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

I keep turning on the Chromium zero-copy rasterizer on my local Chrome/Edge installs; so much better for battery life.

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caseynewton ("Casey Newton") wrote:

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exchgr@mastodon.world ("elle mundy") wrote:

blithe ("Blithe") wrote:

A love letter to public libraries. https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2022/dec/28/usa-public-libraries

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

I think about this a lot:

https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/clean-hydrogen-ladder-v40-michael-liebreich

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autiomaa ("Daniel Schildt") wrote:

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web3isgreat@indieweb.social ("web3 is going just great") wrote:

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• Tax loss harvesting service emerges to help collectors unload their worthless NFTs If you bought an NFT for $1,000 and it's now worthless, you still have to find someone willing to buy it before you can claim it as a loss on your taxes. A project called "Unsellable" has emerged to fill that need—buying worthless NFTs for $0.01 (for a small fee) so that people can claim the losses. "This tool really helped me unload those embarrassing early NFT Hype investments. Should shave about $1000 off my tax bill", a supposed user writes in a testimonial blurb on the site (although the testimonials appear to be faked). Perhaps someone has finally found a viable crypto business model after all. (remote)

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malwaretech@infosec.exchange ("Marcus Hutchins :verified:") wrote:

blithe ("Blithe") wrote:

I’ve never wanted to open a local bar more in my life. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/videos/2022-12-29/-digital-good-business-equality-the-sports-bra

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

Which is to say, that the decision to make a great experience for users is an explicit choice, in much the way that decisions to make experiences better for the developer is a choice.

And where these are in tension (which is more often than folks want to acknowledge), the way in which one prioritises is a reification of commitments.

Are we, essentially, just selfish? I hope not. But the traces...

technomancy@icosahedron.website ("tech? no! man, see...") wrote:

the US may have put a man on the moon, but a few months ago Malaysia accomplished something America could never do

they put a prime minister in prison: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Najib_Razak

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TheGrumpySociologist@mstdn.ca wrote:

jeffsonstein ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:

fast women and slow horses

https://music.apple.com/us/album/jitterbug-boy-sharing-a-curbstone-with-chuck-e/1485074801?i=1485074805

jeffsonstein ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:

https://music.apple.com/us/album/step-right-up/1485074801?i=1485074804 one tenth of a dollah

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

TIL:

https://oeis.org/wiki/Welcome#:~:text=%5BIncidentally%2C%20today%20these%20cards%20are%20sometimes%20referred%20to%20as%20%22punch%20cards%22%20(sic).%20This%20is%20wrong%2C%20they%20were%20always%20called%20%22punched%20cards%22.%20Anyone%20who%20says%20%22punch%20cards%22%20is%20showing%20they%20know%20nothing%20about%20the%20subject.%20Saying%20%22punch%20cards%22%20is%20like%20saying%20%22hike%20boots%22%20or%20%22walk%20stick%22%20or%20%22chew%20gum%22.%5D

jeffsonstein ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:

I love this stuff

https://music.apple.com/us/album/tom-trauberts-blues-four-sheets-to-the-wind-in-copenhagen/1485074801?i=1485074802

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

The Andrew Tate story inspired me to order pizza delivery tonight.

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hdm@infosec.exchange ("HD Moore") wrote:

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• A screenshot of the mkcert.org landing page that shows a large banner stating "Who Do You Trust?" with a subtitle of "Take control of your certificate trust store. No excuses". (remote)

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davidgerard@circumstances.run ("David Gerard") wrote:

Gargron ("Eugen Rochko") wrote:

There's a lot planned for 2023 in all areas of Mastodon development. Probably least important, but most fun is that we're working on fresh merch designs and I'm hoping to announce responsibly sourced merch in the new year.

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kulykov@fosstodon.org ("Serhii Kulykov") wrote:

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kulykov@fosstodon.org ("Serhii Kulykov") wrote:

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CryptoCriticPod@mstdn.social ("Crypto Critics’ Corner") wrote:

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Pepsilora@mstdn.social wrote:

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• A satellite map is shown, covered with tiny green dots, each representative of a radio station. (remote)

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

Via @mmasnick, I find this case study fascinating as so many frontend technologists and PMs decide to do a shitty job on their websites because they don't actually love making great user experiences on the web:

https://tedgioia.substack.com/p/what-can-we-learn-from-barnes-and

teller ("Siim Teller") wrote:

Tallinn, my home town, is in a good list ✈️

CNN: The 12 vacations our editors are looking to take in 2023

https://edition.cnn.com/cnn-underscored/travel/underscored-editors-2023-planned-trips

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chriscoyier@front-end.social ("Chris Coyier") wrote:

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• screenshot of new york times where the bottom layer is the actual website where it is the web teams job to make great, and overtop a banner pooping all over your work. (remote)

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happyborg@fosstodon.org ("happybeing or happyborg") wrote:

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grigs@front-end.social ("Jason Grigsby") wrote:

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pixelfed wrote: