2026-08-29T05:52:26Z https://yabu.me Eamon https://yabu.me/npub1qy6r833jwals6na55smuf78cs6g8nxggt0v23pm3ep3wc20lwlwsjwghmr https://social-coop-media.ams3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com/accounts/avatars/108/941/827/338/566/915/original/100b71a1da9279de.jpg https://social-coop-media.ams3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com/accounts/avatars/108/941/827/338/566/915/original/100b71a1da9279de.jpg https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsgqgqp5qdtvcd87xl2a9arpnpt55a3azhlgqfgcw7ct4e9equzfvszyqqngv7xxfmh7r20kjjr038clzrfq7veppda32y8w8yx9mpflama6tu32hj In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsf4cydwvcs42nf9lfsfpd2vppr02gflngs97xmjgxe00dr4x3e7rsmvwx8w'>nevent1q…wx8w</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I had a tech-book-buying budget, I&#39;d probably throw down for a physical copy of Crafting Interpreters: <a href="https://craftinginterpreters.com/">https://craftinginterpreters.com/</a><br/><br/>I&#39;ve only skimmed the first couple chapters of it online—and stopped short of doing the actual honework—but it looks pretty solid and like a true labor of love.<br/><br/>I&#39;d also be willing to spend a few bucks on a physical copy of SICP (2nd edition) to put next to it.<br/><br/>I would love a book written at a similar level to these that took the reader through building an actual RDBMS. 2026-07-21T16:34:21Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsvvnj7plgrus9fmtndt7hm2ams69cyzyn7rcgwaas657dx9xut9xgzyqqngv7xxfmh7r20kjjr038clzrfq7veppda32y8w8yx9mpflama6yu6fkw We live in a golden era of hand-me-down laptops.<br/><br/>It has never before been—and will likely never again be—this easy to get a decent computer for free just by asking your friends and neighbors, &#34;do you have an old working laptop lying around that you don&#39;t use and I can have?&#34;<br/><br/>Ten year old laptops work fine for most non-gamer things. With some gumption you can replace dead batteries and they&#39;re basically good as new (if the hinges aren&#39;t busted). 2026-06-10T16:22:46Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsg0q98ws2f6r944psry5qdx4cyk4guenryfydvv6egkd8dhuxlkeszyqqngv7xxfmh7r20kjjr038clzrfq7veppda32y8w8yx9mpflama6hgqngv In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs97pwlt36kex2tux3kfm7ehwjhwx0pq6mmgv5apm7z0fx4mmv3ndsujge7u'>nevent1q…ge7u</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>RIGHT?!<br/><br/>I really appreciate you two validating me here. I actually researched this a bit while I was writing. &#34;Surely it&#39;s not that dire!&#34; It&#39;s that dire! 2026-05-31T20:10:36Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsdmy8tz3kymp77evz728xlgvhtg0t9fnxur0plwa0jjqcv42qhskczyqqngv7xxfmh7r20kjjr038clzrfq7veppda32y8w8yx9mpflama6a2rzwm I finally published a post about my feelings about AI today: <a href="https://www.eamoncaddigan.net/posts/ai-in-2026/">https://www.eamoncaddigan.net/posts/ai-in-2026/</a><br/><br/>I&#39;ve been blocked for months, trying to figure out a tone and framing that I feel good about sharing publicly. To be honest I&#39;m kinda proud of this one, but even if nobody cares it feels so good to just get these thoughts out of my head. 2026-05-27T19:53:45Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs09c7z05478s0wtefk9ktlfwl6t766r3cjl7t9xfaaglr6f4vgwnqzyqqngv7xxfmh7r20kjjr038clzrfq7veppda32y8w8yx9mpflama6tjtkes In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqszr6u048wezm08f8z0xvfddmrgj5zucvknugzeggau6ptrrtvz0tgmnhmhz'>nevent1q…hmhz</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Did hear about Gram? <a href="https://gram.liten.app/">https://gram.liten.app/</a> 2026-04-22T00:00:23Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqszs09nu448ljpmgzf3xm55ekhqykaryd03kmzmfetcq7fqvh073mqzyqqngv7xxfmh7r20kjjr038clzrfq7veppda32y8w8yx9mpflama6e3380r Can anyone recommend a good LoRa device to use with #Meshtastic if I want to buy, like 10 of them (to give to friends, use at events, keep in my car &#34;just in case&#34;)?<br/><br/>I guess now that the tarrifs are struck down it&#39;s a good time to move on this. 2026-03-08T18:23:27Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsqh62fxfrczjl8c3k9jah53kacssmzalpuxwvsk2u4gddf9x6d0wszyqqngv7xxfmh7r20kjjr038clzrfq7veppda32y8w8yx9mpflama6rx2aa6 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsfzjna8rt4dvk7jwwu2qzrw4mcunqapjap2q3j06f93cdvpzg4sqcv0ldsv'>nevent1q…ldsv</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>IDK, seems fake to me<br/> <img src="https://social-coop-media.ams3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com/media_attachments/files/115/721/536/625/397/152/original/95449bb52a7267fe.png"> <br/> 2025-12-15T03:50:57Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqspzxpgrxxn9vc6qugxyv0f5ny7mg45lt9s4uhf7u0x9tpc97ktjkszyqqngv7xxfmh7r20kjjr038clzrfq7veppda32y8w8yx9mpflama6qkau7c In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsreywu743s9ztuux9uk8tku8z8k9u704swtcdks6lr5tnmqt5ll4q44a8xd'>nevent1q…a8xd</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>OOOHHHHHH you mean Hungry Jack&#39;s. Haha ok. For a minute there I was like, damn man, that&#39;s a pretty wild time at the airport. 2025-11-21T05:44:52Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsxke94r99s70fav29lc4pfj2x4m0gh8pqjna253mks3gu6an3qn6szyqqngv7xxfmh7r20kjjr038clzrfq7veppda32y8w8yx9mpflama6nz0mgh In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsp4mz9ep4ky95x88frzv9nhwxn04lxg0haq0w498ekmhsnyrk2l7q658j43'>nevent1q…8j43</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Personally, I love nothing like the moment I realize that I&#39;m going to have to crack into a whole new domain to solve a problem (and the first weeks of research that follow that moment). The constant exposure to novelty is my favorite thing about any of this work.<br/><br/>But this probably explains why I was &#34;interdisciplinary&#34;, and also why I was &#34;unsuccessful in academia&#34;. 2025-09-29T20:01:49Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsp4mz9ep4ky95x88frzv9nhwxn04lxg0haq0w498ekmhsnyrk2l7qzyqqngv7xxfmh7r20kjjr038clzrfq7veppda32y8w8yx9mpflama6erlqct I love this blog from [@djnavarro](<a href="https://hachyderm.io/@djnavarro">https://hachyderm.io/@djnavarro</a> ) (all of her posts are excellent, she is a treasure in our field), but I disagree with an implication that&#39;s lingering in the introduction.<br/><br/><a href="https://blog.djnavarro.net/posts/2025-09-27_survey-weights/">https://blog.djnavarro.net/posts/2025-09-27_survey-weights/</a><br/><br/>She points out that the body of scientific knowledge has expanded so much that experts must focus on narrow domains, and that it&#39;s challenging to do anything outside of our areas of specialty. Which is true. But she presents this as a... bad thing?! 2025-09-29T19:58:34Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs0gxfzfje6t80k60lz2xy6ec93034r6gat0qplgu4l2ycn5dmh29czyqqngv7xxfmh7r20kjjr038clzrfq7veppda32y8w8yx9mpflama6zveak9 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs88gwatwn0aandzks886l5f6e46en3ks882zwpj40f08j9esczljcm0hjuq'>nevent1q…hjuq</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Writing this out, I realize—only now—why people are so annoyed by moral arguments. &#34;You&#39;re telling me I gotta worry about SOMETHING ELSE?!&#34; 2025-09-10T16:05:23Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs88gwatwn0aandzks886l5f6e46en3ks882zwpj40f08j9esczljczyqqngv7xxfmh7r20kjjr038clzrfq7veppda32y8w8yx9mpflama692sus6 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqspd0j5klkcxy739vyq60d74vtnt86784xcav86g63hfyu904rlh8sp7csaa'>nevent1q…csaa</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I wound up with something like:<br/><br/>3b. Most people are trying their best to balance &#34;being good&#34; with a bunch of other things, haven&#39;t even given a name to what their desires and motivations actually are, and understand themselves about as well as they understand anyone else (not well).<br/>4. I am people. 2025-09-10T13:35:01Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsyzlpmp8es82ku4yzmekg0sm09jpmsnqaqxf3gcdzhasvg97psn6czyqqngv7xxfmh7r20kjjr038clzrfq7veppda32y8w8yx9mpflama6z9zwje In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsyt704sh2ffxrhz9s0ex6hswt45k2jsknkqrsddvp5pvx7wem3wkq6sxcdp'>nevent1q…xcdp</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>This quote is also 🔥, but I&#39;m not sure if it&#39;s <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1z8rjwhwhg8dna3cq0uz6hded2rdqlegj7lrvcs7s0zd56yj9fdasfgmrq6" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Devine Lu Linvega</span> (<span class="italic">npub1z8r…mrq6</span>)</a></span> or if they&#39;re quoting someone else (it&#39;s not the Ink &amp; Switch piece AFAICT):<br/><br/>&#34;Steve Jobs supposedly claimed that he intended his personal computer to be a bicycle for the mind — But what he really sold us was a train for the mind, which goes only between where rails and stations have been laid down by armies of laborers.&#34; 2025-06-13T16:34:24Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsyt704sh2ffxrhz9s0ex6hswt45k2jsknkqrsddvp5pvx7wem3wkqzyqqngv7xxfmh7r20kjjr038clzrfq7veppda32y8w8yx9mpflama6z4g2hv I stumbled upon a comment from <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1z8rjwhwhg8dna3cq0uz6hded2rdqlegj7lrvcs7s0zd56yj9fdasfgmrq6" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Devine Lu Linvega</span> (<span class="italic">npub1z8r…mrq6</span>)</a></span> and this quote is just so perfect:<br/><br/>&#34;Ease of use is usually implemented as superficial simplicity, as an additional layer of complexity that hides the underlying layers. Meanwhile, systems that are actually very simple and elegant are often presented in ways that make them look complex to laypeople.&#34;<br/><br/><a href="https://forum.malleable.systems/t/ink-switch-malleable-software-essay/340/4">https://forum.malleable.systems/t/ink-switch-malleable-software-essay/340/4</a> 2025-06-13T16:26:02Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsqcv8cgywm3lvej3ef2h77y2qkzyned65c8rq5dtc7xz099c9yp8gzyqqngv7xxfmh7r20kjjr038clzrfq7veppda32y8w8yx9mpflama67z4hp7 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsrrd7pgg30t2rzume6hfr2ue0gshdl4qz0qf6x3gq7qer26ht07tgf69eur'>nevent1q…9eur</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Have you considered trying to choose &#34;later&#34; again? 2025-01-24T18:25:45Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs2anqqucd9qjaa0mq2aj876h2rnn3nu4cjflmdu60q3l8w2lz5u4szyqqngv7xxfmh7r20kjjr038clzrfq7veppda32y8w8yx9mpflama6f4868z Trying out a new thing for my website this year with weekly posts. <a href="https://www.eamoncaddigan.net/posts/weeknotes/2025-w01/">https://www.eamoncaddigan.net/posts/weeknotes/2025-w01/</a><br/><br/>This one links to posts from [@hl](<a href="https://social.lol/@hl">https://social.lol/@hl</a> ) and <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1jh4qsxnz0nhyfefjsfvcdmxxvgfe6p5vf0dvh6pq4r6ytwwxcp4sl9eag0" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Brandon Rohrer</span> (<span class="italic">npub1jh4…eag0</span>)</a></span>! 2024-12-30T17:03:24Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsyuwmexjmzkma9txn48ugddfgjgskflv3qy6xmntueausygu8ngpczyqqngv7xxfmh7r20kjjr038clzrfq7veppda32y8w8yx9mpflama6hwdqgm In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs8xm3gt6v3eqxvzh0crjm939rz3fdw8fpwfxrk370ftej93wf7t4c8cw87m'>nevent1q…w87m</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Getting comfortable with rebasing was necessary for me to finally build a habit of committing every teeny change—because I knew I could squash, rearrange, or remove commits later and still look like I know what I&#39;m doing. This led to me using Git more, and learning more, and set off a whole virtuous cycle after years of not really understanding it. 2024-12-12T21:44:12Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsrpe69ktwecx9x0jrpvtz28unzvudkc3cr2z2xp4wsj400wnv8zjgzyqqngv7xxfmh7r20kjjr038clzrfq7veppda32y8w8yx9mpflama655tkwj Hi, I&#39;m looking for a #Vim or #Neovim tip:<br/>If I&#39;m running a terminal in a (neo)vim session and launch a command that opens an EDITOR (such as `git commit`), is it possible to have it open the file in a new buffer/window/tab in the current editor session, instead of starting a new editor session that&#39;s a child of the terminal session, which is itself a child of the editor session? 2024-12-09T01:42:28Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsqsm89jzhsnp8q9fjq3pv6snfyvkn9rrmw4dclx348u9pq57h9mkqzyqqngv7xxfmh7r20kjjr038clzrfq7veppda32y8w8yx9mpflama6he8y5q In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqswnxypdac7cx2psg59mu4egu7yz4zhpxe95xava2fvv6lx98gf47c5rh7sq'>nevent1q…h7sq</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I&#39;m participating in #WritingMonth right now, and thinking about what I might do for my #DecemberAdventure. <br/><br/>I&#39;ve been a Vim user forever, but attempting to write prose in it (for... reasons) is nudging me to make my setup cozier and learn how to use its more arcane features. 2024-11-07T16:29:03Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsxh5elqdy7wnw8g46v8rsaswy9nw2p5xyrsdhyh0yyg7h29ece9uszyqqngv7xxfmh7r20kjjr038clzrfq7veppda32y8w8yx9mpflama65gm4vc I&#39;m planning to participate in #WritingMonth this November. I set a modest goal to write 500 words/day of fiction.<br/><br/>Exactly 20 years have passed since I last attempted a month-long writing challenge (I didn&#39;t finish, but I made friends in the attempt). A few years before that, I was writing often, but my life got complicated and I lost my knack for it. So now I&#39;m finding out if I can find a groove again after all this time. 2024-11-01T19:01:07Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqszjlrwk9edfcs0wcltq48ffa4lgr5gw2yrgrjljhlywpwjyhj9r5qzyqqngv7xxfmh7r20kjjr038clzrfq7veppda32y8w8yx9mpflama6vukvrl In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsdelg8mzunz5cak5m6dhqg3mwjyvy7ncryvhxtklyur8j48xhhryshn7zec'>nevent1q…7zec</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I don&#39;t feel like I need to extend my &#34;reach&#34; and I could not possibly care less about bite-sized, real-time thoughts of journalists, politicians, billionaires, or movie stars. I think the internet is a fine place for a bubble too damn it; I get to interact with people who aren&#39;t weird (in the particular way that I am) every time I talk with coworkers, neighbors, and any stranger in public. 2024-10-19T20:42:29Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsdelg8mzunz5cak5m6dhqg3mwjyvy7ncryvhxtklyur8j48xhhryszyqqngv7xxfmh7r20kjjr038clzrfq7veppda32y8w8yx9mpflama6vzapsw In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs0dgxv5m5ethv3n6r0upcyl77sn2rfpdwmkfluf6p9jwmcfdvvhkgtygamd'>nevent1q…gamd</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I&#39;m in the same boat. Bluesky could be better than the Fediverse in all the ways that a public microblogging platform could be evaluated. I don&#39;t care. I pay dues to be part of my server and have a vote in all of our decisions—I&#39;m literally a part owner of social.coop. That&#39;s worth much more to me than anything any platform could conceivably deliver.<br/><br/>It&#39;s fine if most people don&#39;t feel this way. If Fedi stays the place where I can connect with folks who do, that suffices. 2024-10-19T20:35:23Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsg7rszlh6uqe8uul9mj5hccw2q20gkqwk0g2325fsldmx4mz756hszyqqngv7xxfmh7r20kjjr038clzrfq7veppda32y8w8yx9mpflama6dgd9vu In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsq6v40xz9kpz03kq62huwjauha5t7737yqw9pqxh95mgr9ycw990gvhzux6'>nevent1q…zux6</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Ah, but in a world where an AI could extrude passable schlock for free or cheap, genuine hand-crafted sentimentality could very well fetch a premium. 2024-09-09T19:13:21Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsdwr6s2fgaxy3rs9vt2ttygk9azv4meugl0dhpxkcgt5ryl2ay8eczyqqngv7xxfmh7r20kjjr038clzrfq7veppda32y8w8yx9mpflama65tfqsr In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqszl2pxy0rpn8tlcsmvu4g4ahn3nfg2dmkagccu23zpegu5pzdqt5s0c2mqr'>nevent1q…2mqr</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>it looks like the source is in docbook format. Since that and epub are both XML, it should theoretically be possible to translate using XSLT alone. This looks promising, but it&#39;s still a bit project: <a href="https://cdn.docbook.org/release/xsl-nons/current/epub3/">https://cdn.docbook.org/release/xsl-nons/current/epub3/</a> 2024-09-06T03:44:10Z