@bylgja_babylons ("Bylgjan🐝") wrote:

Have I got any pals in Leith?

@bahamat ("Brian Bennett") wrote:

So many years later and still nothing comes close to Excel's data text to columns.

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@popictwt ("yassified gregor samsa") replied to a tweet by @dorrismccomics:

@dorrismccomics the people have spoken

@dorrismccomics ("Alex Norris") replied to a tweet by @dorrismccomics:

also feel free to suggest things! <3

@dorrismccomics ("Alex Norris") wrote:

I’m going to relaunch my patreon soon- what would you most like to see?

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@justky1018 ("𝒦𝓎") wrote:

I’m Midwest sober (haven’t had ranch in 24 hours)

owl@beach.city ("ugglan") wrote:

I see why they did it using JS running in the web page in vimb, that's easier. But I want to make it nicer, and so that no website can mess it up.

owl@beach.city ("ugglan") wrote:

Managed to make it work and do some things in-between work stuff today.
Gotta come up with a nice way of sending all the links and their positions from the web extension to the browser process.
Maybe an array of (double, double, int) and the int maps to a link URL in the extension, so I don't have to send those.

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rysiek@mastodon.technology ("Rysiekúr Memesson") wrote:

This is amazing:
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/dev-corrupts-npm-libs-colors-and-faker-breaking-thousands-of-apps/

tl;dr:
1. a developer of a bunch of popular #npm packages publishes new, intentionally broken versions of them as he doesn't want to support for-profit companies with his free work;
2. NPM *reverts* the packages to older versions against developer's wishes;
3. GitHub *blocks* the developer for acting "irresponsibly".

That story again: developer blocked by #Microsoft #GitHub for making changes to his own code.

This is why #AGPL and @forgefriends are so important!

The FCC’s still in a stalemate a year into Biden’s presidency

Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge

After nearly a year into Joe Biden’s presidency, new pressure is mounting on the Senate to expeditiously confirm nominations for positions at two of the federal government’s top agencies with control over broadband and data privacy.

In new statements issued on Monday, public interest groups Free Press Action and Fight for the Future called on the Senate Commerce Committee to fill the final seats at the Federal Communications Commission and the Federal Trade Commission. Both Gigi Sohn and Alvaro Bedoya, for the FCC and FTC, respectively, have finished their confirmation hearing processes, but neither nomination has received a final committee vote to set them up for floor confirmation.

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@polotek ("Marco Rogers") wrote:

Whew.

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@kaekaecurtis ("kaela saw nwh") replied to a tweet by @kaekaecurtis:

you wanna know what’s making young ppl upset? it’s the fact that you lied. you said you’d protect us. you trapped us in your classrooms and schedules and told us that the temporary suffering would be worth it. we shouldn’t have believed u then. we definitely don’t believe u now.

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@BDaveWalters ("B. Dave Walters: I Say Words About Things") wrote:

Sweet dreams, y'all

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zeruch wrote:

RT @zeruch An alternative/remix of my recent #abstract #painting, "super soulful circles coughing up irresistible bon bons", which I still find interesting, but didn't feel as complete as where I ultimately landed. #art #mixedmedia #mastoart

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@ewarren ("Elizabeth Warren") wrote:

There’s no reason to force Americans to deal with profit-seeking middlemen when they’re trying to file their taxes. It’s long past time for the IRS to use its power to create its own free tax preparation and filing system.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/taxes/2022/01/06/turbotax-free-tax-return-irs/9114118002/

@BarackObama ("Barack Obama") replied to a tweet by @BarackObama:

I wanted to share some of those stories, and also hear about the work you’ve been doing to create change: https://www.obama.org/updates/farewell-address-five-years/

@BarackObama ("Barack Obama") wrote:

Five years ago during my Farewell Address, I asked you to believe in your ability to bring about change. Since then, many of you have answered the call – starting nonprofits, organizing around important issues, and running for office yourselves.

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GM finally bends the knee to California’s authority to set vehicle pollution rules

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General Motors isn’t done wiping the egg off its face from its misguided decision to back then-President Donald Trump’s failed effort to take away California’s ability to set fuel efficiency standards. In a letter sent to the state’s governor today, the automaker said it “recognizes California’s authority to set vehicle emissions standards” under the Clean Air Act and offers itself up an EV supplier for the state.

This represents a reversal of GM’s position three years ago, when it joined Fiat Chrysler and Toyota in supporting the Trump administration’s escalating battle with the state over vehicle emission rules.

a reversal of GM’s position from three years ago

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@rochers ("Scott Rocher") wrote:

Anyone know of a good resource (video, course, etc) that explains the fundamentals of how software gets built at a very high level for someone who is not technical?

nikvo@esperanto.masto.host wrote:

bonan matenon

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@arbarrro ("nikvo") wrote:

bonan matenon

@AnnTelnaes ("Ann Telnaes") wrote:

Spoken by a true jerk--->

Trump calls GOP senator a ‘jerk’ after he rejects former president’s false claims of widespread election fraud https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/01/10/trump-calls-gop-senator-jerk-after-he-rejects-former-presidents-false-claims-widespread-election-fraud/?tid=ss_tw

@kumailn ("Kumail Nanjiani") wrote:

Day after tomorrow. Can't wait.

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@TheEternals ("Eternals") wrote:

This Wednesday, Marvel’s newest Heroes are arriving to @DisneyPlus. 💥 Stream Marvel Studios’ #Eternals January 12.

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@GretaThunberg ("Greta Thunberg") wrote:

2021 was the fifth hottest year on record, and the last seven years have been the 7 warmest years recorded.

https://climate.copernicus.eu/copernicus-globally-seven-hottest-years-record-were-last-seven

@zkat__ ("tired but ❄️festive🎄 gay") retweeted:

@yurirando ("frog "Big Stupid Wife" kosaric") replied to a tweet by @yurirando:

@bcantrill ("Bryan Cantrill") wrote:

Today is the day: @ahl and I are very excited for our conversation with @petermrobison at 5p Pacific! The public tenor of @BoeingAirplanes with respect to the 737 MAX has certainly changed, but has the culture? There is much to learn from the 737 MAX; join us today to discuss!

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@bcantrill ("Bryan Cantrill") replied to a tweet by @bcantrill:

Then, on January 10th, we are thrilled to announce that we will be joined by "Flying Blind" author @petermrobison! I loved this book, and I'm really looking forward to discussing it -- especially how company culture affects (and effects!) quality. 3/ https://twitter.com/bcantrill/status/1475224835810676737

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@great_thunberg ("Greta Thunberg News") wrote:

Copernicus: Globally, the seven hottest years on record were the last seven; carbon dioxide and methane concentrations continue to rise

#ClimateCrisis #GlobalWarming
https://climate.copernicus.eu/copernicus-globally-seven-hottest-years-record-were-last-seven

Among Us Beats Spider-Man As Last Month’s Most Popular PS5 Download

Sci-fi muder mystery Among Us saw its popularity soar again last month after it finally came to Xbox and PlayStation. On PS4 and PS5 specifically, it was the most downloaded game for December, beating out Spider-Man: Miles Morales and Call of Duty: Vanguard for the top spot. Nothing sus about that.

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@bascule ("Tony "Abolish ICE" Arcieri 🦀🌹") replied to a tweet by @bascule:

This is the future Machin actively worked to make happen https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-features/joe-manchin-big-coal-west-virginia-1280922/

@HillaryClinton ("Hillary Clinton") wrote:

"The right to vote is the basic right without which all others are meaningless," Lyndon B. Johnson said. "It gives people, people as individuals, control over their own destinies."

It's time Senate Democrats adjust the rules to protect Americans' right to vote.

@fakedansavage ("Dan Savage") wrote:

Hate-watching has consequences.

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@Variety wrote:

‘Emily in Paris’ Renewed For Seasons 3 and 4 at Netflix https://variety.com/2022/tv/news/emily-in-paris-season-3-4-netflix-1235149747/

@michaloleszczyk ("Michal Oleszczyk") wrote:

The great @odienator of @ebertvoices pays wonderful tribute to the late Sidney Poitier up at @NPR . Worth a listen. https://www.npr.org/2022/01/07/1071248474/remembering-sidney-poitier

LinkedIn to launch audio events later this month

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The live audio feature LinkedIn confirmed it was working on last year will reportedly debut later this month in beta as part of the company’s new events platform. Microsoft-owned LinkedIn said last March that it was doing “early tests to create a unique audio experience connected to your professional identity.” According to TechCrunch, LinkedIn’s all-virtual events platform will eventually include moderated panel-style discussions, roundtables, and fireside chats, with the formats left up to the event hosts.

The virtual events will be built on LinkedIn’s in-house tools, and event participants will potentially be able to converse with each other during and after the live events. The video version is expected to be available later in the...

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@migueldeicaza ("Miguel “mask and vax” de Icaza") wrote:

Via the subpoenas we learn that Google wanted to hire a respected “voice” to act as an Astroturfer against Unions.

Hope the judge order helps us uncover this person that sold the movement for 30 silver coins:

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/01/10/business/google-labor-union-ruling.html

Elden Ring Character Creator Leaks And Fans Are Totally Loving It

As we get closer to Elden Ring’s February 25 launch, footage of its character creator has leaked, and fans of the upcoming action-RPG think it looks dope. In fact, folks are saying it looks better than the character creators in FromSoftware’s previous games, likeBloodborne andDark Souls III.

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@mr_modular ("Allen Nemo") retweeted:

@vmyths ("🗣 Rob Rosenberger") wrote:

I feel bad for whoever does tech support on Symantec's Norton Crypto miner

@fakedansavage ("Dan Savage") retweeted:

@scottjshapiro ("Scott Shapiro") wrote:

“First they laugh at you for taking malaria medicine for COVID, then they laugh at you for taking horse dewormer, then they laugh at you for taking erectile dysfunction pills, and then they laugh at you for drinking you own urine.”

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@joncoopertweets ("Jon Cooper 🇺🇸") wrote:

NEW: Anti-Vax Leader Urges His Followers to Drink Their Own Urine to Fight Covid-19 🙄 https://www.thedailybeast.com/anti-vax-leader-christopher-key-urges-followers-to-drink-their-own-urine-to-fight-covid-19

@mr_modular ("Allen Nemo") retweeted:

@Danielsand ("Dan Sandler") replied to a tweet by @doctorow:

@doctorow @ChuckWendig I give it three months before an update “accidentally “ turns this on for everyone and it’s opt-out from then on. Why wouldn’t they? The benefit from the free money and spend absolutely no energy getting it. It’s evil and perfect for them.

I’m so glad I dropped Norton years ago.

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@doctorow ("Cory Doctorow") wrote:

This is fucking wild. Norton "Antivirus" now sneakily installs cryptomining software on your computer, and then SKIMS A COMMISSION.

https://community.norton.com/en/forums/faq-norton-crypto

@mr_modular ("Allen Nemo") retweeted:

@matthewstoller ("Matt Stoller") wrote:

The whole framework of Web 1.0, Web 2.0 and Web 3 as some sort of natural progression is idiotic. We didn’t enforce antitrust law so power consolidated.

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@ibogost ("Ian Bogost") wrote:

The OG Web 2.0 crowd were naive idealists who didn’t foresee their obvious, eventual decline by centralized capture. The web3 proponents either know decentralization is just rhetoric or else won’t care when it consolidates, because their ideal is wealth, not cyberlibertarianism. https://twitter.com/photomatt/status/1479998907123863554

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freakazoid@retro.social ("Charles U. Farley") wrote:

We need a better name for open source software that reflects its true nature as charity to corporations.

@RachelAppel ("Rachel Appel") wrote:

This is wonderful 🐦🐁😍

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@RickBritt61 ("Rick Britt") wrote:

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@meakoopa ("Anthony Oliveira") wrote:

#XMenVote

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@TonyBWood ("Anthony Blackwood") wrote:

Hmmm where are the X-Men Evolution stans

@RikerGoogling ("Riker Googling") wrote:

how to get real alcohol from starfleet replicators

@ProductPrincipl ("Lisa K. Wells") retweeted:

@gostackstate ("StackState") wrote:

For the 5th episode of the StackPod, we are thrilled to share with you that @BartEnkelaar was our guest! Bart is a lead SRE at the largest online retailing platform in the Netherlands and Belgium: @bol_com.

Listen to the full episode here → https://stackstate.com/podcasts/implementing-sre-at-the-largest-online-retailer-of-the-netherlands-and

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@AlanTudyk ("alan tudyk") retweeted:

@EricBoehlert ("Eric Boehlert") wrote:

GUYS, he’s a “leading purveyor of misinformation”

nobody on the planet talks this. only DC reporters describing GOP

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@nytpolitics ("NYT Politics") wrote:

Ron Johnson, a G.O.P. senator from Wisconsin who has spread many false claims about the 2020 election and Covid, said he would seek re-election. https://nyti.ms/33jIKAg

@AlanTudyk ("alan tudyk") retweeted:

@EricBoehlert ("Eric Boehlert") wrote:

Gutfeld is a chronic liar and anti-vax fanatic who profits off racist rhetoric.

but in the loving hands of the WP he's a "scamp" and a "star" who's "periodically hilarious";

our press is broken; https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/media/greg-gutfeld-fox-news/2022/01/09/5318c528-5874-11ec-a808-3197a22b19fa_story.html

@bascule ("Tony "Abolish ICE" Arcieri 🦀🌹") wrote:

The one where Icarus and Daedalus combine to form Helios

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@Cat222Duck ("Maple") wrote:

@bascule ("Tony "Abolish ICE" Arcieri 🦀🌹") wrote:

Good news for coal barons like Manchin.

Bad news for Planet Earth.
https://www.cnn.com/2022/01/10/politics/us-fossil-fuel-emissions-coal-increased-2021-climate/index.html

@meakoopa ("Anthony Oliveira") replied to a tweet by @meakoopa:

why am i voting for Avalanche in #XMenVote? the reason is simple:

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@schneierblog ("Schneier Blog") wrote:

Fake QR Codes on Parking Meters https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2022/01/fake-qr-codes-on-parking-meters.html

Snag a Sonos Beam 2 refurbished for almost $50 off

Photo by Chris Welch / The Verge

Last year, Sonos raised its prices for some of its most popular products due to the pandemic’s negative effect on the supply chain. But one of its latest releases, the Sonos Beam 2 soundbar in white, is almost $50 off when you buy refurbished at Best Buy right now. It comes with a 90-day warranty via Best Buy, and the Beam 2 includes all original accessories, including the soundbar itself, a power cable, an HDMI 2.0 cable, and a Sonos optical audio adapter.

Sonos touts Dolby Atmos as being the Beam 2’s big spec upgrade over the first-generation model. But my colleague Chris Welch stated in his review that Atmos shouldn’t be the sole reason why you buy it. It does feature wider, more expansive sound than the first iteration, but it’s the...

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@AnnTelnaes ("Ann Telnaes") wrote:

Editorial cartoonists don't retire; they just move on to different platforms

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@Sams1stDaughter ("Elanor Gardner") replied to a tweet by @AnnTelnaes:

@AnnTelnaes @SigneWilk My gosh I wish @SigneWilk would UNRETIRE!

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@Buxnalaus85 ("Luke Ruddick") replied to a tweet by @meakoopa:

@meakoopa Plot Twist; Avalanche wins the election, Rictor gets the spot on the team.

@meakoopa ("Anthony Oliveira") wrote:

A vote for Avalanche is a vote for accountability! #XMenVote

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@DJohnBrown ("Dan") wrote:

Oh no…

Suddenly wishing that @meakoopa hadn’t done such a stellar job with Avalanche… https://twitter.com/marvel/status/1480540249847701507

GTA Publisher To Buy Farmville Maker Zynga For $12.7 Billion

Take-Two, the publisher behind some of the biggest names in gaming like Grand Theft Auto and NBA 2K, today announced a deal to buy mobile game company Zynga for $12.7 billion. If the acquisition of the FarmVille creator goes through, it will mark the biggest sale in video game history.

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

What the well-dressed heathen wears in January.

https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2022/01/10/darth-sweater/

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@Maryxus ("Maryxus Maddly") retweeted:

@JoshuaPotash ("Read Teaching to Transgress by bell hooks") wrote:

Eric Adams is against mandatory Covid testing... because it would mean fewer kids in school

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@Maryxus ("Maryxus Maddly") wrote:

Only now? It's been clear for months that Manchin has no intention of helping.

https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/588806-senate-democrats-grow-less-confident-in-manchin

Anathema wrote:

Words to live by: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eGMpZnEMYVc

@KamalaHarris ("Kamala Harris") wrote:

Our democracy is being threatened by an attack on voting rights.

We must fight to save our democracy by fighting for the right for all people, whoever they vote for, to vote.

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

Would you believe creationists don't like space telescopes? Or any science that does hypothesis testing, inference, or generates theories? How dare scientists draw unbiblical conclusions from their work!

https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2022/01/10/dont-try-to-tell-me-creationism-isnt-a-science-stopper/

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@AnnTelnaes ("Ann Telnaes") wrote:

An editorial cartoonist who started in print returns to print. Follow @SigneWilk as she sketches with her coffee and/on the morning papers!

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@SigneWilk ("Signe Wilkinson") wrote:

The unvaxxed clogging our hospitals , expecting the overworked staff to cure them strain sympathies. When they recover, will they still support anti-vax pols? Morning newspaper white-space sketch.

Take-Two Interactive to acquire social game developer Zynga in $12.7 billion deal

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Take-Two Interactive, the video game publisher that owns Rockstar and 2K Games, is set to acquire social game developer Zynga in a deal valued at $12.7 billion (via The Wall Street Journal). The cash and stock transaction is expected to close in the first quarter of 2023, pending regulatory approval.

Take-Two Interactive’s acquisition of Zynga marks the company’s foray into the mobile game market. Take-Two is behind some of the most well-known game series, including Grand Theft Auto, Red Dead Redemption, BioShock, Borderlands, and NBA 2K.

Take-Two’s $12.7 billion acquisition is one of the biggest in video game history

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Anathema wrote:

The only thing worse than voice therapy is actually speaking.

@ewarren ("Elizabeth Warren") wrote:

Twenty years out of school, the median white borrower owes about 6% of their student debt. But the median Black borrower owes about 95%. Education is supposed to level the playing field, but the way our system makes people pay for it has become an anchor. #CancelStudentDebt

@telegram ("Telegram Messenger") wrote:

You can tap a message in chats, groups or channels to translate it on any Android or iOS 15+ device. To get started, enable translation in your Settings > Language menu. Uno, dos, tres – no more copy-paste. #TelegramTips

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@YoAndyZou ("Andy Zou") wrote:

Seinfeld Today: Elaine spends six hours in a testing line, Jerry finds his new girlfriend less attractive with a mask off, George attends an anti-vax rally so he can get "super-immunity," and Kramer hoards rapid tests.

Honor announces the Magic V, its first foldable smartphone

Honor’s new foldable, the Magic V. | Image: Honor

Former Huawei sub-brand Honor has just announced its first foldable smartphone, the Honor Magic V. It uses a similar folding form factor to Samsung’s Galaxy Z Fold devices, combining a large internal folding display with a smaller external display that can be used while the device is folded. Today is the foldable’s Chinese launch, where its price starts at ¥9,999 (around $1,569) for its 256GB storage model. It will go on open sale on January 18th.

The Magic V’s flagship feature, its internal folding screen, measures 7.9 inches from corner to corner, has a resolution of 2272 x 1984 with a refresh rate of 90Hz, and an aspect ratio of 10:9. That’s slightly bigger than Samsung’s Z Fold 3, whose internal screen is 7.6 inches with a...

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Leaked images show new Surface Go 3 matte black option

Microsoft appears to be readying a matte black version of the Surface Go 3. Leaked images from Aggiornamenti Lumia on Twitter show the 10.5-inch Surface Go 3 with a new matte black finish. The device looks identical to the Surface Go 3 otherwise, and the marketing images could suggest a launch is imminent.

Microsoft first launched the Surface Go 3 in September, with new Intel processor options. The Surface Go 3 can be configured with an Intel Pentium Gold 6500Y or Core i3-10100Y, upgrades over the Surface Go 2, which launched with a Pentium Gold 4425Y or a Core m3 chip. Little else changed with the Surface Go 3 over the previous model, though.

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— Aggiornamenti Lumia (@ALumia_Italia) January 10, 2022

LTE...

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

The St Paul school district is considering a novel solution to this spike: stop all testing so they don't have to see the spike. Very Trumpian.

https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2022/01/10/uncle-keith-has-been-very-busy/

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@RussellGlasser ("Russell Glasser 💙") wrote:

Waking up to a Twitter feed full of shocked exclamations without context, then gradually realizing half are talking about a football game, and the other half are talking about Bob Saget.

@meakoopa ("Anthony Oliveira") wrote:

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@SecFudge ("Secretary Marcia L. Fudge") wrote:

The United States is the only major economy in the world where the economy as a whole is stronger now than before the pandemic.

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@ex00 ("👨‍💻") wrote:

yay! My (and @thekubeshop testkube team :)) project in CNCF landscape https://landscape.cncf.io/card-mode?grouping=no&license=open-source&organization=kubeshop&selected=test-kube

owl@beach.city ("ugglan") wrote:

"This function has to be public and it has to use the G_MODULE_EXPORT macro."

Hm, but I'm not using C, what does it do.

"This is a no-op on Linux and Unices"

Woo!

"...but when compiling for Windows, it marks a symbol to be exported from the library or executable being built."

Boo!

Guess I have to learn how to do that in Zig.

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certifiedperson@weirder.earth ("Rose [it/its]") wrote:

So it looks like some scientists think they may've figured out what's up with long covid - people have a lot of micro blood clots which normally a body is good at breaking down, but these ones have inflammatory chemicals trapped in them and aren't breaking down.

Most likely they're reducing the amount of oxygen getting to cells, which sure would explain a lot of the symptoms.

https://thehill.com/changing-america/well-being/medical-advances/588443-south-african-scientist-thinks-she-may-have

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@MoKa_norin5 ("koma") wrote:

〜♪
(オルゴールの鳴る音)

@meakoopa ("Anthony Oliveira") retweeted:

@dereckapurnell ("derecka") wrote:

yes because you are letting companies profit from our massive deaths and hospitalizations

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@SecFudge ("Secretary Marcia L. Fudge") wrote:

The United States is the only major economy in the world where the economy as a whole is stronger now than before the pandemic.

@teller ("Siim Teller") wrote:

Sort your garbage. Recycle. Reuse. Etc, etc, etc.

And then…

(This will be my only not-quite-rage-but-rather-annoyed RT per month)

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@airlivenet ("AIRLIVE") wrote:

REPORT Lufthansa group confirmed that 18,000 flights had been flown empty to keep airport slots https://www.airlive.net/lufthansa-group-confirmed-that-18000-flights-had-been-flown-empty-to-keep-airport-slots/

@gcouprie ("Geoffroy Couprie") wrote:

Look the solution to the whole colors/faker.js debacle is not funding maintainer or auditing dependencies.
It's requiring sub turing languages in dependencies and sandboxing them in wasm

Your Winter 2022 Anime Guide

It’s cold! Who wants to go outside when there’s new anime to watch? Not me, that’s for sure.

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owl@beach.city ("ugglan") wrote:

From: "Discord" notifications@discord.com
Date: 2022-01-10 12:42
Subject: Welcome to Discord!

oh, did they fix my account?
*follows a comically long URL*
"Something's Going on Here"
yeah I'm trying to use your chat thing and it's not working :/

owl@beach.city ("ugglan") wrote:

Looking at ATS, I wish Rust had gone a little bit further.
It has pointers in safe code, and theorem proving, and full linear types instead of a special case in the form of a borrow checker.
And considering all that, it doesn't look so complicated.
But now it's Rust that has all the momentum and corporate backing so.

owl@beach.city ("ugglan") wrote:

Oh, doesn't seem so bad.
Just your standard shared library thing.
Export some functions matching the prototypes.

Then I could have such an extension for Lua scripting or whatever others might like.

Google says Apple ‘should not benefit from bullying’ created by iMessage lock-in

Apple’s Messages app distinguishes between iOS users (in blue) and Android users (in green). | Photo by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge

Google has accused Apple of benefiting from bullying as part of a deliberate strategy to make Android users into second-class citizens on the iPhone-maker’s iMessage service.

Apple’s messaging service includes a number of iOS-exclusive features, like Memoji, and famously turns texts from Android users green instead of the iOS-native blue. This has turned iMessage into a status symbol among US teens, creating peer pressure for young people to buy iPhones and sometimes leading to the ostracization of Android users. Showing up in a group chat as a green bubble has become, for some, a social faux pas.

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@Extrawurst ("Stephan D.") retweeted:

@killercup ("Pascal") wrote:

Finally, I found some time to write about another cool use case of @rustlang's type system! Here's a post on the type magic @BevyEngine uses for its labels! https://deterministic.space/bevy-labels.html

@rob_hawkins ("New Years Hawkins") wrote:

"Harrison Ford is trending"

Me: Oh shit, he's dead or a sex pest

*clicks link*

HF: "Stop denigrating science!"

Phew

@jwz ("j͕̠̦̪͕̓͛̊̾̄ͅw̧̧̳̪̘͊̋͗̾͢͠z̢̘̞͈̺̞̩̓̽̐̋͗̆̋̚͟͜") retweeted:

@jefposk ("Jef Poskanzer") wrote:

Let me see if I have this straight:
web1: capitalized HTML tags
web2: CSS border-radius
web3: pyramid schemes

Samsung Display’s new QD-OLED panel can hit 1,000 nits brightness for improved HDR

Samsung Display’s new panels combine a self-emissive layer with quantum dots. | Image: Samsung Display

Key specs for Samsung Display’s new QD-OLED TVs have been revealed by third-party certification company SGS, the South Korean display manufacturer has announced. According to SGS the new panels are capable of hitting a brightness of 1,000 nits, and can display over 90 percent of the BT.2020 color space, which both represent substantial improvements over current OLED TVs on the market, otherwise known as WOLEDs.

The figures are in line with those that were put out by YouTube channel LinusTechTips (LTT) last week, in a video that was sponsored by Samsung Display. So it’s notable that these relatively impressive specs have now been validated by an independent certification company, albeit only partially.

LinusTechTip’s video compares the...

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owl@beach.city ("ugglan") wrote:

úff, need to make a "WebExtension" to actually do anything fun.

@mark_wilkins ("Mark W / CCP Darwin") wrote:

Combine NFTs with Wordle?

@RachelAppel ("Rachel Appel") retweeted:

@DavidGiard ("Mr. David Giard") wrote:

owl@beach.city ("ugglan") wrote:

work/wife balance

Anathema wrote:

Can I add static extension methods that show up on static invocations of the target class yet? #csharp

Also, it is a crime that `DateOnly` didn't ship with a `Now` or `Today` method.

owl@beach.city ("ugglan") wrote:

Checked off my first thing in neorg.
It seems nice but I will need a way to sync it to my work computer.
Or maybe not. Maybe I just have separate neorgz for work and life.
Isn't it funny that it's called work/life balance. Work is not life.

@zilmer ("Priidu Zilmer") wrote:

Ühtlasi kasulik näpunäide ka algajale ettevõtlushuvilisele, kes soovib näiteks jazz-bari avada.

with quote tweet:

@ronaldliive ("Ronald Liive") wrote:

Ja nüüd finantskirjaoskuse minutid endiselt rahandusministrilt: https://arileht.delfi.ee/artikkel/95597467/martin-helme-voiks-riigile-hinnasoki-tekitada-ja-jatta-elektriarved-maksmata 🤡

owl@beach.city ("ugglan") wrote:

Micro's soft: the thing we pushed on you that you didn't want and now haven't used for years is about to be deleted unless you Take Action Now!

@timminchin ("Tim Minchin") wrote:

ANNOUNCEMENT: Newcastle and Sydney Shows. (They are going ahead). x

Video:

@taralx ("JP Sugarbroad 🐺") replied to a tweet by @taralx:

This is the new thing now. Everyone #wordle.

@taralx ("JP Sugarbroad 🐺") wrote:

Wordle 204 5/6

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Anathema wrote:

Pretty rude for this #wordle stuff to not use an actual hashtag so I can mute it.