Moderation Log


Date/Time Moderator Story/Comment/User/Tag/Category, Action, Reason
2023-09-27 23:01 -0500 pushcx Story: How to get started hacking NetBSD
Action: changed title from "[pdf]How to get started hacking NetBSD" to "How to get started hacking NetBSD"
Reason: This is why Lobsters has a pdf tag.
2023-09-27 17:05 -0500 pushcx Story: Random walk in 2 lines of J
Action: changed title from "Random walk in 2 lines of J - Asindu's Journal" to "Random walk in 2 lines of J"
Reason: Please don't include site names in titles.
2023-09-27 13:27 -0500 pushcx Story: Champagne for my real friends
Action: changed url from "http://jeremybmerrill.com/documents/champagnerealpain.htm" to "http://jeremybmerrill.com/documents/champagnerealpain.html"
Reason: Fixed link.
2023-09-27 10:08 -0500 pushcx Story: How my first kernel contribution wasn’t accepted
Action: changed title from "How I my first kernel contribution wasn’t accepted" to "How my first kernel contribution wasn’t accepted"
Reason: oops
2023-09-27 07:36 -0500 pushcx Story: How my first kernel contribution wasn’t accepted
Action: changed title from "How I got robbed of my first kernel contribution" to "How I my first kernel contribution wasn’t accepted"
Reason: Toning down hyperbole.
2023-09-26 10:28 -0500 pushcx Story: Importing Overture Maps Data Into Neo4j
Action: deleted story
Reason: Spam. I'm banning your domains for a year for using Lobsters as a write-only self-promo linkdump. Contribute normally or don't return.
2023-09-25 08:05 -0500 pushcx Story: Introducing NeoHaskell
Action: changed title from "Introducing NeoHaskell: A beacon of joy in a greyed tech world" to "Introducing NeoHaskell", changed tags from "mobile show haskell culture" to "show haskell"
Reason: Toning down clickbait.
2023-09-25 07:23 -0500 pushcx Story: Knuth's 20 Questions for ChatGPT
Action: deleted story
Reason: Article text generated by LLM.
2023-09-24 10:41 -0500 pushcx Story: In defense of stale-bots
Action: merged into bkw5u0 (No Stale Bots)
Reason: Merging response.
2023-09-24 09:31 -0500 pushcx Story: Free software, free society
Action: changed title from "Free software, free society: Richard Stallman at TEDxGeneva 2014" to "Free software, free society"
Reason: Please don't include speaker and event names in titles.
2023-09-23 14:35 -0500 pushcx Story: No Stale Bots
Action: changed tags from "programming" to "practices"
Reason: This tag's a little more appropriate.
2023-09-22 10:12 -0500 pushcx Story: Java 21: The Nice, The Meh, and the ... Momentous
Action: merged into y2790z (Java 21 Is Available Today, And It's Quite The Update)
Reason: Merging response.
2023-09-22 10:12 -0500 pushcx Story: JDK 21 Release Notes
Action: merged into y2790z (Java 21 Is Available Today, And It's Quite The Update)
Reason: Merging alternate link.
2023-09-21 19:53 -0500 pushcx Story: Taming the OOM killer
Action: changed title from "Taming the OOM killer [LWN.net]" to "Taming the OOM killer"
Reason: Please don’t include site names in story titles.
2023-09-20 18:28 -0500 pushcx Story: How to Abuse and Fix Authenticated Encryption Without Key Commitment
Action: changed title from "How to Abuse and Fix Authenticated Encryption Without Key Commitment | USENIX" to "How to Abuse and Fix Authenticated Encryption Without Key Commitment"
Reason: Please don't include event names in titles.
2023-09-20 18:26 -0500 pushcx Story: What’s it like to work as developer advocate/relations
Action: deleted story
Reason: Marketing jobs are not on-topic.
2023-09-20 10:03 -0500 pushcx Story: Polynomial Interpolation
Action: changed description from "We have a function and a bunch of data points, and do need to approximate them with a nice simple polynomial we can put in something like a pixel shader. How do we find the right numbers to put in the shader code?" to "", changed markeddown_description from "<p>We have a function and a bunch of data points, and do need to approximate them with a nice simple polynomial we can put in something like a pixel shader. How do we find the right numbers to put in the shader code?</p>\n" to ""
Reason: Please don’t use the story text to summarize the link.
2023-09-20 08:04 -0500 pushcx Story: Syntax to Sawdust: Lessons from Middle School Woodshop - Dan Schnau dot com
Action: deleted story
Reason: Article does not relate to computing. Also, you might enjoy the book Shop Class as Soulcraft.
2023-09-19 14:00 -0500 pushcx Story: Follow up to "Changing the rules of Rust"
Action: merged into tfsr57 (Changing the rules of Rust)
Reason: Merging update.
2023-09-18 20:22 -0500 pushcx Story: Surface and Windows lead Panos Panay is leaving Microsoft in major shake up
Action: deleted story
Reason: Business news is off-topic.
2023-09-17 10:04 -0500 pushcx Story: Software Design Quiz
Action: changed title from "The Hardest Software Design Quiz" to "Software Design Quiz"
Reason: Toning down clickbait title.
2023-09-17 07:12 -0500 pushcx Story: Two types of work
Action: deleted story
Reason: Article does not relate to computing.
2023-09-14 10:24 -0500 pushcx Story: Deep dive into Clojure HTTP Basics: Ring, Compojure, Jetty
Action: changed description from "In this video, we're going to delve into the basics of working with HTTP requests in Clojure. We'll take a deep dive into the world of Ring and Compojure, both riding on the Jetty web server, and we'll uncover how these components are intricately connected. So, stick around as we unravel the connections between these elements and build a strong understanding of how they come together." to "", changed markeddown_description from "<p>In this video, we’re going to delve into the basics of working with HTTP requests in Clojure. We’ll take a deep dive into the world of Ring and Compojure, both riding on the Jetty web server, and we’ll uncover how these components are intricately connected. So, stick around as we unravel the connections between these elements and build a strong understanding of how they come together.</p>\n" to ""
Reason: Please don’t use the story text to summarize the link.
2023-09-14 07:31 -0500 pushcx Story: Nue: A React/Vue/Vite/Astro alternative
Action: changed tags from "javascript web nodejs" to "javascript web nodejs show"
Reason: Author is posting their project.
2023-09-13 21:22 -0500 pushcx Story: I shamefully paid for Sublime Text
Action: deleted story
Reason: Article does not relate to computing.
2023-09-13 15:43 -0500 pushcx Story: Onboarding floating-point
Action: deleted story
Reason: Dupe of /s/qj7rwq
2023-09-12 11:19 -0500 pushcx Story: Possible by default
Action: deleted story
Reason: Self-help is off-topic.
2023-09-12 09:12 -0500 pushcx Story: chasing memory corruptions in firefox
Action: changed title from "p2k23 Hackathon Report: Landry Breuil (landry@) on chasing memory corruptions" to "chasing memory corruptions in firefox", changed tags from "openbsd" to "openbsd browsers"
Reason: Please don't include event and author names in titles.
2023-09-12 09:10 -0500 pushcx Story: Bun reminds me of systemd
Action: deleted story
Reason: Don't use stories to post comments.
2023-09-12 09:09 -0500 pushcx Story: Bethesda's Starfield is a disgrace to game development and a slap in the face to gamers
Action: deleted story
Reason: Lobsters is not customer support for Bethesda.
2023-09-11 15:26 -0500 pushcx Story: What other companies have a hiring process like fly.io?
Action: deleted story
Reason: This is not a job, and hiring is off-topic.
2023-09-11 14:48 -0500 pushcx Story: Justice Department Sues Google for Monopolizing Digital Advertising Technologies
Action: deleted story
Reason: This is still business news. The source doesn't matter, it's not about computing.
2023-09-11 11:35 -0500 pushcx Story: Google's dominance of internet search faces major challenge in legal showdown with U.S. regulators
Action: deleted story
Reason: Business news is off-topic.
2023-09-11 11:31 -0500 pushcx Story: The power of prolog
Action: changed description from "A modern book on prolog" to "", changed markeddown_description from "<p>A modern book on prolog</p>\n" to "", changed tags from "programming" to "programming book"
Reason: Please don’t use the story text to summarize the link.
2023-09-11 08:31 -0500 pushcx Story: Is "Show Story Previews" broken?
Action: deleted story
Reason: I'll take a look, but please report bugs at https://github.com/lobsters/lobsters/issues
2023-09-10 09:26 -0500 pushcx Story: Why you might actually want async in your project
Action: deleted story
Reason: Link 404s and I don't see an obvious typo. In any case, please respond in the comments of /s/cryfiu and don't use stories as a super-reply.
2023-09-09 16:46 -0500 pushcx Story: Why you might actually want async in your project
Action: merged into cryfiu (Async Rust Is A Bad Language)
Reason: Merging response.
2023-09-09 12:11 -0500 pushcx Story: how I finally understood async/await in Rust (part 1)
Action: deleted story
Reason: Please don't use stories to reply to stories like this. /s/cryfiu
2023-09-08 17:50 -0500 pushcx Story: Android 14 blocks direct modification of system certificates
Action: changed title from "Android 14 blocks all modification of system certificates, even as root" to "Android 14 blocks direct modification of system certificates"
Reason: Updating title based on /c/wzlntj
2023-09-07 18:59 -0500 pushcx Story: Make and release lots of small games before making a big one
Action: deleted story
Reason: This goes far into the self-help/personal productivity genre that I'm removing it as off-topic.
2023-09-07 09:56 -0500 pushcx Story: It’s Official: Cars Are the Worst Product Category We Have Ever Reviewed for Privacy
Action: deleted story
Reason: Article does not relate to computing.
2023-09-07 09:55 -0500 pushcx Story: Surviving disillusionment
Action: deleted story
Reason: Article does not relate to computing.
2023-09-06 08:03 -0500 pushcx Story: The Correct Way to do Sentence Spacing
Action: merged into vsifq9 (Why I Two-Space)
Reason: Merging response.
2023-09-05 06:27 -0500 pushcx Story: The fast track tip
Action: deleted story
Reason: Management is off-topic.
2023-09-04 19:03 -0500 pushcx Story: Reviving Sega's forgotten golf MMO after 14 years
Action: merged into 82dse5 (They Made A Golf MMO With Sonic In it)
Reason: Dupe.
2023-09-04 19:01 -0500 pushcx Story: Random Poetry and Other Losses (1979)
Action: changed title from "Random Poetry and Other Losses" to "Random Poetry and Other Losses (1979)"
2023-09-04 14:01 -0500 pushcx Story: What break reminder do you use?
Action: deleted story
Reason: Personal productivity is off-topic.
2023-09-04 09:46 -0500 pushcx Story: Private Access Tokens, also not great
Action: merged into darunh (Apple already shipped attestation on the web, and we barely noticed)
Reason: Merging into same story.
2023-09-02 07:11 -0500 pushcx Story: Obsidian releases version 1.4 for everyone with YAML front matter support (properties)
Action: deleted story
Reason: Article does not relate to computing.
2023-09-02 07:10 -0500 pushcx Story: Blog about what you want
Action: deleted story
Reason: Article does not relate to computing.