jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:
wut? doesn’t everyone have a box of snap-on toroids lying about on their desk?
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In Eagle Pass, Fewer Migrant Crossings Leave Law Enforcement Idle
Joshua Rubin, a Brooklyn software developer and founder of the pro-immigrant grassroots group Witness at the Border, spent his 72nd birthday in Eagle Pass, Texas. He gathered with another half a dozen volunteers at the border town across from Mexico’s Piedras Negras for a two-week vigil “to, according to the organization, “stand up against [Governor] Greg […]
nadim@symbolic.software ("Nadim Kobeissi") wrote:
Weekend audit report finalizing music: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P1gXhx1RXk4
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getting old is realizing its 4.20 but you don't care
Back in the day this was the holiday of the year, you'd hope to green out
Now it's legal and I have infused pre-rolls, it's like, girl, every minute is 420 😍
#420
Is Crossrope’s smart jump rope worth $200?
Photo by Sheena Vasani / The Verge
Skip Crossrope unless you really love skipping rope.
Hades 2 Hotties, Starfield Updates, And More Of This Week's Takes
We got our first good look at the highly anticipated Hades 2 this week, and we have a lot to say about Supergiant Games’ first-ever direct sequel. But there’s also some Starfield news to get into and unpack, and some fan-casting to do. Read on for our spiciest opinions of the week.
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randahl ("Randahl Fink") wrote:
Beautiful!
Historian Dr Timothy Snyder shows up in congress and absolutely wipes the floor with Marjorie Taylor Greene by simply presenting the facts, and listing all the times the ultra MAGA politicians have fallen for Putin’s propaganda — hook line and sinker.
pzmyers@octodon.social ("pzmyers 🦑") wrote:
Finally, in the last few years before I retire, I acquire a knack for scheduling class work sanely.
https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2024/04/20/two-weeks-to-go/
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jacunzo@threads.net ("Jay Acunzo") wrote:
Friendly reminder to all creative humans of earth:
The only way to avoid feeling uncomfortable is to never do it… or do it a lot.
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![Photo by Jay Acunzo on April 20, 2024. May be an image of poster, ruler, marker and text that says 'οω [SAFE] Υου FEEL .....THE PRACTICE......> HOW ÖFTEN γου DO DOIT 1T'.](https://files.mastodon.social/cache/media_attachments/files/112/303/789/921/292/419/original/5dc9568f41d23415.jpg){kind=link}
jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:
overdue to replace quick-hack placemarker landing page for new biz...
comments on this color-sceme & typography *very* welcome
Women of color still lag behind in STEM jobs, despite efforts to change
STEM careers are still lagging when it comes to hiring women of color.
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jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:
back from weekly volunteer gig walking dogs at the #ROC City Pound... there are some real sweeties in doggie-jail, won't you tyake one home?
jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:
pass pass pass... I love reading that kind of DMARC report
Gargron ("Eugen Rochko") wrote:
An island built on stilettos. NYC.
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How to change or cancel your music streaming services
The Verge
There are more digital subscriptions around than ever, and among them, you may well have a music streaming service (or two or three). What with “free” trials and trying to find a service you really like, it’s easy to suddenly realize you’re oversubscribed. Luckily, canceling a music subscription — or switching to a free tier — isn’t too difficult. And remember that you can always sign up again. It doesn’t have to be goodbye forever.
Here’s how it’s done on the four best-known platforms. The options will be similar on other services.
Spotify
Spotify has a variety of plans for individuals, families, and even two people.
Spotify has a free tier with ads, without downloads, and with limits on playlists, while the...
Fallout TV Show Easter Eggs, Old Gaming Kiosks, And More Big News
Fallout fans ate good this week, thanks to a kickass Amazon TV series and tons of people getting back into the games because of it. But a good video game adaptation isn’t all that went down this week, so read on for the biggest news.
Biden administration restricts oil and gas leasing in Alaska's petroleum reserve
The administration said it will restrict new oil and gas leasing on 13 million acres in Alaska to help protect wildlife such as caribou and polar bears as the Arctic continues to warm.
pzmyers@octodon.social ("pzmyers 🦑") wrote:
A good guy, Daniel Dennett, has died.
https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2024/04/20/daniel-dennett-has-died/
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Ukraine's prime minister says, if passed, $60B U.S. aid package will be critical
Ukrainian Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal discusses on NPR's All Things Considered how further U.S. aid would make a difference on the front lines, and the state of the war in general.
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paul@tapbots.social ("Paul Haddad :tapbots_logo:") wrote:
Just found out Dell has a new 40" 5k monitor with some pretty impressive specs. Looks like a good upgrade for anyone rocking a 38" UW (which I am), well if you have the $$$ for it (which I don’t).
https://www.dell.com/en-us/shop/dell-ultrasharp-40-curved-thunderbolt-hub-monitor-u4025qw/apd/210-bmdp/monitors-monitor-accessories
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This mobile-first C editor is incredible:
I hope I never have a use for this, but the editor has a lot of interesting ideas, some of which I'd love to see in desktop editors.
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rmrenner ("The Old Gay Gristle Fest") wrote:
Found this utterly deranged bit in one of the Better Homes and Gardens mags that recommends boarding up a "useless window" so you can hang extra pictures?!
Natural light is so coveted now that it's hard to imagine any lifestyle mag recommending this today
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jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:
Opinion: "By the turn of the 20th century, Southern elites had silenced the Populist movement and the agrarian rebellion of the 1890s — which brought poor Southerners of both races together in a fledgling and fragile political alliance — with Jim Crow segregation and disenfranchisement."
jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:
two can play the protectionist game
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mkwadee@mastodon.org.uk ("Khurram Wadee ✅") wrote:
#TomGauld on #Bluebeard – #cartoon | #Books | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/books/picture/2024/apr/20/tom-gauld-on-bluebeard-cartoon
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Jared Kushner’s Ambition Threatens One of Europe’s Last Pristine Ecosystems
This story was originally published by Yale E360 and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. It is the jewel of the Adriatic. Its shimmering waters feed a rare colony of Dalmatian pelicans, the world’s largest freshwater birds, sustain the endangered Albanian water frog, and host loggerhead turtles on its encircling dunes. The Nartë lagoon […]
New Hampshire’s GOP Is Taking a Stand—Against the Polio Vaccine
New Hampshire could soon beat Florida—known for its anti-vaccine Surgeon General—when it comes to loosening vaccine requirements. A first-in-the-nation bill that’s already passed New Hampshire’s state House, sponsored only by Republican legislators, would end the requirement for parents enrolling kids in childcare to provide documentation of polio and measles vaccination. New Hampshire would be the […]
Man who set himself on fire outside Trump trial dies of injuries, police say
The man took out pamphlets espousing conspiracy theories, tossed them around, then doused himself in an accelerant and set himself on fire outside the courthouse Friday, officials and witnesses said.
What to know about Week 1 of Trump's criminal trial, with jury selection complete
New York Judge Juan Merchan told jurors this week to prepare to hear opening statements on Monday.
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ZekuZelalem@dair-community.social ("Zecharias Zelalem") wrote:
We hardly knew ya :(
Another of the Twitter replacement initiatives is shutting down after failing to generate sufficient business growth. Post.news was touted as the journalists' paradise, but it feels as though most journos abandoned their accounts soon after joining.
I'm not exactly sure why it didn't catch on, although a journalist only platform was hardly going to entice the social media masses. I think from now on, the standard for social media is to be federated.
https://www.theverge.com/2024/4/19/24135011/twitter-alternative-post-news-shutdown
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Senate passes reauthorization of key surveillance program despite privacy concerns
The legislation would extend for two years the program known as Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, or FISA. It now goes to President Biden's desk to become law.
Controversial US surveillance program (briefly?) lapses amid congressional dysfunction
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The Senate has passed a bill reauthorizing Section 720 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA), a controversial program that allows warrantless spying on foreign “targets,”but a long, knock-down, drag-out fight over amendments kept the Senate in session past midnight on Friday, when the surveillance program officially expired.
To be clear, the spying wasn’t actually going to stop. As Sen. Mike Lee (R-OH) pointed out on the Senate floor on Friday afternoon, the FISA court recently granted a government request to allow the program to continue until April 2025.
Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX) claimed that the FISA court’s extension of Section 702 certification “doesn’t mean the program can continue uninterrupted for another year.”
“...
USC cancels filmmaker's keynote amid controversy over canceled valedictorian speech
USC announced the cancellation of a keynote speech by filmmaker Jon M. Chu just days after making the choice to keep the student valedictorian, who expressed support for Palestinians, from speaking.
rmrenner ("The Old Gay Gristle Fest") wrote:
If anyone needs period reference for home furnishings: Better Homes and Gardens is really generous with their archives, which start in the 1920s. I had to create an account in order to browse, but they haven't bugged me about any kind of payment. They don't try to stop you from saving off images, either. https://archive.bhg.com/
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collinsworth@hachyderm.io ("Josh Collinsworth") wrote:
(This isn't original; I saw it on Twitter many years ago—or at least, some version of it I've paraphrased here. I've tried to track it down a few times before, without any luck. But in any case, it made things that didn't make sense understandable.)
collinsworth@hachyderm.io ("Josh Collinsworth") wrote:
Fascists do not say what is true; they say what would need to be true in order to justify what they intend to do anyway.
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anniegreens@social.lol ("Apple Annie :prami:") wrote:
📝 Let's do this!
WeblogPoMo 2024 (https://weblog.anniegreens.lol/weblog-posting-month-2024)
Gargron ("Eugen Rochko") wrote:
I had to wait a bit to get this shot since this staircase has quite a bit of foot traffic, even on a rainy morning. Little Island, NYC.
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suricrasia@lethargic.talkative.fish ("blackle mori") wrote:
I regret to inform7 you ma'am but your son is dead. Your son is found in the Grey Hallway. The description of your son is "a poor soul who died in these hallowed halls." The son is wearing a backpack. The backpack is openable and closed.
fromjason ("fromjason.xyz 🖤") wrote:
Yall ever hear of this show "Breaking Bad?"
It's pretty good.
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chartier@toot.cafe ("David Chartier") wrote:
Some positivity.
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- A tweet from @SketchesbyBoze that reads: Rest assured you will never bore me by talking about your special interest. You're an astronomer? I have questions. You draw maps of medieval London? I love you. This world is a banquet of knowledge and each of us has brought a dish to the table. Dig in. (remote)
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ansate@social.coop ("Melissa Santos") wrote:
Today in awesome local stuff found on the internet https://honkpdx.org Honk seems ro be a collection of brass bands that want you to come out and dance or play or cheer or have a good time. Putting day 2, Montavilla on my calendar now. #pdx
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jalcine@todon.eu ("jacky be posting and") wrote:
Democrats will not defend or protect protesters. They will call police.
fromjason ("fromjason.xyz 🖤") wrote:
My mind was recently blown when I learned that J. Peterman is an actual clothing catalog and not just a Seinfeld character.
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cabel@panic.com ("Cabel Sasser") wrote:
An incredibly cool WebGL demo from our good friends at Little Workshop, who can make amazing things happen in a web browser. https://equinox.space
Mandisa, Grammy-winning singer and 'American Idol' alum, has died at 47
The singer gained stardom after finishing ninth on "American Idol" in 2006. In 2014, she won a Grammy for best contemporary Christian music album for "Overcomer," her fifth album.
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polotek@social.polotek.net ("Marco Rogers") wrote:
The CEO of Post News DMed me on twitter a while back. My impression is that part of his job was trying to convince prolific posters to come over and hopefully bring some part of their audience with them.
I politely declined. I noped out of Post News once I understood that Kara Swisher and Scott Galloway were involved. I don't want anything to do with a community shaped by those two. (It's okay if you like them. We don't need to talk about it.)
https://www.theverge.com/2024/4/19/24135011/twitter-alternative-post-news-shutdown
Voting ends in historic Tennessee Volkswagen union election
Volkswagen workers in Chattanooga, Tenn., voted over three days this week on whether to join the United Auto Workers union. The vote tally is expected to take several hours.
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polotek@social.polotek.net ("Marco Rogers") wrote:
Anyway, the CEO of Post was trying to find common ground. I told him I didn't think I was the kind of person he wanted on his platform. I said I believe our views are incompatible. He pressed me to explain to him why. So I did. And he blocked me.
I knew then that they didn't have what it takes. 😂
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elonmusk@woem.men ("Elon Musk :verified:") wrote:
SpaceX's primary mission is to put the X.com servers in space, as the name suggests.
..This was also way up there.. maybe next time. ^^
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Currently watching Spy x Family and.. Anya is my spirit animal. :D Those faces! XD So time for a new avatar.
(..no, you don't get it.. it's supposed to look shitty..)
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ricardoharvin@mstdn.social ("Ricardo Harvin") wrote:
This is great news, a #theatrical rerelease of the amazing #RunLolaRun (#LolaRennt) in a #4K #film #restoration for its 25th anniversary!
It's a really fun #movie, if you've haven't seen it yet 👍🏿
#link: https://www.indiewire.com/news/general-news/run-lola-back-in-theaters-4k-restoration-1234975798/
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amayer@rheinneckar.social ("Andreas") wrote:
@isagalaev The problem has already been resolved:
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collinsworth@hachyderm.io ("Josh Collinsworth") wrote:
I kid you not, this 92-year-old article on the lie of the virtue of labor is genuinely one of the best things I've ever read.
isagalaev ("Ivan Sagalaev :flag_wbw:") wrote:
Youtube carrying water for pro-Russia trolls and shutting down one of the best war-reporting channels https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2v063wuJtM0
You can buy a refurbished Steam Deck for almost half off
Valve says each unit has received over 100 tests and meets the same performance standards as new Steam Decks. | Photo by Vjeran Pavic / The Verge
It’s not often we see an excellent portable gaming PC like the Steam Deck on sale for nearly half off, but today’s your lucky day. So long as you don’t mind buying it in certified refurbished condition, you can save hundreds when you purchase it directly (with a one-year warranty included) from Valve right now.
The refurbished Steam Deck starts at $279 for the base model with 64GB of storage, which is about $120 cheaper than buying it in new condition. And if you need more storage, the 256GB and 512GB models are both on sale, too, for $319 and $359, respectively. Given they both start at $529 and $649 in new condition, that’s almost like getting them for up to half off. What’s great, too, is that Value says it’s thoroughly tested each...
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knittingknots2@mstdn.social ("Sue Stone") wrote:
Former Jan. 6 panel chair seeks to strip Secret Service protection from felons | The Hill
slightlyoff@toot.cafe ("Alex Russell") wrote:
I keep running into services that have decided to phrase their web forms in the style of a flaky, half-assed chatbot wrapped in a risible native app that is mobile-only and doesn't work without notifications.
This is purgatory.
jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:
guess which days on the graph are my dog-walking shifts ;^}
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Today in History: Warsaw Ghetto Uprising begins, 1943.
LittleBigPlanet Server Apocalypse Wipes Hundreds Of Thousands Of PlayStation Players' Creations Without Warning
Sony has indefinitely decommissioned the PlayStation 4 servers for puzzle platformer LittleBigPlanet 3, the company announced in an update to one of its support pages. The permanent shutdown comes just months after the servers were temporarily taken offline due to ongoing issues. Fans now fear potentially hundreds of…
collinsworth@hachyderm.io ("Josh Collinsworth") wrote:
There are like 50 different ways to say "let's double click on that," and every single one of them is better than that one.
fromjason ("fromjason.xyz 🖤") wrote:
I am FASCINATED by this rebrand. It complete horseshit, of course. But it's interesting.
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Applying the mathematical principles of Pareto to Mario Kart 8
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If you’re the kind of Mario Kart 8 player who cares about winning and not just playing their favorite characters (Daisy and Peach supremacy), choosing the best combination of driver, vehicle, and wheels gets tricky.
Luckily, thanks to data science and 19th-century Italian economist Vilfredo Pareto, there’s a way to figure that out. Data scientist Antoine Mayerowitz applies one of Pareto’s principles, the Pareto front, to plot the best combination among the 703,560 possible decisions players must make in Mario Kart. Eurogamer helpfully explains that a Pareto front finds the best possible solution to a problem with different objectives.
In a cool piece of data visualization you should definitely check out, Mayerowitz narrows down the...
Where To Find Fool's Gold In Final Fantasy 16
Just like Echoes of the Fallen, Final Fantasy 16’s The Rising Tide DLC adds quite a few new pieces of gear for Clive to use. Among these is the Tonberry Knife, which uniquely deals low HP damage in exchange for inflicting high Will damage. Whether you want this blade for its stats or its glamour, there’s one required…
fromjason ("fromjason.xyz 🖤") wrote:
I can't remember who exactly pointed it out, it might've been @taylorlorenz, but there was a part in Post News' mission statement that was very concerned about people being mean to billionaires.
Post News ended up the type of platform you'd expect given that ethos.
It became a centrist hellscape, home to all the self-important Trump-era neo-liberal personalities born from pre-Elon Twitter.
Shout out to the hardworking devs, but I will not miss #PostNews.
fromjason ("fromjason.xyz 🖤") wrote:
Post News shuts down. Where might all the political pacifists go now?
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Kia’s more affordable EV2 is getting ready to undercut Tesla
Kia’s lineup of electric vehicles are growing. | Image: Kia
The Kia EV2, the automaker’s small, affordable electric crossover, has been spotted on the street in camouflage. It’s the first time the model has been seen in the wild, although the EV2 is not currently confirmed for the US.
The timing of the sighting is particularly significant given recent news that Tesla may have canned its plans for a $25,000 mass-market “Model 2” vehicle. Elon Musk reportedly mothballed the affordable EV in favor of going all in on the company’s plans for a fully autonomous robotaxi.
No official price has been set for the Kia EV2, but Electrek says it could be 20 million won, or about $15,000. Other reports have it under $30,000 — which would be considerably more affordable than the current average retail price...
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kottke@botsin.space ("kottke.org") wrote:
Green’s Dictionary of Slang is “is the largest historical dictionary of English slang” that contains “nearly 100,000 entries supported by over 400,000 citations from c. ad 1000 to the present day”. https://greensdictofslang.com/
Target confirms it’s all but completely ditching DVDs in physical stores
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Target is scaling back the presence of physical media in its stores. A spokesperson for Target tells IGN that the company is “transitioning the limited assortment of DVDs” it sells in stores to its website.
“Moving forward, we’ll offer select DVDs in stores when they are newly released or during key times throughout the year when they are more popular, like for gift giving during the holidays,” Target says. That will make Target’s physical DVD section even smaller and only available during specific times. You’ll still be able to buy “thousands” of DVDs on Target’s website, but I have to wonder how broad its selection will be.
Reports about Target backing away from DVDs first emerged on Wednesday, when the X account @PhysicalMedia posted...
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Jontofski@mastodon.art ("Jonathan Edwards") wrote:
A mossy tree in Maentwrog. Ink & watercolour on khadi paper.
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Meet The Guy Who Spent $90K On One Of The Rarest Copies Of Castlevania In The World
Tom Curtin had just secured the video game of his dreams: a factory sealed first run copy of Konami’s original 1986 Castlevania for NES with a rare hang tab on the back of the box. There are only six currently known to exist and Curtin, together with his childhood friend, paid just over $90,000 for this one. Now he…
fromjason ("fromjason.xyz 🖤") wrote:
Why single vendor is the new proprietary - OpenSource.net https://opensource.net/why-single-vendor-is-the-new-proprietary/:
> Single vendor isn’t a reasonable way to do Open Source and resist evil proprietary software. It’s just another way to do proprietary software. It’s just a relicensing time bomb.
Fallout 3's Reveal Led To Death Threats And Bethesda's First Security Guard
Fallout is currently one of the biggest things in the world thanks to Amazon’s hit TV show. However, before all that, there was a time when Fallout as a franchise seemed dead. Then Bethesda stepped in, bought the IP in 2007, and announced plans to make Fallout 3, reviving the post-apocalyptic RPG series. And that’s…
The Fallout TV Show Is Way Sexier Than The Games
Spoilers for the Fallout show follow.
How Phish turned Las Vegas’ Sphere into the ultimate music visualizer
Image: Alive Coverage
Four nights of unique set lists and long jams presented a much different production challenge than U2’s 40-show residency.
The Hades 2 technical test is a trial in self-control
Image: Supergiant Games
Imagine the most perfect barbecue — a prolific spread of smoked meats, all the right sides, every pie, type of cookie or cake, and even your grandmother’s famous dinner rolls. But there’s a catch: most of the food is kept behind glass to be unlocked at a later date, and you are starving. That’s what it’s like playing the Hades 2 technical test.
Spoilers for the Hades 2 technical test.
Hades 2, like its predecessor, is a roguelike. You play as Melinoë, the long-lost daughter of Hades and sister of Zagreus, the first game’s protagonist. Unlike her brother, Melinoë isn’t trying to break out of hell. Instead, she’s trying to break into it as Chronos, Titan of Time, has taken over, kidnapping Melinoë’s mother, brother, and father. Reaching...
Israel Strikes Back at Iran, Will This Calm or Inflame Tensions?
Israel and Iran have been trading attacks on each other for a week including, for the first time, attacks on each other's territory. Will Israel's latest retaliation be the end of this wave of hostilities, or will Iranian response bring the long-standing enemies closer to all-out war? We hear from NPR's national security correspondent and our correspondent in Israel. For more coverage of all sides of this conflict, go to npr.org/mideastupdates
Hades II Is The Kind Of Hot We Need Right Now
Hades, Supergiant Games’ award-winning 2020 roguelite, was renowned for its excellent combat, beautiful art style, entrancing music, and very, very hot characters. You’d expect a game about Greek gods (who were purposefully attractive so that the normies of Ancient Greece had something to aspire towards) to include a…
You may not need Apple Pay to tap and pay with your EU iPhone soon
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Apple could soon let developers in the European Union use its tap-to-pay technology. A report from Reuters reveals that EU regulators could sign off on Apple’s proposal to open the payment system next month, putting a two-year-long legal battle to rest.
In 2022, the European Commission accused Apple of abusing “its dominant position in markets for mobile wallets.” It claimed Apple prevented third-party payment apps from using the iPhone’s NFC (near-field communication) hardware “to the benefit of its own solution,” Apple Pay.
The European Commission announced earlier this year that Apple committed to allowing third-party payment providers to freely use the iPhone’s NFC capabilities. Apple’s proposal would also give developers access to...
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m2m@sonomu.club ("Simone Silvestroni") wrote:
Rare self-promotion. Manuel Moreale published today my interview for "People and Blogs".
What World War II taught us about how to help starving people today
The modern study of the starvation was sparked by the liberation of concentration camp survivors. U.S. and British soldiers rushed to feed them — and yet they sometimes perished.
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jwgoerlich@infosec.exchange ("J Wolfgang Goerlich") wrote:
Slip of the tongue, but I’m pret sure I just taught people that Monty Python simulations was a reasonable way to quantify risk.
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eff ("Electronic Frontier Foundation") wrote:
Until abortion access is fully legal, digital surveillance poses a significant threat. We’ve gotten better at answering questions about how to keep each other safe. Here’s what we’ve learned.
https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2024/04/two-years-post-roe-better-understanding-digital-threats #abortion #surveillance
jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:
It is difficult to get someone to understand something, when their salary depends on not understanding it.
― with apologies to Upton Sinclair
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trochee@dair-community.social ("Jeremy Kahn") wrote:
cf Upton Sinclair, rewrite:
"it is [easy] to get a man to believe something when his [stock grant value] depends on him [convincing others of its truth]"
jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:
this is a great story: https://chacruna.net/first-woman-to-take-lsd/
h/t @sbourne
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skykiss@sfba.social ("Kailee ♾️ 🇺🇦") wrote:
Two GRU agents were arrested for plotting to bomb "industrial and military sites in #Germany to disrupt the delivery of aid to #Ukraine.
Two men held for alleged plan to sabotage military sites including a base training #Ukrainian soldiers The two German-Russian nationals were apprehended in raids on Wednesday morning by police special forces in the town of Bayreuth, south-east Germany. Russians are terrorist.
To add to this further:
There were two separate incidents in the #US and the #UK in the last week - both ammunition manufacturing sites. Both suffered minor fires/explosions.
#RussiaIsATerroristState #warcrimes #arrestputin #ArrestPutinNow #terrorism
jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration reportedly said all 3,878 Cybertrucks on U.S. roads produced from Nov. 13 to April 4 have the defect, caused by soap being used as lubricant during assembly at Tesla’s factory in Austin, Texas. The residual soap “reduced the retention of the pad to the pedal” https://www.nytimes.com/2024/04/19/business/tesla-cybertruck-recall.html?unlocked_article_code=1.lk0.wjZC.XNTohQnIZNQL&smid=url-share
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ChrisMayLA6@zirk.us ("Emeritus Prof Christopher May") wrote:
Well, young people (under 30), Rishi Sunak has rejected the proposal for visa-free travel for the young between the UK & EU, as proposed by the European Commission (about which I posted earlier) .... so there we go.
If you're under 30 the Brexiters don't want you getting into the EU too easily & seeing what they snatched us out of....
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If you burp and fart at the same time, what happen?
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billyjoebowers@mastodon.online ("billy joe bowers is tired 🇺🇦") wrote:
A833631
My name is Peru*.
I am a male, brown and white Pit Bull Terrier mix.
I weigh approximately 61.50 lbs.
The shelter staff think I am about 1 year and 1 month old.
I have been at the shelter since Mar 09, 2024 and ready for adoption!
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jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:
and what are *you* up to on 4.20??
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