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yeah, then NatSemi integrated Ethernet onto a single chip and game over TR

yeah, Madge was a (UK based) 2nd source of IBM Token Ring kit … MAUs, CAUs and so on iirc much better determinism than Ethernet CSMA/CD

Tolkien, Pratchett … like Bach and Toploader?

what fraction of the (slow roll) payout is Fujitsu committed to pay by virtue of their collusion in the Post Office scandal?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paradox_of_tolerance

I think this is quite interesting… - another proof point that AI upends project economics - AI will soon be able to make custom desktops and apps (msoffice clone anyone) that will …

uncanny valley

can it do brummie?

The median income in Southern England is comparable, but house prices are 2-3x higher. Not surprising that we moan about tax subsidies getting paid to folk with a better lifestyle.…

also they need the tax to pay for the Irish Navy to prevent Putin from cutting the fiber

raku -pe 'tr/a..z/b..za/' <<< etbjxntqrdke

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sadly, I think we are stuck with JSON as the most reliable way to get data / code in and out of an LLM (could be worse, could be YAML) … I’m interested in custom DSLs that improve …

or raku -e 'say "etbjxntqrdke".comb.map({chr .ord + 1}).join'

this is awesome - I wonder how this would combine with DSL tools like https://slangify.org

> must be a Raku coder -Ofun

what, no HTMX?

This post from perl and raku thought leader Damian Conway explains the newly formed The Raku Foundation came about.

i suppose you have to at least try tailwind if you advocate for LOB … in https://harcstack.org , I have started with https://picocss.com which keeps the HTML squeaky clean. it is o…

yeuch … should’ve used https://harcstack.org , like the new https://raku.foundation site

Counterpoint: “I’ve seen things you people wouldn’t believe. Attack ships on fire off the shoulder of Orion. I watched C-beams glitter in the dark near the Tannhäuser Gate. All tho…

does rust have FFI, then? (aka stable ABI)

goodbye old friend