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We should be able to do magick with files where like the first 90% of ~/.blah is actually sourced from /etc/immutable/bullshit.conf and then then you can append as much as you like, but not remove the first part. I'm sure I could make FUSE do something like this. Shit like /etc/whatever/include.d/* is profoundly unspecial. I want my operating system to be weird and inscrutable to the uninitiated.

it is now possible to set arbitrary strap pins with #GlasgowInterfaceExplorer! use `glasgow multi <...> gpio --pins B0:3 B0=0 B1=H B2=L B3=1` to strap B0 strong low, B1 weak high, B2 weak low, B3 strong high
the GPIO applet doesn't take up USB endpoint resources, so this is "free": you can append ` gpio` to any applet command line you'd like

Rethinking LSM-tree based Key-Value Stores: A Survey
Yina Lv, Qiao Li, Quanqing Xu, Congming Gao, Chuanhui Yang, Xiaoli Wang, Chun Jason Xue
https://arxiv.org/abs/2507.09642

Rethinking LSM-tree based Key-Value Stores: A Survey
LSM-tree is a widely adopted data structure in modern key-value store systems that optimizes write performance in write-heavy applications by using append writes to achieve sequential writes. However, the unpredictability of LSM-tree compaction introduces significant challenges, including performance variability during peak workloads and in resource-constrained environments, write amplification caused by data rewriting during compactions, read amplification from multi-level queries, trade-off b…

I built a Firefox extension that allows you to append arbitrary arguments/text to each Google query automatically. I will now go through whatever hell is required to get it onto the addon store. It's up on GitHub for the curious. https://github.com/theodric/ArgsGoogleSearches

Go Wiki: SliceTricks - The Go Programming Language
Cut:
a = append(a[:i], a[j:]...)
#golang

This https://arxiv.org/abs/2505.21091 has been replaced.
initial toot: https://mastoxiv.page/@arXiv_csCY_…

Position is Power: System Prompts as a Mechanism of Bias in Large Language Models (LLMs)
System prompts in Large Language Models (LLMs) are predefined directives that guide model behaviour, taking precedence over user inputs in text processing and generation. LLM deployers increasingly use them to ensure consistent responses across contexts. While model providers set a foundation of system prompts, deployers and third-party developers can append additional prompts without visibility into others' additions, while this layered implementation remains entirely hidden from end-users. As…

A Compartmental Model for Epidemiology with Human Behavior and Stochastic Effects
Christian Parkinson, Weinan Wang
https://arxiv.org/abs/2507.01046 https:/…

A Compartmental Model for Epidemiology with Human Behavior and Stochastic Effects
We propose a compartmental model for epidemiology wherein the population is split into groups with either comply or refuse to comply with protocols designed to slow the spread of a disease. Parallel to the disease spread, we assume that noncompliance with protocols spreads as a social contagion. We begin by deriving the reproductive ratio for a deterministic version of the model, and use this to fully characterize the local stability of disease free equilibrium points. We then append the determ…

I have published an update to the 'Add Arguments to Google Searches' Firefox extension which permits appending the &udm=14 parameter to the results URL, fully eliminating all AI slop as well as any other hint of machine 'helpfulness' in Google results. The extension will also now install and run on both Firefox and Firefox for Android.

My Google search arguments extension is live on the Firefox add-on marketplace https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/google-search-arguments/