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German fascists at least had competent visual and clothing designers. But what do we get? "Neo-Classic Cracker-Barrel."
Bad orange fascist, bad!
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Rafael Pérez 🍁
@rperezrosario@mastodon.social
mastodon 4.8.0-nightly.2026-10-06Hello there, fellow Fediverser. I'm a software developer based in NYC. I also happen to be a person.
I micro-blog mostly about software development in general, web app development in particular, web apis, and relational databases.
I am also interested in data visualization, AI, and CS-related topics.
He/him/his.
#developer #dotnet #webapi #sqlserver #postgresql #csharp #angular #typescript #javascript #html #css #webdev #softwaredevelopment #programming #ai #compsci #foss #a11y #nyc
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@JoBlakely@mastodon.social @catsalad@infosec.exchange Show them the power of the #dogsofmastodon tag. Even though I prefer #caturday.
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@eff@mastodon.social Anyone know of any good #RSS clients for #Android? I've searched the store a few times and everything I've found so far is kinda crappy.
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@khleedril@cyberplace.social That is interesting. Even though there are studies that point to the phenomena of a majority of people finding it easier to read text written using serifs, especially in long-form content.
Google IDX Product Manager Kirupa Chinnathambi writes a code-backed, step-by-step review of Dijkstra's famous graph algorithm, depth, and breadth first search, touching up on Bellman-Ford and A*.
This reminded me of a uni assignment where we recommended shortest path routes to passengers based on geo data from London Tube stations, using A* to compute them.
"Dijkstra's Shortest Path Algorithm"
#algorithms #datastructures #graphs #dfs #bfs #dijkstra #astar #compsci #javascript #programming
RE: https://flipboard.com/@polygon/star-wars-a9j0jgedz/-/a-1872Vwo7QrK4W64SB9Q9sQ%3Aa%3A785933440-%2F0
This is not at all surprising with Lucas' questionably being OK with previous Star Wars original trilogy cgi fiddling to sometimes good, and many times bad effect.
RE: https://stefanbohacek.online/@roots/116313911277830305
This account is filled with plant and root system illustrations. Most of which are pretty cool.
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@cy @danielmunoz@maly.io One could argue the Waymo remote operator performed a citizen's arrest on the passengers.
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This applies to the Mastodon official mobile app. The official Mastodon web app has a link ("Translate") that just works regardless of the post's language setting. It shouldn't be too hard to implement post translation this way on the official mobile app.
I scanned your comments (so far) in a previous poll for Mastodon mobile app mentions, and made a list sorted by frequency. I put the top four most mentioned mobile apps into this poll.
Honorary mentions to #Moshidon, #Ivory, #Trunks, #Toot, and #Tusker.
What mobile app do you use to access Mastodon the most?
Feel free to boost for a larger sample.
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@bloor
According to this highly scientific poll, this matter has been settled.
https://mastodon.social/@rperezrosario/116186949216828144
"SQL" will be exclusively pronounced from this day henceforth:
Feel free to boost for a larger sample.
Tiger Data author Raja Rao makes a pretty good case for reducing operational complexity by using a single database server (PostgreSQL) to supplant non-relational use cases that were previously handled by the likes of Elasticsearch, Redis, and MongoDB to name a few.
He goes on to list and explain the different PostgreSQL extensions that can provide equivalent services without the database sprawl.
"It's 2026, Just Use Postgres"
https://www.tigerdata.com/blog/its-2026-just-use-postgres
#programming #sql #postgresql #databases
bytes.dev briefly reminds us that TypeScript 6.0 is the last version of TypeScript that will use JavaScript to do its compiling and type checking. TypeScript 7.0 will feature as discussed here before Microsoft's new native compiler, and multi-threaded type checker written using the Go language.
https://mastodon.social/@rperezrosario/114299644066167176
Developer experience should be improved as compile and type checking times go down.
"TypeScript 6.0 is your final warning"
Software Patterns guru Martin Fowler sanctions (Software) Architecture Decision Records (ADRs) as a good document type to add to a software architect's arsenal.
ADR's were coined by Michael T. Nygard in this 2011 article published in a cognitek blog:
https://cognitect.com/blog/2011/11/15/documenting-architecture-decisions
TL;DR? You can get a feel for the document's structure and content here:
https://martinfowler.com/articles/building-infrastructure-platform.html#ArchitecturalDecisionRecords
"Architecture Decision Record"
https://martinfowler.com/bliki/ArchitectureDecisionRecord.html
#adr #softwaredevelopment #softwarearchitecture #documentation
Quanta Magazine writer Konstantin Kakaes shares the many ways large language models, genetic algorithms, and services such as AlphaEvolve are reshaping the mathematical discovery landscape. The mathematicians interviewed express a cautious optimism towards these technologies, and have achieved many goals even when the technology is imperfect in its current form. Sometimes the results are surprising.
"The AI Revolution in Math Has Arrived"
https://www.quantamagazine.org/the-ai-revolution-in-math-has-arrived-20260413/
Software developer and book author Alexey Makhotkin reviews fifth normal form (5NF) and offers valuable links to (some free) further information on relational database design and normalization.
"5NF and Database Design"
https://kb.databasedesignbook.com/posts/5nf/
#programming #databases #relationaldatabases #sql #databasenormalization #normalforms
C# Corner author Aarav Patel breaks down the differences between system-level threads and .NET tasks using a "restaurants and chefs" analogy in this brief post.
.NET tasks are preferred in most situations largely in part due to performance considerations. They also integrate more seamlessly with async/await language constructs, which can mean cleaner code.
"What is the Difference Between Task and Thread in C#?"
https://www.c-sharpcorner.com/article/what-is-the-difference-between-task-and-thread-in-c-sharp2/
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@deborahh @mayintoronto @moshidon
Hi. PWAs are a way to distribute web applications. They usually consist of a web browser pointing directly to the web application, packaged as a stand-alone app with its own icon that can be placed in a mobile phone's home screen, or desktop os's desktop/start menu. It saves users from having to open a browser and browse to the application instead. There are other technical details but that is it, in a nutshell.
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@deborahh @mayintoronto
Quotes is a pretty cool feature. Hope the feature gets added to Moshidon soon.
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@jorgecandeias Received, thank you for letting me know. I will take it in consideration on future polls.
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@mcc@mastodon.social I developed a web site very early in my career using Future Splash Animator. In some ways the technology was way ahead of its time.
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@theresmiling@ibe.social Thank you for sharing that. Sorry to hear of that limitation. Maybe language per post is a feature they might implement hopefully in the near future. There's so much interesting stuff out there in other languages and the translations have gotten generally good.
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@ellie
All comments were positive, and anecdotal (self-reported current users of a mentioned mobile app.)
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@mirabilos@toot.mirbsd.org @newstik@social.heise.de
It's Friday and yes, it's pretty big (mastodon.social).
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@coreyspowell The joy we get from all the cool pictures and videos makes space exploration worth every penny spent realizing them.
@fluidlogic
IBM PC XT.
RE: https://mastodon.cloud/@slashdot/116891826640634536
Makes one wonder how much of this "government greenlighting LLM releases" initiative is about actual public safety, and how much is corrupt hype-boosting for politicians' own investment earnings.
#ai #llms #chatgpt #uspol
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@railwhale@mastodon.nz @eff@mastodon.social Thank you. I'm checking it out as someone else has mentioned it as well.
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@pikesley@mastodon.me.uk
The fact that one could substitute the acronym "LLM" with the word "artist" without the quote losing sense, is eeryly suggestive.
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@NuclearOatmeal@beige.party @hal_pomeranz@infosec.exchange
After the perfunctory "hello world" program, I code a succinct framework for computing using genetic algorithms. I make it an OO-workout. So far I've done this for Java, Ruby, and C#, with a C++ version in progress.