Waldir Pimenta
@waldyrious.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy
luso-cape verdean, wikipedian, programmer, documentarian, chronic perfectionist, nerdivergent, recursively curious, shower thinker, regex gymnast.
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I really enjoyed this episode of the #betweenthebrackets podcast featuring @Wittylama about the past, present and future of #wikipedia at its 25th birthday.
The themes of reduced (direct) readership, shifting habits of information consumption, AI crawl-bots and long-term sustainability of the […]
The themes of reduced (direct) readership, shifting habits of information consumption, AI crawl-bots and long-term sustainability of the […]
Original post on mastodon.social
mastodon.social
February 5, 2026 at 3:29 PM
I really enjoyed this episode of the #betweenthebrackets podcast featuring @Wittylama about the past, present and future of #wikipedia at its 25th birthday.
The themes of reduced (direct) readership, shifting habits of information consumption, AI crawl-bots and long-term sustainability of the […]
The themes of reduced (direct) readership, shifting habits of information consumption, AI crawl-bots and long-term sustainability of the […]
Reposted by Waldir Pimenta
Today is the 10th anniversary of Liberapay's launch!
In its first decade, Liberapay processed donations worth a total of around 5 million euros, from more than 40k donors in more than 110 countries to more than 3500 recipients in more than 80 countries.
Thank you all.
To keep making the world […]
In its first decade, Liberapay processed donations worth a total of around 5 million euros, from more than 40k donors in more than 110 countries to more than 3500 recipients in more than 80 countries.
Thank you all.
To keep making the world […]
Original post on mastodon.xyz
mastodon.xyz
February 3, 2026 at 2:35 PM
Today is the 10th anniversary of Liberapay's launch!
In its first decade, Liberapay processed donations worth a total of around 5 million euros, from more than 40k donors in more than 110 countries to more than 3500 recipients in more than 80 countries.
Thank you all.
To keep making the world […]
In its first decade, Liberapay processed donations worth a total of around 5 million euros, from more than 40k donors in more than 110 countries to more than 3500 recipients in more than 80 countries.
Thank you all.
To keep making the world […]
I really liked @[email protected]'s remark in https://youtube.com/clip/UgkxKN6ENEU2fVIi-F3fBZ6zodTwahjeJx38?si=DRAJw5SyOkk9D5uY about the notion that "genius takes a village" — i.e. how every great discovery stands not just on the shoulders of giants, but on "invisible shoulders" too — of ordinary […]
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mastodon.social
February 2, 2026 at 2:33 PM
I really liked @[email protected]'s remark in https://youtube.com/clip/UgkxKN6ENEU2fVIi-F3fBZ6zodTwahjeJx38?si=DRAJw5SyOkk9D5uY about the notion that "genius takes a village" — i.e. how every great discovery stands not just on the shoulders of giants, but on "invisible shoulders" too — of ordinary […]
Hurray! The micro CLI text editor now (since v2.0.15, released 31 Dec 2025) supports easily toggling options — including with keyboard shortcuts!
To get an effect similar to VS Code's Alt+Z shortcut, open the editor, press Ctrl+E to open the command bar, type "bind Alt-z command:toggle […]
To get an effect similar to VS Code's Alt+Z shortcut, open the editor, press Ctrl+E to open the command bar, type "bind Alt-z command:toggle […]
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mastodon.social
January 30, 2026 at 2:08 AM
Hurray! The micro CLI text editor now (since v2.0.15, released 31 Dec 2025) supports easily toggling options — including with keyboard shortcuts!
To get an effect similar to VS Code's Alt+Z shortcut, open the editor, press Ctrl+E to open the command bar, type "bind Alt-z command:toggle […]
To get an effect similar to VS Code's Alt+Z shortcut, open the editor, press Ctrl+E to open the command bar, type "bind Alt-z command:toggle […]
If you're like me and are anxious about deleting local git branches without making sure they've been fully integrated into the main branch (e.g. after a squash merge, integration of suggestions from reviewers/maintainers, etc.), check out this alias […]
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mastodon.social
January 30, 2026 at 12:27 AM
If you're like me and are anxious about deleting local git branches without making sure they've been fully integrated into the main branch (e.g. after a squash merge, integration of suggestions from reviewers/maintainers, etc.), check out this alias […]
I'm certainly happy for C++ finally getting a less verbose hello world syntax: https://youtube.com/shorts/k4F2V_BXMlI
But I can't help feeling cheated with all these languages (C++, Java, PHP, etc.) gaining ergonomic features years after I stopped using them 😭
But I can't help feeling cheated with all these languages (C++, Java, PHP, etc.) gaining ergonomic features years after I stopped using them 😭
January 28, 2026 at 12:14 AM
I'm certainly happy for C++ finally getting a less verbose hello world syntax: https://youtube.com/shorts/k4F2V_BXMlI
But I can't help feeling cheated with all these languages (C++, Java, PHP, etc.) gaining ergonomic features years after I stopped using them 😭
But I can't help feeling cheated with all these languages (C++, Java, PHP, etc.) gaining ergonomic features years after I stopped using them 😭
> Search as a public good: [...] A government-backed, ad-free, intermediary-free, taxpayer-funded search service providing [universal] access to information.
> This [...] would replace the role public libraries played for centuries. [...] Every citizen should have access to information without […]
> This [...] would replace the role public libraries played for centuries. [...] Every citizen should have access to information without […]
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mastodon.social
January 24, 2026 at 12:51 PM
> Search as a public good: [...] A government-backed, ad-free, intermediary-free, taxpayer-funded search service providing [universal] access to information.
> This [...] would replace the role public libraries played for centuries. [...] Every citizen should have access to information without […]
> This [...] would replace the role public libraries played for centuries. [...] Every citizen should have access to information without […]
Though I do use AI tools, I worry about the trend of people having AI do their work for (instead of with) them, and even fully proxy their communication with other humans. https://ploum.net/2026-01-05-unteaching_github.html by @ploum
> a fair number of [student] reports are clearly […]
> a fair number of [student] reports are clearly […]
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mastodon.social
January 16, 2026 at 8:55 AM
Though I do use AI tools, I worry about the trend of people having AI do their work for (instead of with) them, and even fully proxy their communication with other humans. https://ploum.net/2026-01-05-unteaching_github.html by @ploum
> a fair number of [student] reports are clearly […]
> a fair number of [student] reports are clearly […]
A pretty interesting (and relatively quick) read: "How to win Titular metagames" — https://taylor.town/how-to-title
If you find that title intriguing... well that's exactly what the article explains how to achieve while steering clear of clickbait, which it turns out is a surprisingly subtle […]
If you find that title intriguing... well that's exactly what the article explains how to achieve while steering clear of clickbait, which it turns out is a surprisingly subtle […]
Original post on mastodon.social
mastodon.social
January 8, 2026 at 9:49 AM
A pretty interesting (and relatively quick) read: "How to win Titular metagames" — https://taylor.town/how-to-title
If you find that title intriguing... well that's exactly what the article explains how to achieve while steering clear of clickbait, which it turns out is a surprisingly subtle […]
If you find that title intriguing... well that's exactly what the article explains how to achieve while steering clear of clickbait, which it turns out is a surprisingly subtle […]
My first #openstreetmap Diary post! 🎉
"OSM Braga inaugura 2026 com um encontro e mapathon"
Check it out: https://www.openstreetmap.org/user/waldyrious/diary/408046
"OSM Braga inaugura 2026 com um encontro e mapathon"
Check it out: https://www.openstreetmap.org/user/waldyrious/diary/408046
OSM Braga inaugura 2026 com um encontro e mapathon
No dia 3 de janeiro de 2026 o grupo informal OSM Braga organizou um pequeno encontro e mapathon. Em 2024 chegámos a fazer vários encontros (físicos e online) entre maio e agosto, mas em 2025 estivemos apenas em contacto virtual através do nosso grupo no Telegram, e ao aproximar-se o final do ano, o o_andras lançou o desafio de nos voltarmos a encontrar, iniciando e coordenando a conversa que veio a resultar neste evento. Já não deu para ser em 2025, mas em contrapartida inaugurámos 2026 em...
www.openstreetmap.org
January 7, 2026 at 6:33 PM
My first #openstreetmap Diary post! 🎉
"OSM Braga inaugura 2026 com um encontro e mapathon"
Check it out: https://www.openstreetmap.org/user/waldyrious/diary/408046
"OSM Braga inaugura 2026 com um encontro e mapathon"
Check it out: https://www.openstreetmap.org/user/waldyrious/diary/408046
RE: https://chaos.social/@ConnyDuck/115843862642920556
Native support for quote posts in @Tusky is coming! 🤩
Native support for quote posts in @Tusky is coming! 🤩
chaos.social
January 6, 2026 at 2:23 PM
RE: https://chaos.social/@ConnyDuck/115843862642920556
Native support for quote posts in @Tusky is coming! 🤩
Native support for quote posts in @Tusky is coming! 🤩
Wow, @wikipedia is having a moment in podcast land! After the recent appearance of Bill Beutler on the Changelog podcast, now it's @depthsofwikipedia.bsky.social that appeared in @adamconover's Factually podcast: https://youtu.be/mQCRAj-N5ZY [1/4]
December 19, 2025 at 8:06 AM
Wow, @wikipedia is having a moment in podcast land! After the recent appearance of Bill Beutler on the Changelog podcast, now it's @depthsofwikipedia.bsky.social that appeared in @adamconover's Factually podcast: https://youtu.be/mQCRAj-N5ZY [1/4]
RE: https://changelog.social/@changelog/115617654724886166
I really enjoyed this episode of the @changelog podcast with @williambeutler about Wikipedia.
In the first half they provide an overview of how Wikipedia works that's quite good for a general audience, but then they also go into some […]
I really enjoyed this episode of the @changelog podcast with @williambeutler about Wikipedia.
In the first half they provide an overview of how Wikipedia works that's quite good for a general audience, but then they also go into some […]
Original post on mastodon.social
mastodon.social
November 28, 2025 at 9:08 AM
RE: https://changelog.social/@changelog/115617654724886166
I really enjoyed this episode of the @changelog podcast with @williambeutler about Wikipedia.
In the first half they provide an overview of how Wikipedia works that's quite good for a general audience, but then they also go into some […]
I really enjoyed this episode of the @changelog podcast with @williambeutler about Wikipedia.
In the first half they provide an overview of how Wikipedia works that's quite good for a general audience, but then they also go into some […]
Reposted by Waldir Pimenta
Good news! We open sourced the Pebble mobile app today -> github.com/coredevices/mobileapp Now all the software that powers your new Pebble is 100% open source. Read the full scoop on my blog ericmigi.com/blog/pebble-...
GitHub - coredevices/mobileapp
Contribute to coredevices/mobileapp development by creating an account on GitHub.
github.com
November 24, 2025 at 6:09 PM
Good news! We open sourced the Pebble mobile app today -> github.com/coredevices/mobileapp Now all the software that powers your new Pebble is 100% open source. Read the full scoop on my blog ericmigi.com/blog/pebble-...
@hankgreen just dropped one of the most poignant and impressively insightful takes on the Wikipedia founder/co-founder "debate": https://youtu.be/9zi0ogvPfCA
It is indeed an irrelevant issue on its face value, but simultaneously core to understanding the value of Wikipedia and similar resources […]
It is indeed an irrelevant issue on its face value, but simultaneously core to understanding the value of Wikipedia and similar resources […]
Original post on mastodon.social
mastodon.social
November 22, 2025 at 2:39 PM
@hankgreen just dropped one of the most poignant and impressively insightful takes on the Wikipedia founder/co-founder "debate": https://youtu.be/9zi0ogvPfCA
It is indeed an irrelevant issue on its face value, but simultaneously core to understanding the value of Wikipedia and similar resources […]
It is indeed an irrelevant issue on its face value, but simultaneously core to understanding the value of Wikipedia and similar resources […]
Reposted by Waldir Pimenta
Liberapay team accounts have gained a new feature. Each one now has a public page showing every payment received through it, and providing the same data in CSV and JSON formats.
For example, here is a link to the new public ledger of the Liberapay team […]
For example, here is a link to the new public ledger of the Liberapay team […]
Original post on mastodon.xyz
mastodon.xyz
November 14, 2025 at 12:54 PM
Liberapay team accounts have gained a new feature. Each one now has a public page showing every payment received through it, and providing the same data in CSV and JSON formats.
For example, here is a link to the new public ledger of the Liberapay team […]
For example, here is a link to the new public ledger of the Liberapay team […]
This is so cool! Apparently, in any base (decimal, octal, hex, etc.) dividing the number formed by concatenating all the digits in descending order (e.g. 987654321 for decimal) by the the number formed by concatenating all the digits in descending order (e.g 123456789 in decimal) results in […]
Original post on mastodon.social
mastodon.social
October 26, 2025 at 1:58 PM
This is so cool! Apparently, in any base (decimal, octal, hex, etc.) dividing the number formed by concatenating all the digits in descending order (e.g. 987654321 for decimal) by the the number formed by concatenating all the digits in descending order (e.g 123456789 in decimal) results in […]
Yet another brilliant, informative and entertaining video by @henry.reich — the surprisingly high number of things we keep getting wrong when depicting the moon: https://youtu.be/yY7ZUIbWTyc
October 3, 2025 at 7:03 PM
Yet another brilliant, informative and entertaining video by @henry.reich — the surprisingly high number of things we keep getting wrong when depicting the moon: https://youtu.be/yY7ZUIbWTyc
Reposted by Waldir Pimenta
"...suspender apenas novos registros é como desligar a torneira depois que a casa é inundada. O dano está feito, os centros da cidade já são pequenos parques de diversões. Não é mais suficiente para conter, devemos drenar, recuperando o direito à cidade para aqueles que vivem aqui..."
desALojamento
Alguns dados e mapas sobre o Alojamento Local em Lisboa e no Porto
www.desalojamento.pt
September 29, 2025 at 11:53 AM
"...suspender apenas novos registros é como desligar a torneira depois que a casa é inundada. O dano está feito, os centros da cidade já são pequenos parques de diversões. Não é mais suficiente para conter, devemos drenar, recuperando o direito à cidade para aqueles que vivem aqui..."
After 10 years of laborious efforts, the Libertinus Serif typeface is finally available in Google Fonts!!! https://fonts.google.com/specimen/Libertinus+Serif 🎉
This request was one of the earliest issues (#12) in the google/fonts repository: https://github.com/google/fonts/issues/12 — for […]
This request was one of the earliest issues (#12) in the google/fonts repository: https://github.com/google/fonts/issues/12 — for […]
Original post on mastodon.social
mastodon.social
September 3, 2025 at 11:41 PM
After 10 years of laborious efforts, the Libertinus Serif typeface is finally available in Google Fonts!!! https://fonts.google.com/specimen/Libertinus+Serif 🎉
This request was one of the earliest issues (#12) in the google/fonts repository: https://github.com/google/fonts/issues/12 — for […]
This request was one of the earliest issues (#12) in the google/fonts repository: https://github.com/google/fonts/issues/12 — for […]
Seguradora Hiscox Portugal oferece licença sabática paga de 4 semanas (acumulável com 3 semanas de férias) aos trabalhadores com mais de 5 anos de casa → https://hrportugal.sapo.pt/esta-empresa-permite-aos-colaboradores-estar-7-semanas-seguidas-pagas-sem-trabalhar-e-e-em-portugal/
Esta empresa permite aos colaboradores estar 7 semanas seguidas (pagas) sem trabalhar. E é em Portugal
A Hiscox Portugal lançou o programa “Sabbatical”.
hrportugal.sapo.pt
August 27, 2025 at 7:11 AM
Seguradora Hiscox Portugal oferece licença sabática paga de 4 semanas (acumulável com 3 semanas de férias) aos trabalhadores com mais de 5 anos de casa → https://hrportugal.sapo.pt/esta-empresa-permite-aos-colaboradores-estar-7-semanas-seguidas-pagas-sem-trabalhar-e-e-em-portugal/
Andreas Kling's Keynote Presentation on the Ladybird Browser
https://youtube.com/watch?v=9YM7pDMLvr4
https://youtube.com/watch?v=9YM7pDMLvr4
August 14, 2025 at 12:26 AM
Andreas Kling's Keynote Presentation on the Ladybird Browser
https://youtube.com/watch?v=9YM7pDMLvr4
https://youtube.com/watch?v=9YM7pDMLvr4
A brief summary and update on the fight to #freejavascript from Oracle's trademark hoarding:
https://youtu.be/_tGwOv3scKw
https://youtu.be/_tGwOv3scKw
August 7, 2025 at 6:48 AM
A brief summary and update on the fight to #freejavascript from Oracle's trademark hoarding:
https://youtu.be/_tGwOv3scKw
https://youtu.be/_tGwOv3scKw
@GiveDirectly deprioritizes its basic income programs in favor of lump sum transfers in response to study of it's 12-year #ubi experiment in Kenya: https://www.givedirectly.org/ubi-refugee-donation-options/
This is quite unexpected news to me. I will have to revisit my notes on UBI vs. basic […]
This is quite unexpected news to me. I will have to revisit my notes on UBI vs. basic […]
Original post on mastodon.social
mastodon.social
August 2, 2025 at 9:14 AM
@GiveDirectly deprioritizes its basic income programs in favor of lump sum transfers in response to study of it's 12-year #ubi experiment in Kenya: https://www.givedirectly.org/ubi-refugee-donation-options/
This is quite unexpected news to me. I will have to revisit my notes on UBI vs. basic […]
This is quite unexpected news to me. I will have to revisit my notes on UBI vs. basic […]
"We need a European Sovereign Tech Fund" — write-up by @senficon → https://github.blog/open-source/maintainers/we-need-a-european-sovereign-tech-fund/
> ...how one of the open source world’s most successful government programs, the German Sovereign Tech Agency (@sovtechfund), can be scaled up […]
> ...how one of the open source world’s most successful government programs, the German Sovereign Tech Agency (@sovtechfund), can be scaled up […]
Original post on mastodon.social
mastodon.social
July 27, 2025 at 7:01 AM
"We need a European Sovereign Tech Fund" — write-up by @senficon → https://github.blog/open-source/maintainers/we-need-a-european-sovereign-tech-fund/
> ...how one of the open source world’s most successful government programs, the German Sovereign Tech Agency (@sovtechfund), can be scaled up […]
> ...how one of the open source world’s most successful government programs, the German Sovereign Tech Agency (@sovtechfund), can be scaled up […]