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

i'd be making more fun of republicans for being unable to select a speaker but like... i'm a linux user. i get it

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lauren@mastodon.laurenweinstein.org ("Lauren Weinstein") wrote:

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ProPublica@newsie.social wrote:

jeffsonstein ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:

“You go on night raids, make more enemies, then you gotta go on more night raids for the more enemies you now have to kill.”

https://www.propublica.org/article/afghanistan-night-raids-zero-units-investigation-takeaways

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neurovagrant@masto.deoan.org ("Ian Campbell") wrote:

jeffsonstein ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:

this is a huge deal, would change the tech job landscape enormously

https://www.ftc.gov/news-events/news/press-releases/2023/01/ftc-proposes-rule-ban-noncompete-clauses-which-hurt-workers-harm-competition

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

MSFT makes a lot more sense to Xooglers when you s/thoughtful/mindset/g

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yosh@toot.yosh.is wrote:

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AstraKernel@infosec.exchange ("Astra Kernel :verified:") wrote:

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

flo my nase, the policeman said

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Jontofski@mastodon.art ("Jonathan Edwards") wrote:

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seanalan@newsie.social ("Sean Gonsalves") wrote:

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cstanhope@social.coop ("Your friendly 'net denizen") wrote:

There's a music video if you'd like to see the band in all their splendor:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aFJ717atqaw

cstanhope@social.coop ("Your friendly 'net denizen") wrote:

I'm pretty sure I heard this on KMHD (local jazz station) on my commute home yesterday. Something about the driving rhythm and the way the spoken parts work with the music made me track it down. DakhaBrakha's "Monakh":

https://dakhabrakha.bandcamp.com/track/monakh

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

Lies, damn lies, and Windows Update "Downloading - 100%"

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smotus@mstdn.party ("Seth Masket") wrote:

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

Those fake shimmering items in "modern" UIs are called "tombstones" because they mark the hopes and dreams of the designers and users dying.

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scottjshapiro ("Scott Shapiro") wrote:

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digits@ravenation.club ("Digits") wrote:

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

(lol I don't even remember what humiliating thing he was doing when I first said this two novembers ago https://twitter.com/xor/status/1461554741285167105)

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

you get the sense there's room to luxuriate in the near-certainty that he won't be the worst legislator named mccarthy

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

the risk you run when you finally need to look something up in the documentation of universally-used free software is there might be an ayn rand quote at the top of the page

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pomological@botsin.space ("fruit toots") wrote:

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

Oh wow, amazing news:

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/05/business/economy/ftc-noncompete.html

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klonick ("Kate Klonick") wrote:

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joshsternberg@mstdn.social ("Josh Sternberg") wrote:

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wbm312@infosec.exchange ("Whitney Merrill") wrote:

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tswan@nutmeg.social ("tswan :ct:") wrote:

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w7voa@journa.host ("Steve Herman") wrote: