<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@whitequark" class="u-url mention">@<span>whitequark</span></a></span> &quot;Why would a sewing machine cost $3,000?&quot;<br />Now you know</p>

<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://hachyderm.io/@dalias" class="u-url mention">@<span>dalias</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://donotsta.re/users/linus" class="u-url mention">@<span>linus</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://is.badat.dev/users/Mae" class="u-url mention">@<span>Mae</span></a></span> ./configure ac_cv_arith_add_working=yes</p>

<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://yiff.life/@fen" class="u-url mention">@<span>fen</span></a></span> c...can i have a link? for chemistry reasons obviously</p>

<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://social.noyu.me/@hikari" class="u-url mention">@<span>hikari</span></a></span> texhnolyze is sooooo good. one of my favorite anime</p><p>(you will likely not be surprised by this)</p>

<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://hci.social/@chrisamaphone" class="u-url mention">@<span>chrisamaphone</span></a></span> and rustc is a database!</p>

<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@shriramk" class="u-url mention">@<span>shriramk</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@cfbolz" class="u-url mention">@<span>cfbolz</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mstdn.social/@shu" class="u-url mention">@<span>shu</span></a></span> </p><p>Alas most who were around for that have moved on 😕</p><p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@jandem" class="u-url mention">@<span>jandem</span></a></span> you have thoughts?</p>

<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@cfbolz" class="u-url mention">@<span>cfbolz</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mstdn.social/@shu" class="u-url mention">@<span>shu</span></a></span> Yeah, that would be wonderful.</p>

<p>A while ago I had a Twitter thread encouraging people to write more books. <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mathstodon.xyz/@neeldhara" class="u-url mention">@<span>neeldhara</span></a></span> urged me to turn it into a proper blog post, and I just have: &quot;You Too Can Write a Book!&quot;</p><p><a href="https://parentheticallyspeaking.org/articles/write-a-book/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">parentheticallyspeaking.org/ar</span><span class="invisible">ticles/write-a-book/</span></a></p>

<p>as far as im concerned really theres only two types of software: database, or compiler. your task is to work out which one of the two your idea fits into</p>