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NEW USCSB VIDEO LET'S GOOOO

https://youtube.com/watch?v=sFhkzK7jkKg

“c is portable assembly” hasn't been true since optimising compilers appeared for it. it's an accurate description for those really simple (usually old) c compilers on the other hand… where for (;;) and while (1) are different and local variables aren't free. old c is so cute

rare swedish politics post: a cap on benefits is bad and sweden shouldn't follow the uk's lead on that, nor should it try to make out-of-work benefits harder to get. the rhetoric is about motivating people to work, but it's bad for people who work: it pushes down wages!

wait what. https://www.apple.com/apple-vision-pro/ says “Use AR to view Apple Vision Pro. Open this page using Safari on your iPhone or iPad.” at the bottom when I'm not using Safari on my iPhone… but when I do, it's just, missing? there's no button for it anywhere??? anyone else get this?

i was sleep deprived when watching the announcement but now that i look back at it the Apple Vision Pro feels like a fucking fever dream.

I am trying to do a backup of my iPhone to my MacBook. it's around 90GB of data. there is not enough space on my MacBook's SSD, so I've made it go to an external, USB3 hard drive instead. copying the data to the PC took several hours, but the final step seems to take forever…

ceterum autem censeo, C locales esse delendam

https://pony.social/@thephd/110502211720496703

wanted to post on the VirtualBox forums and apparently that requires an Oracle account, so I go to make one and… lmao, you have to specify your job title, company name and address, and work phone number. this is the most Oracle thing.

https://github.com/apple/swift/blob/main/docs/OwnershipManifesto.md has me like sickos.rs

just the other week, I was thinking it'd be great to have a language that's like a simplified Rust, with borrow checking in the easier cases, falling back to reference counting or GC for all the harder ones. it seems Swift might get there!

I want to play 1080p games at 60fps in sRGB colour gamut with a mouse and keyboard……… and I'm not kidding!!!