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

Scary Russian zombies, their secret weapon.

https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2024/05/29/russias-latest-weapon-zombies/

Attachments:

• Zombie Lenin (remote)

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

H5N1 is evolving. There, I said it. Accept it, creationists.

https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2024/05/29/there-are-limits-to-how-much-creationists-can-deny/

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• H5N1→human→pandemic (remote)

cstanhope@social.coop ("Your friendly 'net denizen") wrote:

Me: [bursts into room and establishes a power pose] "It's time to power each other up with knowledge, friends!"

Strangers: [startled then nervous chuckles] ...

cstanhope@social.coop ("Your friendly 'net denizen") wrote:

Consider this my attempt at powering you up with knowledge, friends.

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

What the hell is wrong with the US, UK, and the Netherlands? Is everyone racing to elect the most ludicrous clown they've got to the highest office in the land?

https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2024/05/29/despairing-of-democracy/

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• Geert Wilders (remote)

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trevorflowers@machines.social ("Ding Dang Trevor Flowers") wrote:

Here it is, your moment of machining Zen:
https://youtu.be/tHdg_emv9bs

cstanhope@social.coop ("Your friendly 'net denizen") wrote:

"The head is heavily armored, but the rear of the abdomen is a weak point for obvious reasons, there has to be an orifice there.

And so they target that, but then they also avoid being targeted by others. And the outcome of following those that are moving away from you and moving away from those moving towards you results in the whole swarm beginning to march together across this desert environment."

Iain Couzin from:

https://www.quantamagazine.org/how-is-flocking-like-computing-20240328/

cstanhope@social.coop ("Your friendly 'net denizen") wrote:

"And what is better for you in this sort of harsh environment than another individual? Because they are perfectly balanced nutritional composition. So what the individuals do is, they’re attracted to each other, and they tend to cannibalize each other. So they’ve evolved to follow those that are moving away, to try and bite them at their rear, at the rear of the abdomen, which is very hard to defend against.

cstanhope@social.coop ("Your friendly 'net denizen") wrote:

"But in the case of locusts... It was actually the fact that in these desert environments, when the food suddenly becomes short, you’re desperately short of essential nutrients, especially in the desert: protein, salt and water.

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jviide@infosec.exchange wrote:

Several well-known and popular APIs redirect HTTP API requests to HTTPS. This behavior seems to be widespread.

Maybe it's time we amend best practices to explicitly recommend that APIs reject unencrypted requests. https://jviide.iki.fi/http-redirects

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seav@en.osm.town ("Eugene Alvin Villar") wrote:

Did you know that there is a 1:1 scale replica of the world-famous #Shibuya Scramble intersection that can be rented by TV and film productions located 80 km northwest of Tokyo in the city of #Ashikaga? The real intersection is so busy that nobody can close it down for controlled filming.

This set was notably used in the hit Japanese TV series Alice in Borderland.

Location in OSM: https://osm.org/go/7Q9Mdm_mk?m=

#DYK #Tokyo #Japan

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• Satellite image of the replica Shibuya Scramble intersection (remote)

kornel ("Kornel") wrote:

TIL: when running software in chroot, there is no /dev, so /dev/null can end up being a regular file, and then reading from /dev/null is a surprise.

collinsworth@hachyderm.io ("Josh Collinsworth") wrote:

A superhero/sports multiverse crossover set in the '90s where Peter Parker's MJ is Michael Jordan

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thezoq2 ("TheZoq2") wrote:

Another excellent OSS EDA workshop: https://woset-workshop.github.io/

The WOSET workshop aims to galvanize the open-source EDA movement. The workshop will (virtually) bring together EDA researchers who are committed to open-source principles to share their experiences and coordinate efforts towards developing a reliable, fully open-source EDA flow.

The workshop is fully virtual so attendance is a no-brainer! Deadline for submissions is September 23

jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:

“Until Roe fell, many in the party believed the federal right to an abortion was all but inviolable, unlikely to be reversed even by a conservative Supreme Court. The sense of denial extended to the highest ranks of the party”

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/25/us/politics/hillary-clinton-abortion.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare&sgrp=c-cb

jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:

‘some 75 percent of the human genome consists of dark matter that is copied into RNAs of unknown function. While some researchers have dismissed this dark matter as junk or noise, I expect it will be the source of even more exciting breakthroughs.

We don’t know yet how many of these possibilities will prove true. But if the past 40 years of research have taught me anything, it is never to underestimate this little molecule. The age of RNA is just getting started.’

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/29/opinion/dna-rna-modern-science.html?unlocked_article_code=1.vk0.854z.1jaryNdFD_-T&smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare&sgrp=c-cb

jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:

‘we have gone from you’re not supposed to say “hell” on the radio to a nation that is now being permanently exposed to for-profit systems of political and psychological manipulation (and throw in Russia and China stoking the fires today as well), so people are not just divided, but being divided. Yes, keeping Americans morally outraged is big business at home now and war by other means by our geopolitical rivals.’

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/28/opinion/trump-civility-society.html?unlocked_article_code=1.vk0.NaLE.hlQGXCuVRgKa&smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare&sgrp=c-cb

jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:

typical

“[Trump] held Mr. Cohn in high regard and took his lessons to heart. In 1981, he gave his mentor a pair of huge diamond cuff links as a gesture of profound gratitude. Years later, a friend of Mr. Cohn’s had them appraised. They were worthless fakes.”

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/28/opinion/roy-cohn-trump-court.html?unlocked_article_code=1.vk0.qGfp.aNHj0GbJyMS0&smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare&sgrp=c-cb

jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:

“What Justice Jackson is calling for, as a liberal, is what conservatives once said they wanted: judicial restraint.”

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/29/opinion/supreme-court-judicial-restraint.html?unlocked_article_code=1.vk0.gnCK.FhUdmomowxjD&smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare&sgrp=c-cb

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

I have a small shipment of spiders arriving sometime today. Tune in for conversation and unboxing later!

https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2024/05/29/spider-unboxing-today/

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• Cartoon spider (remote)

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mhoye wrote:

This is a remarkable graph.

You might have heard that "EV sales are slumping", "people are starting to avoid EVs", etc.

That's not what's happening.

What's happening is "Tesla is cratering so hard that it's skewing the aggregate market data."

Or, put differently, "Tesla is failing harder than the entire rest of the market is succeeding, combined."

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mbrubeck@mefi.social wrote:

Also in the Seattle Daily Times from this date 100 years ago:

- Controversy over gas prices.
- An op-ed column on Zionism and Palestine.
- Deadly tornadoes in Oklahoma and Arkansas.

#OnThisDay

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requiem@hackers.town ("requiem 🏴") wrote:

There’s a lot of luminescent corners of the web, the internet and the broader infosphere, but it’s hard to see them for the light pollution of the Terrible Ones.

We need a way to keep the lights on for each other.

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petergleick@fediscience.org ("Peter Gleick") wrote:

E.O. Wilson, who must have spent much of his life thinking about comparisons between ants (one of the major subjects of his research) and humans, once said:

“The real problem of humanity is the following: We have Paleolithic emotions, medieval institutions, and godlike technology.”

mbrubeck@mefi.social wrote:

It’s always interesting to look at the newspaper archive and see what was happening exactly 100 years ago. From the Seattle Daily Times front page for May 28, 1924:

- First woman to be convicted of vehicular manslaughter in San Francisco.
- Japanese government protests new US immigration law barring Japanese immigrants.
- Rum smuggling ships play havoc with transatlantic cables.

#OnThisDay #history

Attachments:

• Woman Convicted Of Deaths in Auto Wreck. San Francisco, Wednesday, May 28: Miss Lavina Perry of San Carlos was convicted in Superior Court here today of manslaughter because of an automobile accident in which two persons were killed. Miss Perry is said to be the first woman ever convicted in a similar case in San Francisco. (remote)
• Tokyo, Wednesday May 28: Foreign Minister Matsui today asked and obtained the assent of the prince regent to the forwarding of Japan's protest against American enactment of the immigration bill barring Japanese. The proceeding was extraordinary and is interpreted as indicating unusual importance was attached to the document. (remote)
• Liquor Fleets Play Havoc With Atlantic Cables. New York, Wednesday, May 28: Rum fleets anchored off the New Jersey and Long Island coasts are playing havoc with submarine cables to such an extent that officials of two transatlantic cable companies said they had protested to the Treasury Department at Washington. Another company is contemplating similar action. (remote)

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talia_christine@beige.party ("TC 💖") wrote:

The US is legally bound to support Israel, and I agree that this administration needs to do far more to stop the wholesale slaughter of the Palestinian people. So by all means, protest loudly, make your objections heard, demand better.
But please don't forget...
If the Democrats lose in November this is the kind of person that Republicans consider "too moderate"
Do with that what you will.

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• Nikki Haley signing Israeli artillery with the words "Finish them" and America hearts Israel in purple marker. It's disgusting and disturbing. (remote)

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cstross@wandering.shop ("Charlie Stross") wrote:

If you live in the UK or USA, you need to understand one thing about the coming election:

You need to vote *defensively*.

Neither of the main parties are appealing. But if you don't vote for the lesser evil you may end up helping a totalitarian horror get elected.

Hold your nose and goddamn vote, dammit. THEN go on protests. Because if you don't vote for the lesser evil, the victor will welcome your protests with bullets.

The prize for political purity this time round is a shallow grave.

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molly0xfff@hachyderm.io ("Molly White") wrote:

just realized i've had the mollywhite.net domain for over 10 years(!!)

related sneak peek into an upcoming piece: i firmly believe that if you're going to spend money on one thing online it should be a domain, particularly as online identity gets more fragmented. as platforms come and go, you can always find me there.

#domains #web

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w7voa@journa.host ("Steve Herman") wrote:

“Between 12:05 p.m. and 1:40 p.m. (Sanaa time) May 28, Iranian-backed Houthis launched five anti-ship ballistic missiles (ASBM) from Houthi-controlled areas of Yemen into the Red Sea. M/V Laax, a Marshall Island flagged, Greek owned and operated bulk carrier, reported being struck by three of the missiles, but continued its voyage. There were no injuries reported by U.S., coalition, or merchant vessels.” - US Central Command

jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:

setting up for weekly local voice net on 50.250MHz USB 📡

slightlyoff@toot.cafe ("Alex Russell") wrote:

Indeed, we've made equally big messes with Web Components in some teams as with React. Tool choice is symptomatic, not causal.

The important part is a culture that is so committed to the marginal user succeeding that it is willing to do what it takes to get reliably fast for them. What we're doing with WebUI 2 is using the tooling change and UI rebuilds to reset infrastructure and culture. The process changes that aren't in the blog are as big a win as anything about the tech.

slightlyoff@toot.cafe ("Alex Russell") wrote:

In practice, this means that teams that actually value *real* speed (rather than a badge on the bonnet) *do* make choices that are off-piste. They *do* reject React and other framework orthodoxy. But switching tools isn't what makes them fast; caring about UX enough to be *willing* to invest deeply in the decisions they're making is what causes them to make different choices.

Use of different tools is symptomatic, not causal.

slightlyoff@toot.cafe ("Alex Russell") wrote:

It's easier to start light and stay fast when you're sticking closer to the platform. That's why thinking in terms of progressive enhancement is such a win for performance. But putting guard rails in place, managing for speed, and building expertise and leadership in the team that value the *lived* experience are the most important ingredients.

A mature team can manage any tech; an immature team will see even the simplest systems get away from them:

https://infrequently.org/2022/05/performance-management-maturity/

slightlyoff@toot.cafe ("Alex Russell") wrote:

This is building on the same open source, FAST-based design system ("Fluent Web Components v3"):

https://github.com/microsoft/fluentui/tree/master/packages/web-components

But the framework isn't what makes the difference; actually *looking* and *caring* about the performance is what has enabled this work to deliver 40-75% wins.

slightlyoff@toot.cafe ("Alex Russell") wrote:

One of the teams I've been working with to climb the performance management maturity ladder is...Edge!?!

We build a *lot* of the browser out of web "stuff" these days (think bookmarks, history, downloads, settings, new-tab-page, etc.), and moving away from React to a modern Web Components + HTML-first architecture has had a *huge* benefit for users, particularly folks on low-end hardware:

https://blogs.windows.com/msedgedev/2024/05/28/an-even-faster-microsoft-edge/

#webcomponents #webperf #usetheplatform #sorrynotsorry

cstanhope@social.coop ("Your friendly 'net denizen") wrote:

Macrame dancers are cool too. Actually, maybe it's like lace work. Not sure. I, unfortunately, know nothing about textile tech. But effective dance costumes.

cstanhope@social.coop ("Your friendly 'net denizen") wrote:

but then remembered I have never been able to muster concern about my clothes beyond whether they function as required. One requirement, do not draw attention. And also I generally prefer not to think about... this meat covered skeleton hurtling through space I appear to be embedded in. But Bowie does look pretty fabulous here, and I do still appreciate other people's efforts in these things.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bjC7j8cNQ2k

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dingemansemark@scholar.social ("Mark Dingemanse") wrote:

In early 2023 we wrote a piece on human creativity in the age of text generators. TL;DR: With synthetic text generators on the rise, there was never a better time to cultivate the artisanal and interactive roots of human creativity.

It was desk-rejected so often that we stopped counting (journals seemed to prefer puff pieces on the amazing opportunities of #GenAI). I am still proud of it. Perhaps you would like to read it? https://ideophone.org/human-creativity-in-the-age-of-text-generators/

Attachments:

• Illustration by Suzan Heijink of Émilie du Châtelet based on a contempary oil painting (author unknown). Du Châtelet is shown with an apple tree and falling apple, a prism and rainbow, and points describing an elliptical trajectory, signifying her contributions to the sciences. Source of this illustration: Trouw newspaper (2022) (remote)

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bunny_jane@plush.city ("Robo-Bunny Jane") wrote:

The existance of the psychological state known as "hangry" disproves the mind-body-duality hypothesis. In this essay I will...

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cs@mastodon.sdf.org ("cseiler") wrote:

For me, the Internet literally was black and white & white—and sometimes black & amber or green.
And it came in about as fast as I could read it, cuz yes I had 300bps at first and then got 1200 when neighbor in the dorm moved up to 2400.

Attachments:

• Old man with plaid cap and thick glasses: In those days, the Internet was in black and white. It was only on for three hours a day. We used to get dressed up in our Sunday best to log onto it. (remote)

cstanhope@social.coop ("Your friendly 'net denizen") wrote:

Glad to see the subscription fees my public institution pays are being put to obvious good use. 🙄

cstanhope@social.coop ("Your friendly 'net denizen") wrote:

Me: Attempts to use official journal privileges and searches journal site for article I know they have.

Journal: No results.

Me: Sees ad block and tracking protection are triggering. Disable.

Journal: No results.

Me: Ddg the dang article.

Ddg: Here's a direct link to journal article in question.

Journal: Oh! That's what you wanted. Yeah, it's here. You can download it if you want.

Me: Clicks download.

Journal: ...

Me: Clicking furiously.

Journal: ...

Me: 🏴‍☠️

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keithjgrant@front-end.social ("Keith J Grant") wrote:

Sometimes an idea pops in your head, and it won’t go away until you follow it through to completion.

📝 Anyway, new post: I Do Not Like These LLMs

https://keithjgrant.com/posts/2024/05/i-do-not-like-these-llms/

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matthewvenn@chaos.social ("Matt Venn") wrote:

It's been a long time coming, but I finally have the world’s first certified open source #ASIC hardware project as a kit you can buy!

https://store.tinytapeout.com/products/TT03p5-Development-Kit-VGA-PMOD-p655428056

For every kit sold, I will donate $100 to @oshwassociation

More info: https://bit.ly/vga-asic-clock

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• 759d5e56eae3b67f.png (remote)
• 94a8600f3109a42e.png (remote)

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babe@glitterkitten.co.uk ("tiddy roosevelt") wrote:

If you have not yet been unfortunate enough to bear witness to the canva keynote rap, I got you

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• Man rapping about canva on a stage with a dance troupe when a woman from the audience comes up and joins in (remote)

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davatron5000 ("Dave Rupert") wrote:

📝 Quick post on a common experience I see when people are test-driving #webcomponents for the first time.

https://daverupert.com/2024/05/cold-turkey-wont-fix-your-javascript-addiction/

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Homebrewandhacking@mastodon.ie ("PJ Coffey") wrote:

A little fun from the FT. Apparently they don't care for American paper sizes in comparison to ISO 216 and I appreciate the poetry with which they express this. 😀

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• It blows our hivemind that the US doesn't use ISO 216 paper size (A4, A3 etc) Like we consider ourselves worldly people and are aware of America's idiosyncrasies like mass incarceration the widespread availability of assault weapons* and not being able to transfer money via your banking app, but come on! Look how great it is to be European (An image in the article titled the American mind cannot comprehend this diagram illustrates that A1 is half A0, A2 half A1 and so on down to teensy A8 1/16th of A4) Instead Americans prostrate themselves to bizarrely-named paper types of seemingly random size Letter, Legal and all other types of sordid nonsense. We're not even going to include a picture because this is a family-friendly finance blog. *presumably high magazine and rate of fire long arms. (remote)

jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:

Today in History: May 28, 1830
Indian Removal Act Forces Indigenous Peoples to Migrate West https://calendar.eji.org/racial-injustice/may/28

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

I played a game. +1, would do it again.

https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2024/05/28/im-a-gamer-now/

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• Spiritfarer, a story-based computer game (remote)

rust@octodon.social ("Rust tips") wrote:

If you're making breaking changes to your library, help your users upgrade by keeping the old names with the #[deprecated] annotation.

#[doc(hidden)]
#[deprecated(note = "Renamed to NewStruct")]
pub type OldStruct = NewStruct;

The interface doesn't have to be backwards-compatible. It's there to display a helpful note to users upgrading from the old interface, which is easier than searching changelogs or docs for the new interface.

https://play.rust-lang.org/?gist=2e50923f298a52ffd6cdb25cdc59f753

#rustlang

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

Neuralink is getting desperate and is begging for a miracle.

https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2024/05/28/if-only-magic-worked-neuralink-might-succeed/

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• Mouse with a massive brain implant (remote)

Reblogged by cstanhope@social.coop ("Your friendly 'net denizen"):

allrite.blog@allrite.blog ("allrite rites") wrote:

I thought keeping a timesheet tracking 30 second intervals was ridiculous until I discovered how much more productive I have become. It’s amazing. I think I’m so focussed that I’m finding that I have completed tasks that I can’t even remember doing.

I’ve spoken to the others on the team and nobody else was asked to keep a timesheet. But the instructions sent to me were quite clear. I won’t be the one on the firing line come the next restructure. Bring it on!

I’ve always loved stories of time travel. Doctor Who, Bill and Ted, Marty McFly. They were my heroes. Imagine having a time machine and travelling back to see the dinosaurs or forwards to a shiny future!

That was the dream. The truth is a lot less fun.

“Unless you sign up for this, you’re out the door.”

Yeah, I’ve got a mortgage and a kid on the way. I can’t afford that.

“We need this yesterday!”

That’s what they always say, but there are only so many hours in a day.

There used to be only so many hours in a day.

Turns out that management go hold of the time machine and thought of a way to squeeze more productivity out of workers. Send us back in time now so we can put twice the effort into our work before.

“Never, ever, meet yourself.”

I knew that rule from the stories. But how to do it?

The timesheet. When you’re sleeping, I’m there. When you are off at lunch, I’m there. When you are pissing in the bathroom, I’m there. I’m there at your desk doing your work.

Who gave you the instructions to use a timesheet?

That was me.

I am you and you are me. You just don’t know it yet.

https://allrite.blog/2024/05/28/timesheet/

#microfiction #productivity #timeTravel

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roobre@raru.re ("Ro") wrote:

@flexion There is something surreal in this big-ass architectural diagram to power a tamagotchi

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• Architectural diagram from the AWS x Tamagotchi blog post. There are close to 20 services involved. (remote)

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wingo ("Andy Wingo") wrote:

icymi, some recent hollering about the hoot scheme-to-wasm compiler over the last couple weeks:

1. https://wingolog.org/archives/2024/05/16/on-hoot-on-boot
2. https://wingolog.org/archives/2024/05/22/growing-a-bootie
3. https://wingolog.org/archives/2024/05/24/hoots-wasm-toolkit
4. https://wingolog.org/archives/2024/05/27/cps-in-hoot

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webhackfest@floss.social ("Web Engines Hackfest") wrote:

The Web Engines Hackfest 2024 is starting next Monday 3rd June, the full schedule (including breakout sessions) is now available on the wiki: https://github.com/Igalia/webengineshackfest/wiki#scheduling

fribbledom ("muesli") wrote:

Go home PrusaSlicer, you're drunk!

Attachments:

• Big holes in organic support

cstanhope@social.coop ("Your friendly 'net denizen") wrote:

Old news, but thank goodness for the great oxidation event.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Oxidation_Event

Big stuff. You'd think we'd have national holidays about something like that.

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jmechner@mastodon.art ("Jordan Mechner") wrote:

Hi, I'm Jordan Mechner, creator of Prince of Persia. I've written and drawn a nonfiction graphic novel, "Replay."

It's a memoir of my four decades making games, interwoven with three generations of my family's back story.
(And yes, it has the bit where I videotape my brother in our NY high school parking lot in 1985.)

Check it out (links, reviews, and excerpts) at https://jordanmechner.com/en/books/replay

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• 4bdc5ffbe8102bc1.mp4 (remote)

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fesshole ("Fesshole 🧻") wrote:

Approached a person in my office who I thought knew who I was and asked for their advice on something. Part of their answer included the suggestion that I get in touch with me. Didn't know how to react so just advised I would do that and walked away.

jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:

Today in History: Niccolo Paganini dies in Nice, Italy, 1840

jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:

Today in History: Louis Durey is born in Paris, France, 1888

jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:

Today in History: pop-up toaster patented by Charles Strite, 1919

jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:

Today in History: Golden Gate Bridge opens, 1937

jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:

Today in History: First joint meeting of U.S. and European ALGOL definition cte., 1958 (and keyboards have not felt safe since)

jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:

Today in History: Hubert H. Humphrey born, 1911

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

Two unidentifiable orbweaver babies that selected two different backgrounds for their webs.

https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2024/05/27/red-and-blue/

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• orbweaver spiders living in a red world & a blue world (remote)

jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:

scientists & engineers are very different creatures

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• d0e144f777f1a9e0.png (remote)

cstanhope@social.coop ("Your friendly 'net denizen") wrote:

Oh, I guess... Uh... I guess after all this work we'll have to reconfigure our economic systems to *prevent* things like MS and MS Windows from happening again... Okay. This is harder than I thought. :blobhyperthink:

cstanhope@social.coop ("Your friendly 'net denizen") wrote:

Oh... Shoot... We'll need to figure out what to do with MS itself... Uh... Ummm.... Errrr... :thonking:

cstanhope@social.coop ("Your friendly 'net denizen") wrote:

At that point, I assume we'll treat any existing computers with Windows on them as malware and react accordingly. So simple...

cstanhope@social.coop ("Your friendly 'net denizen") wrote:

Then invent that "Men in Black" flashy thing tech and wipe the knowledge of MS Windows from all our memories...

cstanhope@social.coop ("Your friendly 'net denizen") wrote:

Also, sneak into all Sys admin offices, and remove all Windows installer USB sticks they have, replace them with OSOSes installers and change their DNS settings so any attempts to download the Windows installers again will fail...

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ashenwave@mastodon.art ("Ashenwave 🌱") wrote:

I wanted to draw something related to the Aurora Borealis but it got away from me and this is what came out👀
I don’t even know how to call this one😅

#MastoArt #FediArt #AshenwaveArt #Surrealism #DigitalArt #ArtistsOnMastodon #Fantasy #Psychedelic #Illustration #Art #Space

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• Surreal illustration in psychedelic colors (pink, purple, yellow and green) of a kind of goddess or entity of the sun and space. She looks peaceful and powerful, made of stars surrounded by the vibrant colors. (remote)

cstanhope@social.coop ("Your friendly 'net denizen") wrote:

Look, we all know defaults matter. Almost all computers come with Windows installed, so if we really want to promote the use of open source OSes (OSOSes), all we need to do is intercept all new computers during shipping, wipe them completely, and install OSOSes on them. And maybe destroy the Windows license tag and probably also the service tags and maybe remove any service tags embedded in the flash memory, and probably some other details I'm missing. It's that simple folks.

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clintruin ("Kid Mania") wrote:

Another World Is Possible
Banksy
2023

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• Another World Is Possible Banksy 2023

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wim_v12e@scholar.social ("Wim🧮") wrote:

(1/2)
Copilot+ PCs require a 40 TOPS NPU. NPU chipsets are entirely new, so no existing laptop or desktop has them.
There is no evidence that the AI features actually need that capability, and I doubt it.
Also, many laptop GPUs can already deliver around 40 TOPS or more but only NPUs will be supported. So this will lead to forced obsolescence of perfectly good hardware on a huge scale.

#FrugalComputing

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thomas@metalhead.club ("Tom :damnified:") wrote:

I'd like to remind all Mastodon users that you can add a language filter to any follow relationship on Mastodon.

If you follow me and you don't speak German, you can easily remove my German posts from your timeline by adjusting the language settings.

Go to my profile page, select the dot menu and click "Change subscribed languages". Then select the languages that you speak.

This really is a hidden gem 💎 on Mastodon and not many people seem to know this feature :awesome:

#mastodon

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• Screenshot shows profile page context menu next to the subscription bell. Click "Change subscribed languages". A dialog opens. (remote)
• In the pop up dialog, select all languages that you want to subscribe to. (remote)

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SandraDeHaan@mastodon.nl ("Sandra de Haan in Heeze") wrote:

#fakenews 😀

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collinsworth@hachyderm.io ("Josh Collinsworth") wrote:

PSA: Ritual zero-proof whiskey is godawful. Pour some liquid smoke into some apple cider vinegar, and save yourself the $35.

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

Definitely spiderish. Olde Spiderish.

https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2024/05/27/a-carboniferous-arachnid/

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• Douglassarachne, a Carboniferous arachnid (remote)

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fbuontempo ("Fran") wrote:

Last day of @ManningPublications
Memorial Day sale! Half off everything! You can get my #Cpp book here if you want:
http://mng.bz/2KXw

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• "Memorial day sale" HALF OFF SITEWIDE Ends Monday

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micha ("Michael Klöpzig") wrote:

Great post by @jenniferplusplus about the limitations and problems of using AI in software development.

“The hard part of programming is building and maintaining a useful mental model of a complex system. The easy part is writing code. They're positioning this tool as a universal solution, but it's only capable of doing the easy part. And even then, it's not able to do that part reliably.” –

https://jenniferplusplus.com/losing-the-imitation-game/

#ai #webdev #webdevelopment #coding #softwaredevelopment

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alice_i_cecile@mastodon.gamedev.place ("Alice I. Cecile") wrote:

1. https://github.com/bevyengine/bevy/pull/13418

Sharp screen-space reflections! Another pcwalton PR, another modern 3D rendering feature. This is a fast, approximate solution for generating reflections of objects in the scene. Like always, the PR description holds a wealth of information and links to further reading.

Well-reviewed, low risk to merge even this late in the cycle. If this is broken, the damage should be quite isolated. A nice example, reasonable code quality. Merging!

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

The great-great-great-etc.-uncle of my spiders looked like a shrimp.

https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2024/05/27/an-ordovician-ancestor-to-spiders/

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• Setapedites, an Ordovician euchelicerate (remote)

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whatkatedoes@mastodon.scot ("Kate "K8-bit" Lorimer") wrote:

Sunday afternoon jam on the Wavestate. I seriously underestimated this thing, it's like a suped-up #Amiga with 96 channels 24-bit and effects DSP.

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• abce76711c14d748.mp4 (remote)

jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:

Today in History: 1892 - White Mob Destroys Memphis Office of Ida B. Wells’s Newspaper

https://calendar.eji.org/racial-injustice/may/27

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jacqueline@chaos.social wrote:

check this out

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• it's a tangara music player! it's standing up on its end, you can see it has a transparent looking case, a touchwheel, and is playing some kind of song! (remote)
• it's the same device, but now it's lying on a table. it's off. you can see some of the buttons and the sd card slot on the side. (remote)

cstanhope@social.coop ("Your friendly 'net denizen") wrote:

I seem to be having a hard time waking up today, so I threw on some Amyl and the Sniffers. Any track will do.

cstanhope@social.coop ("Your friendly 'net denizen") wrote:

Marc Rebillet (some swearing)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=enYdAxVcNZA

Otyken "Belief"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tNanp6lKm2E

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yosyshq@fosstodon.org ("YosysHQ") wrote:

Today’s the day! 😻

YUG7 is happening & we are super proud to host 6(!) FPGA enthusiasts sharing their ideas.

Join tonight, 6pm CEST via the link below.

Minutes:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/13e8hERQ_eqLQrdtH1WXnGUXDtgyQ8oa_zZWXPHJCiN0/edit

Meeting room:
https://meet.jit.si/yosys-users-group

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dthompson@toot.cat ("dave") wrote:

Congratulations to everyone who participated in the Spring Lisp Game Jam 2024! Whether you finished your project or not, I hope you had fun building things with your favorite Lisp. We received a whopping 49 submissions!

Check out all of the games here: https://itch.io/jam/spring-lisp-game-jam-2024/entries

If you did submit a game, these next 3 days are for playing and rating the submissions. Have fun and be nice!

#lisp #gamejam

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futzle@old.mermaid.town ("Deborah Pickett") wrote:

At $dayjob we’ve been using Intel NUC PCs as staff Windows computers. Now that (a) Intel is selling off their NUC business, and (b) I am aware of Intel’s presence on BDS lists, who can recommend for me a similar AMD small-format computer? :boost_ok:

Maloney clause: not seeking people’s opinions on Linux, BDS, or other tangents.

cstanhope@social.coop ("Your friendly 'net denizen") wrote:

I'm going to go somewhere and not look at a screen for a bit and see if that helps.

cstanhope@social.coop ("Your friendly 'net denizen") wrote:

I landed on a web page for an oscope vendor about half an an hour ago, and they had their product images sloooowly creeping for some reason. After a couple of minutes, I felt nauseous and have continued to feel that way. What the heck? 🤢

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noracodes@tenforward.social ("Nora, Tech Aspect") wrote:

dependency ejection is when you raise your inputs as exceptions and the caller catches them to bind them into a variable

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Algot@mastodon.art wrote:

I'm wallowing in following.
Lurking 'stead of working.
At the beginning, thought I was winning.
Getting to know, Sally and Betty and Joe.

Other's life, other's strife,
Other's need, my steady feed.
I've come to sense no recompense
For the hours spent on random content.

Tomorrow I shall change. My days I'll rearrange.
Showing others what I've done. I think that should be fun.
I won't expect to influence. Of that there'd be no sense.
Oh, heck, I'll start today. Let's just get under way.
#poem

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peterbrown@mastodon.scot ("Peter Brown") wrote:

“Remarkably, food production doubled under the agrivoltaic system. And because water evaporation from the plants cooled the panels, the solar system itself generated 3% more electricity during the summer, showing how both food and solar production can perform better when done in collaboration”.

https://yaleclimateconnections.org/2021/12/solar-and-crop-production-research-shows-multi-solving-climate-benefits/

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lindsey@recurse.social ("Lindsey Kuper") wrote:

Seeing people toot that they're bummed about how little coverage there was of the Voyager 1 fix, and I want to reply WE'RE HAVING A KEYNOTE TALK AT @bangbangcon ABOUT IT!!!!!!! but they're strangers and that might be rude

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lexfri@hachyderm.io ("Lex Friedman") wrote:

I’m a pretty good mime. That goes without saying.

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pb@xoxo.zone wrote:

When your computer crashes the blue screen still works. Why not make the whole computer out of blue screen?