Notices by Wesley Moore (wezm@mastodon.decentralised.social)

@mntmn BlueSCSI! https://github.com/BlueSCSI/BlueSCSI-v2

Nothing is safe 😭 #ai

I built Linux from scratch! Been working working through https://www.linuxfromscratch.org/lfs/view/stable/index.html on and off over the last week. Used an Arch VM as the host and pleased that the LFS system booted on the first try. #Linux

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If you use ripgrep, the regex crate, search in VS Code¹ you're using their code. If you're able, send some cash their way—you can do one-off or recurring.

¹ https://code.visualstudio.com/updates/v1_11#_text-search-improvements

#rust

Why are we regressing on user interface usability instead of getting better?

Here is the first run setup wizard on a @Raspberry_Pi 400. There is a select box to choose your country. It has pre-selected the United States (for some reason). I want to choose Australia. Typing 'a' to jump to the top does nothing, I have to scroll-scroll-scroll to get there. 1/2 #ux

Attached is a screenshot of Macintosh System 5.0 released in 1987 (36 years ago). It had an interactive world map to let you set the time zone.

Later they replaced it with a simple list. The second image is System 7.5 from 1994 (29 years ago). You could type to jump within the list. And not just one character, you could type several characters and it would keep refining the match. 2/2 #ux

OMG I got it to work! The 'Hello Rust' label was generated through a call to #Rust code that returns (part of) the text of that label. This is Rust code compiled for PPC Mac OS running on Mac OS 8.1 (in SheepShaver emulator)

#RetroComputing #VintageMac

I happened across both these pieces of info recently and thought it was interesting/sad. The Rust Foundation says they got "$4.58 million USD from our Members & other orgs interested in the development of #Rust." in 2022. The #FreeBSD Foundation got about $1.1M. I feel like Apple, Sony, and Nintendo amongst others could surely spare a million bucks each year for the benefits they reap from FreeBSD.

New post! I documented my weekend efforts to run #Rust on classic Mac OS in case it's useful to others or if anyone has ideas of additional things to try.

https://www.wezm.net/v2/posts/2023/rust-on-ppc-classic-mac-os/

#VintageMac #RetroComputing

I have a small command line tool (https://github.com/wezm/rsspls) where the configuration file is getting complex enough that I want to create a small (one or two page) documentation site for the project.

Do you know of other tools that have done this well? I'm looking for good examples for inspiration.

I'll go first:

https://the.exa.website/

New video! I’ve published the second and final part of my #Rust URL shortener project. I make it a bit more efficient, add some compile time validations, and finally deploy it to #Deno Deploy on its own domain.

Any feedback, likes, subscriptions etc are appreciated as I find my way way in the world of publishing on YouTube.

https://youtu.be/bQnab_6K1ok

2022 Roundup of Web Research by CSS Tricks.

Brief summary and links to 27 web and web-adjacent reports.

https://css-tricks.com/2022-roundup-of-web-research/

Surprises in the Rust JSON Ecosystem #rust #json https://ecton.dev/rust-json-ecosystem/

Help test Cargo's new index protocol https://blog.rust-lang.org/inside-rust/2023/01/30/cargo-sparse-protocol.html

Recently started reading the RISC-V reader book. RV32I really does sound like a well thought out architecture. Really stands in contrast to the complexity I've seen working through building a M68k emulator. #riscv #68k