good thread
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@_grendan ("Brendan O'Connor") replied to a tweet by @_grendan:
the absurdity, the joy, the fun that participants had in desecrating symbols of liberal democracy may indicate a lack of strategic thinking beyond seeking the immediate catharsis of transgression but why would we imagine that jouissance is without political meaning or content?
@travisthetechie ("Travis Smith") retweeted:
@EmilyGorcenski ("Extremily Gorcenski") replied to a tweet by @EmilyGorcenski:
The CDC is like, “wow, ok, we heard your feedback and we are listening” and then proceeded to just make that policy worse.
@travisthetechie ("Travis Smith") retweeted:
@MissAmyTobey ("Miss Amy") wrote:
microservices for the sake of microservices is ridiculous. what most of us are really after is useful boundaries in the architecture so that code can be aligned to teams as frequently as possible, and accept there will always also be parts that don't fit well in that model
@AlanTudyk ("alan tudyk") retweeted:
1/🧵🎥 A young mom suffering #COVID. Her husband is scared.
We need to prevent serious long-term complications. Her new normal will likely include PTSD, Dementia, Depression & severe physical disability. (shown w Perm)
Not so “mild” ➡️ Do you want this?
#vaccinate
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@KamalaHarris ("Kamala Harris") wrote:
We have the power today to have an impact on tomorrow, and we can’t shortchange the significance of that.
Get vaccinated.
guess we're on to the "mainstream endorsement of eugenics" part of the march towards fascism
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@WSJscience ("WSJ Science") wrote:
After their son died from an overdose, the Gunners learned his battles with mental illness echoed those of Sperm Donor 1558, his biological father https://www.wsj.com/articles/a-grieving-family-wonders-what-if-they-had-known-the-medical-history-of-sperm-donor-1558-11641119405
@meakoopa ("Anthony Oliveira") wrote:
the bit in the war movies when the big military guys get yelled at by their tough soldier momdaddy or whatever for not sufficiently cleaning their cute little boots 💚🤎
Robinhood debuts First Trade Recommendations for beginner investors
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Robinhood has introduced a new experience geared towards trading noobs, and the company says its personalized stock recommendations could help beginners get a sense of the technical side of trading.
If you’re a new user and haven’t added anything to your Investment Profile, you’ll get the option to choose “Get help with your first investment” from the Investing tab. Robinhood will then present you with a questionnaire that asks what your investment goals are, how long you plan on investing your money, and more.
Based on those answers, Robinhood will recommend a personalized portfolio containing four diverse exchange-traded funds (ETFs), with additional information about each fund and why Robinhood picked it for you. Once you’ve reviewed...
You can buy Wemo’s new HomeKit video doorbell right now
WeMo’s first video doorbell supports HomeKit and HomeKit Secure Video.
And then there were three... At CES 2022 this week, Wemo announced the immediate availability of the Wemo Smart Video Doorbell, a HomeKit video doorbell that works with HomeKit Secure Video. It joins the Logitech Circle View and Netatmo Smart Video Doorbell camera as the only currently available residential HomeKit video doorbells.
The $250 wired doorbell from the Belkin smart home brand is a short, chunky black device measuring 4.9 inches high. It has a 178-degree vertical field of view, 4MP high-resolution camera with “enhanced night vision and optimal zoom clarity,” according to the press release. It also features IP55 weatherproofing and works on 2.4 and 5 GHz Wi-Fi.
Image: Wemo
The Wemo Smart Video Doorbell...
cstanhope@social.coop ("Charles Stanhope") wrote:
I kinda hate how the easiest and most reliable way to determine that there are outages affecting my ISP is to check for people complaining to the ISP's twitter account.
@jwz ("j͕̠̦̪͕̓͛̊̾̄ͅw̧̧̳̪̘͊̋͗̾͢͠z̢̘̞͈̺̞̩̓̽̐̋͗̆̋̚͟͜") retweeted:
@marxfangirl1848 ("Hegel's kegels ☭🐶") wrote:
im already sick of the jan 6th discourse, how hard is it to understand that american fascists are both a huge threat to our safety and also hilarious dumbasses?
@jwz ("j͕̠̦̪͕̓͛̊̾̄ͅw̧̧̳̪̘͊̋͗̾͢͠z̢̘̞͈̺̞̩̓̽̐̋͗̆̋̚͟͜") retweeted:
@dnalounge ("DNA Lounge") wrote:
owl@beach.city ("ugglan") wrote:
Doing a software update on my Nokia bananaphone. Since my iPhone is all but unusable now due to planned obsolescence, I might as well use the banana.
@zkat__ ("tired but ❄️festive🎄 gay") retweeted:
@pablodp606 ("Pablo Dobarro") wrote:
This is CozyBlanket.
A new retopology app designed for iPad and Apple Pencil.
Here is a development preview. We expect to have a beta version available in the upcoming weeks.Video:
@maddow ("Rachel Maddow MSNBC") replied to a tweet by @maddow:
"Bateman has been a prominent figure in Republican politics in Utah..."
https://www.fox13now.com/news/local-news/entrata-chair-emails-tech-ceos-claiming-covid-vaccine-part-of-sterilization-plot-by-the-jews
@travisthetechie ("Travis Smith") retweeted:
@bealelab ("Rupert Beale") wrote:
But did he die of cannonball or with cannonball?
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Armor of a soldier wounded by a cannonball at the battle of Waterloo in 1815.
Video:
@zkat__ ("tired but ❄️festive🎄 gay") retweeted:
@christianmccrea ("christian 🏖🥛") wrote:
Oh no oh fuck nooooo
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𝔚𝔬𝔯𝔡𝔩𝔢
𝖄𝖔𝖚 𝕺𝖕𝖊𝖓𝖊𝖉 𝖙𝖍𝖊 𝕻𝖚𝖟𝖟𝖑𝖊, 𝖂𝖊 𝕮𝖆𝖒𝖊
@zkat__ ("tired but ❄️festive🎄 gay") retweeted:
@veenadubal ("Veena Dubal") wrote:
TALK WITH YOUR CO-WORKERS ABOUT HOW MUCH YOU MAKE.
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@NLRBGC ("NLRB General Counsel") wrote:
Under the National Labor Relations Act, workers have the right to discuss their wages whether or not they are represented by a union. Read more: https://www.nlrb.gov/about-nlrb/rights-we-protect/your-rights/your-rights-to-discuss-wages
@DOStatus ("DigitalOcean Status") replied to a tweet by @DOStatus:
Monitoring: Our engineering team has implemented a fix to resolve the issue with MongoDB Cluster creates and is monitoring the situation. We will post an update as soon as the issue is fully resolved. https://stspg.io/69wz4l1yvt7c?u=tx2ddwkrb0df
Final Fantasy 7 Remake Mod Turns Sephiroth Into Ronald McDonald
Literally what the fuck? It’s been 2022 for less than a week and already the shit has begun. The mods for Final Fantasy VII Remake Intergrade started rolling in shortly after its troubled PC release last month, but I certainly did not expect someone to go full sicko and give Sephiroth the Ronald McDonald make-over.
@zkat__ ("tired but ❄️festive🎄 gay") retweeted:
@cavesofqud ("the new year snapjaw") wrote:
Today is the last day to get Caves of Qud at its winter sale price — $13.49
AND one of the last few days before the regular price goes up to $19.99
itch: https://freeholdgames.itch.io/cavesofqud
gog: https://www.gog.com/game/caves_of_qud
steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/333640/Caves_of_Qud/
@jwz ("j͕̠̦̪͕̓͛̊̾̄ͅw̧̧̳̪̘͊̋͗̾͢͠z̢̘̞͈̺̞̩̓̽̐̋͗̆̋̚͟͜") wrote:
Today on Sick Sad World: How The Cryptobros Have Fallen. Or, the through-line from Assassination Politics to monkey JPEGs. The joke goes, "Stop saying you were promised flying cars. Unless you were born in 1935, you weren't promised flying cars, you... https://jwz.org/b/yjut
@zkat__ ("tired but ❄️festive🎄 gay") replied to a tweet by @zkat__:
Unfortunately, I’ve forgotten the artist’s Twitter handle 😭
@zkat__ ("tired but ❄️festive🎄 gay") wrote:
Me: “I’m not actually a furry, no”
Also me: “I just have this fursona commission lying around for no reason in particular😽”🙈
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@cordy_fox ("Cordula 🏳️⚧️🇵🇷") wrote:
QRT a picture of your fursona that makes you happy 🎵
🎨 @.Lunaris21 https://twitter.com/Raishi_Fox/status/1478384100805423119
@mr_modular ("Allen Nemo") wrote:
Straight from the DogeCoin creator's Twitter . . .
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@ummjackson ("Jackson Palmer") wrote:
I am often asked if I will “return to cryptocurrency” or begin regularly sharing my thoughts on the topic again. My answer is a wholehearted “no”, but to avoid repeating myself I figure it might be worthwhile briefly explaining why here…
@bradfitz ("Brad Fitzpatrick") replied to a tweet by @bradfitz:
They did it!
They called me back and escalated and escalated and laughed at what a bizarre and fun request it was and they sent an email to somebody else but it finally happened!
And they didn't even transcribe the PTR record incorrectly as I alpha bravoed it over the phone! 🎉
@NfNitLoop ("Cody C. #BLM") wrote:
This is especially helpful with #Rust when you're using methods that are defined on traits implemented for a type you're working with.
"Which trait implements this method? What's its import path?" is sometimes a bit of a distraction to code flow. Let the IDE find & import. ❤️
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@rustadventure replied to a tweet by @rustadventure:
Rust Analyzer will let you know in-editor when you haven't brought a symbol into scope using a red squiggle.
Then you can use Cmd+. to trigger the "import" helper, which will either auto-insert the appropriate use item or if there are multiple possibilities, let you choose.
@zkat__ ("tired but ❄️festive🎄 gay") retweeted:
@XiranJayZhao ("XIRAN Buntuber") wrote:
Holy shit just 3 months after publication and Iron Widow is in its 6TH PRINTING 😭
@NfNitLoop ("Cody C. #BLM") wrote:
I don't like relying on type inlays when writing code. If the code isn't readable without an IDE adding more metadata to it, then you need to make it simpler. Reviewers likely will just see the plain text code.
Thankfully, you can disable this feature.
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@rustadventure replied to a tweet by @rustadventure:
The type inlays provide information about the types in your program right next to where they exist. They update in real time as you change your program and it really helps when you're learning a new library and not sure what type a function returns.
@djco ("Dirkjan Ochtman") retweeted:
@TrechNex ("Bobby Moss") wrote:
tfw Mozilla goes in on crypto nonsense, and the original creators of the Firefox browser call them out on their BS.
@travisthetechie ("Travis Smith") replied to a tweet by @NfNitLoop:
@NfNitLoop I mean, having a freeze for weeks, this is what you get. There’s a reason we prefer continuous delivery.
@zkat__ ("tired but ❄️festive🎄 gay") wrote:
(this is the dream co-ops are meant to help achieve btw)
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@AdamMGrant ("Adam Grant") wrote:
A company isn't a family. Parents don't fire their kids for low performance or furlough them in hard times.
A better vision for a workplace is a community—a place where people bond around shared values, feel valued as human beings, and have a voice in decisions that affect them.
@NfNitLoop ("Cody C. #BLM") replied to a tweet by @travisthetechie:
@travisthetechie Had this thought as we come out of our own deploy freeze and find that some of the services we rely on are coincidentally a bit flakier this week than last. 😜
@travisthetechie ("Travis Smith") replied to a tweet by @NfNitLoop:
@NfNitLoop Haha. We have a procedure for that. Basically go down the list this week on who gets to deploy.
@yeah_dancerruti ("Yeah! Dan!") wrote:
With these new Yeezys on the way, all you need is this Balenciaga jacket and these Gucci x North Face pants to do the world's most expensive Big Bird cosplay
@ConroyForReal ("Chris Conroy") wrote:
Can I politely ask who on the comms team allowed this to be posted on a day when hundreds of people, including her former colleague in the Senate, have been stuck on America’s primary interstate overnight
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@VP ("Vice President Kamala Harris") wrote:
Because of the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, America is moving again. That's what infrastructure is all about: getting people moving.
@NfNitLoop ("Cody C. #BLM") wrote:
*deep inhale*. Aaah.
January is like a NYC Spring for the internet.
All the deploy freezes thaw out at the same time, and the internet tubes are filled with months of garbage, human waste, and rat corpses.
Dell’s videoconferencing monitor has a 4K webcam, USB-C hub, and more
Dell’s new 32-inch UltraSharp videoconferencing monitor supports 4K in more ways than one — the first, obvious for a display, is its 3840 x 2160 panel. But it also has a built-in 4K webcam, perfect for the age of Zoom meetings and working from home. Better still, you can connect to the monitor with a single USB-C cable, which will provide a video signal to the screen and send 90W of power back to your laptop.
The monitor’s official name is the U3223QZ (Dell’s naming is catchy as ever), and its webcam uses a Sony 4K HDR STARVIS CMOS sensor. That’s similar to the imaging tech that Dell uses for its $200 external UltraSharp webcam, but unlike that device, the monitor has two built-in microphones. Dell also says that you’ll be able to...
This $400 Keyboard Is For Gamers Looking For High-End Typing Hardware
High-end enthusiast keyboards are marvels of engineering and design, with cases cut from bead-blasted aluminum, suspended gasket mounts, and convenient features like hot-swappable key switches. Gaming keyboards are all RGB lighting effects, sleek angles, shine-through keycaps, and eye-catching bells and whistles.…
owl@beach.city ("ugglan") wrote:
I can't not boycott Mozilla because their engine is not available for use outside of Firefox which doesn't work for me. Kind of sad. There's a million WebKit browsers because it's both possible and easy to use that engine.
Google will pay top execs $1 million each after declining to boost workers’ pay
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Google is giving four of its top execs a significant pay bump, raising their salaries from $650,000 to $1 million, just weeks after the company told staffers it wouldn’t automatically adjust salaries to account for inflation. The new executive salaries were disclosed in an SEC filing.
The executives receiving the $1 million base salaries are chief financial officer Ruth Porat, senior vice president Prabhakar Raghavan (who is in charge of Google search); senior vice president and chief business officer Philipp Schindler; and president of global affairs and chief legal officer Kent Walker. All four executives are eligible to “participate in a maximum $2,000,000 annual bonus program, based on contributions to Google’s performance against...
Verizon joins T-Mobile and AT&T by offering a truly unlimited mobile plan
Verizon is the latest carrier to offer a mobile data plan without monthly caps on its fastest network speeds. | Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge
Verizon has updated its unlimited plans in anticipation of new 5G spectrum coming online ~~tomorrow~~ soonish. The new plans cost the same and include the same level of access to the carrier’s Nationwide and Ultra Wideband 5G networks, but the priciest Get More plan receives a notable upgrade: unlimited monthly “premium data.” That puts it on even terms with the other major carriers’ top-tier unlimited plans.
The plans previously known as Start, Play More, Do More, and Get More Unlimited are now called 5G Start Unlimited, 5G Play More Unlimited... you get the idea. The Get More plan ($90 / month for one line with autopay) previously included 50GB of premium data each month — once customers reached that limit, they’d be subject to slowdowns...
@maddow ("Rachel Maddow MSNBC") wrote:
Um.
https://www.sltrib.com/news/politics/2022/01/04/entrata-ceo-accuses-jews/
@djco ("Dirkjan Ochtman") wrote:
I'm looking to hand over maintainership for the Python rnc2rng package. It's in a pretty good state, issues are pretty rare. So far previous contributors aren't interested. Any suggestions? https://github.com/djc/rnc2rng
@JoshuaOgundu ("Josh") wrote:
Tech founder talks about the Elizabeth Holmes verdict
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@JohnHolbein1 ("John B. Holbein") replied to a tweet by @JohnHolbein1:
We find that Americans are about 10% less likely to respond when African Americans ask for help as opposed to when all-else-equal white citizens ask for help. 11/n
@joelle_emerson ("Joelle Emerson") retweeted:
@JohnHolbein1 ("John B. Holbein") wrote:
Americans are less likely to respond to emails from African Americans.
My new research with @rayblock1, @cdcrabtree, @QuinMonson just dropped at PNAS (@PNASNews).
Here's what we did, what we found, and why it matters. 1/n
https://www.pnas.org/content/118/52/e2110347118
Nvidia still has no idea how to pronounce the name of its best gaming GPU
Ti or Ti?
It’s a question that’s plagued Nvidia fans for years, ever since the company started appending the “Ti” designation to its most powerful GPUs, like the RTX 3090 Ti that Nvidia just announced at CES 2022.
But how do you pronounce “Ti”? There are two camps: those who pronounce it “tie,” like the neck garment or the first syllable of “titanium,” while others fervently insist that it’s pronounced as initials: “tee-eye.” Not even Nvidia seems to know which is right, as the company’s CES presentation showed — different presenters switched back and forth between saying “tie” and “tee-eye” from one segment to the next.
Should “GeForce” be called “Gee-Eee Force”? Of course not. Do you say “Ertex” instead of RTX? Preposterous. But...
@maddow ("Rachel Maddow MSNBC") wrote:
Aitkin County Minnesota Republican party:
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@davidsiders ("David Siders") wrote:
Aitkin County party officials say this isn't a county party event, but not because they disavow it (only that it wasn't discussed and approved ahead of time). The party member who posted it said she mistakenly thought it was on a private page. https://twitter.com/atrupar/status/1478215730512420868
TikTok is testing a Twitter-like Repost button for sharing videos
Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge
The highly addictive clock app is testing a feature that should save you the trouble of having to DM the most share-worthy clips from your For You page with friends. TikTok has introduced a “Repost” button that works a little like Twitter’s retweet feature — but it doesn’t appear to be available to everyone yet.
Several sites earlierreported on the feature, and social media consultant Matt Navarra tweeted an image of the button on December 19th. _TechCrunch_today reported a more detailed explanation of how the tool works in practice, including that it seems to be limited to the For You feed from the share menu rather than throughout the TikTok app. (Videos that are shared can similarly be un-shared from this menu as well.)
Additionally,...
pzmyers@octodon.social ("pzmyers 🦑") wrote:
I double-dog dare Kent Hovind to…read a book. I doubt he'll take me up on my challenge.
https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2022/01/04/the-kent-hovind-challenge/
@porglezomp ("cassie") replied to a tweet by @steveklabnik:
@steveklabnik Mozilla Persona 5
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@Blackamazon ("🗽Sydette Cosmic Dreaded Gorgon 🇬🇾") wrote:
Almost as if white supremacy, aesthetic or political leads to a certain kind of scam all the time every time
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@marinashutup ("Marina Watanabe") wrote:
What a sentence:
“Gwyneth Paltrow and Alex Jones sell the same dietary supplement under different names (“Sex Dust” and “Super Male Vitality,” respectively).”
Hyundai imagines a world in which it has turned everything into a robot
Hyundai has already showed off some practical robotics concepts last month in the lead-up to the 2022 Consumer Electronics Show. Now the South Korean automaker is going full galaxy brain with the introduction of a new “Mobility of Things” concept that it claims will power a whole slew of objects, from household plants and book shelves, to ambulances and autonomous passenger pods.
The spectrum of things that can be roboticized (for lack of a better term) is “unlimited,” said Dong Jin Hyun, vice president and head of Robotics Lab of Hyundai Motor Group, in a statement. “The goal is for robotics to enable all kinds of personal mobility, connected to communicate, move and perform tasks autonomously.”
“The goal is for robotics to enable all...
@gaywonk ("Carlos Maza") wrote:
Every "hysterical" leftist prediction about the collapse of democracy and the rise of American fascism is coming true.
I feel so much rage towards the corporate journalists and Democrats who ignored (and continue to ignore) what's happening.
https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/22814025/democracy-trump-january-6-capitol-riot-election-violence
@polotek ("Marco Rogers") wrote:
OH: "Tell people that their survival is predicated on money for hundreds of years, then offer them a bunch of scams as the only ways they can see to have enough money to survive 😬"
@travisthetechie ("Travis Smith") retweeted:
@chronicwhovian ("Auld Lang Sarah") wrote:
It’s eugenics, pure and simple. Feed the vulnerable people to covid, sacrifice them so that the “normal people” can minimise disruption to their lives.
Thing is, it won’t even work like that. The more you let the virus rip, the greater the likelihood of more variants emerging -
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@doctor_oxford ("Rachel Clarke") wrote:
We need to be clear what "riding it out" actually means.
Not everyone will.
Some will die from Covid - who needn't have.
Some will die from NHS overcrowding/mistakes/lack of bed/delays - who needn't have.
*Avoidable* deaths. Lives lost.
That is what the PM is talking about. https://twitter.com/BBCNews/status/1478414304076603393
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@The_Reach_Out ("Julie Fleming") wrote:
How does columnist and podcaster @fakedansavage keep active and fit? I asked him! 🏋️🏊⚾️
https://juliefleming.substack.com/p/the-reach-out-dan-savage?r=ryeyd&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web
#fitness #exercise #health #media #active
Kotaku's 2021 Games Of The Year
Here, as is our custom at Kotaku, are our collective picks for the 12 best games of the past year, shared in the early days of the new one. But before we get to the games, I want to say a few words about the list, and why we present it the way we do, unranked, in alphabetical order.
@travisthetechie ("Travis Smith") retweeted:
@brianvastag ("Brian Vastag") wrote:
How many of these 1.5 million unexpectedly retired people are disabled by #longcovid?
I guess we'll never know because economists & labor reporters are ignoring the largest mass-disabling event in US history.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2021/12/29/job-market-2021/
owl@beach.city ("ugglan") wrote:
In climbing you can have interesting accidents but I simply thrust my knee into a hold over and over.
@travisthetechie ("Travis Smith") retweeted:
@GaetaAmy ("Amy Gaeta") wrote:
“the lack of robust and accessible social programs for long-term care is merely a symptom of a deeper, more poisonous problem: Disability is a part of life, and we hate it. Literally.”— @mauldin_laura
All the gaming laptops announced at CES 2022 with the latest Intel, AMD, and Nvidia mobile components
Photo by Cameron Faulkner / The Verge
As is usually the case for CES, there is an abundance of gaming laptops being announced for release in early and mid-2022 that have at least two of the following traits in common: they have Intel’s 12th Gen H-series processors, or they support AMD’s Ryzen 6000-series processors, and they have Nvidia’s new RTX 3070 Ti or RTX 3080 Ti graphics chips. What’s more, many of them will also support DDR5 RAM at 4,800MHz. It’s a great time to be shopping for a laptop, as these seem faster than ever.
There are always outliers we won’t catch, and we’ll be making more passes at this through the week, but there are currently well over a dozen laptops coming that have some combination of these components. We’ve covered the biggest CES 2022...
owl@beach.city ("ugglan") wrote:
Bonked my knee when climbing, same way as I bonked it big the time before that. Now it's very bonked.
@travisthetechie ("Travis Smith") retweeted:
BREAKING! Prince Andrew’s lawyers insist current lawsuit could set “dangerous precedent” that rich people are no longer protected when they pay people off after doing terrible things to them
@daborsk ("Shawn Borsky") retweeted:
@JamieMoranUK ("Jamie Moran") wrote:
Xbox Game Pass Subscribers that’s going to experience the Mass Effect Trilogy for the first time when Legendary Edition hits the service this week…
Oh you are in for a treat.
Also 4K 60FPS on Xbox Series X
And With a 120FPS ModeVideo:
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@HudsonBooks ("Hudson Booksellers") wrote:
Iron Widow by @XiranJayZhao is one of our Best Books of 2021! Rebecca, one of our Book Buyers, wrote why she felt it should be included on the list:
https://www.hudsonbooksellers.com/book/9780735269934
@zkat__ ("tired but ❄️festive🎄 gay") wrote:
RT to make a trans girl squirm
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@TinkeringDaemon ("Natalia Portillo 🏳️⚧️") wrote:
Jingle bell! (Any kind of xmas reference is instant death)
@ewarren ("Elizabeth Warren") wrote:
Our democracy depends on the right to vote and the right to have that vote counted. Nothing is more important—and definitely not the filibuster. If we need to change the Senate rules to defend our democracy, then we need to change the Senate rules.
@MattBaume ("Matt Baume") wrote:
Yeah real a shame that diamonds grown in a lab don't have the emotional associations of authentic diamond mines
Latest Google Pixel update fixes bug that prevents 911 calls with Teams installed
Photo by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge
Google is bringing an update to older Pixel devices to fix a dangerous bug that prevents users from calling 911, as noted by a post on a Google support page. The bug stems from an unintended interaction between the Android OS and Microsoft Teams — it only affects devices with Android 10 or later and could occur if you have Teams installed but aren’t signed in.
The update resolves the “issue preventing emergency calls in certain conditions”
On the support page, Google notes that the update resolves the “issue preventing emergency calls in certain conditions while some third-party apps are installed.” It’s available on devices running Android 12 (including the Pixel 3 and up), but the update hasn’t rolled out to the Pixel 6 and Pixel 6 Pro...
@AnnTelnaes ("Ann Telnaes") retweeted:
@kwoodsome ("Kate Woodsome") wrote:
A year since the Capitol attack, only the Trump supporters who stormed the building — not the instigators — are being brought to justice. So @AnnTelnaes & @codingyan created this interactive roll call that's somehow both savage & delightful. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/interactive/2022/ann-telnaes-jan-6-capitol-cartoon/
@AnnTelnaes ("Ann Telnaes") wrote:
🏆 @PostOpinions Design Director @ChrisRukan --->
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@ChrisRukan ("Chris Rukan") wrote:
Always a pleasure working with the great @AnnTelnaes, and @codingyan did brilliant work on the design of this enormous, massive, huge, giant cartoon showing the who's who of the Jan. 6 insurrection. https://twitter.com/AnnTelnaes/status/1478392844964569093
@fakedansavage ("Dan Savage") wrote:
When was the last time someone in NYC was prosecuted for adultery?
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@VoltaireLaFlare ("Angelo Guisado") wrote:
Bragg memo in. The Manhattan DA will no longer prosecute:
▫️selling more than 3 oz of weed
▫️turnstile hopping
▫️trespassing
▫️resisting arrest without an underlying charge for the arrest
▫️prostitution (can seek approval for solicitation)
▫️obscenity
▫️adultery
@fakedansavage ("Dan Savage") replied to a tweet by @fakedansavage:
And Leah Carey from the @GoodGirlsTalk About Sex podcast helps a caller to embrace her new fat body. And on the Magnum @JamesMackayCyp stops in for a “What You Got” segment on porn and hypnosis. Out now!
NXP’s new tri-radio chip makes it easy to add Wi-Fi 6, Bluetooth 5.2, and Thread to smart home gadgets
Imagine these devices have NXP’s new IW612 SoC | Image: NXP
NXP has a new tri-radio SoC that it’s announcing at CES 2022 that’s designed to serve as a silver bullet for comprehensive smart home connectivity in a single chip, offering out-of-the-box support for Wi-Fi 6, Bluetooth LE 5.2, and 802.15.4 (i.e., Thread) all at once.
The idea is that hardware manufacturers building new smart home devices — and especially ones building routers, smart speakers, and hubs that are designed to serve as bridges between different radio standards like Wi-Fi and Thread — can now just integrate a single chipset solution to their products.
That’s especially critical with the upcoming launch of the new Matter standard later in 2022, which aims to provide a single standard to connect all the different smart home...
@fakedansavage ("Dan Savage") wrote:
On today’s #SavageLovecast, a tale of two kinksters. One needs help re-embracing kink after a brutal catfishing. The other wants more sex with her partner… more VANILLA sex. (But really she needs to DTMFA.) http://savage.love/lovecast
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@tqbf ("Thoma§ H. Ptacek") wrote:
Can’t tell me everyone on HN is wrong.
@zkat__ ("tired but ❄️festive🎄 gay") wrote:
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@davetroy ("Dave Troy 🇺🇸") replied to a tweet by @davetroy:
23/Anyone blindly promoting cryptocurrencies without understanding the full background of “sound money,” gold, race science, and white supremacy is unwittingly advancing an agenda they don’t comprehend. Pretending it isn’t there won’t make it go away.
@volkadav ("Mike Jackson") retweeted:
Gonna be really embarrassing when the next intelligent species on this planet figures out we were building nothing out of nothing to make more nothing to use to buy more nothing even when we knew it was destroying us and everything around us.
Heckuva job, humanity. 👍🏻
@DOStatus ("DigitalOcean Status") wrote:
Investigating: Our engineering team has identified an issue with MongoDB cluster creates in our NYC3 region and is actively working on a fix. We will post an update as soon as additional information is available. https://stspg.io/69wz4l1yvt7c?u=pm1x7g3zzn05
@maddow ("Rachel Maddow MSNBC") wrote:
"He spoke from a podium featuring a sign that read, 'Early Treatment Saves Lives.'
And while that's true, without an emphasis on testing, won't it be difficult to know who needs early treatment?"
https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/florida-s-controversial-surgeon-general-rejects-testing-psychology-n1286923
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@RBReich ("Robert Reich") wrote:
The expanded Child Tax Credit has expired thanks to Joe Manchin's obstruction, leaving millions of working families in the lurch as the pandemic shatters records every day. 35.2 million families used the credit on essentials like doctors visits, school supplies, and groceries.
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@MattOswaltVA ("Matt Oswalt") wrote:
they died how they lived, refusing to let science interfere with how God created them
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@YahooEnt ("Yahoo Entertainment") wrote:
France's famed Bogdanoff twins die of COVID after rejecting vaccines https://yhoo.it/3pVc0pW
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@SDonziger ("Steven Donziger") wrote:
BREAKING: The same @Chevron lawyers who jailed me and demonized Amazon Indigenous peoples are now using an adoption case to help Big Oil undermine tribal sovereignty in the U.S.
Thanks @lakotalaw for exposing a fossil fuel industry scam by @gibsondunn to exploit Native lands.
Targus built Apple’s Find My tracking tech into its Cypress Hero EcoSmart backpack
Image: Targus
In addition to designing several new products for people trying to keep germ-free during a pandemic, Targus is targeting iPhone users with this new Cypress Hero EcoSmart Backpack that has built-in Apple Find My technology.
Image: Targus
The Cypress Hero EcoSmart backpack includes Apple’s Find My technology.
In turn, users can also use their backpack to track a lost iPhone by pressing a button in the backpack. The backpack has an integrated battery that’s replaceable and can be recharged via USB, which Targus claims will provide better protection from thieves than a simple tag. Like the other bags in the Cypress Hero EcoSmart line, Targus says this one is built using approximately 26 recycled water bottles.
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John Deere’s self-driving tractor lets farmers leave the cab — and the field
Self-driving tractors could be coming to a farm near you. | Image; John Deere
Agricultural equipment maker John Deere has announced its latest piece of autonomous farming kit: a package of hardware and software that combines machine learning with the company’s GPS-powered auto-steer features to create a “fully autonomous tractor.”
The technology to support autonomous farming has been developing rapidly in recent years, but John Deere claims this is a significant step forward. With this technology, farmers will not only be able to take their hands off the wheel of their tractor or leave the cab — they’ll be able to leave the field altogether, letting the equipment do the work without them while monitoring things remotely using their smartphone.
“This is not a demo. It’s not a concept machine. It’s something we’ve...
@AnnTelnaes ("Ann Telnaes") retweeted:
The insurrectionists' roll call (@anntelnaes / Washington Post)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/interactive/2022/ann-telnaes-jan-6-capitol-cartoon/
http://www.memeorandum.com/220104/p77#a220104p77
@reduct_rs ("ReductRs") wrote:
How to Care for Computers Without Getting Caught Up in Their Drama
Why AT&T and Verizon are feuding with the US government over a last-minute delay to 5G
A long-brewing battle between wireless carriers and airlines
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@iamcardib ("Cardi B") wrote:
Every bad bitch have a gay best friend or gay best friend cousin ……If you homophobic you just ugly.