Question for the git experts in my circle:
Is it possible to "save" a half-complete merge and come back to it later? I need to pause an ongoing merge project so I can work in another branch, but I can't figure out how to do that without losing progress on the merge. Is that possible?
My current best idea is to just clone another copy of the repository and work from there until the merge is complete, but I'm hoping there's a better way!
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When you see "increased efficiency", translate that to "increased fragility and parasitic load".
When you read about "redundancy", what they really mean is "resiliency".
The real world is bursty, uneven, inconsistent, error-prone, heterogeneous. It is not amenable to assembly lines. Efficiency predicated on eliminating those forms of waste cannot survive common system shocks.
And we're in a period of enormous system shock.
I'm wrapping up the last tasks before I can release my neat application that gives you aggregated reporting of updates on hosts over ssh.
I've been writing nightmare abstractions to handle the case where some package managers need sudo to refresh metadata from repositories (Debian, for instance). I personally just do NOPASSWD for the command in sudoers on my stuff.
The nightmare comes from password prompting. I'm at the point where I have half a mind to just... not do it?
And instead require users to setup sudoers like that if they want to sync repositories on systems where it's needed. I'd of course document it nicely.
Is that insane? As a user would that just make you go "URGH" and fiercely uninstall everything before emailing me a picture of your middle finger?
I just completed a 12-week online program in software engineering and quantum computing with QuLearnLabs.
It was a great experience where I got to learn more about software engineering, quantum computing fundamentals and python programming.
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Tuple inside Dictionary in Python:
Tuples can be used as dictionary keys because they are immutable and hashable, unlike lists.
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Hi friends! 
I want to tell you all about a new thing I'm trying, where I'll accept bounties to work on specific features or bug fixes for Sharkey. If there's something you really want implemented, then you can make a donation and I'll prioritize that work over whatever other ticket I was going to work on.
To be clear, this is an agreement to work on a particular project, not a promise to finish it! I'll dedicate a certain amount of time to the work based on the size of the donation, and if I finish the work - then great! If not, I'll upload my progress to branch to either finish later or hand off to another interested party. I may choose to complete the work anyway if it's something that I also want, but that's not a gaurantee!
Pricing is in lose terms because tracking my hours or comtting to deadlines will take all the fun out of everything. Sorry if that's an issue, but I'm not willing to negotiate on this. I will make sure not to "count it" if I don't actually get much work done, so don't worry about picking a bad week and wasting your money. If I don't manage enough work when I initally plan to, then I'll just save my progress and resume when I have more time.
Time slots are broken down like this:
• $20 - I work on my lunch break. This is usually about an hour, so I probably won't complete a whole ticket unless it's something small.
• $30 - I dedicate an evening or two. The exact number of hours varies, but it's usually 2-4 per evening. I'll aim for at least 3 hours in total.
• $50 - It's my weekend project. Again, my availability varies - but sometimes I spend 12+ hours between Saturday and Sunday.
• $100 - This is my focus for the week. I won't devote any more Sharkey time than I would normally, but all of that time is devoted to this work item.
If this sounds like something you'd like, then please reply or send a DM! For this first trial phase, I've picked a curated list of tickets that I'm willing to work on. Assuming everything goes well, I'll add more options and open up the possibility of working on brand new ideas too. I hope this can be a good deal for everyone!
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Ticket options:
• #499 - enhancement: Context menu button for muting the instance of a post
• #548 - enhancement: Admin feature: Ability to safely reset MFA for end users
• #675 - enhancement: API Endpoint for validating scoped tokens, returning a list of assigned scopes
• #746 - bug: When editing a quote, the "quote" indicator and button are not aligned
• #836 - enhancement: Log IP Address of Registrants
• #910 - enhancement: Allow moderators to set a content warning on any post
• #943 - enhancement: Allow moderators to force a content warning for all posts by an instance
• #953 - enhancement: Investigate a better on-disk structure for drive files
• #997 - enhancement: Increase options for number of poll options
• #1001 - enhancement: Add option to delete all users from remote instance
• #1002 - bug: "Force Content Warning" does not apply to boosts
• #1008 - bug: Search menu does not lookup url containing emoji
• #1034 - enhancement: Multi select for adding notes to clips
• #1039 - enhancement: Add change UI language when logged out
• #1040 - enhancement: Hide alt-text
• #1065 - enhancement: Option to hide note that are replies to a reply of a note
• #1069 - bug: Send abuse reports to contact email
• #1070 - enhancement: Translate Content Warning
• #1071 - enhancement: Translate Alt Text
• #1072 - enhancement: Allow user to specify the source language for translation
• #1076 - enhancement: Support multiple hosts for email delivery
• #1106 - bug: Dont mark post as long for just including certain mfm
• #1110 - enhancement: Allow admins to change bio length limit
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Clarifications and Disclaimers:
1. As stated above, this is not a promise to complete any work item! I'll put effort in - that's the only gaurantee.
2. This is not a contract of employment or payment for services.
3. If something "important" comes up, then I may pause your work item to focus on that. Think urgent bugs, security issues, or project management responsibilities. This won't count against the promised effort.
4. If multiple donations are made around the same time, then I'll complete them in order of submission.
5. If a work item is completed before I get to your request, then I'll offer the chance to select another ticket instead.
6. You're welcome to ask how long I expect a particular item to take! I may not answer in hours, but I can give a relative estimate of complexity.
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GitLabContext menu button for muting the instance of a post (#499) · Issues · TransFem.org / Sharkey · GitLabIn order to quickly filter and curate your timeline, you might need to quickly mute instances. Currently, it is very tiresome to open up the settings panel, go...
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On a series of training calls with work, the consultant giving the training call has been raving about how #AI code generation tools (powered by models like #ChatGPT) are brilliant, [using Cursor].
... he's yet to have it generate him code for our demo that works first time. One particular sample required him to fix his code overnight between sessions. Most of the code its given him require some level of rewriting for the task at hand. #programming #softwaredev
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If you're in the #Cambridge area and looking for #work, like small very #startup-y environments, and appreciate good coffee/drinks and BBQs at an office* in a rural setting then they're ("we're"?) hiring: https://careers.flok.health/
Codebase is mainly Python and TypeScript with some Rust on the side, but things are very much a moving target.
Oh, they're hiring in #physiotherapy too!
Software developers and physiotherapists... it isn't your normal software company. (And note that it is NOT a GenAI company.)
Hiring seems to be at least just as hard now as I recall from 10 years ago... and I know it's also hard from the job-seeking direction too, it took me months of mostly never even getting acknowledgements to applications for jobs I'd selected as a very good fit, taken the time to tailor cover letters for, etc... it was hell.
* 4 days per week on-site.
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By the by, I'm a #SoftwareDev #LookingForWork - I'm Sydney based, although willing to relocate to Vatican City for the right role. I do everything from frontend to backend to infra, I love filling in gaps and uplifting my team and delving into scary legacy code.
Best with JS/Perl/C++/Java but can learn anything at this point. The tech is not as important as the team. I'm a big fan of observability and internal tooling to help the Support team.
Hi fedi! 
I'm Hazel, a transfem fox-girl software developer.
I've been around for a while, but a lot has changed and my previous intro is no longer accurate. You may know me from the staff of Transfem.Social and Void.Lgbt, or as a maintainer of Sharkey and ModShark.
To anyone meeting me for the first time: Hello and welcome to my profile! It's nice to meet you! I'm a polyamorous trans lesbian from the USA, and I'm part of a plural system (though my headmate isn't currently on fedi). I enjoy meeting other queer people, and I love spending time in our community here on fedi. Feel free to reach out if you have a question about queer experiences, or if you just want to chat!
My hobbies include open-source software development, retro-computing, and gaming. I have a number of open-source projects, and I'd love to hear about yours too! I don't have much time for gaming anymore, but my current interests are Honkai Star Rail, Genshin Impact, and TTRPGs. My favorite game to date is the original Life is Strange, which actually helped me discover my trans identity.
If any of this sounds like you, then feel free to drop a follow request. I'd love to hear from you! And finally, some emojis that make me happy:
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enby.lifeHazelnoot (@hazelnoot)Hello! I'm Hazel, a queer foxgirl software developer.
I'm a transfem demigirl and I also describe myself as lesbian, although its a bit more complicated than that. I care deeply about trans issues, queer life, and other LGBTQ+ topics. DMs are open to anyone questioning their gender or struggling with their identity.
I enjoy programming as a hobby and I dabble with retro-computing. I've got a particular fondness for 80s era computers, even though they're well before my time. There's just something fun about the unique and creative computer designs from that decade! I particularly love my Timex Sinclair 2068, even though it's not a particularly famous or popular machine.
Some other things I like are PC gaming and TTRPGs. You'll often find me playing *Genshin Impact*, *Honkai Star Rail*, or Dungeons and Dragons (5th edition). I also love trying out indie games, so please tell me about your own projects!
Feel free to start up a conversation about these or any other topics - I love to chat :neofox_heart:
#Introduction #Queer #Trans #Transgender #Transfem #DemiGirl #Lesbian #LGBTQ #Gaming #TTRPGs #DND #SoftwareDev #Coding #Programming #FediDev #FediDevs #ActivityPub #RetroComputing #RetroComputers #FoxGirl #GenshinImpact #HonkaiStarRail
@mathiasx and I were having an interesting back and forth, and his post got me thinking:
For all #softwaredev #programmer #cloudengineer types out there, what energy audit tools are out there right now that people could start leveraging to evaluate their code for being more efficient from a "reduce fossil fuel consumption" point of view?
Static analysis, CI tools, etc. All ideas welcome.
@grafana I feel like something like this is in your wheelhouse. Also, any @cncfambassadors in the environmental sustainment TAG know of some tooling?
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Starting June 1, 2024, the #argopy team will try to use Green Metrics Tools to estimate the energy and CO2 emissions from their GitHub activities
All results and methods explained here: https://argopy.readthedocs.io/en/latest/energy.html
argopy.readthedocs.ioCarbon emissions — argopy 999 documentation
New blog post time!
Inter-process communication between Javascript and Python
https://starbeamrainbowlabs.com/blog/article.php?article=posts%2F549-js-python-ipc.html
...how do you get multiple processes to talk to each other?
Stardust | Starbeamrainbowlabs' BlogInter-process communication between Javascript and Python
ok uh... what do I do when git tries to gaslight me? These windows both show the same repository, but on two different machines. They are both up to date and checked out to the same commit on the same branch. They should have the same files, right?
Wrong! Somehow, this file has different contents between the computers. Am I hallucinating? What is happening???? 
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