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

Folks, if you think I'm calling developers "stupid" by pointing out an information asymmetry and a market failure, then you literally don't understand what information asymmetries *do*.

In a broken market, pricing is wrong not because buyers are stupid, but because they have less information and nobody is stepping in to correct that gap.

So, even if you think can't happen, you should acknowledge that *I* (and most of modern economics) think that happens *all the time*.

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autismsupsoc@neurodifferent.me ("Autistic Voices United (El)") wrote:

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• Autism Spectrum The Autism Spectrum is not Linear - line ranging from "less autistic" to "very autistic" The Autism Spectrum looks more like: - multidimensional color wheel with different levels for each color - social differences - interests - repetitions - sensory sensitivities - emotional regulation - perception - executive functioning - other Terms like "high functioning", "low functioning" and "Asperger" are harmful and outdated. Autism_sketches. (remote)

anathema@girlcock.club wrote:

Did a 30km cycle on my new bike. My legs are jelly 😵‍💫

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koaning@fosstodon.org ("Vincent D. Warmerdam") wrote:

jeffsonstein ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:

i am so very bad at flipping pancakes

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• c4aeef8ef7360948.png

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baldur@toot.cafe ("Baldur Bjarnason") wrote:

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eyeling@mastodon.art ("Eyeling") wrote:

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• Glittering frost on a plant with heart shaped leafs. (remote)

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

When a scientist attends a magic school…

https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2023/02/12/magic-is-not-mechanism/

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• Oglaf! Magic is not an explanation (remote)

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Evil_Bee@cultofshiv.wtf ("Evil Bee") wrote:

anathema@girlcock.club wrote:

I love Blackbirds so much

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futuristicdragn@ravenation.club ("ian / dj sunny! sonny! sony! 💿") wrote:

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

A sad and persuasive and negative review.

https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2023/02/12/worst-review-ever/

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• Hogwarts Legacy title page (remote)

jeffsonstein ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:

not just no, *hell* no:

‘This is not simply the exchange rate being against us. Courtesy of our failed grifter government, an eating trip around the city left me fearing we are now simply a poorer country than the US. You feel it when paying $125 a head and up as standard for dinner in an unfancy restaurant. Or $26.95 for a Reuben. Plus ubiquitous 20% tips.’

https://www.theguardian.com/food/2023/feb/12/koloman-new-york-city-the-food-is-so-damn-good-restaurant-review

jeffsonstein ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:

‘The release of the convicts who volunteer for Wagner is contentious among Russians, many of whom fear the men will go on to commit further crimes.

Last month, the Kremlin defended the practice, saying convicts were being pardoned “in strict adherence with Russian law”.

Under the Russian constitution, only the president can issue pardons and critics point to the fact the Kremlin has not published such decrees since 2020.’

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/feb/10/wagner-convict-soldiers-return-from-ukraine-russia-mercenary-group

jeffsonstein ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:

‘Rogers reckons Biden will win the Democratic nomination for 2024 and is well placed in the general election – but nothing is guaranteed. “We re-elect 75% of our presidents. If you had to bet today, you’d bet on the incumbent. But if it’s not Trump, if somebody showed up as an energetic change candidate, Biden could be beat.”’

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/feb/12/joe-biden-popularity-re-election-us-politics

jeffsonstein ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:

what a sad little man he is:

‘The backstory the justice department was told about the folder was that Trump would sometimes ask to keep the envelopes, featuring only the “Classified Evening Briefings” in red lettering, as keepsakes after briefings were delivered, one of the sources said.’

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/feb/12/trump-was-issued-subpoena-for-folder-marked-classified-evening-briefing-discovered-at-mar-a-lago

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DrTCombs@transportation.social ("Tab Combs") wrote:

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• Photo of an 8 year old girl dressed in hot pink, standing in front of the grill of a red Chevy Silverado parked on a sidewalk. The top of the hood is several inches above the girls head. (remote)
• A photo of a nine year old girl, in a striped dress, standing in front of the grill of a black Chevy Silverado. The top of the hood on this truck is even higher above the girl's head, despite her recent growth spurt. (remote)

jeffsonstein ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:

“7. We Want An Immediate End to Police Brutality and the Murder of Black People.
We believe we can end police brutality in our Black community by organizing Black self-defense groups that are dedicated to defending our Black community from racist police oppression and brutality. The Second Amendment to the Constitution of the United States gives a right to bear arms. We therefore believe that all Black people should arm themselves for self-defense.” - 1966

https://www.blackpast.org/african-american-history/primary-documents-african-american-history/black-panther-party-ten-point-program-1966/

rmrenner ("The Old Gay Gristle Fest") wrote:

omg bitsavers has a bunch of documents from Symbolics about the architecture of their lisp machines. I've been curious about these http://www.bitsavers.org/pdf/symbolics/I_Machine/

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goatsarah@thegoatery.dyndns.org ("Sarah Brown") wrote:

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Ailyn@mastodon.lol ("🌈Ailyn :trans_heart:") wrote:

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• Usagi Tsukino Text: trans rights are not just for beautiful femenine "passable" trans women (remote)

lloydmeta ("Lloyd") wrote:

Pushed releases for 2 projects I had totally forgotten about (ltsv-logger and play-csv) this weekend because someone opened PRs to bump dependencies.

#opensource is the gift that keeps on giving and gives me faith in the goodness of humanity. I really think #OSS and the culture around it has pushed humanity to new heights in many ways and I hope _some_ historians out there are keeping track.

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

Your website doesn't have to suck. It's a choice.

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

Just sayin, find me the common denominator:

https://treo.sh/sitespeed/www.target.com

https://treo.sh/sitespeed/www.walmart.com

rmrenner ("The Old Gay Gristle Fest") wrote:

A really funny thing to come out of the Hogwarts game is that multiple times now, I've seen someone post a spoiler image and then someone else reblog/retweet to add an image description and transcription of the text

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

It's wild to me that folks assume I don't have evidence for frontend's lost decade because either:

1.) I don't have the traces
2.) CWV isn't already deployed

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bramus@front-end.social ("Bramus") wrote:

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• Recording of the Cover Flow demo as ran in a browser. The demo is created using only HTML and CSS. (remote)

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huijing@tech.lgbt wrote:

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tqbf@infosec.exchange ("Thomas H. Ptacek") wrote:

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

My new opposite-of-whatever-a-kink-is are folks who have no view into the frontend landscape outside their bootcamp+"senior" role at bay area startups telling me I don't understand software reality and that everyone has iPhones.