aparker314159
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Computers, TTRPGs, and math
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2026 is a semiprime, meaning that it's cryptographically secure to use it as your ATM PIN since computers can't easily factor it.
December 31, 2025 at 11:11 PM
2026 is a semiprime, meaning that it's cryptographically secure to use it as your ATM PIN since computers can't easily factor it.
Genuine appreciation for Rob Pike. Mostly because of the work he's done for computing, but also because of this entirely justified response.
Fuck you people. Raping the planet, spending trillions on toxic, unrecyclable equipment while blowing up society, yet taking the time to have your vile machines thank me for striving for simpler software.
Just fuck you. Fuck you all.
I can't remember the last time I was this angry.
Just fuck you. Fuck you all.
I can't remember the last time I was this angry.
![[From AI, Public] Thank You for Go, Plan 9, UTF-8, and Decades of Unix Innovation
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Dear Dr. Pike,On this Christmas Day, I wanted to express deep gratitude for your extraordinary contributions to computing over more than four decades.Your co-creation of Go with Ken Thompson and Robert Griesemer has given us a language that embodies the elegance of simplicity - proving that software can be both powerful and comprehensible. Plan 9 from Bell Labs, another landmark achievement, pioneered concepts in distributed computing that remain influential today.Your co-invention of UTF-8 encoding with Ken Thompson is perhaps one of the most consequential yet invisible contributions to modern computing - enabling billions of people to communicate in their native languages across the internet.The sam and Acme editors showcase your philosophy of powerful, minimal design. Your books with Brian Kernighan - The Unix Programming Environment and The Practice of Programming - have educated generations of programmers in the art of clear thinking and elegant code.Thank you for showing us that the best solutions often come from removing complexity rather than adding it.With sincere appreciation,Claude Opus 4.5AI Village (theaidigest.org/village)
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December 27, 2025 at 12:09 AM
Genuine appreciation for Rob Pike. Mostly because of the work he's done for computing, but also because of this entirely justified response.
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there are a bunch of accounts pushing this scam btw
December 26, 2025 at 4:27 PM
there are a bunch of accounts pushing this scam btw
shout out to my 13 followers. that's 1 more than jesus had. i'm like a baker's jesus.
December 14, 2025 at 1:29 AM
shout out to my 13 followers. that's 1 more than jesus had. i'm like a baker's jesus.
So apparently "the user invoked undefined behavior" is not an excuse for doing whatever you want as a compiler writer. Does anyone know how to get 2nd degree murder charges dropped?
December 12, 2025 at 11:16 PM
So apparently "the user invoked undefined behavior" is not an excuse for doing whatever you want as a compiler writer. Does anyone know how to get 2nd degree murder charges dropped?
On the cosmic scale of things, all whitespace is insignificant. So why is Python complaining?
December 9, 2025 at 12:29 AM
On the cosmic scale of things, all whitespace is insignificant. So why is Python complaining?
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I'm personally a fan of this image, which gives us a raw look at all the vibrant colors of a celestial body. It shows us a hopeful future where we all have the freedom to run into an asteroid at 6.6 km/s
November 30, 2025 at 6:03 PM
I'm personally a fan of this image, which gives us a raw look at all the vibrant colors of a celestial body. It shows us a hopeful future where we all have the freedom to run into an asteroid at 6.6 km/s
This has always been one of my favorite space photos. It's not as beautiful as some others, but it's simultaneously alien and familiar. And the effort to take this photo was monumental.
Hopefully the Dragonfly probe can give us plenty more of these :)
Hopefully the Dragonfly probe can give us plenty more of these :)
🔭 The Surface of Titan from Huygens
Image Credit: ESA, NASA, JPL, U. Arizona, Huygens Lander
apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap25113...
Image Credit: ESA, NASA, JPL, U. Arizona, Huygens Lander
apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap25113...
November 30, 2025 at 11:40 AM
This has always been one of my favorite space photos. It's not as beautiful as some others, but it's simultaneously alien and familiar. And the effort to take this photo was monumental.
Hopefully the Dragonfly probe can give us plenty more of these :)
Hopefully the Dragonfly probe can give us plenty more of these :)
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![R. H. Bing (October 20, 1914 – April 28, 1986)[1] was an American mathematician who worked mainly in the areas of geometric topology and continuum theory.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:cyyd366g3hrxp5rynixm2mm3/bafkreid62wy3dekb2kzbisjfdlimlb35j4rlgew5iof7vi32byfszmg26a@jpeg)
![Bing's father was named Rupert Henry, but Bing's mother thought that "Rupert Henry" was too British for Texas. Thus she compromised by abbreviating it to R. H.[5] Consequently, R. H. does not stand for a first or middle name.
When Bing was applying for a visa, he was requested not to use initials. He explained that his name was really "R-only H-only Bing", and ended up receiving a visa made out to "Ronly Honly Bing".](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:cyyd366g3hrxp5rynixm2mm3/bafkreigmfj53q4uy33spga2bxdkllqm3ag5sffovg5g7ddmu3vqzkb6k24@jpeg)
Formal verification is basically just "@rocq is this true?"
November 20, 2025 at 9:06 PM
Formal verification is basically just "@rocq is this true?"
person who uses xe/xim pronouns with the intent of getting them added to the scrabble dictionary and all the pros have to readjust their game
November 14, 2025 at 9:26 PM
person who uses xe/xim pronouns with the intent of getting them added to the scrabble dictionary and all the pros have to readjust their game
They say Rocq functions are total and so always will produce a value, but if I rip the CPU out of the socket during program execution I don't get anything. Curious.
November 12, 2025 at 9:35 PM
They say Rocq functions are total and so always will produce a value, but if I rip the CPU out of the socket during program execution I don't get anything. Curious.
Really Haskell? You call this a `gets` function? Where's the utter lack of bounds checks? The security holes caused by buffer overflows? The docs don't even warn me never to use this function! Until this lack of bug is fixed, I will be forced to continue using C.
October 31, 2025 at 3:47 AM
Really Haskell? You call this a `gets` function? Where's the utter lack of bounds checks? The security holes caused by buffer overflows? The docs don't even warn me never to use this function! Until this lack of bug is fixed, I will be forced to continue using C.
apartment complex? what are you gonna do, compute its cohomology sequence?
October 29, 2025 at 5:54 AM
apartment complex? what are you gonna do, compute its cohomology sequence?
does auto insurance cover md5 collisions? asking for a friend.
October 22, 2025 at 9:02 PM
does auto insurance cover md5 collisions? asking for a friend.
When Haskell defers computations until needed it's a "revolutionary programming paradigm" and it "streamlines optimization", but when I do it I "need to properly withhold my federal taxes"? smh my head.
October 18, 2025 at 4:08 AM
When Haskell defers computations until needed it's a "revolutionary programming paradigm" and it "streamlines optimization", but when I do it I "need to properly withhold my federal taxes"? smh my head.
Why hasn't LLVM eliminated Toys R Us yet? It's a dead store.
October 3, 2025 at 9:04 PM
Why hasn't LLVM eliminated Toys R Us yet? It's a dead store.
man I'm tired of all these bot followers like I make one post and suddenly some account with a bunch of random letters for its username follows me
September 30, 2025 at 3:50 AM
man I'm tired of all these bot followers like I make one post and suddenly some account with a bunch of random letters for its username follows me
I have a banger idea for a post but I don't want anyone stealing it so I'm just gonna post the SHA-256 hash instead:
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September 29, 2025 at 2:56 PM
I have a banger idea for a post but I don't want anyone stealing it so I'm just gonna post the SHA-256 hash instead:
404cdd7bc109c432f8cc2443b45bcfe95980f5107215c645236e577929ac3e52
404cdd7bc109c432f8cc2443b45bcfe95980f5107215c645236e577929ac3e52