pzmyers@octodon.social ("pzmyers 🦑") wrote:

JD Vance, genetically damaged, if you believe as he does.

https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2024/07/20/another-reason-to-dislike-jd-vance/

Attachments:

• JD Vance (remote)

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judell@social.coop ("Jon Udell") wrote:

"The broligarchs have made their move – and the rest of us need to understand exactly what that means."

cstanhope@social.coop ("Your friendly 'net denizen") wrote:

I'm listening to Portishead's "Roads" this morning:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7nxWP9BhI7w

It's the song that turned me on to their work. I first heard it in the Tank Girl movie. Actually, I think there were a few bands I first heard of through that movie. (I grew up in a small, desert town before the information super highway paved over everything. It was easy not to know about things.)

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MissingThePt ("Missing The Point") wrote:

The CrowdStrike developer who wrote the defective update knocking out computer systems around the globe proves that one person really can make a difference.

jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:

Jemma Forman, doctoral researcher at the University of Sussex who has studied cats playing fetch: “When it comes to cats, normally the explanation is they’re doing it for themselves.”

https://www.theguardian.com/science/article/2024/jul/20/cat-burglars-scientists-try-to-solve-mystery-of-why-felines-steal-random-objects

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xeraa ("Philipp Krenn") wrote:

apache arrow's streaming format is coming to ES|QL (elastic's piped query language). popular in data science and the de-facto standard for dataframe interchange with an efficient binary format that allows zero-cost deserialization
https://github.com/elastic/elasticsearch/pull/109873

this will also open the door to more cool stuff like going #elasticsearch -> #kibana server -> #kibana frontend without the JSON overhead in size and deserialization every step of the way (and more places)

Reblogged by slightlyoff@toot.cafe ("Alex Russell"):

dave_aitel ("Dave Aitel") wrote:

The song of the summer is about just one guy in New York City

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• fe94478f0205c9c2.png
• 10f24a07e31cb559.png

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zachleat@zachleat.com ("Zach Leatherman :11ty:") wrote:

Of these hosts—what are y’all using, primarily? (If other, please reply!)

Reblogged by cstanhope@social.coop ("Your friendly 'net denizen"):

verge ("The Verge") wrote:

Bethesda Game Studios workers have unionized https://www.theverge.com/2024/7/19/24202271/bethesda-game-studios-workers-unionize-cwa

Reblogged by collinsworth@hachyderm.io ("Josh Collinsworth"):

5t3ph@front-end.social ("Stephanie Eckles") wrote:

📝 New post:

Providing Type Definitions for #CSS with [@]property

A cross-browser feature as of the release of Firefox 128 in July 2024 is a new at-rule - [@]property - which allows defining types as well as inheritance and an initial value for your custom properties.

Learn when and why traditional fallback values can fail, and how [@]property features allow us to write safer, more resilient CSS custom property definitions.

https://moderncss.dev/providing-type-definitions-for-css-with-at-property/

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molly0xfff@hachyderm.io ("Molly White") wrote:

Coinbase has tried to portray its “Stand With Crypto” PAC as having broad grassroots support among over a million “crypto advocates”, and boasts on its homepage of nearly $180 million raised by these advocates.

Its first quarterly FEC filing reveals it has had only $13,690 in contributions from seven people since its creation. Two of them work for Stand With Crypto and two of them work for Coinbase.

#crypto #CryptoLobby #USpolitics

Attachments:

• Stand with Crypto homepage. Headline: "If you care about crypto, it's time to prove it". Subhead "52 million Americans own crypto. And yet, crypto's future in America remains uncertain. Congress is writing the rules as we speak - but they won't vote YES until they've heard from you." $179,360,865(i) donated by crypto advocates 1,286,014 crypto advocates 215,665 policymaker contacts (remote)
• FEC Form 3x for Stand With Crypto Alliance, Inc. Political Action Committee, showing a filing date of 7/15/2024, and a coverage period of 4/1/2024 to 6/30/2024. (remote)
• FEC Form 3x for Stand With Crypto, showing $0 in cash on hand at the beginning of the reporting period and $13,690.18 in total receipts (remote)

Reblogged by cstanhope@social.coop ("Your friendly 'net denizen"):

UncleDuke1969@universeodon.com ("Uncle Duke") wrote:

"Let's go over this one more time."
"I know what-"
"ONE MORE TIME."
"Fine."
"What is it you're looking for?"
"A garbage bag."
"In which room?"
"The kitchen."
"What do you do when you find it?"
"Bring it to you here."
"I'm counting on you, Tim."

Attachments:

• A puppy and a raccoon standing face to face with the raccoon touching the puppy's snout. (remote)

Reblogged by cstanhope@social.coop ("Your friendly 'net denizen"):

gsuberland@chaos.social ("Graham Sutherland / Polynomial") wrote:

giant wood moths are wild, I really wanna meet one. they weigh up to 30 grams, which is super hefty for a moth. to lift that much weight they end up having a wingspan of about 20cm.

they have a fuzzy heart-shaped pattern on their head and their front legs look like pipe cleaners. I bet they're super soft.

they're only found in a few areas of Australia and they're a comparatively rare sight even then.

Attachments:

• an extremely large brown and black moth stood on someone's wrist, spanning their whole hand and up to their sleeve. the legs look like long fluffy trousers with black and white striped feet poking out. (unknown image source; was sent to me recently and has done the rounds on so many social media sites that finding the original photographer is basically impossible) (remote)

slightlyoff@toot.cafe ("Alex Russell") wrote:

d̶a̶y̶ week

Reblogged by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):

jeffs@well.com ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:

and I swear you are lying, @CARROT

Attachments:

• accf25c0be90ad62.mp4 (remote)

bcantrill ("Bryan Cantrill") wrote:

The CrowdStrike BSOD fiasco is extraordinary in its scale and scope; on Monday's Oxide and Friends, @ahl and I will be joined by security researcher and @LutaSecurity CEO @k8em0 to help us sort through the many layers of this mess. Join us, 5p Pacific!

https://discord.gg/QrcKGTTPrF?event=1263954070763212810

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konnorrogers@ruby.social ("Konnor Rogers") wrote:

Managed to get every component in Web Awesome (with the exception of qr-code) rendering on the server and hydrating on the client with Lit SSR + 11ty without any errors.

Still a lot of work to do with auditing + testing, but a promising first step for sure.

Reblogged by slightlyoff@toot.cafe ("Alex Russell"):

bascule@mas.to ("Tony Arcieri 🌹🦀") wrote:

To fix the bungled CrowdStrike update, apparently you need to boot the system into safe mode and remove a file.

If the system was encrypted with Bitlocker, you need to enter the system's Bitlocker recovery key.

Apparently, many people are discovering they didn't have key management in place to store Bitlocker recovery keys, making it akin to a self-inflicted ransomware attack.

jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:

love it:

‘Erica Kato, a spokeswoman for the San Francisco Municipal Transportation System, which runs the city's buses, trains and iconic cable cars, said the agency's main systems are not even connected to the internet. "Long live floppy disks, I guess!" she said.’

https://www.nytimes.com/live/2024/07/19/business/global-tech-outage?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare&sgrp=c-cb

Reblogged by slightlyoff@toot.cafe ("Alex Russell"):

JanMiksovsky@fosstodon.org ("Jan Miksovsky") wrote:

I think we should start referring to the output of industrial React toolchains as "ultraprocessed HTML".

#html #smallweb

Reblogged by isagalaev ("Ivan Sagalaev :flag_wbw:"):

Some_Emo_Chick ("Frankie ✅") wrote:

Just a friendly reminder. June is procrastination awareness month.

Reblogged by cstanhope@social.coop ("Your friendly 'net denizen"):

danfuzz ("Dan Bornstein") wrote:

Today is perhaps a good day to (re)read "How Complex Systems Fail."

https://how.complexsystems.fail/

Reblogged by cstanhope@social.coop ("Your friendly 'net denizen"):

fen@yiff.life ("fennec :verified: :therian:") wrote:

@lobo @Siph i touch a little computer myself

Reblogged by slightlyoff@toot.cafe ("Alex Russell"):

kizu@front-end.social ("Roma Komarov") wrote:

I wrote a new article: “Fit-to-Width Text: A New Technique”.

https://kizu.dev/fit-to-width/

Registered custom properties are now available in all modern browsers.

Using some pre-existing techniques based on them and complex container query length units, I solved a years-long problem of fitting text to the width of a container, hopefully paving the path towards a proper native implementation.

#CSS #Typography

Attachments:

• A screen recording showing a square block of text, where each line has text fit to width by resizing it. The video shows how the element is resized by dragging the container by a corner, and text becoming smaller, different lines stopping at different points when reaching a certain font size limit. The text in the example is: What if I will tell you how we could use registered custom properties (alongside container query length units and math) to solve fit-to-width text in all latest browsers? The text is in a century font with serifs, “registered custom properties” and “container style units” are written in italic, “to solve” in bold, and “math” and “in the latest browsers?” are in a “black” version of the font-face (bolder than bold). (remote)

slightlyoff@toot.cafe ("Alex Russell") wrote:

Guess it's "find out which services run on Linux" day.

Reblogged by cstanhope@social.coop ("Your friendly 'net denizen"):

ryan@hates.company ("ryan wolf") wrote:

book touchers

Reblogged by cstanhope@social.coop ("Your friendly 'net denizen"):

futurebird@sauropods.win ("myrmepropagandist") wrote:

We think of right angles as a sign of human design, but Paramatachia spiders like to use them in their webs.

I wonder if these spiders have considered writing MIDI tunes?

https://tywkiwdbi.blogspot.com/2021/06/interesting-spiderweb-pattern.html

Attachments:

• A spider web that consists of regular rectangular zig zags like the border on a Roman robe. (remote)

slightlyoff@toot.cafe ("Alex Russell") wrote:

Serve markup. Not too much. Progressively enhanced.

Reblogged by cstanhope@social.coop ("Your friendly 'net denizen"):

garbados@friend.camp ("crows call me breadlady") wrote:

maybe worth reposting this:

# Regarding why software is so bad

> Ours is an immature discipline, spanning not even a century. Our roads crumble, our bridges fail, and our aqueducts burst as profiteers rejoice at the opportunity to sell anew.

https://garbados.github.io/my-blog/regarding-software.html

pzmyers@octodon.social ("pzmyers 🦑") wrote:

What's new in Intelligent Design 3.0? Absolutely nothing.

https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2024/07/19/intelligent-design-3-0/

Attachments:

• ID 3.0 Research Program (remote)

bcantrill ("Bryan Cantrill") wrote:

Well, I think we know the subject for Monday's Oxide and Friends! Any thoughts on who @ahl and I should ask to have on as a guest?

jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:

a delightful story

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/07/19/nyregion/nyc-betty-gordon-stoned-crow.html?unlocked_article_code=1.8U0.gUH_.TjnGucX-Z3O3&smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare&sgrp=c-cb

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ianb@well.com ("Ian Betteridge") wrote:

Ha ha ha no

Attachments:

• Microsoft IT outage Analysis Is the UK resilient enough to withstand a major cyber-attack? Dan Sabbagh (remote)

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littlealex@infosec.exchange ("LittleAlex") wrote:

Too funny: In 2010 McAffe caused a global IT meltdown due to a faulty update. CTO at this time was George Kurtz. Now he is CEO of #crowdstrike

https://www.zdnet.com/article/defective-mcafee-update-causes-worldwide-meltdown-of-xp-pcs/

Gargron ("Eugen Rochko") wrote:

Hope I’m not missing anything important.

Attachments:

• A steep trail on a green fell. In the background, more fells. Wife in front.

pzmyers@octodon.social ("pzmyers 🦑") wrote:

Masks are a symbol of tyranny and oppression.

https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2024/07/19/virtue-signaling/

Attachments:

• Republicans wearing bandages over their ear (remote)

cstanhope@social.coop ("Your friendly 'net denizen") wrote:

Gol dang it. I was reminded this morning that Nanci Griffith is no longer with us. But thanks to technology, I can revisit some of her work.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a9lUG4gBjSE

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2GK462XnRjQ

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davidho@mastodon.world ("David Ho") wrote:

TBH, this seems worse than having the road blocked by climate activists for a few minutes, much less talk about doing so on a Zoom call.

Attachments:

• A flooded highway in Toronto with vehicles, including a school bus and a van, partially submerged in water. Cars are stuck in traffic due to the flooding under an overpass with green directional signs overhead. (remote)

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HcInfosec@defcon.social wrote:

@atwolf @xssfox na

Attachments:

• The xkcd infrastructure comic, but a wrecking ball labelled "crowdstrike" has hit the stack of infrastructure broadside. I hanscees did not make this image, but copy pasted the meme (remote)

Reblogged by cstanhope@social.coop ("Your friendly 'net denizen"):

djsundog@toot-lab.reclaim.technology ("DJ Sundog - from the toot-lab") wrote:

Y'know what will be completely unaffected by the crowdstrike debacle?

Tomorrow night's @DoctorDeathray and Her Implements of Destruction show at Canopy + The Roots in Dahlonega, GA!

If you're around, come on out and rock with us!

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GossiTheDog@cyberplace.social ("Kevin Beaumont") wrote:

If anybody is wondering the impact of the Crowdstrike thing - it’s really bad. Machines don’t boot.

The recovery is boot in safe mode, log in as local admin and delete things - which isn’t automateable. Basically Crowdstrike will be in very hot water.

slightlyoff@toot.cafe ("Alex Russell") wrote:

These Republicans are *weird*, yo.

Reblogged by kornel ("Kornel"):

agresor@infosec.exchange ("Patryk Krawaczyński") wrote:

Facebook probably has your phone number, even if you never shared it. Now it has a secret tool to let you delete it:

https://www.facebook.com/contacts/removal

#facebook #privacy #data

kornel ("Kornel") wrote:

I'm positively surprised how well designed WebGPU and #WGSL are.

kornel ("Kornel") wrote:

Based on version numbers seen by crates-io, #Debian stable #Rustlang package is unlikely to be used by more than 0.1% of Rust users.

https://p.datadoghq.com/sb/3a172e20-e9e1-11ed-80e3-da7ad0900002-973f4c1011257befa8598303217bfe3a?fromUser=false&refresh_mode=sliding&from_ts=1720723122100&to_ts=1721327922100&live=true

collinsworth@hachyderm.io ("Josh Collinsworth") wrote:

Seems a little odd the group saying "nobody wants to work anymore" and "everything is so expensive" is somehow ALSO the group saying "we should get rid of all the people who do the labor nobody else wants to do that keeps costs lower."

pzmyers@octodon.social ("pzmyers 🦑") wrote:

The expensive toys I want to play with in my midlife crisis are too tiny to be seen with the naked eye.

https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2024/07/18/i-want-my-microbots/

Attachments:

• Microbots! Single-cell collection with optically actuated microstructure. (remote)

Reblogged by slightlyoff@toot.cafe ("Alex Russell"):

scott@typetura.social ("Scott Kellum :typetura:") wrote:

Tech bros: CSS isn’t a programming language.

Me: https://github.com/Typetura/Typetura/blob/main/typetura.css

Reblogged by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):

jasonkoebler ("Jason Koebler") wrote:

The copyright office is considering an exemption that would provide legal protection for researchers jailbreaking / circumventing DRM / breaking terms of service to expose how AI tools work. This is really important bc current ToS are v threatening

https://www.404media.co/it-may-soon-be-legal-to-jailbreak-ai-to-expose-how-it-works/

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lauren@mastodon.laurenweinstein.org ("Lauren Weinstein") wrote:

As many observers have suspected, the rally shooter apparently had no political motives, he apparently "simply" wanted to conduct a violent act that would put him the history books. His phone showed searches for both the RNC and DNC, and both Trump and Biden. The Trump rally just happened to come first and be nearby. Days earlier, on a Steam board, he apparently posted, "July 13 will be my premiere, watch as it unfolds."

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brookie@hachyderm.io ("johan") wrote:

y'all, i just realised the `font-variation-settings: 'GRAD' ` property is finally fixing the ~15 year old pet peeve i've had around layout shift in nav menus for the current page with `font-weight: bold` applied.

compare in the 1) new, 2) old videos below.

no support in the font? slap a `@supports (font-variation-settings: 'GRAD' )` guard around it and keep the `font-weight` fallback outside.

Attachments:

• Video describing the new behaviour with no layout shift. (remote)
• Video describing the old behaviour with layout shift. (remote)

Reblogged by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):

stux@mstdn.social ("stux⚡") wrote:

Weeeeeeeeh!

Attachments:

• Little pony and cat (without a long tail, prop from horses) are playing with each other but on safe distance (remote)

Reblogged by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):

gtconway3@threads.net ("George Conway") wrote:

Watch this space tomorrow.

We are going to start this national conversation about the mental state of the Republican Party’s presidential nominee.

It’s about time.

RE: https://www.threads.net/@gtconway3/post/C9hpu6pJbgV

Reblogged by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):

gtconway3@threads.net ("George Conway") wrote:

Why haven’t we had a national conversation about the former president’s mental health?

Because too many people—including and especially in the media—have been too afraid to have it.

But we’re going to have the conversation anyway. Follow us at @psychopac24

Attachments:

• 1afc0b3818d4dd42.mp4 (remote)

Reblogged by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):

gtconway3@threads.net ("George Conway") wrote:

Early reports indicate many people are giving $34.34, and we’re not even selling gold sneakers! 🤣

You can give $34.34 to @psychopac24 too, at this link. 👉
https://donorbox.org/psycho-pac-standard-online-donations?utm_source=main-website&utm_medium=web&utm_campaign=Website+-+Home+Page&amount=34.34

RE: https://www.threads.net/@gtconway3/post/C9kLh58p8a6

Reblogged by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):

GottaLaff ("Laffy") wrote:

4/ “Here in Milwaukee, the political pundits finally saw the thing they’ve been pleading for — unity — and what that really looks like. It looks a lot like Jonestown.”

Reblogged by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):

z_everson@journa.host ("Zach Everson") wrote:

"Yet another Trump is converting [GOP] donor funds into personal income"--

by me, for @Forbes

#work #wealth #politics

https://www.forbes.com/sites/zacheverson/2024/07/17/rnc-lara-trump-salary-six-figures/

Reblogged by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):

black_intellect@mstdn.social ("@blk_intellect") wrote:

More than a dozen fake electors are state delegates at the RNC : https://www.npr.org/2024/07/18/nx-s1-5044313/election-deniers-fake-electors-rnc-delegates-arizona

Reblogged by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):

spaf@mstdn.social wrote:

Attachments:

• 9c4632d8bad37c94.jpeg (remote)

Reblogged by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):

jeffs@well.com ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:

there is that problem

Attachments:

• 125e7c2bc6233064.mp4 (remote)

collinsworth@hachyderm.io ("Josh Collinsworth") wrote:

One day you swear you'll never be boring like your parents; the next, you're admiring the fine job you've done edging the yard around the sidewalk.

Reblogged by slightlyoff@toot.cafe ("Alex Russell"):

campuscodi ("Catalin Cimpanu") wrote:

CitizenLab has discovered a new attack named Port Shadow that can allow threat actors to launch machine-in-the-middle attacks on VPN connections.

The attack involves sending specially crafted packets to VPN servers.

The packets exploit the server's connection tracking feature to redirect other users' traffic through the attacker's infrastructure.

CitizenLab says the vulnerability affects OpenVPN, WireGuard, and OpenConnect servers running on Linux or FreeBSD.

https://citizenlab.ca/2024/07/vulnerabilities-in-vpns-paper-presented-at-the-privacy-enhancing-technologies-symposium-2024/

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• 891811019b6913d4.png

pzmyers@octodon.social ("pzmyers 🦑") wrote:

Water, stone, trees…Tolmie State Park.

https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2024/07/18/water-stone-trees/

Attachments:

• Trees on a headland at the Nisqually Reach (remote)

Reblogged by cstanhope@social.coop ("Your friendly 'net denizen"):

thomholwerda@exquisite.social ("Thom :linux: :kde: :systemd:") wrote:

In case you're using Firefox on mobile - so myself and like four others - disabling Firefox' new Facebook data collection feature is quite a bit harder than on desktop, but it can be done:

1. Go to chrome://geckoview/content/config.xhtml
2. Use the search field to find the entry for aboutConfig and enable it
3. Go to about:config4. Search for dom.private-attribution.submission.enabled and set it to false

Done. This only works on Android, because Firefox on iOS is just a Safari skin.

ruben_wolff ("Ruben Wolff") wrote:

e2ee messaging using email protocols https://delta.chat/

Great idea, using the most widely adopted federated communication protocol makes it harder for governments to block the whole thing

slightlyoff@toot.cafe ("Alex Russell") wrote:

No, really. They're fascists.

It's not cute. It's not fun. They get off on the suffering of others and they must be defeated at the ballot box now or the ballot box won't matter.

Reblogged by slightlyoff@toot.cafe ("Alex Russell"):

stephaniewalter@front-end.social ("Stef Walter") wrote:

By the way, Dr. Harry Brignull renamed Dark patterns into Deceptive patterns, so, I’m keeping the name of the resource, but, I’m using deceptive patterns instead in the description. And for more hall of shame, you can also check https://www.deceptive.design/hall-of-shame

slightlyoff@toot.cafe ("Alex Russell") wrote:

But also because they're fascists.

slightlyoff@toot.cafe ("Alex Russell") wrote:

A handy list of folks to never do business with; not because they're fascist, but because they're too fucking stupid to understand what happens when fascists win power. Don't fuck with craven:

https://sfstandard.com/2024/07/17/musk-andreessen-horowitz-tech-silicon-valley-trump-biden/

keul@fosstodon.org ("Luca Fabbri") wrote:

Ho solo cliccato su un file txt dentro a una mail. #android
Un. File. Txt.

Attachments:

• User interface android. Un popup che mi avverte come un certo tipo di file può essere aperto solo se prima lo carico su Google drive. (remote)

Reblogged by slightlyoff@toot.cafe ("Alex Russell"):

TheWarOnCars ("The War on Cars") wrote:

A good explainer video from @citynerd on what a Trump victory and Project 2025 will mean for transportation in U.S. cities. (Spoiler alert: every transportation dollar will go for highway expansions and subsidizing driving and none will go to mass transit and safer streets.)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LmKtZ34IVYc

#project2025

slightlyoff@toot.cafe ("Alex Russell") wrote:

Wait...is this the tech press...GETTING IT!?!? Acknowledging that Apple's version of "privacy" is just kayfabe for the wealthy?

🤩

https://youtu.be/0z3STToGkTU?si=Z1Qy1AeXhZeuEkN0&t=289

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lcamtuf@infosec.exchange ("lcamtuf :verified: :verified: :verified:") wrote:

If I were a deranged billionaire, I'd smuggle several crates of hedgehogs and set them loose in a number of US states. They're adorable and there's no conceivable downside.

Reblogged by slightlyoff@toot.cafe ("Alex Russell"):

jeffjarvis ("Jeff Jarvis") wrote:

“The editor said employees of the Journal should not be seen as advocating for press freedom in a place like Hong Kong, even though they can in Western countries."
Murdoch's Journal.
Wall Street Journal fires Hong Kong reporter who headed embattled press club https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2024/07/17/hong-kong-wall-street-journal-press/

Reblogged by cstanhope@social.coop ("Your friendly 'net denizen"):

Patricia@vivaldi.net ("Patricia Aas") wrote:

Here I am innocently watching Edward Tufte’s keynote on data visualization and then he absolutely MURDERS economics 💀
https://youtu.be/rHUDJ8RyseQ?si=nYtoIKWyArcwbBu_

Attachments:

• 8a1acc17f3485b42.mp4 (remote)

Reblogged by rmrenner ("The Old Gay Gristle Fest"):

deater78 wrote:

enough people asked, I made a version of this on a hard drive image in case you don't want to swap around 7 floppy disks. You can try it out at the internet archive here: https://archive.org/details/riven_hgr.2mg

collinsworth@hachyderm.io ("Josh Collinsworth") wrote:

I was right in the middle of wondering why JD Vance always looks like he's sniffing a giant diaper that's full of shit when I realized he's Trump's running mate now, so...I kinda answered my own question.

Reblogged by slightlyoff@toot.cafe ("Alex Russell"):

Seirdy@pleroma.envs.net wrote:

This is a refreshingly good look at why extensions with both full privileged access and dynamic script + style execution are a really bad idea, greatly weakening the CSP on every site:

How insecure is Avast Secure Browser?

Injecting arbitrary scripts and styles ought to require an extra permission and be selectively allowed on a per-site basis.

RE: https://floss.social/@alcinnz/112803562967733831

slightlyoff@toot.cafe ("Alex Russell") wrote:

More of this, please:

https://sfstandard.com/2024/07/17/outer-sunset-tallest-apartments-plan/

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MostlyHarmless@thecanadian.social wrote:

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chiffchaff@tech.lgbt ("kæt") wrote:

Hildegard von Blingin' has dropped an amazing Bardcore version of /We didn't start the fire/ (including medieval history lyrics).

[ALT: The Billy Joel song, /We Didn't Start the Fire/ played on lutes etc, with lyrics such as "Charlemagne / Alfred / Anne Boleyn / Without a head // Few things / Here to read / But the Nibelungenlied // Castile with / Aragon / Second pope in Avignon // Novgorod / Chinggis Khan / Beowulf / Decameron" etc.]

https://youtu.be/drDs-Y5DNH8

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haritulsidas@masto.ai ("Hari Tulsidas") wrote:

In an astonishing find, scientists have uncovered active termite mounds in South Africa that are 34,000 years old, making them the oldest ever discovered. These ancient mounds provide valuable insights into termite behaviour and ecosystem roles over millennia, revealing a remarkable continuity of termite activity through prehistoric times.

#Archaeology #TermiteMounds #AncientHistory #ScientificDiscovery #SouthAfrica

https://allthatsinteresting.com/oldest-termite-mounds?utm_source=flipboard&utm_content=HariTulsidas%2Fmagazine%2FMind+and+Matter

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Ronflaix@mastodon.gamedev.place ("Cornflaix") wrote:

linear interpolation : lerp
bilinear interpolation : blerp
trilinear interpolation : tlerp

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aaron.rupar@threads.net ("Aaron Rupar") wrote:

"Trump has always been pretty good about supporting Ukraine" -- Rep. Dan Crenshaw on CNN

(Fact check: Trump was impeached for trying to blackmail the Ukrainian president)

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jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:

“This is a great example of how, even for very basic and well-studied problems, there are sometimes very simple but non-obvious solutions still waiting to be discovered”

- William Kuszmaul, Harvard University

https://hachyderm.io/@rain/112475838747712100

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QasimRashid ("Qasim Rashid, Esq.") wrote:

We need to talk about the wild racism being targeted at Usha Vance. She's arguably been one of the most accomplished lawyers advancing MAGA extremism—yet all that pales in comparison to her skin color.

This is who the MAGA party has always been. Documenting receipts because legacy media continues to ignore it.

https://www.qasimrashid.com/p/maga-erupts-in-racism-after-realizing

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ahl ("Adam Leventhal") wrote:

On Monday, Raja Koduri joined @bcantrill and me to answer a question sent in from a listener: what's are the differences between a CPU, GPU, FPGA, and ASIC? And after a walk through history of hardware, software, their intersection and relevant companies, we ... almost answered it!

https://youtu.be/7hF9AM8LM4c

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researchfairy@scholar.social ("The research fairy") wrote:

It's happening again!

The Fedi's own academic conference, back for year 5

Everything's free, sign up to attend here!

https://solsticeschool.scholar.social/2024/

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TwoClownsEating@beige.party ("Mat Bradshaw") wrote:

My first time doing #MusicWomenWednesday, where to even start!

I'm going to go with the delightful Kelly Lee Owens, a Welsh producer, songwriter and performer who makes electronic music with beautiful songs. If you like this one I can highly recommend all of her work (she's great live too if you get the chance to see her).

Kelly Lee Owens - Lucid

https://youtu.be/GvVLuk1KGxc?si=-0bGOlu3jXVrMpCa

kornel ("Kornel") wrote:

Photo libraries should have a "cats" / "not cats" toggle. I can't find any non-#cat photos.

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• Rows of photos of a cat on a perch

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deidara@goblin.camp ("nart the library goth ✨️") wrote:

anyway here are some pics of the very cool library we visited today

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• the main room of the public library in Stuttgart, it has all open so you can see the gallery parts of the 4-8th floors, everything is in white with some blue furniture, it also has a cool glass ceiling (remote)
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polygon ("Polygon") wrote:

Microsoft just gave the Xbox controller a huge ass https://www.polygon.com/24200443/xbox-deadpool-wolverine-wireless-controller-giveaway-ass

collinsworth@hachyderm.io ("Josh Collinsworth") wrote:

Curious how many people know about the `||=` operator (the "logical OR assignment") in JavaScript? https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Operators/Logical_OR_assignment

Gargron ("Eugen Rochko") wrote:

Time to disconnect.

#Plushtodon #Merchtodon

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jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:

yes!

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annaecook@mstdn.social ("Anna E. Cook") wrote:

I’m looking for a brand designer for a small paid temporary project, if you have recommendations I would appreciate them 🙂

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GottaLaff ("Laffy") wrote:

Via Rupar:

Gov. Tim Walz on the RNC: "Yesterday was about bend the knee and groveling. Today is about bending to Putin on foreign policy."

pzmyers@octodon.social ("pzmyers 🦑") wrote:

It's amazing how everything in the 1950s was crisp and clear and sharp, and it all turned to mud in the 60s & 70s. Photography had a dark age, and it was during my youth.

https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2024/07/17/back-to-the-1950s/

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• Kent-Meridian Jr High Yell Squad, 1952-53. That's my mom on the left. (remote)

fromjason ("fromjason.xyz 🖤") wrote:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_assassinations_by_the_United_States

keul@fosstodon.org ("Luca Fabbri") wrote:

@collinsworth OMG