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fediblock of mastodon.arch-linux.cz. Providing a screenshot so you don't have to visit the instance, and even if it's deleted later, we retain evidence. The issue was this sort of thing has been reported up to the instance admin and they have not done their proper job moderating.

See also the post that tobi did here that lead me to make this post:
goblin.technology/@tobi/status…

#fediblock

Hold Me Closer Tiny Goblin - GoToSocial

^{goblin.technology}

There's a famous computer joke that goes along the lines of "we needed 4K of RAM to send people to the Moon, and now we need <e.g. 4GB to keep a grocery shopping list>".

I think it is a fine illustration of the Jevons paradox in computing, and one of the "computing Murphy laws", known as the Parkinson's Law of Data - "Data expands to fill the space available for storage". I also think it's quite intriguing to highlight observations of a similar phenomenon related to compilers, especially in the context of #permacomputing

Yesterday I read a book on a minimalist compiler written in the 00's, having a remarkable footprint of merely 424 KB of RAM.

And then I thought about Turbo Pascal for CP/M that ran with 64KB of RAM. And then various compilers that worked on micros with 16KB or less.

And then I read about things like the ALGO compiler, an ALGOL clone, for a first generation/vacuum tube computer Bendix G-15 (yes, the one Usagi Electric has): 2160 words of 29 bit RAM, no more than 370 op/s.

The word “Allah” is rooted in the Aramaic “Alaha,” and linguistically similar to the Hebrew “Eloah.”

The word “God” is rooted in the early Germanic/Indo-European “gudan.”

In world political news that went under the radar over the past few days: the government of #Nepal has been overthrown by youths following a governmental move to block social media, and accusations of corruption.

A new PM was elected over #Discord, and has been accepted by the military. They aim to hold elections within 6 months.

I repeat:

THEY ELECTED A NEW GOVERNMENT

OVER

DISCORD.

And no second ammendment was needed to rise up against against tyranny.

gizmodo.com/nepal-currently-be…

#worldPol

Nepal Currently Being Run Via Discord After Gen Z Uprising

They went from banning social media to being run by it.

^{AJ Dellinger (Gizmodo)}

> Police investigators in Russia’s Kaliningrad region on Monday discovered the decapitated body of the CEO of a local fertilizer company.

> The chief executive, Alexei Sinitsyn, is believed to have died by suicide, according to a law enforcement source cited by the Vedomosti business newspaper.

Weird suicide bro