tpaschalis @tpaschalis@m.tpaschalis.me

The most profound misunderstanding about workplace and online arguments is this: if you have a problem that can be settled with dispassionate logic, *you don't end up in an argument in the first place*. You end up in a brainstorming meeting.

Conflict is inherently social. It's a spectator sport. Peacocks showing off their plumage, if you will.

You don't win with facts and logic. You prevail by picking battles wisely, making concessions where possible, and helping both sides save face. If you can't do that, better carry a big stick.

two of the best feelings when programming are:
1. figuring out a really clever way to solve a problem
2. figuring out a really stupid way to solve a problem

Better not be up there breaking my internet, my guy.

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

There’s #demoscene, and then there’s this abomination of nature and genius

Somebody must have bet him that he couldn’t make a demo without the computer itself

📺 We've been overwhelmed by the positive responses to our announcements from the #GrafanaCON 2024 keynote.

And today, we're excited to bring the keynote to you! The full recording is now available on our YouTube channel. Watch it here: https://youtu.be/L_GHahMOWEY

You can even put your KeepassXC database on cloud storage to get the benefits of cloud sync without the vendor lock-in.

Many years ago, I wanted a 3D game engine for mobile platforms, a cross-platform alternative to SceneKit.

It took a decade, but it is finally coming:

https://tirania.org/blog/archive/2024/Apr-23.html

This ancient Scandinavian rune means “intermittent.”

🏆 We're thrilled to announce the 2024 Golden Grot Awards finalists! Polls for public voting are now open, so vote for your favorite dashboard from now until Mar. 1: https://bit.ly/3IdJIz7

Personal dashboard finalists:
Josh Gitlin
Amar Lokman
Asep Supriyadi
Ruben Fernandez
Andreas Rahimic Andersen

Professional dashboard finalists:
Varun Bhaaskar
Martin Olsson
Satoshi Takano
Wilson Acero
Christopher Field

Congratulations, everyone!

@Quinnypig Kubernetes is the Greek word for infrastructure toil

Fun random fact: the sample rate of Audio CD format is 44100Hz. The Nyquist frequency for audible sound is roughly double the upper limit of human hearing, which is 20kHz.

So why is the CDDA sample rate more than 40kHz, but only a little bit more?

The prime factorization of 44100 is 2^2•3^2•5^2•7^2, which gives a LOT of options for computationally cheap downsampling and playback speed reduction. 😁

Edit: See replies for more reasons this sample rate was chosen! 💙

#math #electronics #audio

But SHOULD you do it?

#ironypolice #irony #youcandoit #slogans #taglines #humor #humour

Ideally, I'd like to see libc get ported to another more sane programming language, but that take would get me pilloried by neckbeards that insist that C is possible to write safely.

At least I don't have to be pager bitch for THIS time when the entire internet broke due to C.

Is it less bad here than on Shitter? Of course.

Is it non-existent? Nope.

Delete, and move on.

PSA: some people have inane takes on the most fundamental of topics. Some see it as a chance to shoehorn A Topic In The News onto their own lived experience to the point of losing any direct relation with The Topic. Some might even be on your local instance.

Some might be baiting. Some might simply be unaware. Some might simply be wrong

Delete that reply you wrote and move on. If it annoys you some time later, just mute the person for a week or eternity when you next see them

Life's too short

The telemetry dashboard for Japan's #SLIM lunar probe uses @grafana !!