@barbynote Good to know! ^.^

@eryn What's sadfunny is that I see it on eBay for about 50% more than our local bookstore is offering it (brand new). :blobcatthinking:

Let me know if nothing else turns up.

Edit: Okay, they apparently don't have it in stock and may not be able to restock it ("hard to find, give us a call"). I guess that explains eBay.

Anybody got an old copy of "Land of Lisp" that they'd be willing to send me?

And before you ask, online copies just aren't doing it for me, I need the kinesthetic feel of a physical book in my hands, the flipping between dog-eared pages, and marking up the text with an actual pencil to learn effectively.

I can't really even pay postage right now, but I plan to live-toot my unhinged thoughts while I ingest and digest the information if that sort of thing pleases or amuses you.

( #lisp #emacs boost appreciated.)

Is anyone in my circles using #DeltaChat?

Hi! I just moved here, and for my first post on my new home, let me share you some photos of my cats!

#cats #myphotos #catphotography

@me_valentijn @czarbucks I just bet that dark spot up near the trees is no-ice -- and it's kinda scary how close some of those tracks go to that spot. The ice 20-50 feet away can't be much. :blobcatscared:

(cue Kate Bush, "Under Ice")

The message from the stars was very long and complex, but contained instructions how to decode and parse it incrementally.

There was an image, of a very cute furry creature. And a text, which loosely translated said:

"Send cat pics please!'

#MicroFiction #TootFic #SmallStories

@Suran P.S. The situation may be better in the EU; y'all still have "regulations" and such. (Wish we did.)

@Suran It's what they're doing, nonetheless. :blobcatupsidedown: (You expect billionaire behaviors to "make sense"? 😵‍💫)

I have some links about all this, if you want to dive further.

@KimCrayton1 I've run into this too. They're hoping you'll (basically) do their work for them. It's not an indicator of good-faith discussion. :-/

@sus I wonder if there are any wikis that specialize in city-planning stuff, with emphasis on alternatives to car-culture.

Mission: Lower bills.

Here’s our play:

👉 Cheaper energy sources: we are linking electricity prices to wind and solar instead of expensive gas.
👉 Lower taxes: we are pushing for reduced national taxes on your monthly bills.
👉 Saving by using less: investing in better insulation to stop energy waste.

The big target: we aim to cut household energy bills.

✔️ For a Europe where energy is clean, local and, above all, affordable for every citizen.

@Suran You know they're currently using drinking water, though, yeah? That's been a real problem for nearby communities -- especially for server farms in the more arid parts of the country (and world, I assume).

Is there a case to be made that #TypeScript is Good Actually, rather than being just a corporate kluge on top of another corporate kluge (in a trenchcoat)?

#AskFedi: What are the best #Linux distros for the Blind and low-vision people of any tech level?

What are the options for a blind install or preinstalls that have functional screen readers?

(I know the options aren't great, some assistive features are disappearing without explanation, but I want to believe there's something worth suggesting for this year.)

@EveHasWords I'd be interested in what you think of Sharkey, too.

@Suran Not to defend that jerk, but this is a Subject of Interest for me and I have answers:

1. radiative cooling works well (see: JWST, sensors kept below 50°K despite main chassis being in constant sunlight)
2. they're focusing on GPUs doing compute-intensive tasks (lots of time between uploading inputs and downloading results)

Benefits to humans (as opposed to billionaires): no siphoning off drinking-water, no more recommissioning coal/gas/nuclear plants to feed their monster

Hot take: I think we should strongly encourage them to blow their money on this, whether it works or not. If it works, we get the AI-heaters off the planet. If it doesn't, maybe we'll get some orbital infra built at their expense. Could also help support photovoltaic r&d.

“A streamlined newspaper for a streamlined era”

Posted today for no particular reason.

https://zeldman.com/2026/02/04/a-streamlined-newspaper-for-a-streamlined-era/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=jetpack_social

@wdlindsy The thing to do when a RWA uses rhetorical tricks like this is to interpret their answer in the way that reflects worst on them, and then spell it out -- in this case, something like "So you admit you would not be able to face the survivors, given the crimes you are excusing?"

They love to use ambiguity to their advantage, but it works both ways. So does negging -- especially around thin-skinned petty wannabe-dictators.

Though persistence Petunia has secured the last word (or blep, as the case may be).

#TongueOutTuesday #Cats #CatsOfMastodon #FediCats