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

I stared into the abyss and 12MB of uncompressed JS, containing thousands of SVG icons, webpacked into cursed React components stared backed like a horrifying fractal of beady little eyes.

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

Oh, cool. I worked on SGU and have many fond memories of the experience so I'm excited to see what comes through the Stargate next.

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/stargate-revived-prime-video-new-series-1236431118/

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
regehr ("John Regehr") wrote:

at my house you don't actually have to do anything if you can provide evidence that a cat is on you

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

ICYMI, @tammy's talk from perfnow.nl is up; worth your time:

https://conffab.com/presentation/how-fast-is-fast-enough/?gl=x9afm7Z3U7ou

Boosted by slightlyoff@toot.cafe ("Alex Russell"):
adamshostack@infosec.exchange ("Adam Shostack :donor: :rebelverified:") wrote:

Just discovered that in app web browsing gets its own #location service on #iphone! Hugely shocking #privacy fail. This is in Settings > Privacy & Security > location > system services

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

What's happening in Utqiaġvik right now?

https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2025/11/19/visit-beautiful-utqiagvik/

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

The Misery Index of Little Treats 👀

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

I finally moved off TurboTax last year, and apparently not a moment too soon. https://www.cnbc.com/2025/11/18/intuit-pays-openai-100-million-turbotax-integrates-chatgpt.html

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

It was at that moment, the venture capitalists believed that data centers would be the foundation of the American economy.

Attachments:

• gifv: GIF of apes touching a black monolith in a rocky desert. From the movie Space Odyssey 2001.

Boosted by ChrisWere@toot.wales ("Chris Were ⁂🐧🌱☕"):
Baa@mk.absturztau.be wrote:

​:blobfoxfloofdevil:​

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

One wonders, given the continued similarities in interests, if this fellow will be pardoned once more

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/pardoned-capitol-rioter-tried-bribe-child-sex-victim-promise-jan-6-pay-rcna244627

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

So if Answers in Genesis goes out of business, will everyone go to hell?

https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2025/11/19/ken-ham-makes-an-admission/

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
Gustodon@mas.to ("Ω 🌍 Gus Posey") wrote:

Even though it makes perfect sense, this was news to me:

Editing polls eliminates existing votes.

#Tips

baldur@toot.cafe ("Baldur Bjarnason") wrote:

“Skilaboð ESB stærri en ákvörðunin sjálf - RÚV.is”

https://www.ruv.is/frettir/innlent/2025-11-19-skilabod-esb-staerri-en-akvordunin-sjalf-459288

This, in Icelandic, is an interview with an expert in European law saying that the message the EU seems to be sending by tariffing Iceland and Norway is that the EEA countries are not full members of the single market

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

Unfortunately, we've provided a professional avenue for the worst people in America to obtain positions of power.

https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2025/11/19/the-most-suspicious-creeps-among-us/

baldur@toot.cafe ("Baldur Bjarnason") wrote:

Me, an unrepentant nerd: “I wonder if I can automate the distribution documentation and management for the book using a flat CSV file generated by OnlyOffice to manage the data and Typst to generate receipts and invoices. That sounds like fun”

And, yeah, it kinda is 😄

baldur@toot.cafe ("Baldur Bjarnason") wrote:

“Vibe nuclear — let’s use AI shortcuts on reactor safety! – Pivot to AI”

https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/11/18/vibe-nuclear-lets-use-ai-shortcuts-on-reactor-safety/

Big tech is working hard to address the world's criminally low background radiation levels.

baldur@toot.cafe ("Baldur Bjarnason") wrote:

“The infrastructure of the internet is incredibly resilient” and “most websites and apps today have flaws that make them fragile and unreliable” are both true. That would be a major opportunity if we were living with rational markets but we don’t, so half the internet takes regular “rest” breaks

jwz wrote:

"Amazon sucks, if you're ordering cheap Chinese junk from them, just use Ali Express instead", they said.

I just spent 30 minutes being unable to complete a checkout, getting stuck in a loop of "some of your discounts have expired". What discounts? I have no idea. Then it seems to have locked my account.

Amazon is *the worst* but they sure do excel at making it frictionless to give them money.
https://jwz.org/b/ykxn

db@social.lol ("David Bushell ☕") wrote:

reading: "Is AI an apocalypse? Against technological inevitability"

https://theantiquarian.email/archive/is-ai-an-apocalypse/

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deutrino@mstdn.io wrote:

I just watched the damn pac-man AI in #xscreensaver lose with one (1) dot remaining on the board and multiple clear paths away from the monster (ghost? whatever they are) that ate him

Boosted by joeri_s@mstdn.social ("Joeri Sebrechts"):
nickwhite@indieweb.social ("Nick White") wrote:

I made https://nickwhite.dev with plain html, css, and js (though I don't even have any js written yet).

Shout-out to @joeri_s for making an awesome guide on https://plainvanillaweb.com!

Web standards have gotten so robust, you can do a lot without having to depend on and maintain a big list of dependencies for every project.

Boosted by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
TheConversationUS@newsie.social ("The Conversation U.S.") wrote:

Black families spend more of their income on energy bills than the average U.S. household – a gap tied to older housing, rental barriers and the legacy of redlining.

https://theconversation.com/black-families-pay-more-to-keep-their-houses-warm-than-average-american-families-269047

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

Rules of the game:

- Grab the nearest book.
- Turn to page 42
- Find the 2nd sentence
- Post the sentence in a toot with the hashtag & write the rules as a comment to it
- Don't look for your favourite, coolest or wittiest book. Go for the closest.

h/t @sbourne

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

Raw data presented in this manner are almost useless in giving the reader a clear picture of what is taking place.

#Page42

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

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sr24hbDmaAI

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

https://arewedecentralizedyet.online

Boosted by ChrisWere@toot.wales ("Chris Were ⁂🐧🌱☕"):
DXMacGuffin@metalhead.club ("Pilgrim MacGuffin :damnified:") wrote:

@ElleGray

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

Crisis of faith - by rayne fisher-quann - internet princess:

"Her Facebook account has been deleted; all the messages are gone, most of the record of our communication since I was a little girl. In our chat log, her name has been replaced by Unknown user and her profile picture with that blank grey silhouette, formless and genderless." https://internetprincess.substack.com/p/crisis-of-faith

Boosted by slightlyoff@toot.cafe ("Alex Russell"):
josephcox@infosec.exchange ("Joseph Cox") wrote:

The long running HOPE hacking conference just got banned from its current venue because someone told the university the conference had an “anti-police agenda.” Based it seems on a single pamphlet?

https://www.404media.co/hope-hacking-conference-banned-from-university-venue-over-apparent-anti-police-agenda/