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@PeterSommerlad@mastodon.social · Feb 09, 2026

Did anybody successfully use C++ import std; on a mac with G++-15 and cmake 4.2.3 ? I got as far as a linker error missing std module init and am too much of a cmake newbie to figure out anything working. #cpp #cppmodules #cppimportstd #cmake

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Bleargh: 80,000 words into final draft of *Starter Pack*, 30,000 words still to edit and 10,000 new words (at least) left to write. Am swiftly moving into "why won't this novel lie down and DIE?!? (st

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@PeterSommerlad@mastodon.social · Jan 20, 2026

@cstross@wandering.shop would there ever be a chance to read a before/after editing version of one of your works?

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Found elsenet:

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@PeterSommerlad@mastodon.social · Jan 19, 2026

@cstross@wandering.shop they forgot the ripped underwear...

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@david_chisnall@infosec.exchange @rudi@hachyderm.io I work in trad publishing. There is no live editing flow—it runs on the waterfall model (and *can't* run on live editing, because it's all outsource

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@cstross@wandering.shop @rudi@hachyderm.io Publishing is not representative of normal office work. In publishing, the output of a word processor is your core value. In most office jobs, documents are

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@david_chisnall@infosec.exchange @rudi@hachyderm.io Yes, and this is why word processors are not suitable tools for novelists (they're designed around office work, not book-builders).

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@PeterSommerlad@mastodon.social · Jan 12, 2026

@cstross@wandering.shop @david_chisnall@infosec.exchange @rudi@hachyderm.io Why do publishers then insist on receiving Word files?

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@jazzfish@wandering.shop I did a complete re-read last autumn and it holds up beautifully.

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@cstross@wandering.shop @jazzfish@wandering.shop i need a concrete title and author to find that recommendation as an uninitiated

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@PeterSommerlad@mastodon.social @jazzfish@wandering.shop Start with "The March North" by Graydon Saunders. But it's ebook-only and he refuses to do business via Amazon: I know it's available on Kobo (

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@PeterSommerlad@mastodon.social · Jan 05, 2026

@cstross@wandering.shop @jazzfish@wandering.shop Thanks, found it

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@PeterSommerlad@mastodon.social · Jan 04, 2026

@cstross@wandering.shop @jazzfish@wandering.shop i need a concrete title and author to find that recommendation as an uninitiated

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@PeterSommerlad@mastodon.social @Laust@ohai.social You can't legally buy a DRM-free edition of any Laundry Files book in the EU or UK. (You *can* do so for everything from book 8 onwards in the USA. E

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@PeterSommerlad@mastodon.social · Dec 28, 2025

@cstross@wandering.shop @Laust@ohai.social i wasn't considering drm free as an option. but thalia.de also has the preorder option: https://www.thalia.de/shop/home/artikeldetails/A1075679827 but i don't know if the underlying shops are identical ozherwise.

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SHAMELESS SELF-PROMOTION TIME: There are now only 30 days until publication of "The Regicide Report", the 14th (and final!) book in the Laundry Files. Preorders help enormously! British/EU edition: ht

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@PeterSommerlad@mastodon.social · Dec 28, 2025

@cstross@wandering.shop already preordered ebook a week ago or so.

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@RonJeffries@mastodon.social Because it needs to be *obviously* something unfamiliar (mammals—vertebrates in general—don't have instars).

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@cstross@wandering.shop @RonJeffries@mastodon.social Since it seems to be a trademark/company name, caution seems required

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@PeterSommerlad@mastodon.social @RonJeffries@mastodon.social Entomology got there first! In fact, they took it from the original Latin! (And there are several corporations using the word in their name

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@PeterSommerlad@mastodon.social · Dec 19, 2025

@cstross@wandering.shop @RonJeffries@mastodon.social since i only know Latin from English and Asterix, I trust your judgement.

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This Quiz was motivated because I'm thinking of using the term "instar" in an SF novel set in a culture that practices serial reincarnation (using technology): is it reasonable to use "instar" to deno