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I once saw a paper, then lost it, I wish I could find it again, that had kind of a satirical tone, it was about teaching and went something like "how to be liked by your students without teaching much"

I have nightmares about this. I hope my students like my classes and also learn stuff, but I'm really never sure. Some like the classes, some learn stuff, but, am I optimizing for them liking the classes while learning less?
"Critiquing #Computing Artifacts through Programming Satirical #Python Scripts" https://arxiv.org/html/2312.03090v1 ![question = "Hello! What is your name?" name = input(question) if name not in ["John", "Jacob", "Sam", "Emily", "Hannah"]: print ("That is not a name, please try again.") else: print("Hello " + name + "!") ](https://media.ciberlandia.pt/ciberlandia-media/media_attachments/files/114/320/950/048/292/727/original/140c10cdd8e78fdc.png)
"Optimists have more fun, but do
they learn better? On the influence
of emotional and social factors on
learning introductory computer science"

https://cs.au.dk/~mec/publications/journal/22--optimists.pdf

"...we found no correlation between
emotional health and social well-being on the one hand and success in computer science as indicated by course grades on the other"

:-S
[47°09′52″S, 126°43′27″W] Raw reading: 0x67F966B2, offset +/-1
A mate and I met at the scout yard to prepare an upcoming workshop. Boy did we have an amazing sunset when we left. The photos don't reflect it, it was a hell lot more beautiful in person: https://lyse.isobeef.org/plaetzle-2025-04-11/

Bloody awesome sunset
MONO Live on #KEXP

https://yewtu.be/watch?v=1h5Ky5cBwA8

#music #invidious
We will miss you a lot, Jocelyn
But what if I want a faster horse?
https://rakhim.exotext.com/but-what-if-i-really-want-a-faster-horse
The best Programmers I Know – Matthias Endler
https://endler.dev/2025/best-programmers/
Trop chouette ce petit fichier php pour lire de la musique stockée dans le dossier courant: https://sye.dk/sfpap/
Trop chouette ce petit fichier php pour lire de la musique stockée dans le dossier courant: https://sye.dk/sfpap/
[47°09′30″S, 126°43′22″W] --white noise--
@anth Hahaha, for a second I thought that you implemented word splitting according to Swiss (.ch) rules. :-D

Btw, both manpage links string(2) and getields(2) (it's missing an f) point into nothingness: http://a.9srv.net/src/wordwrap.2.html

I can't help but notice line 9: http://a.9srv.net/src/wordwrap.c

And I reckon your finger slipped one key to the right for quore: http://a.9srv.net/src/litclock.1.html

Cool stuff! :-)
Trying unsucessfully to reproduce this #leafmap example :(

https://leafmap.org/maplibre/globe_control/#import-library

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D2bdwLkU1KQ

UPDATE: Different computer... different result...


#Python #geopython #geospacial A map showing a bit of São Paulo, near the Mario de Andrade Municipal Library, showing some simplified 3D volumes of buildings
@bender Fair enough 🧐
@bender Technically no but we'll talk more about this 👌
@bender No insertion.
@bender It's a bug in the UI for sure. The hash is the primary key.
[47°09′01″S, 126°43′03″W] Transponder fixed
@bender No, haven't figured out the reproducer yet 🧐
@bender I hate vendor lock-in too 🤣
Garfield Minus Garfield
https://garfieldminusgarfield.net
Ordering issue is fixed 🥳
[47°09′51″S, 126°43′08″W] Transponder still failing
[47°09′27″S, 126°43′02″W] Resetting transponder
#Wilco #music #invidious
Impossible Germany
https://inv.nadeko.net/watch?v=Epbu2z3o28w
AI 2027
https://ai-2027.com/
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Mais um debate comentado de forma diferente por não ter sido transmitido em canal aberto.

BE e PAN estão próximos em muitos temas, pelo menos em teoria. Mas há diferenças: BE rejeita a descida do IRC que o PAN propõe. Na habitação PAN propõe muita coisa, BE propõe tudo isso e mais, mas isso não resolve o problema imediato, e por isso quer também os tectos às rendas. PAN desperdiçou oportunidade para explicar porque é que não concorda.

Novidade (para mim, e pode ter sido por distracção) só uma: o #PAN defende comboio em todas as capitais de distrito (ideia proposta antigamente pelo #PS e depois varrida para debaixo do tapete).

#ptpol #debates #legislativas #legislativas2025
On my blog: Real Life in Star Trek, Frame of Mind https://john.colagioia.net/blog/2025/04/10/frame-mind.html #scifi #startrek #closereading
I updated wordwrap.[ch] to more closely match the interface for string(2); it's now just that plus a margin. I also updated litclock and marquee to match. http://a.9srv.net/src/index.html
I updated wordwrap.[ch] to more closely match the interface for string(2); it's now just that plus a margin. I also updated litclock and marquee to match. http://a.9srv.net/src/index.html
1) Spinumviva: IL não quer falar sobre isso, PS diz que se percebe porquê.

2) governabilidade e Milei: PS faz o que fez. IL é a favor do Milei mas não quer falar da Argentina.

3) moderação: PNS não é nem nunca foi radical. Já a IL quer privatizar tudo.

4) Trump: IL acha que não se deve responder às tarifas com tarifas. PS acha que governo PSD em gestão devia ter falado com PS antes de decidir o pacote que anunciou hoje.

5) Milei outra vez: IL diz que temos de cortar a AP e privatizar coisas como a RTP. PS diz que não precisamos de motoserras e diz que as contas da IL não batem certo.

6) política fiscal: IL diz que temos de pôr as empresas a crescer e baixar o IRS. Em vez baixar o IVA, IL quer baixar os impostos às empresas para que as famílias tenham mais dinheiro O-o . PS em vez de reduzir o IRC (que não faz nada à economia) quer com menos desse custo fazer todas as suas medidas já anunciadas.

7) defesa: IL diz que investir mais em defesa é uma oportunidade e pode ser feita sem afectar negativamente os portugueses. PS defende que lá fora temos de ser consensuais.

#ptpol #debates #legislativas #legislativas2025 #PS #IL
@aelaraji YAYYYYYYYY
@eapl.me YEAHHH THEY'RE SO CUTE i got them here! https://github.com/charmbracelet/confettysh
@bender @movq Thanks! I'll think about switching to higher resolution teasers in the future. The reasoning behind the thumbnails is to avoid wasting traffic. Maybe folks in the outback or on expensive mobile networks appreciate it. Yeah, they could disable images in general.
inside the out feeling, the okay feeling
That's a dang cool story from Apollo 11 where priority queues saved the day: https://www.nasa.gov/history/alsj/a11/a11.1201-fm.html
[47°09′45″S, 126°43′03″W] Transponder malfunction
@lyse 01.jpg could have been a Windows wallpaper. 😃
@lyse Well, yeah, that’s quite similar, isn’t it 😂
Hit by the arvo sun rays behind the window I was convinced that it is t-shirt weather. Deep blue sky, yeah, for sure! It turned out to be just 15°C and declining, though. So, I had to wear my jacket on today's windy stroll. Pretty nice. Didn't take many photos, but there you go: https://lyse.isobeef.org/waldspaziergang-2025-04-10/

Blooming trees
@movq Holy crap, that's really crazy!

Hahaha, you got me. When I read your first sentence I thought you were going to tell about your Wayland experience in comparison to X11. :-D
@movq @ionores Thank you! Nope, still a petting farm over here. The only dangerous (to humans) animals are boars and ticks. But I only ever encountered a wild hog once in my entire life so far. Luckily, it took off and didn't attack me. Ticks, on the other hand, regularly attack me.
[47°09′44″S, 126°43′21″W] Reading: 0.55 Sv
Show HN: Browser MCP – Automate your browser using Cursor, Claude, VS Code
https://browsermcp.io/
you got me 😜, it was like a few Internet centuries ago
@bendereapl.me@eapl.me test
How much do you think it costs to make a pair of Nike shoes in Asia?
https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1909741170953273353.html
Ministro da Economia hoje em reacção aos pedidos da embaixada americana às empresas Portuguesas para abandonarem as suas políticas de diversidade: "temos de nos aproximar do EUA".

É isto o nosso Governo?
@bender Let's just optimize/fix those annoyances later on once I've finished pagination. Then I'll merge this branch into main.
@bender Same size they always were.
@bender Hmmm I can't figure out how you did this 🤣
Or like this?
Like this? In the post box at the bottom?
@bender Did you mean to mention me? 🧐
A #capa que me vem à mente para o #musiquinta desta semana já a partilhei por aqui no ano passado:
https://ciberlandia.pt/@marado/112008242857657770

Comprei este #EP de #GGGOLDDD (chamado #PTSD) sem me aperceber o quão fixe era a capa, e se calhar sem ter noção de que este disco ia tocar tanto quanto já tocou.

Para música a ilustrar o disco, pode ser esta (mas se gostarem, vale a pena ouvir o resto do disco!):
https://gggolddd.bandcamp.com/track/old-habits-ptsd-version
[47°09′39″S, 126°43′43″W] Weather forecast alert -- storm from NE
@aelaraji Cool! 😎
@bendereapl.me@eapl.me A few years ago or decades ago? 🤣
@bender Well done 👍
I _believe_ the bug has been fixed 🥳
@abucci Apologies, the basic summary is as follows:

- Decided to rewrite the cache backend.
- It will now be a SQLite backend going forward.
- I'm planning on no data migration.
[47°09′48″S, 126°43′32″W] --no signal--
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Trump reduces tariffs to 10% for 90 days on all countries but China
https://www.cnbc.com/2025/04/09/trump-tariffs-live-updates.html
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the Fireworks and Confetti animations are amazing. It reminds me a lot of my first code on QBasic a few years ago.
@movq no no it's ok i say it because it's true also it's funny to me hahah! don't be sorry
#ptpol #debates #CDU #Livre #legislativas2025

Este 5º debate foi para mim bastante diferente no formato (não foi transmitido em canal aberto), e o meu comentário também aparece num formato ligeiramente diferente.

Foi também o debate mais calmo e civil de todos - e de repente o tempo deu para falar de muitas mais coisas, e aprofundar mais os temas, com exemplos de medidas concretas, etc..

A #CDU e o @LIVRE@LIVRE estão hoje mais alinhados/próximos que anteriormente, parece-me. Cada um com as suas medidas e prioridades, é certo, mas é natural que na generalidade um partido aprove as medidas propostas pelo outro.

A "frase" do debate para mim foi do Rui Tavares, ao dizer "Neste momento, quem ainda acredita na NATO?"

Onde verdadeiramente discordam é na questão da guerra, e aqui foi onde Tavares foi menos claro onde se posiciona - parece que concorda com tudo o que o PCP diz mas depois tira a conclusão oposta. Mas seja no programa ou noutros debates, terão oportunidade de se explicar melhor.
🚀 ¡Tenemos nuevo meetup! 🐍
Acompáñanos junto a Guillermo en la creación de robots y cómo herramientas de IA como Cursor y Windsurf hacen más fácil el desarrollo 🤖✨
📅 Martes 29 de abril a las 18:30 en WayCo Cabanyal.
Apúntate aquí: https://www.meetup.com/python-valencia-meetup/events/307182961/2025-04-10T02:03:15.000Z important_dev_news@activity.andros.dev made a new post: "Trump reduces tariffs to 10% for 90 days on all countries but China
https://www.cnbc.com/2025/04/09/trump-tariffs-live-updates.html"
🚀 ¡Tenemos nuevo meetup! 🐍
Acompáñanos junto a Guillermo en la creación de robots y cómo herramientas de IA como Cursor y Windsurf hacen más fácil el desarrollo 🤖✨
📅 Martes 29 de abril a las 18:30 en WayCo Cabanyal.
Apúntate aquí: https://www.meetup.com/python-valencia-meetup/events/307182961/
@kat Ouch. 🥴 Alright, that’s not so great then, sorry. 🫣🥴
Depois do comentário ao programa do PS quanto aos assuntos digitais, segue-se comentário ao do BE.

Isto é um bocado batota, porque o manifesto do BE para 2025 pode-se resumir à página onde diz "O mandato das deputadas e deputados do Bloco eleitos em março de 2024 foi interrompido pela crise política artificial provocada por Montenegro. O programa que apresentámos ao povo é o nosso mandato para a próxima legislatura.", e portanto a minha análise também é a mesma do ano passado.

O mau: o BE propõe um teste ao voto eletrónico à distância. É verdade que dizem que tem de ser software livre, participado por especialistas de segurança e tal, mas isso não transforma uma má ideia numa boa.

O bom: o resto - neutralidade da rede, software livre, protecção da liberdade de expressão, rejeição à censura, fim do DRM, #PublicMoneyPublicCode, ciência aberta.

#ptpol #digital #legislativas2025 #BE
@movq i'm usually depressed so when i'm doing stuff like this i guarantee it's fueled by coffee and adderall lmao
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@bender (Feels a bit like his “edit” function could be implemented as “delete and re-draft”, but I’m only guessing here.)
@lyse Nice. I should catch up. Only walked 8km this month, so far. Oops.
I don’t need an X11 compositor for fancy graphics effects or whatever. I have true hardware support for that.

My TFT just slightly burns in and then it looks like dmenu has a semi-transparent background.

Yeah.

@kat Man, you are busy. I envy your energy. Oh, to be young again … 😂
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@kat should be good now! fair warning i have not checked on my own forum in forever (i am a great admin)
@bender OH NOOOOOOO LEMME CHECK THE CONTAINER
@bender @prologic Thanks mates!
oh out of boredom yesterday i made my blog available via markdown files too so you can use charmbracelet/glow to read them in your terminal :)

basically i just set up a file directory on a path of my blog, organized the MD files by year, and so in theory you can navigate to that path and choose a folder, then copy a link to a markdown post and run this:

glow -p https://bubblegum.girlonthemoon.xyz/md/2025/2025-03-31%20premature%20reflections%20on%20sudden%20responsibility.md

and then as long as you have glow installed, you can read my posts from the terminal :D it's so cool
@kat these are my little SSH services by the way - a git server and then some fun stuff!
guys omg the people behind pico.sh are so nice ;_; one of the people running it emailed me to let me know i had what was likely a malfunctioning (or well, not working as intended) script that was spawning the same SSH tunnel over and over and they wanted to give me a heads up.

and i felt SO BAD because i worried i was straining their service or something so i disabled my 4 tunnels (they were serving little SSH games and services) and got back to them.

but i just woke up to THE NICEST EMAIL EVER reassuring me that i was actually using it as intended, it was just my script that was having problems, and they even said that if it was intended to work that way it was fine and they just wanted to let me know!

so i restarted the tunnels but have since added lockfiles as safeguards so that when the script is run it'll check if it's already running :D
Tailscale has raised $160M
https://tailscale.com/blog/series-c
Brazil's government-run payments system has become dominant
https://www.economist.com/the-americas/2025/04/03/brazils-government-run-payments-system-has-become-dominant
@david yeah @movq and I discovered its a bug in lextwt last night 😢 We'll fix it as soon as @xuu can 🤣
@bender Beautiful cat 😍 What is his name?
@david Yeah, we’ve been debugging that a bit yesterday. Looks like the wrong input (sometimes) gets fed to the hash function → broken threads.
Anyway. this was a good use for search btw. I couldn't find my Twt, so I just quickly searched for it, snap, bingo I found it in a snap! 🫰
@movq completely off-topic, this conversation is so broken at twtxt.net! With this one, it's like the third one that has issues on Yarnd, but it is all fine for me on jenny.
@bender Oh fuck you're absolutely right!!! 🤣 I only posted this 13h ago 🤦‍♂️
ping? 🏓
@aelaraji Yeah I'm in the process of rewriting (_incrementally_) the cache storage backend. It's now been live for at least a week now and pagination and peering are the last things left to do 🤞
@david Ah, yes, the hardware might not. As I just said in the other thread: No problem, you can keep the same installation. I did so many times on my PC/laptop at work.
@javivf Oh, yes, looking at SMART is always a good idea. 😅 My SSD isn’t that old, though. It got replaced recently, tbh. But no need to reinstall, I just copy the files to a new disk. (Works just as fine when switching to an entire new machine.)
@bender Cute cat 🐱