I still haven't escaped my mindset of only vibe coding on simple and/or throwaway scripts, but this is nifty:

https://kagi.com/assistant/509540b1-567e-4525-88f1-fb3fedb2e0e5 , which I've now bound to a two stroke keyboard combo in #aerospace to disconnect/reconnect my headphones at https://github.com/whaley/dotfiles/commit/812745c4e2ba251977eeb3e972d205ad97a83145

Shoutout to @gnarlybob for (re)introducing me to the Propaganda tiling wallpaper set at https://github.com/BenjaminHCCarr/PropagandaTiles . I've had these on random rotation for a while and it would take a pretty badass wallpaper to make me switch at this point.

@mark would Protocols work here https://typing.python.org/en/latest/spec/protocol.html#protocols ? or is this one of the "not so great options" you referenced

@mergesort I've seen a little bit of this, and, selfishly, I've been trying to wonder what my place is in all of this in the future. I think that's the appropriate question to ask for folks who have the "classical" skillset.

a thought on work chat systems... the best "chat" tools and cultures:

- encourage and default to shared, topical channels
- channels are *public and discoverable* unless they absolutely have to be private
- DMs are rare

I've anecdotally observed this over the course of my career where I've worked remotely since '08

a well moderated channel with hundreds (sometimes thousands) of people is infinitely better than the asymmetry produced with an unbounded number of ad-hoc DM's

@soulcutter it's one of the reasons I never tried it.

I think in general it's a pretty good idea to try and avoid largely deployed tools that also have a cult-of-personality around a single figure... even if they aren't yet controversial or not yet the opposite ethically to some of your more core values

@kepano UI/UX suggestion for #obsidian - either of

1) new windows should also be able to have the left and right sidebar or
2) new windows should be able to be distinguished from the main window based on the window title

this may be a corner case where I'm one of a few that want this, but this would benefit my aerospace workspace setup, and I'd imagine folks who use Mission Control desktops with obsidian notes on some, but not, all desktops might benefit also

I don't have a machine that I can drive a Linux based desktop on atm, but if I did, I would absolutely try out the Pop!_OS again for Cosmic.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IyXzjnd6q3g

scratching my head over this bill proposed in the UK: https://bills.parliament.uk/publications/63901/documents/7465

it seeks to ban <16 year olds from being allowed to provision a VPN, but puts the onus on the "VPN Provider" for age verification

I haven't skimmed the full bill yet, but I can't imagine this is enforceable, lest all vpn providers with a business presence in the UK capture IDs / video selfies of all users

(also, seems to not address non-services such as your own ssh tunnels+proxies for the smart kids)

#privacy

@yantor3d I didn't know that multiple conditionals were allowed at the end of comprehension. Defined at https://docs.python.org/3/reference/expressions.html#displays-for-lists-sets-and-dictionaries fwiw.

@owen I have a Switch 2, so I may have to try this at some point... though I'm still kind of trudging my way through BotW Master Mode on the Switch 2 remaster - another critically acclaimed game I never did finish.

@owen yeah, the whole Zodiac thing being opaque on the UI, and turn order being clumsy were two of my bigger peeves. Also, did Haste get nerfed in any way shape or form? There were battles where the enemies had a time mage and I didn't yet, and whether I won or not depended completely on whether they had a successful Haste cast or not.

@owen not sure how many times you played through this... but I made the mistake building Ramza with chemist->magic user jobs, and then had my ass absolutely handed to me at the end of Act II when forced to go solo. I think I gave it up after that since I didn't want to go build him up from the Squire tree again.

Is this a remaster version? Graphics look nice. Was gameplay improved at all?

Random #python thing I just realized about f-strings. When interpolating a variable, you can append = to change the formatting to the repr version instead of the string version:

```
>>> from datetime import datetime
>>> now = datetime.now()
>>> f"{now}" #str() version
'2025-10-24 07:33:30.443638'
>>> f"{now=}" #repr() version
'now=datetime.datetime(2025, 10, 24, 7, 33, 30, 443638)'
>>>
```

"Results from two experiments indicate that even when people are successful at maintaining sustained attention—as when avoiding the temptation to check their phones—the mere presence of these devices reduces available cognitive capacity. Moreover, these cognitive costs are highest for those highest in smartphone dependence."

https://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/691462?utm_source=arnoldspumpclub.schwarzenegger.com&utm_medium=newsletter&utm_campaign=how-your-smartphone-secretly-makes-you-dumber-even-when-it-s-off

@jonbradley downtown across the street from the S&W building?

@feoh I've long been intrigued by the concept of Architectual Decision Records ( https://adr.github.io/ ) and would like to use it whenever I'm actually back in an actual software dev role

I know I jested about the Atlassian purchase of TBCNY, but this is at least promising:

https://www.computerworld.com/article/4053130/atlassian-exec-details-the-610m-browser-company-acquisition.html#:~:text=%E2%80%9CWe%E2%80%99re%20planning%20to,optimize%20your%20workflow.

> We’re planning to bring loved features of Arc into Dia.

I'm somewhat past my initial phase of AI loathing, and use Kagi's assistant, so having a browser built on some of those concepts isn't a big turnoff to me now. I just want the UI aspects of Arc to live on somewhere.

#atlassian #arc #dia

I deeply miss the hybrid tab+bookmark approach that the Arc Browser had. It made my usage of a web browser so much better than any other. A few other browsers now attempt something that's similar in presentation for tabs and groups (e.g. Safari and Orion) but don't come closs to the hybrid bookmarking that Arc did since the URL you pinned is never sticky.

I'd love to see it implemented in another browser.

Sadly, TBCNY company has now gone on to become Jira's AI Portal... or something 🤷