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damo.io
French Breton living in Colorado. (he/him) Co-founder and software engineer at initialCapacity[] Architecture is not incompatible with XP. Really like modern static type systems (F#, Elm, Dart, Kotlin, Swift…). Also into cycling, climbing and cheese.
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"Because of public skepticism, it is not settled science" is a profoundly anti-scientific view. It's embracing the notion that grifters can overcome truth with sheer volume, that truth itself isn't based in observable reality but in the scope of consensus.

Guess who warned everyone?

Mike Myers is outstanding!

The complexity of calculating wages for tipped restaurant workers is outstanding... I don't understand why one would keep such a system in place. Colorado is trying to do some changes that I'm not sure to be good or not... coloradosun.com/2025/02/21/r...

Upgrading software on the Raspberry PI that’s been hosting our PiHole server… over 1600 packages to upgrade! It’s been a while 😅

America does everything BIGGER and BETTER!

We live in a strange timeline... www.techdirt.com/2025/02/10/a...

This is my Watergate wapo.st/4aBla0g

Test containers and F# scripts are fantastic. Also TestContainers.Redis works with valkey. #fsharp #dotnet

What could contribute more to government efficiency than by securing lucrative contracts for your crypto donors to implement inefficient technology that is uniquely suited to solving problems you don’t have? www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Trump launches a shitcoin January 17, 2025 https://www.web3isgoinggreat.com/?id=trump-launches-a-shitcoin

Looking forward to be able to install Steam OS on my arcade cabinet. https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2025/01/bye-bye-windows-gaming-steamos-officially-expands-past-the-steam-deck/

Creature Commandos by @jamesgunn.bsky.social was excellent. I knew it would be good, but it was much better!

So the MacOS implementation of smbfs still does not support the creation of hard links, and that code has not been touched in at least 4 years... github.com/apple-oss-di...

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I came to this country on a H-1B visa. My employer did not exploit me more than my American counterparts. They did sponsor me for a green card after 6 months at my request, in exchange I did agree to stay at the company for another year after getting approved.

Maybe, just maybe, our SSN should not be considered a secret *and* be stored in government databases in plain text? Crazy idea I know. https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2024/12/hackers-infiltrate-rhode-island-benefits-portal-forcing-state-to-shut-it-down/