Notices by JP Mens (jpmens@mastodon.social)

“GitHub used to be an open and free platform for everyone, but it has decided to restrict Iranian accounts from contributing and being part of the open-source ecosystem” https://github.com/1995parham/github-do-not-ban-us

Which programming languages use the least electricity? https://thenewstack.io/which-programming-languages-use-the-least-electricity/

I just demonstrated this again: it could save you from an rm slip one day:

$ touch ./-@

You now cannot `rm *' in that directory.

I love this:

`git reverse blame' shows the names of people who looked at this code and didn't improve it.

😂

AWS gives open source the middle finger https://techcrunch.com/2019/01/09/aws-gives-open-source-the-middle-finger/

"GitHub Free now includes unlimited private repositories. For the first time, developers can use GitHub for their private projects with up to three collaborators per repository for free"

https://blog.github.com/2019-01-07-new-year-new-github/

"Do NOT download or use the Oracle JDK unless you intend to pay for it. -- Oracle's Java 11 trap - Use OpenJDK instead!"

https://blog.joda.org/2018/09/do-not-fall-into-oracles-java-11-trap.html

"Why I’m done with Chrome” https://blog.cryptographyengineering.com/2018/09/23/why-im-leaving-chrome/ #privacy

a version-to-codename service for a number of Linux distributions https://version.exposed (by @phpastes)

Number of couples where he's called Ed and she Vi? Please report back.

Mr. S.R. Bourne, famous for his shell, was a "special" type of C programmer https://minnie.tuhs.org//cgi-bin/utree.pl?file=V7/usr/src/cmd/sh/mac.h

@jpmens Speaking for the rest of the world, I feel like it's safe to say that, if singing is as close as Europeans get to baring their teeth at each other in the 21st century, we will all be more than OK with that 😀

As an American, I don't get the appeal of #Eurovision. We reserve our competitive instincts for contests that really matter, like eating junk food and shooting each other