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fribbledom ("muesli") wrote:

The risks I take are calculated, I just suck at math.

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Boosted by slightlyoff@toot.cafe ("Alex Russell"):
sil ("Stuart Langridge") wrote:

RE: https://toot.cafe/@nolan/115622706069488954

Those of you who are not web devs (good choice) may not quite appreciate what this means.
You know how websites are loads slower now, and don't work without JavaScript? Well, one of the big (dubious) arguments made in favour of this transition was that you download a bunch more code first, but then it'll make everything faster once you're there. It's front loading.
What @slightlyoff has shown is that this is not relevant, because people don't stay on the sites long enough to get the benefit.

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chipotle@mstdn.social ("Watts Martin") wrote:

It’s vaguely unsettling that as annoyed as I am with Apple’s ethics of late, I stick with Safari in no small part because every other browser maker is apparently in a competition to Milkshake Duck themselves harder and faster

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adam@social.lol ("Adam :prami:") wrote:

I had to delete my post about the Kagi CEO after a spate of DM replies from some pretty intensely pissed off Kagi apologists. Holy shit, some people take their search engines way too seriously.

So I’ll just say this: choose your tools carefully. Take the time to understand who and what you’re supporting, and whether you’re OK with what they stand for (or against).

(Or don’t. I’m not your boss.)

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Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
stilgherrian@eigenmagic.net ("Stilgherrian") wrote:

⁨Me shortly after midnight, in bed: I think I can hear a wallaby moving about outside.

Me checking the camera: This!⁩

It’s swamp wallaby (Wallaby bicolour). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swamp%5Fwallaby

Full video at https://drive.google.com/file/d/17fUCdvEOlp4p2xjolnKNCXEmxUAuD0gD/view?usp=sharing.

An infrared camera view, so it's black and white, of a small clearing in a eucalypt forest. On the right a couple of tree stumps hold a water bowl. Right in the middle of the view stands a wallaby, looking straight at the camera. The timestamp reads 2025/11/28 00:08:46.

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adam@social.lol ("Adam :prami:") wrote:

If a tech CEO/founder maintains a presence on X/Twitter, that’s generally not a great sign.

If they post regularly, that’s a really bad sign.

If their account is dormant and they claim they’re “just holding their username”, they have attachment issues.

If they’re active there and claim to be “indie” or “small web” affiliated, they are full of shit.

If they use Grok unabashedly, they’re voluntarily aligned with pure evil.

Edit: I have just been informed that there are certain types of accounts where X won’t let people delete them at all. Wild! Obviously someone with that type of account may not be there by choice. 🙃

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Boosted by kornel ("Kornel"):
ricci@discuss.systems ("Rob Ricci") wrote:

There are a lot of cursed computers things but this is the most cursed computers thing

https://benjojo.co.uk/u/benjojo/h/h4N78m1PjXYsYfzkGV

A screenshot showing that on macos you can use ßh as a synonym for ssh

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fromjason ("fromjason.xyz ❤️ 💻") wrote:

It's terrifying how ABC, CNN, etc all sound like Diet Fox News now.

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isagalaev ("Ivan Sagalaev :flag_wbw:") wrote:

My traditional #thanksgiving run is on the books this year as well. I don't think I ever missed it after I started #running in earnest some 10+ years ago.

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Boosted by adam@social.lol ("Adam :prami:"):
viticci@macstories.net ("Federico Viticci :ticciseal:") wrote:

It's easy: gay rights are human rights. If your company is directly associated with another whose CEO is notoriously anti-gay rights, you're supporting their agenda. It's not about "politics".

Framing this as "We just care about tech!" is childish, unethical, and demoralizing.

Incredibly disappointed by Kagi here.

(Also: I'd suggest they moderate their Discord so that our writer @nileane wouldn't continue to be harassed and ridiculed by their tech bro audience.)

https://nileane.fr/@nileane/111705532073853768

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pzmyers@freethought.online ("pzmyers 🕷") wrote:

I'm not thankful for much right now.

https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2025/11/27/thankful-for/

Comic of two MAGA making excuses for all the recent setbacks to their cause

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Boosted by slightlyoff@toot.cafe ("Alex Russell"):
nolan@toot.cafe ("Nolan Lawson") wrote:

@slightlyoff Frankly I'm skeptical of _all_ claims of SPA superiority:

- Paying for slow initial load is amortized across subsequent soft navs
- Soft navs are faster than hard navs
- Any of this is worth breaking the back button

You can always point to one SPA where it works, but in aggregate it doesn't seem to be working.

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Boosted by adam@social.lol ("Adam :prami:"):
aleks@social.lol ("Aleksandar Todorović") wrote:

@adam This guy?

I'm shocked, shocked!

ManageWP job ad from 2013 that sells "beautiful women" as a perk. Direct quote: "Ever dreamed of moving to a country with most beautiful women, Mediterranean food, and unrivaled hospitality? Welcome to Belgrade, Serbia."

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Boosted by jwz:
weirdsatellite@mastodon.art ("Weird Spy Satellite") wrote:

Dispatch #435 from SBIRS GEO-5 (Q CLEARANCE)

1. Alien Diadems
2. Parade of Cybertruck Bonesaws
3. Molten Supply Chain

Aerial satellite photo labelled in bright yellow letters: 1. Alien Diadems 2. Parade of Cybertruck Bonesaws 3. Molten Supply Chain

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Boosted by jwz:
georgespolitzer@monads.online ("Ash's #1 fan") wrote:

👀

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Boosted by jwz:
ComicContext@mstdn.social ("Comics Outta Context") wrote:

Happy Thanksgiving!

Not a comic book panel, but a 1970s poster of actor William Conrad as "Cannon". You can tell because it says so on the upper right of the image. Conrad is wearing a black suit, striped shirt and black neck tie and standing in front of a bluish background. His eyes are narrow, look to the right of the image, and he appears mildly annoyed or disgusted as he holds - crookedly - a platter with a cooked turkey heavily garnished with lettuce coming out of its ass. 

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Boosted by jwz:
ElBeeToots@mastodon.nl ("Laurens 🧢 🐐 🔻") wrote:

🇬🇧 Wait, what..? 🤔

#funny #confusing #meme #tmnt

A photo of two signs with the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, meant to say 'Say No To Drugs, Say Yes To Pizza' but due to some unknown mishap, the signs now read 'Say Pizza To Drugs, Say No To Yes'

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Boosted by jwz:
vagina_museum@masto.ai ("Vagina Museum") wrote:

Meanwhile on Bluesky, the image from our appeal campaign page got flagged as "adult content" so every time we link it we have to use this thumbnail instead.

Support the Vagina Museum in a world where billionaires censor education and art based on ideology https://www.gofundme.com/f/btscc2

Bluesky flagged the image thumbnail from a charity fundraising page as “adult content” (it was not). This is a placeholder so you'll see this post in a world of digital censorship. We're honestly really annoyed we have to do this. Help us educate through this hostile climate.

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Boosted by jwz:
Wraithe wrote:

For those who celebrate

Promotional poster for the first annual WKRP Thanksgiving drop showing helicopters flying over the city skyline witb running people with turkeys arrayed underneath the helicopter The helicopters trailing a banner that says “radio personality Les Nessman reporting live!” November 22, 1978 “as God is my witness, I thought turkeys could fly”

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adam@social.lol ("Adam :prami:") wrote:

Today I learned that the CEO of Kagi (the search service) has personally harassed two different trans omg.lol members.

I’m not a Kagi customer, but I know now that I will never be one.

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Boosted by cstanhope@social.coop ("Your weary 'net denizen"):
antimnguyen@mastodon.gamedev.place ("An-Tim Nguyen :unreal:") wrote:

oof

Meme with a dinosaur doing stand-up comedy. "What is the difference between a light bulb and a programmer?" "A light bulb stops working when it burns out."

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jscalzi@threads.net ("John Scalzi") wrote:

Happy Thanksgiving, or Happy Thursday, depending

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Boosted by baldur@toot.cafe ("Baldur Bjarnason"):
alda@topspicy.social ("Alda Vigdís") wrote:

Var að koma WooCommerce-viðbótinni minni í loftið eftir hörkusprett síðan í september (og þar á undan síðustu árin).

Tengill fyrir DK.

Þetta byggir á eldri vinnu sem mér fannst ekki vera fullkláruð og innihélt galla sem ég á erfitt með að setja nafnið mitt við — en eftir að ég dró mig frá þeim vinnustað fór fólk að hafa samband við mig til að falast eftir einhverju í þessa átt — og þessi útgáfa verður í fullri þróun svo lengi sem kúnnahópurinn er til staðar.

https://tengillpro.is/

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Boosted by baldur@toot.cafe ("Baldur Bjarnason"):
mayank@front-end.social ("Mayank") wrote:

Anyone hiring a frontend developer in Canada? Circumstances have led me to start looking for my next job sooner than I would have liked.

I excel at working on design systems, cultivating a frontend culture, building with the grain of the web, and creating inclusive user experiences. Reach out if you need help with any of these!

I have deep knowledge of the web fundamentals (HTML/ARIA, CSS, JS) and the frontend ecosystem at large (build tools, frameworks, design tools).

#GetFediHired #FediHire

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Boosted by baldur@toot.cafe ("Baldur Bjarnason"):
ben@a11y.info ("Ben Myers 🦖") wrote:

RE: https://front-end.social/@mayank/115622876970699919

My friend Mayank is looking for their next role! If you’re looking for someone who knows their stuff when it comes to design system and accessibility, reach out to them - they’d be a great fit for your team.

#GetFediHired #webdev

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Boosted by fromjason ("fromjason.xyz ❤️ 💻"):
docpop ("Doctor M. Popular") wrote:

ChatGPT launched three years ago. Now the web is filling with slop.
We can rewild it, but we'll need to get creative...

Today I’m launching The Human-Made Project, a simple and decentralized way to label creative works as being made by a human, not by AI. https://thehumanmade.org/

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Boosted by baldur@toot.cafe ("Baldur Bjarnason"):
belldotbz ("Andy Bell") wrote:

A bit of a vulnerable post by me but we need your help to get us through what has been a more difficult period than 2020.

It would be really appreciated if you could read and share in your networks too 💛

https://bell.bz/its-been-a-very-hard-year/

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fromjason ("fromjason.xyz ❤️ 💻") wrote:

I've probably said this already but Fetch The Bolt Cutters is such a good fucking album. No skips. Love it

https://music.apple.com/us/album/fetch-the-bolt-cutters/1507811635

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

#HeadDesk #HeadDesk #HeadDesk

https://hachyderm.io/@cliffle/115622695526749362

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Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
LillyHerself ("LillyLyle/Count Melancholia") wrote:

Two male civil servants walking down the street, one says to the other: “Thank goodness we finally have an Administration that speaks for those of us who don’t care what happens to the planet in a hundred years because we'll be dead.”