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

Another attack could be to note that CWV for mobile currently excludes iOS devices because most of the Web Perf APIs that the dataset uses are missing from WebKit (lolsob), and that in many geographies, we might be under acceptable thresholds for ~75+% of users if things were reweighted to include iOS.

An interesting thesis! Why isn't it being deployed?

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

I'll go first! CWV data *could* form the basis of at least a counter-argument about my assertions about which communities are leading to success more often:

https://lookerstudio.google.com/u/0/reporting/55bc8fad-44c2-4280-aa0b-5f3f0cd3d2be/page/M6ZPC

There are big methodological problems, of course, and we should be having a debate about how that will look when INP is included. But we aren't having that debate. Why not?

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

So folks are upset about my post from last week? Interesting that nobody is bringing data.

I'm limited in what I can share from consulting and remediation because teams don't want dirty laundry aired & I'm not in the habit of breaking trust w/ folks I'm called in to advise (this is not nice-to-have: performance is cultural, so a lot of what needs to get fixed requires trust to change engrained practices and beliefs).

So this should be the easiest smackdown ever? Where's the grounded counter.

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tvanderlippe@fosstodon.org ("Tim van der Lippe") wrote:

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• High-level overview of how feature implementations are lazily loaded in the DevTools startup process (remote)

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

Adam Rutherford ruins Valentine's Day.

The spider story isn't that bad, though.

https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2023/02/14/adam-rutherford-ruins-valentines-day/

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• Grim valentine (remote)

kornel ("Kornel") wrote:

Harder Drives:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JcJSW7Rprio

I've learned sooo many things from it that I didn't need to know.

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

I am quoted in this fun story about the history of how people send ❤️❤️ ❤️ to each other, in a section that explains (delightfully) that ASCII is "pronounced ass-key" https://www.nytimes.com/2023/02/14/technology/hearts-emojis-gen-z.html?unlocked_article_code=bsvBw8cTtgaIG9lx_2Xhbk0sH6oAOFygUMMmC2pFmTjPvLqv9I28NG3lYKSSMix172LIZUVQ6iDYOFv5W3dQdoTgwfNbj7pwuC_1rqjPDngNlC-k9KC7NoBOu9px7XXlKB46GIpwHk-1sN1uNCmMZZKGew16ifL1IoO8ES22Q5ZB0uXm6VOmU3bSJnoCqS1ZQf64kvZpxpzrEicOzgMriz1lE49puWvT1Nz6UuzUvpRctFGeMwEe5Wq8yRZGysFOLiv4J_sMDntjDSSLJ6_pr25c5cheyh88076CjB9dLUkRK720u-os8tHc1f-T7_HkXB9ZRM07cvv-waYLeQ2OkA&smid=share-url (🎁 link)

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ichbindabomb@nerdculture.de ("Schneewittchen") wrote:

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• df8fc14f247a918c.jpeg (remote)

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AshleyMarineP ("Ashley Porciuncula") wrote:

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• A map of the US showing the flight paths of hundreds of planes taking off from Arizona, to various parts of the US and Canada.

jeffsonstein ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:

Oscar the housepanther in the sun

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

Temple University sure has gone downhill since they dismissed me a few decades ago. Not that I'm arguing for a causal relationship…

https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2023/02/14/shame-on-temple-university/

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• Temple U informs striking workers that they won't get tuition remission (remote)

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

the tone tag /lh stands for l33t h4x

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RationalWiki@universeodon.com wrote:

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

Well hello, Bryan the Vain.

It's not working.

https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2023/02/14/is-there-a-silicon-valley-philosophy-that-isnt-just-ego-and-vanity-and-selfishness/

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• Bryan Johnson (remote)

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

how long before we get nostalgic for the good old days when search results contained actual useful information instead of neural network output

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msherr@fediscience.org ("Micah Sherr") wrote:

anathema@girlcock.club wrote:

Hooray I figured out the SalesForce auth bits I needed to update to get these integration tests to run!

On top of converting an internal tool to dotnetcore today and it just working I’m feeling less like the imposter I was last week 🎉

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

Valentine's Day. A day for anatomically correct hearts and spiders.

https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2023/02/14/true-love-2/

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• “I believe, Farnsworth, that the data from the previous tissue sample was ... Farnsworth! Are you listening to me?” (remote)

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simon@bne.social ("Simon Elvery") wrote:

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• An animation showing a shirtless man putting on and removing a bra. A percentage indicator is superimposed showing what level of confidence Microsoft's image classification system has that the image is 'racy'. It's 23% when no bra is visible but jumps to 99% when a bra is visible and held to his side and 97% when he is wearing the bra. (remote)

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thomasfuchs@hachyderm.io ("Thomas Fuchs 🕹️🔭😽") wrote:

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• “Google (www.google.com) is a pure search engine - no weather, no news feed, no links to sponsors, no ads, no distractions, no portal litter. Nothing but a fast-loading search site. Reward them with a visit.” (remote)

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

According to one demented old man, the way to prevent rape is to ring women with angry bullies. Is that what anyone wants?

https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2023/02/14/creepy-uncle-jordy-has-some-advice-about-rape/

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• An asshole named Jordan Peterson (remote)

jeffsonstein ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:

“If Mr. Santos were to suggest that the unexplained $365,000 was spent in increments of $200 or less, he would have had to do business with more than 1,800 separate entities — many times more than the roughly 270 he listed in itemized reports.”

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/02/13/nyregion/george-santos-campaign-money.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare

jeffsonstein ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:

“The mysterious expenditures, which list no recipient and offer no receipts, account for nearly 12 percent of the Santos campaign’s total reported expenses — many times exceeding what is typical for congressional candidates. Fellow New York House members, for example, failed to itemize between zero and 2 percent of their expenses this past cycle.”

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/02/13/nyregion/george-santos-campaign-money.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare

jeffsonstein ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:

Non Sequitur

https://www.gocomics.com/nonsequitur/2023/02/14

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kde@floss.social ("KDE") wrote:

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• Tiling windows in Plasma 5.27. (remote)
• A look at Plasma 5.27, with windows of applications displaying the default Breeze theme. So beautiful! (remote)
• Plasma 5.27, showing apps using the dark Breeze theme. Feel like a proper power user. (remote)
• KDE Community members expressing their unreserved love for Free Software at FOSDEM 2023. (remote)

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norbertwoehnl@mastodon.coffee ("Norbert Woehnl :coffefied:") wrote:

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• Late-afternoon photo of a lane of pubs in Asagaya, Tokyo, Japan (remote)
• View of intersecting trains at Ochanomizu in Tokyo, Japan. (remote)
• Hikone Castle in Hikone, Japan, is seen through branches of cherry blossoms. (remote)
• A view of old houses along the Neckar River in Tübingen, Germany. (remote)

fribbledom ("muesli") wrote:

Feb 14th, you all know what that means:

It's I Love Free Software Day!

A huge Thank You to all the programmers, contributors, and maintainers out there!

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jaddy@tech.lgbt ("Jaddy") wrote:

anathema@girlcock.club wrote:

Gotta live up to my chosen name you see

anathema@girlcock.club wrote:

I cannot believe in 2023 some grown-ass adults refuse to take responsibility for their own timelines and demand their mods coddle them. How infantile.

I have seen equally credible accusations against members of kolektiva yet I see most people remain OK federating with them. Feels kinda like the fact 8p was a trans-femme instance played a big factor in how people responded. Curious.