anybody ever managed to get amazon customer services (as they misleadingly call themselves) to actually do anything to fix their abysmal accessibility?
I contacted them, and they retaliated by having the following appear for *every* attempt to access the site:
There appears to be a new escape: 1.-94.-2.2 (yes, the version numbers get better with each new one)
In addition to implementing the roadworks/diversions and improving compatibility with the other compiler (if one asks for that) there is a complete rewrite of the Interpreter, and lots of other random changes.
Full release notes: https://git.sr.ht/~uilebheist/CLC-INTERCAL/tree/main/item/announce/1.-94.-2.2
download: https://uilebheist.srht.site/dist/CLC-INTERCAL-1.-94.-2.2/index.html
git repo: https://git.sr.ht/~uilebheist/CLC-INTERCAL/commit/811b92769e03fdecdcf51ff3d5d64f8aa889bd6f
So I was thinking (dangerous, I know).
I've seen people buying a new top of the range laptop to run a spreadsheet to add up their dividends (the old one worked just fine, and didn't need replacing, of course). And then pay more money to accountants to make sure this is made to look like a necessary work expense and therefore tax-deductable.
And then commenting in glee: "At least I'm not giving that money to the government"
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