fromjason ("fromjason.xyz š¤") wrote:
In your estimation, how many #Threads users have opted-in to the #fediverse?
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PavelASamsonov ("Pavel A. Samsonov") wrote:
The true power of #genAI is not technological, but rhetorical: almost all conversations about it are about what executives are saying it will do "one day" or "soon" rather than what we actually see (and of course no mention of business model which doesn't exist).
We are told to simultaneously believe AI is so "early days" as to excuse any lack of real usefulness, and that it is so established - even "too big to fail" - that we are not permitted to imagine a future without it.
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timnitGebru@dair-community.social ("Timnit Gebru (she/her)") wrote:
I was so disappointed to see an episode of Abbot Elementary which assumed that tools purporting to detect "AI" generated text work 100%, given the number of students wrongfully accused of using ChatGPT because of these tools.
fromjason ("fromjason.xyz š¤") wrote:
It's interesting how conversations about the #IndieWeb, #SmallWeb, and even federation, aren't happening on #BlueSky in any meaningful way.
In fact, none of the major microblogging platforms are engaged in conversations about the web as much as #Mastodon from what I can tell.
rmrenner ("The Old Gay Gristle Fest") wrote:
I took a quick peek at this 50s noir called "My Gun Is Quick," a Spillane adaptation. I haven't sat down to properly watch it yet but 5 minutes in, this makes the Columbia noirs I watched a while back look hilariously refined. A lot of noir parodies think they're imitating Bogart but they're really hitting this.
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jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:
reading about the āThree-body problemā, spurred on by reading the novel & now watching the series
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jensimmons@front-end.social ("Jen Simmons") wrote:
I used the `light-dark` function quite a lot in recent demos. It makes implementing dark mode so easy!
Drop this in your base styles:
```
:root {
color-scheme: light dark;
}
```
Then, any time you define a color, do it like thisā¦. to assign the first color to light mode, and the second to the dark mode.
```
color: light-dark(#000, #fff);
background-color: light-dark(#fff, #999);
```
This will save you from writing lots of conditional code inside `prefers-color-scheme` media queries.
Googleās Pixel 9 may get an Apple-like satellite SOS feature
Image: OnLeaks / 91Mobiles
Google could be adding a feature very similar to Appleās Emergency SOS feature to the Pixel 9 and the next Pixel Fold. Thatās according to leaker Kamila Wojciechowska, who writes for Android Authority that the company would partner with T-Mobile to offer the feature but may add other providers later.
Just like Appleās system, Googleās SOS feature would reportedly present future Pixel owners with a series of questions to ascertain whatās happening, rather than let users thumb one out. A video in the Android Authority article features the animation Google will display to users to help them get the phone aligned with a satellite.
According to Wojciechowska, these are some of the questions the feature will ask:
- What happened?
- [Are you/Are...
I like to minimize the size of binaries I build. Unremovable debugging strings annoyed me, so I've added an option to completely neuter `Debug::fmt` in #Rustlang
Blackmagic Design releases a DaVinci Resolve editing panel for iPads
Blackmagicās new Micro Color Panel lets you edit video on the go. | Image: Blackmagic Design
Blackmagic Design announced its video editing software, DaVinci Resolve, was coming to the iPad back in 2022, and although it supports multitouch input and the Apple Pencil, sometimes, nothing beats purpose-built hardware. On Friday, Blackmagic announced the $495 DaVinci Resolve Micro Color Panel, which it says will be available worldwide in May and is specifically designed for the iPad.
At 14.33 inches by 7.18 inches, the Micro Color Panel is about the size of a computer keyboard. It has an iPad Pro mounting slot and connects either via Bluetooth or USB-C. Besides being smaller than Blackmagicās other color panels, the Micro is also significantly cheaper (The next one up ā the Mini Panel ā is listed at over $2,000 on Blackmagicās...
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gknauss ("Greg Knauss") wrote:
Anti-Billion Dollar Idea: Sniff LLM crawler user-agents and serve them garbage.
Less Than a Day Before First Criminal Trial Begins, Trump Attacks JudgeāAgain
With less than 24 hours until his first criminal trial kicks off, Donald Trump is doing what youād probably expect: attacking the judge presiding over the case. In a post on Truth Social, Trump alleged that Judge Juan Merchan might be āthe most highly conflicted Judge in New York State historyā and complained of a āFake [ā¦]
I've set up git commit signing with SSH. It was relatively easy, and did not need any GPG cruft.
The first Apple-approved emulators for the iPhone have arrived
A screenshot from iGBA. | Screenshot: Wes Davis / The Verge
I played Game Boy Advance games on my iPhone last night thanks to a new emulator called iGBA, which appears to be the first Game Boy Advance emulator on the App Store since Apple started allowing emulators worldwide. The only trouble is, it doesnāt look like iGBA is developer Mattia La Spinaās own work.
Emulation developer and AltStore creator Riley Testut says itās a rip-off of GBA4iOS, the predecessor to his Delta emulator that was originally made for iOS over a decade ago and that he recently resurrected for the Vision Pro, the source code for which he has published online.
Here are some screenshots for comparison, starting with iGBA:
Screenshots: Wes Davis / The Verge
Screenshots from iGBA.
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Biden Official: The US Is āNot Looking For a Wider War With Iranā
A Biden administration official said this morning that the United States is ānot looking for a wider war with Iranā following Iranās launch of retaliatory strikes against Israel yesterday. White House National Security Communications Advisor John Kirby told Kristen Welker of NBCās Meet the Press that President Biden does not āwant to see this escalate,ā [ā¦]
fromjason ("fromjason.xyz š¤") wrote:
Will be a great addition
https://ourincrediblejourney.tumblr.com/
fromjason ("fromjason.xyz š¤") wrote:
(Automattic Aquires) Beeper:
> This is a big bet. Automattic is doubling down on chat after their acquisition last year of Texts.com, a messaging app with a similar mission. Our teams and products will merge, and I will take on the role leading the team as Head of Messaging. It will take a bit of time for us to integrate and combine forces under the Beeper brand.
https://blog.beeper.com/2024/04/09/beeper-is-joining-automattic/
nadim@symbolic.software ("Nadim Kobeissi") wrote:
"The Council of the Cones Convenes to Decide the Fate of the Blaspheming Tree"
Price: $788,301.11
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"...demonize the Jewish state and promote hate on campus. The guest speakersā claims reeked of antisemitism throughout."
These efforts to lockdown a #brightline test for #antisemitism are very much about this: demonizing #israel . That point is spot on and very revealing of the underlying #antisemitism which is the driving force. The rest is just cherries on top.
Yes, distinguish #antizionism , and criticize away. But consider motivations.
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What I'd emphasize here is that if #academia is *demonizing* Israel they're not just criticizing the state, but are displaying a hidden agenda of antisemitism. As distinct from antizionism.
It's subtle.
Not sure how that relates to grade school curriculum, however!
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amiserabilist@med-mastodon.com ("paul") wrote:
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johl@mastodon.xyz ("Jens Ohlig") wrote:
Within my lifetime flying killer robots went from a fictional trope to regular news content.
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geekmomprojects ("GeekMomProjects") wrote:
Cthulhu the Cuttlefish got LEDs installed tonight
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futurebird@sauropods.win ("myrmepropagandist") wrote:
There are childeren as young as 10 and 12 in the US without their parents. (But sometimes with extended family who may or may not be on their side) working the hardest agriculture jobs.
One of my students here in the Bronx told me about how he worked picking in Texas "when he was younger" (he was 14 when I met him) His mother had to either leave them at home or she could bring them to work with her if they "helped out." The children were not paid.
That was in 2006.
jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:
like to eat? thank a farmworker
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ufwupdates@union.place ("UFW") wrote:
Maria has worked for both union and non union companies in Madera CA. She shares when she works at a union company she earns well above minimum wage, she has life insurance for her & her family along with paid holidays & her rights are respected. #WeFeedYou
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nadim@symbolic.software ("Nadim Kobeissi") wrote:
"Orbulon and Friends Stumble Upon the Green Salami Artifact While Lounging in the Forbidden Beach, As They Are Surveilled by The Spaghetti Overseers"
Price: $245,126.87
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"Shape Family Comes to Visit Mr. Pyramid in His Home Among the More Derpy Pyramids Also Known As Mountains"
Price: $94,252.28
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nadim@symbolic.software ("Nadim Kobeissi") wrote:
Attention, everyone. Because of how bored I am at the local coworking space watching my fiancƩe work on a Sunday, I have decided to BECOME AN ARTIST.
BEHOLD MY AMAZING ARTISTIC CREATIONS WHICH YOU CAN PURCHASE AS INCREDIBLE NFTs.
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The End Of Battlefield 2042, 'Woke' Scrabble, And More Of The Week's Biggest News
Another weekās in the books for 2024, and there were some interesting updates in the world of games, anime, and more. Battlefield 2042 is no more, no one knows whatās next for Helldivers 2, Scrabbleis woke, and Hatsune Miku fans are mad. Letās get into it.
Best video game TV show ever?
The Verge
Hi, friends! Welcome to Installer No. 34, your guide to the best and Verge-iest stuff in the world. (If youāre new here, welcome, so psyched you found us, and also, you can read all the old editions at the Installer homepage.)
This week, Iāve been writing about the Humane AI Pin and the Aboard app, reading about the Com World War and why studios cancel already-made movies, watching Ripleyand a deep dive into the Game Boyās incredible sturdiness and power, listening to The Rest is Historytake on Martin Luther, and seeing if Amazonās Echo Frames can replace my headphones.
I also have for you an excellent new video game show, a new ebook reader worth a look, yet another doc about how bad tech is, a sweet new drone, and much more.
I also...
jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:
an interesting piece
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tootstorm@eldritch.cafe ("todd ellis") wrote:
@jimbob You joke, but the return of Clippy as an AI assistant with built-in ads while trying to market off of ironic nostalgia is a certainty.
How to give kids autonomy? 'Anxious Generation' author says a license to roam helps
Kids have too much screen time and not enough autonomy, says author Jonathan Haidt. His book The Anxious Generation argues this has caused an epidemic of mental illness and suggests ways to fix it.
Berkeleyās Peopleās Park Is a Metaphor That Has Outlived Its Use
This essay was originally published on Dashka Slaterās Substack, A Sigh of Relief, which you can sign up for here. I was homeless when I started college at the University of California, Berkeley. First-year students werenāt guaranteed housing in those days, and Iād been unable to secure a spot in either the dorms or the [ā¦]
Sinking Cities Spell Slow-Motion Disaster for Critical Infrastructure
This story was originally published by Wired and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. With its expanse of buildings and concrete, Mexico City may not look squishyābut it is. Ever since the Spanish conquistadors drained Lake Texcoco to make way for more urbanization, the land has been gradually compacting under the weight. Itās a phenomenon [ā¦]
Chicago shooting kills 7-year-old girl and wounds 7 people including small children
Eight people were shot including a young girl who was killed in what Chicago police believe was gang-related violence on the city's South Side on Saturday night.
These Mormon women are rejecting Trump, fraying GOP support in a key state
In this swing state, every voting bloc can make a difference. That includes Maricopa County's LDS community, where Republican women have been turning away from former President Donald Trump.
If convicted this year, Trump could lose the right to vote for himself
In a year of unprecedented political developments, the New York hush money trial could mean one fewer vote for Donald Trump in Florida.
nadim@symbolic.software ("Nadim Kobeissi") wrote:
Okay, Iām going to start posting my magnificent 1990s retro 3D render art that Iām making using software from 1997 made for Windows 95.
Behold.
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I need to invent a time machine, go back a decade in time or more, and tell myself that one can be a brilliant cryptographer and an even greater imbecile. Whatās the point of being so great at something if you end up as such an unimpressive human in most other respects? This is why most well-balanced people focus instead on good work, but also on friendships, sports, health, family, art, culture, hobbies, travel, and especially understanding all the different parts of the world.
Trump attacks judge and prosecutors in his hush money case in last rally before trial
Former President Donald Trump on Saturday lit into New York prosecutors and the criminal hush money case they brought against him during his last rally before his trial begins Monday.
Police in Australia identify the Sydney stabbing attacker who killed 6 people
Police have identified the assailant who stabbed six people to death at a busy Sydney shopping center before he was fatally shot by a police officer.
isagalaev ("Ivan Sagalaev :flag_wbw:") wrote:
I'm back! Borked my laptop by upgrading #Ubuntu to the recent 24.04 beta. Looks like the upgrade process removed/disabled #AMD #GPU drivers, and for a while I was left with looking at a plain non-GUI shell, which required an actual real-life magnifying glass, because of my HiDPI display!
Now it's operational again with built-in drivers, but I still want to figure out how to bring the AMD 3-rd part drivers back and restore OpenCL support.
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ahnafm@techhub.social ("Ahnaf Mahmud") wrote:
First emulator to hit the App Store @stroughtonsmith https://apps.apple.com/gb/app/igba-gba-gbc-retro-emulator/id6482993626
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Gargron ("Eugen Rochko") wrote:
I'm running out of pictures to post as I'm still waiting on two rolls from my NYC trip to be processed at the lab... š
jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:
time for a pipe and the pillow, g'night/g'day friends
::poof::
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i think i'd have just scrolled past if not for seeing
"code without branches runs the same way every time"
*laughs in any cpu made after 1995, cries in atomic memory models*
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taking programming advice from people who use ruby should come with a warning
like "i use a language designed to make three line examples look good in a slide deck. this idea might not look as great without sugar."
or "this person took bdd seriously and belived running a eula though a regex to interpret tests was the height of engineering. beware of solutions in search of problems"
jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:
US, UK, and Jordanian Air Forces have apparently been cooperating to shoot down Iranian drones over Jordan, Syria and Iraq
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Norobiik@noc.social ("Norobiik @Norobiik@noc.social") wrote:
A hastily assembled coalition including the #US and #UK has helped #Israel shoot down Iranian drones over #Jordan, #Iraq and #Syria in an effort to blunt the attack and prevent an uncontrollable escalation.
Jordanian jets had also downed dozens of Iranian drones flying across northern and central Jordan heading towards Israel.
US and UK forces help shoot down Iranian drones over Jordan, Syria and Iraq | #Israel
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/apr/14/us-and-uk-forces-help-shoot-down-iranian-drones-over-jordan-syria-and-iraq
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evan@cosocial.ca ("Evan Prodromou") wrote:
What is your favourite blood type?
jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:
unhinged idiots sitting in safe offices in DC are apparently finding it easy to offer up Other Peoples' Blood in war
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skykiss@sfba.social ("Kailee ā¾ļø") wrote:
āThe Russian military is purchasing Starlink terminals from SpaceX, with supplies coming from the USA, Europe, UAE, Canada, Germany and Kazakhstan.
This was found out by specialists from the OSINT agency Molfar, who studied the assortment and spoke directly with terminal sellersā
House GOP leaders plan to take up Israel aid after Iran attack
House Majority Leader Steve Scalise said the chamber will consider legislation to support Israel after Iran launched dozens of drones toward Israel late Saturday night.
collinsworth@hachyderm.io ("Josh Collinsworth") wrote:
I guess "popular" is open to interpretation here, but I just mean all modern JavaScript frameworks *COMBINED* make up something like 3% of the web, and React is just the biggest sub-slice of that slice.
Contrast that with PHP, which is somewhere around 50% of the functional internet (bringing with it jQuery, in virtually all cases), and it's hard to take any argument based on React's market share even remotely seriously.
collinsworth@hachyderm.io ("Josh Collinsworth") wrote:
Thinking about the mental gymnastics required to say "React is the most popular; it won; React is king; there's no sense in choosing anything else" while *ALSO* staring at a mountain of data that shows PHP is like 20 times more popular than React.
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mekkaokereke@hachyderm.io ("mekka okereke :verified:") wrote:
The talent level of data scientists and data visualisation working at newspapers is *exactly* as high as those working at the biggest tech companies. Seriously. Anyone that doubts this, doesn't know what some of the data scientists at Big Tech did before they got to Big Tech. Talk to your coworkers more.
Great journalism wants to come out! Journalism that works for a 2024 world. I see flashes of it. Small teams doing long-form journalism, combining data, reporting, writing, and sharp editing.
Iran Launches an Aerial Barrage Against Israel in Retaliation for Embassy Strike
Israel and its allies were scrambling to shoot down a fleet of Iran-launched drones on Saturday evening, according to both countriesā militaries, in a major escalation of a regional conflict sparked by the Israel-Hamas war. Iranian state media claimed that the country was coordinating the drones with a barrage of ballistic missiles. The unfolding aerial [ā¦]
Filmmaker and Coppola family matriarch Eleanor Coppola dies at 87
The documentarian was known for chronicling the movie-making process of family members Francis Ford Coppola and Sofia Coppola.
Faith Ringgold, quilt and visual artist, dies at 93
Known best for her story quilts depicting African-American experiences and feminine life, she also created paintings, sculpture and children's books. She was 93.
jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:
courtesy my sys/net adminā¦ too true
nadim@symbolic.software ("Nadim Kobeissi") wrote:
Going to sleep tonight once again thanking God for the infinite blessing of being able to live in France, where my loved ones and I are relatively safe, and sincerely hoping that Iāll wake up tomorrow to not a third world war
jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:
it is delightful when a thoughtful person discovers Paul Linebarger
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dogzilla@masto.deluma.biz wrote:
How a science fiction obsession led me to psychological war ā¢ Buttondown https://buttondown.email/thehypothesis/archive/how-a-science-fiction-obsession-led-me-to/
Police arrested four people with $300,000 of stolen Lego kits
Image: California Highway Patrol
Los Angeles citizens can rest easy knowing that a criminal theft ring is no longer stalking the cityās retail stores to feed a Lego black market. Thatās because the California Highway Patrol (CHP) announced this week that it had arrested four people it accused of swiping what police estimated was āapproximately $300,000ā worth of Lego sets.
The four had allegedly burgled stores like Target, Home Depot, and Loweās of their Lego stock and sold them to black-market dealers who would then vend the stolen bricks at āseemingly legitimate businesses, swap meets, or online.ā Police say they were booked on ācharges related to Organized Retail Theft, Grand Theft, and Conspiracy to commit a crime.ā
Image: California Highway Patrol...
xor@tech.intersects.art ("Parker Higgins") wrote:
This week I joined an illustrious group of crossword scholars in launching Crossword Craze, a project to find and share exactly-100-year-old clips from the archives of the first major crossword fad.
It's fun! It's free! Sign up now to get my first contribution tomorrow https://crosswordcraze.today/
nadim@symbolic.software ("Nadim Kobeissi") wrote:
Wow, this is an interesting paper. "tlock: Practical Timelock Encryption from Threshold BLS" https://eprint.iacr.org/2023/189
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Strandjunker@mstdn.social ("Andrea Junker :verified:") wrote:
Once you realize that both Trump and his MAGA Republicans work for Russia, not America, everything they do makes sense.
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jaykuo@universeodon.com ("Jay Kuo") wrote:
Don Hankey, Jr. is the billionaire behind the $175 mil bond filed in Trumpās appeal from the NY civil fraud judgment. Not only is that bond and the company that issued it now under serious doubt, a bank tied to Hankey is already knee-deep in Trump debt. https://open.substack.com/pub/statuskuo/p/hankey-panky-financing?r=1zr8b&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true
Iran has launched a drone attack on Israel, Israeli officials say
The Saturday launch, a major escalation in the conflict in the Middle East, comes after Iranian leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei vowed retaliation for an earlier strike on an Iranian consulate in Syria.
slightlyoff@toot.cafe ("Alex Russell") wrote:
The kicker to all of this is that these lies follow hot on the heels of Apple taking the UK's CMA to court to pause all progress on potential browser choice last year. This added ~9 months to the investigation, delay Apple richly benefits from.
They're terrified of a functional web and don't care who they have to hurt along the way to keep browsers from not sucking on iPhones.
nadim@symbolic.software ("Nadim Kobeissi") wrote:
Upsides of using 3D rendering software from 1997 to make abstract art: self-evident
Downsides: it all renders on a single CPU core
slightlyoff@toot.cafe ("Alex Russell") wrote:
This, in particular, is rich af. In reality, Push on iOS is a useless parlor trick, broken by design and hidden behind a PWA install process that Apple *continues* to deliberately sandbag. These are *lies*.
https://webventures.rejh.nl/blog/2024/web-push-ios-one-year/
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And without saying things I'm not allowed to (because of the secrecy Apple demands regarding Interop development), I will simply summarize Apple's points regarding Interop '23 and '24 as *fucking bullshit*.
These are lies, and the goal of these lies is to keep regulators and developers from being able to press for real change. Parasitic delay designed to serve Apple's interest in preventing true browser choice.
nadim@symbolic.software ("Nadim Kobeissi") wrote:
OK, who (1) knows what this is and (2) is actually interested to see the result
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Apple's gaslighting tour of web developers and regulators is a moveable feast for the eyes. Which jurisdiction will be next!?
Why the UK, of course. The gall to claim leadership on WebGPU *when it isn't shipped on any FruitCo browser* more than a year after Chromium launched it. And JFC..claiming leadership on Web Components? Taking the mick, and hoping CMA don't notice.
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mekkaokereke@hachyderm.io ("mekka okereke :verified:") wrote:
Social media doesn't want people getting their news from social media. Honestly they don't.
But the news industry continues to fail young people. Even when the news industry does get an influx of young readers, as with the bin Laden manifesto, they don't know what to do with it. They miss their own blessings.š¤·šæāāļø
fromjason ("fromjason.xyz š¤") wrote:
Our working title is "The Butt-Eating Zombies of The Emerald Prince"
fromjason ("fromjason.xyz š¤") wrote:
He then said I should write a short story about zombies that take over a cruise ship. Honestly not a bad premise lol
fromjason ("fromjason.xyz š¤") wrote:
I told my nine year old nephew I had a blog and he said "a vlog?"
No, a blog.
What's that?
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Trump's next rally arena: a Manhattan courthouse
The presumptive GOP nominee will stand trial Monday in the first criminal trial of a former president. At this point, Trump is used to trying to leverage his appearances as part of his campaign.
Tiger Woods sets Masters record, making 24th consecutive cut
The 48-year-old golf legend's energetic return to Augusta comes after he withdrew mid-tournament last year due to a foot injury.
Bluesky lifted its ban on heads of state signups
Image: Bluesky
Bluesky is apparently ready for a bigger challenge. It says itās allowing heads of state to sign up now, a little over two months after it opened for general signups. In May last year, the site asked its users not to give invitation codes to ārecent/prominent heads of state,ā stating that it was its policy not to accommodate them.
When Bluesky instituted its heads-of-state policy, the site was still in its showing-everyoneās-ass phase, and its moderation approach wasnāt in place, yet. So instead of the varying degrees of controlled chaos that social networks are, Bluesky was filled with, well, lots of unsettlingly sexy pictures of the cat-eating alien puppet star of the 1980s sitcom Alf, which The Vergeās Elizabeth Lopatto pointed out...
jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:
https://social.seattle.wa.us/@gglockner/112196284617843193
see also:
https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc1149https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc2549
and of course
fromjason ("fromjason.xyz š¤") wrote:
Computer-based personality judgments are more accurate than those made by humans 2015
fromjason ("fromjason.xyz š¤") wrote:
University of Cambridge, January 2015
fromjason ("fromjason.xyz š¤") wrote:
The app used in the study in question was called myPersonality and was banned by Facebook in 2018 after the Cambridge Analytica scandal.
TechCrunch reports that there is no connection to Cambridge Analytica, but the app was suspended because it may have shared info with companies.
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socketwench@hackers.town wrote:
Hard problems in tech:
1. Naming things.
2. Cache invalidation.
3. Convincing developers from privileged backgrounds that [their] experience is not universal.
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kfury@mstdn.social ("Kevin Fox") wrote:
Before trusting an AI to tell you about stuff you donāt know, ask it to tell you about things youāre an expert in.
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Quinnypig@awscommunity.social ("Corey Quinn") wrote:
Me realizing that every AWS service I just touched to get an application up existed in 2014 and Iāve wasted the last decade of my life:
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Quinnypig@awscommunity.social ("Corey Quinn") wrote:
Ah, excellent; Google Gemini can also be bullied into ranking US presidents by absorbency.
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jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:
Pastor Shane Vaughn:
"I still think she talks monkey talk. I still think that she's ignorant, dumb and should not be wearing a robe, and should be living in the jungle as Judge Jumanji, but her physical appearanceāoff limits."
the racist statements of this so-called "Christian" should make any American hide their head in shame.
https://www.newsweek.com/maga-pastor-doubles-down-apology-racist-supreme-court-justice-rant-1889962
Reblogged by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
black_intellect@mstdn.social ("@blk_intellect") wrote:
MAGA Pastor Doubles Down in 'Apology' for Racist Supreme Court Justice Rant https://www.newsweek.com/maga-pastor-doubles-down-apology-racist-supreme-court-justice-rant-1889962