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if you ported a libc to use a `io_uring`-style syscall interface that serializes the arguments to one ring buffer and then polls another for completion, you could make an application

"huh i wonder what's a piece of tape doing there" *pulls off* "you motherfUCKER"WHY DO PEOPLE KEEP DOING THIS. WHY DO I HAVE TO CLEAN THIS SHIT UP tinning the

ok I'm... I have no words.whoever worked on wiring in this apt before me (but long after those who built it) used a screw terminal in a junction box.and into

hey remember i complained about games that are less fun than webdev consulting.well about that previouslyhttps://twitter.com/whitequark/status/1314061800485289984 hm, i think this just means it's accurate the reviews are something, thou

i'll one-up @ManishEarth and go with "Flash still is awesome"https://twitter.com/tlakomy/status/1310467434520940544 yesterday i found out there's a fourth sequel to a Flash game i played in 2009, it's released in 2020

USB type-Cexpectation: you have one connector instead of many connectorsreality: you have exactly as many connectors but now they're visually indistinguishable(snippet from https://www.amazon.com/Headphone-Adapter-CableCreation-Charging

python package management improved quite a bit, but it still seems to be the case that the support channels of any project that uses python must necessarily also become the

there can't be a best language because programming languages differentiate themselves from the singular primordial language where everything is possible and nothing is definite by giving up some expressive power

quite impressed with how well clang++ is coping with this 126 MB, 841000 line long C++ file i am feeding it, by which i mean it still hasn't eaten all

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