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ancient_catbus@jorts.horse ("Ancient Catbus") wrote:

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bgzimmer ("Ben Zimmer") wrote:

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mweinberg ("Michael Weinberg") wrote:

jeffsonstein ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:

Igor need eatz

xor@tech.intersects.art ("Parker Higgins") wrote:

I pulled all of the evocative subtitle music descriptors out of the new Wednesday Addams show, from the "jauntily macabre" to the "grimly grandiose" https://parkerhiggins.net/2022/11/wednesday-music/

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Quasimondo ("Quasimondo ♾") wrote:

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Fulltimesickgal@mastodon.ie ("Lissa") wrote:

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jeff@newsie.social ("Jeff") wrote:

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xor@tech.intersects.art ("Parker Higgins") wrote:

i cannot tell you how validating it was to discover that the official unix utitlity "column(1)" originally shipped backwards

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• Screenshot from the man page for column: "Historical versions of this tool indicated that "rows are filled before columns" by default, and that the -x option reverses this. This wording did not reflect the actual behavior, and it has since been corrected (see above). Other implementations of column may continue to use the older documentation, but the behavior should be identical in any case." (remote)

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Jelaniya@journa.host ("Jelani Cobb") wrote:

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rvawonk@newsie.social ("Caroline Orr Bueno") wrote:

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• Quote about what a journalist’s job is. (remote)

xor@tech.intersects.art ("Parker Higgins") wrote:

one of the hardest problems in computer science is putting lists into columns

jeffsonstein ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:

took a peak at my birdSite account for the first time in days... it is full of spam about bitcoin & ugly vitriol. my account there is getting to be like FaceSpace is for me: a service I'll check in on every month or so to see if there is personal stuff from folks I know who only use it... but that's probably all for me.

this poor little rich child has ruptured webs of social affiliation woven by many millions of people through that site. it is sad to see, but so it goes.

bitrot always wins

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

Comically bizarre. The Cult of Elon Musk is the cringiest cult ever.

https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2022/11/27/elongoat-oh-the-cringethe-cringe/

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• ElonGOAT cryptocurrency dives for the floor (remote)
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starfleetjobs@botsin.space ("Starfleet Jobs") wrote:

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starfleetjobs@botsin.space ("Starfleet Jobs") wrote:

jeffsonstein ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:

a reasonably wind- & rain-free morning, so after a cemetery walk time for a bit of roof dancing. disassembled 6m dipole 📡 (& tripod) which winds brought down a few weeks ago, & shifted feedline down to back yard.

supposed to rain this afternoon, so will put off raising temporary mast & new 6m vertical-and-radials 📡 in back yard to test. the folks I usually chat with on 6m are about directly in line w my endfed, which means about 90° off. tired of using 100w .

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katrinbretscher ("Katrin Bretscher 💛💙") wrote:

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• Comic with the title "You're not drinking?" showing 9 faces, each with a caption: - no, I'm in recovery* - no, I have a family history of alcoholism* - no, I don't like the taste* - no, I don't like how it makes me feel* - no, I can't with my medication* - no, I'm pregnant* - no, it's against my religion* - no, I'm not in a good head space right now* - no, do you have soda?* * none of your business

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Today in History: Jimi Hendrix (Johnny Allen Hendrix) is born in Seattle, 1942

jeffsonstein ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:

Today in History: Hoosac Railroad Tunnel completed, 1873, in NW Massachusetts

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Today in History: Friction match invented, England, 1826

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Today in History: Alfred Nobel establishes Nobel Prize, 1895

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cmiksche ("Christoph Miksche") wrote:

Mehrfamilienhaus vs Immobilienaktien https://christoph.miksche.org/mehrfamilienhaus-vs-immobilienaktien/

cmiksche ("Christoph Miksche") wrote:

macOS: Steam Code Signature Invalid beheben https://blog.wronnay.net/macos-steam-code-signature-invalid-beheben/

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moviemorgz@laserdisc.party ("Morgz") wrote:

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josh@sciences.social ("Josh Braun") wrote:

jeffsonstein ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:

interesting thread, have to think about what they say in light of what I know about ‘scale free networks’ and what I have observed of similar arrangements (like ‘newsgroups’ in the pre-IP days of uucp and phone-line-based networking/sharing).

IMHO recommendation norms & systems, deliberately wrought or informally formed, are key to understanding these webs of sociability.

https://sciences.social/@josh/109410524407708551

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doomofthedesert@mastodon.art ("Averil") wrote:

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• Death from Sandman reaching out her hand to the viewer. The scene has no background aside from a vague light and is lit from the back (remote)