Moderation Log


Date/Time Moderator Story/Comment/User/Tag/Category, Action, Reason
2023-11-17 17:35 -0600 (Users) User savil
Action: changed own username from "Savil" to "savil"
2023-11-16 22:48 -0600 (Users) User miles
Action: changed own username from "coderpath" to "miles"
2023-11-16 10:21 -0600 (Users) Story: Announcing Rust 1.74.0
Action: changed tags from "rust" to "rust release"
Reason: Automatically changed from user suggestions
2023-11-16 09:10 -0600 pushcx Story: Nothing Phone says it will hack into iMessage, bring blue bubbles to Android
Action: deleted story
Reason: Vague news of a potential feature is pretty disconnected from things we discuss, but feel free to post again when there's technical detail.
2023-11-16 08:08 -0600 (Users) Story: A Very Subtle Bug (2010)
Action: changed title from "A Very Subtle Bug" to "A Very Subtle Bug (2010)"
Reason: Automatically changed from user suggestions
2023-11-16 07:38 -0600 (Users) Story: hyper v1
Action: changed tags from "networking rust" to "networking rust release"
Reason: Automatically changed from user suggestions
2023-11-15 12:23 -0600 pushcx Story: Microsoft is finally making custom chips — and they’re all about AI
Action: merged into gal9wq (With a systems approach to chips, Microsoft aims to tailor everything ‘from silicon to service’ to m)
Reason: Merging into primary source.
2023-11-15 05:48 -0600 pushcx Story: 13 days before the first eIDAS vote, still no public text
Action: deleted story
Reason: Business news is off-topic.
2023-11-15 05:38 -0600 (Users) User model_citizen
Action: changed own username from "jmc" to "model_citizen"
2023-11-14 20:46 -0600 pushcx Story: How to set desktop wallpaper on NixOS (2020)
Action: changed description from "tl;dr Create `~/.background-image`." to "", changed markeddown_description from "<p>tl;dr Create <code>~/.background-image</code>.</p>\n" to ""
Reason: Please don’t use the story text to summarize the link.
2023-11-14 18:46 -0600 (Users) Story: A byte string library for Rust (2022)
Action: changed title from "A byte string library for Rust" to "A byte string library for Rust (2022)"
Reason: Automatically changed from user suggestions
2023-11-14 13:20 -0600 (Users) Story: Programming is Forgetting: Toward a New Hacker Ethic (2016)
Action: changed title from "Programming is Forgetting: Toward a New Hacker Ethic" to "Programming is Forgetting: Toward a New Hacker Ethic (2016)"
Reason: Automatically changed from user suggestions
2023-11-14 12:20 -0600 (Users) Story: Announcing .NET 8
Action: changed tags from "dotnet" to "dotnet release"
Reason: Automatically changed from user suggestions
2023-11-14 09:30 -0600 pushcx Story: PyPI has completed its first security audit
Action: changed title from "PyPI has completed its first security audit - The Python Package Index" to "PyPI has completed its first security audit"
Reason: Please don't include site names in titles.
2023-11-13 07:26 -0600 (Users) User dbolger
Action: changed own username from "5px" to "dbolger"
2023-11-12 15:58 -0600 pushcx Story: How Much to Make – a calculator to help you reach your financial goals
Action: deleted story
Reason: Way off-topic.
2023-11-12 10:27 -0600 pushcx Story: experiment with texture healing (monospace kerning)
Action: merged into xyeqmu (Monaspace)
Reason: Merging response
2023-11-12 10:05 -0600 pushcx Story: Bcachefs Lands Big Scalability Improvement, Disables Debug Option By Default
Action: changed description from "Original title: \"Bcachefs Lands Big Scalability Improvement, Disables Debug Option By Default\"" to "", changed markeddown_description from "<p>Original title: “Bcachefs Lands Big Scalability Improvement, Disables Debug Option By Default”</p>\n" to ""
Reason: Don’t use titles to write comments.
2023-11-12 10:04 -0600 (Users) Story: Bcachefs Lands Big Scalability Improvement, Disables Debug Option By Default
Action: changed title from "Phoronix acknowledges its bcachefs benchmark fiasco: they didn't disable debug option" to "Bcachefs Lands Big Scalability Improvement, Disables Debug Option By Default"
Reason: Automatically changed from user suggestions
2023-11-12 03:37 -0600 (Users) Story: GitHub Actions are a Problem
Action: changed title from "Felix' Blog - GitHub Actions are a Problem" to "GitHub Actions are a Problem"
Reason: Automatically changed from user suggestions
2023-11-11 07:46 -0600 pushcx Story: NTFS really isn't that bad (2020)
Action: changed title from "\"NTFS really isn't that bad\" - Robert Collins (LCA 2020)" to "NTFS really isn't that bad (2020)"
Reason: Please don’t include event and speakers in titles.
2023-11-11 07:45 -0600 pushcx Story: TryQuiet: Our Mission
Action: changed description from "We are building Quiet to sharpen the tools that open societies use to hold power accountable." to "", changed markeddown_description from "<p>We are building Quiet to sharpen the tools that open societies use to hold power accountable.</p>\n" to ""
Reason: Please don’t use the story text to summarize the link.
2023-11-11 07:45 -0600 pushcx Story: Tinkerer’s Sunset (2010)
Action: changed title from "Tinkerer’s Sunset [dive into mark] (2010)" to "Tinkerer’s Sunset (2010)"
Reason: Please don’t put site names in titles.
2023-11-11 05:40 -0600 (Users) Story: We used to build steel mills near cheap power. Now that's where we build datacenters (2015)
Action: changed title from "We used to build steel mills near cheap power. Now that's where we build datacenters" to "We used to build steel mills near cheap power. Now that's where we build datacenters (2015)"
Reason: Automatically changed from user suggestions
2023-11-10 12:16 -0600 (Users) Story: Retrieval Augmented Generation in Go
Action: changed title from "Retrieval Augmented Generation in Go - Eli Bendersky's website" to "Retrieval Augmented Generation in Go"
Reason: Automatically changed from user suggestions
2023-11-10 04:57 -0600 (Users) Story: Realtime GitHub
Action: changed title from "GitHub Next | Realtime GitHub" to "Realtime GitHub"
Reason: Automatically changed from user suggestions
2023-11-10 00:16 -0600 (Users) Story: Cursorless is alien magic from the future
Action: changed title from "Cursorless is alien magic from the future - Xe Iaso" to "Cursorless is alien magic from the future"
Reason: Automatically changed from user suggestions
2023-11-09 10:46 -0600 pushcx Story: Speed up a program for the 50 years old processor by 180000%
Action: changed title from "Speed up a program for the 50 years old processor by 180000% – Blog about my engineering projects" to "Speed up a program for the 50 years old processor by 180000%", changed tags from "javascript hardware assembly programming performance" to "hardware assembly performance"
Reason: Fixing title and tags.
2023-11-09 03:41 -0600 355E3B User ngoldbaum
Action: Granted hat "NumPy Maintainer" (https://mail.python.org/archives/list/numpy-discussion@python.org/thread/YTGNALWG6VVHGHPNJ5ZFLDUSMVQOV5QX/#CH2LUFEWJJAQVF2LBP5BBUXFWLSWOORY)
2023-11-08 10:17 -0600 pushcx Story: Calculating a Smooth Clock Hands Animation
Action: changed tags from "programming" to "graphics swift"
Reason: Using more-specific tags.
2023-11-08 08:48 -0600 pushcx Story: 'Dark universe’ spacecraft reveals first colour images of the cosmos
Action: deleted story
Reason: We don’t have a ‘space’ tag, this isn’t related to computing.
2023-11-08 08:47 -0600 pushcx Story: how antimatter spacecraft will work
Action: deleted story
Reason: We don’t have a ‘space’ tag, this isn’t related to computing.
2023-11-08 08:12 -0600 (Users) Story: Reducing Raspberry Pi 5's standby power consumption by 140x
Action: changed title from "Reducing Raspberry Pi 5's power consumption by 140x" to "Reducing Raspberry Pi 5's standby power consumption by 140x"
Reason: Automatically changed from user suggestions
2023-11-07 11:58 -0600 pushcx Story: Interviewing Tips: Before You Apply, CV, Cover Letter & Screening Interview
Action: deleted story
Reason: Article does not relate to computing. Did you notice there were no applicable tags?
2023-11-07 11:05 -0600 (Users) Story: Download Fedora Silverblue 39
Action: changed tags from "linux" to "linux release"
Reason: Automatically changed from user suggestions
2023-11-07 09:10 -0600 pushcx Story: An Audacious Plan to Halt the Internet’s Enshittification and Throw It Into Reverse
Action: deleted story
Reason: Business rants are off-topic.
2023-11-07 00:03 -0600 (Users) Story: banning-e2ee-is-stupid: Do you think banning end-to-end encryption is plausible? Think again
Action: changed tags from "show cryptography" to "show cryptography law"
Reason: Automatically changed from user suggestions
2023-11-06 10:21 -0600 pushcx Story: Everything wrong with tech in 2023 (in no particular order)
Action: deleted story
Reason: Business rants are off-topic.
2023-11-05 22:56 -0600 pushcx Story: Inclusive community activists are harming FOSS
Action: deleted story
Reason: Gonna pass on this slapfight wrapped in flamebait.
2023-11-04 15:36 -0500 pushcx Story: Git Notes: git's coolest, most unloved­ feature (2022)
Action: changed title from "Git Notes: git's coolest, most unloved­ feature - Tyler Cipriani (2022)" to "Git Notes: git's coolest, most unloved­ feature (2022)"
Reason: Please don't include author names in titles.
2023-11-04 13:56 -0500 pushcx Story: Look back less
Action: deleted story
Reason: Self-help is off-topic.
2023-11-04 13:55 -0500 pushcx Story: Git Visual Reference (2011)
Action: changed description from "Yes the link is somewhat old but still nice.\r\nI like this idea of summarizing different concepts with images.\r\nMaybe someone will update it for 2023." to "", changed markeddown_description from "<p>Yes the link is somewhat old but still nice.\nI like this idea of summarizing different concepts with images.\nMaybe someone will update it for 2023.</p>\n" to ""
Reason: Please don't use the story text to write comments.
2023-11-04 11:21 -0500 (Users) Story: Cooperative C++ Evolution – Toward a TypeScript for C++
Action: changed title from "My new CppCon talk is on YouTube: “Cooperative C++ Evolution – Toward a TypeScript for C++”" to "Cooperative C++ Evolution – Toward a TypeScript for C++"
Reason: Automatically changed from user suggestions
2023-11-04 00:31 -0500 (Users) User UdeRecife
Action: changed own username from "fui" to "UdeRecife"
2023-11-03 10:13 -0500 pushcx Story: π Does Not Exist
Action: deleted story
Reason: Article does not relate to computing. (But look up intutionism vs constructivism for existing work on the argument in this post.)
2023-11-03 08:58 -0500 pushcx Story: Curate content better and make it greener in Wagtail 5.2
Action: deleted story
Reason: There's nothing here about computing to discuss.
2023-11-03 01:47 -0500 aleph Story: Open-Source Software Security RFI Response
Action: deleted story
Reason: Marketing a book and/or a consultancy is not topical.
2023-11-03 01:13 -0500 (Users) User BillStickers
Action: changed own username from "anagram_red" to "BillStickers"
2023-11-01 16:28 -0500 pushcx Domain ludic.mataroa.blog
Action: Banned
Reason: Job rants are off-topic, and "I have a blog that is largely about corporate dysfunction"
2023-11-01 16:27 -0500 pushcx Story: What The Goddamn Hell Is Going On In The Tech Industry?
Action: deleted story
Reason: Job rants are off-topic. (Also: sorry I fed the troll on the last one of these.)