Tootfinder

from my link log —
Sorting with fibonacci numbers, and a Knuth reward check.
https://orlp.net/blog/fibonacci-sort/
saved 2026-01-01 https://dotat.…

Oh dear, one disappointed call centre worker who didn't manage to upsell the insurance that came with the cooker. I know they're probably on commission but in my experience these companies will bend over backwards to wriggle out of paying for repairs so it's not worth it. When the tumble drier conked out a year ago Dad insisted on going through the insurance agreement he had with them and it was dire. After two months of faffing about and several failed repairs we just bought a n…

RE: https://mastodon.acm.org/@CerstinMahlow/115673628544577463
OMG this is addictive! Just be wary that it's in KM, so my first few guesses were way off (about a pair of Fibonacci numbers off, in fact <-;).

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on BBCRadio3's #Breakfast
Carl Nielsen & Fibonacci Sequence:
🎵 Serenata in vano FS.68
#CarlNielsen #FibonacciSequence
https://open.spotify.com/track/6mlDkwdvwTNTWAAmOgJnTl

Famien Sanglard does a deep dive on how Quake was the only game to support both DOS and Windows 95 with TCP/IP multiplayer in one exe #Quake…

An Hacker there was, one of the finest sort
Who controlled the system; graphics was his sport.
A manly man, to be a wizard able;
Many a protected file he had sitting on his table.
His console, when he typed, a man might hear
Clicking and feeping wind as clear,
Aye, and as loud as does the machine room bell
Where my lord Hacker was Prior of the cell.
The Rule of good St Savage or St Doeppnor
As old and strict he tended to ignore;
He let go by …

Guardian faffing around the issue.
The government should clearly overturn Javid's cruel decision to strip this victim of grooming of her citizenship.
But they won't, being on human rights, even worse than the last Tory government.
Ministers cannot go on ignoring the Shamima Begum case, for two important reasons | Shamima Begum | The Guardian

Weekend Reads
* How Quake got its TCP/IP stack
https://fabiensanglard.net/quake_chunnel/index.html
* MENOG 25 region advancement report

High fiving heroes ✋ Veterans and their families high-fived our players and coaches! @Boeing https://www.youtube.com/shorts/c0_j_kjVgcw

Watching a Blazor video, and there's a part of my brain incredulously screaming, “How did we get here?!”
#dotnet has built an impenetrable fortress of fapping about surrounded by a moat of WTF?!