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Tim McNamara

timClicks@mastodon.nz

<p>Data/software person with an interest in computer art and creation culture.</p><p>I&#39;m on the planet to build a better planet. I like to teach software development via tutorials and videos online. I&#39;m also the author of Rust in Action and an unbearable Rustacean.</p>

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    Using impl Trait in the return position is one of Rust&amp;#39;s most useful features for library authors. It allows you to change the concrete type without breaking semver. e.g. `fn printable() -&amp;gt; impl std::fmt::Display` would enable you to return anything that you want that implements Display. By returning impl Trait, you&amp;#39;re free to change what&amp;#39;s happening underneath. This is especially useful when you want to compose iterators.

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    An occasional reminder that depression is a lethal disease.

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    The only thing that would justify SpaceX&amp;#39;s IPO valuation would be if they had a credible asteroid mining plan.

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    @stuartyeates A TeX to code compiler would be kind of interesting.

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    Not all safe Rust code is equally safe. Here&amp;#39;s what that means and why I argue that Rust has a spectrum of safety rather than one that&amp;#39;s binary as indicated by the unsafe keyword. Notes from &amp;quot;Pointer Poker&amp;quot; and more: Levels of safety beyond the safe/unsafe dichotomy https://www.patreon.com/posts/145552268

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    Do you have any examples of instructional tech videos that you really like? I&amp;#39;m looking it at increasing the quality of mine and would love to know examples of formats that work well.

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    Hello, Internet. Sorry that I haven&amp;#39;t been here for a while. It turns out that burnout can get as bad as they say. How are you doing?

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    Mythos is a big deal because of its second-order effects. If it only cost $10b to train a cyber weapon that can easily penetrate all heavily-used operating systems, I expect that the information security industry will encounter many private variants within 24 months.

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    It&amp;#39;s very Millennial of me to say so, but the original Internet was better.

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    An occasional reminder that cycling isn&amp;#39;t dangerous, it&amp;#39;s motor vehicles which are dangerous ✌️🚲

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    Why Rust for serverless/cloud native apps? Choose 9/9: - Cost efficiency - Low latency - Memory efficiency - Memory safety - Environmental sustainability - Fewer runtime errors - Easy deployments - Developer happiness - Customer happiness #rust #rustlang #serverless #cloudnative