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Notices by Zen (zensaiyuki@mastodon.social)

  1. Zen (zensaiyuki@mastodon.social)'s status on Saturday, 07-Mar-2020 22:43:52 EST Zen Zen

    PSA: last night one of our pyrex cooking dishes exploded.

    not fractured, exploded. “pyrex isn’t supposed to do that” we thought.

    as of a few years ago, Pyrex sold their brand, the new company changed glass recipe as a cost cutting measure, resulting in a pandemic of exploding cookware and a class action lawsuit.

    thankfully the patent has expired and the keyword to look for in competing glass cookware products is “borosilicate glass”

    In conversation Saturday, 07-Mar-2020 22:43:52 EST from mastodon.social permalink
  2. Zen (zensaiyuki@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 07-Nov-2019 19:29:45 EST Zen Zen

    5. Hypercard. 1987, 32 years old.
    does this belong on the list, given that it’s no longer maintained?

    well, there are still people who still use hypercard, either in a physical old mac or via mac emulators. they use hypercard to get useful work done. including bill atkinson. there are many imitators and clones, but somehow none come close to the approachability and and functionality tradoffs of the original. there are practical benefits to software that never changes.

    In conversation Thursday, 07-Nov-2019 19:29:45 EST from mastodon.social permalink
  3. Zen (zensaiyuki@mastodon.social)'s status on Friday, 06-Sep-2019 00:58:31 EDT Zen Zen

    4. NES roms.
    if you want hyper sentient dog scientists in the year 40,000 to be able to run your software, write it as an NES rom. trust me on this.

    In conversation Friday, 06-Sep-2019 00:58:31 EDT from mastodon.social permalink
  4. Zen (zensaiyuki@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 05-Sep-2019 23:23:34 EDT Zen Zen

    2. RSYNC came out in June 1996, it is 23 years old. it is the only program that I trust for copying large files and large amounts of files between any two points. it natively supports ssh and, in some configurations, uses an extremely clever rolling checksum algorithm that makes me seriously question the sanity of games consoles and operating systems vendors who do not use RSYNC for system and software updates.

    In conversation Thursday, 05-Sep-2019 23:23:34 EDT from mastodon.social permalink
  5. Zen (zensaiyuki@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 05-Sep-2019 23:18:25 EDT Zen Zen

    1. SQLIte came out in august of 2000, which makes it 19 years old. it has the distinguished honour of being the only program in existence that uses filesystem APIs correctly.

    In conversation Thursday, 05-Sep-2019 23:18:25 EDT from mastodon.social permalink
  6. Zen (zensaiyuki@mastodon.social)'s status on Tuesday, 03-Sep-2019 04:32:43 EDT Zen Zen

    concept: get on my lawn software.
    a software design philosophy that believes good software ages like a fine wine. it shuns trends and salesmen disguised as programmers, shuns the fancy new framework. instead, gomls curates quality old software like a carefully tended forest. software that has stood the test of time, and, though it seems antiquated, it’s as robust as cast iron anvil.

    In conversation Tuesday, 03-Sep-2019 04:32:43 EDT from mastodon.social permalink
  7. Zen (zensaiyuki@mastodon.social)'s status on Tuesday, 09-Jul-2019 21:01:32 EDT Zen Zen
    in reply to
    • Nate Cull

    @natecull it’s a bit old but have you seen Crockford’s DEC64?
    https://github.com/douglascrockford/DEC64

    In conversation Tuesday, 09-Jul-2019 21:01:32 EDT from mastodon.social permalink

    Attachments

    1. douglascrockford/DEC64
      from GitHub
      Decimal floating point. Contribute to douglascrockford/DEC64 development by creating an account on GitHub.
  8. Zen (zensaiyuki@mastodon.social)'s status on Monday, 08-Jul-2019 20:37:08 EDT Zen Zen
    • Nate Cull
    • Doc Edward Morbius ⭕

    @dredmorbius @natecull
    going haywire
    going apeshit
    going tail -f /dev/random

    In conversation Monday, 08-Jul-2019 20:37:08 EDT from mastodon.social permalink
  9. Zen (zensaiyuki@mastodon.social)'s status on Tuesday, 25-Jun-2019 21:31:08 EDT Zen Zen
    in reply to
    • Nate Cull

    @natecull have you checked out dialog yet?
    https://www.linusakesson.net/dialog/index.php
    i have no idea if it’s any good, but it was born out of frustration with the complexity of inform7 so maybe it’s up your alley

    In conversation Tuesday, 25-Jun-2019 21:31:08 EDT from mastodon.social permalink
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