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zaik

4,386 karmajoined قبل 5 سنوات
In love with Internet Standards, free software and open data.

Interests: XMPP, OpenStreetMap, Wikidata.

Submissions

Package Management as Org Chart

nesbitt.io
2 points·by zaik·قبل 8 ساعات·0 comments

AI could keep poor countries poor

newsletter.deenamousa.com
3 points·by zaik·أول أمس·1 comments

DOGE Shrank the Payroll, Not the Deficit

rubbishtalk.com
19 points·by zaik·قبل 4 أيام·0 comments

Upcoming changes to Let's Encrypt and how they affect XMPP server operators

blog.prosody.im
193 points·by zaik·قبل 5 أشهر·209 comments

Nation-scale Matrix deployments will fail using the community version of Synapse

mastodon.matrix.org
141 points·by zaik·السنة الماضية·169 comments

comments

zaik
·قبل 4 أيام·discuss
Link to the actual research?
zaik
·قبل 5 أيام·discuss
No packages yet: https://repology.org/projects/?search=sneakerweb
zaik
·قبل 5 أيام·discuss
Gajim recently got a modern PGP implementation: https://gajim.org/posts/2026-06-18-gajim-2.4.7-released/
zaik
·قبل 5 أيام·discuss
Thank you for contributing! The task of mapping every street and business in the world sounds impossible, but openstreetmap.org does really well.
zaik
·قبل 10 أيام·discuss
I run an XMPP server (Prosody) on Arch Linux since 2020. I upgrade and restart once every week and so far catastrophe has only struck once.
zaik
·قبل 17 يومًا·discuss
Reminds me of "dermatology convention in Hawaii": https://youtube.com/shorts/1uRxIe1dXGU
zaik
·قبل 18 يومًا·discuss
> sooooo much technical misinformation

Especially for math, were I feel like people generally agree on what is true and what is not, this seems unusual. Can you point to an instance of misinformation?
zaik
·قبل 19 يومًا·discuss
I usually just consult my handy sheet of BNF rules while speaking Japanese.
zaik
·قبل 20 يومًا·discuss
> everyone will have forgotten how to understand source code in 50 years

I don't think this will happen. Human desire to understand how things work will still be around in 50 years.
zaik
·قبل 20 يومًا·discuss
Is the formula for E_a[X] trivial? I don't see it immediately...
zaik
·قبل 21 يومًا·discuss
You don't have to get a patch into nixpkgs, just use their machinery.
zaik
·قبل 22 يومًا·discuss
That sounds like a good application of Item Response Theory (IRT).
zaik
·قبل 22 يومًا·discuss
If you decide to create a package for the project in nixpkgs, patch-shebangs.sh should do it for you, no?
zaik
·قبل 30 يومًا·discuss
If the bunch of graphics cards becomes truly more efficient, business owners who want to hire humans will not be able to compete.
zaik
·الشهر الماضي·discuss
Yes, but I believe there is a symlink from /etc to the Nix store, so systemd can find them.
zaik
·الشهر الماضي·discuss
Spoiler: In the end it is revealed that the surveillance screen wasn't actually switched off. Let's see how it works out in Meta's case...
zaik
·الشهر الماضي·discuss
b) Or you could take the compiled units from /etc/systemd and copy them wherever
zaik
·الشهر الماضي·discuss
Since AI is so smart now, these problems will surely be fixed in no time!
zaik
·قبل شهرين·discuss
https://archive.ph/oMcFr
zaik
·قبل شهرين·discuss
> who immediately send that money right back to the tech companies to pay for subscriptions, automated food delivery, or digital entertainment.

Very optional consumption.