Federico Mena Quintero @federicomena@mstdn.mx

There were a TON of arguments about mnemonics for host names in the early ARPANET days. There is a sarcastically titled 1973 post on a forum at Stanford Research Institute called "Gee Host Names and Numbers are Swell" by Jim White. I just transcribed it:

https://write.as/365-rfcs/gee-host-names-and-numbers-are-swell

I learned of this post via a citation in this wonderful paper by Steven Malcic, which talks about how early ARPANET mnemonic tables evolved into our modern DNS system over about 15 years.

https://policyreview.info/articles/analysis/problem-future-users-how-constructing-dns-shaped-internet-governance

god i wish that was me

dream job: the guy who got paid to crouch behind david bowie's ass and juggle his balls

This could have profound privacy implications, especially for people who are poor or otherwise vulnerable. I'm proud to be part of this work.

https://sfconservancy.org/news/2019/sep/19/uspto-personal-addresses/

A new edition of the book Modern C is now available under a CC license via the following page

http://modernc.gforge.inria.fr/

I had to do it

current status: calculating mersenne crimes

“So, now, the world is facing a material and psychic crisis.

But, Afrikan members of this planet have had to exist and persist under a state of existential crisis and environmental death since the dawn of the modern globalized capitalist world.”

Burnin’ Down Massa’s House: Notes Toward a Black Radical Ecology

https://content.redvoice.news/burnin-down-massas-house-notes-toward-a-black-radical-ecology/

'My Home Is Already Being Destroyed by Climate Change'
https://www.teenvogue.com/story/frontline-communities-climate-change-effects

#Mexico's Foreign Ministry urged French auction house Millon to halt what it called an "illegal" auction of 120 pieces of pre-Columbian artefacts at an event in #Paris. https://www.telesurenglish.net/news/Mexico-Denounces-Illegal-Auction-of-Precolumbian-Art-in-Paris-20190918-0019.html

Orquesta Sinfónica de Mujeres interpretando el Huapango de Moncayo, la sección de metales era impresionante. Mi tiro de cámara es el del minuto 2'10, ahí estoy, entre los violines. 😍
https://youtu.be/5Bi8n3y6D_E

ethics in software design is a subject that needs more attention. black mirror focuses on the extreme example, with only one of their episodes (nosedive) having a current real life parallel (china's social credit system). questions like "should software licensed impose ethical restrictions" are never talked about, and rarely do people consider the ethical implications of software features, from the small stuff like the usage of muted blue as a calming colour in social network UIs to features like "beauty mode" on phone cameras.

the really severe stuff is often talked about, like that time a company released two different trailers and used facebook's targeted advertising feature to show them exclusively to white or black people, but the small stuff often gets glossed over. the exception is DRM, which is constantly talked about and fought against.

This might be too niche a question, but are there open source projects that use Go and seem accessible to beginners?