Likes from 12 February 2024

In response to @cadey@pony.social's blog post about wanting retry loops in #Golang, I wrote terrible hack using using the proposed iterator syntax. https://go.dev/play/?v=gotip var err error for range backoff(&err, 1 * time.Second) { if err = something1(); err != nil { continue } if err = something2() ; err != nil { continue } }

Attached: 1 video This deserves to be on your timeline. Trust me. 💙💙💙 Edit: Since this is blowing up, may I also suggest you follow me for more cute/wholesome posts? ;3

I’m uncomfortable with my appearance a lot and do not like to draw attention to myself as a sexual object and/or object of desire, so I’ll be brief but Even in the test garments I wore for three hours for the purposes of fitting, adjustment and colour/feature choosing of this suit: if you were already attracted to me then you’d have awooga eyes if you could have seen me in them

Last summer I started to get clued in to how colonialism manifests in domain names, so I began to let a number of "my" domain names lapse. One hadn't expired yet... but its time has come. This morning: > Afghanistan ccTLD Network Information Center ( af NIC ) > inclusive.af has been suspended in the registry and will no longer be included in zone file generation. This means that any services connected with this domain, such as websites or email addresses will cease working shortly.

F in chat for queer.af

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I wish Go had a retry block https://xeiaso.net/blog/2024/retry-block/

Content warning: Agency - a poem by J. Lass

Attached: 1 image Seeing Jack in the booth with Jay-Z and Beyonce at the Super Bowl is a reminder that Square bought Tidal as an answer to the question - how much would you pay for dinner with Jay-Z?

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Attached: 1 image I'D JUST LIKE TO INTERJECT FOR A MOMENT. WHAT YOU'RE REFERRING TO AS LINUX IS IN FACT GNU/LINUX, OR AS I'VE RECENTLY TAKEN TO CALLING IT, GNU + LINUX. LINUX IS NOT AN OPERATING SYSTEM UNTO ITSELF, BUT RATHER ANOTHER FREE COMPONENT OF A FULLY FUNCTIONING GNU SYSTEM

These are all separate vectors: 1. VC vs user-supported 2. Files vs databases 3. Open vs proprietary formats 4. Open vs closed source 5. Extensible vs non-extensible 6. Private vs privacy-invasive An open source app can be VC-backed, store its data in a proprietary format, have terrible APIs, and include telemetry