Jons Mostovojs @jonn@social.doma.dev

Fun fact: I was talking with some very non-tech people today and multiple people said they switched to Firefox because of Google Chrome ruining adblock and because of them shoving AI crap into it. But, they dislike or are ambivalent about all of Firefox other than it having functional adblock and no AI crap (as do I, Firefox sucks a lot), but then half of them said they switched back to Chrome because Mozilla started releasing AI crap and didn't see why they should bother.

So all the people who say “oh Normal People either don't care about AI or actively like it and Mozilla is just trying to expand their userbase” are just lying. Once you get out of the perpetually online sphere you do see a lot fewer people vehemently against AI, but I also have never once met anyone who actually really liked it (at best people tentatively use it for a few things). And Mozilla is actively making the browser as bad as possible and pushing people who don't care about what browser they use beyond a few features away

Our first episode is dropping tomorrow! We're so excited to jam some games of #MagicTheGathering with @googlyeyesonmagiccards @east_coast_zach and friends!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M07qPWs3u3Q

Just fucking vote. For fucks sake

🚀 NixCon 2024 Recap – A Community Thriving! 🚀

Proud to share my latest article on Heise c't online about NixCon 2024! This year’s event brought over 400 passionate developers, enthusiasts, and users together in Berlin, showcasing the diversity and growth of the Nix and NixOS community. From hands-on workshops to discussions on sustainable software, the excitement was palpable. Check out the article to dive into the highlights and see what’s next for the Nix ecosystem!

📖 Read more: https://www.heise.de/en/news/NixCon-2024-The-community-is-growing-and-thriving-9997516.html

#NixCon2024 #NixOS #CommunityGrowth #TechInnovation #OpenSource

I don't know, y'all, maybe don't use a figure that seems to be specifically designed to lure children in, and give it a name that definitely sounds like a nickname for Lucifer.

I was really pleasantly surprised by the quality of slides at this OOPSLA, particularly in the types and effects sessions! People have clearly put effort into visualizing complex metatheory, presenting concepts incrementally, and augmenting notation with color/animation (very laborious for authors, I know!)

@jonn i don't have the most fully fleshed out configuration atm since i'm using helix primarily, but there is a good list of configs using nixvim here: https://nix-community.github.io/nixvim/user-guide/config-examples.html

@jonn notably nvf would make what it looks like you are trying to do significantly easier: https://notashelf.github.io/nvf/index.xhtml#ch-languages

@jonn there is also https://github.com/NotAShelf/nvf for an easier ootb setup

@jonn have you tried using https://github.com/nix-community/nixvim? i don't have a crazy complicated config but you can see it here: https://github.com/uncenter/flake/blob/main/users/uncenter/programs/neovim.nix

🇬🇪 Georgian opposition demands new elections under international oversight at a large rally in Tbilisi.

President Salome Zurabishvili addressed the crowd: "You did not lose the election. Your voice was stolen, and they tried to steal your future. No one has the right to do that."

Thousands have already joined the protests.

The original REPL

I just realized this absolute banger of a UI, being in Russian, might have escaped wider audiences, so I translated it for you. Originally seen in Yandex.Plus

When you really need visual programming but all you have is text

Amazing. So looks like (in all Blink browsers on Windows since relatively recently) reading a user-selected File with a FileReader, and then putting the same file in FormData and sending it, crashes the tab.

I'll just work around this, can't be arsed to make a demo and figure out where to file the bug.

But yeah "file upload crashes browser" certainly aligns with the overall state of software these days.