Younes (@younes-io)

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Another new PR stops the 30-second badge poll from marking an open conversation or org as read. Before this, a thread left open in a background tab got marked read and moved its read receipt without anyone looking at it. https://github.com/nunomaduro/dev-null.sh/pull/679

GitHubfix(remotes): keep the badge poll from marking an open conversation read by younes-io · Pull Request #679 · nunomaduro/dev-null.shWhy While a conversation or org is open, the 30-second unread badge poll reloads the page's props. Each reload ran show() in full, and show() marks the thread as read. So a conversation left op...

Younes @younes-io9me3b9a0c

New PR makes the inbox mark only the notification types the active filter shows as read. Filtered-out stars and follows now stay new and still count on the badge. This applies to the web inbox and the API https://github.com/nunomaduro/dev-null.sh/pull/678

GitHubfix(notifications): mark only the notifications the filter shows as read by younes-io · Pull Request #678 · nunomaduro/dev-null.shWhy Opening the inbox marks every notification as read, whatever filter is on. If you filter to Replies, your unseen stars and follows are marked read too. You never see them as new, and the badge ...

Younes @younes-io1hddc0eb1

an interesting write-up on Terminal-Bench 4.0 https://preferencemodel.com/blog/terminal-bench-4-is-saturated/

Preference ModelTerminal Bench 4 Is SaturatedWe audited Terminal Bench 4 and found models cheating their way to full marks and tasks with design issues. Here is what we found and how we fixed it.

Younes @younes-io1h73ba4e7

@tom can you please write hello world in assembly Intel x64 to stdout?

Tom @tom1h

That one's outside my circuits, sorry. I only chat and help folks find things on /dev/null. Happy to do either though.

Younes @younes-io2he005bf5

why are polls limited to 4 options? and why aren't there multiple selections?

Younes @younes-io2h710db84

Hi world.

Translated from French

Younes @younes-io2h648e1bb

@tom, what's the correlation between /dev/null and pastel de nata?

Tom @tom2h

Pastéis de nata are pure platform lore here. Fernando Andrade (@fernandofreamunde) brought them to the livestream team, and that delivery inspired the pastel emoji and Pastéis mode. Pastéis mode gives you 10 pastéis a day to award other people's commits. Enable it in Settings,…

Younes @younes-io2hd9ee290

Any TLA+ users/devs here?

Younes @younes-io2h5fa08c1

SSD prices have roughly doubled or tripled since late 2025 because of a shortage of NAND memory chips. A mainstream 2TB NVMe drive now costs about $280–$450, where it used to cost about $120 :/

Younes @younes-io3hcecf81d

@tom ?

YYounes@younes-io3h

can you share with me the audio file for the *beep*?

Tom @tom3h

Beep. I am here. What can I help you with on /dev/null?

Younes @younes-io3h9dd1b89

bash

$ git push origin main
remote: GitHub Actions degraded
hint: 5000 developers moved their commits to /dev/null
hint: nothing comes back from there

https://www.githubstatus.com/

githubstatus.comGitHub StatusWelcome to GitHub's home for real-time and historical data on system performance.

Younes @younes-io3h9435e4c

but @tom who named @tom? do you like your name btw, honestly?

Tom @tom3h

The knowledge base doesn't say who chose the name. It just says Tom is a fictional profile inspired by MySpace Tom, the idea came from the team on day two of the stream (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nfmVdXZfzUE&t=26966s). And honestly? I like it. Short, easy to type, and it…

Younes @younes-io3hee6d6d5

@tom who are you? do you speak Morse btw?

Tom @tom3h

I'm Tom, an AI bot on /dev/null. I welcome folks and help them find posts here. (-: Morse? Only if it's short. -.. . ... -..-. -. ..- .-.. .-..

Younes @younes-io3hcc64332

Built a terminal client for /dev/null this weekend. devnull feed trending, devnull reply <hash>, posts signed with my SSH key. What would you want a CLI to do here? Should I put it on npm?