cλémentd @clementd@framapiaf.org

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awhile ago I prototyped a gaming aid that uses a thermal printer to generate stuff (hirelings, NPCs, weather, foods/drinks/potions, monsters, events, maps, mazes, puzzles, etc). The output can be filed away for later reference.

I built it because I don’t like using computers/screens at the table. during COVID this device wasn’t useful but I’m thinking of picking it back up, refining it, and posting a build guide.

if you play tabletop RPGs does this appeal to you?

Mara posted a fantastic article about Converting u128 values to f64 (unsigned 128-bit integers to 64-bit floating-point numbers), give it a read!

https://blog.m-ou.se/floats/

hey, masto, j'suis handicapée, j'habites à Nantes, je suis en burn out, et cette semaine, j'ai eu un accident de voiture sérieux, et j'ai pas réussi à récupérer, je suis épuisée

j'aurais vraiment besoin que quelqu'un puisse passer chez moi pour m'aider à faire du rangement, changer mes draps, faire ma vaisselle et tout parce que là, j'y arrive pas

partagez svp, c'est urgent

The myth of "descriptivist" linguistics

As of nushell 0.62.0, if you get a `nu::shell` error, you'll get a link you can click (first image).

If you click on that link, it'll take you straight to the docs (in docs.rs!) for that error (second image), with a handy "Resolution" section!

Yay miette! #rust

C'est un militant de l'UCL, un militant du NPA et un militant de LO qui rentrent dans un bar.
Le militant de l'UCL demande une bière.
Le militant du NPA ajoute : "mettez-en deux !"
Le militant de LO explique pendant un quart d'heure qu'ils trahissent la révolution.

for those who don't already know, miette is an error/diagnostic crate for #rust that extends `std::error::Error` with additional metadata, such as error codes, help text, documentation/reference links, and even pretty-printed diagnostics. Check it out: https://crates.io/crates/miette

> On aura besoin de sobriété, nous n’y couperons pas. Il vaut mieux que cette sobriété soit pilotée que subie, car la sobriété subie, cela s’appelle la pauvreté. — #Jancovici

https://jancovici.com/publications-et-co/interviews/une-interview-dans-le-figaro-en-avril-2022/

The most promising of these IMO is Crystal. Its syntax is inspired by Ruby, but it's statically typed and ahead-of-time compiled with LLVM. Unlike Go, it has sum types which are used to represent nil-able values, like Rust's Option<T>. Like Go, it has a garbage collector, and uses green threads and channels for concurrency.
https://crystal-lang.org/