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zaik

4,386 karmajoined 5 years ago
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·8 hours ago·0 comments

AI could keep poor countries poor

newsletter.deenamousa.com
3 points·by zaik·2 days ago·1 comments

DOGE Shrank the Payroll, Not the Deficit

rubbishtalk.com
19 points·by zaik·4 days ago·0 comments

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

blog.prosody.im
193 points·by zaik·5 months ago·209 comments

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

mastodon.matrix.org
141 points·by zaik·last year·169 comments

comments

zaik
·4 days ago·discuss
Link to the actual research?
zaik
·5 days ago·discuss
No packages yet: https://repology.org/projects/?search=sneakerweb
zaik
·5 days ago·discuss
Gajim recently got a modern PGP implementation: https://gajim.org/posts/2026-06-18-gajim-2.4.7-released/
zaik
·5 days ago·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
·10 days ago·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
·17 days ago·discuss
Reminds me of "dermatology convention in Hawaii": https://youtube.com/shorts/1uRxIe1dXGU
zaik
·18 days ago·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
·19 days ago·discuss
I usually just consult my handy sheet of BNF rules while speaking Japanese.
zaik
·20 days ago·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
·20 days ago·discuss
Is the formula for E_a[X] trivial? I don't see it immediately...
zaik
·21 days ago·discuss
You don't have to get a patch into nixpkgs, just use their machinery.
zaik
·22 days ago·discuss
That sounds like a good application of Item Response Theory (IRT).
zaik
·22 days ago·discuss
If you decide to create a package for the project in nixpkgs, patch-shebangs.sh should do it for you, no?
zaik
·30 days ago·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
·last month·discuss
Yes, but I believe there is a symlink from /etc to the Nix store, so systemd can find them.
zaik
·last month·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
·last month·discuss
b) Or you could take the compiled units from /etc/systemd and copy them wherever
zaik
·last month·discuss
Since AI is so smart now, these problems will surely be fixed in no time!
zaik
·2 months ago·discuss
https://archive.ph/oMcFr
zaik
·2 months ago·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.