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Our old small TV *finally* broke so we bought a new one, a bit bigger so I can read the writing in detective programmes.
Very happy to find a *non-smart* TV made by Cello: https://celloelectronics.com/collections/non-smart-tvs
Our Steam Deck happily plugs into it and we watch everything […]
Very happy to find a *non-smart* TV made by Cello: https://celloelectronics.com/collections/non-smart-tvs
Our Steam Deck happily plugs into it and we watch everything […]
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mastodon.social
January 21, 2026 at 11:30 AM
Our old small TV *finally* broke so we bought a new one, a bit bigger so I can read the writing in detective programmes.
Very happy to find a *non-smart* TV made by Cello: https://celloelectronics.com/collections/non-smart-tvs
Our Steam Deck happily plugs into it and we watch everything […]
Very happy to find a *non-smart* TV made by Cello: https://celloelectronics.com/collections/non-smart-tvs
Our Steam Deck happily plugs into it and we watch everything […]
Yay, my Overload articles are back on the Internet!
Including Why I Don't Use AI: https://accu.org/journals/overload/33/190/balaam/
Thank you @ACCU !
Including Why I Don't Use AI: https://accu.org/journals/overload/33/190/balaam/
Thank you @ACCU !
Why I Don’t Use AI
Many people are embracing GenAI. Andy Balaam encourages us to pause and think about why this might not be a good idea.
accu.org
January 21, 2026 at 10:36 AM
Yay, my Overload articles are back on the Internet!
Including Why I Don't Use AI: https://accu.org/journals/overload/33/190/balaam/
Thank you @ACCU !
Including Why I Don't Use AI: https://accu.org/journals/overload/33/190/balaam/
Thank you @ACCU !
I think I've found the actual worst web site at ups.com
January 13, 2026 at 11:05 AM
I think I've found the actual worst web site at ups.com
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To all the open source developers who put hours and hours of their lives into a project they built, put it out into the world, and now it sits with approximately zero users.
January 9, 2026 at 1:24 PM
To all the open source developers who put hours and hours of their lives into a project they built, put it out into the world, and now it sits with approximately zero users.
Ideas for future Rust videos:
* Re-implement a standard thing like Vec
* Implement arbitrary-precision numbers
* Fix the tests from my FizzBuzz video!
* Talk about what exactly an async block is / how does async actually work?
* Something about borrowing
* Draw a Mandelbrot set with arbitrary […]
* Re-implement a standard thing like Vec
* Implement arbitrary-precision numbers
* Fix the tests from my FizzBuzz video!
* Talk about what exactly an async block is / how does async actually work?
* Something about borrowing
* Draw a Mandelbrot set with arbitrary […]
Original post on mastodon.social
mastodon.social
January 9, 2026 at 1:31 PM
Ideas for future Rust videos:
* Re-implement a standard thing like Vec
* Implement arbitrary-precision numbers
* Fix the tests from my FizzBuzz video!
* Talk about what exactly an async block is / how does async actually work?
* Something about borrowing
* Draw a Mandelbrot set with arbitrary […]
* Re-implement a standard thing like Vec
* Implement arbitrary-precision numbers
* Fix the tests from my FizzBuzz video!
* Talk about what exactly an async block is / how does async actually work?
* Something about borrowing
* Draw a Mandelbrot set with arbitrary […]
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I've written several articles[1] for ACCU's Overload journal over the years. A big motivation for submitting to that journal was that the articles were freely available online.
Now ACCU has decided to make all of my old articles unavailable, and put them behind a paywall.
This breaks all the […]
Now ACCU has decided to make all of my old articles unavailable, and put them behind a paywall.
This breaks all the […]
Original post on mastodon.social
mastodon.social
January 7, 2026 at 11:49 AM
I've written several articles[1] for ACCU's Overload journal over the years. A big motivation for submitting to that journal was that the articles were freely available online.
Now ACCU has decided to make all of my old articles unavailable, and put them behind a paywall.
This breaks all the […]
Now ACCU has decided to make all of my old articles unavailable, and put them behind a paywall.
This breaks all the […]
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RE: https://mastodon.social/@andybalaam/115695963230660721
Still available via @internetarchive : https://web.archive.org/web/20251212090638/https://accu.org/journals/overload/33/190/balaam/
Still available via @internetarchive : https://web.archive.org/web/20251212090638/https://accu.org/journals/overload/33/190/balaam/
January 7, 2026 at 1:14 PM
RE: https://mastodon.social/@andybalaam/115695963230660721
Still available via @internetarchive : https://web.archive.org/web/20251212090638/https://accu.org/journals/overload/33/190/balaam/
Still available via @internetarchive : https://web.archive.org/web/20251212090638/https://accu.org/journals/overload/33/190/balaam/
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@andybalaam One more confirmation that it was a wise decision for me to abandon @ACCU . (reasons withheld deliberately)
I only miss meeting so many long time friends there. I also miss those who passed away in the past years.
I only miss meeting so many long time friends there. I also miss those who passed away in the past years.
January 7, 2026 at 12:12 PM
@andybalaam One more confirmation that it was a wise decision for me to abandon @ACCU . (reasons withheld deliberately)
I only miss meeting so many long time friends there. I also miss those who passed away in the past years.
I only miss meeting so many long time friends there. I also miss those who passed away in the past years.
I've written several articles[1] for ACCU's Overload journal over the years. A big motivation for submitting to that journal was that the articles were freely available online.
Now ACCU has decided to make all of my old articles unavailable, and put them behind a paywall.
This breaks all the […]
Now ACCU has decided to make all of my old articles unavailable, and put them behind a paywall.
This breaks all the […]
Original post on mastodon.social
mastodon.social
January 7, 2026 at 11:49 AM
I've written several articles[1] for ACCU's Overload journal over the years. A big motivation for submitting to that journal was that the articles were freely available online.
Now ACCU has decided to make all of my old articles unavailable, and put them behind a paywall.
This breaks all the […]
Now ACCU has decided to make all of my old articles unavailable, and put them behind a paywall.
This breaks all the […]
Nice video covering some tricky bits of Rust
https://youtu.be/9RsgFFp67eo?si=sySDwQ6ffUIqE-nP
#rustlang
https://youtu.be/9RsgFFp67eo?si=sySDwQ6ffUIqE-nP
#rustlang
January 6, 2026 at 2:51 PM
Nice video covering some tricky bits of Rust
https://youtu.be/9RsgFFp67eo?si=sySDwQ6ffUIqE-nP
#rustlang
https://youtu.be/9RsgFFp67eo?si=sySDwQ6ffUIqE-nP
#rustlang
My recent videos have similar numbers of views on Peertube as on Youtube.
Previously it was ~10x more on yt.
This video has significantly more views on Peertube than yt. This is the first time this has happened for any video.
https://video.infosec.exchange/w/2YJVJXsJLmN8zNRusaB6kg
I guess my […]
Previously it was ~10x more on yt.
This video has significantly more views on Peertube than yt. This is the first time this has happened for any video.
https://video.infosec.exchange/w/2YJVJXsJLmN8zNRusaB6kg
I guess my […]
Original post on mastodon.social
mastodon.social
January 5, 2026 at 11:46 AM
My recent videos have similar numbers of views on Peertube as on Youtube.
Previously it was ~10x more on yt.
This video has significantly more views on Peertube than yt. This is the first time this has happened for any video.
https://video.infosec.exchange/w/2YJVJXsJLmN8zNRusaB6kg
I guess my […]
Previously it was ~10x more on yt.
This video has significantly more views on Peertube than yt. This is the first time this has happened for any video.
https://video.infosec.exchange/w/2YJVJXsJLmN8zNRusaB6kg
I guess my […]
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@andybalaam I’m only 11 minutes in, and plan to finish later today on a proper monitor. 👍 for the spreadsheet approach to visualizing memory 😁
January 2, 2026 at 11:39 AM
@andybalaam I’m only 11 minutes in, and plan to finish later today on a proper monitor. 👍 for the spreadsheet approach to visualizing memory 😁
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Rust: understanding strings and sneakily learning to understand Rust
https://video.infosec.exchange/w/u9EAs9JYUWUiAC57StdcoF
#video #rustlang
https://video.infosec.exchange/w/u9EAs9JYUWUiAC57StdcoF
#video #rustlang
Rust: understanding strings and sneakily learning to understand Rust
Telling you how strings work, so I can sneak in how Rust works: mostly references, ownership, the stack and the heap. Read my blog at https://artificialworlds.net/blog Follow me on mastodon: @andyb...
video.infosec.exchange
December 26, 2025 at 10:24 AM
Rust: understanding strings and sneakily learning to understand Rust
https://video.infosec.exchange/w/u9EAs9JYUWUiAC57StdcoF
#video #rustlang
https://video.infosec.exchange/w/u9EAs9JYUWUiAC57StdcoF
#video #rustlang
Rust: understanding strings and sneakily learning to understand Rust
https://video.infosec.exchange/w/u9EAs9JYUWUiAC57StdcoF
#video #rustlang
https://video.infosec.exchange/w/u9EAs9JYUWUiAC57StdcoF
#video #rustlang
Rust: understanding strings and sneakily learning to understand Rust
Telling you how strings work, so I can sneak in how Rust works: mostly references, ownership, the stack and the heap. Read my blog at https://artificialworlds.net/blog Follow me on mastodon: @andyb...
video.infosec.exchange
December 26, 2025 at 10:24 AM
Rust: understanding strings and sneakily learning to understand Rust
https://video.infosec.exchange/w/u9EAs9JYUWUiAC57StdcoF
#video #rustlang
https://video.infosec.exchange/w/u9EAs9JYUWUiAC57StdcoF
#video #rustlang
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Just had someone leave feedback on my F/OSS project saying “maybe that's fine if a product is focused on your Chinese community.”
I'm Korean. Every single piece of documentation is in English. There's nothing in Chinese anywhere in the project.
This kind of microaggression is exhausting. As a […]
I'm Korean. Every single piece of documentation is in English. There's nothing in Chinese anywhere in the project.
This kind of microaggression is exhausting. As a […]
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hollo.social
December 21, 2025 at 2:07 PM
Just had someone leave feedback on my F/OSS project saying “maybe that's fine if a product is focused on your Chinese community.”
I'm Korean. Every single piece of documentation is in English. There's nothing in Chinese anywhere in the project.
This kind of microaggression is exhausting. As a […]
I'm Korean. Every single piece of documentation is in English. There's nothing in Chinese anywhere in the project.
This kind of microaggression is exhausting. As a […]
I just wrote up some docs on how to hide images in public rooms on Matrix in several clients.
https://matrix.org/docs/chat_basics/public-rooms/#hiding-images-by-default
If anyone was able to add info for more clients that would be awesome. Here's my change for reference […]
https://matrix.org/docs/chat_basics/public-rooms/#hiding-images-by-default
If anyone was able to add info for more clients that would be awesome. Here's my change for reference […]
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mastodon.social
December 19, 2025 at 11:21 AM
I just wrote up some docs on how to hide images in public rooms on Matrix in several clients.
https://matrix.org/docs/chat_basics/public-rooms/#hiding-images-by-default
If anyone was able to add info for more clients that would be awesome. Here's my change for reference […]
https://matrix.org/docs/chat_basics/public-rooms/#hiding-images-by-default
If anyone was able to add info for more clients that would be awesome. Here's my change for reference […]
Have you seen my video series "Writing a programming language"? I write the smallest, simplest possible language I can think of, and walk you through it.
https://video.infosec.exchange/w/p/asvKDVo4awUoZ5fCQb89db
#coding #video #python
https://video.infosec.exchange/w/p/asvKDVo4awUoZ5fCQb89db
#coding #video #python
Writing a programming language
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video.infosec.exchange
December 19, 2025 at 11:08 AM
Have you seen my video series "Writing a programming language"? I write the smallest, simplest possible language I can think of, and walk you through it.
https://video.infosec.exchange/w/p/asvKDVo4awUoZ5fCQb89db
#coding #video #python
https://video.infosec.exchange/w/p/asvKDVo4awUoZ5fCQb89db
#coding #video #python
During my software career I have made several changes that made me more comfortable and productive:
- Switching from mostly-GUI to mostly-terminal for e.g. file management, Git
- Going from a heavy IDE to vim (then neovim+lsp)
- Losing my second monitor
- Writing the dumbest possible code I can […]
- Switching from mostly-GUI to mostly-terminal for e.g. file management, Git
- Going from a heavy IDE to vim (then neovim+lsp)
- Losing my second monitor
- Writing the dumbest possible code I can […]
Original post on mastodon.social
mastodon.social
December 19, 2025 at 10:36 AM
During my software career I have made several changes that made me more comfortable and productive:
- Switching from mostly-GUI to mostly-terminal for e.g. file management, Git
- Going from a heavy IDE to vim (then neovim+lsp)
- Losing my second monitor
- Writing the dumbest possible code I can […]
- Switching from mostly-GUI to mostly-terminal for e.g. file management, Git
- Going from a heavy IDE to vim (then neovim+lsp)
- Losing my second monitor
- Writing the dumbest possible code I can […]
SVGs are so cool. Things that are just text are so cool. I just edited 64 images using sed.
That is cool.
That is cool.
December 19, 2025 at 10:28 AM
SVGs are so cool. Things that are just text are so cool. I just edited 64 images using sed.
That is cool.
That is cool.
The "extinction" threat is a deliberate distraction from the real threats of AI
https://youtu.be/4lKyNdZz3Vw?si=XJwRfuZW39scLV5q
https://youtu.be/4lKyNdZz3Vw?si=XJwRfuZW39scLV5q
December 18, 2025 at 9:03 AM
The "extinction" threat is a deliberate distraction from the real threats of AI
https://youtu.be/4lKyNdZz3Vw?si=XJwRfuZW39scLV5q
https://youtu.be/4lKyNdZz3Vw?si=XJwRfuZW39scLV5q
We podcasted about the career of Rob Reiner, who directed an amazing list of films. My fave was This is Spinal Tap. Listen to see what was Andy C's pick.
https://www.artificialworlds.net/goodrobotandys/2025/12/15/s13e02-rob-reiner-the-good-robot-andys/
#podcast #movies
https://www.artificialworlds.net/goodrobotandys/2025/12/15/s13e02-rob-reiner-the-good-robot-andys/
#podcast #movies
s13e02 Rob Reiner – The Good Robot Andys
https://media.blubrry.com/goodrobotandys/www.artificialworlds.net/goodrobotandys/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/goodrobotandys-s13e02.mp3
Podcast (mp3): Play in new window | Download
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Andy C reviews the amazing career of Rob Reiner for Andy B, who was amazed at the list of films made by him. Andy B really loves This is Spinal Tap. Listen in to hear which Rob Reiner film Andy C would save from a fire, if he could pick just one.
The Good Robot Andys podcasts and web site by Andy Balaam and Andy Cockerill are licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.
Music: I dunno by grapes (c) copyright 2008 Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution (3.0) license. Ft: J Lang, Morusque
s13e02 Rob Reiner – The Good Robot Andys
www.artificialworlds.net
December 15, 2025 at 8:24 PM
We podcasted about the career of Rob Reiner, who directed an amazing list of films. My fave was This is Spinal Tap. Listen to see what was Andy C's pick.
https://www.artificialworlds.net/goodrobotandys/2025/12/15/s13e02-rob-reiner-the-good-robot-andys/
#podcast #movies
https://www.artificialworlds.net/goodrobotandys/2025/12/15/s13e02-rob-reiner-the-good-robot-andys/
#podcast #movies
Amazing sermon by my friend Jörg. A Christmas message that doesn't shy away from the reality of life in Bethlehem now, and calls us to understand salvation in the context of our collective plight and collective sin.
https://www.youtube.com/live/xfa_lCM9O5E?si=x1Jz82PFacrhpdyJ&t=1785
https://www.youtube.com/live/xfa_lCM9O5E?si=x1Jz82PFacrhpdyJ&t=1785
December 14, 2025 at 1:03 PM
Amazing sermon by my friend Jörg. A Christmas message that doesn't shy away from the reality of life in Bethlehem now, and calls us to understand salvation in the context of our collective plight and collective sin.
https://www.youtube.com/live/xfa_lCM9O5E?si=x1Jz82PFacrhpdyJ&t=1785
https://www.youtube.com/live/xfa_lCM9O5E?si=x1Jz82PFacrhpdyJ&t=1785
Converting a string to an int in Rust (for no reason)
https://video.infosec.exchange/w/3NJ7dghstQtHsuZTFo3LZb
#rustlang #coding #video
https://video.infosec.exchange/w/3NJ7dghstQtHsuZTFo3LZb
#rustlang #coding #video
Converting a string to an int in Rust (for no reason)
How about a little light relief? Let's convert a string to an int in Rust. Read my blog at https://artificialworlds.net/blog Follow me on mastodon: @[email protected]
video.infosec.exchange
December 12, 2025 at 11:19 AM
Converting a string to an int in Rust (for no reason)
https://video.infosec.exchange/w/3NJ7dghstQtHsuZTFo3LZb
#rustlang #coding #video
https://video.infosec.exchange/w/3NJ7dghstQtHsuZTFo3LZb
#rustlang #coding #video