Minoru @minoru@functional.cafe

Did you know that "toot" sounds just like Russian word for "here"?

I'm Alexander Batischev a.k.a. Minoru; you might've seen me on GitHub: https://github.com/Minoru I've been dabbling in functional programming for 7 years now. Mostly Haskell, but interested to learn from other languages as well. Hobbies for when I'm AFK: reading, cycling, pretending to learn how to draw.

Toot!

#introductions

Current mood: half upset at NewsBlur for describing their API's inputs, but not the outputs, half glad their code is open and I can just find out.

Yet I wonder how they manage to keep the API stable if they never articulate what it does.

Turns out only1.25 is affected; 1.26+ is okay. This gives me confidence *not* to issue a bugfix release.

Anyone who's inconvenienced by this, please get in touch! I want to know how old a Rust compiler I realistically need to support.

For a bit more detail, see my message to the mailing list: https://groups.google.com/forum/#!msg/newsboat/V64yNbmz5U0/QVzHKpVZAwAJ

#Newsboat 2.14.1 won't build with Rust 1.25 if Cargo.lock is not deleted; newer Rust versions might be affected as well, though current stable (1.32) definitely isn't. That's my fault: I bumped versions of our crates, but didn't update the lock file.

The question is: do I make another release just to fix this? I'm half tempted to wait and see who would report this; then I'll know for sure that I do need to support such old compilers. On the other hand, such experiments are rude.

I'll 💤 on it.

I barely started #reading Cixin Liu's "Death's End", but it already promises to be just as good as the first two of the series. Mere 40 pages in, it off-handedly provides a theory of life on Earth (or should I say, life *and* Earth), sets multiple plot lines in motion, and hints at some developments since the last book. Off to a good start!

Finally pushed out #Newsboat 2.14.1. It fixes a bug that rendered The Old Reader integration useless, and a couple minor ones. Also adds a few little features. Check out the changelog for the complete list: https://github.com/newsboat/newsboat/blob/master/CHANGELOG.md#2141---2019-02-10

Download it from our site: https://newsboat.org

#git add --patch and git checkout --patch are awesome, but I keep forgetting how to edit patches for the latter. This visual explanation finally made it stick: https://wh0.github.io/2016/07/03/git-checkout-patch.html

Every single year of the last five, I wrecked precisely one USB pendrive's data by dd-ing onto the wrong device.

I just did it again, so I'm done for 2019. But I do wonder when I'll finally stop making this particular mistake.

This visual explanation of impostor syndrome vs. reality is great. (Via https://swizec.com/blog/when-you-dont-think-youre-good-enough/swizec/8881 which is otherwise unremarkable IMHO).

Transferred 500 SMS from an old phone to a new one, and Mi Band 2 tried to vibrate for each and every one of them. Luckily, disabling notifications worked, and it stopped vibrating after a few minutes (gotta love devices with minuscule RAM).

Lesson learned: restore backups first, fiddle with new tech later.

#newsboat 2.14 is released! That's the first release that contains some #Rust code ("some" is "about 6%").

A few bugs were fixed, two new settings and a command to unbind all keys added. Plus a ton of behind-the-stage work, moving more and more code from C++ to Rust.

Check it out: https://newsboat.org/

Previous look of https://rust-lang.org was much, much better. The current one is so colourful it's confusing. Constant switching between dark and light backgrounds makes it harder to skim (because it turns into a flicker). Complex, non-linear layout with columns makes it harder still. Sudden font size change in "Rust in production" section serves no purpose and only worsens the situation.

#Rust folk, how do I give this feedback to the team responsible for the website? Just email them?