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

There's no sharper lens on the "tech journalists only write for rich people" thing than the furor over CNET's bot-plagarism scandal.

Many (rightly) excoriating Red Ventures for being shitty to readers are the same folks that put nothing on the line for reader as they breathlessly regurgitated whatever tosh Qualcomm and MediaTek bleated about over-priced, under-performing mobile SoCs and let Google off the hook over software updates.

But bad content is coming for *them*? Hoooooboy.

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caseynewton ("Casey Newton") wrote:

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eleventy@fosstodon.org ("Eleventy 🎈 v2.0.0-beta.3") wrote:

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

Experimenting with new, simpler, smaller, more efficient spider cages.
https://www.patreon.com/posts/78140150

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• Spider cages! (remote)

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ieure@retro.social ("Apex Redditor") wrote:

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

one mastodon bot with an uncertain future is @helpingfriendlybot, which relies on live Twitter data that it reads over the API. there are alternate approaches that I will explore, but maybe that's another thing we'll lose

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

I assume they named it Apollo because it helps you spot architecture astronauts that shouldn't be let anywhere near products that matter.

bcrypt@infosec.exchange ("yan") wrote:

from the time that we reported a scam app impersonating Brave and stealing cryptocurrency, it took 16 days and escalation to multiple Google employees for Google Play to take it down. the app had been up since Dec 19(!) and had over 1k users :(. https://community.brave.com/t/brave-wallet-app-scam-on-google-store/463774

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jack_daniel ("Jack Daniel (often offline)") wrote:

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• Ural Workhorse motorcycle with truck bed.

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darius@friend.camp ("Darius Kazemi") wrote:

jeffsonstein ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:

Oscar the housepanther, Guardian of the Sunshine

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sil ("Stuart Langridge") wrote:

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

I'm literally ground zero for "we should make the web competitive with apps"; it's the thing I've poured my heart and soul into for the last decade.

And from that perspective, let me just say: this doc is gibberish.

Utter nonsense.

Nothing about it is plausible because it presupposes a market problem rather than listening to what users and developers actually struggle with.

jeffsonstein ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:

@grigs good to ‘see’ ya here, hope you are enjoying yourself

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pattymo@mastodon.online ("Patrick Monahan") wrote:

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

TFW you can't recognise that the most powerful thing about the web, and what made it successful, is that it *isn't* low-level.

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

this is a fantastic little design detail on the LL Bean site

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• "Create a Password" field with a strength indicator showing my entered password as "Wicked Strong" (remote)

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thegibson@hackers.town ("The_Gibson :hackers_town:") wrote:

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• a simulation of the morning of April 13th 20209 showing apophis nearing a gravitational keyhole that would bring it on in to give Earth a little kiss. (remote)

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sven@est.social ("sven vahar") wrote:

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

I would also accept a nice photo, if mailing would be a hassle!

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

Do I know anyone in Philadelphia or Boston or Seattle who receives the Inquirer, Globe, or Times on paper and might be able to send me a copy of my crossword today?

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michaelsteeber ("Michael Steeber") wrote:

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

The kiddo is playing away on our Casio Privia PX-720. They have it on vibraphone I think, and it's actually kinda nice? Sort of like listening to some wind chimes... For now. I'm bracing myself for the eventual cacophony that is sure to ensue. 😆

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

in the market for a new personality

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alyssam_infosec@infosec.exchange ("Alyssa Miller 🛩️​ :nyancat_rainbow: :donor: ​") wrote:

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• 4 panel cartoon, woman sitting on a couch with cat asleep on the back and paws hanging down. First panel she says "Must resist", second panel she's reaching for the paw, third panel she's touching the cat's paw pad, and fourth panel the awoken cat is glaring at her. (remote)

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

I made today's Universal Crossword, a lightly challenging 15x called "Travel Packs". Hope you enjoy! https://www.puzzlesociety.com/crossword-puzzles/universal-crossword/2023/2/2

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• Start-up screen for the Universal Crossword with a Play button above the title "Travel Packs" (remote)

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

i basically learned to program for and by making twitter bots, so i'll always be grateful to the platform. but i've also undoubtedly created a lot of value there, and it's annoying to watch that go up in smoke

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

well thanks to the API announcement i think all my twitter bots are going to stop working on twitter. fortunately almost all of them are also mastodon bots, and they'll keep working over here 😎

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UncleDuke1969@mstdn.party ("Uncle Duke :verified:") wrote:

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

One pestilential man can make so many women miserable…and not suffer the consequences himself.

https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2023/02/02/felicia-entwhistle-has-the-deets/

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• Felicia Entwhistle describes Andrew Torrez's pattern of sexual harassment (remote)