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What keeps some #programminglanguages relevant for decades while others fade away? 💻 🤔

In Part 1 of this Andrew Oram series, explore the different paths of C, C++, C#, #JavaScript, #Java, #Rust, #PHP, #COBOL, #FORTRAN, #BASIC, #Perl, and others 👇

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#LPI #programming #opensource #linux #unix #softwaredevelopment #coding #developers #sysadmins #python #softwareengineering

Exciting news! 🐧

You can now take the paper-based #LinuxEssentials 2.0 beta exam from Linux Professional Institute (LPI) at #FrOSCon ‘26, Aug. 15-16, in Sankt Augustin, Germany.

Exam fee: only €50!

Validate your #Linux skills and stand out in #IT.

Limited seats. Register now: https://lpi.org/atx4

@FrOSCon #LPI #Linux #LinuxCertificate #FOSSCertificate #LearnLinux #opensource #FOSS #freesoftware #DevOps #WebEssentials #BSD

if #FOSS licenses are disregarded anyway, should I just move all my stuff to AGPL? 🤔

Oh yes! I'm seeing them on Sunday for the 7th time (my wife is a huge fan) and the last show was Transatlanticism in full.

Grand Seiko is great!

I tend to write everything in Obsidian, but I've built my own CRUD CMS so I'll post from anywhere. When I do post from my phone it's more often status updates or noting a concert while I'm at the venue.

🕷️ A new spider species discovered in the Ecuadorian Amazon disguises itself as a zombie fungus — the first known case of a spider mimicking a deadly parasite.

When herpetologist Alexander Bentley poked what looked like a Gibellula fungus-covered spider corpse in the rainforest, the "corpse" moved. It turned out to be Taczanowskia waska, a spider that deliberately grows tendril-like tubercles from its abdomen to look like it has already been killed by the fungus. It even sits motionless on leaf undersides, exactly where infected spiders are found.

The disguise likely serves two purposes: predators avoid what seems like a fungus-ridden corpse, and prey do not recognize the spider as a threat. Taczanowskia spiders are webless — they use enlarged claws to ambush victims, hiding in plain sight behind a fungal costume.

The discovery was published in Zootaxa in February 2026 and started with a cell phone photo uploaded to iNaturalist.

https://www.cbc.ca/radio/asithappens/spider-mimicing-cordyceps-9.7141687

#NewSpecies #Spider #Evolution

Our new addition to the family, Nelly, has arrived and she's causing havoc already. 🤣

https://kevquirk.com/2026-08-01-1528

I’ve been working on cross-platform mobile apps so much recently, had a funny moment while improving some things in Sunlit where I thought, “But how is this going to look on Android…” It’s not! iOS-only Swift app.

@Vanstra @hbauer @NebulaTide Same here. KeePassXC and KeePassDroid

What the hell, I just looked up who’s making Waymo’s cars now that the Jaguar is discontinued, and it’s Geely. Polestar’s fully Chinese parent company!

Why is Trump banning my Polestars when they seem perfectly fine with literally everyone else, including Geely and Volvo? 😭

https://waymo.com/blog/2021/12/expanding-our-waymo-one-fleet-with/

Just saw a Waymo wandering around Minneapolis. And it looks like we are not getting the cool Jaguar cars, but instead some weird sort of blob.

@matuzo @Thain @knowler rad! I'm trying to place the singer's vocal style haha -- it tracks with some grind bands I listen to in parts. Kinda like the higher end of Arif's range https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MH_iNnj_IfU

Phoneblogging | 🔗 https://brennan.day/phoneblogging/

#IndieWeb #Accessibility #Mobile #WebDevelopment #SocialCommentary #UXDesign