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  1. I have been running a social media account of an organisation in the last years and remember how I felt that I had to post a lot back when the organisation was still on twitter. How AI was such a relieve when I didnt have to think anymore to produce tiny useless posts to shoot into this void.

    So good twitter is dead (at least for me).

    The Courage to Stop zeldman.com/2026/04/15/the-cou #Brevity, #Communication, #Edit, #Editing, #Essentials, #KillYourDarlings, #LessButBetter, #Usability, #Whitespace

  2. Note for Python detractors...

    If you post a public diatribe against Python - which is your right, go ahead and express yourself - but your centerpiece is "Python is slow!", you're marking yourself out as (a) not knowing Python very well, and (b) hating it because you don't understand it.

    It's the more modern cousin to "Python sucks because I can't (not) indent to my taste! Significant whitespace, yuck!". It makes it very difficult to take any of the rest of your complaint seriously.

    (Significant whitespace has been shown to result in less opportunity for confusion when reading code, and you spend a lot more time reading code than you do writing it.)

    And while Python may be slower for some tasks compared to some other languages, it's (a) not outrageously slow, and (b) a case of use the right tool for the job. I can't trim my lawn quickly at all with my pinking shears, but that doesn't mean pinking shears are "slow".

    So please, write your analysis - but make it deeper than "argh it sux i hate it i hate it" if you want anyone to actually consider your argument.

    #python #rant #diatribe #whitespace #argument #LanguageWars #RightToolForTheRightJob

  3. Note for Python detractors...

    If you post a public diatribe against Python - which is your right, go ahead and express yourself - but your centerpiece is "Python is slow!", you're marking yourself out as (a) not knowing Python very well, and (b) hating it because you don't understand it.

    It's the more modern cousin to "Python sucks because I can't (not) indent to my taste! Significant whitespace, yuck!". It makes it very difficult to take any of the rest of your complaint seriously.

    (Significant whitespace has been shown to result in less opportunity for confusion when reading code, and you spend a lot more time reading code than you do writing it.)

    And while Python may be slower for some tasks compared to some other languages, it's (a) not outrageously slow, and (b) a case of use the right tool for the job. I can't trim my lawn quickly at all with my pinking shears, but that doesn't mean pinking shears are "slow".

    So please, write your analysis - but make it deeper than "argh it sux i hate it i hate it" if you want anyone to actually consider your argument.

    #python #rant #diatribe #whitespace #argument #LanguageWars #RightToolForTheRightJob

  4. Note for Python detractors...

    If you post a public diatribe against Python - which is your right, go ahead and express yourself - but your centerpiece is "Python is slow!", you're marking yourself out as (a) not knowing Python very well, and (b) hating it because you don't understand it.

    It's the more modern cousin to "Python sucks because I can't (not) indent to my taste! Significant whitespace, yuck!". It makes it very difficult to take any of the rest of your complaint seriously.

    (Significant whitespace has been shown to result in less opportunity for confusion when reading code, and you spend a lot more time reading code than you do writing it.)

    And while Python may be slower for some tasks compared to some other languages, it's (a) not outrageously slow, and (b) a case of use the right tool for the job. I can't trim my lawn quickly at all with my pinking shears, but that doesn't mean pinking shears are "slow".

    So please, write your analysis - but make it deeper than "argh it sux i hate it i hate it" if you want anyone to actually consider your argument.

    #python #rant #diatribe #whitespace #argument #LanguageWars #RightToolForTheRightJob

  5. Note for Python detractors...

    If you post a public diatribe against Python - which is your right, go ahead and express yourself - but your centerpiece is "Python is slow!", you're marking yourself out as (a) not knowing Python very well, and (b) hating it because you don't understand it.

    It's the more modern cousin to "Python sucks because I can't (not) indent to my taste! Significant whitespace, yuck!". It makes it very difficult to take any of the rest of your complaint seriously.

    (Significant whitespace has been shown to result in less opportunity for confusion when reading code, and you spend a lot more time reading code than you do writing it.)

    And while Python may be slower for some tasks compared to some other languages, it's (a) not outrageously slow, and (b) a case of use the right tool for the job. I can't trim my lawn quickly at all with my pinking shears, but that doesn't mean pinking shears are "slow".

    So please, write your analysis - but make it deeper than "argh it sux i hate it i hate it" if you want anyone to actually consider your argument.

    #python #rant #diatribe #whitespace #argument #LanguageWars #RightToolForTheRightJob

  6. Note for Python detractors...

    If you post a public diatribe against Python - which is your right, go ahead and express yourself - but your centerpiece is "Python is slow!", you're marking yourself out as (a) not knowing Python very well, and (b) hating it because you don't understand it.

    It's the more modern cousin to "Python sucks because I can't (not) indent to my taste! Significant whitespace, yuck!". It makes it very difficult to take any of the rest of your complaint seriously.

    (Significant whitespace has been shown to result in less opportunity for confusion when reading code, and you spend a lot more time reading code than you do writing it.)

    And while Python may be slower for some tasks compared to some other languages, it's (a) not outrageously slow, and (b) a case of use the right tool for the job. I can't trim my lawn quickly at all with my pinking shears, but that doesn't mean pinking shears are "slow".

    So please, write your analysis - but make it deeper than "argh it sux i hate it i hate it" if you want anyone to actually consider your argument.

    #python #rant #diatribe #whitespace #argument #LanguageWars #RightToolForTheRightJob

  7. Beware of blank lines and white spaces — Supply-chain attack using invisible code hits GitHub and other repositories

    Unicode that’s invisible to the human eye was largely abandoned - until attackers took notice.

    🧑‍💻 arstechnica.com/security/2026/

    #hacking #blankline #whitespace #github #supplychain #unicode #hack #git #code #coding #invisible #gitrepo #itsecurity #it #itsec

  8. Beware of blank lines and white spaces — Supply-chain attack using invisible code hits GitHub and other repositories

    Unicode that’s invisible to the human eye was largely abandoned - until attackers took notice.

    🧑‍💻 arstechnica.com/security/2026/

    #hacking #blankline #whitespace #github #supplychain #unicode #hack #git #code #coding #invisible #gitrepo #itsecurity #it #itsec

  9. Beware of blank lines and white spaces — Supply-chain attack using invisible code hits GitHub and other repositories

    Unicode that’s invisible to the human eye was largely abandoned - until attackers took notice.

    🧑‍💻 arstechnica.com/security/2026/

    #hacking #blankline #whitespace #github #supplychain #unicode #hack #git #code #coding #invisible #gitrepo #itsecurity #it #itsec

  10. Beware of blank lines and white spaces — Supply-chain attack using invisible code hits GitHub and other repositories

    Unicode that’s invisible to the human eye was largely abandoned - until attackers took notice.

    🧑‍💻 arstechnica.com/security/2026/

    #hacking #blankline #whitespace #github #supplychain #unicode #hack #git #code #coding #invisible #gitrepo #itsecurity #it #itsec

  11. When I say "IT mostly just runs in circles" I mean it: arstechnica.com/security/2026/

    This article from 2026 describes something I've been fighting with ~17 years ago. Sure, slightly more clever payload and different delivery method, but in principle nothing new: github.com/MichalBryxi/Apache-

    #Glassworm #Unicode #InvisibleCharacters #Whitespace #Hack

  12. When I say "IT mostly just runs in circles" I mean it: arstechnica.com/security/2026/

    This article from 2026 describes something I've been fighting with ~17 years ago. Sure, slightly more clever payload and different delivery method, but in principle nothing new: github.com/MichalBryxi/Apache-

    #Glassworm #Unicode #InvisibleCharacters #Whitespace #Hack

  13. When I say "IT mostly just runs in circles" I mean it: arstechnica.com/security/2026/

    This article from 2026 describes something I've been fighting with ~17 years ago. Sure, slightly more clever payload and different delivery method, but in principle nothing new: github.com/MichalBryxi/Apache-

    #Glassworm #Unicode #InvisibleCharacters #Whitespace #Hack

  14. When I say "IT mostly just runs in circles" I mean it: arstechnica.com/security/2026/

    This article from 2026 describes something I've been fighting with ~17 years ago. Sure, slightly more clever payload and different delivery method, but in principle nothing new: github.com/MichalBryxi/Apache-

    #Glassworm #Unicode #InvisibleCharacters #Whitespace #Hack

  15. When I say "IT mostly just runs in circles" I mean it: arstechnica.com/security/2026/

    This article from 2026 describes something I've been fighting with ~17 years ago. Sure, slightly more clever payload and different delivery method, but in principle nothing new: github.com/MichalBryxi/Apache-

    #Glassworm #Unicode #InvisibleCharacters #Whitespace #Hack

  16. Ah, whitespace! The unsung hero of typography—so crucial, yet so elusive. This article takes us on an epic journey through the vast universe of blankness, revealing the secret lives of those ten mysterious #glyphs. 🤯✨ Who knew empty space could be so... full of itself? 😂
    type.today/en/journal/spaces #whitespace #typography #design #humor #creativity #HackerNews #ngated

  17. Ah, whitespace! The unsung hero of typography—so crucial, yet so elusive. This article takes us on an epic journey through the vast universe of blankness, revealing the secret lives of those ten mysterious #glyphs. 🤯✨ Who knew empty space could be so... full of itself? 😂
    type.today/en/journal/spaces #whitespace #typography #design #humor #creativity #HackerNews #ngated

  18. Ah, whitespace! The unsung hero of typography—so crucial, yet so elusive. This article takes us on an epic journey through the vast universe of blankness, revealing the secret lives of those ten mysterious #glyphs. 🤯✨ Who knew empty space could be so... full of itself? 😂
    type.today/en/journal/spaces #whitespace #typography #design #humor #creativity #HackerNews #ngated

  19. Ah, whitespace! The unsung hero of typography—so crucial, yet so elusive. This article takes us on an epic journey through the vast universe of blankness, revealing the secret lives of those ten mysterious #glyphs. 🤯✨ Who knew empty space could be so... full of itself? 😂
    type.today/en/journal/spaces #whitespace #typography #design #humor #creativity #HackerNews #ngated

  20. 👨‍💻 Oh, the agony of OCaml! 🌪️ This brave soul, mid-compiler #chaos, yearns for the Rusty embrace 🦀, but instead wades through a #syntax swamp, pining for #whitespace to save them. 😩 If only a magical alternative existed... oh wait, it does. 😂
    quamserena.com/2025-11-03/pain #OCaml #Rust #humor #HackerNews #ngated

  21. @Mastodon Where can I post feature requests?

    I feel like the most left column in advanced web interface is kinda wasted space. While I cannot change the columns' width I wish to use the most available space for content instead for white space.

    Every click on a user name moves my columns left, to expand in the most right column outside my viewport. To post a toot I have to scroll back left to the first column. Kinda inconvenient.

    #mastodon #webui #columns #whitespace #viewport #width

  22. Apparently I can write anything I want about #Guns and not get a single response, pro or con; but if I write anything about #Whitespace in #Code at all, I get immediate responses saying I’m permanently muted.

  23. Эзотерический язык Whitespace: что это, зачем создан и как работает

    Whitespace — необычный язык программирования, где код состоит только из пробелов, табуляций и переводов строк. Видимые символы — буквы, цифры, знаки — интерпретатор игнорирует, воспринимая их как комментарии. То есть программы, написанные на Whitespace, невидимы. Они выглядят как пустые файлы, но при этом работают как обычно. С их помощью можно выполнять сложные задачи — от вывода текста до вычислений. В статье разберем, как устроен этот язык, кто его создал, для чего он нужен и почему стал относительно популярным среди энтузиастов.

    habr.com/ru/companies/ru_mts/a

    #программирование #софт #whitespace #языки_программирования

  24. I've finished: The Folded Sky by Elizabeth Bear

    The Folded Sky is a mix of found family and space adventure. Mixing an emphasis on escaping toxic relationships and building a nurturing family with the thrill of space battles, a murder mystery and discovery.

    It is a standalone novel in the White space universe and the previous novels consist of a different mix of these two themes.

    Great for those looking for more action in their slice of life novels.

    app.thestorygraph.com/books/a2

    @bookstodon @audiobooks
    #ScienceFiction #ElizabethBear #bookstodon #AudioBooks #WhiteSpace

  25. I've finished: The Folded Sky by Elizabeth Bear

    The Folded Sky is a mix of found family and space adventure. Mixing an emphasis on escaping toxic relationships and building a nurturing family with the thrill of space battles, a murder mystery and discovery.

    It is a standalone novel in the White space universe and the previous novels consist of a different mix of these two themes.

    Great for those looking for more action in their slice of life novels.

    app.thestorygraph.com/books/a2

    @bookstodon @audiobooks
    #ScienceFiction #ElizabethBear #bookstodon #AudioBooks #WhiteSpace

  26. I've finished: The Folded Sky by Elizabeth Bear

    The Folded Sky is a mix of found family and space adventure. Mixing an emphasis on escaping toxic relationships and building a nurturing family with the thrill of space battles, a murder mystery and discovery.

    It is a standalone novel in the White space universe and the previous novels consist of a different mix of these two themes.

    Great for those looking for more action in their slice of life novels.

    app.thestorygraph.com/books/a2

    @bookstodon @audiobooks
    #ScienceFiction #ElizabethBear #bookstodon #AudioBooks #WhiteSpace

  27. I've finished: The Folded Sky by Elizabeth Bear

    The Folded Sky is a mix of found family and space adventure. Mixing an emphasis on escaping toxic relationships and building a nurturing family with the thrill of space battles, a murder mystery and discovery.

    It is a standalone novel in the White space universe and the previous novels consist of a different mix of these two themes.

    Great for those looking for more action in their slice of life novels.

    app.thestorygraph.com/books/a2

    @bookstodon @audiobooks
    #ScienceFiction #ElizabethBear #bookstodon #AudioBooks #WhiteSpace

  28. I've finished: The Folded Sky by Elizabeth Bear

    The Folded Sky is a mix of found family and space adventure. Mixing an emphasis on escaping toxic relationships and building a nurturing family with the thrill of space battles, a murder mystery and discovery.

    It is a standalone novel in the White space universe and the previous novels consist of a different mix of these two themes.

    Great for those looking for more action in their slice of life novels.

    app.thestorygraph.com/books/a2

    @bookstodon @audiobooks
    #ScienceFiction #ElizabethBear #bookstodon #AudioBooks #WhiteSpace