[-] NostraDavid@programming.dev 4 points 1 day ago
  1. Get all the Pro-Iranian-Government people right on top of important infra
  2. USA blows them all up
  3. ????
  4. PROFIT!?
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PyPI stats 2026 (blog.piwheels.org)
submitted 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) by NostraDavid@programming.dev to c/python@programming.dev

I saw that PiWheels posted their PyPI (pronounced pie-pee-eye, not pie-pie as that's the JIT interpreter) article, showing off some neato stats, like the longest PyPI package names, and such.

[-] NostraDavid@programming.dev 2 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Make it three downvotes, because this thread is about least logical fears.

[-] NostraDavid@programming.dev 2 points 1 day ago

Mad cow disease is also caused by prions, which is why the cow's body gets destroyed, not just buried.

[-] NostraDavid@programming.dev 3 points 1 day ago

Swimming pool drains.

Not irrational; I've seen a crab get sucked through a tiny slit into an underwater pipe, shell and all. There's YT footage I won't post to save your sanity.

Delta P (difference is pressure) can be absolutely terrifying.

[-] NostraDavid@programming.dev 7 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

Some recommendations:

  • baobab -> QDirStat
  • qalculate -> speedcrunch
  • ncdu -> gdu ("I am you, but faster")

I prefer lsd to ls or eza/exa (RIP exa).

[-] NostraDavid@programming.dev 5 points 2 days ago

Some applications I've not seen yet:

Terminal

https://ntorga.com/gzip-bzip2-xz-zstd-7z-brotli-or-lz4/

  • lz4 - fastest compression/decompression (several GB/s); compression is good, but not amazing; very little CPU usage
  • zstd - very fast compression, fast decompression (few GB/s compression; ~600MB/s for decompression; better or equal compression compared to zip, depending on level)
  • cloc <folder> - gets lines of code for a project/folder
  • gdu <optional location> - like ncdu, but faster (written in go) - think TreeSize/WinDirStat for the terminal
  • stat <file> - built-in application to show the modified, created, etc stats for a file.
  • hyperfine - benchmark for binaries - run this in front of a command to have it run multiple times, and show some statistics.
  • jpegli - great to recompress JPEG files into smaller filesizes, with only very few/minor visual effects.
  • just - used with a Justfile in a project so I can run just to see the commands, or run just test, just clean, just ... to run project-specific commands.
  • msedit - ye olde edit.com, reborn! Feels a little bit cursed to use an MS text editor on the terminal, but it's better for beginners than nano or micro or whatever.
  • oxipng - lossless png compression
  • pngquant - lossy png compression (it forces the file to use a palette of n colors, which reduces the colors used, so it will affect your files, unlike oxipng.
  • upx - compress binary files
  • visidata - analyses csv files, and shows some stats. Like Data Wrangler for the terminal
  • oxfmt - think "oxidized prettier" (file formatter for programmers)

GUIs

  • Whatpulse - I've been tracking my keypresses since 2005. not a terminal application, unlike the rest.
  • fsearch - Linux alternative to Everything by Voidtools. It will be a little bit different, but it does the job. mlocate package, with the sudo updatedb and locate commands, if you prefer the terminal
  • keepassxc - password manager
  • speedcrunch - best GUI calculator, IMO. Just a bar for input, and a bunch of stored results above it. Use the ans variable to use the previous answer in the current calculation, like ans*2 to multiply the previous answer. Or use variables, like x=5, y=2, x+y: 7.
[-] NostraDavid@programming.dev 1 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

There's also zigfetch, but that doesn't have a Nix logo :/

[-] NostraDavid@programming.dev 26 points 2 days ago

That's the point of government: the state has a monopoly on the legitimate use of physical force.

That's from "Politics as a Vocation" by Max Weber. It's also why the population needs to beat back if that violence isn't legitimate (i.e. it's abusing the population in the first place).

[-] NostraDavid@programming.dev 1 points 3 days ago

To read the article, just block js using ublock origin

[-] NostraDavid@programming.dev 7 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

You extend your right arm horizontally in front of you.

Uh oh...

You rest your left hand, palm down, on top of your right arm, next to your antecubital fossa (the opposite side of the elbow).

Oh, phew! I thought this was going to get dark for a second.

[-] NostraDavid@programming.dev 2 points 3 days ago

College degrees just ensure we're specialized.

Or becoming better just ensures you get more work done, and thus more work shoved onto your plate.

I know a guy who was smart enough to go to University, but went to a basic college instead (or rather, a Dutch equivalent). "I don't want to do all that" is his defence in not going to Uni.

[-] NostraDavid@programming.dev 6 points 6 days ago

Initially there were no subs, then the main page got hidden behind /r/all and people were allowed to create their own subs, and the frontpage got replaced with whatever you subbed to.

Those were the good times, when the site was small enough that people helped a kid out to do his homework.

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Ladybird, the browser from SerentityOS, now has a non-profit behind it! The guy in the video is not Andreas, but Chris Wanstrath (former CEO from Github), and he's pumping some financial backing into this non-profit.

I for one am happy we're getting an alternative to the Chrome/Firefox duality we're stuck with.

https://ladybird.org/

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