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PointyFluff··on Kanye West is buying Parler
And?

If I wanted racist-idiot-news, I'd go to reddit.

PointyFluff··on Pico.js – A face-detection library in 200 lines of JavaScript (2018)
A face-detection library interface library in 200 lines of JS

FTFY

PointyFluff··on US Government plans to develop AI that can unmask anonymous writers
They already do this, have since at least WWII.

It's known as your "hand".

PointyFluff··on Arduino IDE 2.0
Serial plotter has been a thing for VERY long time.
PointyFluff··on Ask HN: Have you experienced “hiring fraud?”
Constantly.
PointyFluff··on Software I’m thankful for (2021)
This was better and more thought out than the OP's blog post.
PointyFluff··on Software I’m thankful for (2021)
That post was empty and vapid and spammy.
PointyFluff··on The Framework Laptop Chromebook Edition
Ick.

No.

PointyFluff··on Getty Images bans AI-generated content over fears of copyright claims
So...stealing from hunams, good. Stealing from robots, bad.

You had your chance, meatbags!.

PointyFluff··on OctoPrint: Snappy web interface for your 3D printer
I use Octoprint, but honestly the UI is just awful. Pronterface seems to be the standard goto look for 3d print software, but honestly it's not a good look, nor is it fun to use.
PointyFluff··on Ask HN: How do you decide which language/tech stack to learn?
I would say rust for all except Data/AI; for now.
PointyFluff··on Ask HN: How do you decide which language/tech stack to learn?
Which ever seems fun.
PointyFluff··on Code Golfing Tips and Tricks: How to Minify Your JavaScript Code
Easy.

Stop using javascript.

Pick any language you like, and wasm.

PointyFluff··on [dead]
Sorry you must suffer like this.

Bathes in Rust's warming glowing warming glow...

PointyFluff··on [dead]
I prefer asphalt maths, myself; just sayin'
PointyFluff··on Excel never dies (2021)
I would argue that CSVs never die and most people simply do not know how to use `grep`,`sed`, or `awk`
PointyFluff··on All about QBasic and QuickBasic
Ew, BASIC.

Gross.

PointyFluff··on Former Coinbase PM charged in cryptocurrency insider trading tipping scheme
Cool, DOJ. Now do Trump and his fellow traitors.
PointyFluff··on Building a Rust Mentality
I'm assuming that was an ad-filled blog. (uBlock Origin)

Because content wise there was almost nothing in this article.

PointyFluff··on Ask HN: How did you increase your UX skills?
Firstly, by not calling it "UX".
PointyFluff··on First Images from the James Webb Space Telescope
I seriously have to wait for the president?

This is like being a kid with only 4 channels, again!

NOOOOOOOO!!!!!

PointyFluff··on Fluxus – 3D game engine for livecoding worlds into existence
lisp?

that'll be a hot-cuppa-nope fer me.

PointyFluff··on Beginner's guide to error handling in Rust
?;
PointyFluff··on What it feels like when Rust saves your bacon
If only rust caught blogging security errors.

It's a terrible idea to post a photo of your child with her name on your public blog.

It's one of those subtle security things that the rust compiler helps with; but not here, sadly.

PointyFluff··on Linus Torvalds: Rust for the Kernel Could Possibly Be Merged for Linux 5.20
There's a lot of commenters here who have no idea how rust works, apparently.
PointyFluff··on Linus Torvalds: Rust for the Kernel Could Possibly Be Merged for Linux 5.20
Good news, everyone!
PointyFluff··on Why We’re Sticking with Ruby on Rails at Gitlab
"Because we can't write in rust"...I am assuming...I don't care.
PointyFluff··on NFT Economics
NFTs are bad contract law taken personally.
PointyFluff··on What Happened to Perl 7?
Writing in perl is like writing in line-noise.
PointyFluff··on An RFC that adds support for Rust to the Linux kernel
Woo-Hoo!
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