Director, Engineering @NGINX Formerly: @SuborbitalDev, @Element_hq, @Mozilla MSP→BHD https://xitter.cf/t.co/vkIW6yb7cw
Belfast, Northern Ireland
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This is how you should install Nix for now.
Introducing the Determinate Nix Installer, an opinionated alternative to the official #Nix install scripts for #Linux & macOS
🔍 Review a calculated install plan
❄️ Installs with nix-command & flakes enabled
📄 Stores a receipt for uninstalling
determinate.systems/posts/de…
In one week we've gone from "Microsoft made Google dance" to "Bing is an emotionally manipulative liar." What a tremendous shift!
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Wheeeeeeeeeeee!
ALT Replay of the Artemis launch on YouTube. The captions are broken and read "WEWEWEWEWEWEWEWEWEWEWE" as the rocket lifts off.
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If I had to wager, Twitter's a dead site walking and won't be a significant part of public or tech discourse by this time next year.
I'd make the same bet against Mastodon. It won't go away, but the public wants a global town square, and Mastodon structurally cannot be that.
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On the one hand: there goes the neighborhood.
On the other hand: if this gets people out of less secure apps and into Signal, then maybe it's worth it. But will it?
Give your friends a peek into your life -- privately and securely -- with Signal's new stories feature. Share disappearing text, images, and video updates with select contacts or groups. More here:
signal.org/blog/introducing-…
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Element is doing good work. And it's all open source.
Folks a reminder that @element_hq is hiring
Come help us build an open standard for secure messaging. It’s #FOSS, we’re fully remote, and you’ll be improving the data privacy of millions of people
Even if you can't see a perfect match hit me up anyway
apply.workable.com/elementio…
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Not leaving Twitter just yet, but if I do my backup Mastodon account is wandering.shop/@callahad
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Hey #nidc2022 if you're interested in learning more about serverside WebAssembly, two great trailheads are:
- bytecodealliance.org/ — Bytecode Alliance (WASI, Wasmtime)
- events.linuxfoundation.org/c… — Cloud Native WASM Day (on Monday!)
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I've gotten two Prime Ministerial resignations (at least!) out of this TV Licence. Absolute top value for money.
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Logitech's macOS software is trash, but I thought I needed it to fix the 50 Hz flicker from LED lights in the UK. Not so.
@itaybre built a neat little open source app that controls USB webcams over the standard UVC interface. Works great! github.com/Itaybre/CameraCon…
What does it mean when the blue neutral wire turns all black and bubbly and makes a "bzzzt" sound?
ALT An open electrical isolator switch, showing a burned out neutral wire.
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Really feels like WebAssembly has crossed a hype cycle / awareness threshold in the past few weeks. Can't point to any specific trigger, but I'm convinced that it's now at critical mass and is self-perpetuating.
Like it or not, we're all gonna learn a lot about wasm next year.
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Ever since SaaS became a thing, I miss being able to slap some bespoke code in a local application and make it do what I want. Let's bring that back. Blogged: blog.suborbital.dev/let-your…
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Are you a software engineer interested in helping build the only open-source voting system in the US?
I hope you'll consider applying to @voting_works. We just opened up new positions.
votingworks.breezy.hr/p/b35c…
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Wild to see Nix-based tools that tout "doesn't require you to know or use Nix." And yet I'm convinced that is *exactly* what will propel the next major shift in how software is developed, built, and deployed. Here we go.
macOS users can skip XCode altogether with Riff + Nix: github.com/determinateSystem…
