rain 🌦️
@sunshowers.io
(gender)queer transsexual / they/them / eng @oxide.computer / atheist and scientific humanist / 🦀 #rustlang / https://nexte.st / https://sunshowers.io
also on mastodon: @[email protected] / https://hachyderm.io/@rain
also on mastodon: @[email protected] / https://hachyderm.io/@rain
Do Celeste mods use semver?
November 29, 2025 at 12:03 AM
Do Celeste mods use semver?
Today is my 3 year anniversary at @oxide.computer. It's been a blast, by far the best role and best colleagues I've ever had
November 28, 2025 at 8:06 PM
Today is my 3 year anniversary at @oxide.computer. It's been a blast, by far the best role and best colleagues I've ever had
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Important to remember that this isn’t $1,800 a month for transportation it’s $1,800 a month for Gender.
November 27, 2025 at 7:04 PM
Important to remember that this isn’t $1,800 a month for transportation it’s $1,800 a month for Gender.
Incredibly disappointed (shocked even) that the plan is to make the default Rust mutex not poisonable in the 2027 edition. Poisoning is one of the best examples of Rust focusing on rigor, and removing it from the default mutex would be a massive step backwards.
November 27, 2025 at 7:36 PM
Incredibly disappointed (shocked even) that the plan is to make the default Rust mutex not poisonable in the 2027 edition. Poisoning is one of the best examples of Rust focusing on rigor, and removing it from the default mutex would be a massive step backwards.
Gosh, Death Stranding really hits you in the feels
November 27, 2025 at 7:18 PM
Gosh, Death Stranding really hits you in the feels
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number theory heads know how bold it would be to investigate the number 2
November 27, 2025 at 6:07 PM
number theory heads know how bold it would be to investigate the number 2
So GLP-1s are actively shaping up to be wonder drugs huh
From blood sugar to brain relief: GLP-1 therapy slashes migraine frequency | MedLink Neurology
A diabetes medication that lowers brain fluid pressure has cut monthly migraine days by more than half
www.medlink.com
November 26, 2025 at 8:12 PM
So GLP-1s are actively shaping up to be wonder drugs huh
Caught a screening of Wake Up Dead Man (Knives Out 3) last evening. fantastic communal experience, shame the theatrical run is so short!
November 26, 2025 at 7:26 PM
Caught a screening of Wake Up Dead Man (Knives Out 3) last evening. fantastic communal experience, shame the theatrical run is so short!
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"The most stirring contemporary defenses of liberalism, like Elizabeth Anderson’s 𝘏𝘪𝘫𝘢𝘤𝘬𝘦𝘥, demonstrate a combined commitment to liberalism’s merits along with an honest understanding of where we have gone wrong. Unfortunately, many others adopt a small-c conservative defensiveness."
Liberalism or Inertia? Cass Sunstein's "Liberalism: In Defense of Freedom"
Cass Sunstein’s book adopt a small-c conservative defensiveness that belies a now requisite rejuvenating liberal imagination.
www.liberalcurrents.com
November 26, 2025 at 5:31 PM
"The most stirring contemporary defenses of liberalism, like Elizabeth Anderson’s 𝘏𝘪𝘫𝘢𝘤𝘬𝘦𝘥, demonstrate a combined commitment to liberalism’s merits along with an honest understanding of where we have gone wrong. Unfortunately, many others adopt a small-c conservative defensiveness."
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i still read scott alexander as my own personal memento mori. i could fall down a similar hole a similar way: decide that my ethics had to be extremely particular and extremely responsive to facts, fuck up and believe like five things which are wrong, and hubris my way into believing something awful
March 2, 2025 at 7:54 AM
i still read scott alexander as my own personal memento mori. i could fall down a similar hole a similar way: decide that my ethics had to be extremely particular and extremely responsive to facts, fuck up and believe like five things which are wrong, and hubris my way into believing something awful
LC has consistently published some of the best political writing on the internet. Proud to be a long time patron, and with your help they can do even greater things
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If we can reach $70,000 by midnight, we will completely fulfill a $35,000 match and then be 20% of the way to the goal and a transformative result: www.gofundme.com/f/the-libera...
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November 26, 2025 at 1:03 AM
LC has consistently published some of the best political writing on the internet. Proud to be a long time patron, and with your help they can do even greater things
pro tip: limit to 10bpc
Yay got Bazzite working with 4k 120 HDR VRR and everything. That Cable Matters DP to HDMI converter passing through freesync with the custom firmware is all legit. Should put it all together in one place
November 25, 2025 at 9:09 PM
pro tip: limit to 10bpc
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This phrase is going to stick in my head lmao
November 25, 2025 at 3:56 PM
This phrase is going to stick in my head lmao
So Black Friday is just a global thing these days
November 25, 2025 at 6:12 AM
So Black Friday is just a global thing these days
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the problem with robotaxis is the way they decouple traffic from parking send bleet
November 25, 2025 at 5:56 AM
the problem with robotaxis is the way they decouple traffic from parking send bleet
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Never thought I'd see @autisticadvocacy.org @autismspeaks.org and @autismsciencefd.bsky.social all sharing space on a statement, but Kennedy's order last week to erase the phrase "vaccines do not cause autism" on a CDC site is enough to make unlikely bedfellows
autisticadvocacy.org/2025/11/lead...
autisticadvocacy.org/2025/11/lead...
November 24, 2025 at 11:26 PM
Never thought I'd see @autisticadvocacy.org @autismspeaks.org and @autismsciencefd.bsky.social all sharing space on a statement, but Kennedy's order last week to erase the phrase "vaccines do not cause autism" on a CDC site is enough to make unlikely bedfellows
autisticadvocacy.org/2025/11/lead...
autisticadvocacy.org/2025/11/lead...
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Maybe we should tax the portion of property value due to land valuation at a very high rate
November 24, 2025 at 5:55 PM
Maybe we should tax the portion of property value due to land valuation at a very high rate
I, too, love exporting disinformation at favorable exchange rates
November 23, 2025 at 8:35 PM
I, too, love exporting disinformation at favorable exchange rates
Yay got Bazzite working with 4k 120 HDR VRR and everything. That Cable Matters DP to HDMI converter passing through freesync with the custom firmware is all legit. Should put it all together in one place
November 23, 2025 at 3:38 AM
Yay got Bazzite working with 4k 120 HDR VRR and everything. That Cable Matters DP to HDMI converter passing through freesync with the custom firmware is all legit. Should put it all together in one place
hot take: roguelike deckbuilder makers should property-based test their relic orders to ensure that any permutation of relics has the same behavior
November 22, 2025 at 9:45 PM
hot take: roguelike deckbuilder makers should property-based test their relic orders to ensure that any permutation of relics has the same behavior
personally, I'm just glad that I'm not the only one who struggles to parse lyrics in songs
November 22, 2025 at 9:12 PM
personally, I'm just glad that I'm not the only one who struggles to parse lyrics in songs
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I really appreciate that Mike Pondsmith is actually the coolest motherfucker alive
November 22, 2025 at 5:40 PM
I really appreciate that Mike Pondsmith is actually the coolest motherfucker alive
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It's always been about ethics in journalism
November 22, 2025 at 4:54 PM
It's always been about ethics in journalism