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 not here for much longer
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Joined November 2007
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Glyph (@[email protected])

Okay, so, I made a thing. https://www.patreon.com/posts/welcome-to-my-75389720 I do not actually expect anyone to sign up for this in its current state, but the point is that it's up, it's live, and...

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In this metaphor the "child" is X™ The Everything App™ and the "growth" is *incandescently* rancid vibes. Unless you really need this for work, you can leave. Please leave. You owe it to yourself. You're better than this.
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No social media is perfect, but please join me on the Fediverse. I promise, having somewhere to post where you *aren't* having engagement-maximizing hate-fuel rammed into your eyeballs at maximum velocity all the time will make you feel better. mastodon.social/@glyph

Glyph (@[email protected])

42.1K Posts, 387 Following, 8.34K Followers · Gender: he/him Writer: https://glyph.im Coder: https://github.com/glyph Founder: https://twisted.org Maintainer: https://pypi.org/user/glyph Streamer:...

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Had to log in to check something and returning to this site is now is reminiscent of seeing a young child irregularly, in the sense that the people who see the child every day do not notice their growth but those who see them rarely feel like they double in size every time.
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Matt Binder (@[email protected])

new from me: Elon Musk's X appears to be blocking links to directly contact users on Signal Signal, the encrypted messaging app, has recently become a major tool for government workers looking to...

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Please donate to superswingdistricts.org More information here: mastodon.social/@glyph/11334…
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I don't post a lot on here, let alone beg for retweets, but if you were going to retweet one thing I tweeted this year, make it this one
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🤔 not sure if shadowbanned or if all my followers are now on mastodon or bluesky
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(Dylan voice) 16 days to defeat “thieves hungry for power” @Fritschner
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CF Patient Advocate, Middletown Township Supervisor @AnnaPayne4PA is a great candidate to flip PA House 142, pro-freedom, equality, unions, environment, healthcare access, public education. Overlapping swing district: PA-01 combat veteran @ashley_ehasz @DLCC @runforsomething
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Erin Kissane, Writer/Researcher - XOXO Festival (2024)

Writer/researcher Erin Kissane is working to build better and safer...

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I just found a solution for my biggest obstacle for my new desktop app on macOS. The *obstacle* was this accessibility check. And I needed it when registering a hot-key (via pynput). You could ask the permission to the user, but it can easily kill the on-boarding experience. To solve it, we should use pyobjc directly. I found @glyph 's QuickMacHotKey most useful for it:
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New Blog: Python macOS Framework Builds: Building Python with --enable-framework changes some stuff around; should you care? blog.glyph.im/2024/09/python…

Python macOS Framework Builds

Building Python with --enable-framework changes some stuff around; should you care?

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PyBay@py_bay2 Sep 2024
Worried about security vulnerabilities in your Python code? Join Glyph Lefkowitz at PyBay 2024 for a deep dive into Python's subtle security pitfalls and learn how to protect your programs from malicious attacks. Get tickets: pybay.org #PyBay #Python
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New version of Automat today. I'm very excited to announce it. More details on Mastodon: mastodon.social/@glyph/11298…

Glyph (@[email protected])

I think that calendar versioning is better, but one downside I must admit it has is that it can sometimes obscure when big, new things happen to a piece of software: such as today's release of...

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New Blog: On The Defense Of Heroes: How should we defend those people who have done great work that has inspired us, when they stand accused? blog.glyph.im/2024/08/on-the…

On The Defense Of Heroes

How should we defend those people who have done great work that has inspired us, when they stand accused?

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Turns out there's a single file that adds preexec/precmd hooks to Bash and it's used by basically all terminal emulators and shell tooling sourcegraph.com/search?q=con…
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I know you haven't heard from me much over here lately, but I am still doing stuff, and here's some of it: mastodon.social/@glyph/11293…

Glyph (@[email protected])

(Bi-)Weekly update is up on Patreon for patrons: https://www.patreon.com/posts/patreon-update-109802829

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If you just want the link to the Patreon, here you go patreon.com/creatorglyph

Glyph — creating open source software and words on the internet

Get more from Glyph on Patreon. creating open source software and words on the internet. Support Glyph and get exclusive access to their work.

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This is from a 1979 presentation. We are v slow learners, it seems.
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Exercise for the reader: how does this apply to AI
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Replying to @glyph @pikhq @tef_ebooks
This intellectual heritage continues through startup culture (don't ask what people need, just start a company) and cryptocrud (don't engage with regulators or political processes, just make distributed technology and it'll all work out)
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