A classic, blue British police box (Tardis), set against a cosmic backdrop filled with stars, nebulae, and galaxies in various shades of blue, purple, and pink. The TARDIS itself is depicted in a deep blue color with white windows and the words "POLICE PUBLIC CALL BOX" written at the top. There's a light on top of the box and a sign on the door that reads "FREE FOR USE OF PUBLIC" and "PULL TO OPEN."

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Composer, programmer, writer who tries to be creative in whatever endeavors he currently pursues. Always up for a friendly chat, especially about music, languages, and of course Doctor Who!

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Does anyone know any toothpaste in the EU that has no fluoride, it's not foamy, preferably nano hydroxyapatite and it's as natural as possible? Biorepair, especially their Fast Sensitive is great, but it has micro hydroxyapatite only and no herbs except mint.

If you still think microplastics are irrelevant, they have been recently found in blood, clouds, but even in the breath of dolphins. The more you do to make your life microplastic-free, the better. For you and for the environment. This is not meant to be an endorsement, but rather a reaction to the very sad state of things.

Here's an article about this: https://ibbi.io/mp

Start by swapping out something that you use daily, for example your water bottle to a fully stainless steel one (including the cap). Yes, there are caps that have a stainless steel coating on the outside, while what goes into the mouth of the bottle is plastic.

Personally, Blockhütte is the only company I found in the EU where this is not the case and the entire bottle is stainless steel, wood and it has a food-grade silicone ring for a better seal.

Re: My last post about telepathy, I think the best book that's probably going to be very hard to top that deals with telepathy and being an empath is Joan D. Vinge's Cat series. It describes all the pain that such powers bring, as well as the joys when you find someone who understands you deeper than anyone else and welcomes you. It's really nothing special when it comes to the plot, but it's a masterpiece in my eyes.

Too bad it's not finished, apparently because of Vinge's accident, but it's absolutely worth reading either way.

A conversation brought up an interesting question to discuss, I would be interested in your opionion at least.

A few hours ago I wanted to post about how the imagination of science fiction authors shifted, because we have a longer life expectancy now and a host of things that we really did not have in the 1800s for example. Why that particular century? Because I've watched a video about artists in teh 1800s predicting the future in 2000.

Suppose everyone will be able to feel the emotions of all living things, you can communicate telepathically, even accross long distances. Would these abilities make you a better human? For example by knowing that other people might find out your deepest thoughts, feelings, etc. Would you care, for your own sake?

My stance on programming in 2025
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#golang is undoubtedly my favorite programming language. It's fast, elegant, while it has a KISS approach with a very minimalistic syntax and lots of other things that should be the standard in 2025. As a scripting language, when less power is enough, Lua is definitely great for when all you want to do is design, rather than worry about low level things.

Then #Odin came along, still very young and very basic when it comes to available libraries and tools, but the language keeps many things that are great about Go, adds manual memory management so it's great as a systems language, as well as makes C interop more seamless.

Without these languages existing today, coding would be very bleak indeed, having to put up with a lot of things that should not be a requirement if you want to just write code. Just to mention a few: bloated build systems, declarations, header files, needlessly complex syntax, spending hours on writing wrappers and documentation, and setting up cross-compiler toolchains.

Why is this important? Because when you code, your brain is in problem solving mode. You focus on the design, the mechanics. While you do that, other parts of your brain have to deal with creating build XMLs, focusing on the syntax (how best would it be to implement this based on what you have). If you use a language which is not constrained, the cognitive load increases and you could spend more time working on something even if it's not obvious why.

Now the question is, am I a better Go programmer because of Odin? My answer is yes. I get everything I wanted from C in a very simple and elegant way. For constrained, very low level things where memory management is crucial, Odin works perfectly. If this is less important, Go is great. I don't need anything else except scripting, for even faster design, e.g. when writing a game specifically. That's my current stance in 2025, but I'm very curious to see if this will ever change. Because I think I found the best approach that works for me.

Languages are fun, have mysterious rules called grammar, but their native speakers certainly don't care about all that. In other words, do native speakers of a language speak the language correctly, as textbooks prescribe? (Hint: Definitely not.)

Here's a video to illustrate this. Thanks, Google recommendations. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nIl_rdTUU1U

Well, well, I guess this had to happen eventually. Got my first music offer rejected by a film studio working on a documentary because "we got this covered by AI, but thank you very much for your kind offer."

The rejection itself doesn't really make me sad, this is perfectly normal and especially now the competition is huge. What makes me sad though is that this is a pretty big name in the industry, so it'll only get worse from here on. I sincerely hope I'm wrong.

Does anyone know a good quality, reliable midi drum pad which is great for finger drumming I can add to my decades long wishlist?

Since I don't think I'll be able to spend around 4000 euros to buy hand pans anytime soon, I figured I might as well go for something sampled and a drum pad.

I feel like I need to use more of my brain, anyone feels like sending some puzzle boxes over?

By the by, crossword puzzles are amazing for this.

If anyone needs a simple terminal app on Mac, give #WezTerm a try. It’s a lot more simple compared to iTerm, but it fully supports the Kitty Keyboard Protocol which the latest #FishShell needs, unless you are fine with escape sequences all over the place. WezTerm also scrolls a lot faster. Installable via #Homebrew.

Does anyone know what IP ranges #LetsEncrypt uses to connect to a server when requesting certificates as part of a challenge?

I might have blocked a range of IP addresses in the past and I really don't feel like deleting around a thousand UFW rules to start from scratch essentially.