Call Of Duty: Black Ops 6 Best Builds: The XM4
As it’s unlocked from the get-go, one of the first assault rifles you’ll likely play around with is the XM4, and it may—initially—feel like a lackluster weapon. It’s a hand-me-down from a bygone era, like the AK-74, but one that offers enough customization and versatility to make it viable on any battlefield. It also…
A Stealth Switch Update Fixes A Small But Very Frustrating Bug
Here’s something annoying. You buy a new game on Switch, or maybe need a big update to download. The process starts and then you walk away to do something else. Only you come back later, after the Switch is in sleep mode, and it’s somehow still not finished. The good news is that the Nintendo device getting finicky…
Life Is Strange: Double Exposure: The Kotaku Review
2015’s Life Is Strange was about a high-schooler, the supernaturally gifted Max Caulfield, but its power resided in something deeper than its protagonist’s youth and the setting of Blackwell Academy. I think that, for many of the millions of players it resonated with, Life Is Strange spoke to those parts of us that…
Game Of Thrones Star Could Be Tomb Raider's Next Lara Croft
A live-action Tomb Raider TV show has been swirling around at Amazon for a couple of years now, and it sounds like the series might be honing in on its future Lara Croft. Deadline reports that Game of Thrones’ Sophie Turner as well as Murder on the Orient Express’ Lucy Boynton are currently in the running for the…
Marvel Teases Every Big Show Coming In The Next Year
Marvel has released a sizzle reel of forthcoming Disney Plus shows, which finally gives us our first glimpse at next year’s revival of Daredevil, along with a wealth of other programs.
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genode@floss.social ("Genode") wrote:
The upcoming @fosdem 2025 will again host the "Microkernel and Component-Based OS" devroom! The Call for Papers is open until December 1, 2024.
https://lists.fosdem.org/pipermail/microkernel-devroom/2024-October/000198.html
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amoroso@fosstodon.org ("Paolo Amoroso") wrote:
SpecOps is an assembler framework with s-exp syntax written in pure and portable Common Lisp. It provides backends for x86, Z80, 68K, and more.
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Truck@icosahedron.website ("Sir Garbagetruck") wrote:
You may be interested in the broadcast I'll be doing from Zoo party this weekend.
C64 demoparty, Finland.
Will be broadcast on scenesat.com and scenecity.tv .
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cstanhope@social.coop ("Your friendly 'net denizen") wrote:
All watched over by machines of loving grace but it's all the creatures big and (especially) small we have coevolved with that keep this tiny oasis of life in a vast cold universe thriving.
jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:
‘After Mr. Hasan voiced support for Palestinians, the CNN guest, Ryan James Girdusky, said, “I hope your beeper doesn’t go off.”’
jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:
key skill for this sort of warfare:
‘Learning how to advance in small teams that can attack and then dissipate into thin air was key...
“It is so powerful to be able to send a company’s worth of personnel, which is about 130 people, on those vehicles, along multiple routes, and then at a point bring them together to attack the enemy, and then disappear in different directions,” said Maj. Gen. Marcus Evans, the 25th Infantry Division’s commander.’
collinsworth@hachyderm.io ("Josh Collinsworth") wrote:
The only thing AI is good at is convincing people AI is good at things.
NfNitLoop ("Cody Casterline 🏳️🌈") wrote:
@ipg These days *everyone's* IP address is ::1. :p
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freakazoid@retro.social ("Charles against genocide") wrote:
This makes me think we should just build our own LED modules using mostly thru-hole components rather than buying integrated off-the-shelf ones, since it's almost never the LEDs themselves that fail. Maybe power them with USB-C PD.
Lies, Big Lies and LED Lightbulb Lifespan Promises
https://hackaday.com/2024/10/29/lies-big-lies-and-led-lightbulb-lifespan-promises/
fromjason ("fromjason.xyz ❤️ 💻") wrote:
From: @mmasnick
https://mastodon.social/@mmasnick/113392501165577956
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xor@tech.intersects.art ("Parker Higgins") wrote:
alternately: is it time to look into using a non-Mastodon approach to posting this bot stuff to the fediverse? much to think about. Advice welcome
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Okanogen ("okanogen for Harris") wrote:
@fromjason
#Bezos rewrote Taylor Swift's song "It's you, hi, you're the problem, it's you.".
jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:
I *think* I fixed an intermittent problem with Secure Sockets certificates. (apologies for it not being faster -yet- and for the irritating mis-renders of apostrophes from time to time)
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stux@mstdn.social ("stux⚡") wrote:
Even programs on Dutch tv are now explaining how dangerous #Trump is for the democracy
The current state is so sad this is needed
At least we know what a madman he is
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VirginiaHolloway@urbanists.social ("Virginia Holloway") wrote:
@futurebird On my corner of Nextdoor there was a recent surge in accounts of "people" with Chinese surnames all offering short random quotations from famous thinkers. They were all in different neighborhoods, but the basic pattern was identical.
jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:
I could use a few folks banging on https://arghstudios.com:50433/storyForm.html which will be open over the next few days
idea is to provide a storytelling coach & tutor to adult caretakers of children. the renderer currently has issues with apostrophes, and it is development-code-slow (a story may take 12-15 seconds), but it would be great to have some folks make requests of it for a bit and see if it handles traffic decently.
feedback to support@arghstudios.com please, & thank you in advance for beta-test help.
Dragon Ball: Sparking Zero Is Missing Some Of DBZ's Best Outfits So Fans Are Modding Them In
Dragon Ball: Sparking Zero has the biggest roster in the 3D arena-fighting franchise’s history, but some players still want more. Specifically, more costumes, accessories, and other ways to customize their iconic DBZ fighters’ looks, including with shirts and jackets that pull from deep cuts within the long-running…
xor@tech.intersects.art ("Parker Higgins") wrote:
I think I will probably move @pomological and @choochoobot and @oldroadside over to my own instance soon, then. @whit_whal and @helpingfriendlybot already live on instances related to their content, which is fun
xor@tech.intersects.art ("Parker Higgins") wrote:
thank you thank you thank you to @colin for running botsin.space all this time. A real community service right until the end 🫡 https://botsin.space/@muffinista/113392588900840218
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muffinista@botsin.space ("colin mitchell") wrote:
Hey friends, it's hard to write this, but it's time to retire botsin.space. I wrote a post about it here: https://muffinlabs.com/posts/2024/10/29/10-29-rip-botsin-space/
TLDR the site will go read-only on or around December 15th.
I'm so thankful for all the support and good times here ❤️ thanks everyone
collinsworth@hachyderm.io ("Josh Collinsworth") wrote:
This is a really good read. https://www.theverge.com/24282022/kamala-harris-endorsement-presidential-election-2024
17 Horror Games On PS Plus To Keep You Up On Halloween Night
The horror game landscape has never been more impressive or varied, and in 2024, you can find some of the beset scary games on PlayStation 5 and PS4 via the growing PS Plus catalog. Ever since Sony expanded the program to emulate Game Pass’ Netflix-style library of downloadable and streaming games, fans of zombies,…
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sajan@mastodon.art ("Sjn") wrote:
My comic about a Grey, a Gnome and a Shakespeare escaping from prison is available for another couple of days in the shortbox comics fair:
https://www.shortboxcomicsfair.com/shop-sq4wj/p/alas-by-sajan-rai
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ipg@wetdry.world ("Emma (IPG)") wrote:
tim berners lee be like yeah my ip is 1
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ianrosewrites@scicomm.xyz ("Ian Rose") wrote:
If you tell the story of the burnt ballot boxes in Portland and Vancouver this week (an important story that warrants attention), also tell how good fire-suppressant design saved all but three ballots in the Portland box, and the efforts of the election workers who contacted those three voters and arranged for replacement ballots.
Things are scary and bad, and often literally on fire. But there are good people and good systems too. Making us forget that is always a win for the worst ones.
I Hate Call Of Duty’s Launcher So Much
A few years ago, my best friends convinced me to play Call of Duty: Warzone, the series’ battle royale installment that had shot up the charts. While I was aware of it for work reasons, I’d largely sworn off the franchise about a decade prior, returning for brief stints and forays into the Black Ops subseries that I’d…
Here's Why You Should Make Action-RPG Ys X: Nordics Your First Ys Game
Ys X: Nordics marks the tenth mainline game in the beloved action-RPG franchise, extraordinarily now in its 37th year. Originally released in Japan in September 2023, Ys X now at last has a worldwide English-language release. And yet, despite all this, you’ve never played a Ys game! Let us convince you this is the…
A Ton Of Classic PC Games Are A Bargain During GOG’s Halloween Sale
Even with only two days until Halloween, more themed sales seem to be consistently popping up as we get closer to the holiday. While there have already been a massive number of spooky season sales, including a truly impressive one from Steam, storefront GOG is not to be outdone, and has entered the fray with a big…
Robert Downey Jr. Says He’d Sue If Marvel Ever Copied His Likeness With AI
AI looms over us daily, encroaching upon creative territory long held by human artists in various forms. It would seem the film industry is feeling the sting of this new technology, as renowned movie stars such as Robert Downey Jr. and Scarlett Johansson have spoken out against the possibility of AI replicating their…
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thisismyglasgow@mastodon.scot ("This Is My Glasgow") wrote:
I know I've posted this dragon before, but it's so cute, I couldn't resist posting it again. It can be found on the 1902 Art Nouveau style Miller and Lang Print Works at 50 Darnley Street in the Pollokshields area Glasgow, and by far it's my favourite bit of architectural ironwork in the city.
#glasgow #ironwork #dragon #architecture #glasgowbuildings #pollokshields
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cstanhope@social.coop ("Your friendly 'net denizen") wrote:
My brain is still partially sliding around the interface. It just can't seem to scan it quickly. But also some of those recent UI changes are a little on the nose?
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- Screen capture of an empty post entry box on Mastodon. The placeholder text now says, "Shitpost goes here...", and the submit button says "Shitpost Time!". What's not captured is the flushing sound it makes every time I click it. Anyway, this is a joke. I used the browser tools to modify the html. This is a shitpost. HaHA! Totally gotcha. (remote)
fromjason ("fromjason.xyz ❤️ 💻") wrote:
"No, you see, the problem is the liberal elites who read our paper. If only we had the support of real Americans!"
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fromjason ("fromjason.xyz ❤️ 💻") wrote:
He creates the dichotomy of anti and pro billionaire, then makes his pro-billionaire argument.
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fromjason ("fromjason.xyz ❤️ 💻") wrote:
Next—and this is what really tipped me off to his goal for this op-ed—look at the language he uses.
"Victim mentality?" Who are we? Grindset influencers on Threads?
And the whole "reality is an undefeated champ" is giving "facts over feelings."
He knew what he was doing.
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fromjason ("fromjason.xyz ❤️ 💻") wrote:
He then decided to give perhaps the most devisive analogy possible— election fraud.
Do we think his liberal readership resonates with voter machine conspiracies? Or, was he speaking to someone else?
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fromjason ("fromjason.xyz ❤️ 💻") wrote:
First, the entire premise of his argument is largely a right-wing talking point— the liberal media(tm) is biased and untrustworthy.
Liberals aren't concerned with whether or not WaPo has a liberal slant. They fear billionaires have co-opted journalism to escape scrutiny, allegations, the law.
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fromjason ("fromjason.xyz ❤️ 💻") wrote:
This might sound out there, but I think Jeff Bezos' recent op-ed wasn't an attempt to quell the revolt by his largely liberal-leaning readership.
It was an appeal to a new demographic— the far right.
There are nods to conservatives peppered all across his open letter.
pzmyers@octodon.social ("pzmyers 🦑") wrote:
Why can't we have this guy on the ticket?
https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2024/10/29/id-rather-be-voting-for-bernie/
NfNitLoop ("Cody Casterline 🏳️🌈") wrote:
Again: wordpress.org is no longer a trustworthy place to host your code:
collinsworth@hachyderm.io ("Josh Collinsworth") wrote:
The people who believe there's a war on Christmas have obviously never worked in marketing.
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lrhodes@merveilles.town ("L. Rhodes") wrote:
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ken@schwanksta.com ("Ken Schwencke") wrote:
An incredible new interactive piece from @ProPublica -- What really gets taken when a city sweeps a homeless encampment? A tent, seizure medication, an ex boyfriend's shirt, photos, baby shoes, a tiara, a husband's ashes. Devastating and illuminating
https://projects.propublica.org/homeless-encampment-sweeps-taken-belongings/
cstanhope@social.coop ("Your friendly 'net denizen") wrote:
Somebody mentions an idea for a transpiler between languages, something that could be readily accomplished with decades old, but cool and correct, deterministic algorithms. But then somebody chimes in with, "I bet we could make that work by hooking it up to an LLM and asking it to translate." smdh... SMDH!
pzmyers@octodon.social ("pzmyers 🦑") wrote:
That sense of dread we're all feeling does not have a supernatural source.
https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2024/10/29/halloween-used-to-be-a-fun-holiday/
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collinsworth@hachyderm.io ("Josh Collinsworth") wrote:
Or, at the very least, I hate their Android app.
I'm constantly seeing old versions of pages (if any version at all); constantly waiting for something to load; constantly trying to get text to do what I want; constantly having to do something twice because I got tricked into accidentally asking the AI something by a dark UI pattern.
There isn't even a "search text" function for individual pages FFS. You added AI before you added the ability to search through a page!?
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freexian@hachyderm.io ("Freexian :debian:") wrote:
Tired of dependency hell?
Linux distributions are comprehensive and stable development targets, with mature dependency tracking across multiple ecosystems, very long term security support and predictable schedules for new releases.
#Debian, with 5 years of support (including 2 years of LTS) for each stable release and its reliable upgrade path, is a great choice if you need one.
#Freexian (https://www.freexian.com/contact/) can offer technical support for adopting Debian in your organization.
collinsworth@hachyderm.io ("Josh Collinsworth") wrote:
Ok, for a long time people would say this and I wouldn't get it, but I'm there. I'm on the bandwagon now:
I hate Notion.
pzmyers@octodon.social ("pzmyers 🦑") wrote:
Space colonies are a terrible, bad, useless idea.
https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2024/10/29/say-no-to-wanna-be-space-tyrants/
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jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:
NOTE: this is *early beta* software… it may not work, it may spew garbage, or it may cause your computer to halt and catch fire. use at your own risk.
on the other hand: we *are* trying to make sure it is safe, effective, and trustworthy. that is why this test is happening. it is free of cost to users for now, and the closed beta will continue to be free.
thank you
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jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:
want to take a sneak-peek at our seekrit project? it is a storytelling coach & assistant for adult caretakers of children. it helps you come up with child-safe story and script ideas.
[https://arghstudios.com:50433/storyForm.html][3]- there is a display bug with apostrophes (working on it)
- can take up to 15 seconds for the story in a really busy period (be patient)
- will be putting login challenge in front of this in a few days… if interested in joining the “closed beta”, contact support@arghstudios.com
jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:
my account on Bluesky is getting way too many fake girls-with-cleavage followers notices. BlueSky is fast becoming a birdSite-like swamp, I think.
Gargron ("Eugen Rochko") wrote:
Honestly, if you’re in the US, please vote. Don’t let a fascist take control. Don’t think that it can’t possibly happen there. This might be your last chance to vote. Don’t waste it. Sitting it out won’t help your cause but it will definitely endanger a lot of lives. That’s my take on it.
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Jorvon_Moss@mstdn.social ("Odd_Jayy") wrote:
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amoroso@fosstodon.org ("Paolo Amoroso") wrote:
An old series of blog posts with an intriguing premise and a focus on Forth:
"What if all software suddenly disappeared? What's the minimum you'd need to bootstrap a practical system? I decided to start with a one sector (512-byte) seed and find out how far I can get."
Build an Astro site with Deno
Learn how to build a server-rendered website with Astro and Deno.
keul@fosstodon.org ("Luca Fabbri") wrote:
The fact that #StateOfCSS results report doesn't fit well on my mobile device, says a lot - #CSS
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txt_file@chaos.social ("txt.file") wrote:
#MySQL → owned by Oracle
#MariaDB → owned by K1 Investment Management#PostgreSQL → owned by The PostgreSQL Global Development Group
Another reason to prefer PostgreSQL over the other two.
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my take on recent regrettable events in the #linux kernel community. https://laforge.gnumonks.org/blog/20241025-linux-maintainers-russian/
cstanhope@social.coop ("Your friendly 'net denizen") wrote:
Oh, geez. I just remembered this happened:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DuDX6wNfjqc
(But they had a good run.)
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danwentzel@urbanists.social ("Dan Wentzel 🏳️🌈") wrote:
The only thing Jeff Bezos‘ editorial in the Washington Post convinced me is that we need a steep wealth tax and that the existence of billionaires is a public policy failure.
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jeff@newsie.social ("Jeff (of the internet)") wrote:
More drama in WordPress land.
Paid Memberships dev says Matt threatened to take over their plugin "like we did to ACF" when they removed it from dotorg.
Here the full rundown:
https://www.paidmembershipspro.com/leaving-wordpress-org/
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paninid@mastodon.world ("Sampath Pāṇini ®") wrote:
@hannu_ikonen
The official name of #FAFO is the #ScientificMethod:
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collinsworth@hachyderm.io ("Josh Collinsworth") wrote:
"This experience is better on the app"
No it's not, because I'm on Android, and I can tell your company only has one overworked contractor maintaining it
jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:
“how misinformation is used to manufacture a movement”
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downey@floss.social ("Michael Downey 🚩") wrote:
No, dear website, {task} is not "better using the app".
jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:
the cat, of course, is trying out the new machine’s sleeve before the new machine
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jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:
I think the bigger screen was a good call
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ashur@front-end.social ("🎃 smashur cabrera") wrote:
I voted for a lot of things and a lot of people, but notably for Kamala Harris for President.
I don’t agree with everything she has done or pledges to do. But in my opinion, not voting or voting third-party in protest — this year, in this election — does very little to actually help anyone in any material way, while carrying a very grave risk of putting many, many, many more people in imminent danger; neighbors, strangers, friends, and family alike.
That’s not a gamble I was willing to make.
jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:
the unboxing of bender.local begins 🎺
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cstanhope@social.coop ("Your friendly 'net denizen") wrote:
My Mastodon instance has apparently done an upgrade, and the UI is different enough my brain is having a hard time parsing the interface. Faskinating...
cstanhope@social.coop ("Your friendly 'net denizen") wrote:
Regarding LB[1]: Good reminder to listen to Nick Cave's "Red Right Hand".
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Thomas@laserdisc.party ("Night Of The Living Dad") wrote:
Do Zoomers know you're one microscopic cog in his catastrophic plan, designed and directed by his red right hand?
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chris@mastodon.chriswiegman.com ("Chris Wiegman") wrote:
So long, #WordPress, and thanks for all the fish. https://chriswiegman.com/2024/10/so-long-wordpress/
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thisismyglasgow@mastodon.scot ("This Is My Glasgow") wrote:
I came across this unusual upside down T-shaped keyhole on the door of a Victorian townhouse in Glasgow today. It's for an Odell Night Latch Key, of the type shown on the right. Patented in 1792, they came in a wide variety of different shapes and you put them through the cross bar of the T and then lifted them up. They'd only open the latch if their shape fitted the inverse shape of the mechanism in the lock itself, which sat on the other side of the door.
Cont./
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darius@friend.camp ("Darius Kazemi") wrote:
Hi Fediverse denizens. I've been working on a project I hope will help Fediverse devs make software that federates across ALL services, not just Mastodon-plus-a-few-others.
It's called the Fediverse Schema Observatory and before launching it, I am opening up a public comment period re: safety and privacy.
This post lays out what the software does, what data it records, and why I think it's safe to deploy:
https://asml.cyber.harvard.edu/fediverseobservatory/
Please give feedback here or at the email in the post!
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catsalad@infosec.exchange ("CatSalad🐈🥗 (D.Burch) :blobcatrainbow:") wrote:
:cloudcomputing:
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slightlyoff@toot.cafe ("Alex Russell") wrote:
Prompted by @nickchomey, added sorting to the table in this footnote, and it was less than 100 lines of modern JS/DOM and CSS:
https://infrequently.org/2024/10/platforms-are-competitions/#fn-failure-on-repeat-2
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webology ("Jeff Triplett") wrote:
I missed the migrate to Bluesky memo.
Even with Jack Dorsey's departure, I find it hard to place my trust in any company associated with him. It's a sentiment I believe many of us share.
Bluesky only exists today because VC money is rapidly running out. They only days ago took a Series A round, "$15 million Series A financing led by Blockchain Capital" from a Blockchain company.
https://bsky.social/about/blog/10-24-2024-series-a
So while I DO have a presence there, it'll never be my primary one.
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Hooray, my first edit to OEIS was approved https://oeis.org/A259233
pzmyers@octodon.social ("pzmyers 🦑") wrote:
This was not a great morning in my teaching career.
https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2024/10/28/some-days-i-wonder-why-im-doing-this/
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jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:
good to see live video of the US President standing in line to vote, like any other Citizen
+100
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Via Rupar:
Tim #Walz on the comedian who insulted #PuertoRico: "Who is that jackwad?"
jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:
seekrit project UI just needs some cleaning up & it will be teady for beta testing! huh-ZAH!
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pzmyers@octodon.social ("pzmyers 🦑") wrote:
"Communist" is quite possibly the last "C word" I would attach to Kamala Harris.
https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2024/10/28/there-are-multiple-c-words-you-know/
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pzmyers@octodon.social ("pzmyers 🦑") wrote:
What a jackwad.
https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2024/10/28/who-is-that-jackwad/
jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:
“the Base recently migrated much of its online content to Russian-owned sites or services. The move is part of an ongoing theme among the far right when western apps de-platform or moderate valuable accounts used for recruitment: retreat to the free-for-all that Russian sites offer.
…western intelligence services are openly warning… [about Kremlin] covert support of far-right extremist groups adjacent to the Base.”
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jockr ("Jock Rutherford 🌻🥥🌴") wrote:
Neo-Nazi group the Base found a safe space to recruit Americans: the Russian internet | Far right (US) | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/oct/28/neo-nazi-the-base-recruitment-russia
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futurebird@sauropods.win ("myrmepropagandist") wrote:
It's worth noting that you never hear anyone say "I was spanked and it really helped me to understand and grow" no... the line is always "I was spanked and tuned out fine." much like "I played with lawn darts and turned out fine." (I also played with lawn darts, and I would not give them to a child today, knowing what can go wrong)
We don't like to think of our parents making mistakes, so people who were spanked an survived it unharmed have a tendency to defend it.
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dyckron@mstdn.ca ("Ron Dyck") wrote:
Edmonton police remove encampment with running water, welding area
https://edmonton.citynews.ca/video/2024/10/25/edmonton-police-remove-encampment-with-running-water-welding-area/
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dangillmor ("Dan Gillmor") wrote:
As America's democracy teeters, and as fascists gather in Madison Square Garden in a sick replay of a 1939 Nazi rally, the founder and CEO of the tiny but superb Mississippi Free Press offers a history lesson, a stark warning, and a vow to resist.
She and her staff have more courage than the Washington Post and LA Times put together.
Please read her piece and share it widely.
(Note: I'm a financial supporter, and hope you'll join me.)
Reblogged by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
Hey_Beth@sfba.social ("Hey Death") wrote:
Trump rally fallout:
Ariana Grande, a FL resident, is posting her support for Kamala Harris.
I do not believe that celebrities carry much sway with voters, but - again - this election is all about the margins. And Grande's fans are a key demographic that typically does not show up to vote.
jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:
Herr Trump should visit Puerto Rico sometime soon; I am sure he will find a warm welcome there.
jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:
“Mr. Ellis is an American historian and the author of several books on the founding fathers.”