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-- this silly function takes a mixed (owo) table and removes the numeric keys (wow) putting them on their own silly table using a very cool performance trick
July 27, 2025 at 1:49 PM
thank you for reminding me to delete my linkedin page though because somehow i forgot to remove that in my info sweep
July 26, 2025 at 12:27 PM
[ukpol, online "safety" act]

i'm not suggesting this as the correct solution to this problem, i dont know the fogiest thing about web design or id verification, but i would trust the government with my paspsort or drivers license (i mean they probably already have it on record) a LOT more than […]
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tech.lgbt
July 24, 2025 at 2:42 PM
how did we normalise running software that you cant verify the code of. i dont care if microsoft is a "trusted entity", they could easily sneak in malware and no one would be the wiser
July 24, 2025 at 12:56 AM
also :neocat_flag_disabled: but only some close people know why im posting this haha
June 1, 2025 at 8:15 PM
[re: personal opinions on internal transphobia]

i dont think i'd ever sink to the level of actual transphobia just because i have objections to kids taking puberty blockers though.

my searching skills aren't good enough to find studies that'll go against my personal opinions
May 31, 2025 at 4:06 PM
> swr rejects 707s due to high leasing costs
> receives 701s on time
> slowly introduces into service in 2023
> rolled out of service due to issues with wipers
> reintroduced in 2024, taken out of service a month later due to union issues
> reintroduced in 2025, taken out of service **again** […]
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tech.lgbt
May 24, 2025 at 7:32 PM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c2qael0G3i4

im sure if i sped it out i could figure out what its doing but WHAT
May 19, 2025 at 7:07 PM
not as bad as this one
May 8, 2025 at 11:32 AM
PR with fixed `CMakeLists.txt`, afaik it doesn't build Analysis or Codegen properly, but the VM and Compiler build fine (which is what i want to use, JIT too janky for me rn)

https://github.com/luau-lang/luau/pull/1741
Add cmake setting to build as dll by TheGreatSageEqualToHeaven · Pull Request #1741 · luau-lang/luau
Adds LUAU_EXPORT_DLL to CMakeLists.txt.
github.com
May 3, 2025 at 12:45 PM
yes i know technically both C and Rust have a `String` type, but the former is just `char[]` and the latter is, something (is it a char vector?)
May 3, 2025 at 1:45 AM
the ONLY place where I would except quantum computers to be useful is encryption, since quantum encryption is physically impossible to crack

(i dont understand quantum physics, i just heard this somewhere from someone smarter than me)
April 30, 2025 at 6:12 PM
TfL has three copies of it in their library. Two are unavailable and the other is in storage, so its unlikely thats ever going to come out from them.
April 27, 2025 at 2:18 AM
HOTP more than TOTP because the former can leverage E2E, but the latter is still infinitely more secure than passwords
April 16, 2025 at 1:58 PM
[re: transphobia]

also does this mean trans men now need to go into women's bathrooms? get ready for years of mental gymnastics trying to explain how a "trans man" is a man but a "trans woman" isn't a woman
April 16, 2025 at 10:41 AM
[mass surveilance]

saw that thing of two parents getting arrested in the uk, because they said critcal things about a school.

Im taking it with a grain of salt until i get better evidence, because its righties boosting it to the high heaven, but the precendence is there regardless.
April 4, 2025 at 3:29 PM
i mean tbf if my character _was_ a furry it'd be a calico cat

calico cats cool
March 20, 2025 at 8:29 PM