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@fanf@mendeddrum.org
2026-05-17 11:42:02

from my link log —
Faster zlib/DEFLATE decompression on arm64 and x86.
dougallj.wordpress.com/2022/08
saved 2022-08-20

Faster zlib/DEFLATE decompression on the Apple M1 (and x86)
DEFLATE is a relatively slow compression algorithm from 1991, which (along with its wrapper format, zlib) is incredibly widely used, for example in the PNG, Zip and Gzip file formats and the HTTP, …

@tschfflr@fediscience.org
2026-07-17 16:19:08

"which emojis are used the least often?" - Great question, and we rarely find data on this! But luckily, we studied this at least for two corpora with German users (and admittedly only for face emojis). So: Many object or symbol emojis (from the "tail end" of the emoji list) are very, very rarely used. Overall, faces and hearts are the most frequent. Among the face emojis, we compiled the full list of usages from a huge Twitter corpus (semi-public communication, 2014-2022) and a much small WhatsApp chat corpus (private or group communication). You can find the frequencies in this table linked below (and sort by frequency by clicking on the column). The least frequent face emoji in the large corpus was the "frowning face with open mouth" 😦, which most people have never seen before. Personally, I think it's pretty ambiguous and not very useful, as there are better emojis for anything it might express. #emojis #linguistics #WorldEmojiDay
tscheffler.github.io/2024-Face

@simon_brooke@mastodon.scot
2026-05-08 17:21:36

Back in 2022, after #StormArwen, I rolled up a section of the fence around my wood so that I could haul fallen timber out of the south end of my wood. There's still a lot of fallen timber there, but I think I have hauled out as much as I practically can. So today I decided to get the fence back up.
Of course, brambles had grown through the rolled up fence, so it was far beyond my stre…

Starting the unroll. The winch line from the tractor is taken through a turning block at the farm gateway, and hooked into the roll. There's a mess of fallen timber in the foreground, which will be outside the fence once it is back up, and which is destined to become firewood. Behind, the wood is still a mess, but the young oak trees along the edge of it are just coming into leaf.
(This picture is accidentally on its side, my apologies) Starting the unroll. The rolled fence has been pulled clear of the weeds, and is unrolling under the branches of the oak trees.
The fence more or less fully unrolled along the edge of the wood. Some of the fence posts are broken and will need to be replaced.
The fence fully unrolled and tensioned, but not yet upright.
@Dragofix@mastodontti.fi
2026-06-14 21:31:17

(2022) MOT: Sairaaksi kasvatettu lohi #eläinoikeudet #merenelävät

Sairaaksi kasvatettu lohi | MOT
Suomen myydyin kala on kuolemansairas. Yli 50 miljoonaa Norjassa kasvatettua lohta kuolee joka vuosi stressiin ja sydänsairauksiin. MOT selvitti, millaisissa oloissa suomalaisten suosikkiruoka kasvaa.

@carl@heath.social
2026-04-28 20:35:15

Sju dagar före invasionen röstade Ukraina igenom en lag om molnmigrering. Åtta dagar senare var den avgörande. Nu tar europeiska regeringar liknande beslut, pressade av krig och en oförutsägbar allierad. Sverige rör sig, men utan tydlig riktning.
carlheath.se/nycklarna-till-di

Nycklarna till digital rådighet
Sju dagar före Rysslands fullskaliga invasion av Ukraina, den 17 februari 2022, röstade det ukrainska parlamentet igenom en ny lag, 2075-IX. Lagen gjorde det rättsligt möjligt för myndigheter att…

@fanf@mendeddrum.org
2026-05-03 08:42:02

from my link log —
C99 doesn't need function bodies: VLAs are Turing complete.
lemon.rip/w/c99-vla-tricks/
saved 2022-08-04 dota…

C99 doesn't need function bodies, or 'VLAs are Turing complete'
Preface The 1999 revision to the C programming language brought several interesting changes and additions to the standard. Among those are variable length arrays, or VLAs for short…

@fanf@mendeddrum.org
2026-05-30 17:42:02

from my link log —
C23 is coming: here's what's on the menu.
thephd.dev/c23-is-coming-here-
saved 2022-08-05

C23 is Finished: Here is What is on the Menu
It’s That Blog Post. The release one, where we round up all the last of the features approved since the last time I blogged. If you’re