@mjs0

Dad and software geek. Ex-Canoncial. Ex-Cacophony. Maintainer of IMAPClient for Python. @menn0@mastodon.nzoss.nz

 Christchurch, New Zealand
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Joined August 2008
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I love this old email from Mike Haertel about why GNU grep is fast. A lot of lessons here about how to think about performance. lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/…
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In my tiny building game, I want your creations to exist in a world that feels alive. As a first step, I tackled ivy 🌿 As time passes, ivy grows on walls, bringing a bit of life with it✨ Brief tech overview in the🧵 #screenshotsaturday #indiegamedev #rustlang 🦀 #bevyengine
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The PyOxidizer docs have some of the best explanations of the mechanics Apple code signing out there (also some great tooling to help make signing binaries easier). Thanks @indygreg !
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✨𝖇𝖊𝖓✨@PenBercifield28 May 2022
In Poland, there is a LARP group that roleplays as contemporary Americans. Here they are doing “Ohio.”
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Kiwi PyCon@kiwipycon20 May 2022
PSA To all of #KiwiPyCon generous sponsors: the sponsorship prospectus release is imminent (the designers have it). Sixteen (16) sponsorship opportunities with extras. Bespoke sponsorships too. If you are unsure whether you are in our distribution list email [email protected]
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Sameer Ajmani@Sajma15 Mar 2022
Our greatest release ever! - Generics - Fuzzing - Module workspaces - debug/buildinfo (SBOM) - net/netip - ARM64 & PPC64 regabi (+15% performance)
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@golang15 Mar 2022
🎊 Go go1.18 is released! 📝 Release notes: go.dev/doc/go1.18 ⬇️ Download: go.dev/dl/#go1.18 #golang
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If you keep your life organised with Getting Things Done or similar, I highly recommend @nirvanahq. Thoughtful product design - fantastic web and mobile apps. I've tried so man to do apps, but this wins for me. #GTD
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Wordle 232 6/6 ⬛⬛⬛🟨⬛ ⬛⬛⬛⬛🟨 🟩⬛🟩⬛⬛ 🟩⬛🟩🟩🟩 🟩⬛🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 blimey
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Dandy@DandyBeyond11 Dec 2021
Cleric: Good sir, we heard that your village has befallen a terrible lycantropic curse. Villager: The werewolves did it. They say they can remove it but they're asking for 100 bitecoins. Cleric: Oh, no. Tell me it's not what I think it is. Villager: Yep. Ransomwere. #dnd
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My recent "Faster Software Through Register Based Calling" article has been included in the latest "A Byte of Coding" newsletter! #programming #chuffed abyteofcoding.com/issues/a-b…
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New blog article: Faster software through register based calling. It's a deep dive into a significant compiler change in #golang 1.17 but should be of interest to all developers. menno.io/posts/golang-regist…

Faster software through register based calling

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Tim McNamara
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A tip for those learning Rust: if you don't know which crate to use, start by looking through the list of stdx. github.com/brson/stdx

GitHub - brson/stdx: The missing batteries of Rust

The missing batteries of Rust. Contribute to brson/stdx development by creating an account on GitHub.

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Omg, this is too good!

Qanon Anonymous

A support group for conspiracy theorists finds one fictional belief so bonkers even they can't get behind it

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H HARTE 💀🎶@MoiderMother29 Oct 2021
A batshit crazy antivaxxer “health coach” with 1000’s of followers shared this map of “non discriminatory” businesses all over Aotearoa - they’re sharing it so they support them, I’m sharing it so we can avoid & report them 🤢😷 google.com/maps/d/viewer?mid…

Support NZ Businesses - Google My Maps

www.instagram.com/supportnzbusinesses Free service - for additions, updates & assistance: [email protected]

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Tim McNamara
@timClicks29 Oct 2021
DEAR UNITED KINGDOM, I HERALD GOOD NEWS *bugle plays dramatically* Rust in Action, a leading #rustlang book, is now available from @AmazonUK amazon.co.uk/Rust-Action-Tim…

Rust in Action

Rust in Action

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Tanya Major@geeketics23 Oct 2021
Replying to @farmgeek
Made this for my BIL in response to that exact comment. Told him I'm not telling you what to do, but here's the effectiveness data vs. other vaccines (and picked mostly ones people our age got in school so he'd recognise them). 🤷🏼‍♀️
Estimated vaccine effectiveness graph comparing COVID vaccines to other vaccines on the New Zealand vaccine schedule. Data per bar as Disease, Vaccine, Effectiveness Percent: COVID-19 (alpha), Pfizer, 93.7% COVID-19 (alpha), AstraZeneca, 74.5% COVID-19 (delta), Pfizer, 88.0% COVID-19 (delta), AstraZeneca, 67.0% Seasonal flu, Influenza vaccine (2014 to 15), 19.0% Seasonal flu, Influenza vaccine (2015 to 16), 48.0% Seasonal flu, Influenza vaccine (2016 to 17), 40.0% Seasonal flu, Influenza vaccine (2017 to 18), 38.0% Seasonal flu, Influenza vaccine (2018 to 19), 29.0% Seasonal flu, Influenza vaccine (2019 to 20), 39.0% Measles, Priorix, 94.4% Mumps, Priorix, 86.5% Meningococcal B, MeNZB, 76.5% Rotavirus, Rotarix, 86.0% Pertussis (Whooping Cough), Boostrix (<1 year post vaccine), 90.7% Pertussis (Whooping Cough), Boostrix (1 year post vaccine), 79.6% Pertussis (Whooping Cough), Boostrix (2 years post vaccine), 53.4% Pertussis (Whooping Cough), (3 to 4 years post vaccine), 30.5%

ALT Estimated vaccine effectiveness graph comparing COVID vaccines to other vaccines on the New Zealand vaccine schedule. Data per bar as Disease, Vaccine, Effectiveness Percent: COVID-19 (alpha), Pfizer, 93.7% COVID-19 (alpha), AstraZeneca, 74.5% COVID-19 (delta), Pfizer, 88.0% COVID-19 (delta), AstraZeneca, 67.0% Seasonal flu, Influenza vaccine (2014 to 15), 19.0% Seasonal flu, Influenza vaccine (2015 to 16), 48.0% Seasonal flu, Influenza vaccine (2016 to 17), 40.0% Seasonal flu, Influenza vaccine (2017 to 18), 38.0% Seasonal flu, Influenza vaccine (2018 to 19), 29.0% Seasonal flu, Influenza vaccine (2019 to 20), 39.0% Measles, Priorix, 94.4% Mumps, Priorix, 86.5% Meningococcal B, MeNZB, 76.5% Rotavirus, Rotarix, 86.0% Pertussis (Whooping Cough), Boostrix (<1 year post vaccine), 90.7% Pertussis (Whooping Cough), Boostrix (1 year post vaccine), 79.6% Pertussis (Whooping Cough), Boostrix (2 years post vaccine), 53.4% Pertussis (Whooping Cough), (3 to 4 years post vaccine), 30.5%

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Jon Gjengset@jonhoo5 Sep 2021
Aleksey (matklad)'s blog post on "fast rust builds" is Very Good. matklad.github.io/2021/09/04…
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