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

started keeping my nice camera on my desk so I can do nature photography out the window

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• A bluejay in the center of the frame sitting among fallen tree limbs on top of a shed (remote)

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

Stupid border wall in Arizona https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/dec/11/arizona-governor-border-wall-shipping-containers

Seriously, all this became such a farce… But their voters are happy because it's "owning the libs", or whatever…

anathema@eightpoint.app wrote:

Got a couple of nice photos but only had my phone because it’s waterproof and my camera isn’t

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• A view out over a frozen, snow covered pond at twilight, banked by trees (remote)
• A snow-covered tree illuminated by a streetlight. Falling snow is visible (remote)

anathema@eightpoint.app wrote:

It’s snowing proper snow where I live for the first time in ages so I had to go out and catch some snowflakes with my tongue :3

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dcjohnson@mastodon.cloud ("Dave Johnson") wrote:

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

What would this achieve?

Well, the key problem with building performance culture is creating solidarity between the haves and the have-nots, and a mode like this that triggers for ALL users is critical in breaking through the privilege bubble.

This was overcome for SSL/TLS because every user experiences the crypto properties of connections the same way. For performance, we must build the connections more explicitly.

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

I firmly believe that if your site generates > 500ms main thread tasks for a sizeable fraction of users (say, 10%?), then browsers should put a "slow" icon in the URL bar and send a bloom filter down that opts your site into "single thread mode" for all users.

In this mode the browser would:

• disable off-thread compile and GC
• block scrolling on main-thread tasks
• animate on the main thread
• block on image decode

That we don't do this today is a failure of imagination.

nadim@symbolic.software ("Nadim Kobeissi") wrote:

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nadim@symbolic.software ("Nadim Kobeissi") wrote:

This is great music: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Jbf_3XI3uI

nadim@symbolic.software ("Nadim Kobeissi") wrote:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1sMPcbV6fzM

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

got some really great replies to this, and it's so fun to see different approaches to a pretty simple and common but not quite trivial problem. for those curious, i think i am going to go with:

def join_bylines(l):
return ', '.join(l[:-1]) + ', and ' + l[-1] if len(l) > 2 else ' and '.join(l)

but some nice alternatives with generators, match statements, and even one with python's behavior of returning the first truth-y value in an and operation. neat!

nadim@symbolic.software ("Nadim Kobeissi") wrote:

Looks like my submission for @HIP22 got accepted. I'll be giving a three-hour workshop on how to program video games for Nintendo Switch, PC, Mac, etc. in Go. Should be fun: https://pretalx.c3voc.de/hip-berlin-2022/talk/RTYQRS/

See you in Berlin!

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

teeny python challenge: given a list of 1-4ish strings, what's a tidy way of joining them like:
- a
- a and b
- a, b, and c
- a, b, c, and d

obviously it's hardcodable but it feels like there's probably a nifty little way i'm not thinking of

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domenpresern@mastodon.world ("Domen Prešern") wrote:

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linuxgal@techhub.social ("🌈 ☯️Teresita🐧👭") wrote:

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anildash@mastodon.cloud ("Anil") wrote:

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

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• Screenshot of July 2022 article describing a DHS warning about an accelerationist handbook on Telegram. (remote)
• Screenshot from an article describing a 14-page “accelerationist handbook.” (remote)

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rbreich@masto.ai ("Robert Reich") wrote:

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

the thing is, the new parents have a tld as a last name. so i kind of can't not

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

how weird is it to give a domain name as a new baby gift? it _feels_ like a good idea to me but i don't know that i've heard it done before

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teller ("Siim Teller") wrote:

Almost didn’t hit my active calories target today. Feeling like putting on a layer of fat for the winter and going for a nice long 😴 Winter is here ❄️

fribbledom ("muesli") wrote:

When you order "original Sony" rechargeable batteries specified at 3000mAh & 30A, and the ones you receive are labeled Samsung 2500mAh & 25A, but upon testing it turns out they are more like 1500mAh & 15A... and probably fake.

🙄

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jeffsonstein ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:

4 of 5 bags reporting they have inflated