Michael J. Gratton @mjog@octodon.social

So this is what I have been working on for the last few years: https://hri.edu.au/ – the Facility itself, not just the web site. :)

Need an experiment space for HRI research? We have one of the largest and most highly instrumented in the world, and it's available for you to use.

#HRI #Robotics #Interaction #Design

Ping @gnome ;)

Geary 0.13 is out! 🎉🎉🎉

Featuring an all new account manager, olive-buttery-smooth conversation loading, GNOME Online Accounts integration, and a lot lot more: https://mail.gnome.org/archives/geary-list/2019-February/msg00016.html

#Geary #GNOME #Linux #Email

Has anyone had any experience using the ObjectBox embedded db? Especially using their C interface? Asking for a friend.

https://objectbox.io/

#Databases

I mean, since guillotines aren't really the done thing any more, sure? http://theconversation.com/yes-we-can-put-bank-bosses-in-jail-but-is-that-the-best-way-to-hold-them-to-account-111507

tfw adding pushing a branch with extra debug logging just makes CI tests start passing...

tfw you don't need to update the db schema because one of the cols stores structured data as a string 😅

Not-Invented-Here Syndrome in Contemporary Programming Languages, or, The Death of Programming Language Integration. Starring Rust, supported by pretty much the rest of them.

Part 1: http://nibblestew.blogspot.com/2019/02/on-possible-futures-of-meson.html

Part 2: http://nibblestew.blogspot.com/2019/02/why-is-cross-language-cooperation-so.html

I really hate how every new language has its own packaging and build system. Massive anti-feature.

#Rust #Meson

Disabling cores one at a time to repro a CI unit test failure. 🎉

I feel like multi-core CPUs have been a net negative for work/life balance, because you spend a lot less time chilling out waiting for the compiler to finish.

NSW Land and Environment Court rejects coal mine approval on social and climate change grounds: https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2019/feb/08/court-rules-out-hunter-valley-coalmine-climate-change-rocky-hill

🤘🤘

Goddamn someone take Adani to court right now!

#ClimateChange #StopAdani #AusPol

Seems like most email server software has no problem with the case insensitivity of protocols like SMTP and IMAP. Except some, just some, require cargo-culting the RFC's typical use of upper case use for things like auth and start-TLS.

I just hope their ability to correctly use crypto libraries exceeds their ability to read protocol specifications.

“By seeking to explicate, and denounce, the novel dynamics of surveillance capitalism, Zuboff normalizes too much in capitalism itself.“

Capitalism’s New Clothes —https://thebaffler.com/latest/capitalisms-new-clothes-morozov

#SurveillanceCapitalism

Still think CWs would be better handed as filters on hashtags. I really don't want to see any sport, TV or car content.

3.32 is shaping up to be a great release for Epiphany, a.k.a GNOME Web: https://mail.gnome.org/archives/epiphany-list/2019-February/msg00000.html

#GNOME

Oh this is pretty cool, Purism is I assume financing the production of game development tutorials using a libre engine for Linux: https://puri.sm/posts/purism-announces-a-partnership-with-gdquest-to-develop-adaptive-game-tutorials/