@chronovore @theking i dont even know how to interpret this, like im not claiming to? i still understand that some will still like and use java, and it still forms the backbone of the jvm ecosystem and all this is fine

but like, as a language? it is just kind of a relic of a very specific era and culture and i do question the sanity of anyone starting a new project nowadays and still choosing java for any reasons besides "im already very familiar with it" or "this choice isnt up to me"

@chronovore @theking but like each paradigm java covers, there is a jvm language that covers that paradigm better

OOP? scala
structured/imperative programming? kotlin
functional programming? clojure, kawa if you wanna go silly with it

@theking @chronovore i genuinely dont think java has too much merit, like literally any other jvm language is probably gonna be more pleasant except maybe scala

@enigmatico i think that might be leftovers from some sort of ducttape, had similar crud on a "repaired" gamecube controller

no matter how fucked up you are mentally, take solice in the fact you probably still make more sense than the average neurotypical person

@quasar words dreamt up by the utterly deranged (neurotypicals)

Reading a Mastodon toot from @thomholwerda on my Palm VIIx in Eudora Mail via a Mastodon-to-POP3 gateway: https://github.com/nkizz/mop3

#RetroComputing #PalmOS #Palm

As a former librarian I wish a very friendly Fuck You and Die to book publishers. They are the scum of the Earth.

They hate libraries. Did you know that they induce artificial scarcity by making libraries pay for each digital copy of a book? Despite ebooks being infinitely replicable, they make libraries pay for more than one copy at a time. Publishers deliberately force a limit on the supply of digital library books to extort more money out of libraries for popular titles.

In addition, publishers lobbied (in the UK) to make library ebooks only work through their apps on mobile and PC, and not compatible with any Kindle/Kobo/etc so people wouldn’t get a good experience. There is a cartel — made primarily of a company called Overdrive. Their app is absolute buggy dogshit. A far cry from the breezy and simple interface of an e-reader.

But it gets worse. Original proposals from the publishers wanted it so that service users could only download ebooks while physically in the library, thus negating the convenience of them!

Despite ebooks being cheaper to produce than a traditional book and infinitely reproducable, Overdrive will sometimes charge more for an ebook than a supplier would charge for the equivalent copy.

Publishers would have lobbied against the invention of public libraries if they could. And take it from me — public libraries are one of the few open spaces left on this planet where one can just exist at without needing to pay for anything.

@midna transhumanist-mechanist, obviously

@theresnotime tried to once cause livonia from arma 3 contact was missing its flag in the list of fictional nations, but wound up being a bit too confused by the process and giving up

@enigmatico its starting to get better over here but todays also just been like 5 degrees colder than the days before

@OrangeCatCatBoys im gonna put conditioner into your hair and brush it when we're all done

it's Monday ☯️​

who called it object oriented programming and not class struggle

***thwop thwop thwop*** the gigabnuy is arriving soon

@mia fuck it, you're not getting the kinks i like without at least putting me in a trance

@mia ya know, *vaguely gestures around the entire room*