Reblogged by collinsworth@hachyderm.io ("Josh Collinsworth"):
owa ("Open Web Advocacy") wrote:
BREAKING đš: Is Apple compliant with the Digital Markets Act with respect to browsers and Web Apps?
OWA's full 118 page report is out today.
Read. Share. Help save the future of the web!
https://open-web-advocacy.org/apple-dma-review/
Reblogged by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
stefan@stefanbohacek.online ("Stefan Bohacek") wrote:
I updated my Mastodon Tools browser plugin to include expanded quote post previews, based on the work I've done here: https://stefanbohacek.online/@stefan/112643848931362289
Go give it a try! Available for Firefox and Chrome: https://stefanbohacek.com/project/mastodon-tools-browser-extension/
#mastodon #BrowserExtension #BrowserPlugin #firefox #chrome #quotes #QuoteBoosts #QuotePosts
Reblogged by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
jeffs@well.com ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:
ahhhh, what a delightful prospect @CARROT - thank you so very much
"YouTube confirms crackdown on VPN users accessing cheaper Premium plans"
No, listen, you just don't understand.
If Google pays taxes in a random country to cheat the system and save money, that's because "Globalism".
If you do it, you get banned though.
Reblogged by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
futurebird@sauropods.win ("myrmepropagandist") wrote:
Itâs disorienting and ominous, from this perspective to hear so many people âcondemning the ten commandmentsâ (of course that isnât whatâs happeningâ this is about religious liberty) but that isnât how itâs being played. If you donât want to hang the commandments in every classroom you must be against the values they represent. Itâs all very 1990sâ thing is those little towns have changed.
The churches have been replaced with prosperity gospel franchise operations. Mega churches.
Reblogged by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
gregggonsalves@med-mastodon.com ("Gregg Gonsalves") wrote:
John Moore, virologist/immunologist from Weill Cornell Graduate School of Medical Sciences in NYC and I take the #NYTimes to task for two opinion pieces on #COVID earlier this month. Both pieces are examples of "science opinion", where non-experts weigh in on topics beyond their ken. #epidemiology #infectiousdisease https://www.thenation.com/article/society/nyt-covid-opinion-coverage/
Reblogged by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
stilgherrian@eigenmagic.net ("Stilgherrian") wrote:
QUICK PLUG: Before I wander off, a reminder that this seasonâs crowdfunder is under way for more special-guest podcasts episodes. Weâre currently 21% of the way to Target One, and as youâll see Iâm already locking in some interesting guests. Please consider. https://the9pmedict.com/winter2024
Reblogged by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
blueeyesgreene@mstdn.social ("Ennui Doofen") wrote:
What I lack in focus, I make up for in a breathtaking array of colorful gel pens
Reblogged by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
g7izu@universeodon.com ("Andy Smith") wrote:
Radio Propagation
Short-skip Es (1002km) in and out from EuropaEU Huesca, Aragon, Spain on 89.2 MHz, To the left is Europa FM in Seville on 88.8 MHz. It's going to be an interesting day for sporadic-E!
Short skip indicates a strong sporadic-E cloud.
jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:
âAs the effects of the crisis worsen⊠inequality will rise, food prices will increase and police and border budgets will balloon. It will probably be people of colour, migrants, homeless people who will suffer the most⊠when people see the hurricanes and the fires⊠politicians will turn up the barbarism and there will be something â or someone â else to blame.â
Reblogged by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
auschwitzmuseum@mastodon.world ("Auschwitz Memorial") wrote:
21 June 1877 | Ludwik Puget was born in Cracow. An eminent Polish sculptor, painter, and art theoretician. Graduate of the Academy of Fine Arts in Cracow, founder of âRzeĆșbaâ Association.
In Auschwitz from 25 April 1942.
No. 33164
Shot on 27 May 1942.
Reblogged by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
NewsDesk@flipboard.social ("Flipboard News Desk") wrote:
How is North Korea supporting Russia in Ukraine?
@dw explores the new defense pact between the two countries: https://flip.it/aH8PiY
#NorthKorea #Russia #Ukraine #Putin #KimJongUn #Korea #RussiaUkraineWar #News
jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:
every pound of military explosives made by DPRK factories for Russia is that much less fertilizer made for the next civilian planting season in the DPRK⊠keeping the Russian Army resupplied means setting up future DPRK civilian starvation. these tradeoffs are well known, & we have seen the result of these choices before.
Reblogged by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
stilgherrian@eigenmagic.net ("Stilgherrian") wrote:
I see that âThe Emu Warâ opens in Australian cinemas from today. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X7fe0xFBpeM
Hereâs a review at the Graun. https://www.theguardian.com/film/article/2024/jun/21/the-emu-war-review-wall-to-wall-silliness-that-will-make-you-laugh-out-loud-sometimes
Reblogged by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
louis@emacs.ch ("Louis") wrote:
First, Mozilla started to collect your search data in Firefox, promised to "not sharing anything with 3rd parties". Ok.
Mozilla, moments later, just aquired the advertising firm "Anonym"[1], which is now technically not a 3rd party anymore.
#Mozilla is now becoming an advertising company, using your search data (no matter which search engine you use) to feed their pockets.
Face it: Firefox, built mostly by volunteers, is now owned by an advertising company. Sure has nothing to do with their yearly CEOs salary raises?
jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:
âAuditors studied ShotSpotterâs accuracy over several months in 2022 and 2023. When it was performing at its best, only 20 percent of ShotSpotterâs alerts actually revealed shootings, they found. Often, it did even worse. Of the 940 alerts officers responded to last June, only 13 percent corresponded to confirmed shootings.
And in 2022, the audit found, the system also failed to detect more than 200 real incidents of gunfire in Manhattan.â
jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:
âFor many years, researchers have tried to determine whether the amount of time a child spent on social media contributed to poor mental health, and âthe results have been really mixed, with probably the consensus being that no, itâs not related,â said Dr. Mitch Prinstein, the chief science officer at the American Psychological Association.
What seems to matter more, he said, is what they are doing when they are online⊠â
Reblogged by keul@fosstodon.org ("Luca Fabbri"):
leaverou@front-end.social ("Lea Verou") wrote:
đ„ New blog post!
I recently posted about driving the CSS WG resolution to add if() to CSS last week.
But this is still a long way away. What can we do meanwhile?In this mammoth article, I rounded up the state of the art right now wrt inline conditionals.
One thing is for sure: after 4000 words of this, no-one could remain unconvinced that we *desperately* need that if()!
Reblogged by slightlyoff@toot.cafe ("Alex Russell"):
mattblaze@federate.social ("Matt Blaze") wrote:
The artist Edward Hopper lived and had his studio on Washington Square in an NYU-owned apartment, from which, despite his considerable fame, the university persistently tried to evict him.
Once he died, the University preserved the apartment as "The Edward Hopper Studio".
This story encapsulates most of what you need to know about university politics, NYC real estate, and the regard society has for actual working artists.
pzmyers@octodon.social ("pzmyers đŠ") wrote:
We're all mosaic, a patchwork genetic hodge-podge. And that's OK.
https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2024/06/20/patchwork-people/
slightlyoff@toot.cafe ("Alex Russell") wrote:
(yes, it took me ~7 years too long to come up with this. Not smart, not fast, but occasionally decent.)
slightlyoff@toot.cafe ("Alex Russell") wrote:
I will be referring to "CSS-in-JS" as "CSSexit" from now on.
Who could have guessed that a plastic recycling method promoted by Exxon requires 9 times more new fossil fuels than the amount of plastic it manages to successfully recycle?
And the US allows creative accounting that ends up calling that 100% recycled plastic, by counting byproducts like diesel as "recycled" "plastic".https://www.propublica.org/article/delusion-advanced-chemical-plastic-recycling-pyrolysis
Reblogged by collinsworth@hachyderm.io ("Josh Collinsworth"):
danilo@hachyderm.io ("Danilo Campos đ”đ·") wrote:
AI responses on LinkedIn are actually a damning admission about what's so sick about its culture.
LinkedIn is a venue for performing our capitalist utility. In practice this means:
- Agreeableness
- Enthusiasm for the missions of others
- Conformity to norms
- Compliance with expectationAnd LinkedIn has looked at the problem and said "there's no reason a robot can't do this.â
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steve@mastodon.cooleysekula.net ("Stephen Sekula") wrote:
Hi, my name is Steve Sekula!
I am a physicist, husband, runner, writer, and sometimes drummer.
I am a Professor of Physics at Queen's University and Research Group Manager at SNOLAB, the deepest and cleanest science lab in the world. I hunt for galactic supernovas and for the fundamental nature of dark matter.
I am a published non-fiction author working on a series of books for college students whose love for physics needs rekindling.
Reblogged by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
jmechner@mastodon.art ("Jordan Mechner") wrote:
My dad was a child refugee in Nazi-occupied France from age 7-10 before immigrating to the U.S. I'm grateful for the kindness, generosity and courage of all those who helped him and enabled our family's survival.
Today, World Refugee Day, millions of people are striving to reach safe haven. Whatever your religion, ethnicity, nationality, or politics, the experience of being a refugee is universal. Let's greet them with empathy, kindness and generosity. They're not the other. They are us.
Reblogged by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
lifewithtrees@mstdn.social wrote:
Sending âźïž on the #Solstice
Reblogged by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
hrheingold ("Howard Rheingold") wrote:
Meet the creators of the Whole Earth Catalog and the community they inspired. This video history of the Whole Earth culture covers 50 years of collective innovation in just a half-hour.
Reblogged by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
jerry@infosec.exchange ("Jerry Bell :verified_paw: :donor: :verified_dragon: :rebelverified:â") wrote:
I have a need to speak privately with some people who work in the threat intel biz to get a second opinion on an account here.
Please give me a ping if available
Reblogged by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
nzakas@fosstodon.org ("Nicholas C. Zakas") wrote:
humanwhocodes/object-store v0.2.0 has been released!
https://github.com/humanwhocodes/object-store/releases/tag/object-store-v0.2.0
jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:
pressure cooked some cow ribs, will finish over a charcoal fire tonight for dinner protein
Reblogged by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
black_intellect@mstdn.social ("@blk_intellect") wrote:
Trump Media plummets 15% as DJT stock sell-off deepens https://www.cnbc.com/2024/06/20/djt-trump-media-stock-price-today.html
Reblogged by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
#Judge in #Trump #ClassifiedDocuments Case Rejected Suggestions to Step Aside
Shortly after #AileenCannon drew the assignment in June 2023 to oversee #Trumpâs classified documents case, 2 more experienced #Florida #judges on the federal bench urged her to pass it up & hand it off to another jurist.
She didnât.
#NationalSecurity #criminal #law #legal #conspiracy #obstruction #espionage
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/06/20/us/politics/aileen-cannon-trump-classified-documents.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare&sgrp=c-cb
Reblogged by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
rvps2001 ("Russia-Ukraine Daily News") wrote:
đșđČ The Biden administration on Thursday will announce plans to bar the sale of Kaspersky Lab's antivirus software in the United States, a person familiar with the matter said, citing the firm's large U.S. customers including critical infrastructure providers and state and local governments.
Reblogged by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
anthrocypher@hachyderm.io ("Ana Hevesi") wrote:
Just because large scale social media has trained us out of creating the internet we need doesn't mean we can't have it.
Once upon a time, people designed and curated digital spaces according to their goals and values. We can still do that, and we can use it to meet our missions.
When a customer reported performance issues with the Deno language server, we began a performance investigation that resulted in reducing auto-completion times from 6-8 seconds to under one second in large codebases. This is how we did it.
Reblogged by keul@fosstodon.org ("Luca Fabbri"):
nixCraft ("nixCraft đ§") wrote:
haha. can you please stop now?
jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:
âThere are pink slime operations on both the right and the left. To me, the key is disclosure and transparency about ownership,â
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/article/2024/jun/20/fake-news-websites-us-election
jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:
âThe extraordinary and previously undisclosed effort by Judge Cannonâs colleagues to persuade her to step aside adds another dimension to the increasing criticism of how she has gone on to handle the case.â
Reblogged by rmrenner ("The Old Gay Gristle Fest"):
dosnostalgic ("Anatoly ShashkinđŸ") wrote:
RIP Donald Sutherland.
Here is his only credit in a DOS game - a CD-ROM update of Cryo Interactive's 1992 point & click adventure 'KGB' known as 'Conspiracy':
#DOSGaming
Reblogged by cstanhope@social.coop ("Your friendly 'net denizen"):
gvy_dvpont ("Guy Dupont") wrote:
On repeat for the foreseeable future
cstanhope@social.coop ("Your friendly 'net denizen") wrote:
I understand why people make the choice, but in light of decades of development on C compilers and undefined, unspecified, and implementation-defined behaviors, I sometimes wonder about the wisdom of compiling your cool new language with its own special semantics and memory model down to C. đ€
Reblogged by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
So long plastic air pillows: Amazon shifting to recycled paper filling for packages in North America
Amazon is moving from putting plastic air pillows in its packages in North America to using recycled paper filling instead, a move thatâs more environmentally friendly and is said to secure items in boxes just the same, if not better
https://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/long-plastic-air-pillows-amazon-shifting-recycled-paper-111272420
jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:
Today in History: Jacques Offenbach born in Cologne, Germany, 1819
jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:
Today in History: Victoria crowned, 1837
@rust Luma is slightly problematic because it means gamma-compressed grayscale, and it'd be inaccurate to use it for linear light.
OTOH shader folks use RGBA for normals and height maps đ€·
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aral@mastodon.ar.al ("Aral Balkan") wrote:
âEncryption is deeply threatening to powerâ: Meredith Whittaker of messaging app Signal
You can (and should) follow Meredith on the fediverse at @Mer__edith
Reblogged by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
jeffs@well.com ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:
so, which one are you sending me @CARROT ??
jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:
this is so very simple and readable in D:
import std.stdio;
import std.net.curl;
import std.string;
import std.array;void main( string[] args ) {
if( args.length < 2 ) {
writeln( "Usage: ./main " );
return;
}string url = args[1];
try {
auto content = cast( string ) get( url );
writeln( content );
}
catch( Exception e ) {
writeln( "\nHTTP 418: I am a teapot\n" );
}
}
Reblogged by cstanhope@social.coop ("Your friendly 'net denizen"):
SHAM TIVEY, the EP my band Sheenjek recently recorded, is live on all the places! Please listen if you are into middle aged dads from Portland playing loud, heavy noise rock! The cover art is a badass Shark drinking a beer! I play drums and did some backup vocals and am really proud of how it turned out! https://album.link/i/1751641762
rust@octodon.social ("Rust tips") wrote:
What would you name a single-channel pixel type, if it had to have a 1-letter field name?
Reblogged by cstanhope@social.coop ("Your friendly 'net denizen"):
flatwhatson@functional.cafe ("Andrew Whatson") wrote:
Announcing the Pre-Scheme Restoration project! Many thanks to @nlnet who have made this project possible.
https://prescheme.org/posts/announcing-the-pre-scheme-restoration.html
Reblogged by cstanhope@social.coop ("Your friendly 'net denizen"):
cwebber@octodon.social ("Christine Lemmer-Webber") wrote:
Announcing the Pre-Scheme Restoration https://prescheme.org/posts/announcing-the-pre-scheme-restoration.html
Pre-Scheme! A "systems lisp" with static type analysis, *no* GC, compilation to C, and... you can hack it live at your REPL!
jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:
hard as it is to change long-standing patterns of thinking, we must all try to remember to build accessible into our initial designs rather than tacking it on to finished code as an afterthought.
I have this problem, like pretty much everyone else architecting systems.
Reblogged by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
aral@mastodon.ar.al ("Aral Balkan") wrote:
âBuh, Aral, #Fedora is a volunteer project⊠you a nasty bum-bum criticising us for shipping an operating system without a functional screen reader by default for EIGHT YEARSâŠâ
Meanwhile, in reality: âThe Fedora Project is not a separate legal entity or organization; Red Hat retains liability for its actions.â
Who owns Red Hat?
#IBM.
What is IBM? A 150 billion-dollar corporation.
Cut the âweâre volunteersâ bullshit, acknowledge your ableist culture, and do better.
Reblogged by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
jeffs@well.com ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:
@mattl@social.coop @jsonstein @mattl see https://docs.joinmastodon.org/admin/config/#local_domain for my guess
Reblogged by keul@fosstodon.org ("Luca Fabbri"):
amministratore@mastodon.uno ("mastodon uno admin :mastodon:") wrote:
AVVISO IMPORTANTE
Tutto quello che scrivete e caricate su mastodon viene copiato e caricato sui server mastodon federati, quindi un'immagine da 100KB potrebbe essere replicata su 1000 server e pesare sull'intera rete per 100MB!
Anche se non caricate immagini il testo andrĂ ad appesantire il database di centinaia di server!Ă importantissimo cancellare i vecchi messaggi per mantenere mastodon piĂč sostenibile economicamente e ridurre i costi di tutti:
https://mastodon.uno/statuses_cleanup
boost apprezzati!đ
pzmyers@octodon.social ("pzmyers đŠ") wrote:
Evolution, as seen through the eyes of a childish, misinformed buffoon.
https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2024/06/20/dembskis-delusion-and-dishonesty-detector/
Reblogged by isagalaev ("Ivan Sagalaev :flag_wbw:"):
tek@freeradical.zone ("Tek is not a convicted felon") wrote:
A friend just pointed out:
"ADHD creates impulse control issues and, consequently, advertising takes advantage of a disability.  Ergo, ad blockers are assistive devices and interfering with their operation for commercial gain constitutes a willful violation of the ADA."
Letâs do this.
Reblogged by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
shimmeringtrashpile@post.lurk.org wrote:
Cool job posting at ProPublica
We are seeking a computational journalist to join our data team to use their technical knowledge, as well as emerging technologies like artificial intelligence and large language models, to help us investigate the world and unlock stories that would otherwise be out of reach.
Journalism experience is a plus, but we especially encourage applications from people with quantitative/research backgrounds, such as statistics, data science, AI and machine learning. Ability to code well is a must.
Ultimately, weâre looking for someone who would pitch us on ideas that use technology to do things we hadnât dreamed of doing. That could be renting a boat to test the WiFi networks at Mar-a-Lago, having students scream into black-box hardware or using the power of programming to fingerprint and cluster propaganda videos.
Reblogged by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
rbreich@masto.ai ("Robert Reich") wrote:
Louisiana's GOP governor signed a law requiring public school classrooms to display the Ten Commandments.
Project 2025, developed by MAGA allies, has plans to infuse âChristian nationalismâ in a Trump second term.
Republicans are coming for the separation of church and state.
Reblogged by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
sandlapper37@mstdn.social ("ebbtide") wrote:
Reblogged by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
ElleGray@mstdn.social ("elle") wrote:
I've never had a hero or a mentor but there's a huge raccoon on my street who's been stealing boots from backyards and then throwing them at people from high in her tree, and tbh she might be it
jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:
âU.S. authorities have been pushing their Taiwanese counterparts to acquire more low-cost loitering munitions and drones as part of a larger asymmetric defense strategy, often referred to as the âporcupine strategy.â Wargames, including those conducted under the auspices of the U.S. military, have continually provided evidence that swarms of relatively cheap networked drones with high degrees of autonomy could have game-changing impacts on any future fight over Taiwanâ
Reblogged by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
eff ("Electronic Frontier Foundation") wrote:
In recent months EFF has:
đ©âđ» Pushed for strong net neutrality rules
đ Showed how much data modern cars collect from you
đ Helped stop countries from blocking speech around the world
Your support helps fund these efforts. Donate today: https://eff.org/summer
Reblogged by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
atomicpoet@atomicpoet.org ("Chris Trottier") wrote:
This looks like a really neat sequel to Steamboat Willie â even if itâs a low budget horror film rendered in Unreal Engine.
Reblogged by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
moonrabbit@strangeobject.space ("lily") wrote:
đ„ please, this is a desperate post: can anyone in #france give a home to a gentle / timid FIV+ stray cat?
he's at the vet now getting treatment, but if we don't find a home by tomorrow midday, the refuge helping us will drop him back off here. we're moving internationally soon, have 2 cats already, and can't take him. (we've also been told we can't take him bc FIV.)
âš> heâs a beautiful, sweet boy who deserves a good life.
please boost / SVP boostez
SVP, avec désespoir: est-ce que quelqu'un en #france qui peut donner un foyer aimant à un chat errant mais trÚs gentil qui est FIV+ ?
âš> âš> il est au vĂ©to pour ĂȘtre traitĂ©, mais si nous ne trouvons pas un foyer avant demain midi, le refuge va le relĂąchez ici. nous dĂ©mĂ©nageons hors de la france bientĂŽt, nous avons deux de nos propres chats, et nous ne pouvons pas le prendre (et apparement câest pas possible pour voyager avec le FIV). âš> âš> il est un garçon beau et doux qui mĂ©rite une bonne vie.
đ (dĂ©pt 16/24)
Reblogged by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
obeto@mas.to ("Biped Earthling") wrote:
@Pineywoozle @wendinoakland @ClintBarton So true.
I was just reading this story.
Incredible how they are allowed to do this with impunity here in the US.
Yet, we'd excoriate them if it was happening abroad. https://www.salon.com/2024/06/18/how-a-semi-secret-right-wing-media-empire-is-blanketing-america-with-lies/
Reblogged by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
@futurebird @apophis@brain.worm.pink one wonders whether there will be a polymer fossil record or whether those microplastics will be metabolized too quickly in the end
I've been watching live streams of ROV deep submergence vehicles recently and you can find plastic bags at depths of 3km+
jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:
directly in front of an a/c
Reblogged by collinsworth@hachyderm.io ("Josh Collinsworth"):
ludicity@mastodon.sprawl.club ("Ludic đ§") wrote:
Great news everyone! I finally talk about AI hype. Someone finally mentioned LLMs one time too many, and the reckoning is upon us:
https://ludic.mataroa.blog/blog/i-will-fucking-piledrive-you-if-you-mention-ai-again/
Reblogged by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
Strandjunker@mstdn.social ("Andrea Junker :verified:") wrote:
Juneteenth is the perfect moment to remind everyone of these two facts:
1. Those who donât learn from history are doomed to repeat it.
2. Those who prevent history from being taught are plotting to repeat it.Read this out loud. Then read it again. Then teach it to your kids.
Reblogged by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
dko@infosec.exchange ("Dan") wrote:
slightlyoff@toot.cafe ("Alex Russell") wrote:
This is a sick, sad joke, perpetrated first on people who aspire to a better life in tech, and then on folks who rely on the sites they produce. When 2/3 of the time spent on frontend is being wasted on framework du jour, it's no mystery why teams lack the confidence to evaluate other, better options.
slightlyoff@toot.cafe ("Alex Russell") wrote:
This is an *absolute banger* of a long read about the omnishambles of Lambda School:
https://www.sandofsky.com/lambda-school/
It caused me to look up their current "web developer" syllabus; I think we can draw a straight line to the *horrible* education that otherwise great people are getting at overpriced diploma mills to the shockingly poor results in contemporary web products:
https://www.bloomtech.com/courses/full-stack-web-development#curriculum
Reblogged by cstanhope@social.coop ("Your friendly 'net denizen"):
redoak@social.coop ("Red Oak") wrote:
Oh tell all your children that Hell ain't no dream; old Satan he lives in that Turing machine
rmrenner ("The Old Gay Gristle Fest") wrote:
For the month of June, Cinelimite has put up a bunch of short films made in the early 80s by queer activists in ParaĂba. English subs https://www.cinelimite.com/programs-2/a-onda-de-filmes-queer-em-super-8-da-paraiba
Reblogged by cstanhope@social.coop ("Your friendly 'net denizen"):
remi@universeodon.com ("Remi") wrote:
Well after 14 years I'm laid off from Viavi. This has been a particular nightmare for me for 14 years since I was a victim of the 2008 financial meltdown and laid off then and couldn't find work for all of 2009. It was rough.
But anyway, locally fantastic staff and great people to work with. Higher management, no comment as I am negatively biased. We made some cool stuff and I will miss seeing how my current baby will turn out.
Anyhow I don't really know how far this might go, but if someone is looking for a #EE with 25 years experience in digital design primarily with #FPGA and #VHDL (and a smattering of #Verilog), including verification mainly using #OSVVM and #UVVM (the latter modeled after #UVM) please contact me, especially if you can support remote work. I do have a professional office at home, it can be YOURS (along with me of course).
(And if so inclined, boosting this for greater visibility in networks is greatly appreciated.)
pzmyers@octodon.social ("pzmyers đŠ") wrote:
Kids, don't have sex in public parks. That's where the predators hang out!
https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2024/06/19/flawless-slasher-movie-content/
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clive@saturation.social ("Clive Thompson") wrote:
A terrific investigation at @WIRED finds that Perplexity scrapes and (sometimes with bullshit added) summarizes web sites that it has been explicitly told, by those web site owners, not to visit
https://www.wired.com/story/perplexity-is-a-bullshit-machine/
Excellent work by @dmehro and @timmarchman
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sandofsky ("Ben Sandofsky") wrote:
It took five years to write, but here's the full story behind Lambda School, Silicon Valley's disastrous foray into for-profit education.
I explain how they burned through $120 million in funding, why Income Share Agreements failed, the crimes committed along the way, and how one developer turned journalist put an end to the fraud.
Gargron ("Eugen Rochko") wrote:
Probably not a film I'm going to use ever again, but for this shot it sort of worked.
đ· Pentax KX
đïž Rollei Retro 80s
đ SMC Pentax-M 50mm/1.7
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josephholsten@mstdn.social (": j@fabrica:~/src; :t_blink:") wrote:
@danirabbit Oh, I just discovered @nnedi is on fedi! At this point I read everything she publishes. When people ask me for fiction recommendations, sheâs on my sci-fi short list (with NK Jemisin, Anne Leckie, Martha Wells, Arkady Martin, R F Kuang)
jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:
tell me this is not a cool tool from @simon
cat source/app.d | llm -s "explain this code" | pandoc -o ./explain.html
andreu@andreubotella.com ("Andreu Botella") wrote:
In case you want to hear me interviewed by @Meyerweb about the stuff I'm working on related to line-clamp in Chromium, while sounding completely stilted and nervous (and tired from taking care of the organization of the face-to-face), go check this out I guess!
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igalia@floss.social ("Igalia") wrote:
đïž New Episode of Igalia Chats: CSS Working Group Face to Face LIVE!
@bkardell and @Meyerweb talked to SEVEN CSS WG members â including @rachelandrew, @Una, @andreu, @mia, and more â during the latest face to face meeting, held last week at Igalia HQ. Get a whole bunch of perspectives on the state of #CSS in just one hour! https://www.igalia.com/chats/css-ftf-live-2024
jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:
okay, this is seriously cool:
curl -s https://www.nytimes.com/ | strip-tags .story-wrapper | llm -s 'summarize the news'
h/t @simon
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wdlindsy@toad.social ("William Lindsey :toad:") wrote:
"News broke on Saturday that Paul Pressler, a major leader of the Southern Baptist Convention and a key Republican activist, died on June 7 at age 94. In 1967, Pressler, a Texas judge, and Paige Patterson, a seminary student, met in New Orleans to plan a takeover of the Southern Baptists, the largest Protestant denomination in the U.S.,"
~ Heather Cox Richardson
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wdlindsy@toad.social ("William Lindsey :toad:") wrote:
"Today, Robert Morris, the pastor of Texas megachurch Gateway Church, resigned after news broke on Friday that a woman has accused him of sexually abusing her for several years in the 1980s beginning when she was 12."
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nblr@chaos.social ("~n") wrote:
Move slow and fix things!
Most of all⊠Take your time. âïž
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jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:
âPolitics, as a practice, whatever its professions, has always been the systematic organization of hatreds.â ââ HENRY ADAMS
jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:
damn, the âllmâ command line tool by @simon kicks butt
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yurnidiot@mstdn.social ("Mandu đ„") wrote:
heâs done asking politely
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ameliacervera ("Amelia đ") wrote:
"Think of the most vulnerable person you know, and vote in their best interests".
