<p>done a bunch of stuff, including some performance work on the table builder code.</p><p>I&#39;m actually slightly tempted to write my own version in C# because the python is slooooooow (it uses multiprocessing but it doesn&#39;t scale) but that&#39;s a whole can of worms</p>

<p>discovered that amazon.co.uk requires age verification to buy a shovel</p>

<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@whitequark" class="u-url mention">@<span>whitequark</span></a></span> </p><p>prrrtz? :ablobcateyesflip:</p>

<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@shriramk" class="u-url mention">@<span>shriramk</span></a></span> Monica Hesse:: &quot;As I stood with the tour groups &amp; the lunch crowd &amp; the tired families pushing strollers and doling out juice boxes - as I stood in this completely free institution that exists for no other reason than to help America learn something about itself, that was the most shocking realization of all: The Smithsonian is not filled w/hatred toward our busted, struggling, awesome country; it is filled with the deepest love, &amp; that is what I learned at the museum.&quot; Thanks Monica!</p>

<p>This is a beautiful op-ed. Didn&#39;t quite go as I expected.</p><p><a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2025/04/02/trump-art-corrosive-smithsonian-executive-order/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">washingtonpost.com/opinions/20</span><span class="invisible">25/04/02/trump-art-corrosive-smithsonian-executive-order/</span></a></p>

<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@dabeaz" class="u-url mention">@<span>dabeaz</span></a></span> Yes, I would be very interested in hearing more</p>

<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@tekknolagi" class="u-url mention">@<span>tekknolagi</span></a></span> Yes, that&#39;s supported. But, this involves a certain Rust &quot;adventure&quot; that I get the sense of which you might be experiencing ;-). I can say more if you want.</p>

<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://fedi.lynnesbian.space/@lynnesbian" class="u-url mention">@<span>lynnesbian</span></a></span> it&#39;s especially upsetting because `zip` is genuinely not that good of a name and, from a blank slate, `interleave` would have probably been better...</p>

<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@whitequark" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>whitequark</span></a></span> mrrrp? :blobcateyes2:</p>