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zaik

4,386 karmajoined 5 tahun yang lalu
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·9 jam yang lalu·0 comments

AI could keep poor countries poor

newsletter.deenamousa.com
3 points·by zaik·kemarin dulu·1 comments

DOGE Shrank the Payroll, Not the Deficit

rubbishtalk.com
19 points·by zaik·4 hari yang lalu·0 comments

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

blog.prosody.im
193 points·by zaik·5 bulan yang lalu·209 comments

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

mastodon.matrix.org
141 points·by zaik·tahun lalu·169 comments

comments

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