fromjason ("fromjason.xyz ❤️ 💻") wrote:
The very obvious problem with Bluesky's foggy messaging is that eventually, people living under Jay's vision of the Social Internet will start asking hard questions.
So many enthusiastic Bluesky members are simply along for the ride, trusting that the soundbites tell the full story and the details harbor no devils.
It's a ticking time bomb.
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lindsey@recurse.social ("Lindsey Kuper") wrote:
another sneak preview of our choreographic programming zine, which will hopefully be done soon!
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- An Intro to our Systems In order to understand choreographic programming, we should first understand the context it exists in. In a message-passing system, independent nodes communicate by sending and receiving messages over some kind of network. Message passing is everywhere in computing, and is especially important to the study of concurrent and distributed systems! Every message has a sending node and a receiving node. Each node performs a sequence of sends and receives. Think of each node as running a program that makes send() and recv() calls, along with its own internal actions. [Comic of Alice giving a present to Carol. Alice is running the program `send(Carol, 🎁)` and Carol is running the program `my_present = recv(Alice)`. They both look very happy!] However, if the intended recipient of a sent message does not call recv(), they won't actually receive it. [Comic where Alice is trying to give a present to Carol, but Carol isn't paying attention! Alice is running the program `send(Carol, 🎁)` and Carol is doing nothing. Alice is like 😅. Poor Alice!] (remote)
![An Intro to our Systems In order to understand choreographic programming, we should first understand the context it exists in. In a message-passing system, independent nodes communicate by sending and receiving messages over some kind of network. Message passing is everywhere in computing, and is especially important to the study of concurrent and distributed systems! Every message has a sending node and a receiving node. Each node performs a sequence of sends and receives. Think of each node as running a program that makes send() and recv() calls, along with its own internal actions. [Comic of Alice giving a present to Carol. Alice is running the program `send(Carol, 🎁)` and Carol is running the program `my_present = recv(Alice)`. They both look very happy!] However, if the intended recipient of a sent message does not call recv(), they won't actually receive it. [Comic where Alice is trying to give a present to Carol, but Carol isn't paying attention! Alice is running the program `send(Carol, 🎁)` and Carol is doing nothing. Alice is like 😅. Poor Alice!]](https://files.mastodon.social/cache/media_attachments/files/113/534/160/926/648/465/original/e43b60370313fc05.png){kind=link}
dansinker@omfg.town ("Dan Sinker") wrote:
Quietly judging people who refer to it as X.
Maybe not so quietly.
angusm ("Angus McIntyre") wrote:
At a startup long ago I heard for the first time the names of assorted tech bro entrepreneur types (our startup was a great place with great people, but these were the gods of the startup world, success stories to emulate). I didn't know who they were, but thought they all sounded vaguely like assholes & their ‘genius insights’ seemed lame AF.
Now I'm hearing all the same names I heard back then again, as they all orbit around Elon Musk like flies on shit. And now I'm sure they're assholes.
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faassen@fosstodon.org ("Martijn Faassen") wrote:
I blogged about it too.
fromjason ("fromjason.xyz ❤️ 💻") wrote:
In a separate thread, Peter Wang suggests "It’s not about resilience to purchase" then openly ponders, for example, "what about a Microsoft acquisition [of BlueSky] would be so terrible?"
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- Peter W Follow @wang.social I'm addressing what I assessed as your underlying point, namely big tech "capture" of something you like. I'm not here to defend the evils of Big Tech. But I can plainly see that large-scale for-profit activity has benefited open tech. What about a Microsoft acquisition would be so terrible? November 20, 2024 at 6:38 AM
- Peter Woo @wang.social Follow It's not about resilience to purchase. GitHub got purchased and you can still move your git repos. ATP is still a baby protocol, yes. But its design allows different providers at different layers of the stack. Your identity on ATP can never be taken away from you: it's DNS, and you and I can use it
fromjason ("fromjason.xyz ❤️ 💻") wrote:
The prevailing attitude towards anyone questioning #Bluesky's hearty claims of decentralization is to imply they're simply under-informed.
When I asked Eric Blair to clarify his claim that Bluesky was more resilient to billionaire acquisition, his reply was Mike Masnick's Protocols Not Platforms essay.
Putting aside the fact I've read Protocols Not Platforms a half dozen times, and it's the most annotated in my bookmarks currently, Masnick's essay doesn't even answer the question.
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- Eric Blair @protecttruth.bsky.social • 6d First, bluesky is much more resistant to billionaire takeover than Twitter was. Bluesky is far superior to Twitter or Threads, both closed platforms controlled by US billionaire oligarchs. Because bluesky was built on an open protocol. @mmasnick.bsky.social in detail on this, 2019:
- fromjason.xyz @fromjason.xyz Question— what makes BlueSky any more resilient to purchase than Twitter? I'm familiar with the ATProtocol architecture and BlueSky corporate structure. So I think I'm overlooking something.
- fromjason.xyz @fromjason.xyz • 4d Thanks Franklin, good thread. I'm trying to reconcile this with the many, many claims that BlueSky is more resilient to purchase and operates under decentralized power structures, and I simply cannot. Eric Blair @protecttruth.bsky.social • 4d Protocols not platforms fromjason.xyz @fromjason.xyz • 4d What about it?
cstanhope@social.coop ("Your friendly 'net denizen") wrote:
Speaking of Transmission64, I have revisited this performance from REYN multiple times since last year. In case you're in need of some wonderful music:
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wholesomememes@mas.to ("Wholesomememes") wrote:
thnx so much (by u/Potential-Answer-565)
(AI Alt-Text)
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- A tweet from Max (@MaxSernie) reads: "hey can someone remind me to cancel my spotify premium in 3 months" with a timestamp of 11:36 PM, 23 Jun 18. A reply from Olly Smith (was) @ #EGX (@Ol...) says: "You should cancel your Spotify Premium." The reply received 1 like and 2 retweets. Max (@MaxSernie) responds with: "holy fuck thank you i completely forgot," which received 1 like. Both profile pictures feature dogs. (remote)
fromjason ("fromjason.xyz ❤️ 💻") wrote:
Bluesky evangelicals did what crypto and NFT bros couldn't—
They got ordinary people to buy into what is very much a libertarian worldview of the “social internet.” It's remarkable.
But for some, that's not enough. They _need_ the unquestioning praise. It's a 🚩 for sure.
A fully electric Chrysler Pacifica is in the works
The Chrysler Pacifica could come as a fully-electric minivan in a few years. | Image: Chrysler
Chrysler is working on a fully electric version of the Chrysler Pacifica minivan, according to Green Car Reports. The EV version reportedly would “likely” come a year after the company debuts a Pacifica design refresh that features elements of the Halcyon concept that Stellantis showed off earlier this year.
At the moment, the Pacifica lineup includes a standard gas-powered minivan and a plug-in hybrid with an estimated 32-mile electric-only driving range before it switches over to gas. Chrysler CEO Christine Feuell, who confirmed the plans to Green Car Reports during the LA Auto Show on Thursday, wouldn’t say whether the company will keep the plug-in hybrid alongside the all-electric model.
Image: Stellantis
The...
Winter storms sweep across the U.S. while a new system is expected for Thanksgiving
A major storm dropped more snow and record rain in California, while on the opposite side of the country blizzard or winter storm warnings were in effect Saturday.
slightlyoff@toot.cafe ("Alex Russell") wrote:
The number of times over our Lost Decade I've heard people (men) confidently assert to me that they knew what they were doing with React as we casually perused the incontrovertible evidence that they did not, in fact, know what they were doing is unsettling.
slightlyoff@toot.cafe ("Alex Russell") wrote:
So bsky's site is...what's the word?...bad, performance-wise. [1]
I pointed this out, and folks asked what I'd do differently. I had to preface the response by saying that you don't start any new projects with React in the 2020s because it was designed for the (early) 2010s and has aged like fine milk.
This drew out a reply by someone saying that *they* start with React, but *they* know what they're doing, and all I can think is "does your boss know?"
[1]: https://treo.sh/sitespeed/bsky.app?mapMetric=r&formFactor=phone&metrics=lcp%2Cr
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You can save $10 on Google’s 4K-ready Chromecast before it’s gone for good
Yes, the dongle dangles from your TV’s HDMI port. No, it’s not that big of a deal. | Image: The Verge
It’s clear the world is ready to go all in on streaming for premier live events. That’s evidenced most recently by massive deals brokered by the likes of Netflix, which will exclusively broadcast two NFL games on Christmas Day and weekly episodes of WWE’s Monday Night Raw.
If you aren’t already set up with a capable streamer to enjoy it all, the Chromecast with Google TV (4K) is on sale at Amazon, Best Buy, and the Google Store for $39.99 ($10 off), which is less than $2 shy of its all-time low. There’s a bit of urgency here, too, because we may be in the final proverbial hours of the Chromecast’s existence. Google recently confirmed it’s discontinuing the line in favor of the Google TV Streamer 4K, so if you want one — even if it’s...
Law Enforcement and Leaders in Blue States Are Hatching Plans to Stop Trump’s Mass Deportations
A growing number of law enforcement authorities and Democratic leaders across the country are speaking out about their plans to thwart one of President-elect Donald Trump’s top immigration priorities: Mass deportation. Taking lessons from the first four years of the Trump era, many have vowed to stand their ground and refuse to cooperate with federal […]
How To Make Your Pokémon TCG Pocket Experience Better And More Top Tips For The Week
Pokémon TCG Pocket is absorbing hours (and dollars) by the thousands since it came out, but it’s not always great about highlighting the features that can make your time with it better. We’ve got a good example waiting for you in this roundup. Also, we’ll help you bypass a potentially frustrating limitation you’ll…
Infant dies and 10 others sick in latest listeria outbreak tied to ready-to-eat meat
The cases appeared in California, Illinois, New Jersey and New York between July 31 and Oct. 24, the CDC said. Nine out of the 11 infected individuals were hospitalized.
The Buried Secrets of America’s Indian Boarding Schools
In the early 1990s, Justin Pourier was a maintenance man at Red Cloud Indian School, a Catholic school on the Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota. One day, he says he stumbled upon small graves in the school’s basement. For nearly 30 years, Pourier would be haunted by what he saw and told no one […]
Microsoft is testing a new in-game browser
Microsoft’s new Game Assist browser overlay can automatically surface tips and tricks for you. | Image: Microsoft
Microsoft has announced that Microsoft Edge Game Assist, a new Edge-powered in-game browser overlay, is available for beta testing in Windows 11. The “game-aware” overlay lives in the Microsoft Game Bar and is designed to automatically find and show you links to tips and guides for the game you’re playing, using the Edge browser.
Game Assist uses the profile you’re logged into in Edge, so it’ll give you access to your data, like cookies, autofill, and favorites, so “you don’t need to log into sites again.” Like other Game Bar widgets, you can pin it above your game as you play. Game Assist is currently available in English, and you’ll need to opt into the preview and set Microsoft Edge Beta 132 as your default browser to use it.
Here’s a...
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exchgr@mastodon.world ("elle mundy") wrote:
the national endowment for telling men that one credential doesn’t qualify you in anything else (NETMOCDQYAE)
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april@macaw.social ("April King") wrote:
Handling Cookies is a Minefield:
inconsistencies in the HTTP cookie specification and its implementations have caused a situation where countless websites (including Facebook, Netflix, Okta, WhatsApp, Apple, etc.) are one small mistake away from locking their users out.
https://grayduck.mn/2024/11/21/handling-cookies-is-a-minefield/
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- (A @ A https://www.facebook.com . Sorry, something went wrong. We're working on it and we'll get it fixed as soon as we can. Go Back Help Center (remote)
- https/www.netflix.com Something went wrong Sorry, we're having trouble with your request. You'll find lots to explore on the home page. Learn More |Error Code NSES-500 (remote)
- okta.com: Bad Request Your request resulted in an error. Go to Homepage (remote)
- WhatsApp Error (remote)
slightlyoff@toot.cafe ("Alex Russell") wrote:
It's a minor scandal that browsers added cbor formats but no JS APIs for encode/decode.
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transmission64@c.im ("Transmission64 :c64:") wrote:
And Transmission64 is live. Head on over to https://t64.to/watch .
The iMac M4 wasn’t built for this world
Still beautiful. Still good. Still the wrong form factor for basically everybody.
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simon_brooke@mastodon.scot ("Simon Brooke") wrote:
"When one editor started asking authors to add their raw data after they submitted a paper to his journal, half of them declined and retracted their submissions. This suggests, in the editor’s words, “a possibility that the raw data did not exist from the beginning.”"
https://www.experimental-history.com/p/the-rise-and-fall-of-peer-review
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sereeena@infosec.exchange ("serena 🌙") wrote:
i got kicked out of new zealand because i was telling everyone that it was actually pronounced "jandalf"
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A version of Missile Command for the Commodore 64 where the bottom of your screen is the game state in memory and missiles cause memory corruption, which eventually causes you to lose: https://csdb.dk/release/?id=135463.
In the video below, a missile broke my controls and caused my cursor to move down and to the left so I couldn't stop other missiles.
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jonny@neuromatch.social ("jonny (good kind)") wrote:
The dangers of the situation are obvious and real, but it matters that we remember that the world’s big platforms are steered not by shadowy forces, but by teams of gold-rush-addled dorks whose sometimes-well-meaning employees are stuck frantically LARPing world government on internal forum software.
It’s equally important to remember that the patterns we’ve experienced on mega-platforms are not the only way to do networks but the result of specific combinations of under-thinking and malign commercial pressures—and that the currently ascendant systems are not inevitably annihilating forces, but legal and financial constructs that can be brought to heel, forcibly reconfigured, or just replaced. Keeping these basic facts in mind is oddly difficult, because there’s so much money involved, and money is a spell for blurring the truth.
I think our failure to remember that the mega-platforms are just intentionally extractive constructs run by brainmelted but very human weirdos is a failure of accountability, but our failure to remember that it doesn’t have to be this way is a failure not only of imagination, but of nerve.
Great piece from @kissane
https://www.wrecka.ge/against-the-dark-forest/
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nimbledave ("NimbleDave") wrote:
Here is my process of doing a Chine-collé photogravure print. Chine-collé Is the process of using an extremely thin tissue type paper (in this case Japanese gampi) between the plate and the base paper. This adds the texture and color of the tissue as well as a subtle relief and sheen effect due to the smooth, polished finish of the gampi tissue. #art #printmaking
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cstanhope@social.coop ("Your friendly 'net denizen") wrote:
We can say no, and not just on an individual basis. We can collectively say no, and considering the power dynamics in the world, that can be a better way to go in many cases.
cstanhope@social.coop ("Your friendly 'net denizen") wrote:
I admit that when I see nuanced takes on technology that rest on the defeatist assumption that technology is some sort of inevitable force of nature, I have a hard time paying attention to what is being said. Technology is built by humans for human motives. If we don't build it, it does not happen. We don't have to accept that the only thing to do is gratefully swallow whatever is being forced down our throats.
pzmyers@octodon.social ("pzmyers 🦑") wrote:
You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means.
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Trump’s Pick to Lead His Budget Office Wants to Use It to Deliver on MAGA’s Big Dreams
Continuing the string of MAGA loyalist picks to serve in his administration, President-elect Donald Trump on Friday evening tapped Russell Vought to serve as director of the Office of Management and Budget—again. Vought, a self-avowed Christian Nationalist and key contributor to the Heritage Foundation’s Project 2025 agenda for a conservative presidency, led OMB during Trump’s […]
slightlyoff@toot.cafe ("Alex Russell") wrote:
The performance panel's trace providers don't connect elements to CSS animation-driven events, either on the compositor or main threads... Same for animation and place monitor panels. And perfetto didn't help.
Which makes sort of thing impossible to debug without 3D View + squinting.
slightlyoff@toot.cafe ("Alex Russell") wrote:
The offender was a loading spinner, hidden by other elements, above the fold but off screen.
We clearly have work to do on compositor logic re: power use, but this (high profile) site would have been impossible to fix without the 3D View panel in the interim.
NATO head and Trump meet in Florida for talks on global security
U.S. President-elect Donald Trump and the head of NATO, Mark Rutte, met on Friday in Palm Beach for talks on global security, the military alliance said Saturday.
What’s on your desk, Kylie Robison?
A cozy workspace full of character and characters — and a cat.
This Year's Game Awards Nominees Revealed, Next Year's RPG Avowed Is Looking Great, And More Of The Week's Top News
This week Geoff Keighley graced our phones and laptops to reveal which games will compete for honors at this year’s Game Awards. Games like Astro Bot and Black Myth: Wukong were among those earning several nods, while Dragon Age: The Veilguard saw itself almost entirely locked out (though there’s likely a pretty good…
jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:
Today in History: Thomas Tallis (English composer) dies, 1585
jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:
Today in History: First edition of Life magazine published, 1936
jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:
Today in History: First broadcast of Dr. Who (longest running TV series), 1963
Climate change plays a role in global rise of dengue fever
Over 12 million cases of dengue fever were reported in 2024, the most ever. A study suggests climate change has likely played a significant role in the disease's expansion.
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helenleigh@chaos.social ("Helen Leigh") wrote:
It's official! Teardown will be returning to the mall in June 2025 and @crowdsupply is still letting me run it.
Keynotes will be Cory Doctorow (author, activist), Kate Stewart (VP of Embedded at Linux, Zephyr, RTOS) and bunnie Huang (hardware hacker, author).
We have talks, workshops, hacker art, soldering, synths, SDRs, VR, machines galore, local food, after parties & A+ dying mall vibes.
Early bird tix are on sale and calls for proposals/volunteers are open!
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cstanhope@social.coop ("Your friendly 'net denizen") wrote:
Surprisingly relatable content in the middle of this action packed music video from Salvatore Ganacci's "Fight Dirty":
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DZiaXEIQgkE
(CW for a minor spoiler if you haven't seen the video before.)
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![A cartoon Salvatore Ganacci standing outside, surrounded by cherry blossoms, looking back over his shoulder at the camera he says, "Sometimes I cry when I'm alone." [A still from the music video for "Fight Dirty"]](https://files.mastodon.social/cache/media_attachments/files/110/911/850/243/473/480/original/0b3a045b68a3ef87.png){kind=link}
Opinion: Remembering Vladimir Shklyarov, a dancer for the people
NPR's Scott Simon remarks on the death of ballet dancer Vladimir Shklyarov. Reports from Russian media say he fell from a 5th floor balcony.
Twitter’s heir apparent isn’t X or Threads — it’s Bluesky
Kristen Radtke / The Verge
Bluesky feels like the big winner right now.
I’ve been covering Bluesky ever since I got my invite in April 2023. I’ve felt the platform has always had promise, especially with features like feeds with custom algorithms and the ability to let users pick their own moderation filters. But for a long while, it didn’t have the critical mass of users that I could follow to make it the first social network I load up every day.
Over the course of this month, that’s changed. It added 700,000 new users in a week. Then, it crossed the 15 million-user mark. This week, CEO Jay Graber said it crossed more than 20 million users and had been adding more than a million users per day.
Part of the interest in Bluesky is that it looks and feels like a...
What a mollusc shell and fiber optic cables have in common
A heart cockle shell has been found to let in light through a design that resembles fiber optic cables. This could inspire everything from helping coral survive to designing new camera lenses.
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djsundog@toot-lab.reclaim.technology ("DJ Sundog - from the toot-lab") wrote:
good morning fediverse. :cofepats:
the Red Hot Organization has released their latest project, "Transa", a six LP collection (!!) in support of our trans family and friends who have always been part of our society.
https://redhot.org/project/transa/
(includes the first new Sade song in a long long time, "Young Lion")
jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:
Jennifer Pahlka (from ‘Code for America’) has some interesting things to say
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-ezra-klein-show/id1548604447?i=1000677890883
Bringing Thanksgiving food on a plane? Here is what you should know
Thanksgiving favorites such as mac and cheese, turkey and casseroles can be brought through TSA checkpoints. But cranberry sauce, maple syrup and gravy must go in checked baggage, the agency says.
South Africa's illegal gold miners are locked in an underground standoff with police
Surviving on a diet of toothpaste and toilet paper, South Africa's notorious "zama-zama" illegal miners continue a weeks-long standoff with police in the darkness of a disused gold mine.
The Biden Administration Put $7 Billion Into “Hydrogen Hubs.” Critics Smell a Boondoggle.
This story was originally published by Yale E360 and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. In the fall of 2023, the Biden administration announced $7 billion in funding for seven hydrogen hubs, slated to be built across the country over the next eight to 12 years. If all goes as planned, one of those hubs, the Mid-Atlantic […]
Trump's deportation vow alarms Texas construction industry
Texas builders warn mass deportations of undocumented migrants could devastate the construction industry, threatening housing and infrastructure work in one of the nation's fastest-growing states.
At least 11 killed in Israeli strikes in Beirut as diplomats push for cease-fire
The strikes were the fourth on Beirut in less than a week. The escalation comes after a U.S. envoy traveled to the region this week in an attempt to broker a cease-fire between Israel and Hezbollah.
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lritter@mastodon.gamedev.place ("Leonard Ritter") wrote:
How it's going:
AWS will pay devs to verify Rust standard library because of 7,500 unsafe functions and enormity of task https://devclass.com/2024/11/21/aws-will-pay-devs-to-verify-rust-standard-library-because-of-7500-unsafe-functions-and-enormity-of-task/
nadim@infosec.exchange ("Nadim Kobeissi") wrote:
I wrote a fully functioning SAT solver in Rust (been working on it on and off since March). It now works well enough to pass a few hundred tests, but probably needs more polish before I throw it on GitHub.
Atmospheric rivers aren't new. Why does it feel like we're hearing about them more?
In recent years, "atmospheric river" has become used much more frequently in scientific papers and in media coverage. According to experts who study climate and weather, a few reasons may explain why.
NATO and Ukraine to hold emergency talks after Russia's attack with new missile
NATO and Ukraine will hold emergency talks Tuesday after Russia attacked the city of Dnipro with an experimental, hypersonic ballistic missile that escalated the nearly 33-month-old war.
What to know about Trump's picks for CDC, FDA and surgeon general
In a flurry of picks on Friday evening, Trump named three choices for top health jobs. Together they would help the incoming president shift the priorities of agencies that are key to public health.
Storm lashes Northern California after leaving thousands without power in Seattle
The storm arrived in the Pacific Northwest earlier this week, killing two people and knocking out power to hundreds of thousands, mostly in the Seattle area, before moving through Northern California.
Florida health official advises communities to stop adding fluoride to drinking water
Florida's surgeon general, Dr. Joseph Ladapo, cited developmental concerns from higher levels of fluoride than are found in most U.S. water supplies.
A 'lynch mob' did not come for Matt Gaetz, but the phrasing remains powerful
Even as a young child, I could understand the idea that words have meaning, which is why when Sen. Lindsey Graham referred to a "lynch mob" coming after Matt Gaetz, I felt my stomach drop.
Pokémon TCG Pocket's Mass Outbreak Event Is An Excellent Opportunity To Bolster Your Fire-Type Collection
Hot on the heels of the Meowth and Chansey Wonder Pick events, Pokémon TCG Pocket has launched a new reason for you to keep opening up your phone in the relentless pursuit of more digital cards. The Fire Pokémon Mass Outbreak Event doesn’t give you new single player challenges to overcome, so don’t worry about putting…
jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:
maybe I do need to implement 2 factor authentication at the get-go after all
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arstechnica ("Ars Technica") wrote:
Spies hack Wi-Fi networks in far-off land to launch attack on target next door
“Nearest Neighbor Attack” finally lets Russia’s Fancy Bear into target’s Wi-Fi network.
https://arstechnica.com/security/2024/11/spies-hack-wi-fi-networks-in-far-off-land-to-launch-attack-on-target-next-door/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social
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briankrebs@infosec.exchange ("BrianKrebs") wrote:
Yikes!
"CloudNordic has told customers to consider all of their data lost following a ransomware infection that encrypted the large Danish cloud provider's servers and "paralyzed CloudNordic completely," according to the IT outfit's online confession.
"The intrusion happened in the early-morning hours of August 18 during which miscreants shut down all of CloudNordic's systems, wiping both company and customers' websites and email systems. Since then, the IT team and third-party responders have been working to restore punters' data — but as of Tuesday, it's not looking great."
https://www.theregister.com/2023/08/23/ransomware_wipes_cloudnordic/
jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:
“OpenAI API > Anthropic API : r/LLMDevs”
an interesting post about comparative API utilities
https://www.reddit.com/r/LLMDevs/comments/1efzikx/openai_api_anthropic_api/?rdt=36398
jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:
that is a lotta zeros
https://www.perplexity.ai/page/amazon-invests-4b-in-anthropic-Y3ZOPzPzTxK0Q4d_MaTssw
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dangillmor ("Dan Gillmor") wrote:
Alaska Republican senator Murkowski says she won't vote for Trump appointees if no FBI vetting.
Easy "brave" move since the Senate Republican majority doesn't need her vote.
I expect Sen. Concerned (Collins, Maine) to join this empty protest.
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cwebber@social.coop ("Christine Lemmer-Webber") wrote:
I laid out a strong critique, but let me end on a call to empathy.
Bluesky is built by good people, and the fediverse is built by good people. Neither reflect the designs I presently would like to see today, but ultimately these are built by humans trying their absolute hardest.
jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:
well worth reading:
“Bluesky is built by good people who care, and it is providing something that people desperately want and need. If you are looking for a Twitter replacement, you can find it in Bluesky today.
However, I stand by my assertions that Bluesky is not meaningfully decentralized and that it is certainly not federated according to any technical definition of federation we have had in a decentralized social network context previously.”
Trump names former Texas state Rep. Scott Turner to lead Housing and Urban Development
HUD is bracing for possible budget cuts, something the first Trump administration proposed but was unable to get through Congress. Other changes could restrict who gets rental aid.
Trump picks Oregon Congresswoman Lori Chavez-DeRemer to lead Labor Department
President-elect Donald Trump has nominated Congresswoman Lori Chavez-DeRemer of Oregon to lead the Labor Department. She was one of a few Republicans who support the pro-union PRO Act.
Trump nominates Russ Vought for White House budget director once again
Vought was one of the architects of the conservative agenda known as Project 2025 and served as budget director during President-elect Donald Trump's first term in office.
Elon Musk is directing harassment toward individual federal workers
Illustration by Lille Allen / The Verge
Elon Musk is, in addition to many other things, now the co-lead of the currently nonexistent Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) advisory group. Now, before it even gets rolling, he has begun singling out individual government employees he says are emblematic of the government’s bloat and posting about them to his hundreds of millions of followers on X.
Earlier this week, as first reported by The Wall Street Journal, the X user “datahazard” shared a screenshot on X highlighting the role of Ashley Thomas, the Director of Climate Diversification at the US International Development Finance Corporation, saying, “I don’t think the US Taxpayer should pay for the employment” of that role. Musk reposted it, adding the comment “so many...
Trump nominates Wall Street investor Scott Bessent as treasury secretary
President-elect Trump nominated Bessent, a former protégé of George Soros to be his next treasury secretary.
The Supreme Court will decide the fate of America’s low-income broadband fund
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The Supreme Court agreed to hear arguments on a case involving funding for a major broadband subsidy program, the Universal Service Fund (USF).
SCOTUS granted cert in a pair of cases called Federal Communications Commission v. Consumers’ Research, and Schools, Health & Libraries Broadband Coalition v. Consumers’ Research, which were consolidated for oral arguments. They center around whether Congress inappropriately delegated lawmaking function to the FCC by letting it set contribution rates for telecommunications companies to pay into the nonprofit Universal Service Administration Company, which manages the USF. It also asks whether the FCC delegated too much authority to a private entity by letting USAC manage the subsidy program.
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aeva@mastodon.gamedev.place wrote:
@mcc ignore the thing firefox calls profiles. profiles are a trap to catch wizards. "multi account containers" are where the real action is at. https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/containers
unless you've already been made aware of it by the drooling hoards and it's insufficient for some reason in which case disregard this message
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bodil@treehouse.systems ("Bodil") wrote:
Your regular ONI discount heads up: Steam is doing a bundle sale on Oxygen Not Included and Rimworld, which happen to be my two most obsessively played games on their platform. Warning: ONI is ADHD programmer brain bait in a very serious way, and Rimworld isn't far behind.
(Vegans beware, while I love ONI for not centering its gameplay around violence, it's hard to play it without a degree of animal domestication. Rimworld, on the other hand, is basically The Sims with war crimes; best avoided by the squeamish.)
https://store.steampowered.com/bundle/46465/Terraform_Titans_Duo/
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clive@saturation.social ("Clive Thompson") wrote:
"Imagine if you and your partner discovered that the same lawyer was representing *both* of you in the divorce, while also serving as the judge, *and* trying to match with both of you on Tinder. Now imagine that when the divorce terms were finalized, lawyer got your family home."
@pluralistic on the loony and ruinous conflicts of interest that come from Google's monopoly position online
https://pluralistic.net/2024/11/19/breaking-up-is-hard-to-do/
slightlyoff@toot.cafe ("Alex Russell") wrote:
The 3D View panel in Edge Devtools just saved my bacon in an *wild* bug hunt.
High CPU load iff:
- logged in
- wide monitor
- clear cache
...masked by hard to spot `!important` in "utility" CSS class.
Phew.
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anatudor ("Ana Tudor 🐯") wrote:
Please, use the `for` attribute on labels so input value can be changed by clicking on label as well: https://codepen.io/thebabydino/pen/XejRbo/
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DirecTV and Dish’s on-and-off merger saga switches back to off
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DirecTV has dropped its plans to acquire Dish, the company announced Thursday. The deal would’ve created a TV service megamerger, but it fell through after Dish bondholders rejected the takeover.
In September, DirecTV reached an agreement to acquire Dish, Sling TV, and EchoStar’s TV business for just one dollar, while also taking on Dish’s $9.75 billion in debt. However, Dish bondholders — or the investors who lend money to a company (and expect to be paid back) — weren’t happy about the decision, as the transaction would’ve cut the value of their holdings by $1.5 billion.
“While we believed a combination of DIRECTV and DISH would have benefitted all stakeholders, we have terminated the transaction because the proposed Exchange Terms...
Kotaku Weekend Guide: 5 Great Games We Can’t Wait To Dive Into
Full transparency, readers, I’m not thinking much about video games this weekend. It is a weekend for movies and music. It’s Wicked weekend and, on top of that, Kendrick Lamar just dropped a whole album. But if, for some reason, you’re looking for something to do other than watch Ariana Grande and Cynthia Erivo…
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hsivonen ("Henri Sivonen") wrote:
Not a safety paper, but just to get an idea of what things are like: More than zero committee participants voted against 8-bit bytes: https://github.com/cplusplus/papers/issues/2131
Jay Leno Fell Down A Hill Trying To Get Some Chicken Parmesan
Earlier this week, Jay Leno was injured after he took a tumble down a 60-foot hill outside a hotel in Pennsylvania. Allegedly the former Tonight Show host was trying to find his way to a restaurant to order some food. However, not everything adds up in this story about an aging comedian falling down a dirt path.
YouTuber Uses Science To Discover The Most Painful Lego To Step On
Lego are neat, fun, and incredibly durable. Long after our names have been forgotten and our ancestral bloodlines have been wiped out, their colorful plastic bodies will persist until the heat death of the universe. They also hurt like hell to step on in bare feet.
GrimmReality@beige.party ("Grimm :bc:") wrote:
THE FIRST "REALITY TV" PITCH
TV EXEC: OK it's cheap garbage that saves us money on talent and writing, but what do we do for "drama"?
PRODUCER: We'll cast assholes.
EXEC: And this WON'T destroy America?
PRODUCER: lol probably not
For the first time ever, Taliban reps were invited to the big U.N. climate conference
Since the Taliban took power 2021, Afghanistan has not been invited to big climate conferences. And money for projects addressing climate-related issues has been frozen. Are things about to change?
Since I saw a report about 1984 (because of a new audio version done for motherfucking Audible!) with the same talking points, here's the usual correction:
1984 is not a book about total surveillance. It's a book about how to ensure the middle class will never stand with the lower classes against power. It's about how to destroy solidarity. In 1984 only the middle class is surveilled, the lower classes (proles) and the upper class (inner party) are not. It's a book about power and class politics that is more relevant than ever - but not "because our phones surveil us".
You can easily disassemble this repairable smartwatch using just a Phillips screwdriver
The Spectra smartwatch is now available for preorder through a Kickstarter crowdfunding campaign. | Image: Pocuter
The Spectra is a new smartwatch designed from the ground up to be hackable and easy to repair. It was created by Pocuter, a company that has spent the last few years honing an expertise in building small electronics like its tiny Pocuter One computer. What makes the Spectra unique is that it’s repairable, yet with a design that mirrors the Apple Watch which is much harder to get into.
The wearable is now available for preorder through a Kickstarter crowdfunding campaign with delivery expected as early as July 2025. Early backers can preorder one discounted to around $209, while full pricing is closer to around $272. The Spectra is the company’s seventh Kickstarter campaign, but also appears to be one of its most ambitious. Three years...
Sling TV’s streaming TV price goes up by $5.99 next month
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Sling TV is increasing its monthly subscription prices by $5.99 for all of its plans starting in December. The streaming TV provider said “rising costs” are to blame for the price hikes without specifying why — presumably, not all six of those bucks are intended to pay for its “arcade” library of interactive games that just added Pac-Man and Trivia Crack.
There are two packages: Sling Orange, which includes Disney and ESPN networks, and Sling Blue, which includes Fox and NBC programming that previously cost $40 per month, individually. Now, they will cost $45.99 per month. There’s also the combo Sling Orange plus Blue, which offers a mix of both packages for $55 per month — but will go up to $61. Current subscribers will see the price...
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A Relationship Surviving 1,000 Days of War
It has been over a thousand days since Russia began it's full-scale invasion of Ukraine. The war has had huge geopolitical ramifications, but it has also has affected the lives of millions of ordinary people. Our correspondent in Kyiv tells us how the one couple in Ukraine has weathered the conflict.
Disney World Replacing Muppets With Monsters, Inc.
Big changes are happening at Disney World in Florida. The company has announced that it plans to shutdown a popular Muppets attraction to make room for a new Monsters, Inc.-themed area and ride. And there was bad news for Aerosmith fans, too.
Wisconsin kayaker who faked his death has resurfaced in Europe after elaborate plot
Wisconsin authorities say they have not yet issued a warrant for Ryan Borgwardt, who is believed to be somewhere in Eastern Europe. But that can change if he does not cooperate and return home soon.
DNA Lounge Update, Wherein it's our birthday
https://www.dnalounge.com/backstage/log/2024/11/22.html
